The third Funk Parade was last weekend, and photographer Alex Rego went. She took a lot of great shots of the action, check it out! Dancers, musicians, artists, marching bands, and a lot more!
DC SCORES, the great local nonprofit that offers soccer and poetry programs for almost 2,000 kids in DC, had a couple of news stories this weekend: one on ABC7 and one on Spanish language Telemundo. Check them out to learn more — the ABC7 story features Coach Popsie, who we featured before. And if you’d…
Do you have a dog? How good is he at using phone apps? I’m being facetious — the other day I walked by the 11th and Park Dog Park and saw this sign for a social networks for dogs (and their owners) called Woofy, where you can tell your dog’s friends’ owners about things –…
Petworth Liquors, the store at 3210 Georgia Avenue with a history of problems, appears to have closed. They haven’t been open for a few days and there’s a handwritten sign on the wall outside their window saying they’re closed, directing people to a liquor store in Maryland. The store was a constant source of problems…
The weather is getting nice, which seems to bring more people to our neighborhood coffee shops (I’m partial to Heat da Spot and Qualia on Georgia and Le Caprice on 14th) — and that means fewer places to sit. The other day at Le Caprice, I spotted this guy taking up two tables. Not cool,…
This is interesting — a buddy sent along a video from Vox about the wage gap, starring Hope Solo and filmed partially in Columbia Heights. Solo and Vox’s Liz Plank walk down Park Road and hang out at Sticky Fingers talking about the wage gap and her lawsuit against US Soccer over lower wages for the…
The city is undertaking what they call the Rock Creek East II Livability Study, which focuses on transportation issues in Petworth, Crestwood, Brightwood and 16th Street Heights, plus anything north of Spring Road and Rock Creek Church Road (which I’d argue isn’t quite Petworth, but that’s another topic.) And there’s a number of ways to give…
The other day I was walking down Monroe Street and spotted this: the old Southern Bethany Baptist Church was completely gutted, with only a few pieces of wood and cinder block walls left. The building was a sort of Victorian-style townhouse and was sold in 2015 to a developer, who will be completely rebuilding the…
Good news for bikeshare users: CaBi has added a new 23-bike dock at 14th and Girard, near the Dunkin Donuts. Those southern Columbia Heights spots are often empty or totally full, so I welcome more capacity! And if you’d like to suggest a new or expanded station, they have a site for just that here:…
It’s getting to be farmers market season — the Columbia Heights Market has already started its Saturday run, and the Petworth Community Market begins their season this Saturday, March 7. The market operates in the triangle park where Georgia, 9th and Upshur come together from 9am-1pm. Here’s the full list of vendors, which includes coffee,…