There’s been a lot of negative stories about our area lately — and I firmly believe that our area is still awesome and getting more awesome every day. As part of that, I’m going to start posing some photos of neat things happening in our area. And if you are a local photographer or have…

Another day, another dumb article about how Columbia Heights sucks. The latest installment comes from something called RadPad, which I think ought to suggest to you that perhaps they aren’t the best at analyzing things. Their study, which got picked up various places, claims breathlessly that Columbia Heights is the most expensive place in the…

If you’re a Capital Bikeshare rider, you probably have some ideas for where new stations should go, and they want to hear from you. They have a cool site where you can suggest or agree with other suggestions on new station locations. I just used it and it takes a little bit to get used…

This is pretty awesome: it’s summer, which means watermelon season, and for the past few weekends there has been a man selling watermelons from the back of his truck on Georgia Avenue, just north of Park Road (in front of the laundromat, under a tree.) I haven’t stopped yet to speak with him, but other…

This is pretty cool — a great way to clean up your neighborhood, meet some neighbors and enjoy some free coffee. Colony Club, a cool coffee shop and bar, is sponsoring the cleanup and donating a free cup of coffee to the first 15volunteers who give 90 minutes of their time. The event, organized by…

Nice! Earlier we heard that 11th Street’s Bad Saint was on Bon Appetit’s list of best new restaurants (they also gave a shootout to Columbia Heights and Petworth as great dining destinations) and now the magazine has announced that it’s the #2 best new restaurant in America — not too shabby! I’ve never been but friends…

This is not Columbia Heights specific but still pretty rad: the other day I was walking around 14th Street near Logan Hardware and saw a few booths set up with various vendors. One of them caught my eye, Bailiwick, which sells DC-themed shirts, tank tops, hoodies and hats with cool designs: things like 51st State,…

Well, this is interesting. The other day I was at the Giant on Park Road and noticed this in the beer aisle: bags of random beers. I know some places will do a make-your-own-six pack thing, and sometimes you can get awesome beers with it, but this is sort of a premade version, and the…

Here’s some good news about our area (if you needed any more): Bon Appetit magazine has named DC the best restaurant city in the country this year, with three of the city’s restaurants in their 50 finalists for best new restaurant in the US: and one of those is Bad Saint, the Filipino spot on…

Today the City Paper has an article about Columbia Heights called “Withering Heights,” talking about how the neighborhood is declining, dangerous and expensive. I agree only with the last one. I’m quoted in the article about diversity and this blog is quoted about a shooting, but frustratingly I mostly talked about all the good things…