Here’s the latest neighborhood cleanup details from Georgia Avenue Thrive. Sounds fun! It’s also a great way to meet your neighbors. Hi friends, neighbors and community leaders — Georgia Avenue Thrive will hold its next cleanup at 10 a.m., this Sat. Nov. 3 at the corner of Park Place and Quebec Place. We’ll spruce up…

This is interesting, the former Mt. Rona Church at 3431 13th Street NW is being converted into apartments. I’ve seen a lot of work there lately and checked out the permits. They’re reusing the building with two units on each floor, plus two more in the basement. Nice to see more housing in the area.…

Call Your Mother, the much-anticipated bagel shop and “Jew-ish” deli from the Timber Pizza folks, has been open about two weeks. There are bagel sandwiches made with a hybrid New York/Montreal bagel as well as takes on Jewish classics like matzoh ball soup and pastrami. It’s very popular, very tasty and also kind of expensive.…

There’s another option for coffee in the area: Amen Coffee & Juice just opened at 3661 Georgia Ave NW, just south of New Hampshire Ave and the Georgia Ave-Petworth Metro. The spot has Ethiopian coffee and wifi, plus various house mades juices, as well as Ethiopian breakfasts like ful, a dish with beans, vegetables and…

This is awesome: Call Your Mother, the bagel place and restaurant from the Timber Pizza Co. crew, is opening this week, according to the City Paper. It’s described as a “Jew-is deli” with bagels that are sort of halfway between New York-style and Montreal-style. CYM has also been selling bagel sandwiches at farmers markets and…

Georgia Avenue Thrive, the local nonprofit, has organized their next monthly cleanup for this Saturday at 10am at Georgia and Irving. Volunteers will help pick up trash and make the area look nicer — it’s a good way to meet your neighbors and help out. Here’s more from the organizers: Hi friends, neighbors and community…