Metro Weekly

All posts tagged "u street"

  • Barking for Bargains

    Washington and Waverly, Tenn., may not be sister cities, but Greg Link knows of one cultural tie that makes them kin, of sorts. As owner...

  • Crime Update

    In the July 24 issue of Metro Weekly, the story ''Adams Morgan Malevolence'' mentioned a possible hate-crime incident occurring at 14th and U Streets NW....

  • Adams Morgan Malevolence

    It won't be surprising if gay locals begin to suspect that Pizza Mart and late nights are a dangerous mix. In December 2005, a gay...

  • Welcome to Town

    John Guggenmos and Ed Bailey It's late October and the effort to create the latest addition to D.C.'s gay nightlife is in the home stretch....

  • Going to Town

    Exterior of new club, Town, at 8th St & Florida Ave/U Street With nearly 20 years of experience under their belts, Ed Bailey and John...

  • Change of Scene

    Ed Bailey and John Guggenmos, the masterminds behind a string of gay nightclubs and bars for nearly two decades in Washington, including Tracks and VelvetNation,...

  • Feeling Nellie

    Really, what better name could there be for a gay sports bar than ''Nellie's''? You can thank Douglas Schantz's great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother, the eponymous inspirations...

  • Gay Guitar Slingers

    When folk-rock singer-songwriter Eric Himan first started performing at gay clubs six years ago, people thought it was an act. ''You know how strippers dress...

  • Drinking and Entering

    Last summer, Washington's gay nightlife community bid farewell to a handful of gay bars and clubs in Southeast, including VelvetNation, to make way for the...

  • The Heat Is On

    As the saying goes, if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck. But when...