Good Thursday morning, Alexandria!
🌧️ Today’s weather: Expect rain after 4pm, with cloudy skies and highs around 53°F, accompanied by an east wind at 5-8 mph. There’s a 60% chance of precipitation, with an accumulation of up to a quarter-inch. Thursday night, rain will continue until around 4am, with patchy fog after 9pm and low temperatures near 45°F. A northeast wind of 7 mph will persist, while the chance of precipitation rises to 90%, and new amounts may reach half an inch.
BRABO Brasserie at 1600 King Street is getting replaced with a new location from the Midwest breakfast/brunch restaurant chain HomeGrown: A Daytime Eatery.
The restaurant is located inside the Archer Hotel Old Town Alexandria, which took over the space from Lorien Hotel and Spa earlier this year.
A proposal for a new townhouse development scored a unanimous Planning Commission recommendation in spite of some tense discussion and pushback from neighbors.
The proposal would see seven new townhomes built at 5216 Seminary Road. Each home will be three stories plus a roof deck and garage, with one unit set aside as affordable.
Despite mixed community reaction, Alexandria City Public Schools Superintendent Melanie Kay-Wyatt included the conversion of Jefferson-Houston PreK-8 IB School into a middle school and Patrick Henry K-8 School into an elementary school in her proposed 10-year Capital Improvement Program budget.
Thousands of runners, walkers and their dogs are expected to participate in the 49th annual Turkey Trot in Del Ray on Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 28.
The five-mile contest is touted as the “premier D.C. area Thanksgiving race” by the Del Ray Business Association. It started in 1975 with just 244 runners, and has since grown to 6,000+ participants.
It’s not Thanksgiving yet, we know, but if you’re already getting into the Christmas spirit: The Nutcracker will be returning to the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall (4915 E. Campus Drive) next month.
The Metropolitan School of the Arts is bringing the ballet back for it’s 25th year on Saturday, Dec. 14 and Sunday, Dec. 15, at noon and 5 p.m. on both days.
Good Wednesday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today’s weather: Expect sunshine and a high near 52 degrees, with north winds at 7 mph shifting to the east in the afternoon. The night will bring mostly cloudy skies and a low temperature around 37 degrees, accompanied by a gentle east breeze.
The holiday shopping season is right around the corner in Alexandria.
On Friday, Nov. 29, more than 50 retailers are participating in the 15th annual Plaid Friday. Alexandria’s alternative to Black Friday asks shoppers to shop at local boutiques for big deals.
“That was fun,” a Patrick Henry seventh grader said this afternoon (Nov. 12) after virtually installing solar panels on the roof of a building.
The student wore an Oculus II headset, and got a chance to see what kind of work she could get paid to do in the real world of the future. It’s the first year of the new Career Investigation course for middle schoolers, and today’s class was observed by Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction Lisa Coons and Alexandria City Public Schools leadership.
Local goods shop Made in ALX is opening up in a new location this Saturday.
Made in ALX announced in a release that a new store and workshop space will open on Saturday, Nov. 16, at 415 King Street.
Like a scene from Cobra Kai, local martial artists are getting it on.
On Saturday (Nov. 9), fighters from a number of local martial arts gyms participated in an informal smoker’s kickboxing tournament at Atlas Muay Thai (6301A Richmond Highway).
