Author: Prince Of Petworth

Special Wednesday Question of the Day

By Prince Of Petworth

Given the Thanksgiving Holiday there will be no new posts on Thursday or Friday. So let me wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving.

Without further ado, the question of the day is: How important is the condition of the house adjacent to yours before you decide to purchase or rent your own home? Does it matter? If your house is renovated or otherwise cool in the gang, does the condition of your immediate neighbor’s house matter? For that matter, if there is a “sketchy” house on your block does that affect your decision to purchase or rent?

Dear PoP

By Prince Of Petworth

Hey PoP,
Around 11 PM last night, a man came to our front door asking for money.

He knocked, and I opened the door. He explained he needed cab fare to get to his parents (who are apparently our across-the-street neighbors, the Smiths (Ed note: name changed by PoP) who were in a car crash and in the hospital located in PG County. Though I should have ended this conversation immediately (feeling like a heel at this point for opening the door in the first place), I went to get my roommate.

Unfortunately, my roommate was generous enough to slip this man $40. Though I don’t think my roommate expects to see the money again, I almost expect to see that man again.

Have you encountered anything like this in our neighborhood? Any thoughts, advice, etc? I feel slightly inclined to call the
non-emergency number in hopes they might have someone keep an eye out on our block for a little while. The more I think about this, the closer to 100% certain I am that his story was complete and utter crap…

I’m having visions of someone sneaking up behind me on my way to my front door and pulling a knife on me for my wallet. Please let me know what you think about this.

Thanks,

Concerned

Response after the jump.

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Historic Lincoln Theater

By Prince Of Petworth

I had the opportunity to see Julia Nixon last weekend at the Lincoln Theater. Julia Nixon is probably most famous for her role on Broadway as the lead Effie in Dreamgirls. This concert was celebrating the release of her new album Onward & Upward. The concert was quite nice, although to be perfectly frank, not exactly my cup of tea as it were. But I was super excited to get to check out the inside of the Lincoln Theater. Quite nice, but I felt like it was missing some huge chandeliers… Anyway, if you like Rhythm & Blues you ought to check out some Julia Nixon. More photos after the jump. (more…)

C’mon!

By Prince Of Petworth

This trash can is filled with bags of leaves. We have so few garbage cans as it is, do you really have to fill them with bags of leaves? Really? The city will pick up the leaves if you leave them at your curb. C’mon! You’re better than that. Hell, why do people fill these trashcans near bus stops with bags of their own garbage. Don’t they have garbage cans? Explain this to me. Please.

Owner of Busboys and Poets to Open a New Restaurant Across the Street

By Prince Of Petworth

Thanks to a reader for this great tip. BISNOW is reporting that the owner of Busboys and Poets is “now planning to open some kind of Southern-Gulf Coast-inspired place in six months at Union Row.” at 14th and V St., NW.

Also mentioned in the article is that Union Row retail will include a “Yes! Organic market which the neighborhood is pretty excited about, a Georgetown Valet dry cleaners, a restaurant (see below), and they’re talking to a national drug store, coffee shops, and pilates studios.” We’ve already reported on the Yes! and the Georgetown Valet but it is good to know about the potential for another coffee shop, drug store, and/or pilates studio. What are your thoughts about a pilates studio opening up?

Hubris Alive and Well

By Prince Of Petworth

We have spoken about the scourge of double parking before. But this just tops them all. You can see this car has double parked, unfortunately not too unusual, but in this instance there was like three huge parking spots that he could have taken. Where does this ridiculous sense of entitlement come from?

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