RSS FeedDrybar Is Coming To Penn Quarter (1006 E St NW)
Drybar is coming to Penn Quarter at 1006 E St NW. Yes, it’s true…you will be able to get a blow out in our own neighborhood without trekking over to Georgetown or Dupont. It’s opening this summer according to the signage in the former Independence Savings Bank location between 10th and 11th St NW.
National Gallery Of Art Summer Lecture Series Continues
Easily accessed from Penn Quarter, the National Gallery of Art (Constitution Ave NW between 3rd and 7th Streets) continues its Summer Lecture series as below:
- Justina Yee on Impressionists and the Paris Commune: Lions or Chickens?
- August 19, 1:00pm & August 23, 2:00pm
- Eric Denker on Drawing in Normandy and Picardy: Ernest Roth and Andre Smith in 1914
- August 26, 1:00pm & August 30, 2:00pm
The West Building Lecture Hall has a maximum capacity of 159 persons. Seating is available on a first-come, first-seated basis.
Wayback: Former F Street Nightlife At Fifth Column
We recently discovered a fun source of information that chronicles DC both present and past called DC Wiz. One page features the Fifth Column (915 F St NW) and has quite a few images and promotional flyers from the club during its heyday in the 1980s and 1990s. A Facebook group also follows the old venue. A number of clubs were within easy walking distance of each other during this era including Decades, Club Zei, Spy Club, Polly Esther’s, The Insect Club, and D.C. Space, and it’s safe to say that one could spend an entire evening club hopping in downtown DC.
When we moved downtown Platinum was still going strong at the F Street location but it ultimately closed down due to how disruptive it had become to a newly emerging neighborhood that just wasn’t old school DC anymore. The property is now under redevelopment by Douglas Development.
Albert Einstein Shows Up At Madame Tussauds (10th and F St NW)
We hadn’t heard from Madame Tussauds (1001 F St NW) in a while but they did check in recently to let us know that Albert Einstein showed up yesterday at the iconic wax museum. The museum is one of the longer running businesses in Penn Quarter since the wave of redevelopment took over downtown as it’s been in operation since October of 2007 when Abe Lincoln flew in to open up the venue.
Wax figures of all 44 U.S. Presidents can be found at the museum in our downtown neighborhood as well as the well known George Clooney figure. We don’t think staff will need to wipe as much lipstick off Einstein as Clooney though.