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Posted Black Picket Fences- Inheritance and Gentrification to In Shaw (the historically gentrified blog)
I haven't touched on gentrification for a while, so here's a little somethin' something. I shouldn't be reading Mary Patillo-McCoy's book Black Picket Fences: Privilage and Peril among the Black Middle Class, as I have a few wedding planning books...
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Posted Condos on Q St to In Shaw (the historically gentrified blog)
Walking around yesterday I noticed a sign that cropped up in front of 304 Q St NW. They are selling "boutique" luxury condos starting in the $200K range. Redfin has one 1 bedroom up for sale in that building. I'm glad...
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Posted Cheap Shakespeare to In Shaw (the historically gentrified blog)
I'm feeling lazy so I'm just going to cut and paste this press release:New DC Arts Outreach Company, Wandering Souls, Presents 2nd Production and Set to Reach More of DC's Underserved Audiences FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 11, 2010 CONTACT:...
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Posted The protest we're all ignoring... to In Shaw (the historically gentrified blog)
I've noticed that the protest at R and 7th is down to one occupied looking tent. As many of us suspected the population of the tent city would go down after school started....
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Posted The Last Roommate to In Shaw (the historically gentrified blog)
Well this weekend my last roommate moved in. After the Help and I get hitched (when he actually has a legal right to all that equity I've built up) he'll move in and I'll no longer be renting out the...
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Posted Beware of this weekend to In Shaw (the historically gentrified blog)
Thing #1- UHOP (United House of Prayer) is having an annual 'baptism' by firehose. There will be parking issues around the Mt. Vernon Square area because of the crowd. Thing #2- There will be a rally/march for DC voting rights...
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Posted Fugly popups for sale to In Shaw (the historically gentrified blog)
I have a theory, ugly is a big enough negative to negate any investment in increasing square footage. The reason behind my theory is that the ugly 2000 sq ft house is competing against the nicer looking 2000 sq ft...
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Posted Monday Ramblings to In Shaw (the historically gentrified blog)
I must say I love, love, love the Bloomingdale Farmer's Market. I ran into my ex-roommate who, though lives 2 blocks from me now, I lost contact with. Reunions, yay! Also Painted Hand had bunny rabbit. Add a sticky-bun and a...
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Posted Wedding related post to In Shaw (the historically gentrified blog)
Well some of you have asked how the wedding planning is going. It's going. Because, according to the glossy Washington Post Wedding Planner dohicky that IT so nicely loaned me, we started late and there is the whole list of...
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Posted Now imagine it with chairs to In Shaw (the historically gentrified blog)
Well after work, went to Beau Thai at 1700 New Jersey Avenue NW and had me some Pad Thai. I'm full. It was good. If you have an early menu the phone number is wrong. It seems the phone...
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Posted Beau Thai Now Open to In Shaw (the historically gentrified blog)
It's open. R & NJ Ave NW. Yay!...
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Posted Just Call the Cops to In Shaw (the historically gentrified blog)
This weekend I was awoken at 3 in the morning by loud obnoxious drunks who were on the alley side of whichever house they were partying at. Now I went into my back yard to try to tell where exactly...
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Posted Beau Thai- Definately Monday to In Shaw (the historically gentrified blog)
I saw some movement in Beau Thai on the way back home. I got excited. excited for nothing and yes, guy from the city, I'm blaming you. Guy from the City was excited that we in the neighborhood are all...
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Posted Have you paid your property taxes? to In Shaw (the historically gentrified blog)
This morning I found in today's Washinton Post the big list of District properties that have failed to pay their property taxes. Check the list here (PDF) to make sure your mortgage company actually paid your taxes. One year I noticed...
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Posted Beau Thai Maybe Thursday, Maybe Friday, We'll see to In Shaw (the historically gentrified blog)
I ran into the owner of Beau Thai after work. She was waiting for the C of something, I gather the person is the last ok from the city to go ahead and start serving us food.Anyway I asked for...
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Posted Wedding planning and Shaw to In Shaw (the historically gentrified blog)
I'd like to announce the engagement of Ms. InShaw (me) to the guy known as The Help. So postings may get a little light as I get distracted with trying to plan two low-cost weddings on two opposite sides of...
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Posted Soon, as in Monday the 9th to In Shaw (the historically gentrified blog)
A neighbor noticed that the "Coming soon" signs were down and I saw on Scott Robert's email thing Beau Thai is supposed to open Monday August 9th for carry out.Update- I went by after work and the doors are pretty...
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Posted First on First or just First on the 7th to In Shaw (the historically gentrified blog)
Saturday was the now annual (this is the second go round), neighborhood art thing. I ran into some TC neighbors selling handmade purses and bags. Neighbor IT had an installation of post cards in front of Big Bear. Lots of...
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Posted Busy Weekend to In Shaw (the historically gentrified blog)
A lot is happening around this end of the hood this Saturday. First there is the 1st on First, which last year the title was dead on, so more accurately it is the 7th on First this year, but 1st...
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Posted Special Parking to In Shaw (the historically gentrified blog)
I got my temporary parking pass in the mail about a week or so ago for Ward 5 and handed it over to my roommate who is only going to be with me for less than a month. After he leaves I'm...
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Posted Some PQ observations to In Shaw (the historically gentrified blog)
I finally got around to asking the homeless guy who has been around the Archives/Navy Memorial what happened to Manhattan Deli, which closed last month with no announcement or nothin'. He said that one of the vendors around there said...
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Posted My weekend- Out in the Virginia Mountains to In Shaw (the historically gentrified blog)
This post falls under 'it's my personal blog and I'll post what I want' category. For the past two weekends I've taken two mini-vacations out in the Shenandoah mountain area, one in Madison County the other in Rappahannock County....
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Posted ANCs- A really short history to In Shaw (the historically gentrified blog)
The following is a very simplified history, which hopefully will give some understanding of the present. During the Big Bear ABC license kerfuffle there were a few emailers questioning the rationale for ANCs or Advisory Neighborhood Commissions. ANCs are a...
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Posted BACA/ NE Shaw- I wanna have a small canning party to In Shaw (the historically gentrified blog)
Here's the thing. I want to have a small canning party. Thing #1 my kitchen is crowded with 2 people in it and three people it just isn't happening. Thing #2 I know some folks out there are curious about small...
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Posted Beau Thai- A peek to In Shaw (the historically gentrified blog)
I peeked into Beau Thai (unopened) and it looks lovely, the paper is off the floor, the lights are cute, it looks simple and nice. There is nothing in there, but what is (floor, paint, hardwired lights) there is lovely...
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Posted A mighty wind to In Shaw (the historically gentrified blog)
700 Block of P Street Sunday, around 6pm....
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