RSS FeedBusiness Still Healthy For Penn Quarter Restaurants
They say that the Washington DC area is able to weather recessions a lot better than other metropolitan areas. If the restaurant market is any indicator, then DC can be described as recession proof. And despite closings of restaurants out in the suburbs due to the economic downturn, Penn Quarter restaurants are doing brisk business. This WaPo article talks about two of our local restaurateurs who are staying on top of their game. And, this Examiner article notes how Dave Chappelle walked into a PQ restaurant last week only to find that there were no available tables. He ended up dining elsewhere, but apparently Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was already dining at the restaurant. We guess that you can only set aside so many tables for unexpected visits by VIPs!
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
All of DC – In Shaw points readers to a Georgetown Metropolitan post describing the site Block Shopper which uses presumably all public information to tell you who is moving in where and how much they paid. We agree…part interesting, mostly voyeuristic? [In Shaw]
All of DC – Everybody chant at once…”We want NextBus! We want NextBus! We want NextBus!” The folks in Columbia Heights post an online petition. [New Columbia Heights]
Georgetown – Apple finally gets its Wisconsin Avenue store design through the Old Georgetown Board. Technically, the reviews aren’t fully finalized but it is now likely to go through. [Georgetown Metropolitan (story 1 & story 2)]
Petworth – Ever wondered what the income brackets and rents are for affordable housing. We were…here are those digits for an under construction development on Georgia Avenue NW. [Prince Of Petworth]
Downtown/MVT/Cap Hill – The (Mount Vernon) Triangle does a great job of organizing a list of the neighborhood’s meetings for March, providing a readout of the ANC6C alcoholic beverage licensing meeting and posting this Wednesday’s ANC6C meeting agenda. [The (Mount Vernon) Triangle]
DC’s Neighborhoods…Revised & Relinked
In June of 2006, PQ Living (then Gallery Place Living) added 9 neighborhood websites to its link list as a way to point readers to residents in other areas of Washington DC dedicated to the craft of narrating and recording a neighborhood’s history. Fast forward three years and that network now covers much more of DC. It is not surprising that it’s grown and we added links as we noticed additional neighborhood sites pop up. Will this network of “open source” news supplant the Metro section in the Washington Post? Not likely to happen soon but in their own way, these sites are dedicated to the same local news delivery mission using a neighborhood-up instead of a metro-down approach.
Yesterday, we debuted a revised link list in the right column below the Recent Comments and DC Links sections to now include 28 neighborhood sites that we feel are emblematic of the craft. What did it take to qualify? A bent towards neighborhood content and recent, regular updates. We encourage all readers to poke their heads into other parts of the city by visiting these sites. How many sites do you check? Vote using our latest poll (upper right). You don’t even have to leave the comfort of your browser to check out another part of DC!
To see the links we revised and where the neighborhood link list can be found on PQ Living, go past the jump.
What A Weekend!
March weather just doesn’t get any better than this; snow storm last week and spring-like temperatures this weekend. We couldn’t get outside enough this weekend, walks to Eastern Market, the Mall, winding our way along the Potomac. We’re officially done with the cold. Yeah we like snow, but it’s time for us to be able to break out the shorts and pack away the thermal underwear.
How did you spend this warm weekend?