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Another Healthy Way To Cope With Post Election Blues – Bike DC!

By Prince Of Petworth

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From WABA:

“Join WABA and at-large D.C. Councilmember Elissa Silverman on Veterans Day for a ride on the newly opened segment of the Anacostia River Trail!

The Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens trail segment was a missing link in a network of 60 miles of trail between the District and Maryland. It connects Benning Road in the District with the Bladensburg Waterfront Park, creating a much more pleasant and safe route for cyclists who commute between Prince George’s County and the District. The trail also provides walkers, bicyclists, and nature lovers access to scenic stretches of the Anacostia River where one can regularly see egrets, eagles, deer, and other wildlife. (more…)

Have a Look Inside “The O House” Oddly Located on P Street

By Prince Of Petworth

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I love this house and have featured it a few times as House of the Day. I came across the listing when I was looking for today’s house porn post but offers were due yesterday. I still wanted to show it for anyone else who’s been curious what’s beyond the fence.

The listing for 1519 P Street, NW says:

“Offers due Tuesday 12:00 PM. “The O House” – A rare offering of one of the most defining homes in Logan Circle. Fully detached 2BR/2.5BA two level home w/ an expansive enclosed front courtyard. Superb location w/ timeless finishes, light-filled + a touch of history. 2-car parking. Less than a block to Whole Foods, CVS, VIDA… Blocks to Dupont Metro! Easy living at its best in a prime location.”

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You can see more photos here. The 2 bed/2.5 bath was listed at $1,450,000. What do you think it’ll end up going for?

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Photos from PoPville – Views from a Blackhawk Helicopter

By Prince Of Petworth

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Photo by PoPville flickr user Victoria Chamberlin

When becoming a member of the PoPville flickr pool please make sure your settings allow me to download your photos. Join the PoPville flickr pool here and follow PoPville on twitter here on facebook here and you can now sign up for daily email summaries here.

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“11 interactive time-lapse slides that basically allow you to stand on a street corner and pull up a photo of that same spot from 100 years ago.”

By Prince Of Petworth


Photo Credit 1925: Library of Congress Photo Credit 2015: Google Maps

From Rent Cafe, Washington, D.C. Past and Present: A Visual Tour:

“Washington, DC is one of the nation’s most historic cities — but it has also undergone significant and striking transformations as its diverse neighborhoods have modernized throughout the twentieth century. These then-and-now images showcase the development of some of the city’s most iconic streets and structures, giving you a glimpse into Washington’s past and present.

7. The Arcade / DC USA

A century ago, The Arcade on 14th Street in Columbia Heights was one of the city’s premier multipurpose entertainment complexes, complete with a movie theater, pool room, bowling alley, and rooftop pavilion for dancing. The original structure was torn down in 1948, and the surrounding area later struggled to recover from the 1968 Washington riots, which hit the block where The Arcade once stood particularly hard. Forty years later, vitality and commerce returned to the very spot in Columbia Heights where The Arcade had been with the opening of the largest retail development in the city, the DC USA retail complex, in 2008.”

Check out the other 10 great comparisons here.

Get Ready – Art All Night is this Saturday – Where You Can Find The Action

By Prince Of Petworth

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It will be epic. This year neighborhoods where you can the action are: Congress Heights, Dupont Circle, H Street, NE, North Capitol (Bloomingdale, Truxton Circle), Tenleytown, Van Ness

From Art All Night DC:

“Art All Night: Made in DC is Washington, DC’s free overnight arts festival, starting at 7:00 PM on Saturday, September 24, 2016 and running until 3:00 AM the following morning. The festival will take place in seven DC Main Streets neighborhoods, bringing visual and performing arts, including painting, photography, sculpture, crafts, fashion, music, dance, theater, film, and poetry, to indoor and outdoor public and private spaces, including businesses.

A ‘pre-party’ sponsored by JBG will begin at 4:00 PM on the 1900-2100 blocks of 8th Street, NW in Shaw, with over 25 aerialists, jugglers, gymnasts, and other performers from the Nuit Cirque troupe, in addition to art installations and music in businesses along those blocks.”

“ANXO Taps Kegs of Foraged Ciders and Introduces To-Go Bottle Sales” Tuesday the 13th

By Prince Of Petworth

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From a press release:

“ANXO Cidery & Pintxos bar is excited to debut Foraged Ciders #1 and #2 next Tuesday, September 13th. These ciders are made from apples foraged entirely by the ANXO team. Both use apples from various sources, including apples foraged in New Jersey, New York, and Crabapples foraged here in DC. 13 different batches of apples totaling 30 gallons of juice were fermented individually. Only the best batches were saved and then blended together to create the perfect balance of acid, tannin, and fruit. These are simple, dry, rustic ciders that focus on the apples. They underwent a wild, native yeast fermentation, have no additives, and are unfiltered. They are bright, high-acid ciders with pleasant tannin that comes from using high-tannin DC Crabapples in the blend.

Of the initial 30 gallons fermented for this trial, only 12 gallons were good enough to make it into a blend. Each Foraged Cider is limited to one keg – one 5-gallon keg of #1, and one 7-gallon keg of #2.

DC CRABAPPLES were foraged from several trees around Mt. Pleasant. Harvesting is very labor intensive as crabapples are about 1/5th the size of normal apples and yield 1/10th of the juice. We had to harvest close to a thousand of these crabapples to yield just 2 gallons of juice. The arduous process is worthwhile as crabapples are incredible for making cider. They have intense acidity and tannin which are essential for good cider, and blending small amounts can have a profound impact on the flavor profile of the cider.

ANXO FORAGED CIDER #1 – The base is GoldRush apples from Glaize Orchards Virginia, as well as wild apples foraged from a 100 year old tree in Southern New Jersey The driving element behind this cider is the high proportion of foraged DC Crabapples. It is rustic, driven by woodsy red berry flavors that the crabapples contribute.

ANXO FORAGED CIDER #2 – The base of this cider is Black Twig and Arkansas Black, well known Southern apples. It was then blended with cider made from wild apples foraged from abandoned trees in New York as well as a small portion of cider from DC crabapples. This cider features good acidity and fruit, with slightly less earthiness and tannin than #1.”

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Photo by Farrah Skeiky

Additionally, September 13th is the debut of to-go bottle sales. This means that DC can now buy our harder-to-find Basque ciders by the bottle. The entire 50+ ANXO bottle list will be for sale, ranging from $5.99 to $29.99. (more…)

The Power of Nature

By Prince Of Petworth

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Thanks to a reader for sending these great: “photos of a volunteer cherry tomato plant growing up through a crack in the concrete at 20th and S Sts, NW.”

“this is a short snorter — a bill that was signed by members of a flight crew, often in the military”

By Prince Of Petworth

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Thanks to Zach for sending:

“I was counting money one night at the end of my shift at Meridian Pint, and came across a silver certificate. Not very unusual, I have found 20 or so over the years. Then I noticed that this particular bill had a bunch of signatures on both sides. After a little research, I discovered that this is a short snorter — a bill that was signed by members of a flight crew, often in the military. Given the date on the bill of 1935, it’s likely that this was from World War 2. Anyone out there have any suggestions for finding the origin of this particular bill?”

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