Got this note from a reader: it serves as a reminder that you should always watch your stuff, even if you’re somewhere where you wouldn’t normally be worried. I was eating at Five Guys at 14th and Irving earlier tonight and had my wallet stolen out of my purse. Be really, really careful with your…

Lou’s City Bar, the new sports bar opening next to CommonWealth (RIP) on Irving Street, is set to open Thursday, according to their website. I passed by today Sunday and saw this scene, looks like some people getting trained or sampling the food — maybe a soft opening? They’re going to have 24 beer taps…

Meeting tonight: get there! The next meeting of the NCHCA will be held on Wednesday, March 2, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. at the Park Triangle Community Room. Enter the Park Triangle apartment complex on 1375 Kenyon Street NW (right next to the Columbia Heights Civic Plaza), and the doorman will direct you to the meeting…

According to a comment on this blog from ANC1A chair Bill Brown, Dottie Love Wade defeated Gavin Holland in last night’s special election for the vacant ANC 1A11 seat. If you recall, Holland received the most write-in votes in the election after the only candidate on the ballot withdrew — however, since that withdrawn candidate…