Good Tuesday morning, Alexandria!
🌤️ Today’s weather: Expect partly sunny skies with a high near 74 and southwest winds around 10 mph today. Tuesday night will be mostly clear, with lows around 46 and a north wind around 7 mph.
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Election Day is tomorrow, Tuesday, which brings to an end an entire season of voting that kicked off in September.
Alexandrians voting on Tuesday will face few decisions tomorrow, as the only contests on the ballot are for the 39th District of the Virginia State Senate and three House of Delegates districts.
You’ll have plenty of time to fill up on turkey and stuffing after burning calories at the 48th Alexandria Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning.
The five-mile race on Nov. 23 through the heart of Alexandria’s Del Ray neighborhood is expected to draw upward of 6,000 participants. It will start at 9 a.m. outside George Washington Middle School (1005 Mount Vernon Avenue).
This year’s Very Godly VBS, inspired by The Titan’s Curse, invites children into the world of Camp Half-Blood to explore faith, courage, belonging, and community through storytelling, music, crafts, games, science, and reflection in a fun and welcoming environment for all.
Location: The Falls Church
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The Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority is asking the city to approve new height limits for its proposed redevelopment of Ladrey High Rise in Old Town North.
ARHA has plans to demolish the existing 11-story, 170-unit affordable apartment building at 300 Wythe Street, which houses seniors and residents with disabilities, as well as its former headquarters at 600 N. Fairfax Street.
Poets and Poetry Lovers: Please join us for our next Del Ray Poetry Reading on Friday, June 5 (7-9pm) at St. Elmo’s Coffee Pub, 2300 Mt. Vernon Ave. Our featured reader is poet Claire Kinnane. After her reading we’ll open the mic for all to read their poems. The theme this month is “Summertime.”
Your Cohosts,
The Nightmare on the Avenue is over, so to speak.
The seasonal pop-up bar Nightmare on the Avenue closed after nearly two months of serving Halloween-inspired cocktails and food. Now the team from the Homegrown Restaurant Group will spend the next few weeks transforming the space into the Christmas-themed “Joy On The Avenue.”
The owner of a number of coffee shops in and around Alexandria just got into the pizza business.
Last month, Nga Ho submitted paperwork with the city requesting a change in ownership after buying RedRocks Old Town (904 King Street) from Firebrick Food Group, Inc., which opened the 2,400-square-foot, 98-seat restaurant in 2009.
Good Monday morning, Alexandria!
☀️ Today’s weather: Expect a mostly sunny day with temperatures nearing 64°F, accompanied by light winds that will shift to the south at 5-7 mph in the afternoon. Moving into Monday night, the skies will be mostly cloudy and the temperature will drop to about 53°F, with south winds blowing at 6-9 mph.
This reporter’s got a six-hour drive ahead of him, so we’re going to keep things snappy on this recap.
It was Halloween this week, unquestionably the best holiday in Alexandria, and the city did not disappoint this year. Thousands turned out for Del Ray’s acclaimed Halloween Parade and took over Lee Street with some spectacular costumes.
If you’re an aspiring writer working through National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), there’s a workshop at the Alexandria Library for you.
There’s a Writers Group meeting at the Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central library twice a month. The next meeting is this Sunday, Nov. 5, from 1-4:30 p.m.