If you ever wanted to work at the new IHOP coming to DCUSA at 14th and Irving, here’s your chance. There’s a job fair today (Wednesday) for 100 jobs, including “Cooks, Prep Cooks, Servers, Expeditors [sic], Dishwashers, Combos, Hostesses, Cashiers.” It’s at the Columbia Heights Community Center, 1480 Girard St NW, from 10 am to…

Photo from DC Bocce Flickr Ever want to throw around some balls? You’re in luck. DC Bocce is starting a league in Columbia Heights, to be played at 9th and Spring. I actually have played in DC Bocce leagues for a few years and they’re really fun. Unlike a lot of the co-ed sports in…

View Larger Map Muy bien? After the news about the Mexican restaurant coming to 11th and Lamont, there’s another: the AM/PM carryout at 14th and V is becoming a Mexican place called La Fonda. It sounds big, with 220 seats inside and 50 sidewalk cafe seats. The liquor license application says live entertainment plus late…

We may be getting high-speed fiber optic Internet sooner rather than later: the other day my roommate noticed Verizon workers installing a new orange cable on the pole in the alley where all the TV and phone cords are now, and it looks a lot like a fiber optic cable. I’ve seen a number of…