All of the submissions are worthy of winning but I had to narrow it down to five. Voting will be allowed from now to next Thursday. I’ll announce the winner next Friday. Please only vote once.

A reader writes: “I’m actually looking for a restaurant recommendation. Here’s the situation… I want to take this young lady out on a very nice date. She’s the type of girl that’s interested in everything, loves to try new things, etc. So I was wondering if you could recommend any cool places, maybe off the beaten path, an intimate setting is of course very nice… even a place that has some live music and we could make a night out of could be pretty sweet.”

My response after the jump. But for the Friday Question of the Day – What are your favorite date spots in the area? (more…)

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I’m seeing a few of these signs popping up around Columbia Heights just east of 11th Street. Yet prices still seem to be fairly high. So explain to me how we can be having auctions at the same time as prices remaining high.

Thanks to the many readers who sent me the link to this post. The article says construction is planned for “2009 with completion in the beginning of 2011“. An excerpt:

“GSC also plans 20,000 s.f. of retail on the first floor, doubling the 20,000 s.f. of existing retail in vintage buildings along U Street, which will be incorporated. According to Moore, “People are welcoming this change to the neighborhood. This is a strip that isn’t very attractive right now. We hope to bring an exciting new mixed-use building to the neighborhood, and provide much needed affordable rental apartments.”

Check out the full post here.

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But after looking at a few weather vanes, they are actually quite helpful in identifying which way the wind is blowing. Who knew? This weather vane has the added feature of the house number as well. Not sure why it has the house number. Or wait, is that just the year the house was built?

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Now, I’ve gone on the record complaining about grassless front yards but this one kind of stops me in my tracks. I become transfixed with that little pond/reflecting pool. What do you think of this front yard?

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I think this one looks pretty good. You?

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What’s up with that crazy tower in the back? Is that for ventilation?

Is Lost the greatest television show ever filmed?

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Dang, this could be a postcard if I do say so myself…

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What do you think about this crazy stairway in the front of the house? I’m not quite sure why but it makes me think of an insane asylum…or an institution of some sort.

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This is a beautiful built in bbq. So tell me, what’s the advantage of a built in one like this over you know a Weber grill or something like that? C’mon you bbq fanatics, school me a bit in this sweet art.

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I hadn’t heard about this fire. Anyone know the story? I’m not sure when it happened probably at least a week or more ago.

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This is the first lawn sculpture I’ve encountered that nearly brought tears to my eyes.

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I think this is fantastic. I know parking on my block has gotten a lot tougher over the last year. It’s nice to know if someone is disabled they have this option.