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DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
Downtown – The Downtown Neighborhood Association (DNA) weighs in on noise from establishments open at night. [DC DNA] Penn Quarter – A review from Capital Spice of one of our favorite spots, Wolfgang Puck’s The Source. [Capital Spice] All Over DC – It’s the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival. How do you celebrate in […]
The Paine Truth At NPG
The liberal Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense (published in 1776) and sharpened the feelings of many colonists challenging the British government’s lock on the burgeoning colonies, the about-to-be United States of America. The Wall Street Journal summarizes the independent minded Paine and the accompanying exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery (8th and F Streets NW) […]
How Does Poste Brasserie’s Garden Grow?
“Doesn’t it smell great,” he said. “That’s awesome!” she said. Just a wayward couple in the Poste Brasserie courtyard on a sunny Saturday? Perhaps. But they weren’t oohing and aahing the 1839 architecture of DC’s first General Post Office, now a Hotel Monaco (700 F St NW). Sure, the Poste Brasserie courtyard is now the […]
Raking In The Dough
We love the Thursday Farmer’s Market on 8th Street; we look forward to it every week. Sure it’s a tight space with a lot less vendors than the one in Dupont, but it’s our market and it covers the basics well. In our years of going to this market the vendor who is by far the […]