Archive for January, 2009
Inauguration 2009 Photos: Best Of The Rest & Recap
Hosting 1.8 million people on the National Mall for Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration and parade was no cake walk but the neighborhood made it through the event in one piece. We couldn’t put up every inaugural event photo sent in right away so we compiled a “best of the rest” and have it for you [...]
Two Film Festivals: Best Of DC Shorts/Our City
Are you a film buff? Love DC? Look no further than next weekend as there are two film festivals taking place, the Best of DC Shorts and Our City. Here are the details: Best of DC Shorts Film Festival…February 6 and 7 The best films from the 2008 DC Shorts Film Festival will be shown [...]
PQ Weekend Guide
Chinese New Year Celebration Sunday, February 1, 12pm – 5pm, firecracker at 3:45pm H Street NW, between 6th & 7th St Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Dissidents and Subversives:From Gombrowicz to Hell Meets Henry Halfway FREE panel is followed by a SNEAK PEEK at tech rehearsal for the show! Saturday, January 31, 2pm 641 D St [...]
Old Man Winter Is No Friend Of Ours
Don’t mistake the title of this post as a complaint about snow, we love snow. Ice, however, we hate. Snapping photos around 8:30 am Tuesday morning (the aftermath of the fire*) the sidewalks were covered with snow as more came pouring from the sky. For a brief moment we allowed ourselves to believe it would continue to dump all [...]
Fire This Morning At 1000 F St NW (Joe’s Souvenir HQ)
We heard via DCist and WTOP this morning that there was a fire in one of the two-story buildings on the 1000 block of F St NW. There are only three two-story buildings on that block: Joe’s Souvenir Headquarters, the old K & B Newsstand, and the Downtown DC BID office. Notice the black residue [...]
Penn Quarter Condo Spotted In Last Night’s Episode Of 24!
For fans of the TV series, 24, last night’s episode contained a little surprise geared towards Penn Quarter residents. The entrance to the Residences At Market Square (701 Penn) was displayed along with the interior of [fictional unit] PH201! We also suspect that the interior of the two-floor unit was not filmed in the authentic [...]
