Archive for March, 2009
We’re Holding Out For A Toaster
We’ve probably walked by the United Bank at 1001 G ST NW thousands of times. We’ve certainly noticed the gifts in the windows hundreds of times. And yet it was only recently that we put two and two together to figure out that they were displaying the free gifts they’ll give you when you open […]
Business Still Healthy For Penn Quarter Restaurants
They say that the Washington DC area is able to weather recessions a lot better than other metropolitan areas. If the restaurant market is any indicator, then DC can be described as recession proof. And despite closings of restaurants out in the suburbs due to the economic downturn, Penn Quarter restaurants are doing brisk business. […]
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
All of DC – In Shaw points readers to a Georgetown Metropolitan post describing the site Block Shopper which uses presumably all public information to tell you who is moving in where and how much they paid. We agree…part interesting, mostly voyeuristic? [In Shaw] All of DC – Everybody chant at once…”We want NextBus! We want NextBus! […]
DC’s Neighborhoods…Revised & Relinked
In June of 2006, PQ Living (then Gallery Place Living) added 9 neighborhood websites to its link list as a way to point readers to residents in other areas of Washington DC dedicated to the craft of narrating and recording a neighborhood’s history. Fast forward three years and that network now covers much more of DC. […]