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Retail News: Ledo’s Pizza, Zenith Gallery *updated*
Ledo’s Pizza Everyone who’s walked the neighborhood knows about that three-story white brick townhouse sandwiched in between 455 Massachusetts Avenue, the recently completed office building and future home of Buddha Bar, and The Dumont (when, oh when, will we know the fate of our tenantless/ownerless Dumont condo?). It’s supposed to be a Ledo’s Pizza but [...]
Sales Office Upgrade Coming To Metro Center Station + New Next Train Signs
We read over at Greater Greater Washington that WMATA was awarded $230 million from the region’s Transportation Planning Board. A few items stand out from the usual track upgrade and replacement projects. One item is to expand the sales office at Metro Center to include more space for workers, more sales windows, and a more [...]
The French Quarter In Penn Quarter
Walking by Central (1001 Penn. Ave NW) the other day we noticed a sign in their window advertising a Mardi Gras party on Tuesday (2/24/09). While we don’t really think of Central as a New Orleans inspired restaurant, we imagine they will have no problem putting on a great night of food and drinks. The [...]
PQ Retail Happenings: VIDA & SoHo
Walking about town yesterday, we noticed the sign for VIDA Fitness in the Renaissance Hotel was going up. The facility officially opened in January at 999 9th St NW. While the gym is open to the public, it was also awarded a contract to provide fitness services to nearby DHS workers as well as Renaissance [...]
How Do You Know Congress Is Spending Your Money?
Simple. The lights below the Statue of Freedom in the Capitol dome are lit on a Friday night. The above photo from the top of a Penn Quarter building was submitted with a timestamp of 9:23 pm on Friday, February 13, the night Congress was debating the $787 billion stimulus package. President Obama is expected to [...]
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
Georgetown (everywhere in DC actually) - The Nextbus system (also known as the Bus Customer Information System in Metro presentations) providing riders a way to determine when the next bus will arrive at a given stop is running and is accessible via the Interent. This service will be very cool once it’s fully tested and vetted. [...]
Pardon The Interruption
Some of you may have noticed a few PQ Living service interruptions this weekend and two weekends ago resulting in rather blank screens when visiting PQ Living. We discovered a few server gremlins that we had to chase out of the system. Please pardon the interruption.
They Should Advertise Milk And Eggs Instead
Is the one hour photo a draw to anyone anymore? Maybe so. The convenience of one hour photo might be helpful when you’re out running numerous errands that can end with your picking up your prints. So assuming some people do still care about one hour photo, do any of them actually use CVS? In some [...]
The Power Of Chocolate At The American Indian Museum
The National Museum of the American Indian is hosting a two day event on The Power of Chocolate. Stop by to learn about the history of chocolate, and its various uses throughout the ages. Saturday and Sunday are packed with events to learn about and taste chocolate from various growers.
Rooting DC 2009 – 2nd Annual Urban Gardening Forum
When: Saturday, February 21, 2009 Who: Are you a community gardener in Washington, DC? A teacher with a schoolyard garden? A member of a garden club or block club interested in beautifying your neighborhood? Involved with a non-profit leading a gardening program? Or, are you interested to get involved with such community projects? If so, [...]
