Try driving down 13th Street around Girard on a Sat. They are not that regular, I believe the last one was about two months ago. But if you are lucky enough to catch them, they do a great job for only 8 bucks. Plus you are supporting Second Genesis Treatment Center. They help folks out with drug and alcohol addictions as well as needy single parents.
It was bright out, sorry for the bad photo. But this is the front of Artfully Chocolate located at 1529 14th Street in the new Matrix building. I’m not sure when it opens but I remember people were very eager to have a chocolate shop…
Also a new clothing store is going in right next door I think it will be called Universal.
This one is at Otis and Holmead. I dig how it is stuck right in the middle of a residential block.
Now far be it from me to talk about clothing stores, and hip ones at that. My style tends toward track suits and flannel shirts and not in an ironic way. At any rate I have often walked by these clothing stores on 14th Street and have wondered what the story was. So let’s start with Redeem located at 1734 14th Street (Photograph above). As I walked in I immediately bumped into a bubbly welcoming personality who turned out to be owner, Lori Parkerson. Lori told me that Redeem just had its one year anniversary. Right on. As you can see it is housed in a really chill space. It even had some artwork commissioned by local artist J. Coleman (see photo after the jump). (more…)
This spot on Shepherd near Georgia was a “Care to Speculate” feature back in the day. Thanks to a reader for alerting me, we now have an answer. It is going to be a Nigerian restaurant. Sweet! I’ve never been to a Nigerian restaurant before, it’s a really big space so hopefully it will be really cool.
According to a commenter this Mocha Hut in 14th St. Heights will be reopening in two weeks.
This is the evolution of last week’s house that was white. And now its, beige with green trim and a brick top. Brick top, that guy was a sweet actor, what movie was that? Ah, Snatch that was the movie. Anyway, are they going to paint the third level? It sort of looks like a compound now, with the fence off to the side. If you go to the open house I suggest you don’t drink the Kool-Aid…
Anyone try it yet?
This past weekend Mid City Artists Open Studios took place mostly around Logan Circle, Dupont Circle and U Street. I took the opportunity to check out some of the local artists on 14th Street and U Street. From the three artists I checked out, there was certainly a wide variety of styles displayed. The art above is from Brian Petro. Petro’s Studio is located at 1829 14th Street, NW and is definitely worth checking out. (more…)
From time to time i have seen porches that have some sort of divider and I’ve always wondered what type of message that is sending. I think this particular one looks quite nice but is it in the spirit of neighborliness? I can understand privacy measures taken in the backyard but I thought it was understood that the entrance to the home should remain barrier free. I suppose if the neighbors are particularly upsetting some measures may need to be taken. What are your thoughts?