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Tenleytown & Around
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Misc. sights seen and things done in and around the Tenleytown, DC neighborhood.
DC has 18 neighborhoods where the median sale price for a home in 2025 was over $1 million.

Nearby neighborhoods with pricey $1 million plus median home sale prices include Spring Valley, Woodley Park, Chevy Chase, North Cleveland Park, Palisades and AU Park.
DC's Record Number Of Million-Dollar Neighborhoods
The number of neighborhoods in DC where the median home price hit or exceeded $1 million remains at record levels as 2025 comes to a close.
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December 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
A good start to the week at Saku Saku Flakerie.

#SakuSakuFlakerie #Tenleytown #TenleytownDC
December 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Dog Haus in Van Ness (4340 Connecticut Avenue, at the corner of Yuma Street) continues to get closer to opening.

No opening date has been announced, but this location is on the company’s website as “temporarily closed” and that sounds imminent.

#DogHausBiergarten #VanNessDC
December 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
If you miss a cat adoption event at PetMAC, but are interested in adopting, people at the store can connect you with the cat rescue groups and the many available cats they show on their website.
Saturday brings another cat adoption event to PetMAC.

Cats and kittens looking for forever homes will be at PetMAC (4914 Wisconsin Avenue) from 12 noon to 2pm on Saturday, December 20.

#PetMACDC #Tenleytown #FriendshipHeights
December 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Sidwell Friends' tennis coach is a rising star in freestyle tennis. Washingtonian has a look at his path to "perfecting ludicrously difficult trick shots."

#SidwellFriends
Sidwell’s Tennis Coach Does Wild Trick Shots
Watch his “freestyle tennis” tricks here.
washingtonian.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Saturday brings another cat adoption event to PetMAC.

Cats and kittens looking for forever homes will be at PetMAC (4914 Wisconsin Avenue) from 12 noon to 2pm on Saturday, December 20.

#PetMACDC #Tenleytown #FriendshipHeights
December 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Mid-week lunch at Crisp & Juicy in Tenleytown.

#CrispandJuicy #Tenleytown
December 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Jurassic Park is this week's movie at the Tenley-Friendship Library on Thursday, December 18.

The 1993 blockbuster hit shows at 5:30pm on Thursday, December 18 at the library on Wisconsin Avenue.

#Tenleytown #TenleyFriendshipLibrary

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Tenley Movie Night
Enjoy an evening film screening at Tenley-Friendship Library. Showing Jurassic (1993), rated PG-13.. Event starts at December 18, 2025 5:30 PM EST
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December 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
ANC 3A (Tenley Circle south past Cathedral Heights) has their December meeting this Tuesday, December 16.

The civic fun begins at 7pm on 12/16. Can attend either in-person at the McLean Gardens Ballroom (3811 Porter Street) or by Zoom. Details and meeting agenda are at the link.

#ANC3A #Tenleytown
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December 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
It's a Wonderful Life is this week's Terrific Tuesday movie at DC's Chevy Chase Library.

The 1946 classic starts at 2pm on Tuesday, December 16 at the library on Connecticut Avenue.
Go and see Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed, and whether buffalo gals will come out tonight.

#ChevyChaseDC
Terrific Movie Tuesdays
On Tuesday, December 16th at 2 p.m.the Chevy Chase Neighborhood Library will screen the 1946 film 'It's a Wonderful Life.' The film will be screened in the second floor meeting room.. Event starts at ...
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December 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
To many, "Jewish Christmas" means Chinese food and a movie on December 25.

A look by Axios at good Chinese restaurant choices for the day includes Han Palace in Woodley Park.
Fun choices for any day of the year.

#HanPalace #WoodleyPark
Our favorite Chinese restaurants open on Christmas Day
Reservations and online pre-orders are encouraged when available.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate.

#BehrendMenorah #WashingtonHebrewCongregation
December 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Sunday brunch at Silver on Wisconsin Avenue in Cathedral Heights.

#SilverBrasserie #CathedralHeights
December 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Christmas tree cheer outside the Giant in Cathedral Heights.

#CathedralHeights
December 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
There’s a Holiday Market on Connecticut Avenue in Van Ness this Saturday, December 13.

The one day pop-up market happens from 10am to 3pm on Saturday, 12/13, around 4340 Connecticut Avenue.

#VanNess #VanNessDC
December 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Looking like Christmas inside the mansion at Hillwood.

#HillwoodMuseumandGardens
December 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Earlier this month, lunch with friends at Satay Club on Wisconsin Avenue.

#SatayClub #Tenleytown #TenleytownDC
December 11, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Out with the old, in with the new.

Rosedale, a restaurant that opened in late 2024 on Connecticut Avenue in Van Ness, is closing this month.

But the space won’t be empty for long. A new restaurant, Malabar, plans to open there in January.

#Rosedale #Malabar #VanNess #VanNessDC
December 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM
One door closes, another stays open.

Saku Saku Flakerie closed their Cleveland Park shop, a victim of logistical difficulties if stayed there.
Fortunately, Saku Saku Flakerie’s larger Tenleytown location on Wisconsin Ave. is going strong.

#SakuSakuFlakerie #CevelandPark #Tenleytown #MatchaForever
December 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Author Scott Seligman speaks this Tuesday, December 9, at the Cleveland Park library about his book The Great Christmas Boycott of 1906.

The talk from the award-winning Van Ness resident begins at 6:30pm on 12/9 at the library on Connecticut Ave.
Details at the link.

#ScottSeligman #ClevelandPark
Author Talk: Scott Seligman
Local author Scott Seligman will present his latest book.. Event starts at December 9, 2025 6:30 PM EST
dclibrary.libnet.info
December 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Author Walter Isaacson spoke on Sunday at Sidwell Friends School about his most recent book, The Greatest Sentence Ever Written.

In the talk, Isaacson spoke about the famous sentence in the Declaration of Independence that begins “We hold these truths to be self-evident…”

#WalterIsaacson
December 9, 2025 at 12:52 AM
It’s going to be a Wonder-ful week.

Wonder, the new food hall company, is opening this week on Connecticut Avenue in Cleveland Park.

They’re holding friends & family previews Monday-Wednesday, and then a grand opening on Thursday, December 11.

#WonderFoodHall #ClevelandPark
December 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
It’s now or never.

This is the final weekend for current exhibitions at American University’s museum at the Katzen Arts Center (4400 Massachusetts Avenue).

The museum will be open, 11am-4pm, through Sunday, December 7.
The museum is free (as is parking on weekends).

#AUPark #AUMuseumstKatzen
December 6, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Today’s the day!

Thursday is Trader Joe’s first day open on Wisconsin Avenue in Friendship Heights.

#FriendshipHeights #TraderJoes
December 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM