If you wanted to rent a bike, now’s your chance. Capital Bikeshare, the bike sharing service with locations in the neighborhood and throughout the city (map here) is open as of today. In our neighborhood, there are stations outside the Giant, at 14th and Harvard and at 16th and Harvard. Here’s how it works –…
Photo from NBC4 This is unusual. There have been a number of reports lately about a few firefighters from the 14th and Newton fire station getting in trouble for allegedly having a big retirement party at the firehouse which included lots of alcohol and up to 3 firefighters cooking naked (see photo above). I guess…
There’s a lot going on this weekend in and around the neighborhood, yard sale wise: 1201 Girard,Sat, 10am-3pm: an estate sale with “Various home items including window A/C’s, ceiling fans (some new), office furniture, chairs and other home items.” Link 2608 University Place (near Euclid), Sat 10am-2pm and Sun 9am-1pm Sunday: big moving sale with…
Thanks to all who entered our Cirque du Soleil contest, there were a lot of great, funny, and touching entries and I wish I could give out more tickets. However, we have a winner, for Beth’s story about her 90-year old mother with a brain injury. Congrats to Beth! Cirque du Soleil’s OVO show is…
Looks like we’re getting more places to watch sports and drink beer. A resident of the Highland Park building at 14th and Irving says they just received a note that build out has just begun on a sports bar. They’re aiming at opening in February 2011. Another tipster spoke to a construction worker in the…
It looks like, unlike certain grocery stores, Target’s fresh grocery section is on its way. A friend snapped this photo announcing the grocery section will open Oct. 17, which is what I heard a few months ago too. The rest of the sign says “thank you for your patience as we remodel. We’ll soon carry…
This week’s Weekly History photo is a shot found by Flickr user ncindc of an indoor pool in 1923 at Cardozo High School, which was then called Central High School. It’s a pretty nice looking pool. Apparently it still exists, but is inoperable according to this facilities plan of the school. Too bad, it would…
The City Paper’s Young and Hungry blog has more on the new Mexican place coming to 3313 11th Street NW. They’re looking to open early next year and will have breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and hopefully late night snacks too. That sounds pretty great, I could go for some Mexican breakfast and late night (post-bar?)…
Looks like 11th Street is becoming a budding neighborhood bar and restaurant corridor. PoP reports that there’s a new Mexican spot coming to 3313 11th Street NW, which is just north of Lamont and next to Arthur’s convenience store. It’s the short building with the garage door above. The place will be owned by the…
How did your voting go today? I voted at the Latin American Youth Center at 1419 Columbia Rd NW and went by at about 9:30 am. There was no line and I got my ballot quickly. There were a few people waiting to use the electronic station so I did paper instead, and I was…