Penn Quarter Living

Bench Seating Is About To Become More Popular

Columbo — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:11:23 +0000

The AP (and other sources) are reporting that the National Mall is now providing free WiFi internet access. This joint effort by the DC Government, USDA (and other Federal Agencies), and Smithsonian provides hot spots between 3rd and 14th streets, NW. This sounds like a great service, even if we wish it had been implemented [...]

Group Therapy

Columbo — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:11:41 +0000

After dinner at Kushi this past Sunday night (off topic, but we highly recommend drinking the Hitachino Ancient Nippon while available; it’s 18 ounces of beer-bliss), we wandered out to discover what we believe was an open mic night at Busboys & Poets. We don’t want to comment much on the quality of [...]

DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood

pqresident — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:00:20 +0000

Follow PQ Living via Facebook here and Twitter here. Our Flickr tag is pqliving. Here’s what we were reading last week about neighborhood news in DC. Have neighborhood thoughts? Leave them in the comments! Downtown – NYU is starting construction of their own campus in DC…dorms included. [Washington Business Journal] Capitol Hill/Penn Quarter/Mount Vernon Triangle – Ward 6 Councilmember candidate debate [...]

The DC Mayoral Race Enters The Final Stretch

pqresident — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:39:06 +0000

There was a great turnout at yesterday’s Downtown Neighborhood Association meeting at Carmine’s (425 7th St NW) and both Adrian Fenty and Vincent Gray representatives were in the crowd to promote their candidates. The mayoral primary election is on September 14 with the polls staying open between 7 am and 8 pm. Early voting started [...]

Downtown Neighborhood Association Meeting Tomorrow Night

pqresident — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:30:14 +0000

We’re glad to hear that the Downtown Neighborhood Association (DNA) is resuming meeting. Tomorrow night the DNA will meet starting at 6:30 pm at Carmine’s Restaurant (425 7th St NW) and this is an open meeting for all downtown residents and neighbors. RSVP to dwntwn2010 [at] gmail.com if you plan to attend.

DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood

pqresident — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:00:56 +0000

Follow PQ Living via Facebook here and Twitter here. Our Flickr tag is pqliving. Here’s what we were reading last week about neighborhood news in DC. Have neighborhood thoughts? Leave them in the comments! All Over DC – The Mayoral race is now in full effect. [TBD.com] Downtown – Wayback machine in effect…a look at Washington’s first sidewalk cafe – Bassin’s [...]

Tea Partiers Cometh, Declare Penn Quarter Safe

gpliving — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:39:38 +0000

To our dear fellow Penn Quarter residents: You will be proud to know that the Penn Quarter has been declared a safe zone for Saturday’s Glenn Beck March on Washington. Also, one of our favorite Penn Quarter restaurant’s, Jaleo, is highlighted as nice (but pricey) restaurant that is also close to the National Mall. [...]

DC’s National Aquarium – Don’t Go For the Fish

PQDad — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:02:13 +0000

After our visit to DC’s National Aquarium we were set to tell our readers not to waste their money. But a little online research has us changing our tune, just a bit. We still wouldn’t recommend it as a major family outing, but it might be a worthwhile visit… just not for the [...]

Everything Must Go!

PQ'er — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:00:33 +0000

A few weeks ago we walked by the once vacant address at 908 F Street NW to find tons of antiques and other things for sale – literally hundreds of items. This space is connected to the Ventana Condo building, and this particular retail address is still being shopped around by Douglas Corporation for an established [...]

Souvenir Row

Columbo — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:24:08 +0000

Maybe that’s what Tour Guide meant in the comment section of our post a few weeks ago about Joe’s Souvenir shop closing. Tour Guide noted that we shouldn’t feel bad for Joe, he owns the other souvenir shops on what has become PQ’s souvenir row. Well we’re guessing Joe still owns this spot as well, [...]