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We heard from the folks putting on a Good Friday concert at the Calvary Baptist Church (755 8th St NW). The text of the press release follows – they also have a concert flyer and a Facebook page announcing the event:
Number Your Days: Music for Good Friday
March 29, 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Admission free; suggested donation $10
In the Historic Sanctuary
Calvary Baptist Church, 755 8th St. NW Washington, DC 20001
WASHINGTON, D.C Calvary Presents… announces its next concert event, “Number Your Days: Music for Good Friday,” the 7th offering in the Music for Good Friday series, an annual benefit for the Shalom Scholarship Fund. The event begins at 7:30 p.m. in the historic sanctuary of the Calvary Baptist Church, 755 8th St. NW, Washington, DC 20001. “We have found the concert to be a solemn and meaningful way to mark Good Friday and, at the same time, provide support the education of deserving students in El Salvador, “ said Mission Board Director Carol Blythe of the annual event.
This year’s concert features devotional music by George Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), known best for his instrumental works. Telemann composed over 1700 cantatas for personal devotion and public worship during his career; music seldom heard outside its native Germany.
It’s a Wrap with Artist Christo
Photo by Wolfgang Volz via http://www.christojeanneclaude.net
Tonight at the Hirshhorn Museum (6:30 pm in the Ring Auditorium, 700 Independence Ave., SW), the artist Christo will discuss two of his ongoing projects “Over the River, 5.9 miles of fabric panels to be temporarily suspended above 42 miles of the Arkansas River in Colorado, and The Mastaba, the largest sculpture in the world and the pair’s only permanent large-scale work, to be located near Abu Dhabi.”
Best known for his large-scale installations where he wrapped iconic landmarks and buildings, Christo’s most recent installation in the United States was in 2005. The Gates was an installation of 7,503 orange fabric structures along the paths of Central Park in New York.
Tonight’s lecture is free and open to the public on a first come, first serve basis.
Tart Me Up
On Friday a coworker went to Red Velvet (501 7th ST NW) to pick up some cupcakes for her family only to discover they also had cherry tarts. We’ve never been huge cupcake fans but can’t say no to a pie or tart, particularly sour cherry. We rushed over to discover Red Velvet does in fact have cherry tarts, but just as a special item this week. The salesperson we spoke with explained that each week they offer one special cupcake, this week that cupcake is a cherry tart (?).
The tarts, available through Thursday (at which point they’re replaced by a lemon-ricotta-poppy-seed cupcake) are very good. A light pastry bottom, followed by a thin layer of frosting, topped with sour cherries.
Offering a special cupcake each week is a great idea for a cupcake shop. But we think if they kept the tart on their permanent menu, they’d need red velvet ropes to keep back the crowds.
Chinatown Walgreens (7th and H St NW) Opens Today
The long awaited Walgreens at 7th and H St NW opens today at 9:30 am thus completing the development of all four corners of the 7th and H St NW corner, our neighborhood’s main intersection, and what is arguably the busiest intersection in Washington, DC. This 21,400 square foot flagship store is on three levels each connected by escalator and elevator.
Store front hours: 24 hours/7 days a week
Phone number: 202-789-5345
Address: 801 7th St NW, Washington, DC, 20001
Pharmacy: 8 am to 10 pm – Monday through Friday
9 am to 6 pm – Saturday, and 10 am to 6 pm – Sunday
Take Care Clinic: 8 am to 7:30 pm – Monday through Friday
9:30 am to 5:30 pm – Saturday and Sunday
We toured all three levels and found them well stocked, clean, and ready for opening. The most noticed difference is how the pharmacy and Take Care Clinic are structured to provide a better, more personal, and more efficient approach to health and medicine in the pharmacy setting.
Most telling have been the reactions we witnessed from customers in the store. We overheard one 20-something exclaim, “I’m never going grocery shopping again!” and another woman kept repeating to a store clerk how this store was much better than another local pharmacy chain store. We’re not sure if we can stop going to Safeway completely but it’s clear that this store will become our “go to” for those in between grocery store trips.
We summarized the floor layouts below – click on any of the photos to enlarge them and get a better view.
Lower level: Pharmacy, Take Care Clinic, over the counter medicines, consumables, electronics, packaged foods, adult beverages (wine), over the counter medicines, and dry/frozen goods
First level/ground floor: Up Market (smoothies, coffee, juices, adult beverages (beer), dairy, cheese, lunch/deli meats, packaged lettuce & vegetables), fresh offerings (frozen yogurt, sliced fruit, sushi, sandwiches, wraps), photo, candy, Redbox DVD rentals, snacks (potato chips and munchies)
Second level: Beauty, cosmetics, and LOOK Boutique
We previewed the store and it looks fantastic – we’ll offer up our further reactions in a separate post once we’ve had some time to use the store a few times. For now, we’re happy to see it open, and encourage neighbors and area workers to stop in and check it out.
