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Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2C: All Of The Blogs Are Talking
Mainstream media may not care much about the ANC 2C election sanity & insanity, but Life in.. and Fifth & Oh are definitely keeping area residents posted on the ANC candidate campaigns. First off, we need to mention that the only candidate from the Gallery Place/Penn Quarter area, John Tinpe, now has a website. We’re [...]
Downtown Holiday Market
Sean writes in to let us know that DC’s Downtown Holiday Market will be opening on Monday, December 11 and wrapping up on Friday, December 22. It will be even more convenient for Penn Quarter residents than last year as vendors will set up shop in front of the National Portrait Gallery on F Street [...]
"Sand" In Gallery Place
Some residents may have noticed that parts of 6th St NW and F St were blocked off last night. To the untrained eye, one might think that a water main had been broken, and backhoes and dump trucks were on hand to dig up the street. As it turns out, those dump trucks were hauling [...]
WIT’s iMusical Hits Flashpoint This Week
Everyone seems to have an iPod but do they have an iMusical? The Washington Improvisational Theater will be offering up iMusical, an on-the-spot musical driven by audience suggestions, in the Mead Theatre Lab located at Flashpoint (916 G Street, NW) this Thursday (10/26) through Saturday (10/29). If it is anything like the musical segments of [...]
Competition For Sushi-Go-Round
What comes around goes around and that is certainly true if you are a fan of conveyor belt or kaiten sushi restaurants. Gallery Place’s very own Sushi-Go-Round now has conveyor belt competition in the form of Wasabi on Farragut Square (908 17th St, NW). The quiet, intimate vibe at Wasabi is reinforced by the smaller [...]
Let The Sunshine In
Brian writes in to let us know that Hollywood Tans (625 D St, NW) is now open. If you need some rays and color going into the winter, then this is the place to be. Instant tans are available at this location.
Pic Of The Week – Heading Home
Ed Note: Per a reader’s request, we are providing some information on this picture…this was shot last week at sundown by PQ Resident from the top of a building at 6th and D Streets, NW, looking southwest using a digital camera. No post production has been done and as always, timing is everything.
Neighborhood Artist Dana Ellyn Holds Open House, Reception At Warehouse!
One of Washington DC’s most successful and hardest working independent artists is also a Gallery Place resident. Painter, Dana Ellyn will be throwing open the doors to her studio live/work space this Sunday, October 22nd from noon until 6PM. Dana is inviting anybody that wants to come to her place at the Mather Studios Building [...]
New Alerting System For DC
DC’s new citizen emergency notification system is up on the Internet and can be found at www.alert.dc.gov. The system uses text messaging or e-mails to notify citizens of emergent situations happening in their area. We can’t vouch for the system but we will be checking it out. Ed Note: This link is better as it [...]
Gallery Square Update – An Improved CVS?
WaTimes updates on the Gallery Square concept being put forward by Yeni Wong. Ms. Wong owns the building at 7th and H Streets, NW, housing the 24 hour CVS. A little bit of history comes with the article too; it has been 12 years since Starbucks first leased its Chinatown location.
