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Do you have official business with the FBI? If so you’ve got a new entrance to use. About a week ago the FBI unveiled the new business appointments entrance on Penn Ave. If you have to enter the FBI (and don’t work there), we hope for your sake it’s through this entrance
Product Placement
Over the next several weeks we’re going to review some specific sections of the (Swanky?) Safeway at 5th & L NW. Many of these reviews will be positive, but anytime we notice problems that need to be addressed, we’ll point that out too. We begin the series with the number one complaint we have about this new store: the milk coolers.
The milk coolers are tall and thin, which wouldn’t be much of a problem except all the 1 & 2 quart containers are on the very top shelf. Add to this the shelves that are all slanted down towards the door, which in theory should slide the next available milk into place, but in practice just means the next milk (when it doesn’t slide forward) is now even higher up and farther away.
This may sound like nitpicking (especially to anyone over 5′ 10″), but when we’ve visited the store the 1 & 2 quart milks appear to be the most popular (most often sold out) so we’re not sure why Safeway would put them in the most inconvenient place. It’s certainly not any fun to have to step into the cooler to be able to reach up and get milk from the top shelf.
We assume that in the suburbs this placement makes sense, as full gallons of milk are more likely to be the most popular sizes. Hopefully as this Safeway has time to adjust to the needs of the local residents they will make small changes like this, which we will appreciate in a big way.
Photo of the Week: PQ Sunset
We haven’t done a photo of the week recently. Enjoy!
PQ Fall Theater Roundup
One of the best benefits of living in the PQ is having easy access to the theater. The fall heralds in the new season so before the weekend begins, we wanted to highlight what’s happening on stage in the neighborhood.
The Shakespeare Theatre Company – 450 7th Street NW (Lansburgh Theatre)/610 F Street NW (Harman Hall) – 202-547-1122
- Romeo & Juliet – Sep 9 to Oct 18 (depicted in photo above)
- The Way of the World – Sep 30 to Nov 16
- Twelfth Night – Dec 12 to Jan 4
- The Dog in the Manger – Feb 10 to Mar 28 (2009)
- Ion – Mar 10 to Apr 12 (2009)
- Design for Living – May 12 to Jun 29 (2009)
- King Lear – Jun 16 to Jul 19 (2009)
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company – 641 D Street, NW – 202-393-3939
- Maria/Stuart – Aug 18 to Sep 14
- MacHomer – Oct 8 to Oct 12
- Boom – Nov 3 to Nov 30
- Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind – Dec 15 to Jan 4
- How Theater Failed America – Jan 7 to Jan 18 (2009)
- Hell Meets Henry Halfway – Feb 2 to Mar 1 (2009)
- Antebellum – Mar 30 to Apr 26 (2009)
- Fever Dream – Jun 1 to Jun 28 (2009)
Flashpoint – Mead Theatre Lab – 916 G Street NW – 202-315-1305
- Take Me Away – Sep 30 to Oct 26
- Punch – Oct 31 to Nov 22
- Incidence – Dec 4 to Dec 14
- FEMA’s 1603 – Jan 12 to Jan 25 (2009)
- Funeral Potatoes – Jan 28 to Feb 15 (2009)
- Pumpgirl – Feb 24 to Mar 22 (2009)
- Deep Belly Beautiful – Mar 31 to Apr 26 (2009)
- Woman and Scarecrow – May 5 to May 31 (2009)
Washington Stage Guild – The WSG runs a summer season at Flashpoint but they are building out their own 248 seat theater at 8th and E Street which we hope to see open next year.
Photo Credit: Shakespeare Theatre – Romeo & Juliet