September 5, 2014

Neighborhood News

Adams Morgan Farmers' Market offerings for Saturday September 6th

National Preparedness Month FREE webinars

ABRA training sessions: Learn how to spot a fake ID

Neighborhood News

1) Pepco's Harvard Conversion Project Update

Crews are making progress on the Harvard Conversion project. We wanted to provide a quick update on the construction schedule.  This week crews will continue to install a new manhole in front of 1682 Columbia Rd., NW.  Next week, crews will begin installing new conduit between 1682 and 1720 Columbia Rd., NW.


If you have any questions about any of this information or the project, please let Chris Taylor know and he will be glad to follow up.

As a reminder, the Harvard Conversion project involves increasing capacity of underground feeders from 4kV to 13kV.

To achieve the conversion, new pipes (conduits) must be installed to house the new 13 kV cables.  Next, crews will install the new cable.  Finally, customers will be transitioned from the old feeder to the new feeder.  During this phase of the project, we will construct approximately 4,000 feef of conduit, 11 manholes, and 2 switches.  These upgrades will enhance reliability for customers in the area.

Best,

Chris Taylor
Public Affairs Manager, DC Region
Pepco Headquarters
701 9th St. NW
Washington, DC 20068
Office- 202.872.3357

crtaylor@pepco.com

2) Lunar Massage celebrates FOUR YEARS in Adams Morgan with discounts for everyone!!!

We're celebrating FOUR YEARS in Adams Morgan this fall!  Come get a massage in September in the Adams Morgan studio and pick up the physical coupon for $10 off your next visit. It's redeemable ONLY in the Adams Morgan studio and you must bring it back with you to get the discount. We love you #admo!

1768 Columbia Rd 2nd Fl

202-560-3575

LunarMassageDC.com

3) The Town Tavern hosts Football Fever

2323 18th Street NW

Washington DC, 20009

(202) 387-8696

~COLLEGE GAMEDAY SATURDAYS~

$3 domestic bottles

$6 burger baskets

$10 bud light pitchers

~NFL SUNDAYS~

$4 domestic bottles

$10 bud light pitchers

$15 wing/bud light pitcher combo

~MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL~

$3 domestic bottles

$12 mix 'n match buckets

Join us for Every Game. Every Touchdown. All. Season. Long.

To book a gamewatch or reserve a table email: towntavernevents@gmail.com

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We also have great Happy Hour Specials Mon.-Fri. 5-9pm,

Come check out  AdMo’s #1 Pub-Club!!

4) Southern Hospitality hosts Second Annual SoHo Day Crab Feast - September 13


Southern Hospitality at

1815 Adams Mill Road, NW

Join us from 4 pm to midnight

for

Beer Specials and

Crabs by the dozen


For reservations:

www.sohodc.com

(202) 588-0411


5) Carriage House is now Johnny Pistolas!

Carriage House is now Johnny Pistolas at
2333 18th Street, NW

(202) 817-3255

info@johnnypistolas.com

Johnny Pistolas is a Mexican Taqueria Bar serving up delicious LA Style Tacos, Creative Specialties and Signature Craft Cocktails in a fun and inviting atmosphere.

We wish them the best of luck with this new venture! The food looks fantastic!

Adams Morgan Farmers' Market offerings for Saturday September 6th

ADAMS MORGAN FARMERS MARKET SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 8:00AM - 1:00PM RAIN OR SHINE

We'll have some unusual fruit this Saturday!

On Friday we had a taste test at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, of the huge, end of the season WHITE NECTARINES.  Chef Jerald from Johns Hopkins University pronounced the taste "delightfully floral" whereas Chef Jonathan said, "The sweetest, juiciest fruit I've ever tasted"!

Ditto on the last harvest of DONUT (SATURN) PEACHES.  They're described as having a "juicy flesh, tinged with red...an excellent, sweet flavor with a hint of almond".  There are some wonderful recipes for grilling these peaches with butter and brown sugar.

Also available are some extra-ripe PEACHES for jam, freezing or canning.  And, there are one last variety of eating PEACHES called ENCORES.  We're unsure of having any more for next Saturday.

We'll have 2 APPLE varieties - GALA (BUCKEYE'S) and HONEYCRISP.  Both are early fall APPLES - and this is the time to eat these varieties at their freshest.  The varieties that come later in the fall include Goldrush, Jonagolds, Stayman-Winesaps, Nittany's.  So enjoy the GALAS AND HONEYCRISPS while we have them.

The coming cooler nights will slow down our excellent TOMATO harvest, so enjoy them now, and (think like squirrels) and stock up for the winter.

We'll run the HEIRLOOM TOMATO sale another week - $2.49/lb for over 3lbs.  and .99/lb for 5lbs and over of No. 2's (extra ripe).  Come early for these.

Folks are saying that our CHERRY TOMATOES are the most flavorable they've ever tasted!

Also, we'll have lots of PEPPERS, HOT PEPPERS, BEANS, HERBS, ITALIAN AND ASIAN EGGPLANT, OKRA, KALE, and other seasonal goodies.

Don't forget to bring bags, pt and qt containers.

For the past several weeks, we have been enjoying the amazing music of Roy Norris Hill lll  a violist ,violinist and native Washingtonian, a graduate of the DC Youth Orchestra, Lavine Shool of Music , National Symphony Youth Fellowship Program and Duke Ellington Shool of the Arts. He attended the Hartt School of Music under the teachings of the renown violist Scott Nickerenz and Larry Dutton of the Emerson String Quartet.

Mr. Hill teaches viola & violin, is a member of Washington Pro Musica, a guest artist at the areas DC markets and numerous landmarks in DC, featured musician  at Plymouth Church, Mt Pleasent Baptist Church, Columbia Union College Orchestra, numerous DC area churches, Friday Morning Music Club, the Celebrated String Ensemble, Bach Consort Ensemble, the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center, Soulful Sympony, and taught viola sectionals at the DC Youth Orchestra and the Montgomery Youth Orchestra.

We are fortunate to have him play for us Saturday mornings.

See you Saturday at the market,
Michael, Esther, Charmaine, Kyla, Katrina and Lindsay
Licking Creek Bend Farm

National Preparedness Month - FREE webinars

Get Your Business Ready For Any Kind of Disaster at Free National Preparedness Month Webinar Series

Each year small businesses nationwide are forced to close their doors in the aftermath of severe storms, flooding, tornadoes, wildfires, and hurricanes. Business interruptions, even if they last just a few hours, are costly in terms of lost productivity and profits.

You can get help with your own business preparedness planning through a series of free webinars on Wednesdays during the month of September hosted by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and Agility Recovery in collaboration with FEMA’s Ready Campaign as part of National Preparedness Month.

The SBA wants to help business owners take charge of the well-being of their own companies, the safety of their employees, and the sustenance of their local economies by being prepared to rebound quickly from any kind of disaster.

The 30 minute webinars will be presented at 2 pm on each of the following dates.

September 10:

How to Plan for a Power Interruption…and Recover Fast

Tips on how to make your company resilient and better prepared to mitigate losses during power outages.


September 17: The Top 5 Steps for Preparedness This Year

The top five ways to prepare for disaster-related business interruptions will be discussed.


September 24: If You Do Nothing Else This Year

Simple, low-cost tips on building a solid business continuity plan.

To register for any of these webinars:

Email:

Ellen Cornelius

HSEMA-Contractor

ellen.cornelius@dc.gov


ABRA training sessions: Learn how to spot a fake ID

ABC licensees and their staff are invited to attend ID Compliance Training hosted by the Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration (ABRA) from Sept. 12-14.

Training topics will include:

  • Preventing sales of alcoholic beverages to minors and intoxicated persons
  • Techniques for properly verifying IDs
  • Tips for spotting fake IDs
  • Information on ABRA compliance checks

Attend one, two-hour training session:

  • 9-11 a.m., Friday, Sept. 12
  • 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 12
  • 3-5 p.m., Friday, Sept. 12
  • 9-11 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 13
  • 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 13
  • 3-5 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 13
  • 9-11 a.m., Sunday, Sept. 14 (Korean interpreter available)
  • 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 14 (Spanish interpreter available)
  • 3-5 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 14

RSVP for training by contacting ABRA Operations Manager Jackie Richardson at:

Training will be located at the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Hearing Room:

2000 14th Street, NW,
Suite 400 South, 4th Floor,
Washington, DC 20009