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Ed Note (April 13, 2014): This trip now costs $6.
Getting to National Airport is easy. Pick up the Yellow line train at Archives or Gallery Place, have a seat, wait fifteen minutes, leave the train and presto! You’re there. There is no subway line to Dulles International Airport (yet) and going by cab will part you with half a Benjamin ($50) or so I thought until a visit by out-of-town guests this last weekend schooled this native Washingtonian. A Jefferson and a Washington ($3 using the SmarTrip card) is all it takes to get you on the 5A Metrobus from L’Enfant Plaza to Dulles and we want to pass it along to you. Now you can spend that saved $47 lingering at your favorite cafe in Paris.
What: The 5A Metrobus [PDF] – L’Enfant Plaza to Dulles
Where: Pick up the bus on the north side of D Street, SW between 6th and 7th Streets or the east side of 7th Street between C and D Streets – easy transfer from L’Enfant Plaza Metro stop (don’t use the 9th and D Street exit – it’s the farthest away from the stops)
How much: $3 on the SmarTrip card or $3.10 in cash
How often: 4:50 am to 10:38 am pm (weekdays) or 5:30 am to 10:36 am pm (weekends) – every 40 to 60 minutes depending on the day of week and the time of day (check the schedule)
How long: Just over one hour via I-66 and the Dulles Toll Road with three stops in transit
Cherry Blossoms? Nope. Sidewalk Ads.
Ed. Note: Residing north of Massachusetts Avenue, we wish to introduce MVT Resident as a joint writer of this post.
What’s good for selling Globetrotters tickets isn’t necessarily a good thing for selling real estate. We’ve seen the vinyl ad trick around the Penn Quarter before and we guess that with a not so hot housing market, you do what you have to do to drive people to your property. It’s clear that cherry blossoms aren’t the only thing blooming around DC as we couldn’t help but notice the ad shown above at the corner of 11th and G as one of many. All over the neighborhood vinyl CityVista ads pop up in bright green, blue and orange colors. They’ve been seen at the park at 6th and Mass Ave, under the Chinatown Friendship Arch, at 7th and K in front of Mount Vernon Square and at 6th and F near the Harman Center.
We wondered if the Penn Quarter is indeed an area with special advertising freedoms. Nowhere else in the District have we seen this type of advertising in a public space. A call to CityVista and their sales office resulted in the response that their advertising company got a permit from DCRA (Department of Consumer & Regulatory Affairs) to place such advertising around the neighborhood. This information is surprising as only the DDOT (District Department of Transportation) can issue these permits and they have denied all such requests. An informal call to DDOT yielded that no commercial advertising is allowed on public sidewalks.
We are excited that CityVista is opening but wonder if putting guerilla advertising all over the neighborhood is doing them more harm than good? Should these ads be allowed or are they eyesores? And, would any of you be drawn to check out a property advertising this way?
Zola Wine?
One of those pretty pink alcohol notices caught our eye next door to Bruegger’s Bagel Shop. The listing reads that the company applying is 505 9th W LLC, but it’s operating under the trade name of Zola Wine. The nature of operation is listed as “Wine store, transfer from safekeeping to a new location.” 505 9th ST appears to be the address of that entire building (at least as pictured on 9th near the corner of E) which would explain why that was the address Bruegger’s used when applying for a permit (the two entities do not appear to be related).
Kogod Courtyard Declared “New” Wonder Of The World
CondeNast Traveler lists seven “new” wonders of the world and our very own Kogod Courtyard at the American Art Museum hits the list. Who keeps Kogod company? The New Museum (of Contemporary Art) in New York and the Burj Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to name a few.
New Seven Wonders of the World [CondeNast Traveler]
Hat tip goes out to PQ Living reader Linda.