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He Didn’t Go To Jared
Pity the man on a trip to purchase an engagement ring for his soon-to-be-bride. He’ll almost certainly be overwhelmed by the three (or four if you count carat) C’s. Each woman is of course different and we’re not presuming to tell you would-be suitors where to purchase. We only wish someone else had pointed the following out to [...]
March On Neighborhood, March On
Thanks go out to PQ Living reader Luke who pointed us to this Washington Business Journal article breaking the news that the logjam in the Convention Center Hotel project legal kerfuffle has been broken up, at least for now. How? Marriott’s motion for part summary judgment and a dismissal of JBG’s project halting lawsuit was [...]
Little Shop Of Horrors…A New Twist For Ford’s Theatre?
When we normally think of Ford’s Theatre (511 10th St NW), we think of historical productions and the holiday classic, A Christmas Carol, a play we’ve been seeing there since college years. This spring Ford’s is running a production you might not attribute to the venerable theater, Little Shop of Horrors, a rock musical by composer [...]
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
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 – At last, the Dumont at 425 and 401 Massachusetts Avenue NW gets disposed. Equity Residential, a Chicago based REIT, picks it up for $167M and advertises the units [...]
Artists Pop-Up At Former Numark Gallery Space (625-627 E St NW)
Image courtesy of a pop-up project’s Facebook page Tomorrow, March 26, 2010, the old Numark Gallery space (625-627 E St NW) will play host to a new arts project in DC. Dubbed a pop-up project, there will be a series of innovative, curated art exhibitions and events that “pop-up” at various locations throughout Washington, DC. [...]
Special DNA Meeting Tonight Honoring Miles Groves
Normally, PQ Living posts a notice about the Downtown Neighborhood Association’s (DNA) monthly meeting before the second Tuesday of each month but this month we did not do so. Sadly, the President of the DNA, Miles Groves, passed away earlier this month and the Convention Center Community Association has a fitting post up announcing the purpose [...]
