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La Prima Closes
Walking our dogs along 11th Street NW (between Penn Ave & E St) yesterday we noticed that La Prima was closed and workers were removing all furniture and fixtures. Attached to one of the windows was the above note, stating that the retail locations were closing (after 24 years!) but that catering would continue. We had […]
Our PQ-Man In Havana
This past Sunday we visited Cuba Libre (9th & H Streets, NW) to checkout the new spot in our neighborhood. The bright and airy restaurant has really high cathedral ceilings that make it feel bigger than it is. Nonetheless Cuba Libre is a decent sized restaurant with a large bar, and it certainly doesn’t feel […]
Nerd Alert
We’ve made no secret of the fact that we don’t have cable, so we rely on Verizon’s DSL for our internet access. We signed up back in 2005 for the 3 mbps down/768 kbps up for $30 a month and never really thought about it again. Well not until that 3 mbps down starting being […]
Souvenirs, Ice Cream, Cupcakes, And Shoes
There is activity afoot in several PQ storefronts, here’s what we’ve noticed over the last few weeks; First, as we’ve reported a few times and widely suspected, the old Joe’s Souvenir HQ (1000 F st NW, corner of 10th & F) is about to open up again as a cleaned up souvenir shop. There is […]