RSS FeedDance Performance At Gallery Place Metro Entrance Today (DANCE:31)
Staff Member Thomas Choinacky of the Fringe Festival will be performing one day of his 31 day/song/location guerrilla theatre event at Gallery Place’s 7th & H St NW metro entrance today! Here’s more info.
Mount Vernon Triangle Home Tour This Sunday
The Mount Vernon Triangle Community Improvement District is hosting its inaugural Mount Vernon Triangle House Tour this Sunday, May 17, 2009 from 12 Noon to 5 pm. The tour’s proceeds will benefit Strive DC, a life skills and job training outfit in Capitol Hill North.
The tour is self-guided and conducted in an “open house” style so you can come and go at your leisure. With all the homes being within a short walking distance of each other, start wherever you like and finish wherever you like. It will showcase the neighborhood’s new condos and lofts all of which have been built within the last few years. The final stop on the tour is a tea reception from 2 pm to 5 pm in the private park on the third floor of CityVista’s Vista Green. Ticket info follows… Continue Reading >>
DCCAH & DDOT Deploy Art Bike Racks
We noticed this morning that a shiny new bike rack sprang up on the sidewalk formerly occupied by a parking meter. But it is no normal bike rack. The piece of art was designed by William Gordon and sponsored by the DC Commission of Arts & Humanities (DCCAH) and DDOT. The pictured bike rack can be found on the 700 block of 7th St NW, with a twin placed on the other side of the street! Another set of funky bike racks was seen being installed outside the south Dupont Circle metro entrance today.
Reference: DCCAH Feb 2009 newsletter (pdf)
Are More Street Vendors Setting Up In PQ?
Maybe a better title for this post would be “we sure hope more street vendors set up in PQ” because that’s really what this is about.
On Tuesday morning we happened upon a bed sheet sale at the corner of 12th & F streets NW. We don’t know anything about the quality of these sheets selling for $20 to $25 (400 to 800 thread count) but we love seeing this type of vendor on the streets of PQ. We’d love to see a wider variety of food vendors downtown, better cheap clothes vendors, etc.
We’re not fans of people who unfairly compare NYC to DC, but maybe that’s what we’re about to do right here: The street vendor setups in NYC are fantastic. We’ve picked up some of our favorite ties for $5 at the NYC street vendors. Sure some of the DC hat/bag vendors have ties & pashminas, but the NYC ones are nicer. It pains us to say that, as we love DC, but when it comes to the style and quality of street vendor products, NYC has us beat.
Have any of our readers purchased sheets from these vendors before? What street vendors would you all like to see in PQ?
