I’ve always wanted to check out this spot located a few stores down from Wonderland. This is the place that has a soccer ball as the “o” in Deportivo. Right on. So after stumbling out of Wonderland around 1 this place was doing a brisk business with primarily Hispanic patrons. Some friends and I had a chicken dish which was superb. It is nice to know you can have this quality food after hitting Wonderland.
Welcome Orilena, Lindsay and Thajilah three science teachers for the new ABC charter school on Upshur St. I briefly checked out their open house. The building still needed some finishing touches but all in all it looked amazing.
So after briefly talking to the teachers, I learned that the school is for grades 6-8. Also, science and language arts are taught in English while math and social studies are taught in Spanish. About 50% of the students don’t speak Spanish as their primary language. School starts Monday, so best of luck to the teachers and students.
I just picked up a to go pizza but it is nice to know there is another brunch option in the neighborhood. If someone went or goes, let us know what you think.
How come this house hasn’t sold yet? I love this house. It is located right off of New Hampshire on 7th Street. It is a very good looking house as you can tell. The flyer says it has 5 bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms. Is the asking price of $599,900 insane?
I saw a cop positioned right outside the Heights the other evening. I was happy to see him there. So what do you think: Do the new restaurants opening up in Columbia Heights have an arrangement with the Metropolitan Police Department for regular patrols? Have you noticed more police around the Petworth/Columbia Heights night spots?
For a sneak peak at the women’s shirts you can click here.
The men’s shirts can be seen here.
And yes the T-shirts are American Apparel. Please don’t complain too much if you don’t like them as I’ve already ordered them…
Well, this is the one room in my house I’ve had renovated. As I haven’t got my new camera yet, all there is, is this small photo from my phone. This is what you guys have forced me to do. Send more renovation photos please! I of course didn’t redo the bathroom on my own. The contractor convinced me to spend $1000 bucks more for a whirlpool bath which I have used all of once. And then I had to take a shower. Anyway, send more renovation photos or I’ll be forced to show you my kitchen…
From the Petworth Yahoo Listserv comes this disturbing report:
“I can tell you what it was, as we saw it happening. The 10 – 20 shots in rapid succession? That was 2 teenagers riding bikes down the alley. (That’s the large square alley behind the Safeway. They were riding along the part behind 10th St. that runs N-S.) One had a gun that he was shooting into the air. It was a handgun. We could see the muzzle flashes.
We called the police. I don’t know if they responded, as the kids were on bicycles heading out of the alley. We did give a description and tell the police which way they were heading until the got out of sight.”
Hmm, maybe the Petworth soccer team won an important match?
Well, I’ve been avoiding blogging about this for a while now but a kind reader sent in a great photo. The reader writes:
“This sign is on 11th St – kinda freaks me out, but not sure why.”
So here goes: 11th Street between Wonderland and Red Rocks is home to a very curious storefront. I think you can tell from the photo but it reads “Up You Might Race…It’s Time”. I gulp every time I walk past it. So a few questions naturally come to mind, first and foremost – what the hell is this? Is this group active or is it a blast from the past? I think I’ve seen one person walk through a side door once. It always seems to be closed. So is this for real? Does it make anyone else a little uncomfortable when they walk by. In all honesty, I think it is the coolest sign in town…if it doesn’t mean anything. But if it is for real, well for once, I don’t know what to say.
Well, I’m not sure if it is every night and I’m not sure if it is good but it is a new development. Unfortunately they continue to use substandard signage… Has anyone tried their bbq night?