Recently in Miscellany Category

Blog Issues-I haven't been posting anything lately because of the flashing warning signal from my host saying how much space I was running out of, so I deleted a bunch of stuff, including, the old "This meeting never happened" entries. It pains me but I'm going to have to start deleting more material at inshaw.com/blog, now that most of it is at http://dcinshaw.blogspot.com/. Little extras, like the meeting notes hidden behind a password are gone. Well, gone from the public website. I have a copy. I created it after an incident where a speaker who came to a BACA meeting did not like how Google (not my fault, blame Google, but I'm easier to yell at than Google) summarized my notes. I wrote that I was buzzed and he was loud, but the way Google had it, he was drunk and loud. Apparently his co-workers were small minded speed reading non-click through bitties that caused him trouble. Anyway....

I'll probably start deleting chunks of the old Inshaw Site starting with 2010 and working down to 2003. The goal is to reclaim 2 Gigs to have more space to put things on TruxtonCircle.org.

House on Street 4 Sale- In my last post I mentioned neighbors were going to put their house on the market. Well, it is on the market for $649K.  There was an open house Sunday, but I saw people with the sheets of paper where the map location in the top corner looking at the house Friday. Those MRIS print out sheets haven't changed much since I bought my house, except now they are in color. It will be interesting to see what will be the final price.

????- The picture, I have no clue but it was something new at the corner of Rhode Island and New Jersey. Sign seems to say it will be like that till the end of the month.

BACA reminds us that there will be a marathon coming by our neck of the woods this Saturday and North Capitol will be closed.

The Bloomingdale Blog mentions that the Red Hen is hiring. This is a sign of things moving closer to making it a date night place.

Wouldn't it be cool?- I was listening to an audiobook, Makers: The New Industrial Revolution by Chris Anderson  and the topic were sites like Kickstarter. Anyway I was thinking wouldn't it be cool if there was a DC based site for people who wanted to invest in old houses that still had historic elements and get them rehabbed so those elements are kept and sold? Instead a few people dedicated to restoring old homes, hundreds.

5th Street One Way South?- It seems DDOT is thinking about making this one way street going north to go the opposite direction, south.

Also from the Shaw Yahoo Group- Chatman D'Vine Bakery is closed.

ANC5E-05 SMD Meeting- Covering the area that is predominately the Hanover part of the TC and whatever is south of Q St. Anyway a meeting on March 12th at the New York Ave Playground.

Dog Treats- You know Sandra of Painted Hand Farm, who sells at the Bloomingdale Farmer's Market? She's selling those liver treats on-line. So if you can't wait till the market opens up again, you can get your pet's treat fix.

Buyer Club- Also Sandra has a buyer's club and according to her email will be at 1st and R March 24th. The March list has bunny as one of the meats you can order, but orders must be made in advance.

Wall down- Also speaking of neighborhood lists there was some mention of a wall collapse on Q Street. According to the DC Fire Fighter tweet it was 517 Q St. NW, a 1890 house.

Shaw Tavern's Community Festival- I'mma gonna cut and paste- "Shaw Community St. Patrick's Day Festival hosted by Shaw's Tavern on Sunday, March 17th 2013 from 11am-5pm.  The festival will be held on 6th St. NW between Florida Ave and S St.  It will feature live music, children's activities, food and beverage as well as local community vendors and information booths."

Historical Food Shacks- The House History Man has a picture that is of an African American man's stand at 1st and Florida NE. Close enough to the TC, well the northeastern part that I never write about.

2 Mil for a Corner Lot- The developers got approval for and then tore down the buildings at 1330 North Capitol NW, and then did nothing. Now this empty piece of dirth is for sale at deep pocketed developer prices.

Taxes- I'm annoyed with the Tax Office, last year I filed my DC taxes online for free. I paid either Turbotax or the H&R Block for the federal taxes and enjoyed just filling in the blanks with DC, on the DC.gov site. It was simple and easy. Now I go to the site and it is a mess. The layout is unclear. They've added options for people whose adjusted gross income is less than $57,000 for federal and DC taxes. Great but I just wanna do DC. The page for the individual tax payer is cluttered. Did I use eTSC in 2012? Beats me, did y'all call it that last year? I might take my sweet time and file in April since I have to write them a check anyways. Refund? Ha, ha, yer funny.

Platonically, and with great affection, I love the District of Columbia. And like the way I love a lot of my friends, DC, I love you, despite you.

Loving you DC isn't always easy. Parts of you are corrupt, lazy, insane, and down right slow, mentally and physically. But then you have these flashes of brillance, bursts of youthful joy and energy, with ideas and action that enrich my life. I love the fact you have a public transit system that has allowed me to go for years and years without a car. I love that you have seasonal and year round farmers markets that allow me to eat somewhat local and generally better. I love all these new restaurants popping up nearby. I love the bike lanes that invite me to travel the city on two wheels. I love the opportnities that exist when you look for them. Oh, I also love my job, which regionally you provided. I couldn't have gotten this in my native Florida.

And DC, as your friend, I have something very difficult to tell you. I know how you want a vote in Congress or/and Statehood, but I see your hopes get dashed often when the Democrats are in control of the White House and one or two parts of Congress. It happened with Clinton, its happening with the current president. You deserve better than getting strung along and taken for granted. You're looking good. You've got your finances in order, you're mostly employed and educated. You've got a good reputation and you're no longer synonymous with crack and murder. Maybe you should try something new, see how independent you can be, or get back in touch with your Statehood Green side. Just sayin'.

Smudges for everybody- Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church is having 4 Ash Wednesday masses, 8AM, 12:15, 5:30, and 7PM. There is music for the 5:30 and 12:15 masses.

Visiting a squatter, but not a squatter- I wrote about the fire in SE DC and the problem of squatters. Well it appears that one of the vicitms of the fire was just visiting.

Any mention of the District in the SOTU speech? Thanks for putting on the licenses plates, but any mention of DC lack of a vote in Congress? Any mention of the District at all? We went out to dinner and missed the 1st half of the speech. Somebody's press release gave me the impression that DC might get a shout out.

Income requirements not as low as you think- City First Homes, is a non-profit 'launched' by the DC Government, selling condos and sometimes the odd house. Anwyay, their income requirements are pretty up there, the maximum for a household of 1 is $90K, 2 is $103K, and 3 is $116K, and so on a so forth. Also you don't have to be a first time homeowner nor a DC resident.

Billy Mitchell's killer to get 21 years in prison- The person who killed Bloomingdale resident William R. Mitchell was sentenced last week.

Black and white shorthaired dog found on 1600 block of New Jersey Ave NW- See PoP for details.

UPDATE- Regarding point #3, no. Remind me how DC is not the DNC's booty call?

Household Stuff- Some agencies consider you and your roommates a household. I discoverd this when talk ing with someone from a minor DC agency (or it could have been an office within a larger one) that when determining a household's income it is you and your roommates, even if your roommates all lead separate lives. Though I no longer have roommates, this seemed odd, because as long as everybody is paying rent, their incomes are none of my damned business.

Vintage transit- Old 82 streetcar line The Eckington List had this lovely gem:

 I watched it and nearly punched a dent in my monitor when I recognized the flatiron building on Baltimore Ave/Route 1 attached to Franklin's in Hyattsville. There are some buildings that haven't changed much. In the first few and last few frames of the video there is a map showing the old streetcar lines. The video is for the 82 line which goes up New York Ave, crosses through Eckington and then heads up Rhode Island/ Baltimore Ave.

DC Humanities Grant $0-$5000 for Humanities related projects- I wrote $0 because you don't have to take the full amount, also you have to match the funds. The deadline is March 11.  

Rogue 24's Restaurant Week- Until Feb. 9th the 4 courses are $60.13, the 16 course Progression is $100.13, and the 24 course Journey is 120.13.

Table- Speaking of restaurants, I've heard from a friend who has been several times to the N Street dining establishment and really likes it.

City Market at O- They have a facebook page.

We have Netflix and we are enjoying House of Cards. Particularly the opening credits, where I get to explain to the Help where on North Capitol Street the camera is shooting from. The Bloomingdale blog has some nice screenshots. Other than that is is a slight guesing game of where the other DC scenes in the credits were shot. After that we know it is all Baltimore pretending to be DC. We are half-way through the series. It is nowhere near as good as the original British version, but it is very enjoyable and I look forward to finishing it out.

BACA is having a meeting tonight. Someone please take notes as I got volunteered by the Help to assist at another gathering.

Field to City formerly, Timor's, Kim Wee is back and offering up a new website and some butchering service. [Bloomingdale]

I'd really like it if the idiot near 3rd St NW would stop blowing up fireworks. Last night, I guess after the Ravens won the Super Bowl, somebody decided to set off fireworks. Well I hope they were fireworks.

Once again on parking, I'd like to thank my church for giving some forethought to the parking crunch caused by the DC Car Show at the Convention Center and making parking available for the Saturday evening mass. Church leaders should plan for church growth and how to deal with competition for parking.

Regarding the InShaw comments, I'm going to allow comments with emails again, unless the Chinese spammers slam me again.

600 T St NW

Trash collection is going to be off by one day.(BACA)

City Market at O blog claims their bathrooms in their junior apartments are roomy enough for 7 construction guys to stand around in.

If 40% of y'all are leaving to visit elsewhere (Post) for Christmas, make sure someone is going to keep an eye on your house. I'd rather be in Vegas for Christmas, but nah, I'm stuck here. Anyway put a hold on the mail and ask someone to remove the Chinese takeout menu from the door.

DC Urban Turf compared Truxton Circle as well as a few other hoods from 2010 and 2012. A fun comparision would be 2002 and 2012.

DC Council voted for a surcharge with the purpose of helping those whose homes were damaged by the sewage floods this year. Let's keep an eye on this to see if this works or if residents' claims are denied, again. [Bloomingdale]