Finallysome newson what’s replacing CommonWealth: it’s going to be Acre 121, a place specializing in barbeque and Lowcountry home cooking, as in coastal South Carolina. The chef is Michael Soper, who also runs neighborhoody home cooking places in Alexandria like King Street Blues (which looks corny, based on the website) and Union Street Public House. As Post…

If you like booze or animals, Lou’s is the place on Saturday. Here’s the info from the Facebook event. Please join Lucky Dog Animal Rescue and Lou’s City Bar for an all day doggy happy hour on the patio! Pups are welcome! When: Saturday, June 25th, 2011 All Day! Where: Lou’s City Bar Patio 1400…

Photo by haaaley You may not know it, but the DC area has a big Caribbean population. Every year they have a big parade/festival/party down Georgia Avenue, and this year’s is on Saturday. It starts at 11 am on Georgia and Kansas and goes south past Howard U. There’s a ton of huge and wild…