Andrew W, Author at Columbia Heights Insider

Preview of Lyman’s Tavern at 14th & Quincy, coming later this month (& photo gallery)

By Andrew WMay 19, 2014

We’ve written about Lyman’s Tavern a few times, it’s the neighborhood bar coming next door to the Red Derby at 14th and Quincy, and last week I got a chance to see the inside with co-owner Kevin Perrone. It’s almost done and looks great. Read on, and check out the photo gallery at the bottom. A…

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District Flea goes on hiatus, may be closed for good

By Andrew WMay 16, 2014

This is too bad: District Flea, the vintage clothing, furniture and craft market at the empty lot at 945 Florida Avenue NW, announced this week that they’re going on hiatus. The City Paper and Post say that visitor interest had been diminishing each week, resulting in fewer and fewer vendors. I stopped by on the…

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Domku makes the WaPo’s Spring Dining Guide

By Andrew WMay 16, 2014

Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema’s seasonal dining guides are respected lists of what you should check out (or avoid.) This spring’s guide of 20 restaurants includes Domku, the Scandinavian/Eastern European spot at 8th and Upshur, and Sietsema gives it a glowing review. (Note that the star scale is more like traditional restaurant reviews than…

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Friends of the Mt. Pleasant Library book, movie and music sale this Saturday!

By Andrew WMay 15, 2014

If you like books or helping libraries, get yourself to the newly renovated Mt. Pleasant Library on Saturday from 10-3 for their book sale. The books, plus movies and music, are inexpensive and go to funding programs at the library. Here’s more info: Saturday May 17th from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm. The Friends of…

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Wonderland has awesome Taco Tuesday deals (but watch out for bocce folks)

By Andrew WMay 14, 2014

Yesterday I went to Wonderland to enjoy the hot weather on the porch and also their taco Tuesday deal: $1 for a beef or refried bean taco (for 3 or 6), or the bocce special, $10 for 12 tacos. A pretty awesome deal; my friend and I polished off 12. That said, Tuesday is also…

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Cool aerial videos of Adams Morgan from a quad-copter

By Andrew WMay 13, 2014

Here’s some views of Adams Morgan you don’t see everyday: local activist Adam Eidinger has a few videos on his YouTube page of him flying a quadcopter (a helicopter with four rotors) mounted with a video camera over Adams Morgan. It’s cool to see the buildings and try to pick out places you know –…

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Baby steps at fixing 14th Street traffic? Painting lines for traffic at 14th and Monroe

By Andrew WMay 13, 2014

As you’ve probably seen, 14th Street traffic has been driving me crazy lately (or more accurately, sitting me on the bus without moving like crazy lately.) But here’s maybe some baby steps: a friend snapped this picture of the city is painting turning lines at 14th and Monroe, showing people where they are supposed to…

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Rumor: Whole Foods looking at a store around 9th and U

By Andrew WMay 12, 2014

This is interesting. PoP has some “scuttlebutt”: a source tells him that Whole Foods is in negotiations to bring a store to the area around 9th and U. Of course, this is just a rumor and may very well not happen (see Ellwood Thompson’s organic supermarket not coming to DCUSA, for example), but the PoPster…

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Know a good place to frame posters and photos?

By Andrew WMay 9, 2014

A couple of weeks ago, I went to Ikea to get some things for the house, including frames for some posters and photos. And of course, the frames I got didn’t fit the things I had. Target didn’t quite fit the bill either. Can anyone recommend a good and reasonably-priced framing store in the area?…

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Celebrate Petworth festival is tomorrow! 9am-6pm on Upshur

By Andrew WMay 9, 2014

A few weeks ago, we wrote about a fundraiser for the upcoming Celebrate Petworth neighborhood festival, which will feature music, food, crafts, local businesses, lots of fun stuff for kids and a lot more. It also features the Petworth Market, the local farmers market. And now it’s upon us, tomorrow from 9am-6pm on the 800…

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