The shells on the 600 Block of Irving Street, NW are getting fixed up. There were some wild looking ones not too long ago. The house on the right looks pretty good. But I’m totally confused by the house on the left. It is only one story and does not go back very far. What’s the deal with the one on the left?
And while we’re on the block, it looks like the “Park View” is finally fixed up.
This design was taken from a Japanese beer bottle top. It’s tough not to like owls…
I thought this was a phenomenal balcony. Are those slats up top supposed to have plants/vines growing on them?
This spot off 16th north of U Street was a former best spot for a morning cup of coffee. But this was the first time I’ve seen the aquatic plants blooming with a flower. Super cool.
I was drawn by the security bars at first but what I found to be the coolest was that this door actually opened onto a courtyard. Pretty sweet door for a courtyard…
This beauty is located on the 2100 block on 19th Street in Adams Morgan. The only drawback was that it is located to the shell next door. But fortunately it looks like work has finally begun there:
New restaurant, Osteria Bibiana, is coming to 1100 New York Ave, NW though it looks like the entrance will be on the back side on H Street, NW. It will be an “upscale Italian Restaurant” with a sidewalk cafe. I’m always happy to have more Italian options!
Here’s the pop up on the 1300 block of Oak Street, NW. Here’s what it looked like in January. It looks a lot better than I thought it would:
Do you think it came out better than your initial reaction?
And here’s a sad city sign:
“This is Sir Lancelot of Buckley, Beagle-Basset Hound Extraordinaire a/k/a “Lance”.
Turn ons: sleeping on forbidden furniture, Snausages, getting his back scratched, and finding chicken bones on the sidewalk.
Turn offs: getting his ears cleaned, bicyles and other scary be-wheeled things, not being allowed to eat the chicken bones he finds on the sidewalk. He is obviously not a big fan of the New York bar exam, either.”
“Attached is a photo of our cat Hunter. Hunter was adopted in mid-April from a shelter in PA and made the big move to our apartment in Petworth. Since coming here he has proven himself worthy of his name as he has enjoyed big game hunting the various roaches and spiders that make their way into our apartment from time to time.”
“I’m pleased to introduce you to Olive.
Olive is a corgi/border collie/panda (?) mix adopted from the incredible Washington Animal Rescue League. Olive was in very rough
shape when WARL gave her a second chance last year and she has now blossomed into happy, healthy pooch. She enjoys watching all of you PoPer’s from our front window, meeting new friends on the Wonderland patio, and stalking the elusive Sherman Avenue Black Squirrel.”
Ed. Note: The cats are not competing against the dogs. There will be 5 dog, cat and “other” finalists that will each compete in their own category. We’ll have a poll in each category to select the winner. Using the comments section for these posts will help me select the 5 finalists for each category. I’ve gotten some amazing entries, and a lot of them (over a 100)! So I’ll need your help selecting the finalists. Maybe at the very end we’ll put the three winners in each category up for an overall winner.
The deadline for entries is August. 1st. Remember, please only send one photo per pet. You can see all the entries here. Please see after the jump for three more entries. (more…)
I hadn’t seen many flower photos uploaded in a while until julianalujan got these great shots.
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