I found this row of homes quite unusual. I hadn’t seen stone like this in DC before. I definitely dig the look. What do you guys think – thumbs up or down?
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Author: Prince Of Petworth
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I know that the PoP community isn’t comprised of a bunch of Georgetown enthusiasts. [Ed note: I actually met a few readers from Georgetown at the 2 Year Anniversary Party and they were quite nice. While Gtown isn’t my normal stomping grounds they do have some sweet homes and doors there.] Myself, I have about as much use for Georgetown as I do for a nose on my butt and there are only a few very select circumstances that will find me miserably wandering the intersection of M and Wisconsin muttering to myself in anger over whatever reason brought me into this neighborhood that easily passes for my own personal 4th Circle of Hell. However, my friend is seeing some doctors over at Georgetown Medical Center, and I’ve been helping her out with rides to and from some of her appointments, so I’ve found myself on the Darkside on a few occasions recently. I’ve taken this opportunity to revisit some favorites that I’ve long since abandoned and check out some of the new kids on the block.
First up is Wisemiller’s Deli, located way up off of Prospect St. on 1236 36th St NW. (Next to 1789, F Scotts and the Tombs aka the Rich Old White Guy, Mid Life Crisis and Popped Collar Undergrad of the Clyde’s family of restaurants.)
Wisey’s looks like a typical convenience store, with pints of Ben & Jerry’s, six packs of remarkably decent beer, sodas and snacks. But it is also home to my One True Sandwich Love in DC: the Chicken Madness. I think most people who have gone to Georgetown are familiar with the Madness; I’m pretty sure you have to eat your weight in them to graduate. Having gone instead to the less illustrious state school up the road in Maryland, Wisey’s wasn’t brought to my attention until sometime in the mid-90s when a friend from my crappy temp job who was a G’town graduate decided to introduce me. I’ve been hooked ever since and make it my mission to get others on board. Continues after the jump with lots of cupcakes… (more…)
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E.L. Haynes, located at 3600 Georgia Avenue, NW, will be having an open house this Saturday from 10am – 2pm.
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Source Theater is located at 1835 14th Street NW. From an email:
On November 22–23, 2008, Cultural Development Corporation is hosting a community opening weekend to celebrate the newly renovated Source. The celebration will spread over both days, with parties, performances, classes and workshops.
Saturday, November 22: Red Light Source
Celebrate the Grand Opening of the marvelously new Source in style with DJ Neville C + midnight cabaret, including performances from Washington Improv Theater and Special Agent Galactica.
10 p.m. – 2 a.m. | Cash Bar | Ages 21 and Up | $20 in advance (purchase online) | $25 at the door
Sunday, November 23: Community Open House
Drop by our day-long open house to catch (free!) performances, workshops, and classes that offer a chance to step behind the curtain of the performing arts. Catch a class on slam poetry, learn traditional Latin dance, sign your kids up for Adventure Theatre’s exciting lightsaber workshop and watch the best of the 2008 Source Festival in the afternoon.
More details at sourcedc.org/activate.
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This home is located at 1362 Otis Place, NW.
The flier says:
“Complete LEED Cert 2007 renovation, foundation to roof. Everything but brick shell & hdwd flrs new. Built by 3DG. Bamboo cabs, IceStone counters, recyc porcelain tile, cork flrs, high-eff lights, Toto toilets, HVAC sys, recycl cotton insul & low-VOC paint. Off street pkng, priv bkyd, deck & garden area. SS Energy Star appls, Jenn Air gas range/oven, Maytag fridge, D/W. Duravit sinks & cabs, Grohe fixts”
You can find more info and photos here.
It looks like they did some solid reno work here. I’m curious what you think about the both the outside and inside. It’s been on the market for 84 days and there’s only been a $20k reduction in price. Do you think it’s possible it’ll go for the asking price of $540,000?
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Veritas Wine Bar is located at 2031 Florida Avenue NW. I’ve been very happy with Cork on 14th Street so I haven’t tried this one out yet. How is it? Can you compare it to Cork? Better or worse?
You can talk about whatever is on your mind – quality of life issues, a beautiful tree you spotted, scuttlebutt, or any random questions/thoughts you may have. I’ll open this thread every Monday and Friday. So anything good happen to you this week?
PoP contributor Eric Nuzum wonders what it will take to rent his home for the inauguration.
Several of my friends are aflutter over the inauguration. It has nothing to do with “change,” lack of “change,” or the likelihood that “change” will amount to anything actually changing. They are obsessed with a different kind of “change”: the type that will be jingling in their pockets once they rent their home or apartment to those who find no room at the inn for the Obama coronation on January 20th.
Even though hotels are not completely sold out yet (and that is true, they aren’t), urban tales are spreading through the city of people renting out their homes for tens of thousands of dollars. And my friends and co-workers have dollar signs in their eyes.
Perhaps I’ll eventually eat my words, but I generally operate under the principal that if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is too good to be true.
“What could go wrong?” my people ask. Well, let’s not go there. However I’m willing to bet real actual cash (you know, the kind I already have) that people willing to shell out thousands a night aren’t going to be a bunch of old lady spinsters from Iowa who go to bed at 7:30. Call me crazy, but even $20k won’t wash away the vision of some Fortune 500 executive screwing a coked-up hooker in my bed. Continues after the jump. (more…)
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A bit sad but I think it’ll be interesting to read your responses. So I was thinking about Obama’s election and how it will probably be seared into most people’s memory. Then I was thinking the previous experience that was seared into most people’s minds was probably 9/11. But I’m curious about your most profound historical memory before 9/11 and this election. Mine was 1986 when the Challenger exploded. Quite traumatic at the time. For my folks it was probably when JFK was assassinated. For my grandparents it was probably when Pearl Harbor was bombed. But I’ve heard other people talk about Bay of Pigs, when the Pope was shot, when Reagan was shot, when John Lennon was shot. Yikes too many folks have been shot. Anyway the FQOTD is – What was your most profound historical memory before 9/11?
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Thanks a million to the reader who kept updating me with the whereabouts of this crazy bus until I could finally snap a photo. It’s been spotted on Rock Creek Church Road for almost a week. Dang, I suppose this would’ve made for a good caption contest. Well, if you’re feeling particularly inspired we can have a bonus caption contest.
