From the organizers:
FUNDRAISER THIS WEDS. at the Wonderland Ballroom (11th and Kenyon), starts around 9pm, but get there early so you can buy a CH Day T-Shirt for $20 (or rather, donate $20, get a free T-Shirt). We’ll have a band and then DJs (Flexx Matthews and Gavin Holland). Bring your loose change and friends!!
Plus their new website is up, check it out ColumbiaHeightsday.org
Now that was a protest I could get behind. Remember the classic show “What’s happening now”? That was a proper protest. There were people holding placards and there was no damage to public parks. And in the end they got Roger and Rerun back in the building. Alright back on point, thanks to a reader for alerting me to the fact that every single lamppost in Grant Circle has been plastered with protest signs.
The reader writes: “ANYWAY. I got home from a week of vacation and noticed that all around Grant Circle, on every single light post, are bright yellow anti war posters. Now, I’m totally against the war, but I’m also against organizations littering all over public property and when I called ANSWER, the sponsor of the anti war march, she told me that they were allowed to do that because light posts were public property, that i was wasting her time and she hung up on me.”
I have to say that is pretty messed up. We are not talking about the war itself. We are talking about the fact that these signs are a blight. They also have serious adhesive an will not be easily removed after Sept. 15th. So what the hell? Do we have to sacrifice Grant Circle in the name of “free speech”? Do you think the organizers will remove these stickers after the march? I am sure there has got to be a better way. What do you think?
Nicely done! We’ve seen a couple of kitchen renovations that blew my mind so I thought I’d mix it up a bit. This yard renovation is incredible. Check out the before picture below. And who doesn’t love a good game of cricket – a new Petworth pastime. Thanks to Steph for sending in the photo.
Folks, continue to send me your photos at [email protected]. You can send me Kitchen, Bathroom or any renovation photos you’d like.
Pretty rough. Check out the renovated yard above.
We’ve had discussions about Domku, Red Rocks and Colorado Kitchen and one of the common themes, besides that I love all three of them to varying degrees, is that sometimes the service has been less than optimal. But since they are all unique, local business, in my opinion, filling a desperately needed service in sit down local dining; isn’t it worth supporting them even if at times the service can be slow? If we don’t support them and God forbid they were to go out of business, do you think other restaurants would take their place or would they just end up boarded up or take out joints? Won’t their success contribute to other similar establishments opening up nearby? Again, in my opinion I believe they have markedly improved each of the blocks where they are located. So, shouldn’t they be patronized for their “pioneering” spirit?
Check out this awesome kitchen sent in by Garrett in Columbia Heights. The extra beauty of this one was that Garrett was able to do the work himself! I’d say he did a damn good job. What do you think?
Garrett writes:”Details: The space was a nasty large bathroom addition when we bought the house and the exterior walls were made of load bearing brick. We tore off the brick and rebuilt the addition out of wood. The kitchen’s got semi concealed Lutron QED electric roller shades for all of the windows, all Bosch appliances except for the Jenn-Air French door fridge, maple cabinets from Brookhaven, basalt stone countertops, floating cork floor with radiant hydronic heat below, pop-up mixer cabinet, pneumatic sink top disposal switch, low voltage lighting, speakers hooked into sound system, Eagle windows & doors, & cell phone charging station, etc… The paint is “Reflecting Pool” by Behr. In this phase of the renovation we also added a powder room and a spiral stair to a new roof deck above the kitchen.
Cost: It’s hard to quantify the cost since we did 95% of the work ourselves, but the street value for a good GC to do the job was probably $150,000. We didn’t spend nearly that much.”
Pretty sweet, huh? David Beckham is behind that wall of photographers. And mind you he wasn’t even in the game yet at that point, he was just warming up on the sidelines. Happens to me all the time.
I forget which block I took this picture but I really like the shutters.
Read the full article here.
A sample:”The focus is pizza, but you don’t have to eat crust to fuel up here. The kitchen also makes bruschetti, panini, salads and a handful of main courses, including a roast fish of the day and golf ball-size meatballs served on runny polenta. And the bar pours refreshing chasers in the form of Chimay Triple and Allagash White beers on tap — among RedRocks’ 30 or so available suds.”
Ok, far be it from me to judge, but look at this corner “park” between The Heights and Tivoli in Columbia Heights. There are a few trees but it is mostly filled with gravel. I think Petworth has a number of awesome green triangular parks that look fantastic. One of those in this location would improve the look 100%. What do you think about the gravel replacing good old fashioned American grass?