Neighborhood News Round...

A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. Transit of the Future: Frozen Tropics notes DDOT’s press release stating that the  H Street/Benning Road streetcar line will be operating in 2013. But commenters on the blog...

Gary Mays Gets a Song...

Folk heroes deserve folk songs! And Gary Mays deserves folk hero status more than anybody I’ve ever met. So now we have ” The Amazing Gary Mays ,” a tune based on the amazing life story of Mays, my hero and friend and one of the greatest athletes this city ever...

Neighborhood News Round...

A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. What Do Anarchists Think of Email Lists, Anyway? In response to the Washington Post ‘s front-page profile of Petworth’s dog-walking anarchists, a member of the...

Neighborhood News Round...

A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. Appropriate Accommodations: A reader writes to Frozen Tropics to ask , “I’m hoping to move to Trinidad soon, right by Gallaudet. (A short sale, cross your fingers for...

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...

Neighborhood News Round...

A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. Get Off My Lawn—And Your Dog, Too!: One member of the Crestwood email list is none too pleased with their neighbors and their neighbors’ canine pals. “My yard is not a...

D.C. Cafe Owner Arreste...

Every once in awhile, someone in the District goes down for Khat, an illegal and leafy stimulant popular in East Africa and parts of the Middle East. Recently, that person was Ethiopian immigrant Etana Shuremu, owner of Diredawa Cafe at 5333 Georgia Ave. NW–and one of the many...

Neighborhood News Round...

A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. Cleveland Park Problems: “We live in McLean Gardens and we are having such a difficult time with out 900 Mhz baby monitor. We get a sporadic, static popping noise that forces...

Neighborhood News Round...

A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. We Won’t Go: The Hill is Home has been all over the consideration of parts of Ward 6 (Hill East, Near Southeast) being moved to Ward 8—better known as Marion Barry ‘s...

Neighborhood News Round...

A regular summary of irregular news and notes from neighborhood blogs and email lists around the District. Testing Certain Doom : The Hill is Home documents a kid’s-eye view of the D.C. Comprehensive Assessment System: “The test, which will be given District-wide next week to...