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Events/News
Downtown/Penn Quarter – The Taste of DC, a culinary event allowing festival goers to sample $1 to $3 bites from 70+ DC area restaurants, takes place on Saturday and Sunday this upcoming weekend on Pennsylvania Ave. The benefiting charity is Habitat for Humanity. [Taste of DC website] & [Taste of DC participating restaurants]
Penn Quarter – The Shakespeare Theatre Company announces a settlement with the Lansburgh to keep operating at the Lansburgh Theatre location (450 7th St NW) under successive 20 year leases. [Broadway World]
Penn Quarter – The Laramie Project, a play depicting the community’s response to the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a young gay man living in Laramie, Wyoming, will go on, but not at the Ford’s Theatre building which is closed due to the Federal shutdown. A free performance takes place tomorrow night at First Congregational United Church of Christ at 945 G St NW. Check the links for more details. [WaPo] & [Ford’s Theatre]
Development
Downtown – CityCenter DC’s rental apartments are now available for lease. Move ins begin in November 2013 and amenities include a pool, two story fitness facility, and SkyBark (a “lively” rooftop dog walking area). Rents range from $2130/month for a studio to $7760/month for a three bedroom pad. [CityCenter apartment website] & [CityCenter apartment floorplans] & [Washington Business Journal focus piece]
Mount Vernon Triangle – The Mount Vernon Triangle Community Improvement District (MVTCID) has a new website that chronicles events and development in the neighborhood. [MVT Website]
Downtown – The Washington Post offers up a piece on the renovation and revitalization of downtown DC. [WaPo]
Restaurants
Penn Quarter – We get an update for the Red Apron Butchery and the 709 D Street NW location in the former Union Hardware building it is now slated to open in November. Their endeavor will be mostly restaurant and part retail butchery. The name of the outlet will be “Parts and Labor” which seems appropriate given that the AAM (American Association of Manufacturing) occupies another floor in the same building. Ed Witt will be the chef at the new location. [WaPo]
Downtown – The J&G Steakhouse in the W Hotel (515 15th St NW) gets a revamp both upstairs in the restaurant and downstairs in the wine bar which is now called Bar 515, a favorite of ours for a cozy date night. [Eater DC (photos)] and [J&G Steakhouse website (menus)]
Chinatown – Industry Takeover Night takes place tonight at Graffiato (707 6th St NW) with Autism Speaks being the benefiting charity. [Graffiato website]
Crib of the Week
Ed. Note (10/13): This unit was delisted on October 8 but the photos are available if you follow the link and log in to Redfin.
Our Crib of the Week is in the Clara Barton condo at 616 E St NW (Unit 315) and features 2 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. It’s 1,950 square feet in size and is in the historic portion of the Clara Barton. It even has a skylight! It’s MLS DC8190844, the asking price is $999,000, and the condo fee is $865 per month. [Redfin listing – 616 E St NW, #315 – MLS DC8190844]
Let’s Go Caps!
The Caps were off to a rough start, and not just because of the 3 point deficit they had playing against Calgary in the 1st period. At 10 minutes till 7 last night (game time) the lines to get into the Caps home opener at the Verizon Center (601 F ST NW) were dozens deep. Security guards were wanding each person who entered, leading to a big delay in getting into the game.
By the middle of the first period the area looked at capacity, but many of the people around us wondered why they’d bothered to show up in the first place, since the Caps players obviously hadn’t. By the end of the first period Holtby was gone, and some in the crowd were considering taking off themselves.
If you’ve read the paper this morning, or stuck it out last night, you know the next two periods, overtime, and a shootout told a much better (for the Caps, anyway) story. Back up net-minder Neuvirth only gave up one more goal for the rest of the game, and rookie defenseman Connor Carrick scored the first goal of his career (and the first for the caps that night). Throw in a pair of goals by Ovechkin, and the tying goal from Backstrom, and enough after the whistle activity to satisfy any fan of the more pugilistic side of the game and, well you have a heck of an entertaining night in PQ.
Sofya Gulyak Piano Performance This Sunday, Oct 6
We received a flyer we wanted to pass along about a piano concert [PDF] taking place here in the heart of Penn Quarter at the Community on the Hill church on Sunday, October 6, featuring Sofya Gulyak. Details follow:
Sofya Gulyak
Winner of the 2009 Leeds International Pianoforte Competition
PERFORMS IN THE PENN QUARTER
In 2009 Sofya Gulyak was awarded 1st prize and the Princess Mary Gold Medal at the Sixteenth Leeds International Pianoforte Competition, the only woman to achieve this distinction. She has since performed throughout the world to great acclaim.
Sunday, October 6, 2-3 pm
945 G St. NW
$20 suggested donation
Sponsored by COMMUNITY ON THE HILL, a Unity Church
You are invited to attend our special worship service before the concert, which will contemplate the spiritual power of music. Musical interludes will be provided by the artist. 1:00 – 1:45 pm
Finding Love at the Sculpture Garden
The National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden (Constitution Ave., NW between 7th and 9th) has a new addition. Robert Indiana’s AMOR was unveiled two weeks ago. According to the NGA, this variation on Indiana’s iconic LOVE sculpture is the Gallery’s first acquisition of his work.