I’m tired…tired of stuffing my face. That’s about the most you can do in downtown Silver Spring’s shopping district (and also why PFA won’t allow anymore restaurants), save for places like Galaxy Billiards.
With the departure of Time Out there’s a significant void left in City Place Mall, the new ownership (Petrie Ross Ventures) has proposed [...]

As promised Hook & Ladder Brewing Company has moved their headquarters from somewhere in Northern Silver Spring (Forest Glen area I believe) and into downtown.
There’s a little sign hanging above the entrance at 8113 Fenton Street. Peaking inside it looks like they’ve taken most of the ground floor.
As most of you know, Hook & Ladder [...]

Raise your hand if you were awakened by the sound of a pesky news helicopter (if I’m not mistaken) buzzing around downtown Silver Spring.
D.C. was more than the usual mess today, the perfect storm quite frankly. It took me an hour and a half to get from downtown Silver Spring to downtown D.C. All major [...]

So National Public Radio (NPR) says they aren’t coming to Silver Spring, big deal…I’m not sweating it because it really wasn’t about NPR in first place. Replace NPR with ‘X’ organization and you would have seen that logo on my homemade petition banner.

Let’s not forget that ten years ago any recognizable firm would have been [...]

There are several buildings along Georgia Ave going for the glass look that’s much needed in Silver Spring. This is a start but we still need a lot more glass buildings to balance out all the concrete, brick masonry and “commie block from Russia” looking buildings from the 60’s and 70s as well as one [...]