"A Special Lee Sewing Studio" offers sewing and crafting classes for all ages right here in Petworth

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"A Special Lee Sewing Studio" offers sewing and crafting classes for all ages right here in Petworth

Antoinette Lee, a native Washingtonian, received her first sewing machine at age 13 and has been sewing ever since. She left her federal job to pursue her hobby full-time in 2002 and has spent the next decade and a half sewing and teaching with different local sewing stores. After encouragement from her students, she launched her own studio, A Special Lee, here in Petworth in 2017.

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How to get great gifts and support local this holiday season

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How to get great gifts and support local this holiday season

Are you frantically trying to spread some cheer this year by buying loved ones presents, while also trying your best to support local businesses? If so, look no further – we’ve got a curated a list of local area businesses and their holiday offerings.

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When they couldn’t find the property management company they wanted, they started their own [sponsored]

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When they couldn’t find the property management company they wanted, they started their own [sponsored]

Petworth locals Andrea and Jeremy Surette started looking for a property management company that could help them with their rental property without charging an arm and a leg. What they found were companies charging high rates while delivering only occasional help. They wanted to find a company that only charged them when services were needed. So they created one.

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The brief case of Juris Prudence, or how a Petworth children’s author aims to diversify the legal profession

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The brief case of Juris Prudence, or how a Petworth children’s author aims to diversify the legal profession

Petworth resident Jessica Childress loved the field of law, but found it lacking in diversity. So the labor and employment attorney decided to do something about it. She put pen to paper and wrote The Briefcase of Juris P. “JP” Prudence, a children’s book featuring an eleven-year old African-American lawyer who lives in Petworth.

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Three months in: A follow up on my plan to level up my fitness

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Three months in: A follow up on my plan to level up my fitness

Back in June I wrote about working with Cregory Boatwright at Level Up Fitness and my goal of getting back in shape. I figured I'd provide a follow-up on how that's going, with the idea of tempting you go back to working out if you're not. Because I feel great.

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It was time to level up on my fitness goals

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It was time to level up on my fitness goals

Once upon a time I felt like I was physically fit. I used to run, was a monster on the spin bike and boxed twice a week (I was a windmill with the jump rope). Nowadays, I feel like it’s quite possible that I’m made out of barely flexible PVC pipe instead of muscle. I also have a 5 year old and my mid-40s coming up, so I decided it was time to make a change, and I wanted local help to get me back on track. So I decided to stop by Level Up Personal Fitness on Georgia Avenue...

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Petworth residents find success with sardonic JadedAid card game

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Petworth residents find success with sardonic JadedAid card game

Petworth resident Wayan Vota, a fan of Cards Against Humanity, teamed up with friends Jessica Heinzelman and Teddy Ruge to create a new card game specific to their careers in international aid and development. They brainstormed on ideas and partnered with another Petworth resident, Maria Mandle, who runs CreativeCouch Designs, to create the card deck and branding. They then reached out to aid workers around the world for ideas. The result is JadedAid, a card game to save humanitarians… from themselves. Read more about JadedAid and see the HuffPost interview, after the break:

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