RSS FeedFree Digital HDTV Receivable Downtown? You Bet!
In our household, we’re always on the hunt for ways to trim costs and keep those bills in check. When moving downtown from the suburbs some four years ago, we knew that our reliance on receiving ten clear over-the-air (OTA) TV signals might be compromised and sure enough, two weeks of enduring a hazy channel 4 (NBC) during the summer of 2005 forced us to call 1-800-COMCAST to get cable. Watching three Jay Leno ghosts do the monologue in an onscreen snow storm just didn’t work. Our household hadn’t paid for television since college when MTV actually played music videos (anyone remember this one or this one or this one?) and it was a nice source of savings – we figure about $5000 total so far. Fast forward to 2009 and the FCC clock is counting down to a June 12, 2009 digital TV switchover and we’re happy to report that getting OTA digital HDTV* downtown works well. Follow the break for more details about our digital TV switchover… Continue Reading >>
Which Beaches Are Worth The Drive?
It only takes one 80 degree day before we start to think about heading to the beach. The long haul between the PQ and the shore isn’t any fun so it makes choosing the right beach important. We at PQ Living like all beaches from family friendly Ocean City to the tax-free Delaware shore. If we’re gone for a week or more, we even make the 4+ hour drive to the Outer Banks.
What are your favorite DC area beaches? Is it worth fighting the traffic for a day at the beach or do you always have to stay overnight?
Photo Of The Week: Daffodils
This week’s Photo Of The Week is from flipperman75’s photostream on flickr. The photo was taken in the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden and has the National Archives in the background. Be sure to get out and enjoy the warm weather this weekend!
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PQ Farmer’s Market On CNN
Thanks go out to a PQ Living reader who sent in this clip from CNN that shows how our very own Penn Quarter Farmer’s Market gets its goods for the every Thursday market on 8th Street NW. It might cost more but you can buy locally grown produce, support the small/mid size farmer and buy in an environmentally conscious fashion at the same time.