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PQ Weekend Guide – It’s Cherry Blossom Time!
This week, we’re going to dedicate our weekend guide post to the National Building Museum’s Cherry Blossom Opening Ceremony (401 F St NW), right here in the Penn Quarter! Here are the details (also copied below). Just fyi, the peak blooming time of the blossoms is predicted to be April 1 – 4. National Cherry Blossom [...]
Potenza Opens Downtown
Potenza, the new Italian restaurant spanning 10,000 square feet wrapped around the corner of 15th & H Streets NW (1430 H Street, NW) in the Woodward building is scheduled to open today in downtown DC. When we walked by last night the bar was filled with patrons and it already looked like a lively spot (see [...]
PQ Building Permit Update
7th & G Street alley kiosk to become Smoothie King 3/20/2009 Permit # B0903052 703 7TH ST NW GALLERY PLACE LAND TRUST RENOVATION TO EXISTING GALLERY PLACE ALLEY KIOSK #3, FOR NEW SMOOTHIE KING AS PER ATTACHED DWGS. Signage for new Guess store at 1155 F St NW 3/20/2009 Permit # SG0900128 1155 F ST [...]
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
Georgetown – Do people in Georgetown ride bikes? SmartBikes, that is…and, how many? [Georgetown Metropolitan] Shaw – Restorative building activity on a grand dame along 9th Street NW. [Renew Shaw] Mount Vernon Triangle – The Downtown Neighborhood Association pulls together a meeting about the prospective Buddha Bar at 455 Massachusetts Ave NW. [The (Mount Vernon) Triangle] Congress [...]
Spring and Summer Happenings At Ford’s Theatre
The recently reopened Ford’s Theatre announced its new History on Foot walking tour schedule. Combined with the upcoming second theatrical production in the renovated space, Ford’s Theatre is set to sponsor a busy spring and summer schedule. Check past the jump for more details about The Civil War (musical), Investigation: Detective McDevitt (walking tour) and [...]
Does Size Matter?
Mrs Columbo assures us that size isn’t important, but we can’t help but have our doubts. We’re talking of course about José Andrés plans to expand Minibar from 6 seats in Café Atlántico, to a complete Minibar restaurant. We dined recently at Minibar for the second time in as many years; it is an amazing culinary experience. The two hours of [...]
