Aurora Hills Babysitter Co-Op — While the District has been ranked as the most expensive place in the country for childcare, parents in the Aurora Hills neighborhood, near Crystal City, have banded together to save money by taking care of each other’s kids. The Aurora Hills babysitting co-op is “just a group of moms helping each other out,” according to one of the members. [MyFoxDC]
Seasonal Green Chiles Arrive in Arlington — A shipment of green chiles, fresh from the famous growing region of Hatch, N.M., has arrived at Santa Fe Cafe (1500 Wilson Blvd) in Rosslyn. The restaurant is expecting to receive about 100 pounds of Hatch green chiles throughout September. Owner Kip Laramie says he’ll be using the flavorful, spicy ingredient to serve dishes like locally smoked pork chop with green chile peach chutney, grilled spinach with green chile quesadilla, and red snapper with artichokes, mushrooms and green chiles. [Rosslyn Blog]
Public Forum Planned for Comcast Renewal — Comcast is seeking to renew its cable franchise agreement with the county, and a public meeting is planned to give residents a chance to share their thoughts on the company’s service in Arlington. Officials are specifically seeking ideas for public services that Comcast can provide as part of a new franchise agreement. The meeting will be held on at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 13, in the County Board room of 2100 Clarendon Boulevard. [Arlington County]
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Babysitting coops are nothing new. We’ve had one in our neighborhood for decades.
Likewise. I remember a babysitting coop in my Arlington neighborhood in the 1970s, when I was a teen babysitter. They used little chits to make sure that everyone gave as much as received. A babysitting coop is hardly “ahead of its time”. In reality, I’d consider it kind of retro — going back to a simpler time when neighbors looked after each other’s children.
Locally smoked? Is that the new culinary fad? Why not call it pork chop with local smoke and green chile peach chutney.
Lol! You beat me to it!
I was going to say that those “locally smoked” pork chops sure taste a lot better than the ones that are trucked in from across the country…
I know, they lose so much flavor when they’re smoked out of state. 14% of people know this for a fact. The quesadilla could make an appearance tomorrow at our building’s happy hour.
I’m sure some Government Agency (Arlington County) will come in a shut down the “Babysitting coops” because they don’t comply with some Government Standards/Regulation. Or some Child Care company will complain and then force the mom’s to not take care of the children!
Bitter much?
Except he’s got a pretty good point. At what point does it become a “child care facility”?
When there’s money involved. It sounds like these moms are just babysitting each others’ kids, free of charge. They simply take turns.
To be clear, our co-op isn’t a full-time, daycare thing, it’s just babysitting when needed.
Like I said, we’ve had one for decades. The county has never once had any contact with us.
Rick, you lose. Your silly hyperbole is disproven by reality.
How DARE the county require that children be safe!
Exactly… if anything ever happened to one of those kids, the same group of whiners on here would be the first to say it’s the county’s fault for not intervening.
Ooo, pretty picture!
+1
Mom’s running unlicensed day care, a restaurant gets a food delivery and Comcast works to continue it’s monopoly… That’s some hard hitting reporting there…
Yet you came here and read the articles, and even took the time to post.
Any idea when the mobile version of the site will be back?