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Photo: July 4 fireworks a la Penn Quarter rooftop
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Here’s what we were reading recently about neighborhood news in DC. Have something to add? Leave it in the comments!
Hill East – One D.C. United player decides to live within blocks of RFK Stadium making it a very, very easy commute. We know exactly what that’s about. Smart man! [WaPo]
Chinatown – We are privileged to have the Dalai Lama performing a Kalachakra at the Verizon Center over the next two weeks. [Kalachakra 2011 Website] & [Kalachakra FAQ]
Penn Quarter – Tom Sietsema puts his official stamp on Hill Country BBQ on 7th St NW and we generally agree with his assertions, although we haven’t tried the desserts…yet. [WaPo]
Woodley Park – Washington’s annual awards ceremony, the RAMMYs, hosted by the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington took place last week. Congrats to the Penn Quarter and Downtown DC winners including Carmine’s (Power Spot), the Old Ebbitt Grill (Where Magazine Visitors’ Choice Award), Ryme Lansari of Café Atlantico/minibar (Restaurant Employee), The Source by Wolfgang Puck (Fine Dining), and José Andrés (Duke Zeibert Capital Achievement Award). [RAMW website] & [RAMMY photo site]
Capitol Hill/Penn Quarter – Tommy Wells, Ward 6 Councilmember, gets a new website. TommyTV…allright. Nice! [CM Wells website]
Penn Quarter – America Eats Tavern is open for business. It won’t be long before all the foodie bloggers descend on the place. Once in a while, that mean us at PQ Living![Cafe Atlantico website] & [DCist]
Mount Vernon Square – An update from columnist John Kelly on the fate of the Washington Historical Society and the Carnegie Library building (8th and K St NW), such a grand space that needs to be put to good use. [WaPo]
NoMa – One viewpoint on billboard style signs that drape building sides in DC. Technically, they’re called “special signs” and there are only 32 of them. Technically. [Greater Greater Washington]
Penn Quarter – Is this right? $250 to $300 per square foot to lease retail space in the development at the northeast corner of 7th and H St NW. Holy cow Batman! That’s some serious coin. [DC Metro Urban Diary]
Mount Vernon Triangle – A patron in Taylor Gourmet on K St NW captured Saturday night’s stormapalooza in a photo that begets images of hurricane Andrew. [Taylor Gourmet Twitter feed] & [Adam Z Twitter/Yfrog feed]
H Street NE – DC Brau, DC’s production brewery, is now selling and pouring growlers. Life in DC gets better. [Washington CityPaper]
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