"A Special Lee Sewing Studio" offers sewing and crafting classes for all ages right here in Petworth

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"A Special Lee Sewing Studio" offers sewing and crafting classes for all ages right here in Petworth

Antoinette Lee, a native Washingtonian, received her first sewing machine at age 13 and has been sewing ever since. She left her federal job to pursue her hobby full-time in 2002 and has spent the next decade and a half sewing and teaching with different local sewing stores. After encouragement from her students, she launched her own studio, A Special Lee, here in Petworth in 2017.

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Distributing masks to those in need across Ward 4

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Distributing masks to those in need across Ward 4

What started with two masks being offered to teens has now become a much larger effort to get masks into the hands — and on the faces — of those who need them. Ryan Gill is helping people in Ward 4 get the N95 masks they need.

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When COVID comes home — ideas on occupying your family during an infection

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When COVID comes home — ideas on occupying your family during an infection

On Christmas morning before our extended family gathering, my immediate family all took rapid COVID-19 tests per the extended family agreement. My oldest child’s test was positive. I immediately thought… “F*ck.” There started two weeks of quarantine and trying to find activities to occupy my two kids. Here’s some of the COVID-safe things we did.

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Honeymoon Chicken officially opens on Wednesday, Jan 12th

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Honeymoon Chicken officially opens on Wednesday, Jan 12th

After a long period of renovation, delays and Covid, Honeymoon Chicken is set to open at the corner of Upshur and Georgia Avenue (4201 Georgia Avenue NW).

Check out their menu. (Students and their families get an after-school discount.)

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Flowers by Alexes brings a family business back to Upshur after almost 2 decades

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Flowers by Alexes brings a family business back to Upshur after almost 2 decades

Working as a real estate agent and broker, Alexes Haggins thought that her family’s history in flowers was likely behind her. Then one day in the recent past she found herself arranging a bouquet for a client at the real estate company where she worked, and that simple project rekindled her passion for flowers and floral arrangements. Alexes is reopening the flower store on Upshur Street that her father last closed in 2003.

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Magpie & The Tiger: Omicron pivot edition

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Magpie & The Tiger: Omicron pivot edition

Magpie and the Tiger, the Korean restaurant run by Chef Caleb Jang and owned by Kevin Tien, is set to open this month. However, with COVID-19 cases reaching historic highs in the DC area, the establishment has been forced to make some adjustments. On Wednesday, January 5th, a beloved DMV eatery will set up shop in the space, Hot Lola’s, Tien’s famous Sichuan-Nashville hot chicken restaurant. Plus, check out their full dining menu, coming soon.

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Honeymoon Chicken gets ready to open & offers some free goodies to the community

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Honeymoon Chicken gets ready to open & offers some free goodies to the community

Honeymoon Chicken is the new restaurant opening up in the Murrell Building (4201 Georgia Ave NW), where Slim’s Diner used to be. From the owners of Federalist Pig, Honeymoon offers fried chicken and all the fixings — starting January 12th. But there’s a few days to try them out for free.

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Own a food business? DC’s “Food Innovation Waste” grants have opened

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Own a food business? DC’s “Food Innovation Waste” grants have opened

The Department of Small & Local Business Development (DSLBD) has opened applications for the Food Waste Innovation Grant. District-based food businesses can receive a free food waste assessment, $1,000 in compost credit, or a larger grant to fund innovative food recovery, food waste reduction, or food scrap processing.

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Cure the Streets violence interruption program comes to Petworth

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Cure the Streets violence interruption program comes to Petworth

This year, Petworth has seen a dramatic increase in gun violence; the rest of the city has seen the same.

Why is that? What is the cause behind gun violence in our neighborhood? I held conversations this last month with a handful of officials and thought leaders to gain a better understanding of the issue and consider what the city is doing to address it.

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Local elementary school students learn to swim at Roosevelt High School

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Local elementary school students learn to swim at Roosevelt High School

Since the beginning of the school year, over 50 third graders at Dorothy Height Elementary School have been crossing 13th Street NW to take weekly swim lessons at nearby Roosevelt High School’s pool. The swim program at Dorothy Height is part of DCPS’s Health and PE program’s larger goal of teaching all DCPS students how to swim.

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Magpie and the Tiger opens soon on Upshur Street

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Magpie and the Tiger opens soon on Upshur Street

The location is re-opening with Himitsu’s chefs at the helm. Chef Caleb Jang, Himitsu’s sous chef, will be the executive chef of Magpie and The Tiger, the new restaurant coming to the spot. Kevin Tien, the executive chef of Himitsu — as well as Moon Rabbit and Emilie’s — is the owner of the new spot.

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Local businesses you can support this holiday season

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Local businesses you can support this holiday season

If you are looking for a double win — supporting a local business while also giving someone an awesome holiday gift, look no further! Check out this curated list of local neighborhood businesses and their holiday offerings. There’s probably so many more small businesses and artisans in the area — just look around!

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Christmas and Santa come to Upshur & Petworth Park

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Christmas and Santa come to Upshur & Petworth Park

If Santa is your thing (and really, who doesn’t love Santa?) then there’s a “Miracle on Upshur Street” coming this weekend!

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Help provide housing for 10 unhoused neighbors this winter

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Help provide housing for 10 unhoused neighbors this winter

The average median household income for Ward 4 is just over $94,000 (according to DC Health Matters). Juxtapose that with the ugly truth that, every year, as a community, we lose neighbors to hypothermia and overexposure. You can help.

Winter is here.

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