But until then take a quick metro ride or a medium sized walk to the U Street farmers market starting June 2. Who knows what the status is for Petworth’s farmers market?
Remember when Petworth had a small farmers market near Princeton and Georgia? Whatever happened to that one? It was a pretty weak farmers market. I think they sold one block of cheese and maybe a couple of eggs, but it was ours! Mark my words, one day we will have one that we can be proud of.
So how do I know when to pick it so I can get it before the squirrels do?
Formerly known as Burma, Myanmar is now ruled by a notorious dictatorship that apparently has a flourishing art scene. Who knew? But you can check it out at a small gallery on 14th Street near Q.
Thanks to Laurie for alerting me and sending me the photo of this van that caught fire on New Hampshire and 7th. It happened today at 5:10pm but Laurie said she could still hear a fire truck at 5:30. I wonder how the van burst in to flames like that.
Domku has followed El Torogoz’s footsteps with a lovely outdoor eating area. You can see this group of fine Petworthians are enjoying their Sunday Brunch in the sun. There are about 4 or 5 tables and it is really quite pleasant. The only drawback is that you can’t hear the fantastic music that usually plays on the inside. But that is a small price to pay for fine outdoor dining.
The Urban Institute came out with the District of Columbia Housing Monitor: Winter 2007. Ward 4 represents in this passage:
“Of the 2,258 acres of residential property in Ward 4, 83 percent is owned by persons who live in their own homes. Two clusters in Ward 4, cluster 10 (Hawthorne/ Barnaby Woods) and cluster 16 (Colonial Village/Shepherd Park), have the highest shares of owner-occupied residential property, at 91 and 92 percent, respectively.”
Another wild statue from the Rock Creek Church Cemetery. Ok, it freaks me out a little bit…
Just a neat statue I saw at the rock creek church cemetery. A very nice walk if you don’t mind cemeteries. There are some really amazing mausoleums. Do people still buy mausoleums?
Present company excluded, I’d have to say it will one day be Gore Vidal. I went to the Rock Creek Church Cemetery this weekend and saw his future tombstone. Fantastic writer by the by. I highly recommend ‘Burr’ and ‘Julian’.
DCist has a good post on the Shaw neighborhood and its dealings with vacant run down properties owned by Shiloh Baptist church. You can read the post here.
