City Cast DC with Michael Schaffer
🐦 This crane has a better love life than you
February 14, 2024
Happy Valentine's Day, neighbor! If you are basking in your lover's arms this morning, congratulations, that makes one of us. The rest of you can join me in fostering platonic relationships or being unironically jealous of Walnut, the local crane. More on that below.
What's CITY Talking About?
Restaurant Not Sticking It Out
Sticky Fingers Diner is closing its H Street Corridor location this month, citing declining sales and crime. The bakery’s overall business, however, is still thriving and just opened a new flagship location in Takoma. [WTOP]
- Many restaurant owners have cited crime as a reason for the recent flurry of closures, but the statistics suggest it’s not so simple. [City Cast DC 🎧]
Walgreens Shooting
A security guard shot a man trying to rob the Chinatown Walgreens on Sunday. Kamanye Williams was taken to the hospital with critical gunshot injuries after he attempted to steal $4,200 from the backroom. The incident follows a 12% increase in violent crime in Chinatown in the last year. [Washington Post 🔒]
- Monumental Sports CEO Ted Leonsis said crime is one reason he wants to move the Caps and Wizards out of Chinatown. He’s also got an issue with the buskers. [City Cast DC 🎧]
Arena Deal on Time-Out
Influential VA Senator L. Louise Lucas said on Monday that legislation for the arena at Potomac Yard would not move forward this year. The halt comes after disagreements with Governor Youngkin on how the project would be financed. Proponents of the deal say they’re confident a compromise will be reached. [Axios]
Sponsored Content
A Melting Pot Under Pressure
In the contemporary drama The Palacios Sisters, four siblings recently arrived from Cuba navigate 1985 Miami’s treacherous landscape of drug wars and violence. Can they pull together as a family without sacrificing their values? Or will the pressures of exile and survival ultimately pull them apart?
Through February 25th
World Premiere in Spanish with English surtitles
What To Do
Wednesday, Feb. 14
- 💗 Cupid’s Ball: Art Studio Party | 8 p.m. | $50 | Union Market
- 💀 Storytelling Night: Worst Date Ever | 7:30 p.m. | $35 | Shaw
- 👯 Galentine Card Making | 6 p.m. | $55 | Georgetown
- 💋 Metrobar: Kiss & Ride | 6:30 p.m. | $65 | Edgewood
- 💟 V-Day Crafting Pop Up | 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. | Free | Pentagon City
- 💉 Valentine’s Flash Tattoos | 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. | Free | Union Market
Thursday, Feb. 15
- 🎉 Heartbreak Hangover Singles Party | 6 p.m. | $25 | Shaw
- 🎶 Tunes: Argo and the Violet Queens | 7:30 p.m. | $15 | Truxton Circle
- 😢 Tunes: Heartbreak Hotel | 8 p.m. | $13 | Union Market
Friday, Feb. 16
- 🎤 "Creative Mornings" Artists Panel | Free | 8:30 a.m. | Downtown
- 🎭 Embassy of Austria Masquerade Ball | 7 p.m. | $79 | Tenleytown
- 📕Book Talk: “Sex, Lies, and Sensibility” | 6 p.m. | Free | Takoma Park
- ❤️🔥 Mindfulness-Centered Dating | 6:30 p.m. | $75 | West End
- 🍽️ Savor Bethesda Restaurant Week | $10 - $35 | Varies | Bethesda
Today on City Cast
The Expert’s Guide To Making Friends in D.C.
Forget romantic love. Today, we’re celebrating friendship. We sat down with friendship psychologist and D.C. local Marisa Franco who wrote the literal book on friendship to share tips on how to make friends in D.C.
🎲 Arlingtonopoly
Make a splash at your next game night with this Arlington-themed version of Monopoly. Snap up properties like National Landing and Arlington Ridge or utilities like Washington Gas. And just like that, you’re basically Jeff Bezos.
💌 Kaela
Today’s newsletter was edited by Priyanka Tilve. News was written by Ashe Durban.
Free · 5 days a week