Tyber Creek Wine Bar and Kitchen invites you to join them for brunch

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WaPo: "Tom Sietsema's 8 favorite places to eat, plus 1 to avoid" article mentions Red Hen

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Food

Tom Sietsema’s 8 favorite places to eat, plus 1 to avoid

By Tom Sietsema

March 25 at 12:00 PM

...

THE RED HEN

The model for the Red Hen wasn’t one restaurant, but rather the amalgam of places that Mike Friedman says he had the good fortune to eat in as a younger chef: Zuni Cafe in San Francisco, Lucques in Los Angeles, River Cafe in London — “all owned by women,” he points out. The only question I had after my most recent meal in Bloomingdale was why it had been so long between visits. Red Hen is the ideal neighborhood community center, after all, dressed with a welcoming bar, lit as with honey in mind and warmed by a wood-stoked oven that does wonderful things to chicken, among other dishes. Toast with Sicilian anchovies, radishes and sweet butter is a blissful Act 1. Follow it with some pasta, maybe mafalde with melted leeks, wild mushrooms and a carpet of herby bread crumbs. Reservations are hard to come by. The good news: Friedman says he keeps up to 40 percent of his tables for walk-ins and reminds us that the 18-seat bar is first come, first served.

1822 First St. NW. 202-525-3021 . Pastas and main courses, $18 to $29.

can you help gather signatures for the Saturday, 05-18-2019, Bloomingdale Community Day event in Crispus Attucks Park ?

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it's the Spring Oyster Meet-Up at Big Bear Cafe -- Thursday, 03-28-2019

See this Big Bear Cafe event scheduled for this Thursday, 03-28-2019:

DefRealComedy at Crisp Kitchen and Bar -- Thursday, 03-26-2019

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Our shows are Definitely Very Safe... Unlike the #DCmetro and #VikingSky cruises

Next show is Thursday 3/28 at @crispkitchenbar #DefinitelyRealComedy #HumansTellingJokes #DCcomedy#DCevents#EventsDC #ThingsToDoDC #ComedyShowcase#ComedyPromo#WashingtonDC #BloomingdaleDC pic.twitter.com/wxMYJUbMKt

— DefRealComedy (@DefRealComedy) March 24, 2019

The Train-Wreck: Our Second (Free) Stand-Up Comedy Workshop Show at The Unified Scene Theater -- Tuesday, 03-26-2019

The Train-Wreck: Our Second (Free) Stand-Up Comedy Workshop Show at The Unified Scene Theater, Tuesday, March 26th, 8 pm

FREE! Doors at 7:30 pm, show's at 8 pm

Five weeks ago, some improvisors showed up to the The Unified Scene Theater and didn't do improv. Instead, they began workshopping and honing 5 minutes of stand-up comedy. Together they laughed, blanched, grimaced, laughed again, and basically gave each other support as they crafted a five-minute act. And now they're gonna do that act for you — free, of course. On Tuesday, March 26th, we're going up to perform at The Unified Scene Theater (80 T Street NW, Bloomingdale, DC). Show up. Like, it might be a train wreck, but, hey, those are always entertaining. Right? Plus, it's free and all. Free train wreck -- I know, right? More info here. See you then! 

Cast:

Confirmed: 

Brian Duss
Peter Kulcsar
Yancey Burns
Joe Gagliardi
John Papageorgiou
Bizzy Fain
Mikael Johnson
Adam Stanzione
Ryan Baugh
Shawn Westfall

Show starts at 8 pm (doors open at 7:30). And again, it's FREE.

Shawn Westfall
Artistic Director
The Unified Scene Theater
703.887.9184

shawn@unifiedscenetheater.com
Jan-Feb 2019 Classes Currently Registering!

three weeks from today: Mapping Segregation Walking Tour of Bloomingdale

See this 03-13-2019 message from a Bloomingdale resident:

I noticed this walking tour of Bloomingdale advertised by the Hill Center. I imagine other residents would be interested.

Mapping Segregation Walking Tour

Sunday, April 14 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Historian Sarah Shoenfeld, co-director of PrologueDC , will lead a walking tour of DC’s Bloomingdale neighborhood. Racially restrictive deed covenants kept much of this neighborhood off-limits to African Americans until the 1940s. A series of legal challenges to covenants in Bloomingdale culminated in the 1948 case Hurd v. Hodge, which was heard by the Supreme Court. This tour will feature some of the houses and blocks subject to battles over covenants along the shifting geographic lines that divided African Americans from their white neighbors here during the first half of the 20th century, and commemorates the 50^th anniversary of The Civil Rights Act of 1968, also known as the Fair Housing Act.                      

Mapping Segregation in Washington DC is documenting the historic segregation of DC’s housing, schools, playgrounds, and other public spaces. To date the project has focused on racially restrictive housing covenants, which had a dramatic impact on the development of the nation’s capital decades before government-sanctioned redlining policies were implemented in cities across the country.       

The tour will start at the small park across from Big Bear Café at First and R Streets NW and will take 1.5 to 2 hours. Please arrive prior to 2 PM.   

Made possible in part by support from the DC Commission of the Arts & Humanities and the Capitol Hill Community Foundation.

the Bloomingdale Community Day, Yard Sale & Taste of Bloomingdale needs volunteers!

From: Tynesia Hand-Smith
Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2019 8:00 AM
Subject: Calling All Volunteers! The Bloomingdale Community Day, Yard Sale and Taste of Bloomingdale Needs Volunteers!

The Community Day Planning for 2019 is underway! The next step is to get our committees organized and moving! The Main Event is scheduled for Saturday May 18, 2019 9am-3pm (set up starts at 7am) VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!  Volunteers Needed to Collect Signatures-we are gathering signatures in order to secure our special event permit for the community day -needs to start NOW!                This team needs to mobilize soon!  TO HELP, please email  Tynesia27@gmail.com   subject: volunteer-signature team Please be sure to list the areas where you can help.   ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR: Yard Sale Committee and Day Of Tasks--collection of  furniture donations for CADC table, staffing of the CADC table, band, tables, chairs, potty rental, vendor registrations, ticket booth, grill set up  and staff, pick up food donations, pick up ice, goodwill truck for end of day pick up, volunteers for day of, etc.... Taste of Bloomingdale Committee--restaurant round-up and set up tables on the day of Sponsors Committee--donations from businesses, individuals or organizations, set up sponsor tables on the day of Advertising--social media, print, poster hanging in neighborhood Snack Shack Committee--Costco shopping, food donations, snack shack set up, staffing and clean up CADC YARD SALE TABLE---collection + storing of donated goods prior to event day New/Updated ideas from last year that we may see again---- we need volunteers to help organize face painting kids yoga dog show Thanks Bloomingdale!

starting five weeks from today: Home Apothecary Program coordinated by Common Good City Farm

From: LeDroitPark@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 4:03 PM
To: LeDroitPark@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LeDroitPark] Learn how to use herbs medicinally in our upcoming Home Apothecary Program [1 Attachment]

[Attachment(s) from Josephine Chu included below]

Hi Everyone,

Learn how to use herbs medicinally in our upcoming Home Apothecary Program.

This 8-month herbal medicine program from April to November is a hands-on introduction to herbalism. Meeting once per month, participants will tend a garden together, explore the basic concepts of herbalism, and make lots of herbal preparations to bring home and to share with the Common Good community. The home apothecary program offers a unique opportunity to learn about using herbs while working directly with the plants and developing connection to the land and ecosystem we call home. This program will be taught by Holly Poole-Kavana of Little Red Bird Botanicals. 

To register:  https://2019herbalism.eventbrite.com

Please feel free to reach out with any questions.

Many thanks,

-- 

Josephine Chu
Program & Outreach Manager
Common Good City Farm
V Street between 2nd & 4th Streets, NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-559-7513 (office)
631-355-2348 (cell)
mailing address: PO Box 26030 Washington, DC 20001


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Open Houses in and around Bloomingdale scheduled for Saturday 3/23 & Sunday 3/24/2019

5 U St NW is offered at $850,000.

The featured open house is for a Victorian House in Bloomingdale. The agents representing the seller are Jeff Taylor and Matt Koerber with TTR Sotheby's International Realty. See the links below for more details and open house times.

SATURDAY 03/23/2019 Open House list and map

SUNDAY 03/24/2019 Open House list and map
Please note that the link shows the next scheduled open house, so if you are viewing the Sunday link on Saturday and that listing happens to be open also on Saturday, it will show the Saturday scheduled open. It should update to Sunday once the Saturday one is over, so check later to verify Sunday times. Although Bright MLS recently added an Open House report, this format remains more visual and shows the map, so I will continue to use it until they improve the Open House report format. ~Suzanne DesMarais

*Agents, to have your open houses included in this weekly post, please have them tagged in Bright MLS by 10am on Friday. If you don't see your open house in the links, feel free to add in the comments. Also, if you would like your open to be featured with a picture for this post, please e-mail suzanne at compass dot com by 10am on Friday before the open.

HPRB hearing date for 150 S Street NW is Thursday, 04-04-2019

From: HistoricWashington@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2019 4:05 PM
To: HistoricWashington@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [HistoricWashington] HPRB Agenda and Consent Calendar - March 28 and April 4, 2019
 

The Agenda and Consent Calendar for the  March 28 and April 4 meeting of the Historic Preservation Review Board is posted on the website at:   https://planning.dc.gov/node/1390336  and copied at the end of this message.  Staff reports are also  posted on the website.


Project Drawings for HPRB applications are now posted on the Office of Planning website at: https://planning.dc.gov/page/historic-preservation-office . Please select the "HPRB CFA Project Drawings" button and open the appropriate historic district folder. Drawings are filed by address and are in order of the date added to the website. Please send us an email if you are unable to locate specific project drawings.


Please Note:  The public meeting will begin at 9:30 am on March 28.

The following staff reports will post the week of March 25.

CLEVELAND PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT                                     

3432 Connecticut Avenue NW, HPA 19-209, concept/two-story roof addition and site  alteration

BLOOMINGDALE HISTORIC DISTRICT

150 S Street NW, HPA 19-233, concept/new construction on four lots

_________


Historic Preservation Review Board Meeting

March 28 and April 4, 2019

The Historic Preservation Review Board will meet to consider the following items.  The meeting will be held at 441 4th Street NW in Room 220-South.  Applicants and those interested in testifying should arrive at least fifteen minutes prior to the assigned time for the case.

MARCH 28 MEETING

CONSENT CALENDAR

LANDMARK DESIGNATION

A.            Rose Lees Hardy School, 1550 Foxhall Road NW, Case 18-10


CAPITOL HILL HISTORIC DISTRICT

B.            124 11th St SE, HPA 19-137, concept/rear and rooftop additions

C.            522 6th Street SE, HPA 19-189, concept/rear two-story addition


DUPONT CIRCLE HISTORIC DISTRICT

D.            1732 P Street NW, HPA 19-168, concept/second-story garage addition


GEORGETOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT

E.            2801-2805 M Street NW, HPA 19-170, permit/subdivision to combine two lots into one


MOUNT PLEASANT HISTORIC DISTRICT

F.            1853 Irving Street NW, HPA 19-181, concept/raze garage, construct patio, fence and gate


PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE HISTORIC DISTRICT

G.           512 10th Street NW, HPA 19-100, revised concept/alterations and roof addition



AGENDA

                9:00-9:30   EXECUTIVE SESSION


LANDMARK DESIGNATION HEARING

1.            9:30-10:15      Holy Redeemer College, 3112 7th Street NE, Case 19-04


MOUNT PLEASANT HISTORIC DISTRICT

2.            10:15-11:15    1656-1658 Park Road NW, HPA 19-208, permit/construct second story on garage; subdivision to combine two buildings and their lots; alterations


3.            11:15-12:00    1835 Irving Street NW, HPA 19-224, concept/attic addition and roof deck


                12:00-1:00      LUNCH BREAK


CAPITOL HILL HISTORIC DISTRICT              

4.            1:00-1:45        209 C Street SE, HPA 19-218, concept/site and building alterations

CAPITOL HILL HISTORIC DISTRICT              

5.            1:45-2:30         620 C Street SE, HPA 19-222, concept/façade alterations and third story addition


14TH STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT                                              

6.            2:30-3:15         1340 Corcoran Street NW, HPA 19-069, permit/trellis structure in front yard


SHAW HISTORIC DISTRICT

7.            3:15-4:00           1225 11th Street NW, HPA 19-210, concept/fourth floor addition


APRIL 4 MEETING

AGENDA

CLEVELAND PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT                                     

8.            9:00-9:45      3432 Connecticut Avenue NW, HPA 19-209, concept/two-story roof addition and site alteration

TAKOMA PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT                                          

9.            9:45-10:30      220 Aspen Street NW, HPA 19-166, concept/rear addition

BLOOMINGDALE HISTORIC DISTRICT

10.          10:30-11:15    150 S Street NW, HPA 19-233, concept/new construction on four lots


SHAW HISTORIC DISTRICT

11.          11:15-12:30    1313 11th Street NW, HPA 19-145, concept/rear and partial fourth floor addition              

                12:30-1:30      LUNCH BREAK

HISTORIC LANDMARK

12.          1:30-2:15       4866 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Spring Valley Shopping Center, HPA 19-207, concept/erect seasonal temporary enclosures

KALORAMA TRIANGLE HISTORIC DISTRICT                                            

13.          2:15-3:00       2322 19th Street NW, HPA 19-167, concept/new garage with accessory dwelling unit

DUPONT CIRCLE HISTORIC DISTRICT                                        

14.          3:00-3:45       1746 Q Street NW, HPA 19-172, concept/two-story addition and roof addition

15.          3:45-4:30       1613 S Street NW, HPA 19-216, concept/rear and roof additions

16.          4:30-5:00       1739 Q Street NW, HPA 19-219, permit/one-story rooftop addition plus deck

Bruce Yarnall • Historic Preservation Operations Manager DC Office of Planning 1100 4th Street SW, Suite E650 • Washington, DC 20024 202.442.8835 bruce.yarnall@dc.gov planning.dc.gov

what's up at Showtime Lounge tonight? tropical sleaze that's sure to please

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TONITE W/ SHOWTIME SHAMAN @SoulCallPaul !! BOOGALOO BASURA! TROPICAL SLEAZE THAT'S SURE TO PLEASE!! pic.twitter.com/3XnMGIwNRe

— Showtime (@Showtime_DC) March 22, 2019

the first 2019 history walking tour around the perimeter of McMillan Park including a walk through Bloomingdale starting near Big Bear -- Saturday, 03-23-2019

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Preserve, restore, and reopen McMillan Park for the people. View this email in your browser.

FRIENDS of McMILLAN PARK Join us for a history walking tour around McMillan Park on Saturday, March 23rd at 9:00am (rain date: Sun. Mar. 24th) - our first tour of 2019! Dear Friend of McMillan Park,           About ten days from now on Saturday, March 23rd, we will be hosting another history walking tour through Bloomingdale and around the perimeter of McMillan Park. Once again, we are fortunate to have our neighbor and friend Paul Cerruti leading the tour.  Paul has compiled a tremendous amount of detail about the park and its role in our neighborhood through the years since it was first opened to the public. This will cover a lot of the information presented in history walks we hosted in 2017 and 2018 that were very well attended and enjoyed!  The weather we hope will be ideal for such a walking tour.  This is our first tour of 2019.  We hope to have about four tours per year though no dates for subsequent tours. Space still available!             The tour will showcase McMillan Park, its vistas, unique history, and connection to historic landmarks in the Bloomingdale neighborhood.  The first part of the walk will include information and bonus highlights about the history and development of Bloomingdale, much of it in anticipation of the opening of McMillan Park.             The tour will last about two to three hours or so and will start at the triangular park opposite the Big Bear Café (located at the corner of 1st St. and R St. NW) on Saturday, March 23rd at 9:00am (rain date Sun. Mar. 24th at 9:00am). Light liquid refreshments will be served and a selection of some of our favorite mounted art photos of McMillan Park offered for sale at the end of the tour, as well as some lovely greeting cards of those same photos!             Please register by sending an email to restoremcmillan@gmail.com or calling Kirby at 202 213-2690.  We are limiting the tour to 30 people or so to ensure all who join it can hear easily and participate fully. So please register early to guarantee that you'll be able to be part of this special day.             Kindly note, a suggested donation of $20 in advance, $25 on the day of the event to benefit the Friends of McMillan Park's efforts to save this registered national historic landmark from demolition is greatly appreciated.  Even if you are unable to join our tour, please consider a donation to help support these efforts.  You can donate via PayPal or Crowdrise links on the web page, www.friendsofmcmillan.org/merchandise, or in person with cash or credit card with FOMP's Square account on the day of the event.            *****News*****              - Friends of McMillan Park returned to the D.C. Court of Appeals on January 22nd   to present oral arguments challenging the District's proposed demolition of the site.   Now we anxiously await the court's decision, both for that most recent hearing and   another hearing on October 17th, which of course we hope will be in our favor, or rather   in McMillan Park's favor. We have no idea when the court's decision will come out, or if   the court will decide to combine both the zoning appeal and the historic preservation   appeal into one decision.   - Friends of McMillan Park is now a part of the Amazon Smile program, allowing you to directly and automatically donate to the Friends of McMillan Park when you shop on Amazon.com.  See this link for more information:  https://smile.amazon.com/ch/46-0977224   Thank you for your continued interest and support, John Salatti, Kirby Vining, and Hugh Youngblood Board of Directors, Friends of McMillan Park, Inc. If you have any questions, please contact restoremcmillan@gmail.com or call 202.213.2690.   Contribute to the Save McMillan Park Legal Fund DONATE NOW SHARE THIS EMAIL FOLLOW on TWITTER JOIN on FACEBOOK

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