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Downtown Street Parking Gets More Expensive In 2010
Via DCist, NBC Washington is reporting a slew of new street parking rules that will go into effect in early 2010. For downtown dwellers, our street parking changes include: No more free parking on Saturdays Parking meters are enforced until 9:30 pm, Monday – Saturday **The DDOT site lists 9:30pm while the NBC article lists [...]
Where Would You Like To Be Seated?
When we think of the holidays and this time of year, food invariably comes to mind. Being the part-time foodies that we are we couldn’t help but notice two pieces we read over the weekend in the press that when put together made us go “Hmm…” Behold piece number one…the January 2010 Washingtonian print magazaine proclaims [...]
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
Here’s what we were reading last week about neighborhood news in DC. Follow PQ Living via Facebook here and Twitter here. Downtown – A few musings on whether or not CityCenter’s plaza design is up to snuff. [DC Metrocentric] All Over DC – Are you a serious DC foodie? Then you’re probably already planning for the 2010 [...]
Sidewalk Snow Removal: Winners & Losers
While it is true that this past weekend we were blanketed with an uprecedented amount of snow, 24 hours after it stops the sidewalks are supposed to be clear. We list a few of the buildings/storefronts we thought did a particularly good or bad job of shoveling the snow, and we welcome your comments as well. The [...]
Ghosts Of Garfinckel’s Retail Past Returning To F Street?
If you blinked you might have missed the Washington Business Journal article packed with interesting retail news about Hamilton Square at the corner of 14th and F Streets NW (right side of the above historic photo). Although nothing was absolutely confirmed, it mentioned the prospect of a T.J. Maxx discount clothing retailer taking some or [...]
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
UPDATE (12 Noon): Ford’s Theatre will run its two performances of A Christmas Carol today (Dec 20) – one show runs at 2:30 pm and the other at 7:30 pm. Please check the link to the right for details. [Ford's Theatre] H Street NE – We really like the cleaner two column look for Frozen [...]
Snow Hits Washington DC & Ford’s Theatre Cancels Today’s Christmas Carol Performances
Snow Hits Washington DC (Including The PQ) The weather forecasters seem to be on the mark and it certainly is snowing at a good clip in downtown Washington DC. A reader sent in the photo you see to the right and you can see that street surfaces are covered and visibility is poor. The latest [...]
Target’s New Urban Focus, Many Soon To Follow?
Last week, national retailer, Target, opened up pop-up stores in 3 urban centers. Yes, Washington DC was one of those cities! But, instead of opening up in Penn Quarter, the 50-item shop opened up on Georgetown’s Wisconsin & M intersection. If you blinked, you missed it because the store is already closed. Some may call [...]
An Inflated View Of The Hirshhorn
Our friend Drew over at DC Foodies sent us this NY Times article yesterday about possible upcoming changes at the Hirshhorn Museum. Specifically the Hirshhorn is contemplating creating a gigantic balloon-like structure that would emerge from the top of the museum, covering the center courtyard. The artist’s rendering shows not only the balloon emerging from [...]
Celebrating A Year of Excellence at Muse
Today we introduce a guest writer, nightseen, who can be found writing about bars and nightclubs at Urban Marinade where he shares his unique view of DC after sundown. Today’s story is about the one year anniversary of Muse, a nightclub at 717 6th Street NW in Chinatown. It was a quiet Thursday evening in [...]
