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Downtown TJ Maxx Opens Tomorrow (601 13th St NW)
A number of online ads have popped up in at least one major online property in DC indicating T.J. Maxx’s Grand Opening is tomorrow at 8 am at 601 13th St NW (entrance on F St NW between 12th and 13th St NW). We bandied new store news about in February when the signs appeared in the windows at [...]
Shuttle Flyover Extravaganza *pics*
The space shuttle Discovery flew a few laps around downtown DC last week on its way to retirement at the Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy center. One of our PQ Living readers caught the action from the top of a Pennsylvania Ave condo and we thought we’d share! Click on any of the photos to get a larger [...]
J. Crew Windows Show Up On F St (950 F St NW)
As with many store openings, a little pre-announcement advertising can help. Such is the case for J. Crew, a mostly clothing retailer, which now demonstrably is letting everyone know that they plan to open at 950 F St NW in August 2012. They will join Anthropologie, Peruvian Connection, and Lou Lou Boutique as clothing retailers [...]
PQ Neighborhood Association Meeting This Thursday With Mayor Gray
The Penn Quarter Neighborhood Association is hosting its monthly breakfast on Thursday, April 19 from 8:30 am to 10 am at Living Social’s newest location at 918 F St NW. Per the usual, the continental breakfast runs from 8:30 am to 8:55 am, announcements begin at 9 am, and the speaker de jour starts at [...]
Downtown Neighborhood Association Meeting Tonight
It’s the second Tuesday of the month and that means that tonight it is time for the monthly Downtown Neighborhood Association meeting at Calvary Baptist Church (755 8th St NW) from 6:30 pm to 8 pm. In addition to the crime and safety report by the MPD’s PSA 101 representatives, the agenda for the meeting [...]
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood *video*
Photo above: Video of Song 1 at the Hirshhorn Museum Follow PQ Living via Facebook here and Twitter here. Our Flickr tag is pqliving. Here’s what we were reading recently about neighborhood news in DC. Have something to add? Leave it in the comments! National Mall – Song 1 starts up at the Hirshhorn Museum [...]
Car2Go Spotted On F Street And 7th Street And…
Photo above: Car2Go parked on F St NW Car2Go is a carsharing program recently launched in DC and if there is any indication about the adoption rate it is how often you see a new product in use in public. We’ve seen Car2Go zipping around or parked downtown at least a half a dozen times [...]
Fuel Pizza In Penn Quarter Opens Today (600 F St NW)
Photo courtesy of The Triangle Fuel Pizza (600 F St NW) which we’ve been watching for over a year opens today in Penn Quarter as shown by the sign visible in their door yesterday evening. The events reference has to do with the fact that this sign was visible to all the Van Halen/Kool & [...]
Fuel Pizza Close To Opening (600 F St NW)
When we came downtown almost seven years ago, we complained that there wasn’t a decent place to get a slice of pizza. (You could get some good chicken at the 11th Street Popeyes walk up window though.) The roller skating rink pizza didn’t cut it and those guys closed anyway. Pizza Bistro Med filled the [...]
Cribs XXII: Patio For Twenty Please
Spring is coming on fast as the cherry blossoms are now out in abundance. With that in mind, being outdoors on building top roof decks or outdoor patios becomes a seasonal reality once more. We enjoy a nice glass of wine and a post-libation semi-annual cigar on our limited but nice outdoor space around this [...]
