We Love: DC’s Public Charter Schools
What would an all Public Charter School system look like? While I’ve heard the moaning about the DC Public School System since my first days in DC, I never really cared about it. I was a swinging...
View ArticlePetworth Dog Walk Halloween
Yoda Dog Costume, courtesy of matthamm Those of us on the Petworth Dogs listserv would like to invite all our neighbours to the: Petworth Dog Walk Halloween (flier) a costume celebration of dogs and...
View ArticleBye Bye Abandononed Taxi
It got left, got the boot, and is gone! When I moved into my house over a year ago, I noticed a taxicab that seemed unused on Upshur Street, just down from the Petworth Eyesore. Since then I paid it no...
View ArticleVerizon’s Community Hazard
Verizon's disregard for public safety Why is this child playing with a Verizon telephone line box? How come this electrical thing is still hanging at street level in my neighbourhood? How long does it...
View ArticlePetworth Dog Walk Halloween Photos
Photo by Wayan Last night’s Petworth Dog Walk Halloween was such great fun! Around twenty costumed canines, and a few costumed owners, came out to Domku Restaurant to compete for prizes in three...
View ArticleWe Love Cemeteries
photo by Wayan Vota I love me some cemeteries. Green oases in an urban landscape, history on a personal scale, they are a touch of the past we should all appreciate. Personally, I appreciate Rock...
View ArticleChurch Bell Permitting Process
This weekend in Petworth, the neighborhood was serenaded by the church bells from St. Gabriel’s Roman Catholic Church. While I do enjoy the music I am surprised at the sound. The church has just...
View ArticlePetworth People: Scoop Your Poop!
Photo by Tilly Dog Fauxtografix I just picked up seven pounds of frozen dog feces in Grant Circle and I’m disgusted. Not (yet) with the stench of all that crap when the spring thaw happens, but with...
View ArticleThirteen (13!) Pounds of Dog Poo in Petworth
Up in Petworth, we do love our pets – its in our name. But it seems that quite a few Petworthians don’t like being responsible with their dogs. Specifically their dog’s poop. Out in Grant Circle, a...
View ArticleNeighborhood Snow Plow Check
Photo by Wayan While DC has been quite efficient in plowing the main roads, I had no trouble driving to the White House at 8am, what’s the situation in your neighbourhood? Especially now that most...
View ArticleWe Love Georgia Avenue
Georgia Avenue gets a lot of grief. Some of it deserved, some of it not. Personally, I find it to be a mixed bag. You have the amazing Moroni Brothers Pizza next to greasy carry outs. But times are...
View ArticleA wrapper will fall. A hero will rise.
‘hope and hopelessness’ courtesy of ‘erin m’ Eric’s speech for being the law and order candidate needs some fine tuning. Even though many of my neighbors suspect that the loiterers who congregate on...
View ArticleSpotted in DC: Jen Lancaster
‘Jen Lancaster NYC 5/7/09′ courtesy of ‘Rooskygirl’ I was killing time last night before a dinner in Penn Quarter and decided to take the hike to Barnes and Noble on E st. I walked in, and the...
View ArticleAmen, Ezra
‘Tree Death in DC’ courtesy of ‘Wayan Vota’ It won’t win him any points with Remy but it’s raised him up in my estimation. During his Post chat today, Ezra “all health care all the time” Klein fielded...
View ArticleGiving Map
‘Salvation Army Christmas Give Away’ courtesy of ‘docentjoyce’ Continuing with our “Good Samaritan” theme, I now provide you with a means by which you may become said Samaritan. Behold: the WaPo...
View ArticleSurviving the Next Snowpocalypse
‘South Smithsonian Escalators’ courtesy of ‘william couch’ The DC area, this weekend, was something of a post-apocalyptic landscape. Driving down 395 on Saturday, one would have seen abandoned cars...
View ArticleWe Love Weekends: July 24-25
” courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ Rachel: Well, I’m fresh off a stint in Nashville to audition for American Idol. It didn’t go my way but I learned a lot and am ready to rock out harder than...
View ArticleComedy in DC: You, Me, Them, Everybody with Brandon Wetherbee
Image courtesy Brandon Wetherbee I spent my sixth day of 2011 at the Looking Glass Lounge in Petworth, sitting in a foldy chair in front of Brandon Wetherbee, 28, the host and creator of the You, Me,...
View ArticleComedy in DC: Wayne Manigo
Two huge speakers were blasting at me and Wayne Manigo as we chatted at the bar in Ras Restaurant on Tuesday evening while the snow started sticking to the streets. It was Wayne Man’s Comedy open mic...
View ArticleBethesda Row Restaurant Week: 04/11 – 04/17
‘Bethesda Lane’ courtesy of ‘Payton Chung’ Bethesda Row’s Spring Restaurant Week kicks off this Monday, April 11 and runs through Sunday, April 17. Participating restaurants include: American Tap...
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