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I’ve been a fan of Joshua James since the Fields and Floods album in 2007 where he mixed folk music with a unique dystopic sound and lyrics. When I saw he was playing at Jammin Java I knew it would be a professional show and experience. The bands performance did not disappoint a crowd...
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In August we covered a young entrepreneur who, facing a terrible job market coming out of college, decided to take a risk and start brewing craft beer. The small operation is located in Leesburg and uses some innovative techniques to get the highest yield from ingredients they grow directly on site. After a year...
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As promised we are going to spend the next month looking line by line into the Bus Network being provided to us by WMATA to question a few things. Are the routes connecting points of interest, residents, and destinations together? Are the routes running at appropriate headways and durations during the day? What are...
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This might come as a surprise to some, especially those from out of town or from DC, but the Northern Virginia music scene can often compete against our neighbor DC. High draw stadium acts choosing Nissan (I refuse to call it JLL) and Wolftrap for venues instead of the Verizon Center, which has terrible...
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Now that summer has officially passed you may feel like taking a trip out of town will need to wait for a few more months. In reality, now that travel season has slowed, tourism dollars go a lot farther in an effort to get people out to regional destinations. Case in point, our sponsor...
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Many south Vienna, Tysons, Falls Church, and Merrifield residents have been patiently waiting for the completion of the first phase for the Mosaic District located south of the Dunn Loring metro in Merrifield. What was once an aging multiplex movie theater and strip mall has already experienced a makeover with new apartments and condos...
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Everyday around 4pm the vents in my office building fill up with the smell of hickory wood and the scent of barbecue and chops being prepared; the culprit is JGilbert’s next door and the scent often leads me into a frantic state of carnivore rage which can only be satisfied with beer and smoked...
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When life gives you lemons some people make lemonade. In the case of the rising Crooked Run Brewery, life was handing out barley and hops so why not make something better? For young entrepreneur Jake Endres all he has ever wanted was to run a brew pub which could sell what he loves to...
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Ever since my first visit to the 1st Stage Theater I have been amazed at the level of professional production being created in a theater two blocks from me. When I saw that Side Man, the Warren Leight play about the culture and death of Jazz in America, was opening last night, I knew...
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For anyone who has been to Wolf Trap the past three years, you may have noticed a clear trend forming towards the stereotypical Classic Rock venue. While I love Steve Miller Band, the Beach Boys, Dolly Parton, and Huey Lewis they do seem to cater to a certain genre of sing-alongers. Which is great,...
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Fairfax County faces an accumulation of large decisions that will guide it through the next 30 years; a population that has shifted westward causing budget deficit, transportation gridlock, rising gang related crime in western suburbs, and an economy which has become dangerously connected to federal budgetary discretion. Of course, the most dangerous of all dilemmas in consideration,...
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