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Business in Brief: Italian Bar opens tomorrow; Details about Flavor Garden; Rosemary Bistro gets Washington Post raves

May 17, 2022 by FHC Leave a Comment

Italian Bar’s opening day is at hand: Friday the 13th might forever be Italian Bar’s lucky day. Its owners announced on Friday, May 13th that its sign had arrived, and was gracing the storefront at 5007 Connecticut Avenue. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Italian Bar DC (@italianbardc) But more importantly, so […]

Filed Under: Business, Business in Brief, Chevy Chase, Cleveland Park, Featured, Forest Hills, Main Street, News, Shop & Eat Local, Tenleytown, Wakefield

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Meet Your Neighbors updates: The artists of Forest Hills and Van Ness

May 16, 2022 by FHC 1 Comment

Rose Mosner Rose Mosner, collage artist, teacher and lifelong learner, died in February. She was 95 years old. Mosner taught art at a Queens public middle school for decades, and later, she taught collage art classes to adults through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at American University. Mosner once described her adult students as “vibrant, […]

Filed Under: Meet the Neighbors, News, Style

Apartment updates: New “nuisance” building at Van Ness; Tenant leaders request meeting with mayor

May 12, 2022 by FHC 13 Comments

MPD has referred Connecticut House, an apartment building at 4500 Connecticut Avenue, to the Office of the Attorney General division that investigates “nuisance” properties. MPD Second District Lieutenant Stephen Amodeo confirmed in an email that “recent qualifying violations of the law” led the police to take this step, which can lead to prosecution of the […]

Filed Under: Featured, High-Rise Life, Home Front, News, Van Ness

Soapstone Valley’s new temporary roads are already working hard

May 10, 2022 by FHC Leave a Comment

by Marlene Berlin The Soapstone Valley’s new temporary roads are being put through their paces already. Eventually, the roads will be used to haul in equipment for the sewer rehabilitation project, which will include relining the 110-year-old pipes. DC Water’s contractor started installing them a little more than a month ago, both to provide pathways […]

Filed Under: Featured, News, Parks and Streams, Soapstone Valley

This Saturday, help start a new pollinator garden and visit local EU-member embassies

May 9, 2022 by FHC Leave a Comment

For the last several weekends, volunteers from the neighborhood have beautified our area by planting native, pollinator-friendly plants and flowers along Connecticut Avenue in front of businesses, offices and the Montessori school between Van Ness Street Street and Nebraska Avenue. The effort will continue for the next two Saturdays, May 14th and 21st, from 1:00 […]

Filed Under: Around the Neighborhood, Forest Hills, Main Street, News, Things To Do, Van Ness

Van Ness Main Street’s message to real estate developers: Let’s talk

May 6, 2022 by FHC 3 Comments

by Chuck Schilke Co-chair of the Van Ness Main Street Economic Development Committee For some time, Van Ness Main Street’ community economic development group has wanted to convey to investors, real estate developers, and others that Van Ness invites investment and development that enhances the quality of life in Van Ness, Forest Hills, and Wakefield. […]

Filed Under: Featured, Main Street, News, Real Estate

Backyard Nature: An owl stands its ground in Rock Creek Park, and an uncommon backyard sighting

May 5, 2022 by FHC Leave a Comment

by Marlene Berlin The people you meet on Rock Creek Park trails are generally friendly. The same can’t always be said about the wildlife. I took a hike in Rock Creek Park on a sunny but cool day in late April. As I headed back toward home, I saw this common short-eared owl. It was […]

Filed Under: Backyard Nature, Featured, Local Wildlife, News

If you have leafy new neighbors, it’s time to offer them something to drink

May 4, 2022 by FHC Leave a Comment

Did a new neighbor put down roots near you recently? Tall? Thin? Quiet, with kind of a wooden personality? You, my friend, have a new street tree. And it’s high time you offered it some hospitality. Joking aside, we’re getting into a critical period for young street trees. From May through at least September, these […]

Filed Under: Featured, In the Garden, News, Sustainability

CANCELLED: Meet the makers who will be at Van Ness Main Street’s May 14th spring pop-up market

April 28, 2022 by FHC Leave a Comment

The weather is not cooperating! After the May 7th postponement due to rain, the May 14th market has been cancelled… due to rain. Van Ness Main Street is talking to vendors and trying for a June date, to be announced. An impressive group of area artists, artisans and makers will be popping up at Van […]

Filed Under: Main Street, News, Things To Do, Van Ness

The UDC Van Ness farmers market is back. Here’s who will be there every Saturday through November.

April 27, 2022 by FHC 1 Comment

Updated 4/28/2022 with the list of confirmed vendors, and new hours of operation. It’s fate. It has to be. Last weekend we pulled the last of our tamales stash from the freezer. And not just any tamales. These were Doña Rosa tamales, from the 2021 UDC Van Ness farmers market. We were glad because we […]

Filed Under: Featured, Food, Market Finds, News, Things To Do, UDC, Van Ness

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