I like how the etched them right into the stone.
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Author: Prince Of Petworth
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I like the curved top and the nice three part stone design.
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This is a perfectly nice corner house but it gets house of the day honors because of its history. I love finding these little signs by accident. Hint: In the 20s and 30s this house used to host a literary salon. Find out who lived here after the jump. (more…)
From the drummer:
“Just wanted to give a heads up that we’ll (milkmachine) be playing tonight at DC9. We had a great show at the opening night of Artomatic and the NBC4 Music Snob recently described us as “Tom Waits reminiscing carny rock along the lines of Man Man.” http://www.nbc4.com/dcscene
You can see and hear more of us at www.milkmachine.org or www.myspace.com/accordioncrimes”
Sounds awesome. Tear it up!
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I’ve recently been noticing how folks have been taking ownership and fixing up their tree boxes. This one is sweet. I normally don’t like the rocks but I think it works here in a sort of Japanese zen garden way. Do you think it works?
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Walking by the DCUSA complex on 14th Street I noticed that there is only this paltry section for Bike lock up. It can hold what maybe 10 bikes? There don’t seem to be a lot of other options to lock up your bike. I guess maybe they assume people won’t be biking there as it’ll be tough to carry home all your tube socks from Target on your bike? Anyone know if the new streetscape plans call for more bicycle “parking”? Anyone think that actually this is the right amount of bicycle “parking”?
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Lots of people I’ve spoken to have been pretty passionate about Creme located on U Street between 13th and 14th. And it certainly always seems to be jam packed. Actually it usually so crowded that I haven’t had a chance to eat there yet. So what’s the scoop is it great homestyle cooking? How’s the brunch?
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The U Street area’s newest fashion boutique, Profile, is located at 2003 11th Street, NW right next to Bohemian Caverns and officially opened on May 4th. The boutique is in a great building. There are two floors with fresh exposed brick. The first floor features men’s clothing while the second floor, which is a bit larger, features women’s clothing. I briefly chatted with founders Tala Raassi and Kourosh Chitsaz. They describe the store as a high end boutique with pieces from Sao Paolo, Milan, NY, LA and elsewhere. Tala is actually a designer herself and her pieces are currently being manufactured in Italy and will arrive in the store at the end of July. One of the reasons they opened the store was because they noticed that there was a void in the area of this type of boutique. While only open a short time the owners mention that they already have many folks coming in and expressing their approval. Actually while I was leaving the store two folks walked up to Kourosh and told him how much they love the store. Kourosh says that the shop caters to almost everyone but he is particularly keen on catering to the locals in the neighborhood.
The store had an opening party on May 4th (see poster after the jump) with DJs. I was happy to learn that they will continue to have events in the store with DJs probably around once a month. The store really reminded me of a cool spot in the village of New York City. It is definitely a welcome addition to the neighborhood. Even if I’ll stick to my track suits and t-shirts just knowing a place like this has come to 11th Street is great because it adds to the overall flavor of the neighborhood. Certainly worth checking out. See more photos after the jump, unfortunately there is still a tint but I got a new camera last night so I’ll try and go back and take some proper photos. (more…)
The happy hour was fantastic! Unfortunately my camera was broken so I couldn’t snap any photos. But I got to meet lots of great new folks. And an unbelievably nice reader, Jamie, has hooked me up with a working camera with a sweet zoom. So I’ll be good to go for next week. My best wishes go out to Aunt Rose.
Scoop of the night: Looking Glass Lounge will be hosting a Bacci Bocce Ball League every Wed. night in the near future so stay tuned. Thanks again to all who ventured out on this dreary Wed. evening.
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Sweet clipper. When I asked the gentleman why he got the tattoo he casually replied “because I like it.” You can’t argue with that. Check out the other side of the arm after the jump.