Posts Tagged ‘dupont’
More Neighborhood Festivals This Weekend
‘H Street Festival’
courtesy of ‘Edward Hoover’
Two weekends ago we celebrated in Adams Morgan, last weekend it was H Street, and this Saturday we’ve got three more great street festivals: Barracks Row, 17th Street in Dupont, and Clarendon.
Head down to Capitol Hill on Saturday from 11 AM to 5 PM for the Barracks Row Fall Festival. [...]
Blue Bus is now Circulator
Hey Rosslyn, Georgetown, Dupont: notice anything different transit-wise? As of today, the Georgetown Metro Connection (AKA the “Blue Bus”) has switched over to the DC Circulator (AKA the “Red Bus”). The route and stops are the same, but the buses are different, and now you can use Smartrip. And the really good news is that [...]
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‘30/365 – hello cupcake’
courtesy of ‘dracisk’
Everything tastes better when it’s free – especially a delicious cupcake. How can you get a hold of this free cupcake might you ask? By sharing your best (or) worst pick-up lines with Dupont’s Hello Cupcake. The “you had me at hello, cupcake” contest continues now through Valentine’s Day. At [...]
Mystery Mansion in Dupont: The Heurich House
‘Hidden Bronze Lion’
courtesy of ‘CathyLovesDC’
Tucked away in plain view, the Heurich House is the most intact late-Victorian home in the country. Right in the middle of the action in Dupont Circle – on a corner you have probably walked by at least a dozen times – you are absolutely transported back in time – easily [...]
Where We Live: Dupont Circle
‘a hug on Riggs’
courtesy of ‘NCinDC’
Welcome to Where We Live: Dupont! Dupont Circle is one of the District’s best-known neighborhoods, and there’s so much history and beautiful architecture to love here. Dupont is home to everyone from recent grads in group houses to young professionals in condos to well-off diplomats with kids, and yes, even [...]
Goodbye Vertigo. You will be missed.
Last days. Going out of business. Everything 20% off.
In the current economic climate, it isn’t hard to find a sign like this on stores all over the region. It’s certainly hard to miss companies like Circuit City going out of business, but big-box stores leaving is just as impersonal and disconnected as their “sales” staff [...]
We Love Food: Brunch @ Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe
‘Kramerbooks Glass House’
courtesy of ‘Wahig’
There are days in DC that I forget we are in a recession. Last Sunday’s brunch at Kramerbooks & Afterwords was one of them. The book shop was stuffed full with people, and every table was filled, the air abuzz with excitement for spring. I was worried that the wait for [...]
Truly Thrifty
Recently, I had lunch in Dupont Circle with my work BFF. We chose Urbana as our spot because of the “Urban Lunchbox” deal they have going on – a full three course meal (+ coffee) for 11.95, with a dollar of that going to Arc of DC. (The Arc is a great organization that aims [...]
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