Found this beauty in my yard – dirty but in perfect shape! Apparently it’s from the 1930s/40s. Based on the number of listings for sale they don’t seem too rare but I can’t seem to find much about the dairy where they came from. Still a pretty cool book end. (more…)
1307 New Hampshire Avenue, NW via 1921biergarten
From the Heurich House museum:
“A rotating list of fresh local craft beer from DC Brewers’ Guild members, craft cocktails and wine from the area’s best beverage producers, and Senate Beer, the museum’s historic revival with Right Proper Brewing Company.
The biergarten is open in the museum’s Castle Garden and carriage house every Thursday and Friday from 4-7pm and Saturday 1-5pm. (more…)
1250 Connecticut Ave, NW
Thanks to David for sending the update about City Tap House’s Dupont location.
City Tap House’s website says:
“Reopening March 2022!”
Stay tuned for an exact date.
via google maps
Readers reported starting around 10:38pm: “just heard 7-10 gunshots very close proximity to 8th and O St NW. So close they woke our 6 month old.”
“Heard it too from 8th and P…sounded like a car sped away down towards Q after”
“I heard it from 5th and Q. Sounded like at least 10 gunshots to me. Helicopters overhead now.”
This rental is located at 4530 Connecticut Avenue NW. The Craigslist ad says:
“$1,525 / 500ft2 – Studio (Washington, DC) (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
We live in Shaw and had a rug delivered to our house. We were home and went to get the door to bring it in. Within 2 minutes it was stolen. We reported the theft but weren’t expecting it to be recovered. Within 30 minutes an MPD officer arrived at our house and recovered the stolen rug. Thank you to Officer Morgan for all of his help!”
via IG story
Thanks to a reader for sending from the Ellington’s (1301 U Street, NW) IG stories:
“I should note this was not announced to residents…
It appears to be a very dishonest use of the AirBnB ordinance the city is now enforcing. Residents are talking about being offered month-to-month renewals at $700 more per month for a 1-BR apartment and over $1,000 for a 2-BR, 2-BA. Meanwhile, (more…)
3019 Georgia Ave, NW
Thanks to Jake for letting us know about “this new restaurant that just opened up at 3019 Georgia Ave. NW (by the intersection with Irving). Haven’t checked it out yet, but hope to soon. I love the mural. This used to be Catrachitos Deli.”
Check out their menu here.
“OPEN from 12pm – 12am” (more…)
From the office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton:
“Last week, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) wrote the Director of the National Park Service, the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the General Manager and CEO of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to request a meeting to discuss the discovery of an unexploded ordinance on the Fort Totten Trail in the District of Columbia. (more…)
Rendering courtesy Jackson Jarvis Studio/OLIN + OMA
From the 11th Street Bridge Park:
“Today, the 11th Street Bridge Park – a partnership between the local non-profit Building Bridges Across the River (BBAR) and the District government – announced the selection of “Anacostia’s Sunrise/Sunset Portals” by DC-based artists Martha Jackson Jarvis and Njena Surae Jarvis of Jackson Jarvis Studio as the park’s first and largest commissioned artwork. (more…)