The Honey Pig: a good spot for Korean BBQ
The Honey Pig (7220-C Columbia Pike) was packed when we arrived at 9 p.m. on a Tuesday night. Open 24 hours a day, the ambience at the Honey Pig, also known as the Gooldaegee Korean Grill, is very loud, with techno music bouncing off the concrete floors and metal walls. The specialty may be pork, … Continued
What I like about my neighborhood
You can park a toilet in front of your house for weeks (like the folks at 3014 Rose Lane) and no one will complain. People around here aren’t all obsessed with fascist rules about what color you can or can’t paint your door, whether you’d prefer a meadow to a neatly mowed lawn, or whether … Continued
School bond on the ballot
The $232.5 million school bond slated for the Nov. 3 ballot won’t have much new funding for schools serving Annandale residents. That’s because renovation projects in our area were covered by previous bonds, including the construction of a new 36-classroom elementary school on the Lacey site near the intersection of Gallows Road and Wayne Drive … Continued
Hello to Hapmudo
The Hapmudo martial arts studio, which has been located in various spots in Annandale for the past five years and most recently in the former Princess Nails site on Columbia Pike, is moving next door July 1 to the site vacated by Master’s Costume. Hapmudo Master and founder Yong Sung Lee’s philosophy focuses on balancing … Continued
Farewell to Master’s Costume
A couple of enormous Teletubby heads, a few Santa suits, various halloween costumes, some hats, and a large assortment of bunny suits–that’s all that’s left on the second-to-the-last day of the Master’s Costume shop on Columbia Pike. The entire chain–with stores across the Virginia, Maryland, and D.C. region–is closing. The company has had a store … Continued
Vote for Kory for delegate
The AnnandaleVA blog endorses Kaye Kory to represent the 38th district in the House of Delegates. Kory has done an outstanding job as a member of the Fairfax County school board for the past 10 years and can be counted on to work hard to support public education as a state rep. Among her accomplishments … Continued
Blogger on vacation
This blog is on hiatus until June 1.
How lame is this?
The Annandale community sign in the tiny park on the corner of Little River Turnpike and Columbia Pike still has brochures about a bond referendum on the November 8, 1988, ballot and the capital improvement program dated July 30, 2005. How about some updates? Too bad Annandale isn’t more pedestrian friendly.
Bedlam on John Marr Drive
About 20 teams pushed hospital beds up and down the street in front of the Kmart this morning in the annual bed race. A team from Silverado restaurant won the race, which benefits the Special Olympics of Virginia and Annandale Chamber of Commerce. A team from the Reithoffer Shows, the company running the carnival in … Continued
Waiting for Bloom
The new Bloom grocery store, on Columbia Pike and Gallows Road where the Magruders used to be, won’t open until “the fourth quarter of 2009,” says a Food Lion spokesperson. Food Lion operates 52 Blooms in Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Bloom stores have interactive information kiosks that allow shoppers to locate products, … Continued
Students get grade relief
It’s going to be a little easier to get a higher grade point average in Fairfax County schools, now that the school board has approved a new 10-point grading scale. Under the old system, a student needed 94 points on a 100-point scale to get an A. Now, an A is 93 to 100 percent … Continued
Splitting the Atom
Many Annandale residents are concerned about plans to relieve overcrowding at Annandale High School by transferring some students to Lake Braddock Secondary School or Falls Church High School. Initial estimates calling for 275 students to be moved have been adjusted. The current plan calls for just 153 to be moved in fall 2010. Some parents … Continued
Anyone else blogging about Annandale?
As far as I can tell, there doesn’t seem to be any other blogs covering the geographic area of Annandale. Many Annandale residents, of course, are blogging about a variety of subjects, there are many Northern Virginia politics blogs, and there are more narrow neighborhood blogs in the community. If anyone knows about bloggers writing … Continued
Join the BCRC pool
It might be cold and rainy now, but summer’s only two weeks away. If you’re thinking about joining a pool, check out the Broyhill Crest Recreation Club, at the end of Early Street in the Broyhill Crest neighborhood. Opening day, Saturday, May 23, at 11 a.m., features an open house with free swimming from 2-4 … Continued
Good news for bowlers
Despite all the rumors to the contrary, the Annandale Lanes bowling center on Markham Street will not be closing in the near future. A plan for a multistory development on that property has fallen apart, and the bowling center is under contract to remain open through the summer of 2010. AMF, the parent company, is … Continued