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The Ice Cream Man Cometh
On Friday we snapped this photo of an ice cream vendor rolling through the streets of PQ on a customized moped. The light turned green before we could make a purchase so we can’t speak to price and quality, but it sounded like a nice treat on such a pretty day.
One Possible Option For The MLK Library
A PQ Living reader pointed us to this WaBizJo article about how the National Trust for Historic Preservation may have DC’s Martin Luther King Library (901 G St, NW) in its sights as a new headquarters building. The National Trust is currently on Massachusetts Avenue just east of Dupont Circle, is moving out of their [...]
Run Silent, Run Beast
When you take your dog for a walk there is a natural order to things. While your dog may get dive bombed by a few nesting birds, for the most part the local wildlife will flee as your canine approaches. Of this fleeing wildlife, the animal with the biggest yellow streak has always been the lowly squirrel. [...]
Victims Of Prostitution Education Event At UMC
Mount Vernon Place’s United Methodist Church (900 Massachusetts Ave, NW) will be hosting an educational event about underage victims of prostitution this Sunday, August 16 from 1 pm to 3 pm in the church’s ground level theater, the Undercroft Theater. Tina Frundt is the Founder of Courtney’s House, an organization that helps get underage girls off [...]
H Street NW Closure Tonight (600 Block)
By way of DCist, we see that the Chinatown Archway will be undergoing maintenance. The impact is that the 600 block of H Street NW will be closed from midnight tonight to approximately 5 am tomorrow morning. Through detours are via F Street or Eye Street NW. Here is the corresponding link to the DC [...]
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
Near Southeast/Natstown – Water taxis to get the suburbunites to Nats games may be coming soon. [JDLand: Ballpark and Beyond] Columbia Heights – Wonderland, a CH bar, turned five years old. [New Columbia Heights] Mount Vernon Triangle – An update on The Arts at 5th and Eye project with news about Louis Rogue. [The (Mount [...]
Valet Boot Camp
We don’t really know what the event pictured above is, but while at Safeway we caught the start of an event at the surface parking lot on 5th between K and NY Ave. It appeared to be a combination BBQ and driving course. People were taking turns driving a pickup truck down the lot weaving [...]
What Rhymes With Gucci? Not Balducci’s
“What rhymes with a luxury goods retailer like Gucci?” was our hint last Friday. The answer is not…Balducci’s. And it’s the infamous “Balducci’s space” at 425 7th Street, NW, that Carmine’s of New York, an Italian restaurant, will occupy by February 2010 according to this WaBizJo post. Last week, we let you know that Carmine’s was advertising for [...]
Smoothie King Opens In Gallery Place ‘Yard *UPDATED*
UPDATE (August 12): Smoothie King management indicates this location is planning to officially open on September 1, 2009. It is not currently open for regular business. A Smoothie King (703 7th St, NW) is now open in the vendor hut closest to the Gallery Place entrance in the red brick courtyard between Clyde’s and the Verizon [...]
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
Downtown – The DNA hosts a meeting on shaping downtown parks to make them kid and family friendly. What’s the end game? Let’s keep growing families downtown as they grow instead of having them move out to MoCo or Arlington or upper NW. [DC DNA] Mount Vernon Square – Thoughts on the DC Council’s rolling [...]
