Based on last Friday’s question of the day (lots of good book recs by the by) it seems as though a book club has formed. Sounds cool.
From the comments:
“I went ahead and reserved the library’s meeting room for you for 7-8:45 on the night of the 29th.
Tony Ross @ Petworth Neighborhood Library”
Very true words although I wonder if anyone has ever been prosecuted for such an act. Believe me I wish they were…
I was dismayed to receive the following note from a very good friend of mine:
“Yesterday my fiancée and I walked out of Whole Foods with our arms around each other, and when we stopped at the intersection of 15th and P to wait for the light to change, I kissed her cheek. Behind us, a man commently loudly, “you shouldn’t do that in public.” Upon turning around to gauge whether he was serious or joking, the woman with him laughed and said “he’s just jealous.” As we started to walk across the street, we heard the same voice, this time with unmistakable disgust say, “you’re a waste of two good women.”
This is not the first time a passerby has felt it was his right (thus far, comments have only come from men) to insult us because we are two women walking hand-in-hand, yet every time it happens, it catches me off guard. My initial reaction has always been that the person must be joking or that I must not have heard him correctly.
By the time we got home I was holding back tears – tears of hurt, yes, but also of frustration that I hadn’t realized he was serious earlier than I did and that I hadn’t had a witty comeback to throw at him so that he might have left that corner the one who was embarrassed.
So my question to the PoP readers is: What would you have said in this situation (if you were me, or one of the 5 or 6 other people also waiting on that corner)? Has a similar situation ever happened to you?”
I also caught this guy painting the monument which was pretty cool. It’s a pretty tough spot to beat. Hard to imagine what it was like 20 years ago.
There are some great used books stores in town (like Idle Time in Adams Morgan pictured above). There’s also Second Story off Dupont Circle, a few Olson’s left, Borders, Politics and Prose, Kramer Books and others. And of course there is Amazon to purchase your books on line. Now I’ve often pined for a bookstore in our neighborhoods but I’m wondering if people still purchase books at the brick and mortar stores. If you do, what’s your favorite in DC?
A million thanks to Kalia for her extremely detailed notes.
Oh boy! So tonight I went to the ANC meeting and let me just tell you, it was very hard to keep up and try to collect all the info as people were talking as well as try to retain what they were saying so that when it was my turn to speak I knew what to say. There were a couple of interesting topics tonight. I bolded the topics for each paragraph so if you don’t care to read about it you will know which paragraphs to skip. I will not lie and say that anything here is unbiased. I tried to relay the points however as honestly as I can remember while trying to keep my own thoughts on it afterwards. If any of you reading this are named in this I apologize if I misspelled your names, organizations, or even did not convey your points correctly. I am only human and I tried my best. Kalia’s notes continue after the jump. (more…)
Remember the discussion we had about the church parking in the middle of New Hampshire Ave.? Well it is going to be addressed tonight. So if you feel strongly about it this is your chance to be heard.
“Revisit the median strip (pedestrian safety) issue on New Hampshire Avenue NW between Randolph and Shepherd Streets NW. (Mr. Muhammed Khalid, DDOT Ward 4 Project Manager, or his designee.) (Comm. Jones and Martin)”
ANC meets at 801 Shepherd St NW and the meeting starts at 6:30pm
“Take these “DC Law. Yield to Pedestrians in Crosswalk” signs along Sherman, New Hampshire, and Georgia. Do you think they pose more of a risk to people trying to cross. I find myself in situations where a car will stop allowing me to cross; however, another behind it swerves around it to get by, almost hitting me in the process. Do these actually hinder or help the situation?”
Whenever I encounter these signs they always scare the hell out of me. Do you think they’re helpful?
This was a wild find. It is a most unexpected park on Hobart Street located off Sherman Ave. between Harvard and Columbia. It’s odd because it is located in the middle of the block on both sides of the street. Very cool. Apparently it was a “gift of Mr. and Mrs. David Lloyd Kreeger to the people of Washington in honor of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson”. Wild.
Other side of the park after the jump. (more…)
More cool openings this weekend. The DCJCC is located at 16th and Q. A reader writes:
“We’re featuring a bunch of locals including Ariel Sabar, Peter Manseau, Jacques Berlinerblau and Stephen J. Trachtenberg. Also some really great fiction (Darin Strauss, Elisa Albert, Adam Langer).”
Got to support the locals! More info can be found here.