Penn Quarter Living

Ommm

pqcompass — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:00:39 +0000

Help celebrate DC Yoga Week (May 13-20) by bringing your mat down to the Mall on Saturday (15th St. and Independence Ave., NW, near the Washington Monument) for a free yoga class led by some of the area’s best teachers. Events start at 1:30pm, with the main class beginning at 3pm. For more information about [...]

DC/Near Penn Quarter Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood

pqresident — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:08:02 +0000

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! Tips? Send them in confidentiality to: pqliving [at] gmail.com Downtown - The Federalist, the restauarant in the Madison Hotel, and DC’s Central Kitchen, [...]

Jobs In Penn Quarter

pqresident — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:00:30 +0000

We’ve seen a number of “Help Wanted” signs show up on storefront windows over the last few months and have taken that to mean that the downtown retail economy is in pretty good shape. A quick perusal of the Craigslist jobs section using the search term “Penn Quarter” kicked out 64 listings many of which [...]

Footloose

pqcompass — Wed, 09 May 2012 11:00:18 +0000

This week, the Kennedy Center is sponsoring Look Both Ways: Street Arts Across America with events around the city and at the Kennedy Center. Be sure to check out the acts slated for Friday, May 11, starting at 8pm at the Old Post Office Pavilion (1100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW). Of particular interest to me, Bandaloop’s Bound(less), [...]

Leica Camera Store Officially Open (977 F St NW) pics

pqresident — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:00:54 +0000

All photos courtesy of Leica Cameras Leica Camera officially opened their first stand alone U.S. retail store last week at 977 F St NW last week filling in the last unclaimed bay in the Carroll Square development at the corner of 9th and F St NW. The store is about 2000 square feet in size [...]

District Taco Declares Restaurant Completion (1309 F St NW)

gpliving — Mon, 07 May 2012 15:40:05 +0000

Photo from District Taco’s Twitter stream The folks at District Taco tweeted this morning that the restaurant build-out is complete. A now hiring sign sits in the window as well as signs that breakfast tacos may become part of Penn Quarter residents’ regular breakfast meal rotation. An opening day has yet to be announced, but [...]

DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood In Penn Quarter (Monday Edition)

pqresident — Mon, 07 May 2012 11:57:05 +0000

Photo above: Police Week 2011 candlelight vigil Follow PQ Living via Facebook here and Twitter here. Our Flickr tag is pqliving and our mailbag is pqliving [at] gmail.com. A few time sensitive items came in to our mailbag so we’re doing our neighborhood news roundup today in addition to last Friday. Have something to add? Leave it [...]

DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood In Penn Quarter

pqresident — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:20:22 +0000

Follow PQ Living via Facebook here and Twitter here. Our Flickr tag is pqliving. We haven’t done Heard In The ‘Hood in a while so here’s what we were noodling over recently about neighborhood news in DC. Have something to add? Leave it in the comments! Chinatown - Pho DC on H Street opens their downstairs deli [...]

10th Street Community Park Festival This Saturday

pqresident — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:50:07 +0000

The Friends of the 10th Street Park, an organization dedicated to a great little park on 10th St NW between L and M St NW (1100 block), wrote in to let us know about their festival and the park’s one year anniversary this Saturday, May 5, between 10 am and 2 pm. This park is just [...]

The Local Vine Cellar (425 11th St NW) Getting Ready To Open

pqresident — Tue, 01 May 2012 11:11:17 +0000

We stopped by The Local Vine Cellar on 11th St NW to check on progress toward opening this wine and spirits shop and sure enough they are getting ready to open. A quick exchange through the window with one of the people prepping the store inside and a check of the sign posted on the [...]