And it’s for sale too! Crap, I can’t remember where I took this photo. I have to start taking better notes. So, I know this house is located somewhere in Petworth, Columbia Heights, U Street, Shaw or Logan Circle. I suck, I am aware. It’s won’t happen again. It is a nice house though, yeah?
See, this is what I’m talking about. It is the little touches that makes things special. You know this restaurant could’ve saved a little money by having plain tile. But they went that extra yard. Now this might not be the greatest art I’ve seen but damn if I don’t respect the effort. This is in Mt. Pleasant for the record.
check out this root structure. Just amazing how things adapt to their surrounding, yeah?
But I think this photo begs the question – who was Aaron Shipman?
[Ed note: Winner announced Feb. 20th. There have only been about 8 entries so you still have time to submit your photos and explanations of why it’s your favorite place in DC.]
“Attached is a pic of my back yard. Look at the first which was taken when I bought my house in 2003 and the second which was September last year and you will see why it is one of my favorite places in DC. It was a very long summer.”
Check out the before photo after the jump. (more…)
I was absolutely stunned to encounter this lawn jockey on my walk about this past weekend. I didn’t just take a double take, I took a quadruple take. Then I slapped my face a few times and looked again. Indeed, I thought I may have been transported back decades. I thought for sure this must have been one of the most racist things I’ve ever encountered in DC. But maybe I was wrong. I did a little research when I got back home and apparently back in the Underground Railroad days these lawn jockeys used to signify a safe place. Sometimes those supporting the Underground railroad would tie a a green string around the wrist to signify a safe place. You can read more about the history at this Web site or here at the Wikipedia entry.
So after reading the history a bit, what do you think about encountering a lawn jockey like this? Is it racist or in homage to the Underground railroad or is it simply a lawn decoration?
Starting this Thursday, January 31st at 8:00 pm Looking Glass Lounge will be hosting a trivia night downstairs.
This is one of those old fire alarm pull boxes that has been converted into a sculpture. I’ve seen many of these alarm boxes converted into paintings but this is the first sculpture I’ve seen. This one is located in Mt. Pleasant and apparently is showing some troops being taken to the old Mt. Pleasant Hospital. Really an amazing conversion, no? Check out another picture after the jump. (more…)
Have you ever seen storage like this out front of a rowhouse? Don’t you think the items would get stolen?