http://pqliving.com Downtown Washington DC/Penn Quarter news and urban commentary Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:26:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 pqlivinghttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pqliving/~3/qwJuK3BA434/ http://pqliving.com/dc-neighborhood-news-5/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:26:14 +0000 pqresident http://pqliving.com/?p=12561 Follow PQ Living via Facebook here and Twitter here. Our Flickr tag is pqliving. Here’s what we were reading recently about neighborhood news in DC. Have something to add? Leave it in the comments! Penn Quarter &#8211; The Record Fair comes back to DC. In fact, it will be in our very own neighborhood at [...] <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xTpwTvW99ljyLg1LFM50A9KvsZM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xTpwTvW99ljyLg1LFM50A9KvsZM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xTpwTvW99ljyLg1LFM50A9KvsZM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xTpwTvW99ljyLg1LFM50A9KvsZM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pqliving/~4/qwJuK3BA434" height="1" width="1"/> http://pqliving.com/dc-neighborhood-news-5/feed/ 0 http://pqliving.com/dc-neighborhood-news-5/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pqliving/~3/LXssa8CZh2Y/ http://pqliving.com/zipcar-mine-dc/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:11:07 +0000 Columbo http://pqliving.com/?p=12552 We&#8217;ve been car-share members for a long time. First with FlexCar, and then later ZipCar when the two companies merged. For years and years we loved trying out fun cars (&#8220;let&#8217;s get a Mini convertible today!&#8221;), or the newest space-age fuel efficient cars (&#8220;let&#8217;s try one of those hybrids today!&#8221;), or a fast, luxurious car [...] <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-YnOj9XQGfDWaXATFyytgtTCLFU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-YnOj9XQGfDWaXATFyytgtTCLFU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-YnOj9XQGfDWaXATFyytgtTCLFU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-YnOj9XQGfDWaXATFyytgtTCLFU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pqliving/~4/LXssa8CZh2Y" height="1" width="1"/> http://pqliving.com/zipcar-mine-dc/feed/ 2 http://pqliving.com/zipcar-mine-dc/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pqliving/~3/uRAp8jDNdv4/ http://pqliving.com/just-for-laughs/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:00:04 +0000 pqcompass http://pqliving.com/?p=12542 This Friday and Saturday at Riot Act Comedy Club (801 E Street NW) you can beat the winter doldrums with some belly laughs.  Shows will feature films from previous DC Shorts Film Festivals and live, local comedy acts highlighting themes like Work Sucks, Family Dysfunction, Superheroes Sexual Adventures, Payback Is Hell and A Very DC [...] <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GJrGMiIVQwVH4LUGpO6w1ahr4jY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GJrGMiIVQwVH4LUGpO6w1ahr4jY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GJrGMiIVQwVH4LUGpO6w1ahr4jY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/GJrGMiIVQwVH4LUGpO6w1ahr4jY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pqliving/~4/uRAp8jDNdv4" height="1" width="1"/> http://pqliving.com/just-for-laughs/feed/ 2 http://pqliving.com/just-for-laughs/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pqliving/~3/2P00p_b2HLM/ http://pqliving.com/dc-neighborhood-news-4/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:51:07 +0000 pqresident http://pqliving.com/?p=12537 Follow PQ Living via Facebook here and Twitter here. Our Flickr tag is pqliving. Here’s what we were reading recently about neighborhood news in DC. Have something to add? Leave it in the comments! Ed. Note (2/1): The ANC2C meeting (as opposed to the full ANC) is this evening at 6:30 pm, per Urbaniste&#8217;s comments [...] <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/g6--rW75-KZrK4GyLZn_uSDmiVs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/g6--rW75-KZrK4GyLZn_uSDmiVs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/g6--rW75-KZrK4GyLZn_uSDmiVs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/g6--rW75-KZrK4GyLZn_uSDmiVs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pqliving/~4/2P00p_b2HLM" height="1" width="1"/> http://pqliving.com/dc-neighborhood-news-4/feed/ 3 http://pqliving.com/dc-neighborhood-news-4/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pqliving/~3/EUEnJWSHwG0/ http://pqliving.com/chinese-new-year-parade-roundup/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:19:28 +0000 pqresident http://pqliving.com/?p=12522 We don&#8217;t think we&#8217;ve seen as many people at Washington DC&#8217;s Chinese Lunar New Year parade as we did yesterday, but we were disappointed that the local network TV news outlets filed no video stories that we could find. In addition to VOA&#8217;s piece above, the Washington Post and the Washington Times filed stories along [...] <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EMliZVaAhlIGwmndPYO2JZjjD4I/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EMliZVaAhlIGwmndPYO2JZjjD4I/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EMliZVaAhlIGwmndPYO2JZjjD4I/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EMliZVaAhlIGwmndPYO2JZjjD4I/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pqliving/~4/EUEnJWSHwG0" height="1" width="1"/> http://pqliving.com/chinese-new-year-parade-roundup/feed/ 2 http://pqliving.com/chinese-new-year-parade-roundup/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pqliving/~3/PEYE_nRL6xc/ http://pqliving.com/ywca-building-9th-g-st-nw-new-construction-plans-dc/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:49:03 +0000 gpliving http://pqliving.com/?p=12509 Photo courtesy of Rockpoint Group website DCMud broke the news that the YWCA building at the southwest corner of 9th &#38; G St NW will be demolished sometime around June 2012.  In its place, a 112,000 square foot LEED-GOLD certified building will be built.  It is uncertain how the planned construction will affect the residents [...] <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ry0VfZlXv_yKs5utNsU8t00zJAc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ry0VfZlXv_yKs5utNsU8t00zJAc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ry0VfZlXv_yKs5utNsU8t00zJAc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ry0VfZlXv_yKs5utNsU8t00zJAc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pqliving/~4/PEYE_nRL6xc" height="1" width="1"/> http://pqliving.com/ywca-building-9th-g-st-nw-new-construction-plans-dc/feed/ 0 http://pqliving.com/ywca-building-9th-g-st-nw-new-construction-plans-dc/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pqliving/~3/QtEg16R2294/ http://pqliving.com/year-of-the-dragon/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:00:25 +0000 pqcompass http://pqliving.com/?p=12500 Monday marked the beginning of the Chinese New Year.  Following are a few ways you can celebrate the Year of the Dragon &#8211; considered to be the luckiest year in the zodiac. Chinese New Year Parade Sunday, January 29 @ 2 pm 6th and I Sts. NW and throughout Chinatown The Source (575 Pennsylvania Ave., [...] <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4WADFeFdwMBUh7zjZi7QvLMHotw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4WADFeFdwMBUh7zjZi7QvLMHotw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4WADFeFdwMBUh7zjZi7QvLMHotw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4WADFeFdwMBUh7zjZi7QvLMHotw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pqliving/~4/QtEg16R2294" height="1" width="1"/> http://pqliving.com/year-of-the-dragon/feed/ 0 http://pqliving.com/year-of-the-dragon/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pqliving/~3/AgGZEIcgmgs/ http://pqliving.com/local-wine-cellar-d/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:11:41 +0000 Columbo http://pqliving.com/?p=12481 Correction &#38; Update:  Apparently we need to visit our Optometrist because the soon to open wine &#38; spirits store is called &#8220;The Local Vine Cellar&#8221; not wine cellar.  Our apologies to the owner! Armed with that info we found their website which lists an opening in February, as well as this Prince of Petworth post [...] <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/j2lymUKgYFHFq8i5d706JBHCTfg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/j2lymUKgYFHFq8i5d706JBHCTfg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/j2lymUKgYFHFq8i5d706JBHCTfg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/j2lymUKgYFHFq8i5d706JBHCTfg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pqliving/~4/AgGZEIcgmgs" height="1" width="1"/> http://pqliving.com/local-wine-cellar-d/feed/ 2 http://pqliving.com/local-wine-cellar-d/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pqliving/~3/SMWtSyrKdBc/ http://pqliving.com/dc-link-roundup-heard-in-the-hood-96/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:00:33 +0000 pqresident http://pqliving.com/?p=12493 Follow PQ Living via Facebook here and Twitter here. Our Flickr tag is pqliving. Here’s what we were reading recently about neighborhood news in DC. Have something to add? Leave it in the comments! Mount Vernon Triangle &#8211; BicycleSpace announces their new location on 7th Street NW and still in the Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhood [...] <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ffx3MCL29yHUG35CWorV3mnOJQU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ffx3MCL29yHUG35CWorV3mnOJQU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ffx3MCL29yHUG35CWorV3mnOJQU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Ffx3MCL29yHUG35CWorV3mnOJQU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/pqliving/~4/SMWtSyrKdBc" height="1" width="1"/> http://pqliving.com/dc-link-roundup-heard-in-the-hood-96/feed/ 1 http://pqliving.com/dc-link-roundup-heard-in-the-hood-96/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pqliving/~3/-07ezyQE_r4/ http://pqliving.com/alice-waters/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:00:29 +0000 pqcompass http://pqliving.com/?p=12442 This weekend there are three exclusive opportunities to get to know to the Godmother of good food, Alice Waters, and enjoy the talents of  some of our area’s most recognized chefs. 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