Open Houses in the area scheduled for 11/9/08

Hmmmm. Either a lot of agents haven't gotten around to scheduling their open houses in the system or, well, maybe there just aren't a lot of opens planned.

Note-This is an updated list as of 11/08/2008 for opens on Sunday 11/9/2008 in the general area:
Here's what is on the schedule for Sunday.

I'll be holding open the truly lovely home pictured (5 U St NW) on Sunday from 1-4pm. More details in the link, including loads of pics (click the camera icon at top left after you open the link).

Bloomingdale Arts on Facebook

artists in the neighborhood have a facebook page.

HERE

want a kitten?

We are a rescue group and have 8 rescued kittens who need homes, who are all loving and adorable. We have a variety of colors, all 8-12 weeks old. We do have some older ones (4-6 months) that need homes even more desperately. We have a black and white boy, black girl, tabby girl, tortie girl, orange tabby boy, and orange and white boy. Adoption fee includes all initial vet care and spay neuter surgery, come meet them this Saturday Nov. 8th from 12-3 !!


Call Marty 202-271-2787


or Sue 202-255-3343 or email susanna.giller@gmail.com

2nd Annual CASINO NIGHT

Dear Friends of Crispus Attucks Park,

Just a quick note to let you know that you should soon be receiving an Evite from "Friends of the Crispus Attucks Park," for our 2nd Annual CASINO NIGHT fundraiser. I hope many of you will be able to make it. I've also pasted in the information below, but I encourage everyone to RSVP to the evite so we can gauge how many people we'll have.
If you made it last year, you know this is one event that should not be missed!


Location: "The Smithlagio" (also the home of Tynesia & Derrick Smith), 2015 First Street NW

When: Saturday, November 8th. Doors open at 7pm, Tables open at 7:30pm
Phone: 703 -973 -5733

The Dress...High Roller Chic
Donation at the door....$25 and it buys your 1st round of chips. Additional rounds can be purchased for $10 each. Prizes awarded to the top winners!

If you cannot attend but would like to make a year-end, tax-deductible donation to support our community park, please make check payable to CADC (Crispus Attucks Development Corporation) and mail to:
CADC
63 U Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001

To learn more about the park and upcoming events visit us at: www.crispusattuckspark.org

Thanks!

-John
John Corea, President, Crispus Attucks Development Corporation

P.S.

Not a Gambler? That's okay, there are lots of other reasons you'll still want to stop by the 2nd Annual Casino Night Fundraiser for Crispus Attucks Park this Saturday evening, including fantastic cocktails (will we see a return of the "Crispus-tini?"), delicious light fare, great music, and the opportunity to see old neighbors and meet new ones. All of this set in a beautiful Bloomingdale residence owned and decorated by one of the neighborhood's hottest interior designers!

Tankless water heaters?

i need a new water heater and am considering a tankless one.

anyone have them? is the installation brutally expensive?
what do you think?

Obama National Airport?

or Maybe Obama Street NW.

hmmm.. we'll have to start thinkin bout that....
; )

sorry, i can't help myself.

Thank you America.

peace all.

O-lection 08

i hope you voted.

the line at Dumbar was long when i got there before noon, but by the time i left there was no line.

i always choose the paper ballot and it seems at dunbar most people usually do too. but today there was along line at the electronic poll.

do any of you actually prefer the electronic one?

stained glass

IMG_2515.JPG
Originally uploaded by Scenic Artisan

Slow Weekend for Open Houses in the 'Hood

There were no open houses scheduled through the MLS IN Bloomingdale for Sunday 11/2/08, so I did a search for the zip of 20001. Here's what came up. For open house times, don't forget that it's the weekend to change your clocks.

Seems to me like a lot of people are holding their breath before the election.

Fundraiser for Delfa Hercules' family

Yoga District Grand Opening: Winter Peace Celebration

November 16th

9am-9:45am: Community all-levels meditation class ($5 donation suggested).
10am-11:15am: Yoga 1-2 class ($10 donation suggested).
11:30am-12:15pm: Open House, Meet the Teachers, and Photo Exhibition by Eleanor Kaufman and other local photographers (accepting submissions- email info@yogadistrict.com if interested).
12:30pm-1:30pm: Vegan & Vegetarian Chef Cooking Demo- Light Lunch included ($6 donation suggested).
2:00pm-3:15pm: Flow Yoga 1-2 ($10 donation suggested).
3:30pm-4:45pm: Kids Yoga ($10 donation suggested).
6:00pm-?: Evening events including DJs, acoustic performances, live graffiti art, break dancing demo, freestyle performances, and open mic ($10 donation suggested).

Proceeds will go to Delfa Hercules' family and to a Winter Peace Initiative (a fund to organize citizen street patrols around the yoga studio, as well as members of nonprofit agencies fanning out on area street corners to help those in need of social services), which we will be promoting throughout the day's events.

YOGA DISTRICT
* * *

Bloomingdale Studio Coming 10/2008: 1830 1st St., NW

www.yogadistrict.com
202-265-YOGA


Delfa Hercules was murdered at her bus stop on the 1700 block of Third Street on the morning of October 10th
more information here

Howard Theatre

DC MUD has some info about the Howard Theatre

what the fuck?

seems that cars on my street that didnt move for street cleaning are getting ticketed AND towed.

TOWED?

i've never seen that before and it seems fucked up to me.

and oh, the street cleaner had already come by, 1/2 hour early.



thanks for the warning!

wanna write about bloomingdale?

if you're interested in writing posts about bloomingdale, let me know. i'd love to add different perspectives and energies here.

my misspellings, beer/coffee/pizza/art loving perspectives must get tiring.
; )

arts based business in the neighborhood?

I'm compiling a list of Arts based business for Bloomingdale and nearby neighborhoods. If you are an artists, musician, writer, or have any other type of arts based business, please pass on your website to me.

wheresmycoffee at gmail
or leave in comments.

bloomingdale yoga

I went to the first class at Yoga District tonight. there were maybe..i dunno... 20 people.

It was my first yoga class ever so i'm not really a good judge of quality , but i thought it was great.
i'll definitely be going back.

It was mentioned that they will be holding a fundraiser for Delfa Hercules, the woman who was murdered at her bus stop on October 10th.

i will post more info about that when i hear it.

today!

this has been rescheduled for today:

http://bloomingdaleneighborhood.blogspot.com/2008/10/celebrating-cultural-diversity-with.html

A Fall Diversity Event!

Join your neighbors for an afternoon of celebrating cultural diversity with Food, Fun, Family and Music.

Come over on October 25 at 3:00 PM in the alley and back yards of the 100 blocks of S Street and Seaton Place, NW. Sample foods from Mexico, Latin America, Italy, Eritrea, Ethiopia, China, Germany and more...not to mention southern potato salad, Cajun jambalaya and sweet potato cupcakes! There will also be plenty of kids' activities and games.

In addition, you'll enjoy the entertainment of neighbor and jazz legend Maurice Lyles and the Maurice Lyles Trio!

Thanks to all of our participating businesses: Windows Cafe, Bloomingdale Liquors, B&J's, Big Bear Cafe, Yeung Fong, Golden China, Jam Doung and Luciana Cafe!

Admission is free. Donations (cash and plant materials) will be accepted by the S Street and Affiliated Blocks Association to beautify the tree boxes. Rain date is October 26 at 3:00 PM. For more information, contact J.C. Blount, 202/ 986- 2772.

New Bloomingdale Studio

New Bloomingdale Studio
Originally uploaded by Yoga District

new yoga studio in bloomingdale

Real Estate Open Houses in and around Bloomingdale scheduled for Sunday 10/26/2008

Here's a list of Open Houses scheduled in and around the neighborhood for this Sunday.

Free stuff to do in and near Bloomingdale this weekend

Friday-

Live Music at Big Bear
1700 First St NW
7-10 PM



Saturday
a Fall diversity event!
3:00 PM in the alley and back yards of the 100 blocks of S Street and Seaton Place

Art Enables opening
411 New York Ave., NE ( a .6796 mile walk from North Cap and Florida)
11-6

Open House at Saint George's Church
2nd and U Street NW
11- 3

Take a brief tour of our newly renovated church. We bet you didn’t know we have a sanctuary wall filled with a bas-relief masterpiece by Lithuanian sculptor V. K. Jonynas (1907 – 1997), whose stained glass art decorates the National Shrine on Michigan Avenue, NE and St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.


Sunday

Yoga Districts open house
10 to 2
1830 1st St. NW

Bloomingdale Farmers Market
1st and R nw
10-2


if i missed stuff, please let me know.

Yoga district is having an open house on Sunday

read about it here

celebrating cultural diversity with Food, Fun, Family and Music.

A Fall Diversity Event!

Join your neighbors for an afternoon of celebrating cultural diversity with Food, Fun, Family and Music.

Come over on October 25 at 3:00 PM in the alley and back yards of the 100 blocks of S Street and Seaton Place, NW. Sample foods from Mexico, Latin America, Italy, Eritrea, Ethiopia, China, Germany and more...not to mention southern potato salad, Cajun jambalaya and sweet potato cupcakes! There will also be plenty of kids' activities and games.

In addition, you'll enjoy the entertainment of neighbor and jazz legend Maurice Lyles and the Maurice Lyles Trio!

Thanks to all of our participating businesses: Windows Cafe, Bloomingdale Liquors, B&J's, Big Bear Cafe, Yeung Fong, Golden China, Jam Doung and Luciana Cafe!

Admission is free. Donations (cash and plant materials) will be accepted by the S Street and Affiliated Blocks Association to beautify the tree boxes. Rain date is October 26 at 3:00 PM. For more information, contact J.C. Blount, 202/ 986- 2772.

Bloomingdale Farmers Market!

Dear BFM fans,

At long last and much awaited, our new producers! Cheese at the market at last!

From Pennsylvania: Keswick Creamery and Painted Hand Farm, From Loudoun County: Greenstone Fields Farm in Loudoun County, From 9th Street NW : Chez Hareg Pastries of Chez Hareg on 9th Street.

So, come out and make these new producers feel really welcome at BFM!

Yes, it's true. We are GROWING: CHEESE AND YOGURT and Veal and Mushrooms and Flowers and Beef and EGGS ARRIVE THIS WEEK AT Bloomingdale Farmers Market! RAIN or SHINE! I repeat, Rain or Shine! Rain or Shine. So if it is raining, just bring your umbrellas. It is dry under the tents and in the BBC.

To celebrate our new producers, we are having a special event:

FREE COOKING SCHOOL Raffle Tickets to All Shoppers Chef Susan Watterson, co-owner of the hot new Cooking School on 14th Street, CulinAerie, We will raffle off ONE FREE CULINAERIE COOKING CLASS FOR TWO and you can use it for any class you want in the next 12 months. IF you shop at BFM, you will get a free raffle ticket from every producer you shop with . So, you have lots of chances to win! She will also be doing a Cooking Demo (see below)

http://www.culinaerie.com/



What's new:

Robin's favorite yogurt from Keswick
11 different hard cheese-- handmade cheddars and fetas and Wallabies and Vermeer
Fresh farmers cheese (Quark)
Fresh Ricotta and Italian Style Vachino Bianca
Blue Cheese
Fresh Bovre soft cheese
Feta and marinated feta in olive oil with peppercorns, a bay leaf and garlic.
Fresh Cream Cheese with herbs
Keswick's own Chocolate pudding, created for Melanie's daughter, Maddy
HUMANELY raised veal chops, scallopini and ground
Shitake Mushrooms
French classic cookies, biscotti, pies and cakes
TASTE FREE Samples of every single cheese at the stand.

Keswick Creamery is a grass-based Pennsylvania dairy farm, a family farm since the 1970s, although Melanie's family have been farmers since the 1800s. The 40 registered Jersey cows eat grass all summer, spring and Fall-- long grass that has never seen a pesticide or fertilizer. Hay in the winter. Of course Keswick does not use antibiotics or hormones, pesticides or fertilizers. Their cheesemaker, Melanie Dietrich-Cochran, has been making cheeses since 2001. She has 40 Registered Jersey cows, the gold standard of dairy cows and they are munching grass and converting it into rich Jersey milk. It has been a closed herd for 25 years which means that the cows are healthy because they are all born on the farm and watched carefully from birth.

They make a nice range of aged raw milk cheeses (aged for at least 60 days) and pasteurized fresh cheeses.

Painted Hand Farm: Running the Keswick stand at BFM will be Sandy Miller, a former California chef and former Food writer for the LA Times. She not only works for Keswick Creamery, but she has her own Painted Hand Farm and she will be bringing her own humanely raised Veal-- Sandy started to raise veal because she did not like the inhumane way calves were raised : talk to her about the way she raises hers! Try her chops, scallopini and ground meat. She will also bring a small quantity of her free- range eggs so come early for those.

Where's the BEEF? It is finally here at BFM at Truck Patch! Steaks, roasts, ground beef. Raised on grass, finished on grass with a choice of grain if the cows want to eat a little as well.

Chez Hareg Pastries: Fabulous classic French cookies, biscotti, pies and cakes plus a whole line of Vegan sweets are Hareg's specialties. She has been written up by the Washingtonian, the Washington Post and a lot of blogs. We are very excited to have her join us for the rest of the season to take NanBon's place. (Aisha has been ill and had to drop out for the rest of the season)

Greenstone Fields Farm: MUSHROOMS and beautiful flowers! Barbara and Dennis raise mushrooms and grow spectacular lilies! I tasted their shitake mushrooms for the first time on Wednesday and they were wonderful. Not available at any other market in DC. A BFM exclusive.


FREE COOKING DEMO: Chef Susan Watterson, co-owner of the hot new CULINAERIE Cooking School on 14th Street, CulinAerie http://www.culinaerie.com/ at the market on Sunday Oct 26th.

Susan has spent the past sixteen years as a cook, chef, and culinary educator. Upon graduation she worked at Old Angler's Inn, a popular Potomac, MD restaurant, and then became Managing Director of L'Academie de Cuisine in Bethesda for two years. Returning to the kitchen, Susan was the catering director of Fresh Start Catering, a division of DC Central Kitchen and then earned acclaim as the executive chef of Café Bethesda, maintaining the restaurant's standing as one of Washingtonian's "One Hundred Very Best" during her tenure of three years. She was most recently a full-time instructor for technique courses at L'Academie, including the popular Fundamental Culinary Techniques and Culinary Skills Lab courses. Susan searches out authentic cooking techniques on her many travels around the globe and serves on L'Academie de Cuisine's Advisory Board.

Plus our *old favorites* --all the great breads at Panorama, the wonderful apples and ciders and fruit sauces and preserves at Reid, the terrific range of vegetables at Garner and Truck Patch. And Truck Patch's pastured pork chops, roasts, bacon, sausages.

Now you can make a truly great meat loaf with ground pork and beef from Truck Patch and ground veal from Painted Hand Farm. Wow. Or a steak smothered in mushrooms from the market.

Or stuffed mushroom caps with Keswick Cheese. Yum.

Robin, Ted, Ben, Jess

bloomingdale civic association meeting tonight

BCA Scheduled Meetings

The Bloomingdale Civic Association, Inc meets at 7PM on the 3rd Monday of each month. If a nationally celebrated holiday falls on the 3rd Monday, the meeting will be held on the 4th Monday of the month. Meetings are held at St. George’s Episcopal Church, located at 160 U Street NW.

October 20, 2008
November 17, 2008
December 15, 2008

website here

car break in

i got this letter from a neighbor and wanted to pass it along:



This morning (Saturday, October 18th) our car was broken into in the back alley behind Quincy Place, NW (between North Capitol and 1st Streets, NW). This happened some time between Midnight and 6:00 a.m. Luckily nothing was taken, but our first aid kit was left open on the front seat and the passenger door was ajar. We usually keep our car locked but last night we were distracted when we came in and forgot to lock the car doors. This is doubly embarrassing since one of our neighbors warned us earlier this week that she had seen a man walking in between the cars parked in the alley one night, and when she asked him what he was doing, she noticed that he was inebriated and asked her for a cigarette.

Fast forward to a few days later, and someone was snooping around in our car only to open the first aid kit (probably searching for inhalants or other digestible drugs/medication), got distracted, and left the door open behind him/her. Not cool.

I just wanted to share this with everyone in the Bloomingdale community, to serve as a reminder that we are ALL responsible for keeping our neighborhood safe, and that ongoing vigilance of who, what, why, and where is still (unfortunately) necessary every day - and night.

With thanks,

Residents on Quincy

I visited Art Enables yesterday.






Art Enables is a Washington, DC, arts-entrepreneurial program for adults with developmental and/or mental disabilities. The program draws participants with a flair for visual expression from throughout the Washington metropolitan area

Artwork created in the studio is sold in shows at the Art Enables gallery, via the web site, through retailers around the city and at galleries, markets and special events throughout the region. Artists earn 60% of revenue from sales.

To learn more about Art Enables, e-mail us or call 202.554.9455


Their next Art Opening will be SATURDAY • October 25
11 am - 6 pm


Visitors are welcome to the studio Monday - Friday 9 am - 4 pm or by appointment:
411 New York Ave., NE
Washington, DC 20002

a lot in NoMa

a lot in NoMa
Originally uploaded by Scenic Artisan

Open Houses in and around Bloomingdale scheduled for 10/19/2008

Thanks to all the agents who participated in lthe multi-broker Open House event in Bloomingdale and LeDroit Park last weekend. We had great turnout from neighbors and visitors who were curious to see what the neighborhood looks like.

Since we had a lot of Open houses in the immediate area last weekend, it is not surprising that there aren't a lot scheduled for this weekend. There are several within a few blocks though, so definitely some things to check out.

Here's the list.

I will be holding my listing in Shaw open from 1-4pm on Sunday. It's an almost 1000 sq foot 2BR 1BA condo one block from Metro. It has been fully updated and has nice city views. Address is 1605 7th St NW #6. Priced at $325,000.

In the neighborhood (not open this weekend, but worth mentioning because we just dropped the price to $274,900), is a condo listing I have at The Providence at 70 Rhode Island Ave NW, Unit 202. This is a fully updated true one bedroom with a great open floor plan, spacious kitchen with granite counters, wood floors, Kohler bathroom, and nice views of Bloomingdale's Victorian architecture.

this seems like another way to go crazy at home depot.

hopefully i'm wrong.


"For decades it has been extremely frustrating to get a permit from the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs," Fenty said. "You go down to 941 [North Capitol St.] or its predecessor and you ran around in circles before you left in frustration or got someone to [get a permit] for you. All of that has started to change."


apparently home despot has a kiosk to make getting a permit easier.

watch an artist work. friday night dusk till 10 PM.

Join the artist, Garin Baker, and his team for the kick off of the LeDroit Park Neighborhood Mural entitled “This is How We Live”


When: The outline of the mural will be projected from dusk until 10pm
Thursday October 16th, Friday October 17th and Saturday October 18th

Children’s activities will be provided on Saturday October 18th during the day as part of the Howard Homecoming Parade.

Where: 239 Elm Street NW

















The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities in collaboration with residents from the LeDroit Park community selected muralist Garin Baker to design, create and install a mural that will be centrally located in the LeDroit Park neighborhood. Mr. Baker’s mural concept ties in the historical context of the neighborhood while enforcing a positive message.

If you have further questions, please contact Rachel Dickerson, DC Creates Public Art Manager at 202-724-5613 or email Rachel.Dickerson@dc.gov.

Cheryl's Gone Reading Series October 16th, 8pm at Big Bear Cafe

This Thursday!!

Join us on October 16 for the next installment of Cheryl's Gone, our first event featuring two collaborative works:

VERB SAP recitative: a textual/musical collaboration between M. Magnus and flutist Jenifer Lapple

&

BLINK: text by J. Annie MacLeod, images by Colby Caldwell

plus poets Brandon Lewis and Christophe Casamassima


We'll do our best to start right at 8, so please be prompt.
Bios and more info at www.cherylsgone.com

See you then!


Cheryl's Gone Reading Series
October 16th, 8pm
at Big Bear Cafe
1st and R, NW
Washington D.C.
*free*

Big Bear on the radio

big bear was on NPR.

listen here

Multi-Broker Open House Event in Bloomingdale & LeDroit Park

Neighborhood Open House Event! Take Shaw Metro and walk, or start at any of the addresses listed.

Not familiar with the historic neighborhoods of Bloomingdale and LeDroit Park? Join us on Sunday from 1-4pm for Open Houses throughout the neighborhood!

Better yet, plan to come early and stop by the Bloomingdale Farmer's Market at 1st & R St NW (10am-2pm), or have a cup of coffee at Big Bear Cafe (also at 1st & R St NW), or Windows Cafe (1st & Rhode Island NW). Pick up some local dairy products (mmmmm, real cream in glass bottles) at Timor Bodega at 2nd & Rhode Island Ave NW).

Start at any of these properties. Lists will be available at each participating Open House:

$289,900 1BR 1BA 70 Rhode Island Ave NW
$316,900 3BR 2BA 1823 4th St NW
$399,000 2BR 2BA 1824 North Capitol St NW #1
$399,900 2BR 2BA 2109 2nd St NW
$429,000 1BR 1BA 531 T St NW #101
$459,000 2BR 2BA 125 T NW #3
$519,900 3BR 2BA 2030 1st St NW #2
$545,000 4BR 2BA 5 U St NW
$599,900 5BR 2.5BA 12 Randolph Pl NW
$599,999 5BR 3BA 2207 1st St NW
$615,000 4BR 3.5BA 67 U St NW

For more info, call 202-641-5373

Multiple Broker Event!

murder this morning?

i was told that there was a shooting on florida this morning. anyone know about it?


-some info here

-washington post blurb here
A woman was fatally stabbed this morning at a Metrobus stop in Northwest Washington in what D.C. police said was an apparent robbery or attempted robbery.

washington post article

nbc news

"greening the ghetto"

just wanted to share this talk.. its not about bloomingdale but i think its valuable information for us.

last day to register to vote

go here

please everyone, plan to vote.

Open Houses in and around Bloomingdale scheduled for Sunday 10/5

Here are the Open Houses scheduled in and around the neighborhood for this Sunday 10/5.

Note that for next weekend, several agents are working together to put together a walking tour type of coordinated Open House event. I'll post more info over the coming week.

stats for 20001

thought these stats were interesting

North Capitol Main Street receives official designation

BOARD PREPARES TO KICK OFF PROGRAM


Washington, DC - October 3, 2008 - North Capitol Main Street (NCMS) received official designation as a Main Street Program, after having successfully submitted its application to the city to become certified on July 31st.

The DC Main Streets program was created in 2002 to support the establishment and implementation of lasting, comprehensive revitalization initiatives in DC's traditional neighborhood business districts. DC Main Streets' goal is to support retail investment in the District through the retention and expansion of existing businesses and the recruitment of new businesses.

"Under the Main Street Program, NCMS becomes part of the largest network of commercial districts in the world and official designation will build our capacity to assist businesses and coordinate sustainable community-driven revitalization within our boundaries", says Pat Mitchell, President of the Board of Directors.

North Capitol Main Street's success will hinge on its ability to improve the corridor by encouraging new business development, assisting current business owners with matching products and services to changing demographics and through physical improvements.

"I commend the Mayor for his commitment to support neighborhood business districts through the Main Street Program. We're excited to have been chosen and we intend to hit the ground running."

KIPP school

despite my preference to have an arts center, i thought i'd share something about the guy that runs KIPP, the school that has expressed interest in Cook Elementary on P street NW

He's on the Colbert Report here
last 3/4 of the show

another article about Baraki

A tavern in the urbans of Bloomingdale

by Anna Tauzin on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 13:24

There’s a new resident moving into the quiet neighborhood of Bloomingdale, and it’s causing quite a stir.

read it
here

question for anyone reading.. is this causing a larger stir that other places/ applying for liquor licenses elsewhere in the district, especially in neighborhood with no taverns?

it seems to me no, but i dont really know. this one happens to have a few public websites talking about it with open comments.

Wine, Live Music, Good Feeling, Harry Thomas and Art at 87FLORIDA this Weekend

Wine, Live Music, Good Feeling, Harry Thomas and Art at

87FLORIDA this Weekend

Our promising, rapidly developing, up-and-coming part of the city is a chosen venue this Friday and Saturday of the city's fourth annual Duke Ellington Jazz Festival performance series "Jazz In The 'Hoods."

Come be a part of it...

Endorsing the rich history, art, music and live thriving here, the Festival brings to 87FLORIDA oct. 3 + 4 :

Stellar veteran bass player/composer Michael Bowie - FRIDAY 9 PM

And

Exciting drummer/vibraphone player Chuck Redd - SATURDAY 9 PM

Both shows are seated, and end about 10:45

With Ward 5
DC Councilman Harry Thomas welcoming, wine poured gratis, featured oil/watercolor/giclee prints from past shows and a small sculptural preview of A 2009 87FLORIDA exhibit to come...

...20.00 at the door for the 501C3 Festival and the musicians...

...please join us and enjoy a rich experience close to home.

For more information and full Festival schedule, see www.dejazzfest.com and www.87FLORIDA.com

Ceci Cole-McInturff, Artist Owner
87FLORIDA
Urban Art Space With A Mission
87 Florida Avenue, N.W.

Proud host of DC's 4th Annual Duke Ellington Jazz Festival performances:

FRI/SA Oct 3 + 4
9 pm/doors 8:30
20.00 cash only

www.dejazzfest.com
www.87FLORIDA.com

fire last night

I'm told there was a fire at 54 Randolph Place NW last night.
It seems no one was injured but the house in uninhabitable.

If i hear anything else about this i'll pass on.

Great Future Property

the old Savemore Grocery has a new website

got cardboard?

a friend in Mount Vernon Triangle sent me this:

"I am currently building an art project for a non-profit organization to which I belong, that will be seen on television by millions worldwide. To make this 'Art' project a reality, I am looking for you to donate LARGE pieces of gently used cardboard or foamboard ( or any material of comparable thickness and strength).

Ideal pieces of cardboard should be large enough to cut 3 foot x 3 foot stars. SO, If you recently bought a bed, refrigerator or washing machine, save the box for me. Take a trip to your local grocery store and ask the manager for any empty boxes that fit my description (boxes that have been soiled by food products need not apply). Does your office have any old foamboard signs used for a conference or meeting 6 years ago that is just collecting dust in the closet? I'll take it...."

any assistance is appreciated"



his address is
tsheetz at gmail com

meeting about Baraki on thursday

Bloomingdale ( for Now ) has the details

a way to support the FLUX proposal

if you wish to support the FLUX team's proposed use of Cook School please let these people know:

Robin Eve Jasper, director of the Office of Property Management at robin-eve.jasper@dc.gov

Harry Thomas HThomas@dccouncil.us,

his director of constituent services Ayawna Chase at achase@dccouncil.us

and the Mayor's contact for community relations in Ward Five: alice.thompson@dc.gov

Call for Bloomingdale Artists!

here is a message from a neighbor:


Call for Bloomingdale Artists!

Artists of all kinds (visual artists, performing artists, musicians, craftspersons, writers, poets, spoken-word artists, and any others I may be forgetting momentarily) are invited to come together to form a steering committee/brainstorming/creative research group to build a local arts-based response to the various issues facing our community. The model and intent for this project springs from the Community-based Arts tradition (also known as Community Cultural Development), which holds that artists have skills that are of particular relevance for helping communities to process and transform the issues that they face through positive, joyful, creative processes.

Melanie St. Ours, a North Capitol St resident and community-based theatre artist who has worked with groups in Manhattan, The Bronx, and in New Delhi, is hoping to bring the work she loves a little closer to home. She's been impressed with the degree of community involvement and action, but believes that an arts-based process has a lot to add to the efforts that are already underway here. She's interested in heading up a performance component of the project, but hopes that as many artists from the community can be involved as possible and that we can have multiple aspects to the project to include many different media.

Right now, the intent is simply to gauge initial interest levels, meet with interested artists, and brainstorm ideas for a plan of action. If you're an artist in the neighborhood and are interested in finding ways to use your work to get to know your community better, serve that community, and collaborate with artists from other disciplines, please be in touch! No commitments are needed at this phase----just curiosity!!!

If you're interested in this project please send an email with your name, email address (and phone number if it's better to reach you by phone), the medium in which you work, and a basic idea of when you might be available for an initial meeting. Please write to: melaniest.ours @ gmail.com . Feel free to include other comments and questions as well, but know that many of those will be answered as we get to know each other and define the scope of the project more specifically. T

Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you!

~Melanie St. Ours / melaniest.ours @ gmail.com

Open Houses in and around Bloomingdale scheduled for this weekend

Click on this link to see Open Houses scheduled in and around Bloomingdale for this weekend.

I'll be holding a new listing open, just one block from the Shaw Metro, on Sunday from 1-4pm. It's 1605 7th St NW #6 (see it on the open house link and there are lots of pics so be sure to click the camera icon). For $325,000. AT Metro, for a renovated 2BR with almost 1000 square feet, tree top and city views, it's an awesome deal! The building is included in the National Register of Historic Places. Development of Radio One HQ, the revitalization of the O St Market, and other amenities being added close to the Convention Center, make it time to get in NOW!

Street Sense’s Third Annual Silent Auction

Movin’ On Up

Street Sense’s Third Annual

Silent Auction & Reception

October 2, 2008, 7pm

Josephine Butler Park Center,

2437 Fifteenth Street, NW

Tickets start at $25 a piece for access to the auction, endless appetizers, beer and wine, and great fun with Street Sense vendors, board and staff.

For more info or to buy tickets, visit http://www.streetsense.org/auction2008.jsp

Eighth Annual National Book Festival

just passing this on:

Library of Congress Adds New Authors to Eighth Annual National Book Festival; Free Podcasts Invite Nationwide Participation in Celebration of Reading

The Library of Congress has added new famed authors to the award-wining lineup for the 2008 National Book Festival. Free downloadable podcasts, available on iTunes and the Library's Web site, as well as other interactive features, bring the magic of the National Book Festival to booklovers nationwide.

Washington, DC (PRWEB) August 13, 2008 -- The Library of Congress has added several new authors to the award-winning lineup for the 2008 National Book Festival, which will be held on the National Mall from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sept. 27.

Among the some 70 celebrated authors who will be participating in this year's event are early-childhood experts Ellen Birnbaum and Nancy Schulman, Michael Dobbs -- award-winning foreign correspondent for The Washington Post -- New York Times best-selling author Julie Morgenstern, and veteran journalist Cathy Scott.

There have also been several additions to the popular Poetry pavilion, including Michael Lind, Molly Peacock, Jill Allyn Rosser and the recently announced new Poet Laureate, Kay Ryan.

The introduction of new downloadable author podcasts, which are available free of charge through the Library's Web site or on iTunes, makes it possible for booklovers around the country to participate in the event. Interviews capturing their latest works and inspiration are available with Warren Brown, Joseph Bruchac, Sharon M. Draper, Arthur Frommer and Pauline Frommer, Jan Brett, Jon Scieszka, R.L. Stine and Kay Ryan. More podcasts with festival authors, illustrators and poets will be uploaded in the coming weeks.

Other interactive features include event Webcasts, which will be made available this year and have been archived from previous festivals. The Library also will soon launch an updated version of the Young Readers' Online Toolkit to bring the festival into libraries, schools and homes across the country.

You can find out more about this year's National Book Festival, interactive features, and the full list of participating authors, illustrators and poets by visiting www.loc.gov/bookfest.

Don't forget to download and display the 2008 National Book Festival Poster in your home, school, local library and community (right click image to save to your desktop or print).

Event at 87Florida tonight and Saturday!

Haven't been to 87Florida yet? You have a chance to check it out this weekend.

Here is my post from the Prince of Petworth blog.

the weather report that matters

Umbrella?

a post about houses sales

buildingdc.com writes about LeDroit Park ( defined rather broadly...)

apparently sales have been good.

burger places popping up everywhere these days

ReNewShaw relays word that Fatburger will be opening a place on Florida Avenue. I guess its THIS place.

WPA + Warehouse theatre , but apparently not AOM

some other blogs have written about the FLUX proposal

DCist
and Prince of Petworth
and on DC MUD

A number of people have asked how to help. when meetings are scheduled for FLUX to talk with neighbors, please go to those meetings. I'll post about them here. If you know of a meeting and i've not yet posted, please comment about it.

thanks.

Please support this proposal for an Arts Space along the North Capitol Corridor.

here is a proposal that i fully support for the reutilization of Cook Elementary at 30 P street NW.
(kinda like my hope for Swampoodle Art's, a couple years back)
please provide input, if you have any.


A collaborative arts center located at J.F. Cooke Elementary School

DESCRIPTION
FLUX is a collaborative arts center partnering the visual and performing arts, arts
administration, community arts programming, artist studio space, and a design workshop
under one roof. The mission of the FLUX partners, the Washington Project for the Arts,
The Warehouse Theater & Gallery, and Artomatic, is to create a synergetic hub for the
arts that meets the needs of area artists, designers, performers, residents and arts
administrators by creating a multi-purpose flexible venue which is deeply used to further
the mission of the individual partners and provide unique, exciting and culturally rich
community benefits.

PARTNERS
The Washington Project for the Arts, founded in 1975, has a rich 31-year history as an
artist member organization, with over 1200 members, and a provider of engaging, highprofile,
well-attended arts programming in the DC metropolitan region. The WPA has
implemented and supported programs that include exhibitions, panel discussions,
printed catalogues, a digital artfile, ArtFile Online and a comprehensive artist directory
that benefits local residents.
The Warehouse Theater & Gallery is Washington’s leading alternative art space.
Currently located in three historic buildings on 7th Street NW, the Warehouse presents
independent and experimental theater, music, art, film, dance and happenings
Artomatic began in 1999 when three hundred and fifty artists cleaned, lit, painted and
colonized the Manhattan Laundry building for a 6 week art show. Over 50,000 visitors
attended the most recent Artomatic 2008, held in the NoMa area of downtown
Washington.

OVERVIEW
Given the substantial lack of studio, gallery, performance and arts administration office
space, this facility could potentially fill critical needs in the city’s arts-space continuum.
The property requires little alterations to be repurposed for artist studios, exhibit space,
classrooms, performance and rehearsal space, office space, and the required
administrative, storage and other support space. FLUX will be developed and managed in
a collaborative model with complimentary partners whose use of the space would
provide a dynamic and synergetic presence in the community and create affordable
workspace and venues appropriate to house artist studios, galleries, theatre space, a
community arts workshop space, a design workshop and arts administration offices.
Professional artists require particular physical characteristics – high ceilings, natural
light and ventilation. The lack of an industrial base, compounded by the limited
development envelope, has always made finding affordable studio space a particular
challenge for District artist residents.

IMPACT
Creating FLUX addresses three critical needs facing the artists of the District of
Columbia: 1) viable, affordable work/studio space; 2) effective facility management of a
visual arts center and community facility; and 3) professional yet nurturing arts
environments that encourage innovation and the creative process. FLUX will adapt the
space to provide low-cost studio, exhibit, design, and theatre and support space to
District artists and visual arts organizations, allowing their focus to remain on the
artistic process and community service.

FLUX SPACE USAGE
• Cultural Experiences Monthly open studios will invite area residents to engage
artists, purchase their work, and engage in community arts programming.
Residents will also have the opportunity to attend gallery openings, rotating
exhibitions and artist talks. The gallery and theatre will host events featuring well
known local artists, performances, art workshops, discussion groups and artist
salons.
• Performing Arts A regular program of theatre performances will be planned,
along with music and spoken word events, workshops and special theatrical
events, affording area residents the opportunity to access high quality theatre in
their neighborhood.
• Festivals/Markets The land surrounding the building would be used for weekly
artist’s markets, outdoor sculpture and other outdoor community events.
• Arts Education and Salons The Washington Project for the Arts and Artomatic
will hold regular workshops and classes covering best practices for professional
artists and will also engage outside speakers to lecture to the local arts
community. Regular salons for WPA member and studio artists will take place in
the workshop, along with classes led by artists for area teens interested in careers
in arts and design.
• Arts and Design Administration Office space for Artomatic and a separate
design workshop for resident designers, the fastest growing component of artists
living in DC, provides a hub for individual and area culture groups to work
together in creating and designing websites, print materials, theatre sets,
exhibitions, and other special events, both internally at FLUX, and for outside
clients where there is high demand for design services.
• Community Meetings FLUX will be an accessible space for community residents.
The classrooms, gallery and conference room will be available for ANC and
community meetings, plus other civic associations or neighborhood groups.

CONFIGURATION OF USES
Space allocation of the 43,500 feet would be as follows:
􀂉 1st floor: Box office, Theatre manager, Warehouse office space, Design
Workshop and rehearsal, set storage space, community workshop space,
cafe
􀂉 2nd floor: Artist Studios, and studio manager office space
􀂉 3rd floor: Large gallery in former library, artist studio space, kitchen,
workshop, community space, WPA Office, Artomatic Office space
􀂉 The parking lot and adjacent area could be used for festivals, artist
markets, weekend outdoor events and outdoor sculpture space.
Washington Project for the Arts, The Warehouse Theater & Gallery, and Artomatic
propose to manage and use J.F. Cook Elementary School at 30 P Street, NW as a
collaborative visual, performing arts, design, and arts administration center that serves
multiple constituencies and attracts a broad audience. This use incorporates a variety of
culture and community needs which could create a neighborhood asset and a prominent
regional destination. The reuse of the property as a visual and performing arts center,
arts administration offices, and a design workshop will allow it to provide a haven for
some of our city’s hardest working residents – our artists – and a cultural haven for area
residents and their families.

MORE INFO
Paul Ruppert - pwr@warehousetheater.com
Adam Griffiths – agriffiths@wpadc.org

video about 7th street gardens

7th street gardens

eckington place on DC Cab.

I hadn't watch DC Cab since... well.. the first time it was HBO i think.
I watched it recently and was pleased to see Eckington Place in one shot. All the trains stored in the CSX/ fairfield development lot. Pre XM radio. pretty cool seeing places as a snapshot in time. Especially a time i wasnt around.


i know of the mars attacks house on first street nw



any other neighborhood film locations you know of?

fairfield residential

we posted about fairfield then posted about its death.

but now it seems like its a go.

i'm not quite sure where to find the right info
here?
other stuff here

and thanks to a comment i found this page

i know theres been a lot of discussion on the eckington yahoo group about this too.

washington times mentions bloomingdale

Residents see bar as threat to calm
Fear return of crimes, drugs


At a recent community meeting, Mrs. Holliday expressed the thoughts of many older Bloomingdale residents.

"It's too fragile, this level of peacefulness and calm and cleanliness," she said. "We've had that less than six months and to bring in a major thing like that and the drug dealers are right back."


here is the article


Are you afraid of a tavern?
Do you see it as a threat?

food stuffs.

i added a link to our list of dining options to the sidebar. if you've got more, or have amendments to whats list, shout it out.

Windows Cafe is upping the Game

some kitchen rearranging has happened. heres a sample of some of their new offerings:

1. California mixed greens, shaved organic fiesta fennel, oranges, pinenuts, artichoke and balsamic vinaigrette. $8.95.

2. Pesto Canadian fresh salmon over saffron couscous. $11.95

3. Roasted Portobello, roasted red peppers, chevre, artichoke omelette with potato hash. $8.95.

4. Capalleni Angel Hair pasta with chipotle clam sauce. $8.95.

5. Grilled chicken breast topped with pepperoni, mozarella on a rosemary focaccia. $8.95.

Soups $2.95:

roasted red pepper & tomato
cream of potato

farmers market on sunday

message from the market peoples:


Hi BFM fans!:

What do we have this week:

Gorgeous weather! No excuses not to come to market, right?

The Lost River Trio playing Appalachian roots music. They were a big hit a few weeks ago. (And the kids loved them, too)

Cooking Demo at 7th Street Garden.

Heirloom and hybrid red tomatoes, beans, squash, eggplant, peaches, apples, melons and sweet grapes, salad greens, stir- fry greens, pasture-raised pork and lamb , Fall squash.

Apples Apples Apples: That's right, we will have more than 40 varieties of new and antique apples at the market over the next two months. Not all at once, but as they ripen throughout the Fall, Reid's Orchard brings you a wide range of apple varieties every week.

Check out NanBon's NEW stand! It is fabulous. (Really)

Lamb Shank Sale at New Asbury


RECIPE TIPS : Peppers: Roast them on the grill or in the oven, stick them in a bowl, cover with a plate and let the steam loosen the skins. Then peel away the charred papery outer skin and you've got the makings of a fall feast. Whip fresh goat cheese with slivered basil and spoon that into the peeled peppers. Or do as they do in Italy's Piedmont region, and stuff them with a quick mousse made by puréeing good canned tuna and olive oil and stirring in some capers. Or simply toss them with minced garlic, olive oil and sherry vinegar. (thanks, Russ Parsons)

Or just slice peeled peppers into long strips and drizzle olive oil, add some thinly sliced garlic and plate. They make a beautiful appetizer just like that or served on toasted bread rubbed with garlic. Peeled peppers freeze beautifully. I like to puree garlicky pepper strips. They make a great dip by themselves, a pasta sauce or even a pepper soup. Puree peppers and Keswick feta and olive oil and you have a traditional Yemeni dip. (Tip: When I make a sauce or dip, I add a hot pepper to the puree to offset the sweet pepper )

You can make stuffed peppers. Vegetarian-- stuffed with rice and sauteed onions, and soaked raisins and toasted pine nuts if like a mix of sweet and savoury. Meat eaters should stuff them with browned ground sausage from Truckpath or New Asbury and onions and rice. Then braise them for several hours over low heat in a covered casserole in several cups of water mixed with olive oil and lemon juice from several lemons Add several chopped tomatoes. The liquid will cook down eventually to a syrupy sauce and the peppers will become very tender. Or cook them in a 250 degree oven for several hours. Spoon over that lemony syrup before you serve.

NEW at Nanbon: Pear nut bread, apple bread pudding, zucchini bread, and peach cobbler.

REID: lots of eating and cooking apples, Snow Giant white peaches, Encore yellow peaches, a few nectarines, a few raspberries and blackberries, delicious table grapes, Reid's own salsas and preserves, cider, and lots of pesticide-free heirloom tomatoes. Caitlin planted a lot of unusual varieties of heirlooms this year. Try them!

New Asbury: Lamb on Sale! Now that the weather has cooled a bit, it is time to turn on the oven and bake some long cooking lamb shanks. Bill and Joan are offering a 10% off Shanks special, probably with some samples for your to taste as well.

Truck Patch: Jade, purple and yellow green beans, cucumbers, mixed peppers, mesclun, arugula, baby chard, purslane, red and white potatoes, cantaloups, lots of heirloom tomatoes, and from the pastured pork side of the farm: all fresh loins, spare ribs, roasts, bacon, slab bacon, fresh bacon, sausages. applewurst.

Truck Patch' pastured pork shoulders were the star of the Kriston's Texas -style smoked pig roast last week. Now you can cook one yourself. (Ask Kriston about his spice rub and marinade.)

Garner: Bernard's CORN BOIL was terrific last week and there will be corn for another 2-3 weeks to cook up your own!

Also at Garner: tomatoes, cucumbers, green and wax beans, okra, white and purple and lavender eggplants zucchini, melons, peppers of all colors spilling out of those bright green bushels plus a few FALL favorites: sweet potatoes, acorn, butternut, Japanese, spaghetti and carnival winter squash. ...and RECYCLABLE SHOPPING BAGS. Help us get rid of plastic shopping bags at the market.

Large Potted Mums ! There are lots of buds on these beauties and Bernard tells me that they should last for SIX weeks.

7th Street Garden is back! Tomatoes, herbs, eggplant, peppers, and greens. Erin will be there and she is doing a cooking demo at their stand. Be sure to stop by!

Breadline: I have been toasting up the sourdough loaf all week. It makes the best toast. Yum. But there are lots of baguettes and rolls and whole grain and whole wheat and focaccia and....sweets.

See you Sunday,

Robin, Ted, Ben, Jess
--
Robin Shuster
Markets & More
14& U Farmers Market
Bloomingdale Farmers Market

email: marketsandmore@gmail.com (sign up for our weekly market email!)


The 14&U Farmers Market:
Day: Every Saturday May 10- November 22nd,
Time: 9am - 1pm
Place: On the sidewalk of the Reeves Plaza, at the NW corner of 14th and U Streets NW.



The Bloomingdale Farmers Market:
Date: Every Sunday May 18th- November 23rd,
Time:10am - 2pm
Place: In front of the Big Bear Cafe on First and R Streets NW.


We Welcome WIC and Senior GET FRESH checks at both markets.

pricey condo

check out this kickin renovation job

heres a list of open houses this weekend.

walking tour of NoMa Sunday, September 21

NoMa BID, Cultural Tourism DC Host

Walking Tour of NoMa, Sunday, September 21

“From the Beatles to XM Radio: The Evolution of NoMa” is the subject of Cultural Tourism DC’s free neighborhood walking tour of the NoMa (North of Massachusetts Avenue) neighborhood of Washington, D.C. on Sunday, September 21 from 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. Led by Dana Chieco and Merrit Drucker of the NoMa Business Improvement District, the tour will meet at 131 M Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. just across M Street from the New York Avenue Metro station.

NoMa, the up-and-coming neighborhood just north of Union Station, is home to landmarks such as the Washington Coliseum (now called Uline Arena), site of the Beatles first U.S. concert in 1967. The New York Avenue Metro station opened in 2004, igniting the pace of development in NoMa. With lead anchors like XM Radio; the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; and NPR, a new mixed-use neighborhood is taking shape. Other tour highlights include a former coal yard, the historic C&P Telephone Company warehouse (future home of NPR), St. Aloysius Church and Gonzaga High School, the former Woodies warehouse, and remnants of the old Swampoodle neighborhood including the Emily Beale estate and Tiber Creek. Participants also will receive learn about current and planned redevelopment.

About the NoMa BID: NoMa is an emerging mixed-use neighborhood north of the U.S. Capitol and Union Station in Washington, D.C. Private developers have invested over $1 billion in 2007–2008 alone, with plans to develop more than 20 million square feet of office, residential, hotel, and retail space in the 35-block area covered by the NoMa BID over the next 10 years. For more information about the BID, including an interactive development map, see the BID Web site at www.nomabid.org.

About WalkingTown DC: Cultural Tourism DC presents WalkingTown, DC Fall Edition (Saturday, September 20 and Sunday, September 21), a weekend of free neighborhood walking tours (and a few bike tours) across the city. Follow professional guides and community leaders as they share historic anecdotes, point out architectural gems, and discuss current issues. Discover both established and emerging Washington neighborhoods from Capitol Riverfront; H Street, NE; and Anacostia, in addition to better known spots like Georgetown, Capitol Hill, and Embassy Row. For a full calendar of events, visit www.culturaltourismdc.org.

NW corner of florida and north cap.

the old gas station lot has been fenced off and there was work going on today. is stuff moving forward with this?

Learn about the florida avenue market this saturday

From Frozen Tropics


Another chance to catch our semi-regular tour of the Florida/Capital City Market-
Explore Florida Market/Capital City Market
Saturday 9 - 11 am
Meet outside New York Avenue Metro station (Florida Avenue exit)
End at Litteri’s Italian Deli, 517 Morse Street, NE
The Florida Market is the city’s major wholesale food distribution center. The tour will stop at restaurants and vendors, including the DC Farmers Market building, and address development issues such as increased demand for urban living. Led by Richard Layman and presented by Citizens Planning Coalition, Frozen Tropics weblog, and Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space weblog.

You can also meet us at 8am at Young's for Korean/Salvadorian food.

Civic Association meeting discussing Baraki

IMGoph has it covered HERE

shots last night?

one from the mailbag:



Hi there,

Just wondering if you heard any reports or follow up police action on shots my wife and I heard fired last night (Tues Sept 16) between 9 and 10pm. We live on the 100 block of Rhode Island NW and had our windows open while watching TV.

For some reason I noticed an odd sounding high pitched motorized bike of some sort driving by, and then what sounded like a half block away toward 2nd St we both heard very distinctly, "pop, pop, pop, pop". It was four evenly spaced pops, definitely gun fire. The bike sound may have been a coincidence, but it sticks out in my mind. After a few minutes a single patrol car came cruising onto T St. NW and drove around for a bit, put it's searchlight on, and tried to find out what was going on, but from what we could see, the officer didn't find anything. In fear of him driving away, we called 911 to report the gun shots so any other calls would be collaborated and we were told there were several calls in the area reporting gun fire.

Shortly thereafter, the cruiser hit the lights and sirens and zoomed east on Rhode Island. That was the last of any action we saw or heard.

Just wondering what others saw or heard or if there was anything mixed into last night's police reports that would match up to this incident.

Thanks


anyone know anything?

whatever you call it, i'll be calling it the Swanky Safeway

looks at this photoset of the new city vista safeway @ 5th and k, right on the P6 line.

a blurb on dcmetrocentric

DC Metrocentric asked me a coupla questions about Bloomingdale and posted about it here

Les Petits Chanteurs

Last sundays festivities covered HERE


there are some pictures of the event on the Bloomingdale Photo Pool

tonight, a fast tracked emergency vote for Cook School

Other community based and focused arts organizations have applied for the use of the Cook School. We've got lots of charters schools and regular old schools nearby, but no arts facilities. Cook could potentially become an arts outreach facility that can touch all segments of our neighborhood and city.




heres the info on the meetings tonight:
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Catholic University Pryzbyla Center
off McCormick Road, NE (behind the Columbus School of Law)
7:05 – 9:00 p.m.

MONTHLY MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA

ANC5C citizens are invited to bring suggestions and recommendation for community improvement to the meeting. However, please observe simply courtesies at all times -- wait to be recognized before speaking and do not speak over others or while others have the floor. Please limit your comments to ONE MINUTE so to give others a chance for expression. Members of the community will be recognized to speak in turn following the Commissioners. The Sergeant-at-Arms shall maintain public order during the meeting. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Part I: Community Concerns and Reports ------ 7:05 p.m.

1) Call to Order …………………………………………….… Commissioner Bonds
2) Roll Call …………………………………………………... Commissioner Daneker
3) Approval of the July 2008 Meeting Minutes ….………… Commissioner Salatti
4) Acknowledgement of Community and Guests ………….. Commissioners Day and Holloway
5) Treasurer’s Report ………………………….….……….… Commissioner DeFoe
6) PSA and MPD5CAC Update …………………..…………… Robert Brannum, 5D-CAC President
7) Community Comments .………….…………. Moderated by Commissioners Grant and Daneker
8) Remarks from the Office of Ward 5 Councilmember Harry Thomas, Jr.
9) Comments by Alice Thompson, Mayor’s Office of Community Relations and Services

Part II: Outstanding Business ------- 7:30 p.m.

Commission Vote on PUD Request for St. Paul’s Housing Development (5C09)
Progress Reports on Outstanding Grants ……………………… Commissioner Day
Project Reports, Vote on WiFi Network Proposal (5c03) and New Proposals for Consideration
Part III: New Business ------- 8:00 p.m.
Emergency Vote Request: KIPP Public Charter School Proposed for Cook School Site (5C02)
Emergency Vote Request: PUD Extension for 4th and Rhode Island NE Project
5C08)
ANC 5C Single-Member District Projects and Meeting Announcements --
Metropolitan Bike Trail Construction (5C03)
Youth Mentoring (5C05 and 5C09)
Operation Crackdown (5C05)
Traffic Studies (5C04 and 5C11)
Residential Property Emergency Identification Project (5C01)
Resolutions: Commemorative, Administrative, Programs and Issues

Part V: Committee of the Whole Executive Session -------- 8:50 p.m.

This portion of the meeting is reserved for COMMISSION ACTION ONLY, therefore audience comments will not be entertained. The audience is asked to hold their comments and share them with their Single Member District Representative at the conclusion of the meeting. Thanks again for your cooperation.

1) Pay Bills ………………………………………………………….. Commissioners Day and DeFoe
2) Items for October 2008 Meeting Agenda
Abdo Project CUA South Campus Project (5C10)
Update on Construction of City Charter School at former Armstrong Trades School (5C02)
Update on McMillian Project Planning (5C07)

Meeting Adjourns ……….. 9:00 p.m.

Bloomingdale Artist nominated for Craftiest Bastard of the Year

Bloomingdale resident Rania Hassan* has been nominated by the City Paper Staff for the Craftiest Bastard of the Year, for the annual Crafty Bastards art and craft festival.

You may cast your vote on-line or at the event!



Crafty Bastards!
Sept 28 :: Sunday, 10-5pm
Marie Reed Learning Center
Adams Morgan :: DC




* yeah, she's also my wife. : )

another blog concerning bloomingdale

Living in The Chocolate City

photos from sunday?

anyone have any photos from the choir and pig roast yesterday?
post 'em HERE

Important meeting tonight

On the agenda for the Bloomingdale Civic Association

- the nomination of candidates for the Civic Association's upcoming election of officers, and

- an Association resolution about the liquor license application for the proposed tavern at 84-86 T St, NW. Under discussion will be the proposed hours of operation, parking, trash disposal, and the noise that may accompany operation of this business. We will issue an invitation to the owners to address the community on behalf of their business.


Neighbors with any other business to bring before the Civic Association should contact us at bloomingdaleca @ gmail.com to ask for a place on our agenda.

The meeting will be held at St. George's Episcopal Church, located at 160 U St, NW. It will begin promptly at 7:00 p.m. and refreshments will be served.

sunday! famers, pig eaters, signers and partyers unite!

i'll be over at adams morgan day on sunday ( Arts on Belmont) , but theres a bunch of stuff going on here in bloomingdale at first and r nw.

the farmers.
10 AM- 2 PM. please go and support our farmers market, and then go support Timor and Windows to round out your cupboard needs.


the smoked pig eaters
come eat smoked pig.

the signers
Les Petits Chanteurs, a singing and musical group from Haiti will be performing.

If you missed it last year ( which i did), go this year ( which i can't, for the same reason again.... can you guys do this a different weekend next year?) you apparently missed a really wonderful event.

the partyers.
Big Bear Cafe is celebrating its anniversary by throwing a party. 7- midnight. come out and thank Lana and Stu for all the energy, good food, awesome art shows and poetry readings and caffeine and smoked pig that they've brought to the neighborhood. oh.. they have cool big bear t shirts for sale too ; )

go check it out.

****************************************************************
I can't find the info for the times of the pig eating and song listening, so if you know, please post it. i'll add it in later, i've been a bit pressed for time this ..uh.. month.. but i really wanted to get this posted. seems like if you go by between 10 am and midnight, they're will be something going on.




( hey also, arts on foot is this friday and saturday... come by!)

food delivery options for bloomingdale

There was an ongoing discussion on a neighborhood listserve about places that deliver to bloomingdale.

a neighbor went through all the emails and compiled a list. This list is a work in progress and i'll continue to edit and add links as i can. i'll post a link to this list in the margin, so it doesnt get buried.
If there are more, please leave a comment and i will add them.



FOOD DELIVERY/TAKEOUT in BLOOMINGDALE

Indian

Mehak
Chinatown
408.9292
M-Th 11 am-10pm, F-Sa 11am-10:30pm, Su 12pm-10pm

Thai
Sala Thai
1301 U St
462.1333
M-Th 11:30am-10:30 pm, F 10:30-11pm,
Sa 12pm-11pm, Su 12pm-10:30pm

Thai Chili
(Chinatown)
393.2905,
M-F 11am-3pm, 5-10pm;
Sa-Su 5-10pm

Thai Xing
(in LeDroit Park, 515 Florida Ave, delivery & take-out only)
332.4322,

Thai Tanic
588.1795
Daily: 11:30am-9:45pm

Kanlaya!
740 6th street nw
393.0088

Sushi
Sushi Go Round & Tapas
(Chinatown)
393.2825 M-F 11am-3pm, 5-10pm;
Sa-Su 5-10pm

Chinese

WokNRoll
604 H St NW
347-4656
www.wokandrolldc.com
(http://www.wokandrolldc.com/)
M-Th 10:30am-10:30pm Fr-Sa 10:30am- 1:00am,
Su 12pm-10:30pm




Great Wall Schezuan House
1527 14th St NW
797.8888
M-Th 11am-10pm, Fr-Sa
11am-10:30pm
Sun 11:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.

Pizza

Pizza Boli's
(Pizza, Pasta, Subs)
462.3100
Su-Th
10:30-1am, Fr-Sa 10:30-3:30 am

Today’s Pizza
3928 12th St NE
529-2900
M-Th
12am-1am, Fr-Sa 11am-2:30am, Su 11am-12am


Domino’s
232-8400
Su-Th 11:00am-1:00am, Fr-Sa 11:00am-2:00am

Papa John’s
313 H ST, NW
986.2222
10am-1am

Manny & Olga’s
1841 14th St
387-1214
Su-Th 10:30 am-2am, Fri-Sa 10:30 am-3am

Baffetto Pizza
2005 18th St NW
483-3333

Su-Th 11am-1am, Fr-Sa 11am-3:30am
(Pie varieties include the arrabiata with spicy red pepper sauce, mushrooms
and olives, chicken pesto with grilled chicken, sundried tomatoes and olives
and a simple margarita. Diners can choose from four different sauces and can
opt for the thin crust variety; AND great Subs)

Moroni and Brothers
4811 Georgia Avenue NW
829-2090
http://moroniandbrothers.com/

M-Thu 7am -11:30pm, Fri-Sa 7am-12am, Su 11am-10pm

Taqueria
Tacos Pepitos
(Colum. Heights)
232.7121
M-Th 8am-10pm; F-Sa
8am-11pm; Su 8am-10pm

Chix
2019 11th street nw
234.2449


Local non-Delivery

Luciana Cafe (carryout only)
North Capitol & P NW
234.7040

Yeung Fong Carryout

1701 N Capitol St NE

(202) 832-3869

Eastern Carryout

1532 N Capitol St NW

(202) 745-5816

Chinese: Full Yum (carryout only)
North Capitol & P NE
832.0637,
M-Th10:30am-1am, Fr-Sa 10:30 am- 2am, Su 12pm-12am

Big Bear Cafe

1700 First st nw

Washington, DC

(202) 470-5543

Pound Coffee

200 Florida Ave NE

Washington, DC

(202) 408-5282

Hot Trout Grill
8 Florida Ave. NW

recently closed for health code violations, so... well.. just so you know.

Jam Doung Style

1726 N Capitol St NW

(202) 483-2445 ...
(website seems to be down)

Dunkin' Donuts

1739 New Jersey Ave NW

Washington, DC

(202) 332-6444


Windows Cafe
website
101 Rhode Island Ave NW
(202) 462-6585

B & J North Carolina BBQ
238 Rhode Island Avenue, NW
202-387-3000





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"newcomers" in harlem

i thought this article from the new york times was an interesting read:

In an Evolving Harlem, Newcomers Try to Fit In



In the past few years, the “Village of Harlem,” as older residents still call it, has become a 21st-century laboratory for integration. Class and money and race are at the center of the changes in the neighborhood. Lured by stately century-old brownstones and relatively modest rents, new faces are moving in and making older residents feel that they are being pushed out. There have been protests, and anger directed as much at the idea of the newcomers as at them personally.

another quote from the article

What is occurring in Harlem is part of a wider trend across the nation reshaping poorer black enclaves like the Fillmore District in San Francisco, Bronzeville in Chicago and Columbia Heights in Washington. Harlem, because of its status as a symbol of black success and independence, has been among those most closely watched.

Don't look down on a man...

Don't look down on a man...
Originally uploaded by Suse_dc

unless you gonna pick him up.


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http://www.flickr.com/groups/bloomingdale/pool/