Posts Tagged ‘Shopping’
West Elm Arrives in Georgetown
West Elm has come back. Both in that they are back in the city, opening their first new store in the District since closing an underperforming Metro Center location in 2009, but also in terms of really reinvigorating the design and style of the homewares chain.
The Williams-Sonoma Inc subsidiary debuted in 2002 to considerable excitement. [...]
Quarter Life Vintage Pop-Up This Sunday
Columbia Heights art gallery and event space The Dunes has been hosting interesting events just about all the time lately. They host the Open Hours happy hour series (launching last night), there will be a Girls Rock DC fundraiser dance night next month, and local menswear label Derringer Friday are taking over Derringer Saturdays.
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CB2 Georgetown Opens Tomorrow
The newest location of “affordable modern” furniture and homegoods chain CB2 opens in Georgetown on Saturday, April 30th. This is the ninth location for the Crate & Barrel offshoot and the first in the Washington area.
Catering primarily to a younger demographic with a bright, modern style, CB2 keeps prices considerably lower than its sister [...]
Shecky’s Girls Night Out
‘Kazuko 05′
courtesy of ‘yospyn’
Do you enjoy spending time with your friends, shopping at amazing discounts, and scoring lots of freebies? If so, Shecky’s Girls Night Out may just be your idea of a perfect evening. Experience the newest Spring trends while enjoying cocktails and beauty treatments all in one night. Sounds pretty good to me!
Shecky’s [...]
Haven’t Gone Shopping Yet? You’re Kinda Screwed.
This is a mad house!
Originally uploaded by carlweaver
This was the scene last night in the produce department at the Safeway on Lee Hwy. Lots of thing were still available, but probably not the things you would care to eat if you had a choice. Beets, radishes, papayas and kale were still there. On the shelves [...]
More »“Gin, Gents, & Gems”: Bringing Valentines Day’s Shopping To The Bar
‘Valentine’s display behind the bar’
courtesy of ‘brokentrinkets’
It’s never easy to buy a significant other a Valentine’s Day gift. A lot of time and effort go into finding the gift that screams, “This is JUUUUUUUSSSSTTTT right. Perfecto!” To make matters worse for women, a lot of men don’t like to shop. But what if the gifts [...]
Giant getting in on the H1N1 shot trend
’soldiers’
courtesy of ‘featherbacon’
If you’ve somehow managed to miss all of the health service offerings but still want an H1N1 shot,well, you’re going to have the opportunity to get one along with your milk and eggs, presuming you shop at Giant. While they’ve started offering it at a few Giant pharmacy locations already, whether your particular [...]
Fashionable DC: MidCity
Photo courtesy of Kelly Collis Fredrick
I recently attended two events held in what I knew as the 14th and U Streets corridor – the Dog Days of Summer in August and about a month later, Fashion’s Night Out. The vibe of these events, the display of unique items from both clothing and home décor [...]
Nordstrom Rack to Open in Pentagon Centre
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courtesy of ‘ttarasiuk‘
I really hate shopping for clothes. Partly because everything I buy has to get altered to fit me, and partly because I would rather spend my money on important things. Like electronics. But when I need something, I start with Nordstrom (who I swear is not paying me to say this), because they [...]
Thrifty District: Getcha Groupon!
For this, my first contribution to We Love DC, I want to talk about a company new to the DC area that is leveraging collective buying power to offer fantastic discounts at local retailers and service providers. “Groupon”, which launched its DC operation on May 26th, is a catchy play on the word “Coupon” (I [...]
More »Thrifty District: Salad Bar Shopping
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courtesy of Me
When the Murky Coffee Kerfuffle erupted last year one of the funniest comments I saw was over on Metafilter and wasn’t so much about the conflict as it was terminology. The writer took issue with the term “ghetto latte,” where a customer buys a cheaper espresso-only drink and dumps in the no-charge milk [...]
National Wholesale Liquidators Going out of Business
Sale
Originally uploaded by carlweaver
Yes, the store where you get close-out deals from other stores that were going out of business is going out of business. Everything is for sale, including the store fixtures and cases of SPAM. If they are selling off the cases of SPAM, you know it’s all over for them. Need a [...]
More »Gird Your Loins For Battle, It’s Black Friday
an Easter inflection by Intangible Arts
The economy is looking pretty dire. The numbers came out this morning, and both disposable income is down, and so is the rate of growth of the American Economy. But, that means sales are what we’re looking for this holiday season, right? Okay, so what we’re really [...]
White Rabbit Replaced by Bamboo Carterpillars
I went to the supermarket at the Eden Center this past weekend to buy some delicious, fresh, cheap produce. That place is the negative reciprocal of Whole Paycheck Foods. Great food at a great price – just my speed.
One of the joys I have going to such places is seeing all the stuff you don’t [...]
Bloomingdale’s is coming to Georgetown
DC Metrocentric reports that a new Bloomingdale’s department store will be taking up residence in the Shops at Georgetown Park. That should make for a nice addition to the mall, fitting right in with the Georgetown shopping crowd (as opposed to my preferred upscale fashion scenes: A.J. Wright at Rhode Island Ave, Marshall’s at Pentagon [...]
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