It would seem like the kind of comment that a restaurateur, right on the verge of opening a new space, would make in jest. But if you visit the Columbia Room—open as of Tuesday—you'll see that it's not. This launch is a big deal, both for D.C.'s cocktail aficionados and for Brown. When the original tiny, reservations-only "speakeasy" closed in the early days of 2015 (along with its sister outfit The Passenger), it wasn't because of a lack of interest, but rather because they had lost their lease. Now located just a couple of blocks away from its previous address on 7th Street NW, the Columbia Room is not so much being reopened as being reborn. Read more here.

Metro riders are in for another weekend of delays. Each line will run between 10 – 20 minutes through Sunday (there's no track work scheduled for Presidents' Day). Additionally, beginning Saturday until closing on Sunday, buses will replace trains between Gallery Place and Navy Yard. Click here for more details.

Ever wonder how the Shaw neighborhood got its name?
Shaw You Knew! 🙂

Shaw – An area of D.C. with a culturally rich history of African Americans, this neighborhood was a freed slaves camp on the outskirts of Washington. It got it's name during the Urban Renewal Era, when the neighborhood started to be referred to as Shaw due to the neighborhood's local Junior High School which was named after Civil War Colonel Robert Gould Shaw.