Located on the winding streets of the welcoming Westmont neighborhood, this adorable, affordable 3 bedroom 2 bath duplex is blocks from restaurants, groceries, shops, and nightlife of the vibrant Columbia Pike corridor. Original 1930s parquet wood floors extend from the living and dining areas to the two bedrooms upstairs, served by a renovated hall bath. The hugging kitchen offers granite tops, stainless appliances, and a door to the driveway for bringing in packages.
The main level bedroom with full updated bathroom can be used a a family room, and the lower level rec room with egress window is ideal for an office, gym, or play area. The laundry and storage are also on this level. Close before the holidays and join the neighbors in festive holiday decorating and celebrating.
Construction work on the Military Road roundabout last month (staff photo by Dan Egitto)
After years of work and $2.5 million in funding, crews are working to make a new roundabout on Military Road able to accommodate buses.
The traffic circle at the intersection of Military Road and Nelly Custis Drive was partially closed for about two weeks last month to give crews enough space to work on the traffic circle. It’s now back open with signage warning large vehicles, including buses, to stay away — although apparently that wasn’t enough to stop at least one driver.
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If you want a visa to come to the United States, you fill out the application, you pay the fee, you wait for an appointment, and you sit for an interview with a consular officer at a U.S. embassy or consulate. There are narrow exceptions. Being a friend of the President is not one of them.
Or it didn’t use to be.
On October 25, Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro – eldest son of the imprisoned former president Jair Bolsonaro – lost Brazil’s presidential runoff to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, reportedly by more than 4.4 million votes. The next day, Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered him to surrender his passports as part of a money-laundering investigation. He did not. On Tuesday, a senior State Department official announced that Bolsonaro and his family would be granted U.S. visas. On Wednesday morning, he landed by private jet at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport.
We doubt very much that Senator Bolsonaro sat for a visa interview at the U.S. Embassy in Brasília, or at any of the U.S. consulates in Brazil, sometime between Monday’s court order and Tuesday’s departure. (And if he already held a valid visa, there was nothing for the State Department to announce.) So what, exactly, happened? Let’s consider the possibilities.
He was paroled. The Secretary of Homeland Security may parole a person into the United States “on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.” INA § 212(d)(5)(A). If that is what happened, it would at least be lawful. But we doubt that, too. An ordinary person who asks for parole files Form I-131 with USCIS and, in our experience, waits more than two years for a decision. Merely asking USCIS to expedite the application takes more than a month to get an answer, and the answer is routinely no. Senator Bolsonaro, it seems, got his overnight. If he was paroled, say so, and explain how he got to the front of the line.
The visa requirement was waived for an “unforeseen emergency.” The regulations do allow this. 8 C.F.R. § 212.1(g). But losing an election you have been campaigning in for a year is not unforeseen. Neither is a court order in an investigation you have known about for months. Indeed, Bolsonaro’s younger brother, Eduardo, said on a podcast earlier this month that Flávio should leave the country if he lost. Some emergency.
A visa will be issued after the fact. That isn’t how visas work. A visa is permission to travel to a port of entry and request admittance. Issuing one to a man who is already in Miami is like issuing a fishing license to a poacher with prize tarpon already gaffed and flopping on the deck.
A Halloween night fight spills out onto Columbia Pike (via Date Statter/X)
A late-night brawl spilled into Columbia Pike outside a hookah lounge early Sunday, a night after a man was hit with a glass bottle inside a business on the same block.
Video of Sunday’s fight, posted (below) by local public safety watcher Dave Statter, shows a group of people grappling in the street near S. Walter Reed Drive as a crowd watches from the sidewalk outside the lounge.
Reserve your spot for an after-hour event with multi-disciplinary artist Sky Hopinka, Thursday, Nov. 5, 6–9 PM. Experience monumental nature-inspired artworks in the Water’s Edgeexhibition, make your own artwork to take home at the National Museum of the American Indian.
Sky Hopinka’s photo and video art—including This is a mnemonic for Truman Lowe in the museum’s collection—shares Truman Lowe’s interest in Indigenous homelands, cultural knowledge, and traditional practices. Hopinka contributed to the exhibition catalog for Water’s Edge: The Art of Truman Lowe, writing on Lowe’s lasting impact on his work. Hopinka joins the museum for this special after hours event featuring a screening of three of his short video works followed by a discussion with Rebecca Head Trautmann, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art and exhibition curator, along with art-making activities, and time to enjoy Lowe’s work currently on view. Sky Hopinka has been widely recognized for his experimental short films and photo-based works. A MacArthur Fellow, Guggenheim Fellow, and Forge Project Fellow, his work has been shown in major film festivals, museums, and international exhibitions and is in numerous prominent museum collections. Hopinka is currently an assistant professor in the department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies at Harvard University.
Okinami in Crystal City (staff photo by Dan Egitto)
A new spot for sushi, ramen and poke is open for business in Crystal City.
Okinami opened recently on the ground floor of The Grace and Reva apartments, primarily operating as a takeout restaurant near other establishments such as Flight Wine Bar, Bar Chinois and Toastique.
Northern Virginia Fairfax Families for Safe Streets (NoVA FSS) cordially invites you to attend and support our upcoming World Day of Remembrance (WDoR) for Road Traffic Victims.
World Day of Remembrance is an annual event where we honor those whose lives were prematurely ended after being struck by a person driving. This year is particularly painful and sad as we think about the recent death of a 13-year-old Frost middle school student who was struck and killed by a person driving a truck on Pickett Road. We will also honor the nearly 30 other people (as of today’s date) who have been killed on Northern Virginia streets while, walking, biking, or rolling since last year’s day of remembrance.
Yorktown's Felix Gomez boots the game-winning field goal out of Boston Izzo's hold against W-L (staff photo by Dave Facinoli)
The Yorktown Patriots won the biggest football victory of the regular season over the weekend, one of many accomplishments for the high-school sports program in recent weeks.
Other notable achievements included two postseason championships won by the girls cross-country team and an individual girls golf highlight.
Abi's Azteca Grill on Columbia Pike (staff photo by Dan Egitto)
The Arlington Sister City Association is celebrating National Pupusa Day this weekend with a celebration of Salvadoran culture on Columbia Pike.
The association’s San Miguel Committee will host a celebration from 1-3 p.m. on Sunday at Abi’s Azteca Grill, a Salvadoran and Mexican restaurant at 3005 Columbia Pike that is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The event will feature a DJ, trivia and traditional Salvadoran folklore dancing.
Voting at Arlington Central Library on Nov. 7, 2023 (staff photo by James Jarvis)
Several local and federal officials, three state constitutional amendments and five bond referendums are on the ballot in Arlington on Election Day tomorrow (Tuesday).
All 54 polling places in Arlington will be open from 6 a.m.-7 p.m. To cast a ballot on Election Day, voters must go to their assigned polling place, which can be found online.
An apartment building in Shirlington (staff photo by Dan Egitto)
Arlington’s median apartment-rental cost ticked up 1.1% year over year in October, remaining the fifth priciest rental market out of 100 major U.S. urban corridors.
The county’s median rental rates stood at $2,452 for one-bedroom units, $2,963 for two bedrooms and $2,604 overall, according to figures reported Oct. 28 by Apartment List.
