In Other News ….
Chinatown Ruby Tuesday Closes [Washington Business Journal] I once “checked in” at Ruby Tuesday on my phone, as a sort of joke, and immediately received several emails from friends asking [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2013
On the De-Malling of DC
When developers recently announced that they were “de-malling” Ballston Common Mall, a process that will include adding ground-level retail along Wilson Boulevard and building over 300 residential units over the [...]
Finding God in Fairway Design
by Beth Herman He’s 100 years old, sitting in the late afternoon sun inside his tidy residence at Palm Harbor, Florida’s famed Innisbrook Golf & Spa Resort.* A library of [...]
It’s Kinetic: moving sculpture coming to downtown Silver Spring
When they arrive in downtown Silver Spring, the three, 200-pound figures will sway when the wind blows, as if they are dancing. The stainless steel trilogy of sculptures, part of [...]
In Other News …
More Ideas Presented for J. Edgar Hoover Building [Washington Post] How about a building that looks like a squat paranoid man wearing women’s underwear? Ledroit House Sells for 625K In [...]
Coveting The Neighbors
“Coveting the Neighbors” is a reoccuring feature profiling the biggest sale of the previous month. 2107 Wyoming Avenue NW 8 Bedrooms, 6 Baths, 2 Half Baths Sold for: $3,825,000 Back [...]
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DC Landmarks Under Water [Flavorwire] Artist Nickolay Lamm’s photos illustrate the effects of global warming 500 years from now. I’ll be long dead by then, though, so pass the aerosol [...]
Tricking Out Your S’mores (Oh, the Joys of Glamping!)
By Beth Herman Love camping but catatonic when thinking about last summer’s (and the summer before, and the one before that) vacation to yet another busy beach, muddy mountain range, [...]
Hey Hues! 2013 Carpet Colors and Patterns Trending Now
by Beth Herman Though most of us don’t have a significant other who (ahem) bids us to sleep on a bed of roses, or lays a carpet of the world’s [...]
Short-listed Parcel 42 developer to team with Fundrise
Local DC residents could get the chance to invest in developing Parcel 42 in DC’s Shaw neighborhood, a coveted city-owned lot currently out for bid, if one development company on [...]