Archive for the ‘Business and Money’ Category

Madewell Opens Today

Today at 10am, DC’s first Madewell opens its Georgetown doors. The clothing shop offers wears that meet hobo, hipster and preppyster fashion needs alike and is sure to be a big hit with Georgetown college and young professionals scene. Originally found in 1937, Madewell started out as a true-blue American denim company. Now the label [...]

Unleashed By PETCO Opens

‘How to Braid Three Leashes’ courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’ Over the weekend, the Glover Park/Burleith/Georgetown neighborhoods got a new addition to pet-owner mania with the opening of Unleashed by PETCO at 1855 Wisconsin Ave NW. The shop is a smaller version of the pet supply mega store and sells the natural, organic, and higher-end pet [...]

They Make DC: Dolcezza

This They Make DC marks the first entry in a series that will profile the various small businesses manufacturing their products in the DC Metro area. In these features, we’ll tour the facilities and shops where these goods are made and sold, with the ultimate goal to gain a deeper understanding of what it’s like [...]

The Pearl Lady Arrives

‘All dressed up’ courtesy of ‘Blinkofanaye’ Capitol Hill staffers have been keeping a very appealing, little secret from the rest of DCers and her name is “The Pearl Lady”. Apparently every year around the holidays, The Pearl Lady who owns a pearl shop in Beijing, visits DC to sell her pearls at ridiculous low prices. [...]

MoCo To Serve Booze On Sundays

‘LIQUOR at Kenny’s and Kovak’s…’ courtesy of ‘ellievanhoutte’ Before today, if you were looking to buy booze on a Sunday, then Montgomery County was not your friend as it tightly controlled the 24 county-owned liquor stores and prohibited the sale of alcohol on Sundays. Now in an executive order from County Executive Ike Leggett, that  [...]

TEAISM to be Carrotmobbed

‘Every Food Fits: “What’s Up, Doc?”‘ courtesy of ‘staceyviera’ This Saturday, November 13th starting at 10am at TEAISM’s Penn Quarter location,  the Restaurant Opportunities Center of DC (ROCDC) is organizing DC’s first ever Carrotmob to promote paid sick days for DC restaurant workers. You might say: “But Rebecca, what the heck is a carrotmob?” And [...]

Capital Bikeshare Opens In Glover Park

‘Do my nails clash with the red?’ courtesy of ‘fromcaliw/love’ After a lengthy community discussion about where to place the new Capital Bikeshare station, the latest addition to the operation has opened in the Northwest neighborhood of Glover Park in the parking lot of the Guy Mason Recreation Center. According the Glover Park resident listserv, [...]

Slurpee Me!

‘frozen treat’ courtesy of ‘philliefan99′ Thanks to President Obama’s shout out last week, the 7-Eleven Slurpee truck brigade is en route from Dallas, TX to Washington, DC in what’s being billed as the “Slurpee Unity Tour 2010.” The trucks are making pit stops to hand out free samples of the newly launched, bi-partisan beverage “Purple [...]

The Dandelion Patch Opens In DC

‘(120/365)’ courtesy of ‘kimberlyfaye’ This Thursday night from 7-9pm, swing by the Shops of Georgetown Park where The Dandelion Patch will be hosting a ribbon-cutting party/opening event with champagne, desserts and discount shopping. The Dandelion Patch’s first shop sprouted in the heart of downtown Vienna, Virginia and since 1994 has been a premier retailer for [...]

Zombies Invade Farragut North And The Mall

As part of a promotion for its new show “The Walking Dead,” which premieres Sunday night at 10pm, AMC released a horde of zombies around the Farragut North Metro Station on Tuesday morning. No word on if any brains were eaten. Be the first to like. Like Unlike

Commander Salamander to Close. This Time For Realz

We’ve been covering the Commander Salamander store closing situation since January 20, 2010. At first it appeared the historic and nostalgic shop was closing, yet the “going out of business” remained in the windows and the doors remained opened. Then about a month ago, the signs disappeared leaving the fate of the shop unknown. Now, [...]

It’s Easy Being at the Green Festival

‘Kermit :)’ courtesy of ‘Dan Dan The Binary Man’ Weekend plans still up in the air? Then add the Green Festival, taking place Saturday and Sunday at the Washington Convention Center, to your calendar. This is the nation’s premier sustainability event, where individuals, businesses and community leaders come together to discuss critical issues that impact [...]

Who’s Standing Next To Me In Line?

” courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ Vox Populi has conducted an unofficial survey of those sad, sad people waiting in line at Georgetown Cupcake through hail, sleet, humidity, blazing heat, etc. The poll gives us an inside peak into the GC shopper political affiliations, average wait times, where GC shoppers are from, are [...]

Curious Case of the Chesapeake Cookie

I’m all about dark chocolate. I’m all about pecans. I’m all about putting them together with cookie dough.  Therefore, I’m all about Pepperidge Farm’s Chesapeake Dark Chocolate Pecan cookies. However, I’m confused about why this cookie carries the “Chesapeake” name. According to the National Pecan Shellers Association, most pecans are grown and shelled in the [...]

Lesbians can’t keep their hands off the Ravens’ cups

‘Go Long’ courtesy of ‘Mylar Bono’ The Huffington Post and Washington Blade are reporting that during the Ravens’ September 26th game, a lesbian couple was unfairly thrown out of M&T Bank Stadium. There are mixed reports as to why the couple was ejected from the stadium. The Ravens claim that the couple was asked to [...]

Proper Topper Sale: Consolidating Shops

‘PEYTON- Infinity Cowl Olive Green Brass Buttons’ courtesy of ‘smittenkittenorig’ After close to a decade of business on P Street, the Proper Topper’s Georgetown shop will be closing its doors on October 31st. Fear not, the billowy blouses, floral dresses and chic hats will still be available at Proper’s Dupont shop. To lighten their consolidating [...]

Luxury Retailing in a Post-Recession Washington

Commander Salamander Removes “Closing” Signs

‘Commander Salamander, so it goes..’ courtesy of ‘Photos by Chip Py’ It’s been 8 months since we heard word that Commander Salamander was shuttering. Unlike its sister shop, Up Against The Wall, which closed super fast, the Wisconsin Avenue punk/hipster/preppy/raver shop has chugged on, despite keeping the “Store Closing” signs in its windows. This has [...]

Here Comes The Bag Monster

‘an entity’ courtesy of ‘romana klee’ Andy Keller, known to many as the “Bag Monster” is bringing his 500 – 700 plastic bag suit and plastic bag display to DC today.  If you caught Andy when he visited DC on September 6th, then you already know that Keller’s suit represents the amount of plastic bags [...]

Today’s Fashion Crawl with Stacy London

‘delicious meatpies selling next door’ courtesy of ‘LaTur’ Today from 11am-5:30pm, Stacy London of TLC’s “What Not To Wear” fame is hosting a fashion crawl around DC to promote the launch of  Style For Hire (SFH). SFH recruits London-esque stylists who can help us everyday folk edit, add to and transform our wardrobes into expressions [...]