Tag: businesses
Fairfax County Police Department wins annual Annandale Bed Race
Annandale residents should feel safer knowing that our police officers are fit and healthy enough to beat 32 other teams in pushing a hospital bed up and down John Marr Drive. The Fairfax Police Department won the annual Bed Race, an Annandale annual tradition, on Saturday morning. A team from Magill’s restaurant was the second-place … Continued
Coming soon on this blog: ‘Neighborhood Joints’
The editor of this esteemed blog, Ms. Ashford, asked that I follow up last summer’s insightful, behind-the-scenes story on neighborhood swim teams with a new report. Unfortunately, Ms. Ashford turned down my first story idea, “How I Spent My Summer,” an existential tale of indolence and mid-life angst in the Deep South. No, she said: … 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