Archive for April, 2010
What Do You Get When You Cross A…
As we were walking the streets of Penn Quarter yesterday morning, we noticed a man using a strange looking contraption on the sidewalk. It looked like a cross between a vacuum, leaf blower and a smoke machine. After some google searching, we found the device: a gum removal machine. Here’s a fun youtube video of […]
Montreal Canadiens Dispatch Washington Capitals To The Links
Al Koken, Comcast SportsNet broadcaster for the Capitals, has gray hair these days but it may not be because he’s been broadcasting Caps hockey since the Channel 20 (WDCA) days. The more likely explanation is games like last night’s dismissal of the Washington Capitals from the playoffs by the Montreal Canadiens in a 2-1, Game […]
Old Faithful
Walking the streets of PQ after a heavy rain can be a treacherous outing. While the threat of oversized umbrellas has subsided, there still exists a weapon of stealth to deal with: the sidewalk mine. Those slabs of slate, brick, or asphalt tile that make up PQ’s sidewalks are for the most part smooth and comfortable. […]
Penn Quarter Sports Tavern Has Caps Spirit
The Washington Capitals can put away the Montreal Canadiens tonight with a victory at the Bell Centre in Montreal and advance to the next round of the National Hockey League playoffs. We’re not so sure that three one goal games with two of them going into overtime is what we had in mind from a […]