Around here, every month is Black History Month. Neighborhood institutions including UDC and Politics and Prose give us opportunities to learn about and celebrate Black history and culture year-round. UDC’s […]
Business in Brief: Call Your Mother opens in Forest Hills, Days Inn is renovating, 100 years of the Avalon
At 7 a.m. last Friday, a new Call Your Mother deli opened at 5035 Connecticut Avenue. On Saturday, the crowds descended. Customers were not waiting long. An employee periodically came […]
Business in Brief: Laid-off Burger King workers got no warning; Bagels galore; MOM’s Van Ness “Coming 2023”
Little Red Fox and Burger King are gone. And their departures are a study in contrasts. The owners of Little Red Fox and Sugar Fox announced their intentions several days before […]
The “Shop-Local Workout,” Holiday 2022 edition
2022 is the Forest Hills Connection’s 10th anniversary year, and this is the tenth anniversary of our post-Thanksgiving tradition: Marlene Berlin’s “Shop-Local Workout.” The first time our editor-in-chief invited us […]
Business in Brief: City Paper’s “Best of D.C. 2022;” Main Street activities
The people have spoken. And some of our local businesses and institutions are the “Best of D.C.,” according to Washington City Paper readers. Selected as the winners of their respective […]
October in the neighborhood: Heritage Day at Peirce Mill, Chevy Chase art walk, Carnegie Neighborhood Lecture
The last days of October are packed with local events that are seemingly designed to get us out there to enjoy the fall weather. On Saturday, October 22: Peirce Mill’s […]
Business in Brief: Child’s Play has a new owner; Remembering Politics and Prose’s chief book buyer; the I’m Eddie Cano group eyes another expansion
Child’s Play has a new owner: Or, in their words, a new chief happiness officer. “As you may have heard, we recently sold Child’s Play Toys & Books,” Simmie Kerman, […]
DDOT holding Connecticut Ave. walkthroughs to discuss parking and loading needs
by Marlene Berlin Over the next three weeks, DDOT will be seeking on-the-ground feedback on parking and loading needs on Connecticut Avenue north of Calvert Street – from the people […]
Business in Brief: Italian Bar opens; Details about Flavor Garden; Rosemary Bistro gets Washington Post raves
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 […]
Comment by May 13th on land use along the Chevy Chase commercial strip
DDOT is designing a new look, feel and purpose for the sidewalks along Connecticut Avenue in Van Ness. And it wants our opinion during one last public meeting on the […]