Archive for August, 2009
Better Late Than Never
So much of what we write about on this blog is new (or at least new to us). Either a new business opening or something that we’ve only recently discovered. That makes a post like this a little embarrassing, as we sometimes overlook places we’ve been going to (and are completely satisfied with) before there was any PQ […]
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
Shaw – Will Shiloh Baptist Church start improving their vacant properties? We see the first step and that’s the filing of the building permits [RenewShaw] Capitol Riverfront – The Bureau of Land Managment (BLM) signs a multi-floor office tenancy near Nats Park adding to the daytime population in the area. [JDLand: Ballpark and Beyond] Mount Vernon […]
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 […]