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Outdoor movie tonight Thursday: Hairspray at Harriet Tubman School
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CORRECTION: This is Thursday, not Wednesday. Here’s something fun to do tonight Thursday: the folks from the Columbia Heights Day Initiative are presenting Hairspray, the John Waters movie about kids in 1960s Baltimore. There’s also a DJ playing before the movie starts. Here’s the full press release: Columbia Heights, DC — Thursday, the Columbia Heights…

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A speed table?
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A what? Originally uploaded by squidpantsSpotted this on Euclid at about Sherman, it’s another kind of speed bump. A funny name, which sounds like a fast food joint, plus the sign looks like something from elementary school music class.

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Do we need more bike parking in the neighborhood?
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Spotted this outside Meridian Pint the other night, where there were 20-something bikes parked on the fence across the street, and it made me think: tons of people have bikes in the area, and yet there aren’t always places to park them. I know we’re getting more bike share locations, but that’s separate. I also…

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Leo Alexander for Mayor?
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Looks like somebody in the area likes mayoral candidate Leo Alexander — I spotted this on Girard Street the other day, and I’ve also seen a number of stickers around. I really haven’t heard anything about him, but I guess he’s kind of the third-runner (if that’s a word) behind current mayor Adrian Fenty and…

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