Video of the Four Mile Run Extension

From the current edition of The Arlington Insider:

VIDEO: BIKE TRAIL CONNECTOR

A new trail connector links the W&OD and Four Mile Run trails, making a safer, more convenient route for pedestrians and cyclists alike. >> View

The Case for Year-Round School (from Experiences in Arlandria)

In Sunday's Washington Post, reporter Brigin Schulte wrote about The Case for Year-Round School as she's seen it develop at one of our neighborhood schools, Mt Vernon Elementary:

"At their Alexandria public school, my kids have learned how to sail, designed entire cities in cardboard, built skyscrapers with toothpicks and marshmallows, performed in a musical and built and set off rockets on the front lawn. They've created passports and had them stamped after 'visiting' countries around the world. They've learned CPR, calligraphy, Japanese, rollerblading and how to make art like Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock. My daughter was in kindergarten when she came home bubbling about Picasso's Rose period. In Spanish."

"My children attend a year-round school. And these are the kinds of hands-on, big-project classes that are taught during 'intersessions,' or short breaks throughout the year that take the place of the long, lazy, Huck Finn summers that most Americans have come to think of as an inalienable right of childhood."

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Arlington moves ahead with Columbia Pike streetcar project

The Washington Examiner reported today that Arlington moves ahead with Columbia Pike streetcar project. What does that have to do with Arlandria? The Examiner explains:

"Arlington, like communities around the country, once had a network of streetcars. Today such transit lines are making a comeback in many jurisdictions. Locally, similar projects are also being planned, including a streetcar line in Anacostia and a possible line between Crystal City and Potomac Yard" (emphasis added).

Further says the report:

"(Arlington County and Metro board member Chris) Zimmerman hopes the (Columbia Pike) line can be the first piece of a network of surface rail that would include a link to Potomac Yard and Crystal City."

See the Pike Transit Initiative for more.

Find a Deal at Arlandria and Del Ray Restaurants

We don't advertise on this site, but we do cover anything we can involving area businesses. One Arlandria restaurant and numerous Del Ray restaurants are offering deals through the next 2 weekends as part of the Discover Del Ray Dining event. The promotion lasts from June 5 - 14.

In Arlandria, My Bakery and Cafe is offering a free slice of their famous Tres Leches cake with the purchase of any entree. It is quite tasty, I must say. A number of restaurants in the ground-floor retail at the Calvert (located between Del Ray and Arlandria) are offering promotions as well. Cafe Pizzaiolo has some great offerings, as do Del Merei Grille and Bombay Curry Company.

Expanding Surroundings

With Shirlington becoming a new transit hub with the recent opening of the new, state-of-the-art station, it's welcome news that a couple of new routes have begun operating from there to other 'urban villages' throughout Arlington.

From the CommuterPageBlog:
New Bus Service Between Shirlington, Clarendon and Court House Begins June 8

The Shirlington transit hub is within walking distance of much of Arlandria. Alternatively, locals can transfer to these new routes via the 10B and 23A Metrobuses....and maybe, oneday, DASH?