4/17/02:
The Burro has closed its Conn Ave location.
Treasures, the 17th St card shop, has closed,
little more than 3 months after Nickleby's card
shop on Conn Ave closed.
Treasures' space will become home to Infuzion, by
the folks who run 18th St's elegant Thai import shop
Simply Home. Infuzion will feature modern gifts, home
accessories, and fun clothing. Opening mid-May.
14th St will be getting a paper & card shop called
Pulp, two doors south of Home Rule, near S St.
Building's renovation will include a residential unit
on the second floor. Could open as early as August.
Go Mama Go is opening Gallery Cie Cie in the space
above Home Rule, showing art by Rod Glover and Patrick
Campbell. See calendar section re April 20th opening.
Meanwhile, look for Go Mama Go to be featured in
the New York Times' travel section feature on shopping
in DC, on May 12.
WP profiles new pastry shop at 15th & U. See "At Long
Last, Cakelove,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59300-2002Apr16.html
See also http://www.cakelove.com/
A few doors west, Wild Women Wear Red Shoe Boutique
is open and looks fabulous.
Local resident caught a flower thief red-handed. See
first-hand account, [1] below.
Caribou Coffee should open in about 90 days, and will
include bay windows and a patio along RI Ave.
WBJ covers the "seriously foxy" Hotel Helix opening
in the old RI Ave HoJo this October, with "beds
adorned with faux mink throws." See "LaSalle, Kimpton
will open Hotel Helix,"
http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2002/04/15/story6.html
Mega-disco Acropolis is now open south of the circle,
looking grand except for the hideous ceiling tiles.
MCCXXIII's 3rd floor will become home to the DC branch
of B.E.D., the über-hip Miami club where folks lounge
on beds.
WP reviewed cafe near 19th & L. See "Toka Cafe: A
Sleek Peek,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60674-2002Apr4.html
The demolished Amaco station at 18th & S will be
replaced with a new Amaco station.
The Reef is now open in Adams Morgan, and the rooftop
opens in early May. See WP review at
http://eg.washingtonpost.com/profile/792261/?&flavor_id=5&context=bars_nightlife
WP reports sidewalk cafe inspections "will begin in
Adams Morgan, where only one of the 38 bars and
restaurants with sidewalk tables is in compliance with
city regulations." Many places don't bother paying the
$5 per sq ft annual rent. See "D.C. to Crack Down On
Sidewalk Cafes; Many Owe Rent for Public Space,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41162-2002Apr12.html
See note from Jim Graham on illegal documents sales
along Columbia Road, [2] below.
See "D.C. acquires 'affordable' Columbia Heights
apartments,"
http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2002/04/15/daily28.html
See "Tivoli Square Project Underway: Site Work Soon to
be Visible," http://www.intowner.com/fr/issue/stories/story2.htm
See "Mandarin Oriental Plans Hotel on D.C. Waterfront,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29089-2002Apr10.html
See "New Managers Start Retooling Eastern Market,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26423-2002Apr10.html
WP reports Magnolia Pictures is mulling both the
Avalon and Lincoln Square. See "New Theaters Pursue
Arty Clientele: There's More Than Money Behind Plans
to Show Outside-the-Mainstream Films,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63577-2002Apr4.html
WBJ explores a retail comeback for the city, which in
1950 had 90% of the region's retail, and today claims
less than 2%. See "D.C. backers declare city an
'untapped marketplace',"
http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2002/04/08/newscolumn6.html
WP looks at efforts to put city-owned eyesores on the
market. 1999 study finds that "nearly 4,000 properties
-- about 2.5 percent of the city's total inventory of
taxable properties -- are empty and deteriorating."
See "City Slow to Carry Out Promised Cleanup,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26269-2002Apr10.html
See "Facelift set for Mount Rainier,"
http://www.washtimes.com/business/20020411-3110776.htm
WBJ reports on region's first certified "green"
apartment complex, the 78-unit Blair Towns, opening
next March across the Silver Spring Metro. See "Silver
Spring apartment project gets green thumbs-up,"
http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2002/04/15/newscolumn6.html
Wegmans is coming to the region, but avoiding DC. See
"Grocery Chain Eyeing Expansion in Baltimore-
Washington Region,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26037-2002Apr10.html
Super Fresh has closed seven stores in NoVa.
Metro might allow musicians in stations. See "Can the
Subway Carry a Tune? Board Members Lean Toward Opening
Metro to Music,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41183-2002Apr12.html
See "Officials Push Ahead On Dulles Rail Project:
$3.3 Billion Plan Among Options Being Considered,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63453-2002Apr4.html
See also "Dulles Rail Plan Financing May Slow:
Expected Delay In Federal Funding Forces Rethinking,"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62895-2002Apr16.html
Extended through May 11: "Angel Sh*t" by Cherry Red
Productions, Fridays and Saturdays at Source at 11pm.
See http://www.cherryredproductions.com/
I'm proud to have been the prop designer for this
show, notwithstanding the drug abuse, monster truck
rallies, boob kicking, dildo sucking, gratuitous male
nudity, subliminal porn clips & zombie dance sequence.
Tonight, April 17: Dupont Circle Public Safety
Meeting, 7:30pm, Resource Center. See [3] below.
This weekend, April 19-21: Organic plants, herbs, and
flowers will be sold at Mt Pleasant's The People
Garden. See [4] below.
The People Garden recently opened Mt Pleasant's
first Internet Cafe, in neighboring Bella Roma.
Saturday, April 20: CakeLove toasts their opening
with a party at the M.A. Winter building, 1436 U St,
2:00 - 3:30.
April 20: Opening reception at Go Mama Go for Patrick
Campbell, 3:00 - 7:00.
Afterwards, there will be a fundraiser for HIV/AIDS
hospice Joseph's House, 7 to 10, with photos by Shawn
Davis, music by the Proudfoot Jazz, and a raffle.
Suggested donation of $5.00.
Sunday, April 21: Adams Morgan House Tour. See
http://www.AdamsMorganTour.com
Wednesday, April 24: Dupont Circle photography
project meeting at Sticks and Bowls, 6:30. See [5]
below. Contact intricatedetails2002@yahoo.com for
more information.
Thursday, April 25: Reading by authors nominated for
Lambda Literary Awards, at DCJCC at 7pm. See
http://www.lambdalit.org/events/Calendar.htm
Friday, April 26: Monthly Bicycle Solidarity Ride,
departs Dupont Circle at 6:15pm. See
http://www.dccourier.com/dcbca/solid.htm
April 26 - 28: Cherry 7, DC's gay circuit event. See
http://www.cherryfund.com/
Saturday, April 27: Opening reception for "Vesna
Pavlovic: Hotels" and "Jessica Buege: Expiation" at
Fusebox, 1412 14th St, 6:00 to 8:00.
April 27 & 28: See http://www.georgetownhousetour.com/
See also "Georgetown,"
http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20020410-47232856.htm
April 27 and May 4: Cleanup for 14th St. See
"Organizations Join Together in Clean Up Effort,"
http://www.logancircle.org/news/news13.html
Monday, April 29: "An Evening at the Embassy of
Indonesia." See [6] below.
Monday, April 29: Community Harvest's 5th Anniversary
Party, 6pm at Mimi's, featuring locally-farmed food.
See http://www.communityharvestdc.org/events_mimis.htm
Friday, May 3: Bike-to-Work Day. See
http://www.waba.org/new/bwd/index.php
Saturday, May 4: Debut of "Laugh Out Loud: Washington
DC's International Gay & Lesbian Comedy Festival,"
with Funny Gay Males and comic Jessica Kirson. 8pm.
See http://www.oneinten.org/laughoutloud
Best regards,
Michael
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[1]
From: SSteffy1@aol.com
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002
Subject: [Cardozo News] Flower Thief - CAUGHT!
I wanted to let everyone know that I caught the flower
thief that has been stealing flowers and plants from
our neighborhood.
At approximately 11:30 AM on Friday, I happened to
look out of our window and saw a man coming through
our front gate carrying a cardboard box of freshly cut
flowers -- daffodils, tulips, etc. I watched as he
walked into our yard and started to cut our daffodils.
At that point, I ran down the stairs and tore open the
front door (my usual mild mannerism was replaced by
the rage of a mad-man -- at least I am sure that's
what the flower thief thought). I proceeded to yell at
the thief and he attempted to run. I restrained him by
holding his arms to his side and I said that I was
calling the police. Sharon (2104 12th Place) joined me
almost immediately and also saw the thief cutting
flowers. Luckily, Jimmy (from EYA) was in our home
completing some final touch-up work and I asked him to
dial 911. Gaia, our dog, faithfully stood guard as we
prevented the man from running (the man wanted to know
if our dog bites -- I said she only bites bad guys).
We received a fantastic response from the police --
Lieutenant Grooms was on the scene in less than three
minutes. She was joined shortly by two other police
officers. The flower-thief told the officers that he
was cutting flowers to be sold at the 'Rose Garden'
flower shop on U Street between 13th and 14th Streets.
Lieutenant Grooms took the thief to Third District
headquarters for processing.
I went to Third District headquarters this
afternoon to follow up with Lieutenant Grooms. I
learned that the flower thief's name is James Fleming
and he has several aliases, one of which is 'Cowboy'.
Mr. Fleming is 55 years old and lives in Southeast,
Washington. This morning, he was charged with Theft II
and Lieutenant Grooms has requested a 'stay-away'
order for five blocks around the area of 13th and V
Streets NW. Mr. Fleming has a long history of arrests.
Next steps are for the District Attorney's office to
validate the 'stay-away' order and then to prosecute
Mr. Fleming for theft. Lieutenant Grooms said the
police are also investigating the Rose Garden flower
shop.
Shawn Steffy
1223 V St
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[2] - [from AdamsMorgan Digest]
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AdamsMorgan/
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002
From: GrahamWOne@aol.com
Subject: Federal Action: Illegal Documents Sales
Columbia Road
Dear Friends: One of the most difficult and
frustrating issues I have dealt with since taking
office is the open and flagrant sale of illegal
documents on the 1700 block of Columbia Road.
This is very objectionable under any circumstance.
The events of 911 make it a matter of national
security. How can we tolerate such sales in the
Nation's Capitol when we are under terrorist threat?
Working with the police and other agencies, we have
achieved major busts and seizure of equipment. But
within days, new runners were back at their trade.
Most of these men are undocumented recently arrived
immigrants with little or nothing to lose. For several
albeit brief periods of time, we were able to have
daily police patrols which of course did have the
desired effect. But other police priorities always
pulled them away, and the trade returned.
I have now appealed to Congresswoman Norton to have
Federal officials take a more aggressive approach. On
Tuesday, April 2, I met with Congresswoman Norton,
Warren Lewis, Immigration and Naturalization Services
District Director. INS Officials again told us that
since 1998 they have had 2 major operations, which
lead to the arrest and convictions on felony charges.
They have seized of computers, copiers, scanners,
over 20,000 blank documents with a street value of
over $3.3 million. Also, agents have recovered
approximately 1,500 counterfeit cards, state
identification cards, and related printing equipment.
I expressed strong concerns on your behalf, and I
made it clear that though I recognized INS efforts, a
more aggressive approach was needed to discourage and
eliminate such activities. I requested constant
disruptions of document trafficking to the point of
frustration and finally eliminating their operatives
in Columbia Road.
To her credit, Congresswoman Norton strongly
reacted to the lack of priority the District of
Columbia was getting from INS, considering we are the
Capital of the US. She offered to assist in whatever
necessary to ensure INS gets more resources to arrest,
convict and dismantle any operations dealing with
illegal documents in the District.
The INS Director reported that post 9/11 they
requested regional headquarters for more agents to be
detailed in the DC Off. to intensify their ongoing
'Identity Crisis' operation in Adams Morgan. They have
promised to finalize this process in the very near
future, in order to have an aggressive and continuous
operation.
Further, Congresswoman Norton will seek to
reinforce current law penalties with stronger prison
time, fines and deportations. She added that with the
current securities concerns in our city and throughout
our country, that such a bill would move quickly
through the House and Senate. A follow up meeting
report on INS progress will be held in a month's time.
I will continue to keep you posted. Please stay in
touch. Bests! Jim Graham,
Ward One Councilmember
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[3]
Wednesday, April 17, 2002, 7:30 pm
Dupont Circle Resource Center
#9 Dupont Circle, NW
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR COMMUNITY BY MAKING IT
SAFER!
(Tentative Agenda)
1. Overview of Crime Trends in the Dupont Circle
Neighborhood
2. Creation of a Neighborhood Watch Program for the
West Dupont Neighborhood
All Neighbors Interested in Volunteering to Create a
West Dupont Neighborhood Watch (i.e., "Orange Hat
Patrol") Should Attend this Meeting!!
Dupont Circle Public Safety Meetings are generally
held the third Wednesday of each month. There is an
open forum at each meeting for discussion of issues
not on the regular agenda. For further information,
call (202) 296-7333 or email vnm3@rcn.com. Dupont
Circle Public Safety Meetings are sponsored by the
Metropolitan Police Department's Third District,
Dupont Circle Advisory Neighborhood Commission, Dupont
Circle Citizens Association, and Dupont Circle
Merchants and Professionals Association.
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[4]
ORGANIC PLANTS AVAILABLE
This weekend (Friday afternoon thru Sunday) The People
Garden Health Market will be offering organic plants
from the Tuscarora Cooperative of Family Organic
Farms. We will offer a selection of annual and
perrenial herbs, tomato and cherry tomato plants,
zinnias, petunias, Johnny Jump-Ups, impatiens,
marigolds and pansies. We also have garden gloves and
potting soil for sale. Remember, the Community
Development Center operates a small but growing tool
library. We have many sets of garden trowels available
for check-out (please bring ID with phone number if
you are not a familiar face). We're located at 3155
Mt Pleasant.
P.S. The Vegetarian Society of Greater DC will be
joining us for lunch on Saturday in our new Internet
Cafe at Bella Roma. Feel free to come and network
with other vegetarians over lunch at 1:00p.m. Jeff at
JBrechbuhl@peoplegarden.org.
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[5]
Intricate Details: Dupont Circle Architecture
Photography Project
I am a local photographer who enjoys taking
photographs of the interesting and often whimsical
architecture in Dupont Circle. The intricate details
of the stone carvings adorning the townhouses intrigue
me. I often wonder what inspired these architects and
stone carvers to build such fascinating homes. The
architecture in this neighborhood is truly D.C.s
lesser-known treasure that needs to be better
preserved. Over the years, I have seen buildings that
were neglected or altered, diminishing their original
beauty.
As I tried to do research about this architecture,
I found that majority of the photography exhibits and
books on Washington D.C. focus on the monuments and
government buildings. There is little or no mention of
the beauty of Dupont Circle architecture.
Utilizing my previous experience organizing
exhibits, I would like to collaborate with other local
photographers and architects to do a joint exhibit on
the Dupont Circle architecture to explore, document
and promote greater awareness about its architectural
history and significance.
Thank you.
Best Regards,
Roshani Kothari
http://www.globalmosaics.com
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[6] AN EVENING AT THE EMBASSY OF INDONESIA
Monday April 29, 2002
6:30 9:00 P.M.
The Embassy of Indonesia invites the members of the
Dupont Circle Citizens Association and their guests to
a presentation of shadow puppetry, gamelan music, and
a reception. This event is co-sponsored by USINDO, The
United States Indonesia Society.
Wayang Kulit, shadow puppet play with flat leather
puppets, is both wonderful entertainment and classical
art. Marc Hoffman, puppeteer (dalang), will offer an
introduction and demonstration of this wayang form
popular in central and east Java and Bali.
Gamelan refers to an orchestra of bronze gongs,
xylophone-like instruments, drums, flute, voice, and
bowed and plucked string instruments. Guests will have
the opportunity to observe the players of the
Indonesian Embassy Gamelan orchestra in rehearsal as
they prepare for a full scale wayang kulit to be
performed with Marc Hoffman as dalang on the weekend
of May 4-5.
The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, at 2020
Massachusetts Avenue NW, occupies a turn of the
century Beaux Arts mansion. An historical landmark,
the wealth and lifestyles of its former occupants
enhance its architectural interest. During the
reception, Indonesian refreshments will be served and
guests may tour the mansion, the 1982 contemporary and
an exhibition area.
Representatives from the Embassyıs Education and
Cultural Section will be present during the evening to
answer questions and provide information on
opportunities to study the music or dance of Java or
Bali.
RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED. You may 202.659.1090,
leaving your name, the number of guests you have
invited and a telephone number we may use to contact
you. Please reserve no later than April 25. For
Further information, contact Shira Keyes,
202-319-1943.
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