So tonight’s blogging or rather tonight’s web service is provided by the good folks at Looking Glass Lounge. Looking Glass Lounge where the bartenders might seem surly but they’re quite nice once you get to know them. They made a mean pulled pork sandwich ($9) tonight and Tues. Wed. and Thurs. you get a complimentary drink with an order of an entre. So if my posts progressively make less sense this evening you’ll have to understand. Anyway, how far does this power outage go? It’s obviously out in major parts of Petworth but working at Looking Glass. Is it working in Columbia Heights? Mt. P? The one nice thing I noticed about the outage was that everyone on my block were on their porches. I love that. I’d be there too, but damn it then you’d yell at me for not having any posts up tomorrow…
Author: Prince Of Petworth
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I can’t remember if I’ve shown this photo before but it was very striking as I walked past it. I think I dig the rivets that you can see on the metal surrounding the windows. What do you think? It’s also one hell of a pop up but I don’t think it looks too bad.
From the Columbia Heights Listserv:
“Hello,
The LAYC Art+Media House seeks outdoor walls for its summer murals
initiative. If you are tired of repainting a wall that is continuously
tagged or vandalized in other ways, than your best bet is a mural. We know
that walls with Murals not only beautify the neighborhood, but keep others
from “tagging” or vandalizing.
We will provide all materials, supplies, youth workers, and a lead artist.
Content of Mural will be pre determined and approved by both parties.
Only a few slots are available for the summer but more may become available
in the fall. So if you or your business are interested, please write us a
short one paragraph proposal. Good luck.
—
Ronald Chacon 202-319-7312
Arts Coordinator [email protected]
LAYC Art&Media House [email protected]
3035 15th St. NW Wash. DC 20009
The LAYC Family of Organizations is a network of youth centers, charter
schools, and social enterprises with a shared commitment to helping youth
become successful and happy young adults, with the skills they need to
succeed educationally, professionally, and personally. LAYC organizations
include the anchor Latin American Youth Center, a nationally recognized
youth development organization in the District of Columbia; satellite and
residential sites in the District of Columbia; the Next Step Public Charter
School; the Latin American Montessori Bilingual Public Charter School; the
YouthBuild Public Charter School; the Art & Media House; Ben & Jerry¹s Scoop
Shops at Eastern Market and Chevy Chase, DC; and the Maryland Multicultural
Youth Centers in Prince George¹s and Montgomery Counties. For more
information, please go to www.layc-dc.org
United Way #8489; CFC #55027″
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From a reader: “Where the fridge is there used to be a doorway. where the high up window is there used to also be a doorway leading out to a entry/exit area to the backyard ( that space is now a 1/2 bath) Wall between kitchen and dining room knocked out completely (former owners had knocked it out partially, leaving a “peninsula” and part of the wall coming down from the ceiling.)
This was a regular galley kitchen before the redo…sorry can’t find the before pictures. The place where I ordered the cabinets thought I was insane, but I am really happy with the skyline effect, which was what I wanted.
Cabinets: solid cherry with sage stain, Dynasty, where most of the cost went, ordered through The Great Indoors
Counter: zodiac.
Tiles: bisazza, custom configuration, but installed by me island: made from upper cabinets (dining room side), and drawer base units (kitchen side), topped with an Ikea thick oak counter…way way cheaper than any other butcher block counter i found…actually a bargain.
Total cost is really hard to say, i had trouble with contractors ( this was done during the “boom” when contractors could screw customers and not care! argh!)…but definitely between 15 and 20K.”
The submitter is happy to answer specific questions anyone may have just post questions in the comments section. If you have any renovation photos you’d like to submit just email photos and a bit of commentary to princeofpetworth (at) gmail (dot) com
Another photo with a different angle after the jump. (more…)
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I saw this on a lamp post near the tennis courts in Adams Morgan. Who knew elves and dragons had lived in peace for hundreds of years? What I found of greater interest, though, was that every single one of the rip off tabs had been taken. I guess Adams Morgan has a lot of folks who have what it takes to become riders. I still find it very hard to believe that the elves would have much of a chance fighting dragons…
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Photo credit to to “Angela N.”
When I first moved to Mount Pleasant last summer I spent some time scoping out the main drag and was pretty excited to see all the different restaurants lining the street. I had just moved down the hill from Cleveland Park – which is also full of options – but this was totally different. There are no less than 15 restaurants on Mount Pleasant Street, many of which offer some assortment of Mexican and or Salvadoran food. This is my favorite kind of food, so I was anxious to try these places out, and my friends and I talked about organizing our own “Mount Pleasant Restaurant Week.” I’m not quite sure what happened, but this never actually got off the ground. I think I ate a few pupusas, maybe a taco or two, and then found my favorite joints and didn’t do a whole lot of exploring. So, as you may be beginning to notice, “our intern in Mount Pleasant” has decided to use this experience as an opportunity to conduct her own neighborhood restaurant tour. In the next few weeks I’ll try and switch things up a bit, but on the whole you can expect a lot more of these. This week – Ercilia’s!
Right at the intersection of Mount Pleasant and Irving Streets, Ercilia’s Restaurant is home to some delicious, authentic, and pretty cheap Salvadoran and Mexican cuisine. Oddly enough, they offer Italian fare as well. I’m not really sure how that fits into the selection but unfortunately I don’t speak very good Spanish, and the man behind the counter didn’t seem to speak very good English. So, the notion that people like spaghetti and meatballs might have to be enough of an explanation for that one.
I settled on three beef tacos and my friend chose a bean and cheese pupusa and a vegetarian taco. Even though they weren’t too busy, we did have to wait kind of a while for our food to be prepared. This was a little annoying, but if you don’t have someone to chat with, there’s a pretty good chance that you will become enthralled in whatever telenovela or Spanish talk show is playing on the TV set. Or maybe you can ponder why it’s June and the place is still decorated with Christmas stockings?! Anyhow, aside from the long-ish wait, I’d say the food was really good and the options are plentiful. I wasn’t blown away, but we both left satisfied and with our bellies full!
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Thanks again to DC realtor Kevin Wood for compiling this list of home/condo sales for zip codes – 20011, 20010, and 20009. Notice the dramatic increase in sales from April. Click the May Sales hyper link below to view the entire listings.
Thanks to Reuben for sending me the article. I can certainly see there are similarities to many neighborhoods in Washington, DC. A taste from the article:
“Yet one person’s frontier, it turns out, is often another’s front porch. It has been true across the country: gentrification, which increases housing prices and tension, sometimes has racial overtones and can seem like a dirty word. Now Portland is encouraging black and white residents to talk about it, but even here in Sincere City, the conversation has been difficult.”
You can read the full article here.
Do you think a listening project would be useful in some of DC’s neighborhoods?
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This one is no joke. I wonder where it was salvaged from? I bet it has a wild history.
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Well, my Dutch is a little rusty so I had to google it. It is from Descartes and means I think therefore I am. Pretty wild to place it in stone in front of one’s home, yeah? Personally, I’ve always survived by: absentem laedit cum ebrio qui litigat.