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Alexandria entrepreneur creates SnapSpaces app to collect wedding photos from guests

Published August 12, 2025 at 6:30PM

Photo via SnapSpaces/Instagram

After a wedding, graduation, or significant event, wouldn’t it be nice if folks could upload their phone pictures and videos to a single gallery?

Alexandria-based entrepreneur Elizabeth Kukla did just that. In the spring of 2021, Kukla’s cousin was getting married. As a gift to the happy couple, Kukla designed a card based on the wedding invitations and printed out cards with QR codes to be placed on the guest tables for the reception. Guests who scanned the code uploaded their favorite pictures to one place, and a week later, the bride’s younger sister reached out and asked for the same services at her own nuptials that summer. With that, SnapSpaces was born.

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The Real Housewives of Potomac wraps production for Season 10 in Alexandria

By James Cullum

Published August 1, 2025 at 5:00AM | Updated August 1, 2025 at 6:38AM

The Real Housewives of Potomac (via Instagram)

The Real Housewives of Potomac just wrapped its 10th season, and the Alexandria-based production crew will soon send all its footage for editing in New York City.

ALXnow sat down for a few minutes with the show’s production manager Juancarlo Morales. While the show is filmed in and around the Town of Potomac, Maryland, since April, Morales and his crew of about 30 producers and video production specialists have lived in apartments in Potomac Yard and worked out of The Link coworking office (215 N. Payne Street) in Old Town.

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Mulberry Lane Play Café gives mom and dad a chance to get work done in Del Ray

By James Cullum

Published April 14, 2025 at 12:15PM

Mulberry Lane Play Cafe at 2016 Mount Vernon Avenue in Del Ray (staff photo by James Cullum)

If Mulberry Lane in Del Ray didn’t close, Molly Szmak says she and her family would never leave.

Neighborhood Restaurant Group opened the supervised “play cafe” for one-to-six-year-old kids last November at 2016 Mount Vernon Avenue. The facility can hold up to 24 kids, with a 1:5 staff ratio that lets parents work or dine nearby.

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Mulberry Lane Play Café for kids and parents opening soon in Del Ray

By James Cullum

Published November 8, 2024 at 11:15AM

Mulberry Lane at 2016 Mount Vernon Avenue in Del Ray (staff photo by James Cullum)

Parents with young kids can soon get a break. Mulberry Lane Play Café, a new daycare/ cafe/coworking office will officially open its doors in Del Ray on Saturday, Nov. 16.

Here’s the idea: While parents relax or work in an adjacent cafe/coworking office, their one-to-six-year-old kids can hang out for up to three hours at a time in a supervised play area.

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PHOTOS: ALX Community expands mini-empire with new coworking office in Old Town

By James Cullum

Published October 22, 2024 at 2:30PM

ALX Community Office Suites at 101 N. Union Street is now open in Old Town, Oct. 2024 (Photo via Laura Hatcher)

Coworking chain ALX Community recently opened the doors to their fourth location in Old Town. The office at 101. N. Union Street allows pets, has impressive waterfront views,

Cofounder Kelly Grant says her business rebounded after the pandemic, despite — or perhaps as a result of — the city’s declining office values.

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Saltbox, Inc. opens ‘co-warehousing’ location for digital platforms on Eisenhower Avenue

By James Cullum

Published October 27, 2022 at 10:50AM

Saltbox, Inc. at 4700 Eisenhower Avenue. (Courtesy photo)

Not enough packing space for your basement office? There’s an open house today (Thursday, October 27) for a new co-warehousing space in Alexandria for digital commerce platforms.

Saltbox, Inc. opened at the end of the summer at 4700 Eisenhower Avenue, making it the sixth location nationwide for the Atlanta, Georgia-based company. Starting at $630 a month, the company offers office and warehouse spaces, flex storage, equipment rental and packing stations.

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Alexandria coworking space hosting fundraising night for Ukrainian refugees

By Vernon Miles

Published March 18, 2022 at 9:45AM | Updated March 18, 2022 at 12:54PM

The George Washington National Masonic Memorial bathed in the colors of the Ukranian Flag, Feb. 27, 2022. (staff photo by James Cullum)

Alexandria coworking space ALX Community is hosting a fundraising event next week to raise donations for nonprofits assisting Ukrainian refugees.

The fundraiser, “A Night for Ukraine,” is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Friday, March 25 at Above ALX (277 South Washington Street). The $25 entrance ticket will go to Community Organized Relief Efforts (CORE), who will supply a family of four with a three-day hygiene kit, which includes soap, hand sanitizer, toothbrushes and other items, along with emergency thermal blankets, the group said.

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Saunas and Ice Baths: A New Coworking Office Focusing on Wellness Opens in Old Town

By James Cullum

Published August 20, 2020 at 2:15PM | Updated August 21, 2020 at 3:54PM

The Loop coworking space at 215 N. Payne Street in Old Town offers the amenities you expect out of such an office, and some you won't expect. (Courtesy photo)

Need a quick sweat in the office sauna before an upcoming meeting? How about an ice bath? For folks tired of working from home, a new coworking office just opened in Old Town with amenities focused on wellness.

Real estate developer Christopher Campagna was ready to open The Loop at 215 N. Payne Street back in March, but then the pandemic struck and it pushed back his plans. He was all set for a virtual opening when George Floyd was killed and the city experienced a period of social unrest, and so he pushed the opening to late summer.

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‘BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL’ Beer Launching August 28 in Old Town

By James Cullum

Published August 14, 2020 at 11:45AM | Updated August 19, 2020 at 1:39PM

There will soon be a new beer in town.

On August 28, to commemorate the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have A Dream” speech on the National Mall in 1963, a group of local entrepreneurs will unveil Rocket Frog’s newest socially conscious creation — “BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL” beer.

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Morning Notes

By James Cullum

Published June 24, 2020 at 9:00AM

City Releases Annual Homeless Data — “The 2020 Annual Point-in-Time (PIT) Count revealed 207 persons experiencing homelessness (i.e., unsheltered and in temporary shelter made available by homeless services providers) in the City of Alexandria.” [City of Alexandria]

Alexandria Police Release 2019 Traffic Stop Data — “The vast majority of traffic stops — 80 percent — occur on weekdays, with Tuesday and Wednesday being the most common days.” [Alexandria Living]

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Planned King Street Childcare Facility Lets You Cowork With Your Kids

By Vernon Miles

Published April 21, 2020 at 11:30AM

If you’ve gotten used to working from home with your kids during the pandemic, a new daycare and coworking facility coming to Old Town could let you work alongside your kids.

Two Birds is a coworking office in D.C. with a focus on also offering child care. The company offers the usual coworking amenities, like coffee bars, dedicated desks, and conference rooms, but also comes with amenities aimed at early childcare.