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DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
Photo Credit: M. V. Jantzen Follow PQ Living via Facebook here and Twitter here. Our Flickr tag is pqliving. Here’s what we were reading last week about neighborhood news in DC. Mount Vernon Triangle – An explanation and discussion of vault space rentals. This is not the kind of vault you’d find in a bank…if you own [...]
Wayback: 6th & Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Ever wonder what used to reside on the land now occupied by the Newseum? The National Hotel, of course. A blogger in our neighborhood tracked down some wayback images of 6th & Pennsylvania Ave NW via the Historical Society of Washington, DC’s research website. Check out the full post!
Ready To Eat?
Yesterday we caught workers putting up signs for Pret A Manger, the London based salad & sandwich shop, at 1155 F St NW (corner of 11th & F). The first of these stores opened in DC in January of 2009, and just a year later it looks like PQ is about to get one too. [...]
Son Of Platinum Nightclub?
One of our most commented on running story lines of 2008 was the now closed Platinum nightclub at 915 F St NW and the adverse impact the club had on downtown life. Although that building has hosted a nightclub since the late 1980s, most recently as Platinum and then as Club Bounce, many weekends in 2008 [...]
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. Mount Vernon Triangle – The cranes (the construction apparatus…not the bird) are returning to restart the Yale Steal Laundry residential project. How did they get financing in this crummy real estate environment? It wasn’t Wall Street, [...]
Reminder: Valentine’s Day Restaurant Reservations In PQ
One of the many luxuries that we PQ dwellers enjoy is to dine at a nice restaurant so close to home on a whim. Any day of the week we could figuratively (or literally) stumble into one of several neighborhood fine dining establishments for appetizers, drinks or just desserts. However, February 14 will not be [...]
Traffic Nightmare Expected In Penn Quarter Tomorrow
DDOT announced a traffic advisory yesterday that will affect almost the entire Penn Quarter. Due to the March for Life event tomorrow, Friday Jan 22nd from 9am – 5pm, temporary road closures will affect: 7th Street between I and F Streets, NW F Street between 7th and 10th Streets, NW 10th Street between F Street [...]
Suite Suits
This past November we wrote about our visit to Raja Fashions, the traveling bespoke tailor. As promised we’re writing to report back on our impressions now that the suits have arrived. Our order was for two men’s shirts, two men’s suits, and one woman’s suit. It was about 5 weeks after our visit the first of the items [...]
Downtown DC’s Netflix Queues
Ever since Olsson’s Bookstore closed, we’ve had to be a little more proactive about finding movie rentals. It was very handy to be able to impulsively pop down the street on any given night and pick up a movie for the evening at the 7th Street location. The day of the movie rental store seems [...]
Observing Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
We are taking today off to observe the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who advocated nonviolence to garner civil rights. Our regular Monday posting will appear tomorrow.
