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Weekend Fun: Arts On Foot, DC Shorts & A Dock Sale
There are two festivals going on in the Penn Quarter this weekend that we have to point out and one dock sale. Any way you slice it, it’s never a dull moment downtown. First, is the Arts on Foot, an annual festival now in its 18th year that turns F Street in between 6th and [...]
Bench Seating Is About To Become More Popular
The AP (and other sources) are reporting that the National Mall is now providing free WiFi internet access. This joint effort by the DC Government, USDA (and other Federal Agencies), and Smithsonian provides hot spots between 3rd and 14th streets, NW. This sounds like a great service, even if we wish it had been implemented [...]
Group Therapy
After dinner at Kushi this past Sunday night (off topic, but we highly recommend drinking the Hitachino Ancient Nippon while available; it’s 18 ounces of beer-bliss), we wandered out to discover what we believe was an open mic night at Busboys & Poets. We don’t want to comment much on the quality of what we [...]
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. Have neighborhood thoughts? Leave them in the comments! Downtown – NYU is starting construction of their own campus in DC…dorms included. [Washington Business Journal] Capitol Hill/Penn Quarter/Mount Vernon Triangle – Ward 6 [...]
The DC Mayoral Race Enters The Final Stretch
There was a great turnout at yesterday’s Downtown Neighborhood Association meeting at Carmine’s (425 7th St NW) and both Adrian Fenty and Vincent Gray representatives were in the crowd to promote their candidates. The mayoral primary election is on September 14 with the polls staying open between 7 am and 8 pm. Early voting started [...]
Downtown Neighborhood Association Meeting Tomorrow Night
We’re glad to hear that the Downtown Neighborhood Association (DNA) is resuming meeting. Tomorrow night the DNA will meet starting at 6:30 pm at Carmine’s Restaurant (425 7th St NW) and this is an open meeting for all downtown residents and neighbors. RSVP to dwntwn2010 [at] gmail.com if you plan to attend.
