First Friday is back! The event, organized by Georgia Avenue Thrive, has local businesses on Georgia Avenue open their doors with various specials — freebies, deals, giveaways and performances. There’s a lot of great deals and some new participants this month: Story District, Midlands, Bravo Bar and more. It’s a great way to check out…

One of the main intersections in our area is getting some changes: the District Department of Transportation has announced that 14th and Irving is getting a “Barnes Dance” pedestrian crossing in early June, which is when all vehicle traffic stops at a red light and people can cross in any direction — diagonal across the…

This is a little out of our area, but pretty cool. Potter’s House, the cafe and bookstore at 1658 Columbia Rd NW, has a “pay it forward” option where you can pay for someone else’s coffee or meal, donating when you buy your items. The proceeds pay for a pay-what-you-can meal program. Ad 2 DC, a…

Today I stopped into Odd Provisions, the cool little market at 11th and Lamont, and noticed they had iced coffee — but with pre-made frozen coffee ice cubes. Pretty clever idea — the cubes were already in a cup in the freezer so you don’t water your iced coffee down as you drink it. They…

This is a pretty sweet deal at Lou’s City Bar at 14th and Irving: free bottomless mimosas or micheladas (a Mexican drink, like a Bloody Mary but with beer) if you buy a brunch item. It starts this Saturday and goes until 6/25, from 11am-2pm. Below is their brunch menu.

Today I checked out Short Eats, the new pop-up inside Ten Tigers Parlour, which offers Sri Lankan roti, a flaky stuffed pastry sort of like empanadas and Compass Coffee. And they are pretty delicious. The roti are designed to be eaten on the go, which is traditional in Sri Lanka: they come in a little…

The old Hebrew Home building at 1125 Spring Road NW has been empty for some time and the city is planning to redevelop it as housing. If you want to learn more or let your voice be heard, there’s a community meeting this Thursday at 6:30pm at Raymond Rec Center. I’ve written about it a…

Well that’s something you don’t see every day: there’s a dinosaur-themed toga party tonight at Ten Tigers Parlour from 10pm-3am. Called Animal House Rules, there will be DJs (Godbrother, Raptorstein and the amusingly named The Barber Streisand) spinning and there’s no cover. Togas are optional, but who goes to a toga party without a toga?…