On the Shaw listserv that the night of 2/1/12 there were a bunch of White House Cabinet members having dinner in a private home near 6th & P.
Recently in Miscellany Category
I've noticed there is a metal structure on 9th and P, across the street from the O Market construction. I gather the Burmese restaurant is chugging along.
The office? space next to the Phyllis Wheatley YMCA on Rhode Island Ave is also looking nice after about a decade of neglect.
We may see some movement with Kensely Gardens in 2012. Once those buildings are knocked down I'll start calling them Jefferson at Marketplace. [CurbedDC]
There is something going on with Sunset Liquors, something about opening a deli. [Bloomingdale]
Neighbor B.'s thoughts about our street's progressive party. [Bohemian Yankee]
Yesterday we popped by Field to City for milk and cookies, and cream and eggs. Unfortunately, Kim could not speak, he lost his voice (Laryngitis?), so the store was shuttered for a time. So if you went there because I said it was open, I'm sorry.
Kim is such a trooper, he saw us coming by the store and opened it up so we could pick up the items we needed. Where else are you going to get such service? Regulars to Field to City know that Kim is just amazing in some ways, like what he did for us yesterday. Yes, he runs his store in his own unique way, but it grants him the flexibility to get wonderful and personal service.
Kim is such a trooper, he saw us coming by the store and opened it up so we could pick up the items we needed. Where else are you going to get such service? Regulars to Field to City know that Kim is just amazing in some ways, like what he did for us yesterday. Yes, he runs his store in his own unique way, but it grants him the flexibility to get wonderful and personal service.
I don't make resolutions, those are too prone to failure. The weight loss, good habits to take, those are usually Lenten tasks, with a start and possible end. To take one something new for 365 days, is too much. Anyway, since I am a planner I figure measurable goals would be a better.
For the blog I'm hoping to do a date night post once a month as I'd like to hit some of the restaurants on U Street, in Logan and random places along the bus routes and within a decent cab ride back home.
There has been something else on my mind, and it may come out a little bit in my postings. Since getting married, the Help and I have been talking about creating a family. I love my neighborhood and would like to remain. I like my house but it's small for the size family we want. We can only squeeze in 80-90 more square feet if we renovate. So as a long term plan (5 years out) I'm paying attention to the housing market in Truxton, and surrounding neighborhoods. The thing working against the area isn't the schools, or the lack of representation, or government corruption, it's price of more square footage.
My hang up is I don't like the idea of paying half of a million dollars for a house. Half of a mill ey on dollars. Could we afford it? Possibly, maybe. Do I want to pay that much? No. So, angling to stay close to where we are now will require long term planning, and patience. There are houses that pop up on Redfin now and again that are under $500K, and they give me hope that as our needs change we can continue to call this city home.
For the blog I'm hoping to do a date night post once a month as I'd like to hit some of the restaurants on U Street, in Logan and random places along the bus routes and within a decent cab ride back home.
There has been something else on my mind, and it may come out a little bit in my postings. Since getting married, the Help and I have been talking about creating a family. I love my neighborhood and would like to remain. I like my house but it's small for the size family we want. We can only squeeze in 80-90 more square feet if we renovate. So as a long term plan (5 years out) I'm paying attention to the housing market in Truxton, and surrounding neighborhoods. The thing working against the area isn't the schools, or the lack of representation, or government corruption, it's price of more square footage.
My hang up is I don't like the idea of paying half of a million dollars for a house. Half of a mill ey on dollars. Could we afford it? Possibly, maybe. Do I want to pay that much? No. So, angling to stay close to where we are now will require long term planning, and patience. There are houses that pop up on Redfin now and again that are under $500K, and they give me hope that as our needs change we can continue to call this city home.
Dumpster in front of Sunset Liquors!
Well Scott Roberts of the Bloomingdale Blog finds it interesting. I'm guessing it may have more to do with the park renovation more than an overhall of the liquor store we love to hate.
Finally a map of Ward 5 I can see
Scott Roberts is everywhere, even on the BACA blog, writing about the District Curmudgeon's post that shows something that everyone on this side of New Jersey Ave have been talking about, the proposed SMD borders. Ah, I see. What I don't see is why civic associations should even need to rethink their boundaries. Yes, it is way easier when your boundaries mirror the SMD (Single Member District) boundaries but the civic associations have been around way longer than the wards or even the SMDs.
Get your bike stolen at the Shaw/Howard Metro
Finally, after so many years, they have finally, finally put in bike racks at the R St entrance at the Shaw metro. Before you just had to take your chances with a street sign or on the chain link fence if you wanted to leave your bike for a mo'. More recently you could leave it over at the library across the street. Now you can take your chances nearer to the metro. Now remember if it is quick release, it can go missing and don't leave your $3000 racing bike there with a widdle bity cable lock.
Wrestling with the O St Market
Wrestling, the first thing I thought of when the O St market blog mentioned pile drivers. Yes, the residents near the O St Market can get to wake up to the soothing sounds of pinging from the pile drivers that will be at O, P, 7th and 9th Sts, at about 7AM. Don't worry it's only for January. If it is still going on in March, then you can get annoyed.... if the take over of the sidewalk and bus stop on 7th hasn't annoyed you already.
You can't just throw money at kids
I will have to say Paul Schwartzman and crew wrote a pretty engaging series in the Post regarding a classroom of kids the late Abe Polin and Melvin Cohen promised to pay for their college. If you haven't read it, read it, all three parts. The story really made me appreciate my aunts and my grandfather who died before I was born as it pointed out for me the importance of family im making sure kids go to college and finish college.
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Happy Christmakuh
They spell funny too.
In a BBC-Travel article Truxton Circle and Shaw are mentioned among some other DC hoods as places to live. My only issue is the separating out the TC from Shaw. Though we are politically divorced from the rest of Shaw by Ward and MPD PSAs, but historically bound.
HT- Shaw listserv
Saturday a friend of ours found a wallet. It was the 2nd wallet of the day he'd found. So we offered to take the wallet to the address listed on the DC driver's license, which we did. No one was home and so I left the wallet with a note between the unsecured storm door and the door. As soon as we left I had a not so great feeling about it. The house we left it at just seemed unoccupied and bare. Like it might be undergoing a slow interior renovation, minus the permits being shown.
So after we were done with church we went back to the house. Still no one was home, so I took the wallet and went next door. The person there claimed to have just moved in and didn't know who lived in the neighboring house. So we then left a sticky note on the door saying what we did and that's that.
This is not the first wallet I've tried to return to it's owner. You know what would help, really help, if you've just moved and your DL address is now wrong, please have your business card or a in case of emergency call # somewhere obvious in your wallet. This just reminds me, I need to label my cell phone with a "if found" thing. Because yes, there are opportunistic people out there, but there are also many good Samaritans as well and we want you to be reunited with your stuff.
A large group of protesters somewhat possibly related to the Occupy DC group tried to storm the Air & Space museum. I'm all for freedom of expression and speech, as long as it in no way can harm our nation's cultural heritage.
According the the Washington Post article the connection with those people who wanted to bring in banners and sticks (to hold up signs) to Occupy DC is shaky, considering how the Occupy protests are loosely organized. Regardless, if something inside one of our many cultural institutions upsets or angers you, protest outside! Working and studying (I did take a museum class or two) in the various museums in the DC metro area, I can easily see how something on display can be damaged beyond repair by a large group of people with prohibited items who don't intend to destroy anything.
Even the regular crowds, slowly damage things by shedding hair and skin, and raising the humidity levels of exhibit spaces. There is no need to accelerate damage by knocking into something, accidentally having a sign catch on something, or getting a mass of people press pass ropes or over barriers.
According the the Washington Post article the connection with those people who wanted to bring in banners and sticks (to hold up signs) to Occupy DC is shaky, considering how the Occupy protests are loosely organized. Regardless, if something inside one of our many cultural institutions upsets or angers you, protest outside! Working and studying (I did take a museum class or two) in the various museums in the DC metro area, I can easily see how something on display can be damaged beyond repair by a large group of people with prohibited items who don't intend to destroy anything.
Even the regular crowds, slowly damage things by shedding hair and skin, and raising the humidity levels of exhibit spaces. There is no need to accelerate damage by knocking into something, accidentally having a sign catch on something, or getting a mass of people press pass ropes or over barriers.
Full Yum on N. Cap wants liquor [BACA]
The Safeway in Mt Vernon Triange is open 24 hours, TV dinners and TV other all on one block. [The Triangle]
Bread for the City has gardening workshops [Blog for the City]
The Washington Gateway Project over on Eckington Pl [NoMa]
Regarding the shooting around 4th and M [Homicide Watch]
Yesterday according to the DC Fire and EMS tweet there was a stabbing at 7th and H. according to me, there was tons of yellow tape, the stores along 7th St in the complex had their exterior doors closed off, people were walking in the street... Oh forgot people normally walk in the street around there anyway.
Mt Vernon Miscellany
The annual firehosing sponsored by the United House of Prayer will take place this Saturday. There will be street closures. Copy and pasted from the MVSQ listerv:
Greetings,
I spoke with Apostle Treadwell from The United House of Prayer on the 600 block of M St NW and here is the schedule.
Celebration starts:
Monday August 22, 2011 8pm to 10:30pm
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 8pm to 10:30pm
Wednesday August 24, 2011 8pm to 10:30pm
Thursday August 25, No celebration
Friday August 26, 2011 8pm to 10:30pm
Saturday, August 27 8pm to 10:30pm
Sunday August 28 Baptismal 11am to 1:30pm
M St NW will be closed between 6th and 7th St NW.
Street closure will begin at 7am to 2pm on Sunday.
The community is encouraged to attend and participate.
This weekend at the Convention Center there will be the Table of Brotherhood Project thing going, in relation with the MLK memorial dedication. There is stuff going on now and will continue through the weekend. I expect crowds.
