I thought this was a pretty unusual house. It was located off upper 14th Street. There were a lot of bungalows on this block and a few like this interspersed. What style would you call this?
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Author: Prince Of Petworth
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Just saw this application for Carmine’s Italian Restaurant coming to 425 7th Street, NW. It actually fills up two of the storefronts. Looks like it’ll be huge because it says the occupancy is 720. Not sure if that’s a typo I’m guessing it’s more like 220 but who knows. Here’s the application:
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From an email:
Hosted at Social
1400 Meridian Place, NW
Columbia Heights
October 8, 2009
6:30PM – 9:00PM
Tickets $50 per person
All proceeds from tickets benefit the DC Arts & Humanities Education Collaborative to ensure that underserved DC public school students benefit from the region’s rich array of arts amenities. In the 2009 school year, more than 32,000 students and teachers will visit cultural institiutions through their program.
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Thanks to all who sent kind emails after seeing the piece. It aired Monday night at 11pm. For those that missed it you can see the piece above and there is a write up on the WUSA Web site here.
I should add, I’m still 34! Plus the blog started in 2006. Speaking of which the 3 year anniversary party is Thursday Nov. 5th so mark your calendars. More details on that to follow.
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“Dear PoP,
Being a Seahawks fan and very far from home, I was absolutely delighted last weekend when I was up in NYC and found a bar crammed with Seahawks fans in which to watch the (sad) game. I haven’t found such a bar in DC, and was wondering if the PoP community could come up with bars in DC that play host to all the different NFL teams. I think Lucky Bar is for Browns fans, and Steelers fans go to the Pour House, but could we possibly get all the Bar/Team combos?”
Anyone have recommendations? My favorite is Momo’s Cafe Nema at 1334 U St. NW. But what specific bars support specific teams?
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From an email:
“The Bombay Sapphire Collins Experience Tonight!
Please join us at Room 11 tonight, October 7 (or next Wednesday, October 14th), for the Bombay Sapphire Collins Experience. From 6 to 8 pm we will be featuring Bombay Sapphire Gin giveaways, Tom Collins samples made with Bombay Sapphire, and demonstrations of how to make the perfect Tom Collins at home by Room 11 partner and DC Craft Bartenders Guild member Dan Searing.
Punch Club returns, now on Sundays at Room 11!
Starting Sunday, October 11, at 5 pm the popular event featuring classic, modern, and original punches comes to Columbia Heights wine bar Room 11. Hosted by Room 11’s partners at the Warehouse Theater Cafe earlier this year to much acclaim, Punch Club will now take place starting at 5pm every Sunday and will last until the punch runs out. Join us this Sunday for some classic favorites like Glogg (mulled wine) and Rocky Mountain Punch (made with sparkling wine, rum, and maraschino liqueur) and look forward to more many new punches in the coming weeks.”
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This condo is located at 1326 Vermont Ave, NW:
The flier says:
“Top floor of elegant historic townhome this sunny two level condo has it all! Spectacular roof deck, high ceilings, hardwoods, W/ D, updated kit w/ handcrafed shelves, totally renovated BA w/ skylite, charm and convenience!Pretty tree lined street, steps to Metro, shops, restaurants, all the best of Logan!”
More info and photos found here.
Well, I thought the whole row house was for sale but this condo looks amazing. Sorry to dissapoint that, not surprisingly, it is already under contract. But I still think it’s worth taking a look at because I’m curious what you think of the price. And the condo itself of course. This section of Vermont Ave. is one of my favorite blocks in DC. So do you think the asking price of $323,600 was reasonable for this 1 bed/1 bath?
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The Topaz Bar is located in the Topaz Hotel located at 1733 N Street, NW (not far from the recently judged restaurant Iron Gate). Their Web site says:
“Light years beyond the ordinary Washington, DC restaurant and lounge, Topaz Bar is a vibrant, mystical experience of contemporary urban chic and culinary sophistication.”
So how is the culinary sophistication?
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Photo by PoPville flickr user *tinadelarosa
The following was written by PoP contributor Eric Nuzum. Also of note: Eric will be at Past Tense Yoga, 3253 Mt. Pleasant St. NW, after Happy Hour on Fri, Oct. 23 for an entertaining reading from both The Dead Travel Fast, his pop culture look at vampires, and his forthcoming book Bring Me To Heaven, where he visits to some of the most haunted locations in the country to find ghosts. You can read Eric’s previous contributions here.
The other day I was watching CNN and five-word headline scrolled across the bottom of the page, “Pet bear kills Pennsylvania woman.”
Of course, since I rarely have anything better to do, I immediately Googled “pet bear kills pennsylvania woman” (the 15th most-popular search term at the time) and found this story, detailing the demise of 37-year-old Kelly Ann Walz of Ross Township, PA. It seemed Mrs. Walz kept a variety of exotic animals as pets–a cougar, a lion, a Begal tiger, and a 350-pound black bear. The Walz family had kept the bear in a fifteen by fifteen foot concrete and steel cage for nine years. A few days ago, Kelly threw in some dog food to distract the bear while she cleaned its cage. Once inside, she learned the bear wasn’t all that distracted, was probably more than a little pissed off about the 225-square-feet-of-space-for-almost-a-decade thing, and mauled her to death.
At several stages of this story, it kind of leaves you asking yourself: what was she thinking?
And few months ago, I read a similar story in Esquire, about a guy who was attacked by a pet chimp, who severed the guy’s foot, nose, testicles, and a few fingers in the process. And while especially gruesome, overgrown chimp attacks aren’t all that rare.
It kind of leaves you asking yourself: what were they thinking?
You may be curious where I’m going with this. It’s just that when I saw that headline crawl across the TV earlier, the first thought that entered my mind wasn’t about the woman, her family, or even the bear. I thought about my son–or more specifically, that I am about to become a father.
If your first thought upon reading that last sentence was “What is he thinking?” you can probably understand my state of mind. Much like our deceased and disfigured former exotic pet owners, my wife and I, despite the experience of others, the laws of nature, and common sense, have decided to have a child. Continues after the jump. (more…)