Sean from the Bloomingdale neighborhood is putting on an art show in Baltimore this Friday. If you are interested this is the info:

“As part of the fells point first friday art loop, there will be a reception for my solo exhibition at Touchet Gallery in baltimore on friday February second. thats THIS friday! If you haven’t already seen my show “Worshippers of the Invented Sun”, please try to come out.”

Friday February 2. 5-10 PM
Touchet Gallery

http://www.touchetgallery.com

536 S. Ann Street (corner of Ann and Fleet, just off broadway)
Baltimore, MD 21231
410.522.2280

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So it got me thinking, reading the comment from the reader who was delighted with Sweet Mango’s food and ambiance… So I’d like to take a little informal vote. What are people’s favorites out there? Your choices are Colorado Kitchen, Domku, Temperance Hall, Sweet Mango Cafe, Hitching Post, El Torgoraz, or name your own favorite establishment. I’d love to learn about some secret gems that may be out there. I know it is a bit of mish mash between bars, restaurants, etc but think of the one place you absoutely couldn’t live without. I’ll start the voting off with a vote for Domku. If you can please say what you like best about your choice that would be even better.

Speaking of voting I’ve seen lots more lawn signs out there. I think in a few weeks we are going to have a very colorful neighborhood.

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I know we’ve been over this before but I was stuck at work a little late tonight and I was dreading the wait taking the metro home. All for naught, that gorgeous Yellow line arrived in three minutes. I can’t quite explain how beautiful this is. Even with the distractions of ipods, magazines, blackberrys whatever the wait for the metro can be excrutiating. No longer will I have to count ceiling tiles when I’m waiting for the green line after working late. I can’t explain the pain of running down the stairs at Gallery Place, being so excited that a train was arriving only to see the dreaded Yellow line to Mt. Vernon Square. It was like a sledgehammer to the chest. No more. I am toasting the genius who ever got this idea off the ground.

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Sweet Mango Cafe sign, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

As posted earlier this is the big Brown banner outside of Sweet Mango Cafe. I have, however, recieved an email from Candidate Lisa Bass telling me that she has arranged a banner of her own which should be displayed at Sweet Mango in March. So we’ll just have to see. As for the Fenty sign that you can still see in the window: Isn’t that the political equivalent of leaving up christmas decorations a little too long?

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Brown Bowser sign, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

I was walking home this evening when I spotted an unusual sight. As you can see there was a Muriel Bowser sign right next to a Michael Brown sign. Curious. I wonder if the family is divided or if they just haven’t made up their minds yet.

To preempt concern that I am only noticing Muriel Bowser and Michael Brown signs, I am happy to report that I spotted a Tony Towns sign and a Ms. Bass sign. I will be interviewing Ms. Bass soon so stay tuned?

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Sorry, I didn’t read the comments of the “Kilroy not me” post. I now have. I’ll try going in the morning next time. I really do want these business to survive. I’ll attach the comments below in case you missed them.

Geoff said…
I use Kilroys weekly and I really like it. Basically, the woman who works the afternoon / evening shift can be grumpy. Don’t take it personally – I’ll let them know about this post and hopefully she’ll become a little friendlier?If you go in the morning Ryan (owner’s son) and Ms. Vivian (works up front but has been away with health problems lately) are very, very friendly. They know me by name and are always extremely pleasant. Support Kilroys! Please don’t let this one experience ruin it for you. We need decent businesses like this to thrive in Petworth.

1/29/2007

Meghan said…
I agree with Geoff! Morning trips to Kilroys are the way to go–It’s actually a nice way to start the day (really). Ryan, Ms. Vivian and Ryan’s Dad have been nothing but great to me and my pounds of clothes. I’ve had no problems with the dry cleaning quality and really appreciate when they go the extra mile–which they often do. Sorry you had the bad experience.

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On my walk to the metro this morning a nice young mother pushing her baby stopped me and asked if I was walking to the metro. I said yes and she asked if she could borrow my cell phone because she was walking to the metro too. I thought it a little odd, but why not. So I loaned her my phone and she called a friend and gossiped a bit while we walked to the metro together. It was a bit bizarre but quite beautiful I think. I don’t think I could imagine myself in Woodley Park walking to the metro and asking to borrow someone’s phone, or someone asking me to borrow my phone. It is like we are all one big family and of course we loan each other our phones. Whew, finally one nice thing that happened today!

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Well, unfortunately the good people of Kilroy cleaners refuse to speak with me. Man, I’m having a bad day. Anyway, I had the same experience. Why do you think this is? It is clearly bad for business. I’ve never understood people who were in the service industry who are rude. Especially since this is the sole employee I’ve seen there. This was beyond rude, she wouldn’t even talk to me. Should I have asked what her problem was, or what her problem with me was? My mom says I am a very good person. I am really confused.

So I’ll leave Kilroy cleaners with the fine words of a young Bob Dylan: “We never did too much talking anyway…” oh sorry I think I may have used that song already.

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Boy, I really pissed off a reader or former reader in the “Where is the outrage?” post. I guess I should be careful what I ask for. He certainly provides plenty of outrage. Go to the comments section if you’d like to read the full fury. But he concludes:

” I will not be reading your blog anymore. I suspect I won’t be the only one. My opinion of your closed-mindedness is not based on this one post by you. It’s your theme.”

Holy cow, am I closed minded? I don’t think my libertarian, homosexual, Peruvian dog would think so. We get along just fine despite our differences. But I guess I haven’t blogged about that so how could DJ have known. What I find really funny is that he tells me he is not reading the blog anymore. As though this will really hurt me. He is like the type of person who cancels a magazine subscription when they write one story they disagree with. Well, P.o.P. is a free service with no advertising so I believe DJ is really just depriving himself. As a nihilist I can respect that.

So DJ, I’ll leave you with the fine words of a young Bob Dylan “Goodbye is too good a word, so I’ll just say farewell”.

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DCist reports new crime camera going up outside the U Street metro. Do we want one at the Petworth metro?

By the by, I’ve really been enjoying the one exit at Petworth metro. I always felt there was a divide between folks who exited on the east or west side. Now that we all exit from the same side I feel a real unity. No more East/West divide, we are all Petworthians now!

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I feel better now.

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Last week the Washington Post reports the second in command for homeland security for Prince George’s county was involved in a shooting in his home. He shot two furniture movers who were unarmed and they are still in the hospital. I understand that this PG County police officer was involved in other controversy in the past. Now, I ask you, where the hell is the outrage that these two unarmed furniture movers were shot multiple times by a police officer in his home? This is appalling to me. At first the two were held in custody while still in the hospital. I understand that the mainstream media is waiting for the full investigation to come out but come on! This cop shot two unarmed people and I don’t hear a peep of protest. I hope when more information comes, there will be a louder protest. Especially because this guy was the #2 officer in charge of homeland security for PG County. I am sickened. I hope more info comes out soon and I hope that the media reports on it because this apparent misuse of power is shocking and sickening. I hate to make this a racial thing but would there be more coverage if the cop was white, or if the movers were white? Where is Rev. Sharpton? I don’t care what the color of the shooter or apparent victims are but whenever there is a shooting of unarmed people by a police officer I demand justice.

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Last week I reported Michael Brown scoring the nice big banner at Sweet Mango Cafe. So, I decided to take a walk around the neighborhood to see who was winning the yard sign war. In my very unscientific walk I’d say it was about 2 to 1 more Muriel Bowser signs than any others. There are pockets of Brown signs, pockets of Singelton signs, one Gaither sign and even a couple of Fenty for mayor signs. But by in large, I saw many more Muriel Bowser signs than any other. I also saw some signs officially announcing the special election May 1st. I still have many more interviews to conduct. Does anyone have some suggestions on issues for me to cover that I haven’t already covered?

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I briefly attended the Lower Georgia Avenue Trasportation and Streetscape Improvements meeting on Sat. While I missed the opening presentation I was able to collect the printed material. Unfortunately it is only in hard copy but I was told that you can read about the outcomes in two weeks at www.ddot.dc.gov.

I look forward to reading all about it. When it is up I’ll post a link.

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Check out this add on Craigslist “Must have knowledge of basic filing skills to insert and retrieve application packages from file cabinets” Is that for real? Insert and retrieve application packages? Umm, isn’t that just opening up a drawer and pulling out a file? Are our schools that bad? Then the ad requires Microsoft Office skills, ok that is normal but I’m thinking that might be the proper first skill to list because I’m guessing if someone doesn’t have the ability to open a file cabinet then they might not be so good at Microsoft PowerPoint. Then again, I can’t spell very well so who am I to judge.

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