Archive for August, 2015
Drybar Is Coming To Penn Quarter (1006 E St NW)
Drybar is coming to Penn Quarter at 1006 E St NW. Yes, it’s true…you will be able to get a blow out in our own neighborhood without trekking over to Georgetown or Dupont. It’s opening this summer according to the signage in the former Independence Savings Bank location between 10th and 11th St NW.
National Gallery Of Art Summer Lecture Series Continues
Easily accessed from Penn Quarter, the National Gallery of Art (Constitution Ave NW between 3rd and 7th Streets) continues its Summer Lecture series as below: Justina Yee on Impressionists and the Paris Commune: Lions or Chickens? August 19, 1:00pm & August 23, 2:00pm Eric Denker on Drawing in Normandy and Picardy: Ernest Roth and Andre Smith […]
Wayback: Former F Street Nightlife At Fifth Column
We recently discovered a fun source of information that chronicles DC both present and past called DC Wiz. One page features the Fifth Column (915 F St NW) and has quite a few images and promotional flyers from the club during its heyday in the 1980s and 1990s. A Facebook group also follows the old […]
Albert Einstein Shows Up At Madame Tussauds (10th and F St NW)
We hadn’t heard from Madame Tussauds (1001 F St NW) in a while but they did check in recently to let us know that Albert Einstein showed up yesterday at the iconic wax museum. The museum is one of the longer running businesses in Penn Quarter since the wave of redevelopment took over downtown as it’s […]