Author: Prince Of Petworth

Bloombars Fundraiser Thurs. Night and DC CARES Volunteer Info

By Prince Of Petworth

Support Bloombars. From an email:

“On Thursday, July 2nd, “Friends of BloomBars” will host a fundraiser at 1212 Lamont St. NW from 6:30 – 9:30 pm. Your thoughtful and generous contributions will help open the doors to array of arts and community-based programming. Checks can be made payable to: BloomBars, LLC. Give what you can. Suggested Donation: $25-75. If you are not able to attend but wish to give, please send checks to 3222 11th Street, Washington, DC 20010. Thank you.

The party goes on at BloomBars starting at 9:30pm. Meet and experience Artist in Bloom residents and other amazing talent in bloom!”

And another worthy cause. From an email:

Get Involved in Your Neighborhood!

Join the Neighboring Initiative!
Team up with fellow residents of Petworth and Columbia Heights at the following events to create sustainable activity in neighborhoods! Join Greater DC Cares in its goal to reach every resident of these areas, and motivate them to become active participants of their own communities. If you would like to learn more about or attend one of these events, email Meghan at [email protected]. Continues after the jump. (more…)

Lawn Decoration of the Day

By Prince Of Petworth

This is from outside the Mexican Embassy. I can’t tell if it’s supposed to be toppled like this or if it fell over. Kinda gives it an authentic look though.

Good Looking Gate

By Prince Of Petworth

I know you guys don’t like chain link fences but I thought this gate was pretty fresh.

Garden of the Day and Tire Planter

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Those yellow flowers are pretty fresh, anyone know what they’re called?

And in a different location I found a converted tire planter that looks really good:

House of the Day

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I really like the style of the one on the left. But I’m wondering if it is skinnier than the one on the right or is it just an optical illusion?

New Wine Bar Coming to U Street – Dickson

By Prince Of Petworth

It looks like the former home of Project 4 Art Gallery located at 903 U Street, NW is slated to become a wine bar. The liquor application says it will be called Dickson Wine, which you can see in the photo above is the name of the building.

The application also says there will be light fare, charcuterie, and a DJ or small band with an occupancy of 75. Looks like this section of U Street is really starting to pick up with the addition of Nellie’s, Lounge of Three and now this.

Capturing Sweet City Signs – Giant Food

By Prince Of Petworth

hellomarkers! has found some good ones and added them to the PoPville flickr pool. I thought I’d highlight a few of them here. A little explanation of the sign above:

“i found this beauty as a result of terrible traffic on the bw parkway. since i wasn’t in a rush, i decided to take route one back into the city. and was i ever glad. especially since i was able to pick up groceries for the week, in addition to getting this picture. laurel, md”

good libations indeed

Judging New Buildings – 3422 Georgia Ave

By Prince Of Petworth

This building recently went up on Georgia Ave. It sits next to the gas station by Park Road. I’m guessing it will be condos or apartments and it looks like it will have underground parking. While it’s a pretty simple design, it’s nice to see this section of Georgia Ave get some new digs. Think the building works for Georgia Ave?

Good Deal or Not? Weekly Wed. House Porn Edition

By Prince Of Petworth

This home is located at 1326 Corcoran Street, NW:


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The flier says:

“Fantastic Victorian townhouse on one of DC’s most beautiful streets. Classic 4BR/2.5BA owners unit and a 1BR/1BA in-law suite. Renovated/updated 2008-2009. Great LR/DR with double FP’s, hardwood floors, soaring columns. Sunny stylish kitchen w/ SS appliances. Top floor mstr suite w/ full bath – double vanity. Big roofdeck with monument view. Walk to everything but hey – one car parking just in case.”

More info found here and a virtual tour found here.

I was psyched to see what a 3 story row house looked like on the inside. I have to say though I think my favorite part is the killer roof deck. Though I did like the cool looking floors in some of the rooms as well. What’s your favorite part? For the curious – it’s yours for $1,339,000. Do you prefer this style more than last week’s more modern one?

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