Shawington

the west end on the southside of the 400 block of M street nw was very quiet this year.  the new people in the penthouse at 442 M had some people over for a very very small, nice celebration event.  no tossing cherry bombs, rocket launchers or the fire cracker arrogance you’d find elsewhere.

ANC2C Special Public Meeting on the Marriott Marquis Convention Center Headquarters Hotel
6:30pm, Thursday, July 10
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Meeting Room 149A/B
(Street Level / Closest entrance is 7th and M Streets, NW)
Don’t miss this opportunity to see concept designs for the Headquarters Hotel, meet Marriott representatives and ask questions about the project. The Marriott Marquis Convention […]

Hi everyone - I stoped by the sales center at the Results Gym @ CityVista yesterday afternoon. Residents of CityVista pay $65/mo (no enrollment fee). My friend who is a current member at their other locations said that was a great rate. I got a tour of the gym floor (still under construction) and it looks nice! If you refer someone and they join too, you get $50. Too bad they don’t have an indoor pool :(

My family was never really big on holidays. Mostly we’d treat it like an extra weekend day, which is what I’m doing today. My big plan is to once again attempt to clean the first floor and make sure no one sets anything off in my front yard.
I love my little bit of 600-800 sq. feet of American dirt so much that I will fiercely protect it with a water hose. Though it looks like it won’t be much of

ANC2C Special Public Meeting on the Marriott Marquis Convention Center Headquarters Hotel
6:30pm, Thursday, July 10
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Meeting Room 149A/B
(Street Level / Closest entrance is 7th and M Streets, NW)
Don’t miss this opportunity to see concept designs for the Headquarters Hotel, meet Marriott representatives and ask questions about the project. The Marriott Marquis Convention […]

The writers at Penn Quarter Living wish everyone a happy 4th of July! Send us your photos of your day and we’ll add them to this post.
Here are some things going on in the ‘hood:
US Navy Memorial (7th & Penn Ave)
Bell Ringing Ceremony at 2 pm
Smithsonian American Art Museum (8th & F St)
Local Color: Washington […]

tcircleOriginally uploaded by In ShawSomewhere, I don’t know where, are some banners proclaiming that you have arrived in the happy land of Truxtonia. TruxtonCircle.Org Scott sent me this along with another design and both feature stuff that was torn down years ago, the fountain and the original Dunbar High School. All the best, a Bates Street style house isn’t that eye catching , nice and roomy

We have to say that this is one of the more creative sidewalk ads we’ve seen in a while. In fact, most people miss it when walking by. These circular ads have been adhered to the tops of man-hole covers around the 7th & H St NW intersection. The fact that the […]

Yesterday, we made it official. We filed our petitions, including the signatures of over 850 registered Democrats from every neighborhood in Ward 2, with the DC Board of Elections and Ethics. That’s more than triple that required by law.

I want to express my great appreciation to all of many neighborhood activists and volunteers who spend their evenings and weekends at supermarkets, metro stations, community meetings, and going door to door collecting the signatures of their neighbors. There’s no doubt that we will be on the ballot and it is because of your hard work in spreading the message of this campaign: We deserve and should expect to have a Council Member who works for us full time, is accessible and responsive, and who advocates on the nuts-and-bolts issues that will make our neighborhoods an even better place to live.

We are gaining momentum. Last week, we took nearly 40% of the vote in an endorsement meeting of the Ward 2 Democrats. Our website readership, which has grown each and every month, surpassed over 2,500 individuals and 5,700 visits in June alone. We’ve opened a campaign headquarters above Kramerbooks in the heart of Dupont Circle. When September 9, we’ll be ready to provide new leadership for the future of Ward 2 and our city.

Tonight, we begin our “Coffee With Cary” tour at Java House at 17th and Q Street in Dupont Circle. We’ll be there from 6-8 p.m. to meet you, answer questions, and discuss the issues that are important to you. Future Coffee with Cary events will follow each Thursday in a different Ward 2 neighborhood. I hope you’ll join us.

Bear rescues bear from drowning. Scroll down and click on the video for woofy footage of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologist Adam Warwick after the word from the sponsors. Note to urban Bears: do not try this at…