Author Andrew W

Petworth Liquors, the store at 3210 Georgia Avenue with a history of problems, appears to have closed. They haven’t been open for a few days and there’s a handwritten sign on the wall outside their window saying they’re closed, directing people to a liquor store in Maryland. The store was a constant source of problems…

The weather is getting nice, which seems to bring more people to our neighborhood coffee shops (I’m partial to Heat da Spot and Qualia on Georgia and Le Caprice on 14th) — and that means fewer places to sit. The other day at Le Caprice, I spotted this guy taking up two tables. Not cool,…

The city is undertaking what they call the Rock Creek East II Livability Study, which focuses on transportation issues in Petworth, Crestwood, Brightwood and 16th Street Heights, plus anything north of Spring Road and Rock Creek Church Road (which I’d argue isn’t quite Petworth, but that’s another topic.) And there’s a number of ways to give…

The other day I was walking down Monroe Street and spotted this: the old Southern Bethany Baptist Church was completely gutted, with only a few pieces of wood and cinder block walls left. The building was a sort of Victorian-style townhouse and was sold in 2015 to a developer, who will be completely rebuilding the…

Good news for bikeshare users: CaBi has added a new 23-bike dock at 14th and Girard, near the Dunkin Donuts. Those southern Columbia Heights spots are often empty or totally full, so I welcome more capacity! And if you’d like to suggest a new or expanded station, they have a site for just that here:…

It’s getting to be farmers market season — the Columbia Heights Market has already started its Saturday run, and the Petworth Community Market begins their season this Saturday, March 7. The market operates in the triangle park where Georgia, 9th and Upshur come together from 9am-1pm. Here’s the full list of vendors, which includes coffee,…

Suns Cinema, the long anticipated little movie theater and bar coming to 3107 Mt. Pleasant Street NW, just emailed me that they’re opening Sunday. They’ll be showing Moonwalk One, a documentary about Apollo 11 — pretty funny for a launch. They’re open at 5 and the movie will go on at 6:30. They say to…

The Funk Parade is back this Saturday, and they just released the route of the parade, the locations of their day fair (with lots of vendors, music, arts and more) as well as the venues and lineups for the many bands playing as part of the festival. The parade itself starts at 4pm and goes…

Something about Park Road seems to be bringing out some funny opinions on dogs: yesterday I saw a sign alerting people to video surveillance for dog poop, and today, this one: “please do not empty your dog here.” I’m not really sure how you empty a dog — do you turn him over and stuff…