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And if you live or work in PQ, it is possible that your shoe guy is moving too. G Street Shoe & Luggage repair (1204 G Street NW) is moving and changing names this weekend. As of Christmas Eve Monday (12/24) it will be called 12th & I Street Cleaners and Shoe Repair, located at 1201 NY Ave NW (around the corner from Bobby Van’s).
We’ve been taking our shoes to this place forever, and have always been satisfied. Good shoes are not cheap, and unfortunately they are rarely wearable right out of the store. You have to take them to a shoe person who knows what he’s doing, adding grips and taps, winterizing and polishing. This guy knows his stuff when it comes to making your shoes last. Maintenance on shoes isn’t cheap either, but when you find the perfect pair of shoes (and then never find them for sale again) you want to make them last.
We’ve never taken advantage of his dry cleaning business or luggage repair (it’s hard to compete with dry cleaners who pickup and deliver to our condo) so we can’t speak to his qualities there. But if you need a shoe guy, we can recommend this one without reservation.
On a side note, this is the second closing along this block. Anyone heard any rumors about the 1200 block of G street?
Astro Doughnuts Popup Today And Tomorrow At Chinatown Coffee
Astro Doughnuts will come soon to 1308 G St NW in January 2013 but a preview is available today and tomorrow in the form of a popup within the Chinatown Coffee Company (475 H St NW) starting at 8 am each day. Pastry Chef Jason Gehring and founder Elliot Spaisman will be on hand selling doughnuts from their upcoming doughnut and fried chicken take-out restaurant. Doughnut pricing will range between $2.25 and $2.85 each, quantities are limited, and include the following flavors:
· Vanilla Glazed – vanilla bean glaze
· Brooklyn Blackout – devil’s food cake, chocolate glaze, cookie crumbs
· Maple Bacon – maple glaze, Benton’s bacon
· Peanut Butter & Jelly – strawberry jelly, peanut butter glaze
· Crème Brûlée – vanilla custard, bruleed vanilla glaze
· Holiday specials: Eggnog cake doughnut–nutmeg butter cake, vanilla custard and rum glaze ($2.50) AND Panettone doughnut –yeast raised fruitcake, rum glaze, and toasted almonds
Additional flavors will be available on Thursday and Friday. They’re listed following the break…
PQ Holiday Shopping – Part 2
A few more holiday shopping ideas from around the neighborhood.
For the Artist
Bright Painted Ornaments at Anthropolgie (950 F St., NW)
Wood Block Print Notecards by Katharine Watson at PQ Holiday Market
For Your Best Gal Pal
A Collection of Poems Curated Just for Women by Caroline Kennedy from Anthropologie (950 F St., NW)
New Champagne Flutes from Anthropologie (950 F St., NW) to Toast on New Year’s Eve
For the New Parents
Hip Onesies for the Modern Baby from Lil’ Fishy at PQ Holiday Market
Penn Quarter Neighborhood Association Meeting On 2013 Inauguration Preparations
From the Penn Quarter Neighborhood Association, we learned about an informational neighborhood meeting this Friday, December 21 at 11 am to brief attendees about how the Secret Service and MPD prepare the neighborhood for the January 2013 inauguration. PQ Living covered the inauguration four years ago and there is notable reconfiguration to the neighborhood to accommodate inauguration activities.
RSVP to joann[at]PennQuarter.org by tomorrow at Noon to attend the meeting. Details follow in the e-mail text below:
Penn Quarter Neighborhood Association – Planning for the Inaugural – Special Meeting
Friday, December 21, 11:00am
Agenda
Representatives from the Secret Service will brief us on plans for the Inaugural and for the preceding evening; MPD will join them in responding to questions
Location
Navy Memorial Theater
701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Enter at the building’s west corner near the Memorial
Metro: Archives-Navy Mem’l-Penn Quarter
Please respond if you plan on attending this briefing
RSVP via email by 5:00pm Wednesday, December 19
Include the first and last names and affiliations of all people attending