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No Billboard? No Problem!
This isn’t the first time the doors and windows of an empty storefront have been used for advertising, but we thought this one was particularly well done. Hendrick’s Gin is the product being pushed at 1155 F Street NW (next door to Guess), and although the ads are just printed (no digital display or games [...]
The 15% Solution
Many of our local shops and restaurants (take-out for the most part) have some form of a rewards card set up. Those rewards very often follow the formula of buy X numbers of an item, and then get one of those items for free. For instance at Chopt when we buy 9 salads we get the [...]
PQ Soon To Be Maxxinista Destination
Reader Jon Gann of The Mather & DC Shorts sent us this photo from a window on F Street between 12th & 13th in one of the old Ritz Camera locations (we think this was 601 13th St NW). Retailer T.J.Maxx will be taking over the space, which we’re thinking must include a large subterranean space as [...]
There Are Many Like It But This One Is Mine
We’ve been car-share members for a long time. First with FlexCar, and then later ZipCar when the two companies merged. For years and years we loved trying out fun cars (“let’s get a Mini convertible today!”), or the newest space-age fuel efficient cars (“let’s try one of those hybrids today!”), or a fast, luxurious car [...]
CORRECTED & UPDATED: Local Vine Cellar Coming To PQ
Correction & Update: Apparently we need to visit our Optometrist because the soon to open wine & spirits store is called “The Local Vine Cellar” not wine cellar. Our apologies to the owner! Armed with that info we found their website which lists an opening in February, as well as this Prince of Petworth post [...]
Battle Of The (Weekend) Baguettes
Where once Penn Quarter residents had to scrounge around for bread, our cup now overfloweth with fun baked options. While man cannot live on bread alone, we find that we’re living a lot better thanks to three of our local shops; Cowgirl Creamery, Paul, and Le Pan Quotieden. Each of these shops sells a decent [...]
