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Just noticed on my stats page that the blog topped 500,000 hits since I started it! Wow, and thank you to all who have read, contributed, and commented since I began. The first post was in March 2008, when it was still called New (Columbia) Heights, a few months after I moved into the neighborhood.…
Lots of yard sales going on this weekend, check them out: 1350 Irving St NW, Sat 10am-2pm: FIRE SALE PRICES! 13th and Spring, Sat noon-3pm: furniture, women’s clothes, books 1340 Fairmont St NW, Sat and Sun 10am-5pm: Estate sale with lots of fancy items Park Road between 13th and 11th, Sat after noon: furniture, books,…
Capital Bikeshare, the bike sharing service with some locations in the neighborhood, is now accepting sign-ups. The annual memberships are currently discounted, $50 a year instead of $75, and the first 2,000 folks to sign up get a keychain and t-shirt. There’s also monthly memberships for $25 and daily ones for $5. Basically, you sign…
Can you play and instrument or sing? Local arts space Bloombars is putting together the music for the market, and they’re looking for musicians and singers to perform at the Columbia Heights Community Marketplace. To apply or to recommend somebody, email gowri@bloombars.com with subject line “Columbia Heights Marketplace.”