Here’s a great way to meet your neighbors and help keep our area clean: Georgia Avenue Thrive has scheduled its next cleanup for this coming Saturday. Here’s more. Hi friends, neighbors and community leaders — Georgia Avenue Thrive will hold its next cleanup at 10 a.m., Sat. Sept. 1 at the corner of Warder Street and Park Road.Our wonderful neighbor Jason…

If you like Vietnamese food, you’re in the right place. Our area has at least 6 Vietnamese spots, with old favorites Pho 14 on Park Road and Pho Viet on 14th plus newcomers Bún DC on Sherman, Vietnamese Chelsea on Park, Pho Viet USA on New Hampshire Ave, and now another similarly-named one: Pho Viet at…

Cuban restaurant Little Havana has just opened on the budding strip of 14th Street where the Red Derby, Lyman’s, Mescalero and Taqueria Habanero are — we were able to visit for their opening a bit ago and really enjoyed it. From Alfredo Solis, who also does Mescalero and El Sol, the inside is covered in…

If you’re an ice cream fan, here’s something awesome: two employees of Dischord Records have opened an outpost of Maine’s Mount Desert Island Ice Cream, based in Bar Harbor. The ice cream has had rave reviews over the year, including from President Obama. DCist has the story: the owners Brian Lowit and Melissa Quinley discovered…