So in case you can’t tell by the lack of photos, I am on a business trip out of town. As such, I had the pleasure of dining with a colleague of mine this evening. My colleague is wonderful but is far more familiar with Georgetown than Upper NorthWest DC for sure. At any rate, we get to discussing where we live this evening. Now for many years whenever I told people I lived in Petworth they would either stare at me with a completely blank look on their face or they would feign knowledge in a very obvious way. But tonight, when I told my colleague I lived in Petworth, she said “oh yeah, that is that really cool up and coming neighborhood.” Now to me that is a fantastic answer. Hell, a few years ago cab drivers would barely take me to Petworth. I understand some people may be upset at the “up and coming” part. But the fact that she even heard of Petworth, and especially in a positive light made me very happy. Have you experienced folks that you were surprised had heard of Petworth?
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How do you take care of your lawn? Do you hire someone to cut it? Do you own a lawnmower? Or has it been seven years and is it time to let it go fallow? Well, the other day I saw a lady mowing her entire lawn with a weedwacker. That is brutal. You know weedwackers are generally for edging or getting around areas to small for a lawnmower. But it seemed to do the job. I tend to do a combination of the above. I mow three quarters of my house with a lawnmower and let the forth side go fallow. Until Sunday that is. My neighbor has staring employing a gentleman to do her yard work and I became quite jealous. So on a lark I inquired with the gentleman how much it would cost to tend my field that had gone fallow. For 15 bucks this guy cleaned a side of my house that hadn’t seen the light of day in over 4 years. I didn’t even haggle he just said $15. God bless him. I can now use that side of my house as a putting green it is so clean.
Let me tell you, I thought I had seen it all. Until yesterday, I spotted a guy tending his front yard, not with a lawnmower, not with a weedwacker, not with a hired professional but with a machete! I couldn’t believe it. He was trimming clumps of grass on his hands and knees with a machete. It was such a bizarre site. I wanted to take a picture but I got scared and ran away. Well, now I have seen it all as far as lawn care is concerned, unless anyone has a goat?
Thanks to Wayan from DC Metroblogging for the kind words. Read the post here.
You can almost smell the chicken looking at this photo. But one thing most people don’t know about Sweet Mango Cafe is that they have a sweet roof deck. Next time enjoy your chicken outside.
So is this one any better?
So walking home from the metro tonight I encountered two of the dumbest or luckiest guys I’ve ever seen. For some reason MPD is out in full force at the big apartment building just north of the metro. I took a picture but I’m not publishing it because I think the cops may have been undercover. At any rate, MPD was arresting some guy when two bikers fly past screaming “F*** You Cop!”. I thought that was not very prudent. Then as one of the bikers gets a block past he turns around and screams “come and get me motherF******!” Then they take off. Well, the cops were having none of it and got into their unmarked car flying up New Hampshire. I thought, these guys were toast. They being on bikes an all. Well, I continue my walk home and two blocks later the very same bikers casually pass me on New Hampshire. The bikers were bragging about not getting caught and the last word I heard was “they don’t know who they are f****** with.” So what’s the expression, it is better to be lucky than good? It did not instill a lot of confidence in MPD though as these guys were cruising very slowly up New Hampshire at that point. But I don’t like to judge…
I just got this in an email and hey they are serving refreshments as if you needed any more incentive!
Tuesday, May 22
Bruce Monroe Elementary School
3012 Georgia Avenue, NW
4 – 8 PM
Short Slideshow at 6:30 PM
This is the third and final meeting with the community to collaborate on a design that improves transportation and creates a streetscape to serve the vibrant commercial neighborhood along lower Georgia Avenue. This project covers Georgia Avenue from New Hampshire to Florida Avenues and Sherman Avenue to 4th Street NW.
Refreshments will be served.
For Additional Information Contact: Callistus Nwadike, Transportation Planner, DDOT, (202) 671-2308, [email protected], www.DDOT.dc.gov.
One of the great things about taking the metro from Petworth has been that you can always get a seat. Or you used to be able to get a seat. Is it me, or have you noticed that the trains are becoming much more crowded from 8-9 in the morning? I suppose on the one hand it is a good thing to have more riders on the Green line because maybe it will make a case to permanently extend the Yellow line. But on the other hand it was so nice to plop down in a seat and read Express while still in the early morning haze. Do you guys notice a lot more riders on the metro in the morning from Petworth or certainly Columbia Heights?
I can’t believe I’m going to write about this but ultimately I think it is a good thing. It has been a really long time since I have heard gunshots. When I first moved in I could easily without exaggerating say that I heard gunshots at least once a month. You remember what they sound like, a distinct pop. But remember they were not the fireworks, once you hear the real sound you don’t mistake them for fireworks anymore. I feel like it has been ages since I last heard any. If you ever want to hear a really scary story ask me to tell you about the last time I heard any. At any rate I think this is great. Somebody is doing something right. I hope it holds through the Summer. Have you guys noticed a decrease in gunshots in the night? Is it a trend or just a lull? Now if we could just do something about that train…
Well, it was a beautiful weekend in Petworth for gardening. I planted a vegetable garden as well as flowers and plants. I was at it as were many others that I saw around the neighborhood. So I actually, have learned three tips. 1: Mulch is the greatest thing in the world, it instantly makes your garden/yard look great and it’s cheap as hell. 2: Blood meal. What the hell is that? Well, apparently it keeps the squirrels away and that is good enough explanation for me. You can find it at Home Depot or any gardening store. 3: invite friends over to help, it is fun and if you don’t know what you are doing, like me, you can learn a lot. So I guess I really shouldn’t be giving tips out. Do you guys have any?