The Issue: Haydee's, a Salvadoran restaurant at 3102 Mt. Pleasant Street, wants to get a nightclub license from the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration. The idea of a new nightclub has divided the Mount Pleasant forum and revived a neighborhood tradition: intra-neighbor factionalism.
WaPo thinks the real test for Mayor Adrian Fenty comes right now during your morning commute. He's already failed mine. While I haven't walked to WCP headquarters just yet, I can bet that the last bit of sidewalk on Mount Pleasant Street hasn't been cleared nor has the mucky stretch of park nor the bus [...]
The Issue: Mount Pleasant residents are divided over the design for a proposed community mural by D.C arts organization City Arts and artist Byron Peck. The mural, which would go up on a side of the Atonatl condominium building on Mt. Pleasant Street, consists of scenes from around the neighborhood—children reading, dancers in the Latino [...]
Bsom reports on the media's coverage of the cop vs. snowballers incident and wonders how WaPo and others initially got the story so wrong despite video and photographic evidence contradicting the police department's story:
"So even in a case where there's photo, video, and lots of twitter-tastic participants, it was still a struggle to get the [...]
Its sugar content. Frat boys. The idea of legal, liquid crack. The way it turns your vomit a candy-apple color. Here's another reason to hate Red Bull. I just saw a grown man try to buy Red Bull with food stamps. The 7-11 clerk had to turn him away. Sigh.
*photo courtesy of energy drink guru.
The Issue: The Festival Latino is set to return to Mount Pleasant at the end of September. Or is it? Some local residents and businesses are not completely stoked about the idea.
Proponent: Alberto Ferrufino of Don Juan restaurant says: "We support the festival 100%. There are a few people here who think they are the [...]
DC Mud has done some great reporting on the renovations going on at one of the District's few real dive bars. There's been much blog talk about the changes at the Raven. I worried about what the Raven would mean with new retro lighting, etc. Now comes DC Mud with more info and actual interviews [...]
So Prince of Petworth brings us words and pictures concerning one of the few neighborhood bars that has been able to withstand the gastro-pub craze, the serving of $4-plus PBRs (thank you Tonic), and the fight over whether live music can be played in Mount Pleasant with out disturbing the sleep of the gentrifying class. [...]
Via Prince of Petworth: Councilmember Jim Graham couldn't help but speak out on last night's shooting in Mount Pleasant. A teen—apparently a 13-year-old—was shot in the ankle. Graham writes:
"I am told the boy did not live in the immediate area but may live elsewhere in Ward 1.
MPD tells me he will fully recover.
But now we [...]
Prince of Petworth–or at least a PoP reader–is reporting that there was a shooting in Mount Pleasant tonight (a little more than an hour ago). Apparently a teenager was shot in the leg on Monroe between 18th and 19th.
This follows Saturday morning's mayhem in Columbia Heights and Adams Morgan. The D.C. Police Department issued a [...]
The Heights Life reminds one and all: the U Street and Mount Pleasant farmer's markets start back up this weekend. The blog has all the relevant info.
Frozen Tropics has an interesting little Car vs. Checkers incident involving the possibility of booze and a fence. A sad scene that you won't see in Bethesda.
Penn Quarter Living [...]
This weekend marked the first sustained summer temps. The upshot: A lot of dudes used this as an opportunity to showcase their car stereos. It felt like everyone had a serious case of opening night jitters. I saw a lot of rookies utterly failing at this utterly simple task. I understand that it is still [...]
This morning a very small faction of possible IMF/World Bank Protesters–six jerks–vandalized two banks on P Street. A drive through downtown and in the surrounding area shows that the protesters did not hit any other banks or symbols of crass yuppiedom/corporate greed. The biggest crowds were the ones gathering at a street food cart. The [...]
Sigh. Vertigo Books is seeking kind home(s) for its fixtures. Vertigo expects to close on April 25. Fisher offers his own personal reflections on the bookstore's closing and in particular co-owner Bridget Warren: "I've rarely met a more passionate and knowledgeable bookseller than Warren, whose commitment to books and the people who read them is [...]
Maryland State Del. Bill Frick (D-Montgomery County) sent a letter Monday to the superintendent of Rock Creek Park as an appeal to close Beach Drive to car traffic for an extended period. Currently, the park road popular with cyclists, Rollerbladers, runners, etc., opens at 7 p.m. That's all well and good when it's winter, but [...]
