RSS FeedHamlet Opens Tomorrow & New Shakespeare Theater Opens Oct 1!
The Shakespeare Theatre Company ends its 2006-2007 season with William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Directed by Michael Kahn, the production runs from June 5 to July 29, 2007.
Starting with the next season, plays will be performed in both the new Sidney Harman Hall (610 F St NW) and the Lansburgh Theatre (450 7th St NW)!
The Sidney Harman Hall will officially open on October 1st with a gala celebration.
Local DC Neighborhood Bloggers Profiled
Today’s WaPo has an interesting article on blogging in the Sunday Source section (Section M). A few of our local neighbors who maintain blogs in Shaw, Bloomingdale, Eckington and Trinidad are mentioned. In addition to GP Living’s daily updates, we encourage our readers to check out what is going on in DC at the local level and give a solid shoutout to our blogging neighbors.
Multitasking Your Workout
Today’s Race for the Cure has us thinking about fun jogs that originate from PQ.
When plotting out your jogging course, the Mall is a natural place to run. A loop of the mall (3rd ST to 23rd, and back) is roughly 3.5 miles, which can be made to 5 miles or more by looping the Capitol and Lincoln Memorial. If you can run even a 12 minute mile, a 5 mile run only takes an hour, for many of us getting up at 6 am and running this route would leave us plenty of time to shower & make it to work before 9.
As nice as a jog on the Mall can be, sometimes you need to combine tasks to make the most of your free time. Here are a few ways to combine your jog with your chores (a good running bag will be necessary):
- Whole Foods at 14th & P is an easy 2.4 miles round trip. Slightly uphill getting there when your bag is empty, slightly downhill coming back. Obviously you wouldn’t make a big grocery store run if you had to carry everything home, but a single meal is easy enough.
- Eastern Market is a tough 2.2 miles away (that uphill at the Capitol is tiring!) but pretty rewarding too. A loop back home doubles that mileage, but this is the type of run you could make, then cool down while checking out the flea market. And with a metro stop so close, you can even buy items too big to take on your jog.
- Maine Ave Fish Market is another fun run, you get to go along the mall, then down towards the Tidal Basin with Jefferson in the background. This is an easy 2 mile run, which can be made much harder on your 2 mile return when you’re back is carrying 6 lbs of shrimp on ice. When you get home and start the shrimp boil, chugging Dixie or Turbo Dog, it will have been worth the pain.
So take the PQ challenge and tell us about your favorite runs, and we’ll see you on the Mall!
(Photo: Dawn breaks on the Mall, Memorial Day 2007)
Brisk Green Truck In PQ
