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I have heard from some dog owners that a good way to keep the 'activity' down is to walk your dogs through the alley. This is not for every one and every alley. Another thing I was told, was cutting down the weeds and removing the trash, so the dealers would have fewer places to hide their products. So for about and hour or so I took to cleaning a small part of my alley. I leave the regular

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Jelly Babies 2Originally uploaded by In ShawWho cares?Well if Tom Baker was your Doctor Who, then you may understand why this is blog worthy.I went into HT for one thing. I'm getting better at walking into stores for just one thing and only walking out with 3, as opposed to a dozen things. Anyway, I like HT's fish counter, so I went there for some scallops and decided to check out the rest of the

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Yesterday I stopped by the Dupont Circle market sometime after I had picked up fruits and corn from the Bloomingdale Farmers Market. I like BFM a bit better than DFM, and just as much as the PQ(Penn Quarter)FM. Yes the Penn Quarter and Bloomingdale Farmer's markets are smaller, but not as frigging crowded. Maybe the vendors like crowds, but I don't. There just doesn't seem to be enough room.

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Well it's August and the edible front yard is moving along quite nicely. Tomatoes- The patio tomatoes are near done and the bigger tomato plants are beginning to show some fruit. Well some of them. Some are just disappointing thus far, with lots of vines but no little green fruits to show for itself. It could be that other pants are getting in the way. Beans- Beans, beans a wonderful fruit. The

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BAANC Blog- That the Blagden Alley And (is that what the other A is for?) Naylor Court Blog. So get your announcements for the next BAA meeting here as well as other information around the BA/NC area. And Bread for the City which has an office on 7th Street has a blog. From what I've read it is a group blog so keep note that the poster may not be the author. There are some Shaw topics, but most,

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Once again, I am nearly run down by a SUV. If I hadn't read my paper I would have communicated to the driver of the SUV that I was much displeased by his nearly mowing me down by flinging my plastic wrapped newspaper at him. Instead I used my words. I had the right of way, he was making a right on to 7th, and the crossing sign had just lit up and was counting down when I stepped into the

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According to the IRS migration data for 2005-2006 (if the link doesn't work go to the Missouri Census Data Center Single County Migration File & pick District of Columbia) of the 23,432 taxfilers (households/ returns/ whatever) 5,703 of them escaped, ran, bolted, slinked over, or just got the F outta Dodge City, making PG County the place receiving the most DC migrants. Montgomery was a second

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as opposed to theory. Be on the lookout for pre-teen boys on bicycles. One is wearing a red shirt with white writing. The lil' bastards are throwing rocks and breaking windows in alleys. I screamed at the hellions when I realized rocks were hitting my house. They weren't aiming for my house, they were aiming for the house next door with the new windows. Rocks and bits of concrete were landing in

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Watching the 400 block of Q, on the Ward 2 side has been interesting for the past year or so. More so in the past couple of months. As some of you know that block has been the domain of some fellows keeping court on the sidewalk. Drug dealing has been suspected and then there was that shooting incident. Since the shooting the police presence has been noticeable. At least a few times a week I see

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I've figured out where the bells that ring the hours come from. I was walking near Immaculate Conception on 8th and N one evening and heard the bells there, sounding like they were coming from the church. All this while I was guessing it was coming from LeDroit or over by Howard. Si (of MVSQ) mentioned that sound bounces around on the buildings, which could explain my confusion.

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This would be a better referenced post if I knew where the heck my Census table was, but alas, I don't have it. But when I find it, I'll correct the data and cite it and all that good academic stuff. One day I had a question, a question that fun Census data could answer. Who's actually from here? There are DC natives, they proudly mention that they are from here. But so many people I meet around

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Archives-Navy Memorial Metro Station. The escalator to get on the platform is out. This wouldn't be so bad if there were low carbon emitting stairs. But there aren't. No stairs, so with one escalator out, the rush hour crowd gets to walk down one skinny escalator. Woe to you if you're going against traffic. Your best bet sometimes is the elevator. DC Public Library- I rarely check out books

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I had an idea to share some recipes as well as promote some Bloomingdale businesses and the Capital City Market, and that idea is the East of NJ Ave challenge. The challenge is to create a few yummy things from items east of New Jersey Avenue and west of.... oh face it I don't bike past the Capital City/Florida Market. The borders are fuzzy. I don't know how much of a challenge it would be when

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After some thought I have decided to have InShaw endorse the ANC candidacy of Ms. Jessica Lanza. Though I don't live in Ward 2, I work in Ward 2, ANC2C03 exactly. Having someone who is both interested in the Penn Quarter/ Gallery Place area as a developing and residential place is a good thing. Downtown is a little different, but the residents of that area and Shaw share some similarities. And

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I have something. It is long and if you have time I'd like you to read it and give your thoughts. I'm leaving off the date and the source so I can ask you the following questions: When do you think this was written? What year, what decade? Language will give a clue. After reading the following passage, how do you see DC's housing problem? Washington's Problem (select part of report sumbitted to

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Anytime you head out of town and come back, it takes awhile to catch up with things. Though I did want to type out something before I left, I just got too busy. Thursday, the day I was supposed to head out with the time challenged family members, I ran into a FOX5 reporter and his handy dandy camera man. I had walked up to them to ask what horrid thing had happened now. He was asking residents

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Vacant propOriginally uploaded by In ShawSorry for not posting for a while. My 93 year old grandma passed last week away so we were all busy with that. Anyway back to your regularly scheduled blogging.....I think it was Kwame Brown, who threw out the suggestion at a BACA mtg that DC should take over distressed properties. And this morning on the radio some NoVA county governments are tossing

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100_0859.JPGOriginally uploaded by In ShawJust hitting Redfin today is 1700 New Jersey Avenue for 1.2 million. It can be a restaurant, with an apartment above and outdoor seating.So if you happen to have a million, please, please, please, please, pretty, pretty please with sugar on top buy this and open my fantasy French bistro. That or my fantasy tandoori carry out. Or a fantasy wine bar. And

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Over on the MVSQ neighborhood blog there is a map pointing out all sorts of interesting things like MPD Crime Cameras, daytime loitering spots, and suspected residences of 'troublemakers'. It has crossed my mind to put up such a type of map, however my concerns and lack of Photoshop or other photoediting software (no I haven't tested out all the software on the mac) takes away any enthusiasm for

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POP-up.JPGOriginally uploaded by In ShawWhen I last blogged about this lovely 1/2 done, 1/2 baked structure it was on the market for 1/2 a million dollars. Well now it is 1/2 off, as a foreclosure. According to Redfin this house is now $280K. Okay not exactly 1/2 of $500K, but close enough. It's framed, all it needs are renewed permits, some electrical and plumbing, brickwork, etc. It may take a

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Walkway ArugulaOriginally uploaded by In ShawPart of my gardening is based on the idea of throw it on (seeds) or in the ground and see what happens. If it grows cool, if it don't oh, well.The experiment with the purslane has been great. Seeds were thrown everywhere, and like the weed it is, it grew almost everywhere I put seed down. I've been enjoying purslane salads for dinner and lunch for a

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I really enjoyed sitting on the Roosevelt Institution's Expo panel on blogging. I was concerned because the other panelists were from nationally focused liberal group/organized blogs, and I'm so not. The crowd was good and they had good questions. Something that was touched upon in the Q&A, regarding breaking into blogging. I was in disagreement with the other bloggers, and maybe that

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I keep forgetting (along with a bunch of other things) to mention a bit of information taken from the last BACA meeting. Though we really, really, really want a substation being so very far away from the main 5D station, it doesn't look likely. It was explained by Groomes, MPD that substations have to be manned and having officers inside manning stations means fewer officers outside patrolling

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Guess what? There is a dress code at Corduroy. I suspected as much when I called up Jimbo and suggested we head over and check out the happy hour. Jimbo was quite casual, sporting shorts, sandals and a tee. Jim had quite a bit of news, which you can read over at his blog, and so we talked about that on our way over to 9th Street. Heading down 9th we stopped by the Long View Gallery. The cool

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Mexfrt3Originally uploaded by In ShawMexican Fruit1309 5th Street NEWashington, DC202-431-1644Mon-Sat 6AM-5PMCash OnlyDescription: The fruit stand tends to be hit or miss in finding something suitable, but they have some of the cheapest produce and are always worth a visit when you're in the market area. On visits where it is a sure hit, items are only slightly bruised or just has one spoiled

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