Cathy Yae Chung photo by Jim Thomson – local musician and music producer.

Jim shares the very sad news with us:

“Cathy Yae Chung (owner of Meeps) passed away Wednesday July 16 from health complications.

Very very sad.”

The following was written by Genevieve Villamora “who ran Bad Saint and was a dear friend.”

“So saddened to hear this news about Cathy Chung. i met cathy around 2006 and was in awe of her from the jump. her fantastic shop – Meeps in Adams Morgan.

with her impeccable taste, (more…)


A reader reports around 6:45pm last night (Tuesday) in Logan Circle:

“The facts:

Tonight, while walking my dog through Logan circle, three US Parks Police officers in bulletproof vests each armed with two guns visible on each hip, walked up to this multigenerational family.

I’d been sitting on a bench enjoying the low humidity and smiling watching the little girls in this family dance to a very tasteful volume music, a mother showing her family a painting she’d done, and many generations doing what we all love to do in Logan circle- relax and enjoy the world walking by.

Update: the music the girl was dancing to was 60 decibels and it was 6:30 pm, which, per google, “Normal Conversation: 60 dB is the approximate sound level of two people talking to each other at a normal speaking volume, about one meter apart.“ (I was there, and measured the decibels using an app on my phone, called “decibel x”. I was about 30’ away. in the moment because I knew someone would make this argument. I also live in the neighborhood.)

This group, like many others in Logan circle at happy hour on a nice night, was calmly enjoying a low key beer.

In fact, there were several other picnics sitting around the circle that were doing exactly the same thing.

The only difference is this family was black, and the other groups were white. (more…)



4702-4704 Wisconsin Ave, NW

Update: December 13th, a reader reports all is well and no current plans to close. Stay tuned.

This isn’t the first scare we’ve had with a potential Steak ‘n Egg closing in Tenleytown. Thanks to Noa for sending the listing:

Steak n Egg Diner FLYER2 (PDF)

They are currently still open so go get some while you can: (more…)



1601 Connecticut Avenue, NW new coming soon signage won’t allow me any more sneak peeks :)

ICYMI: You can see the menus that were posted here.

Thanks to Noa for the latest from Daily Provisions:

“The new place coming to where foxtrot used to be in dupont is opening August 18th. Talked to the people inside.”

Stay tuned for official confirmation.



photo by River Scout

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