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PQ Weekend Guide: Memorial Day Edition
This weekend is Rolling Thunder weekend, so expect lots of motorcycle noise. Also, being Memorial Day weekend, the U.S. Navy Memorial is hosting several excellent events on the plaza at 701 Penn Ave NW: Saturday, May 23 11:00 a.m. – Rolling Thunder wreath laying featuring a Native American Veterans Honor Guard and P.J. “Gunny” James, [...]
Definitely Not The Photo Of The Week
We’re not sure what to make of this sign which we noticed taped to the boarded up doorway at 1342 G St NW (next to the old Clements Bakery). Is it really just alerting passersby that there is a women’s restroom located here that will cost you 25 cents and you have to supply your own waste disposal device? [...]
DC Film Society Hosts “Coming Attractions Trailer Night” Tonight
The Washington DC Film Society’s Coming Attractions Trailer Night, Summer 2009 highlights the blockbuster season’s offerings. It’s hosted at the Landmark E Street Cinema (on E St between 10th & 11th St NW) and starts at 7pm. Cost is $8 and there are lots of freebies and raffles. More information is on the DC Film [...]
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
All of DC – The 2nd (annual?) Applications for Democracy contest is on. Write a piece of software that benefits the people, do some good and gain some notoriety. This year’s goal? Applications that allow the person on the street to submit service requests via consumer devices. [Congress Heights on the Rise] Columbia Heights & Adams Morgan - [...]
Work Almost Completed At 901 E ST?
On Saturday we noticed there wasn’t the usual construction work going on at 901 E St NW. This time, rather than building something up there, they were bringing something down. Namely, the scaffolding which has covered the front of this building for such a long time, is slowly being dismantled. Walking by again this morning [...]
Dance Performance At Gallery Place Metro Entrance Today (DANCE:31)
Staff Member Thomas Choinacky of the Fringe Festival will be performing one day of his 31 day/song/location guerrilla theatre event at Gallery Place’s 7th & H St NW metro entrance today! Here’s more info.
Mount Vernon Triangle Home Tour This Sunday
The Mount Vernon Triangle Community Improvement District is hosting its inaugural Mount Vernon Triangle House Tour this Sunday, May 17, 2009 from 12 Noon to 5 pm. The tour’s proceeds will benefit Strive DC, a life skills and job training outfit in Capitol Hill North. The tour is self-guided and conducted in an “open house” style so [...]
DCCAH & DDOT Deploy Art Bike Racks
We noticed this morning that a shiny new bike rack sprang up on the sidewalk formerly occupied by a parking meter. But it is no normal bike rack. The piece of art was designed by William Gordon and sponsored by the DC Commission of Arts & Humanities (DCCAH) and DDOT. The pictured bike rack can [...]
Are More Street Vendors Setting Up In PQ?
Maybe a better title for this post would be “we sure hope more street vendors set up in PQ” because that’s really what this is about. On Tuesday morning we happened upon a bed sheet sale at the corner of 12th & F streets NW. We don’t know anything about the quality of these sheets selling for [...]
PQ Street Being Named After Bud Doggett On Friday
Thanks to the Washington City Paper for the heads up that the 700 block of 10th St NW is going to be dedicated on Friday in honor of Bud Doggett. Doggett, who apparently got his real estate start by taking over his father’s downtown parking lot business, had been dubbed the “Parking Lot Tycoon.” To this [...]
