Author: Prince Of Petworth

Price of Water to Rise Too?

By Prince Of Petworth

Got the following press release from a listserv. Water to increase $4.24 a month? Is this a bad sign of the times? I’ve always thought water was extremely inexpensive anyway. Of course, I don’t bathe that often so what do I know…

The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC WASA) is
hosting community meetings to discuss a proposed adjustment to water
and sewer rates. The Board is considering a rate increase of 8.5
percent for water and sewer services. If approved, the new rate
becomes effective October 2008 and would raise the average monthly
bill by approximately $4.24 (based on an average monthly usage of
8.33 Ccf or 6,231 gallons of water).

DC WASA WANTS TO HEAR FROM YOU! Meeting times and places after the jump. (more…)

Sweet City Poster

By Prince Of Petworth

There’s something very appealing about seeing posters like these on garbage cans. I’ve never claimed to be normal.

Door of the Day – With A Bonus Bizarre Interaction

By Prince Of Petworth

I really do like this door. But enough about the door. From time time when I’m taking photos of homes the owner will walk up to me and say “hey what’s up?” so I just say you know, I really like their door, decoration whatever, and normally they are like cool or fairly indifferent. When I took a photo of this door, two young ladies who lived here came up behind me and asked what was I doing in an understandably puzzled voice. So I replied that I was taking a picture of their door, and asked jokingly – hadn’t they heard of door of the day? And instead of the normal chuckle or indifference one of them looks at me with almost disgust but certainly with contempt and says – “and you get paid for that!”. Ha! What a bizarre reaction, right?

It is Officially a Trend – Flower Urns

By Prince Of Petworth

This one is pretty sweet. There is also one of the nicest outdoor benches I’ve seen facing this urn. Looks like a nice place to read the paper and admire the urn. Photo of the outdoor bench after the jump. (more…)

4th PoP Logo Entry

By Prince Of Petworth

So what do you think of this one. I’ve received a few more and people are kicking it up a notch! Do you like the memorials in the background or should there be rowhomes? You can still submit entries until this Thursday.

On a related note if you sent in an entry be sure to come to the next PoP happy hour Wed. the 21st at Looking Glass Lounge so I can give you a PoP t-shirt.

Nice Bathroom Renovation

By Prince Of Petworth

A reader writes: “When we moved into our row house in Columbia Heights last summer, the bathroom was, for lack of a better word, gross. The floor was covered with generic, white tile that looked like it had been there since 1912 and the tile and grout were nasty no matter how many times we cleaned the floor. The tub was functional, but damaged and had a bad patch job that looked like a big grey splotch in the middle of the tub. The shower tile was small, white tile that made the bathroom look like a YMCA shower stall. There was a mess of tangled, exposed radiator pipes in the corner of the ceiling. All of this sucked because we only have one bathroom in the house.

So, we found a reliable renovator (two man team), spent about $5,000 total in materials and labor, and re-did the bathroom. We put in new floor tile and grout with “river rock” style baseboard decorations, new blue-grey paint on the walls, new travertine tiles with a funky design in the shower, replaced the shower curtain with glass doors, had the exposed pipes dry-walled in, installed new fixtures, and re-glazed the tub so it looks like new.”

Check out some more details of the finished bathroom as well as some before pictures after the jump. It’s also not too late to send me your renovation photos – [email protected] (more…)

Cafe Collage Open!

By Prince Of Petworth

Back in early March I wrote that Cafe Collage was set to reopen. And open it has. You can’t miss it, it is located on T Street just east of Saint Ex. Apparently Sat. May 10th was World Fair Trade Day and Cafe Collage was celebrating the event in style. They had a special traditional coffee roasting (see photo above – I’m not sure what the popcorn was about but hey who doesn’t like popcorn?) as well as a traditional Ethiopian musician. The musician was fantastic. Apparently the musician, Shambed Belayneh, is a renowned player of an instrument called the Maskino. It is a one stringed instrument that Mr. Belayneh used to play very melancholy tunes. While he wasn’t singing in English I was told he sang about coffee and traditional folk lore. It was awesome. Additionally, the cafe itself was super cool. It had two floors and was very tastefully decorated. I’m not quite sure why some folks are upset with this cafe. I’d think one would feel pretty lucky to have an Ethiopian owned coffee shop nearby. Did anyone catch the musician? Or check out the cafe? How does it compare to its earlier incarnation? Check out some photos of the interior as well as Mr. Belayneh after the jump.

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Holy Cow – Ice Cubes!

By Prince Of Petworth

I was scouting for “cool city signs” when I found this corner store. I think it’s awesome that the one thing they choose to highlight is ice cubes. I mean I like ice cubes and all, don’t get me wrong, but is that what needs to be celebrated. Well, I guess it’s cool that you can get them delivered…

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