CRISPKITCHENBAR
Going on Strike against Bars that charge extra for NYE! We are open at 5 as normal. Hot Chicken, $5 HH, and FUN!
10:59 AM - 31 Dec 2015
Thursday, December 31, 2015
Crisp Kitchen Bar open at 5 pm tonight -- and won't be charging extra for New Year's Eve!
See this tweet and image:
CRISPKITCHENBAR @CRISPKITCHENBAR
Going on Strike against Bars that charge extra for NYE! We are open at 5 as normal. Hot Chicken, $5 HH, and FUN!
10:59 AM - 31 Dec 2015
CRISPKITCHENBAR
Going on Strike against Bars that charge extra for NYE! We are open at 5 as normal. Hot Chicken, $5 HH, and FUN!
10:59 AM - 31 Dec 2015
Bloomingdale Wine & Spirits open until 10 pm tonight on New Year's Eve
See this tweet:
Bloomingdale Liquor @BloomingdaleL
Bloomingdale Liquor
We are open untill 10 PM! Happy New Years!
11:07 AM - 31 Dec 2015
find ANXO Cidery at Colony Club tonight !
See this tweet and image:
ANXO @ANXOcider
ANXO
New Year's Eve at Colony Club! http://www.anxodc.com/events/2015/12/31/new-years-eve-at-colony-club …
11:48 AM - 30 Dec 2015
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Rustik Tavern's phone number reccently changed
See this Rustik Tavern tweet:
Rustik Tavern DC @rustikdc
Our phone number has recently changed. For to go order, questions, or just to say hello, call us at - (202)290-2995.
4:38 PM - 30 Dec 2015 ·
Rustik Tavern DC
Our phone number has recently changed. For to go order, questions, or just to say hello, call us at - (202)290-2995.
4:38 PM - 30 Dec 2015 ·
1937 Washington Post article reference to bicycling in McMillan Park
See this tweet and image:
Paul Cerruti @pauljcerruti
Paul Cerruti
Cycling @McMillanPark WaPo c1937 @councilofdc @ChmnMendelson @ScottRobertsDC #savemcmillanpark #reopenourpark
2:40 PM - 30 Dec 2015 
Unified Scene Theater is kicking 2016 off with exciting classes and workshops
From: Kathy Westfall
[mailto: kathy@unifiedscenetheater.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 10:56 AM
Subject: January updates from The Unified Scene Theater
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 10:56 AM
Subject: January updates from The Unified Scene Theater
A quick update from The Unified Scene with some classes/workshops we're offering in January.
The Unified Scene Theater is kicking 2016 off with exciting classes and
workshops, and also shows every weekend. We are offering two introductory
classes in improvisational comedy in January - Intro to Improv and Improv for
Business. Both have a few spaces left. We're also offering a free workshop on
Sunday January 10th, from 4pm - 6pm for anyone who wants to come out and give
improv a try. You can register for all of this on our website and find more
details about classes, workshops and shows - www.unifiedscenetheater.com.
Kathy
Kathy
Beale House condos near 2nd & W St NW advertisement in the Express
See this tweet and image from the Express:
Bloomingdame @bloomingdame
@ScottRobertsDC 1/2 page ad in Express, no address Educated shoppers would expect it to be in south #bloomingdaledc
9:43 AM - 30 Dec 2015
Bloomingdame
9:43 AM - 30 Dec 2015
New Year's Eve & New Year's Day mass schedule for St. Martin's Catholic Church
From: David Kuhl
Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2015 11:08 AM
Subject: Christmas Mass Schedule Blog Post
Subject: Christmas Mass Schedule Blog Post
Scott,
Hope you are having a wonderful holiday season! Could you please post the below announcement of the Christmas Mass schedule for St. Martin's Church along with the attached flyer.
thanks,
dave.
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St. Martin’s Catholic Church, Bloomingdale’s Catholic Church since 1901 invites you to join us in celebrating the birth of Jesus during this Christmas season.
Christmas Eve, Wednesday December 24, 2015
Children/Family Mass: 6:00PM (youth choir and living nativity)
Christmas Carols: 11:30PM (gospel choir)
Midnight Mass: Midnight (security provided)
Christmas Day, Thursday December 25, 2015
Christmas Day Mass: 10:00AM (traditional choir)
New Year’s Eve, Wednesday, December 31, 2015
New Year’s Eve Mass: 9:00PM
New Year’s Day, Thursday, January 1, 2016
New Year’s Day Mass: 10:00AM
Peace,
Fr. Mike Kelley
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
planning your year-end giving? consider Crispus Attucks Park
See this 12-28-2015 message from the Crispus Attucks Development Corporation (CADC):
Dear Bloomingdale neighbors,
Happy Holidays!
Will Gomaa
President, Crispus Attucks Development Corporation
Dear Bloomingdale neighbors,
As we near the end of 2015, I ask that you consider Crispus Attucks Park as part of your year-end giving!
Crispus Attucks Park is one of the very few green spaces in Bloomingdale, and a tranquil spot to walk your dog, play with your kids, read a book, lay out in the sun, and spend time with friends. The park gets no financial support from the DC Government. The park is run by a neighborhood nonprofit, supported by entirely by the generosity and volunteer work of the Bloomingdale community.Happy Holidays!
Will Gomaa
President, Crispus Attucks Development Corporation
a few seats are still available for Big Bear's New Year's Eve Lucky Goose Dinner !
See this 12-29-2015 message from Big Bear Cafe:
We still have a couple seats available!
Thursday, December 31st
We invite you to join us for a family-style, three-course, New Year's Goose Dinner prepared by Chef Isaiah Billington (from our beloved Woodberry Kitchen).
The meal will consist of an amuse bouche and starters that include a goose pate, house-made brioche pretzels, local cheese, pickles and olives.
The main course will consist of a large roast goose
with goose-fat potatoes, apple and sage stuffing,
charred red cabbage, maple glazed carrots, and a winter salad.
The final course of house-made sweets will include fudge, brittle, truffles,
cookies, shortbread, jelly candies, butterfingers,
macaroons, and mint marshmallows.
https://bigbearcafe.squarespace.com/nye-lucky-goose
All guests will be seated at large communal tables.
Large groups, small groups, and all individuals are welcome.
It will be a family feast to bring in the new year!
While the star of this meal is the lucky goose,
we are happy to accommodate all vegetarian guests.
$95 per person
(includes all, the three course meal, wine & beer, NYE toast, as well as tax & gratuity)
$45 per person
(does not include beverages, tax or gratuity)
Hope to see you soon.
Happy Holidays!
We still have a couple seats available!
New Year's Eve Lucky Goose Dinner
----------------------------------------------------------------------Thursday, December 31st
We invite you to join us for a family-style, three-course, New Year's Goose Dinner prepared by Chef Isaiah Billington (from our beloved Woodberry Kitchen).
The meal will consist of an amuse bouche and starters that include a goose pate, house-made brioche pretzels, local cheese, pickles and olives.
The main course will consist of a large roast goose
with goose-fat potatoes, apple and sage stuffing,
charred red cabbage, maple glazed carrots, and a winter salad.
The final course of house-made sweets will include fudge, brittle, truffles,
cookies, shortbread, jelly candies, butterfingers,
macaroons, and mint marshmallows.
https://bigbearcafe.squarespace.com/nye-lucky-goose
All guests will be seated at large communal tables.
Large groups, small groups, and all individuals are welcome.
It will be a family feast to bring in the new year!
While the star of this meal is the lucky goose,
we are happy to accommodate all vegetarian guests.
$95 per person
(includes all, the three course meal, wine & beer, NYE toast, as well as tax & gratuity)
$45 per person
(does not include beverages, tax or gratuity)
Hope to see you soon.
Happy Holidays!
the Nebraska Condominiums getting Verizon Fios today ~
See this tweet and image:
Bloomingdame @bloomingdame
Bloomingdame
No, it's not a @Verizon convention in #bloomingdaledc. The Nebraska is getting Fios today. #RandolphPlace
10:37 AM - 29 Dec 2015
"person standing in my backyard"
See this 12-29-2015 message:
Good morning, I live on the unit block of Seaton Place
NW. I went into my kitchen at 5:15 am today, noticed my porch light was on. I
looked out of my kitchen door and a guy with long deadlocks ,grey hooded
sweatshirt and jeans was standing in my yard looking around and standing next
to my truck. I have a five foot chain link fence with a padlock. When I banged
on the door he jumped on the trash can, went over the fence and ran up the
alley toward North Capital. Please let our neighbors know and please be
careful. Thanks
"developers are already doing pop-ups & pop-backs -- 42 W, 67 V, 46 Channing NW"
See these tweets:
Penny Farthing @velocipede6 10 hours ago
@cuneytdil @willsommer developers already do both (#popup & #popback) #42WSt, #67VSt (same developer), & #46ChanningSt #BloomingdaleDC exs
@willsommer the real game changer will be when developers attempt both
Penny Farthing
Will Sommer @willsommer
Forget pop-ups, the new D.C. housing fight is over "pop-backs" https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/pop-backs-on-old-rowhouses-mark-new-battle-in-dc-renovation-war/2015/12/26/d6b7ed66-aa63-11e5-9b92-dea7cd4b1a4d_story.html …
9:59 PM - 28 Dec 2015
Monday, December 28, 2015
it's down to the Final Four: Bloomingdale, Petworth, Brookland or Navy Yard -- for Curbed DC's Neighborhood of the Year
Click on the link to read the entire Curbed DC post from late this afternoon.
Which neighborhood should advance?
Curbed Cup Final Four: (16) Bloomingdale vs. (5) Petworth
Monday,
December 28, 2015, by Michelle
Goldchain
We're down to the final four in the Curbed Cup, our annual
award to the Washington, D.C. neighborhood of the year. There will be one
matchup today and tomorrow, with the polls left open for 24 hours. The final
showdown for the prestigious fake trophy will begin Wednesday. Let the
eliminations continue!
It's
down to the final four: Bloomingdale, Petworth, Brookland, and Navy Yard. It's
up to you to decide which one was the best this past year. What makes each one
better than the other? That's for you to decide. You will only have 24 hours to vote, so be
sure to enter your decision into the below poll as soon as possible.
Which neighborhood should advance?
Pepco repair at 1st, Florida & R NW; intersections closed (as of 06:44 pm earlier this evening)
See this tweet:
dcalerts @dcalerts
dcalerts
The intersections of 1st & Florida Avenue NW, and 1st & R Street NW are closed due to emergency Pepco repairs. Estimated restoration time i…
6:44 PM - 28 Dec 2015
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A subsequent tweet:
dcalerts @dcalerts
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A subsequent tweet:
dcalerts
The emergency repairs at the intersections of 1st & Florida Avenue NW, and 1st & R Street NW have been restored and all associated street c…
11:29 PM - 28 Dec 2015
consider Crispus Attucks Park as part of your year-end giving!
See this 12-28-2015 message from the Crispus Attucks Development Corporation (CADC):
Happy Holidays!
Will Gomaa
President, Crispus Attucks Development Corporation
Consider Crispus Attucks Park
as Part of Your Year-End Giving!
Dear Bloomingdale neighbors,
As we near the end of 2015, I ask that you
consider Crispus Attucks Park as part of
your year-end giving!
Crispus Attucks Park is one of the very few green
spaces in Bloomingdale, and a tranquil spot to walk your dog, play with your
kids, read a book, lay out in the sun, and spend time with friends. The
park gets no financial support from the DC Government. The park is
run by a neighborhood nonprofit, supported by entirely by the generosity and
volunteer work of the Bloomingdale community.Happy Holidays!
Will Gomaa
President, Crispus Attucks Development Corporation
Meats and Foods 2nd annual New Year's Day Frito Pie & Bubbles Party -- $10 all day
See this tweet and image:
Meats & Foods @MeatsAndFoods
Friday! Our 2nd Annual New Year's Day Frito Pie & Bubbles Party (NYDFP&BP)! 10 buxx ALL DAY. Noon til 9pm!
Meats & Foods
Friday! Our 2nd Annual New Year's Day Frito Pie & Bubbles Party (NYDFP&BP)! 10 buxx ALL DAY. Noon til 9pm!
2:07 PM - 28 Dec 2015
have you reserved your seats for this Thursday's Holiday Goose Dinner at Big Bear Cafe ?
Holiday Goose Dinner!
Thursday, December 31st
New Year's Eve at Big Bear
This New Year's Eve you are invited join us for a family-style, three-course, New Year's Goose Dinner with Chef Isaiah Billington (of our beloved Woodberry Kitchen).
The meal will consist of an amuse bouche and starters that include a goose pate, house-made brioche pretzels, local cheese, olives and pickles.
The main course will consist of a large roast goose with goose-fat potatoes, apple and sage stuffing, charred red cabbage, maple glazed carrots, and a winter salad.
The main course will consist of a large roast goose with goose-fat potatoes, apple and sage stuffing, charred red cabbage, maple glazed carrots, and a winter salad.
The final house made sweets will include fudge, brittle, truffles, cookies, shortbread, jelly candies, butterfingers, macaroons, and mint marshmallows.
All guests will be seated at large communal tables. Large groups, small groups, and all individuals are welcome.
It will be a family feast to bring in the new year - with a goose!
$95 per person
(includes all, the meal, wine & beer, champagne toast, as well as tax & gratuity)
$45 per person
(does not include beverages, tax or gratuity)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Send us an email at bigbearcafe.events@gmail.com for reservations.
Or check out our website at bigbearcafe-dc.com
Hope to see you soon.
Happy Holidays!
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Send us an email at bigbearcafe.events@gmail.com for reservations.
Or check out our website at bigbearcafe-dc.com
Hope to see you soon.
Happy Holidays!
Bloomingdale mentioned twice in WaPo Where We Live 12-28-2015 article
Click on the link to read the entire Washington Post article:
...
American University Park, Shaw, Bloomingdale, LeDroit Park and Capitol Hill each saw just seven MDOM in 2015, a trend that will probably continue in 2016 in a supply-restricted market.
...
In 2015, the highest sales-price-to-list-price ratio was by far highest in Bloomingdale where homes sold for 105.4 percent of the listed sales price. Other high sales-price-to-list-price ratios were found in Shaw (102.85 percent) and Crestwood (102.4 percent). Moreover, Crestwood saw the biggest increase in the ratio, rising 9.1 percentage points from the previous year.
...
In 2015, the fortunes in D.C.’s housing market spread eastward
...
American University Park, Shaw, Bloomingdale, LeDroit Park and Capitol Hill each saw just seven MDOM in 2015, a trend that will probably continue in 2016 in a supply-restricted market.
...
In 2015, the highest sales-price-to-list-price ratio was by far highest in Bloomingdale where homes sold for 105.4 percent of the listed sales price. Other high sales-price-to-list-price ratios were found in Shaw (102.85 percent) and Crestwood (102.4 percent). Moreover, Crestwood saw the biggest increase in the ratio, rising 9.1 percentage points from the previous year.
...
Boundary Stone Public House: back to usual business hours -- open for lunch/brunch daily starting today at 11 am!
See this 12-28-2015 message from Boundary Stone's Gareth Croke:
We are back to our usual business hours and will be open for lunch/brunch daily starting at 11am today. Come join us!
We are back to our usual business hours and will be open for lunch/brunch daily starting at 11am today. Come join us!
Gareth
assault on the 100 block of Seaton Place NW
See this post from the Bloomingdale Kids list at Yahoogroups yesterday, Sunday, 12-27-2015:
Assault
on the 100 block of Seaton NW
Sun Dec 27, 2015 2:11 pm (PST) . Posted by:
Sun Dec 27, 2015 2:11 pm (PST) . Posted by:
I'd
like to let everyone that lives in the neighborhood know that there is an
attacker in the area. Unfortunately, he did not just snatch my purse and run,
which would be bad enough - he continued to hold me after he had my purse,
pushed me down into a lower level stairway, and attempted to take off my shirt.
Fortunately, someone passed by at the right moment and heard me yelling, and I
escaped with only bruises and scrapes. I hope this guy is caught before he can
do anything similar or worse to anyone else, but it is unlikely that the police
will be able to catch him from the information I was able to provide as I never
got a good look at his face.
The
attack happened around 7:15 PM as I was walking home from the Shaw metro
station and was on the south side of Seaton NW between 1st and 2nd St. If by
any chance anyone sees anything that might be of any help in solving this,
please call Detective Boyd at 202-553-4228.
Please
feel free to post this information to any neighborhood lists/blogs to get the
word out.
Thanks!
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Feedback from a neighbor:
Just seeking clarification. The assault on Seaton I believe is the same as this: http://www.popville.com/2015/12/assault-in-bloomingdale-he-continued-to-hold-me-after-he-had-my-purse-pushed-me-down-into-a-lower-level-stairway-and-attempted-to-take-off-my-shirt/
That incident took place on Dec 22, as opposed to 26. Want to make sure it is in fact a single incident and not multiple attacks. Scary nonetheless, but more so if it is a serial predator stalking the same block.
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Feedback from a neighbor:
Just seeking clarification. The assault on Seaton I believe is the same as this: http://www.popville.com/2015/12/assault-in-bloomingdale-he-continued-to-hold-me-after-he-had-my-purse-pushed-me-down-into-a-lower-level-stairway-and-attempted-to-take-off-my-shirt/
That incident took place on Dec 22, as opposed to 26. Want to make sure it is in fact a single incident and not multiple attacks. Scary nonetheless, but more so if it is a serial predator stalking the same block.
1913 Evening Star article "A Pretty View" from McMillan Park
See this tweet and image:
Paul Cerruti@pauljcerruti
@McMillanPark @councilofdc @dc4reality @ChmnMendelson c1913 Evening Star #savemcmillanpark #reopenourpark
Paul Cerruti
8:25 PM - 27 Dec 2015
Sunday, December 27, 2015
a Bloomingdale neighbor's shout-out for newly opened Crisp Kitchen Bar
See this tweet and image:
Penny Farthing @velocipede6
Penny Farthing
.@CRISPKITCHENBAR's #dessert tweet lured hubs out, yum! We'll be back for #friedchicken #BloomingdaleDC #spicykale
8:59 PM - 27 Dec 2015
Saturday, December 26, 2015
WaPo: "Pop-backs on old rowhouses mark a new battle in D.C. renovation war"
Click on the link to read the entire Washington Post article:
Local
The three-story rowhouse near Union Station looks ominous. Windows are boarded up. Orange stop-work orders are tacked on the building. But it’s behind the home near the H Street corridor where neighbors say the real red flag exists: a rear addition slated to expand upward another story, plus a rooftop deck.
The pending construction at 518 Sixth St. NE, a “pop-back,” is sparking the latest housing skirmish in which residents feel helpless against the free-for-all expansions of old rowhouses popping up or back by developers in the hot real estate market.
What makes this battle even more acrimonious is that a member of the local Advisory Neighborhood Commission, ANC6C, has taken up the residents’ cause. The commissioner, Mark Eckenwiler, a Justice Department attorney, is crusading not just against the developer but also the city’s Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.
Over the past 10 weeks, Eckenwiler has fired off numerous emails to the DCRA, arguing that the agency should have never given a by-right permit to expand the rowhouse’s pop-back. The rowhouse already sits on more than 60 percent of its lot, the maximum amount allowable for such a permit, according to measurements in the developer’s application.
...
Local
Pop-backs on old rowhouses mark a new battle in D.C. renovation war
The three-story rowhouse near Union Station looks ominous. Windows are boarded up. Orange stop-work orders are tacked on the building. But it’s behind the home near the H Street corridor where neighbors say the real red flag exists: a rear addition slated to expand upward another story, plus a rooftop deck.
The pending construction at 518 Sixth St. NE, a “pop-back,” is sparking the latest housing skirmish in which residents feel helpless against the free-for-all expansions of old rowhouses popping up or back by developers in the hot real estate market.
What makes this battle even more acrimonious is that a member of the local Advisory Neighborhood Commission, ANC6C, has taken up the residents’ cause. The commissioner, Mark Eckenwiler, a Justice Department attorney, is crusading not just against the developer but also the city’s Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.
Over the past 10 weeks, Eckenwiler has fired off numerous emails to the DCRA, arguing that the agency should have never given a by-right permit to expand the rowhouse’s pop-back. The rowhouse already sits on more than 60 percent of its lot, the maximum amount allowable for such a permit, according to measurements in the developer’s application.
...
see the locations of outdoor murals in Bloomingdale
Click on the link to read the entire DCist post:
A reader recently wrote in saying he was thinking about making a comprehensive list or map of D.C.'s murals, but was wondering if we already knew of any such resources. In fact, we do.
A number of different people and groups have taken to cataloging and notating the city's many outdoor tapestries. The works have captured many people's imaginations, ourselves included. And while there's nothing quite like happening upon a provocative work of street art—leaving you startled, bewildered, or simply enthralled—they are also well worth seeking out. So if you're looking to learn more about the District's every-changing landscape of murals, try one of these resources.
Google Street Art Project: The D.C. portion of this huge resource is certainly small, but it makes up for it by including videos and other resources that give some context to the works.
...
Here is where outdoor art sites in & around Bloomingdale from the Google Street Art Project link above:
Finding D.C.'s Murals: A Guide To The Guides
A reader recently wrote in saying he was thinking about making a comprehensive list or map of D.C.'s murals, but was wondering if we already knew of any such resources. In fact, we do.
A number of different people and groups have taken to cataloging and notating the city's many outdoor tapestries. The works have captured many people's imaginations, ourselves included. And while there's nothing quite like happening upon a provocative work of street art—leaving you startled, bewildered, or simply enthralled—they are also well worth seeking out. So if you're looking to learn more about the District's every-changing landscape of murals, try one of these resources.
Google Street Art Project: The D.C. portion of this huge resource is certainly small, but it makes up for it by including videos and other resources that give some context to the works.
...
Here is where outdoor art sites in & around Bloomingdale from the Google Street Art Project link above:
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