Thanks to Jim for sending:
“Outside the gates of the US Naval Observatory on Massachusetts Ave., the official home of the vice president.”
photo by Eric P.
From AlertDC:
“The US Air Force will conduct a military aircraft flyover in the NCR over the Armed Forces Retirement Home on Friday, November 8th at 12:30 PM.”
3178 Mount Pleasant Street, NW
A reader reports:
“I went to BestWorld for cilantro (and gossip), the cashier confirmed that yes, they’re closing bc the landlord upped the rent. closing December 11th.”
I called BestWorld this morning and was told that negotiations are still ongoing and they should know more next month. (more…)
The reality
You’ve probably never read your building’s property management contract all the way through. Most board members haven’t either. If you did, you’d find a carefully defined scope of work — vendors coordinated, maintenance dispatched, assessments collected, reports generated.
What you wouldn’t find: anything about fiduciary duties. Reserve funding strategy. Compliance tracking. Case documentation. Institutional memory. The legal obligations that make your board personally accountable to unit owners.
That’s not an oversight in the contract. It’s the contract. Property management was never designed to cover governance. And yet most boards — paying $10,000 to $18,000 a year for the service — assume it does.
Operations and governance are different jobs. One has a contract. The other has a fiduciary duty.
What your building is paying — and what it’s getting.
What the contract covers. What it doesn’t.
The markup problem most boards don’t know about.
Beyond the management fee, most property management companies mark up vendor invoices — the plumber, the landscaper, the elevator contractor — by 10 to 15 percent before passing the bill to the association. It’s legal. It’s common. And boards have almost no visibility into it. (more…)
Thanks to Odile for sending from Columbia Heights: “On our balcony, looking for a place to eat breakfast!” (more…)
1711 17th Street, NW
Thanks to Noa and Emily for sending.
Rosebud moved across the street in August. Stay tuned for Nobel Tobacco Cigar & Vape. (more…)
Join us for a delightful Sunday afternoon at the BlackRock Center for the Arts as Cruise Planners Beth & Rod present a special travel-inspired matinee featuring the beloved film Under the Tuscan Sun.
Date & Time: Sunday, May 31 | 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
1606 K Street, NW
This is the former home of Fuel Pizza (which closed in 2021.) Prior to Fuel the space was home to a Burger King.
Stay tuned for a Blunt DC Dispensary and Museum: (more…)
at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, N Street, and Rhode Island Avenue NW
I mean. Just top notch. For those not familiar with Daniel Webster: (more…)
1660 33rd Street, NW previously home to a used bookstore and more…
For a hot second this new space was slated to become a spot called Creme. The signage is now up for a spot called The Lobby. (groan) (more…)
photo by Diane Krauthamer
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From a press release:
“El Tamarindo, Washington D.C.’s legendary Salvadoran and Mexican restaurant, marks National Pupusa Day Sunday, November 10th with an all-day celebration and some exciting new additions to this year’s festivities. (more…)