From AM Wine Shoppe (2122 18th St, NW):

“This Saturday, A.M. Wine Shoppe is celebrating its new beer additions with a beer-focused session of Saturday Sips, a free weekly tasting event led by regional wine, beer, and spirits experts. This week’s tasting event will be hosted by George Manolatos, bar manager and co-owner of Cashion’s Eat Place. From 2-4 p.m., Manolatos will pour sips of his favorite new selections, including Original Sin’s Cherry Tree hard cherry cider, Dupont Saison, and Troegs’ Troegenator Double Bock, all while sharing his expertise on each selection’s style, production, and tasting notes.

A.M. Wine Shoppe is excited to have Manolatos bring his expertise to our ever-expanding beer selection and look forward to many free beer tastings to come!”


Dear PoP,

Do you know anything the Corner Market on Florida at Seaton Pl? You last posted in 2008. It’s been closed since we moved in nearby a year ago, but my girlfriend recently saw what looked like a fancy reception/dinner party going on inside.

We walk by almost every day and wish it was just that- a corner market or Dupont Market-ish place.

I stopped by on Sunday and ran into the new owner who told me it will be home to District Design, an architecture and design firm.


A reader sends the photo above at 11:44am.

MPD tweets:

“2020 19th street NW (Adams Elem School) A Perimeter has been set up around Adams Elem no pedestrian or vehicular traffic allowed in the area”

IAFF 36 tweets:

“*U/D – Adams Elementary – school evac’d, using meters to determine white powder from mail letter, 3 exposed, no symptoms”


This rental is located at 2328 Champlain St, NW:

The listing says:

“Come enjoy life in this beautiful 2BR/2BA New York loft-style apartment with hardwood floors and a state-of-the-art kitchen. Enjoy a lovely cocktail on your private patio or walk to the many restaurants, shops and night life of Adams Morgan/Dupont/Woodley Park. Close to 2 Metro stops (Dupont/ Woodley Park).”

This 2 bed/2 bath is going for $3,000/Mo.


From Adams Morgan Main Street:

Adams Morgan Random Acts of Kindness Day
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

LOCATION – 18th St. & Columbia Rd. BB&T Plaza

TIME – Outdoor Entertainment 5:00pm – 8:00pm; Indoor Entertainment 9:00pm; Volunteer check-in 4:00pm – 5:00pm

RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS – Participating volunteers will be dressed in red or pink in groups at different corners passing out cards with random acts of kindness suggestions to passersby and cars, holding posters with positive and encouraging statements, helping people cross the street and carry grocery bags, giving out hugs, smiles and compliments, and other kind acts to make people happy. :)

SPECIALS/RAFFLE – Local businesses will be offering specials and discounts for this event. We will be offering raffle prizes to lucky winners in the crowd!

SHOWING APPRECIATION – There will a presentation honoring the local fire and police departments with baked goods and more. If you are interested in joining in you are welcome to bring any baked goods or gifts of your choosing. The local bakeries (i.e. Sweet Themez) or the local grocery stores (i.e. Safeway, Yes Market, or Harris Teeter) are also available.

FOOD DRIVE – We are encouraging people to bring canned goods to donate to the local non-profit organization, Christ House, located on Columbia Road. You can bring your donations to the event location, 18th & Columbia Rd. BB&T Plaza, or take them to participating businesses from Sunday (2/12) to Wednesday (2/15). Participating businesses include: Instant Noodles, Tryst, Smash Records, Violet Boutique (money donations), Marrakech Lounge, El Tamarindo, Mellow Mushroom, and Amsterdam Falafelshop.

More details here.


Hipchickindc is a licensed real estate broker. She is the founder of 10 Square Team and is affiliated with Keller Williams Capital Properties. 10 Square Team is a princeofpetworth.com advertiser. Unless specifically noted, neither she nor the company that she is affiliated with represented any of the parties or were directly involved in the transaction reported below. Unless otherwise noted, the source of information is Metropolitan Regional Information Systems (MRIS), which is the local multiple listing system. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

Featured Property: 1480 Harvard St NW
Legal Subdivision: Columbia Heights
Advertised Subdivision per Listing: Columbia Heights
Original List Price: $549,000.
List Price at Contract: Looks like it was increased post settlement first to $560,000., then to $660,000.
List Date: 12/09/2011
Days on Market: 2
Settled Sales Price: $700,000.
Settlement Date: 01/27/2012
Seller Subsidy: $0.
Bank Owned?: No Short Sale? No
Type Of Financing: Cash
Original GDoN post is: here.
The listing can be seen: here. To see pics, click on the main pic after opening the link and scroll through. In this case, there are more pictures than usual for a property in this condition.

I think everything I’ve written about the real estate market in DC over the past few months has read something like this…“blah blah blah SCARCITY blah blah blah LACK OF ACTIVE INVENTORY blah blah blah FOUR PERCENT (and lower) MORTGAGE INTEREST RATES.” For better or worse, that’s pretty much how it goes right now.

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