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Day Of Free Walking Tours – Reminder
Just a reminder that the free day of walking tours is today.
Lots of tours start at 10:30am. But, there are plenty of tours that begin this afternoon. Enjoy!
Old Convention Center Parking Lot To Be Occupied By Cirque du Soleil!
Between October 2nd and December 11th, the old convention center parking lot (now dubbed “Center City Parking Lot” at 9th and H St NW) will become the site of the Cirque du Soleil! Only 200 parking spaces will remain at the site, so we wouldn’t be surprised if area garages become loaded more than [...]
Gallery Place Living In The Express!
Today’s Express showed some additional love for our article on Exercise Man. Thanks Express!
Grandmom’s Apple Pie At Today’s Farmer’s Market
Metrocurean had a great article on how the Thursday Farmer’s Market celebrated their annual Johnny Appleseed Festival. Teaism executive chef Arpad Lengyel was at the Penn Quarter market demonstrating how to make “the world’s best apple pie” using his grandmother’s recipe! Did anyone have a taste?
Sorry about the latent post – we can’t [...]
Becky’s Café (505 H St NW) Bought By Developers
Mark sent us a quick note that Becky’s Café at 505 H St NW has been bought by developers, according to the sign on the door. Looks like the development fever is spreading to the 500 block of H St NW!
Who Is Gallery Place’s Exercise Man?
We don’t think there’s any online reference to Gallery Place’s very own Exercise Man, so let us be the first blog to introduce him. Here is a YouTube bird’s-eye view of Exercise Man in action.
He doesn’t get dizzy. He doesn’t get tired. He’s .. Exercise Man.
Free Night Of Theater In Penn Quarter (and elsewhere)!
Washington DC’s Free Night of Theater 2006 is scheduled for October 19th, but in order to get tickets, we all have to be logging on this Sunday:
Online reservations for Free Night of Theater will be available beginning at 12noon on Sunday, October 1, 2006
Here is a list of participating Washington, DC theaters.
Also, a few theaters [...]
Free DC Walking Tours This Saturday!
Cultural Tourism DC has organized another round of free walking tours for this Saturday, Sept 30! The ‘06 Fall Edition of WalkingTown will host over 20 walking tours all over Washington DC. Here is the list of tours. Only a couple of tours require reservations, and we can tell you that the [...]
Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery Courtyard Roof Update (Pic)
It appears that the steel structure is just about complete and workers are experimenting with adding glass to the courtyard roof.
Festa Italiana Comes to Penn Quarter This Sunday!
The city’s lively eighth-annual Italian street festival will take place on Sunday, September 24, 2006, from 11:30 am to 5:30 pm! The festival will take place at 3rd and F St NW. Here is the schedule.
Festa Italiana celebrates Italian-American culture and Italian-Americans’ contributions to the Washington area. This year’s festival will include live [...]