Archive for the 'Columbia Heights' Category
Cracking Down On, Umm, Me
Posted on August 22, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Columbia Heights, DC, MPD, crime | Leave a Comment
I don’t usually complain about crime in DC. I feel perfectly safe living in the U Street/Columbia Heights area and traveling to pretty much any other neighborhood I would have reason to visit. There are a few crime-heavy hotspots I tend to avoid at night when I’m alone, but certainly nothing that would interfere with [...]
Obama Was Hanging Out In My Neighborhood!
Posted on June 27, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Barack Obama, Columbia Heights, DC, DCist | Leave a Comment
I was originally just going to share this feed, but then I realized that doing so might imply endorsement of DCist’s position.
The Hill has the idiot local news scoop of the day with this gem from the Columbia Heights location of the Washington Sports Club. Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama stopped by earlier [...]
Snow Cones For All
Posted on May 30, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Columbia Heights, food | Leave a Comment
I’ve always complained that you can’t find decent snow cones in DC. In the Baltimore area, they’re everywhere in the summer (and called by their proper name, snowballs), but like a good crab cake or a decent bagel, they simply don’t exist thirty miles South.
Now Carol sends me the link to a Columbia Heights blog [...]