For the expats who are curious about the progress being made: Park Place is finally rising!
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Petworth
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From an email I received:
“I am very happy to announce to you that we are finished with the make over project of one of our client’s restaurants and we are proud to invite you to its first big inauguration night! Come join the celebration on February, Thursday the 21 at 6:30pm.
In addition to the outstanding thin crust pizza, we look forward to sharing with you an improved ambiance!! The new interior, photography by a local artist, and good music are not to be missed. Moroni’s will also offer a selection of Italian wines, German and Salvadorian beers, and espresso beverages. Please come and join your friends and fellow Petworthians as we celebrate the reinvention of a true community restaurant.”
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It is my pleasure to present Volume Two ( here is Vol. One if you missed it.) of Intangible Tales by local blogger Intangible Arts. Intangible Arts’ assignment for Vol. Two was to demystify Georgia Avenue. Enjoy the journey.
Georgia Avenue has become DC’s new test lab for balanced development. It’s an ambitious task, and I’m not sure it’s ever been done right.
Tricky! How to balance the new money vs. the long-time residents that are the backbone of the neighborhood, in one strip of development? Other neighborhoods have tried this and failed miserably (creating national retail hell-holes with no local flavor), and that is why we watch our little street with great interest.
I heard from one new resident that Georgia Avenue can be a damned scary place. Maybe that’s true, but a little familiarity can go a long way. When we bought our place, we didn’t have anyone to point out the neighborhood gems, and so we’ve tried to find ’em ourselves. As a result, the strip isn’t nearly as damned-scary as some might think.
And that’s the real point here: A brief tour of my home stretch of Georgia Avenue, southward from the Petworth Metro to the top of Howard University. Due to space, it’s a short list. Story continues after the jump. (more…)
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A “small vintage furniture & collectibles shop” is opening up at 810 Upshur Street – across the street from Domku. I’ll be taking pictures as soon as it is set up and will let you all know when it’s open for business. All I can say is that it is pretty sweet that this type of shop will be opening on Upshur, can’t wait to check out the goods.
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I swelled with pride when I saw a pair of local Petworthians in the Express Wedding Giveaway Contest. We must support our cousins! You can vote for Amena and Chris here. Good luck and congratulations!
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Thanks to a reader for alerting me to this article in the New York Times about Lincoln’s Summer retreat in the Old Soldier’s Home. An excerpt:
“Right now the cottage distills the strengths and weaknesses of the house museum. Its power is the power of association, its contact with a historical presence; we literally walk in a great figure’s footsteps. But everything else must be filled in with imagination and scholarship, with objects and anecdote. I don’t think, in the long run, the visitors’ center and guided tours will suffice; the museum plans a research institute that may end up amplifying the offerings.”
So do you think the opening on Feb. 19th will be a big draw for tourists?
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen a church for sale before. This actually makes me kind of sad because they are really good neighbors. They are very friendly and take really good care of their property, always raking or picking up garbage when necessary. So who buys a church? Do you think it will be bought by another congregation or turned into a house or what?
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Thanks to a reader for alerting me to this new restaurant. I’m intrigued by the “Southern Style”.
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As I was walking to our meeting last Wed. evening I passed a neighbor who asked me if I was going on one of my walk abouts. I replied no, I was going to do an interview. So who was I interviewing? My neighbor wanted to know. At this moment a female voice is heard replying, me! She was standing on the porch of a house waiting for the occupant to answer the door. It turned out Valdez had found a government id badge on the sidewalk and was knocking on the doors of nearby houses to see if anyone inside had lost their id badge. I’m told there are two types of people in this world: those who knock on doors after finding a government id badge and those who just keep walking.
I had the opportunity to sit and talk with The Washington City Paper’s Angela Valdez last week at the Looking Glass Lounge. Valdez, 30, hails from Portland, Oregon and is a recent DC transplant. Before coming to DC, Valdez had attended New York University where she studied journalism and international politics. From NYU she went to Flint, Michigan where she had a one year internship at the Flint Journal covering the labor beat. One of her most memorable/disturbing stories from this time period include the covering of a school shooting where a six year old shot another six year old. Following her internship Valdez headed off to the Philadelphia Inquirer to cover the suburbs for two years. While in Philadelphia Valdez covered many crime stories including one where a guy killed his wife and buried her in the drywall of his basement. At this point Valdez became a bit tired with the newspaper industry and “rebelled to Grad school.”. [Profile continues after the jump.] (more…)
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A reader wants to know:
“How can we get a farmer’s market in Petworth?
Maybe it can be on Upshur St. near Domku. Any suggestions? Soon it will be Spring, and I would prefer not to trek to Dupont, U St. or Takoma for fresh vegetables. On a related matter, is there a group of folks in Petworth that grow vegetables and fruits in their yards? If so, it would be great to connect with everyone. I am just getting ready to get the soil tested and by the looks of it there is a lot of clay! It would be great to exchange tips of what grows well around here and learn from each other!”