We’ve spoken about Rock Creek Church cemetery (by Rock Creek Church Rd and Webster St, NW and near the Old Soldiers Home grounds) in the past. But every time I don’t go for a few months I’m always amazed by its beauty. Particularly many of the sculptures found throughout the grounds. I’m gonna highlight a few that struck me as particularly cool on a recent trip. And if you haven’t been in person, it’s worth the trip.

Made me do a double take. Does it speak to you?

Great details on this split house in the Mt. Vernon Square area.

Rustik is located at the corner of 1st and T St, NW (at Rhode Island).

How does the menu sound?

If the image of the menu is too small to read you can see the pdf version below:

Rustik Brunch

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From MPD:

“At approximately 0310, Third District officers were called to the area of 11th and Lamont Street for the sounds of gunshots… Once on the scene, units found an adult male suffering from one gunshot wound to the leg area in front of 2811 11th Street. He was transported to a local hospital. Anyone with information relating to this event can call 202-727-9099″

“The school is having a craft/yard/bake sale this Saturday at 3600 Georgia Ave. NW from 10am – 2pm”

“You are cordially invited to the BULB BASH AND SPOON EXTRRAVAAGANZAA!!!!, a marvelous celebration of bulbed plants AND the autumn issue of your favorite food zine, The Runcible Spoon.

It takes place Saturday, November 20, from 12-3PM, at the Marion Street Garden (on Marion St. between P & Q Streets, NW). There will be cooking and planting demonstrations, glorious bulb-themed food, face-painting (for the kids, not for you) and zines up the wazoo. Come meet the writers from the issue and help us brainstorm story ideas for the winter issue!”

I’m embarrassed to say I forget the name of the lounge (it used to be called Nafka Restaurant ) located at 2010 9th St, NW near the 9:30 club but it has closed.

Further south on 9th St, it looks like a new gallery has opened up. Perhaps it’s just new to me but I never noticed it before the banner pictured below went up at 1306 9th St. NW. According their Web site, Zeki Gallery and Studio is run by:

“Zeki Findikoglu was born in 1946 in Iznik, Turkey. He lived in virtually every region of the Anatolian Peninsula. The rich variety of cultural and artistic traditions in Turkey developed into a lifelong interest. Zeki moved to the United States in 1973.

A professional artist since 1970 and an art professor since 1977, Zeki has gained international acclaim. His highly stylized paintings and prints incorporate Turkish culture and artistic contentions, extending them with a modern artistic vocabulary to provide a bridge between ancient and contemporary art. Zeki’s works have been exhibited in the US and Turkey, as well as Europe and Asia.”

Anyone ever check out the studio?

I’ve been keeping my eye on these properties located at 621/623 Florida Ave, NW (near the Howard theater also getting renovated) for quite a while since they are such beautiful buildings. I was happy to see serious renovations have started to take place. Anyone know what the plans are?

If you have any fun or interesting animal/pet photos or news please shoot me an email to princeofpetworth(at)gmail(dot)com with ‘Animal Fix’ in the title and say what neighborhood you’re from or upload to the PoPville flickr pool. I can’t guarantee I’ll get them all posted but I’ll do my best.  I’m aware not everyone loves pets.  But they bring me (and others) a lot of pleasure.  It’s cool, hold tight, a new post is coming in a half hour, you can make it!

Cali

Photo by PoPville flickr user ken_1001

Photo by PoPville flickr user pablo.raw

This rental is located at 121 12th St. SE:

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The Craigslist ad says:

“Mid-Sized studio in classic Victorian Era apartment building near Lincoln Park and Eastern Market.

Wood floors, high ceilings, large windows. Historic building with lots of modern amenities: new kitchen and new central a/c and heat, cable and wi-fi options, onsite laundry room, resident manager. The building also has a roof deck with one of the best views on Capitol Hill.

Great location: 1/2 block south of Lincoln Park, 10 minute walk to Eastern Market.

Sorry, no short term rentals, no furnished apartments, no pets (cats ok).”

Does $1195 sound reasonable for a studio here?

“Dear PoP,

So, I have a little dispute with our landscape/hardscape contractor about a two sinkholes in our Columbia Heights backyard. I believe the sinkholes have occurred due to a lack of soil compaction but they think its plumbing related. I’m wondering if there are any soils engineers or geotech experts in the POP viewing area that would be willing to take a look and provide some opinion. This has been a multi-year saga with one trip already to the DC Courts Dispute Resolution Center. I’d jump at the chance for and expert opinion to put this issue to rest. Any help would be appreciated!”

If we have soils engineers or geotech experts I’ll be seriously impressed. If not, perhaps others have dealt with a similar situation? If so, how was responsible and how was the issue resolved?

Photo of cauliflower angolotti (recipe here) by PoPville flickr user theraspberryexpress

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Photo of ‘Pork Banh Mi on saffron rice, from the Sauca gourmet food truck’ by PoPville flickr user Mr. T in DC

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“Dear PoP,

I am preparing to have blown in insulation installed. The company informed me that they need to park either directly in front of the house or directly behind it. My house is on a two way street (P St) that only allows parking on the opposite side. As the street is very busy with buses (G2) and decent flow of cars, I called my police district office to see if I could get a temporary permit for the truck. MPD referred me to dc.gov and after speaking with someone in the permit office I was informed that they don’t override street signs. A manager is supposed to be calling me back to discuss options. I do not have alley access and am at a loss about what to do. Has anyone had to deal with a similar issue or have suggestions?”

Isn’t it possible to park in the alley behind the house, or that’s too far away from the actual house? Has anyone dealt with a situation like this before?

This home is located at 1702 Lamont St, NW:

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The flier says:

“”Nantucket in the city” – stunning, elegant 1909 Georgian-style home filled w/ original details. Gracious reception hallw with paneled staircase, bay-front living room, formal dining room, extra-large table-space kitchen, 5 bedrooms + den, 2 upgraded baths, sophisticated 3rd floor master suite with wet bar, 2 rear porches, full basement, CAC, period mantels, huge skylight, walk to everything.”

You can find more info here and photos here.

They had me at “sophisticated 3rd floor master suite with wet bar”…

What do you guys think? $879,000 sound reasonable for this 5 bed/2 bath?