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Free Reusable Grocery Bag Roundup
Over the weekend, we all began to deal with DC’s new 5 cent tax on plastic or paper bags at grocery stores. Fortunately, many area grocery stores are lending a helping hand to residents by offering free reusable bags to us late adopters – for a limited time. Leading up to Jan 1, Safeway, Giant […]
Downtown Street Parking Gets More Expensive In 2010
Via DCist, NBC Washington is reporting a slew of new street parking rules that will go into effect in early 2010. For downtown dwellers, our street parking changes include: No more free parking on Saturdays Parking meters are enforced until 9:30 pm, Monday – Saturday **The DDOT site lists 9:30pm while the NBC article lists […]
Target’s New Urban Focus, Many Soon To Follow?
Last week, national retailer, Target, opened up pop-up stores in 3 urban centers. Yes, Washington DC was one of those cities! But, instead of opening up in Penn Quarter, the 50-item shop opened up on Georgetown’s Wisconsin & M intersection. If you blinked, you missed it because the store is already closed. Some may call […]
Clyde’s Alley Bar Opens Today *Updated*
Thanks to Cheryl for the pointer to this post at The 42, which references this WaBizJo article. The recently closed-to-be-renovated Clyde’s On The Walk (approx. 701 7th St NW) will become Alley Bar (a sports bar) and it opens today at 6pm, just in time for tonight’s Caps game at the Verizon Center located just […]