RSS FeedRoundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
Columbia Heights – The loudspeaker preachers make their way up 14th Street NW to Columbia Heights. Apparently, they’re on tour. [New Columbia Heights]
Mount Vernon Triangle – The District Chatter puts a Bravo TV spin on the transvestite prostitutes that sometimes linger at 4th and L Streets NW in the 20001. (PARENTAL WARNING: Some language not for the thin skinned.) [The District Chatter – first, second and third story]
Georgetown – It’s true! Georgetown now has a neighborhood blog, The Georgetown Metropolitan, and they weigh in on the recent ANC 2E and Old Georgetown Board rejections of Apple’s design for a redesigned store front at 1229 Wisconsin Ave NW. There’s plenty of room for an Apple store in the PQ… [The Georgetown Metropolitan] (hat tip to a PQ Living reader)
Inauguration 2009: Collectibles & Guides & Cell Towers, Oh My!
Another Inaugural Store Opens
There’s an inaugural collectibles store opening as can be seen in the above photo. The Official Inaugural Collectible store is setting up shop at 625-627 E Street NW, the space formerly inhabited by the Numark Gallery which closed in the fall of 2006. This collectibles store also has an Internet presence allowing for online shopping.
More Links To Inaugural Guides
Everyone’s getting in on the Inaugural guide action…
DC Inauguration Guide [Washington CityPaper]
Guide to Inauguration 2009 [Washingtonian]
Downtown Inauguration Alerts [Downtown DC Business Improvement District (BID)]
Movable Cell Phone Towers In Place Near Capitol Building
Wireless phone operators expect a surge in network traffic with the influx of people coming to DC for the inaugural events on the Mall. Two of the movable cell towers set up to handle the extra load can be seen to the left of the Capitol in the photo below.
Ristorante Luigino Closing On Monday
Another long-time downtown restaurant is closing. Ristorante Luigino (1100 NY Ave, at the corner of 12th & H) is closing for business on Monday, January 5th. They had a big closing bash back in December after going through bankruptcy earlier this year. Luigino wasn’t our favorite Italian restaurant, but they seemed to do well with business lunches and those in DC for a convention.
Did any of our readers make it to the December 20th closing party?
Photo Of The Week: Hanging Out
A reader sends in these photos of a Penn Quarter building getting a bath. We thought them unusual because this almost looks like a military training exercise (or yellow Spidermen scaling the building). Click after the break for a zoom out to get the full perspective including the Washington Monument in view. How often does your building get power washed?
