Bloomingdale

Hipchickindc Visits Bloomingdale Farmer’s Market Festival Featuring Les Petits Chanteurs

By Prince Of Petworth

The Bloomingdale Farmer’s Market is located at 1st and R Streets NW on Sundays from 10am to 2pm.

For the second year in a row, the Bloomingdale Farmer’s Market provided an awesome venue for Les Petits Chanteurs from Haiti. Usually my trips to the Sunday market are quick, but the singers and the accompanying pig roast provided good reason to hang around. This year, in addition to the choir, a group of drummers from Uruguay provided an energetic interlude.

Later in the evening, more roasted pig was consumed in honor of the belated one year anniversary celebration for the Big Bear Café, which is located adjacent to the Farmer’s Market.

Anyone else check them out?

Timor Bodega: Greatest Bodega in the City!

By Prince Of Petworth

I decided to check out the Timor Bodega located at 200 Rhode Island Avenue after hearing so many good things in a previous comment section. I was not disappointed. First of all I love the fact that they call themselves a Bodega. For some odd reason this has been controversial in the past. I’m way pro bodega for the record.

This Organic Grocery has been opened since December by owner Kim Wee, 34 (photo after the jump). Mr. Wee stocks his store with organic and local produce (plus lots of great wine). The store continues to evolve based on neighbors requests. He is one of the few, if not only, shop to stock local produce 7 days a week. Since Mr. Wee runs the store on his own the hours are a bit limited during the week (4:30pm – 8:30pm Mon – Fri). If you want to see what an awesome bodega looks like you can check them out on the weekend as well (Sat. – Sun 8:30am – 7pm). Check out lots of great photos of the interior after the jump. (more…)

Special PoP Feature: Intangible Tales Vol. 4

By Prince Of Petworth

The great Intangible Arts is back for volume 4 of his intangible tales. If you missed the previous entries check out Vol. 1 here, Vol. 2 here and Vol. 3 here. All the amazing photographs were taken by Intangible Arts. Vol. 4 takes a closer look at the McMillan Reservoir.

MY KINGDOM FOR A PLAN

 

We got our house a couple of years ago and proudly spread the word to friends and family, many of whom are far away and don’t know DC very well (also, many of whom figured I’d never get my sh*t together enough to buy a house at all, thus proving that life is totally wacked.)

 

We learned to love the McMillan Reservoir for its value as a place-marker, for showing the folks where the heck we are: “y’see on the map, the kidney-bean shaped body of water north of center? Yeh? Near that.”

 

But sadly, that’s the end of its “usefulness” to those of us who live nearby. The chain-link and barbed wire fences mean business (as do the folks in uniform at the gates that would prefer that I put the friggin’ camera down and move along, please). But it’s a beautiful property, weaving down the eastern edge of the Howard U football field towards the aqueduct pump house. The landscaping in there is rolling and green and completely cut off to everyone but the Army Corps of Engineers and swarms of farting geese. Story continues after the jump. (more…)

Big Bear Cafe at 1st and R, NW

By Prince Of Petworth

I had heard a lot of good stories about how awesome Big Bear is. And it is pretty damn awesome. If you live right near there you are indeed very lucky. It’s got great big windows and free wireless and nice food choices. I was excited to try the prosciutto and gruyere croissant but unfortunately they had run out. But I did have a very nice cucumber and hummous sandwich. Now, believe me, I wish Petworth had a Big Bear of its own. But in the meantime I think Columbia Heights Coffee is poised to take this mantle. Columbia Heights Coffee has it all as well, except it’s a little too small. So I hope with their upcoming expansion they will offer the same roomy atmosphere as Big Bear. After the jump see a photo of posters for a knitting club and book club held at Big Bear. (more…)

Wilco Ticket Contest: Sixth Entry

By Prince Of Petworth

“This particular picture captures the essence of this summer in Bloomingdale, right out in front of the fantastic Big Bear Cafe. The Bloomingdale Farmers market brought together people from all reaches of the neighborhood to listen to live outdoor music, shop for organic food, and to hang out at the Cafe. The confluence of the events that occurred last summer created a rare atmosphere where people legitimately enjoyed the fruits of new enterprises, ideas and community energy.”

Great Article in the Post

By Prince Of Petworth

The Washington Post ran a great article today on the Windows Cafe & Market located in the Bloomingdale neighborhood. It is such a pleasure to read about a success like this. It shows you the power of perseverance and personality. I wish them the best of luck and hope we can replicate their success here as well.

Bloomingdale’s Farmers Market

By Prince Of Petworth

Holy cow is this awesome. I am so jealous. Yes it is small. But as a start, this market is fantastic. Why don’t we have one? Is Bloomingdale better than us? Better organized than us? Do we want our own farmers market or is the one on U Street close enough? I know the owner of Domku put out feelers a few months back about getting a Market in Petworth, so what ever happened with that? I am so jealous.