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Bastille Day Celebrations In DC
July is a revolutionary month! Following the celebration of our own nation’s independence, this week you can enjoy some local festivities celebrating France’s national holiday, Bastille Day. Bastille Day commemorates the storming of the Bastille in 1789, which is considered the uprising of the modern nation and the impetus for the conclusion of the French […]
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
Photo Above: Market on F Street for the 2011 Kalachakra Follow PQ Living via Facebook here and Twitter here. Our Flickr tag is pqliving. Here’s what we were reading recently about neighborhood news in DC. Have something to add? Leave it in the comments! Mount Vernon Triangle – The Walker Jones Community Farm produce stand […]
Artifactory Closing (641 Indiana Ave NW)
The Artifactory, a quiet neighborhood icon that opened in 1972, is closing in mid-August to make way for The Grand Trunk, a new Pakistani restaurant. A 50% off closing sale of its African & Asian art is in progress. The building is located at 641 Indiana Ave NW and sits between Starbucks and Penn Quarter […]
Showtunes And Sidecars At Quill Bar
Ed. Note: Today we welcome pqcompass, a new writer to PQ Living. She makes her home in the Penn Quarter and recently visited the bar in one of Washington’s classic downtown hotels. Read on! After seeing Midnight in Paris this past weekend, I started to think about how amazing and inspiring it would be to […]