Neighborhood News Round...

A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. Squirreled Away: Following an extensive conversation about savage, vegetable-stealing critters, a member of the Chevy Chase email list has this follow-up question: “Yes, I saw...

Neighborhood News Round...

A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. Georgetown Problems: One member complains to the Georgetown email list, “Does anyone know whose brilliant idea the new light was at Safeway? Instead of solving a simple...

Petworth 4th, 2K11: Sou...

Here’s a few unedited minutes of what it sounded like from my porch last night, my annual tribute to the glorious lawlessness that takes over my neighborhood on my country’s birthday. Explosions coming in such high volume make for some wonderful white noise. Here is the...

Neighborhood News Round...

A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. Solar Panels Don’t Speak to God: From one enthusiastic member of the Takoma email list came this notice: “Trinity Episcopal Church, at the corner of Piney Branch and...

Too Hot for D.C. Govern...

The Office of the Chief Technology Officer wants you to watch your mouth. Send an offensive word in an email to a city government employee, to be received at a “dc.gov” email address, and you’ll be censored. The message will bounce back with a note that says,...

Neighborhood News Round...

A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. Historically Accurate : Everyone’s talking about Swampoodle—the neighborhood and the play co-produced by Ireland’s The Performance Corporation and D.C.’s Solas...

Neighborhood News Round...

A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. Siamese Cats Only: Yet another feline of the Siamese persuasion has gone missing in Georgetown. A message on the neighborhood email list is in search of ‘Shadow,’ our...

Neighborhood News Round...

A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. Burning Up: Over the past week, a flurry of letters between the Bloomingdale Civic Association and the would-be manager of the supposedly forthcoming Engine Company 12 have been...

Meet Joe Mamo (Again)...

Gas prices around the District have been hovering at or above $4 a gallon for a while, and city officials are starting to wonder whether they should be a bit lower. D.C. Attorney General Irv Nathan says his office has launched an antitrust investigation into Capitol Petroleum Group LLC,...

Neighborhood News Round...

A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. Would You Like a Sweeping Generalization With Your Taco?: 14th & You observers the opening of El Centro D.F., 14th Street NW’s newest restaurant, which coincided with...