Penn Quarter Living

Opening 🚨...At 7th & D St NW in Market Square, Fruitive will open its 2nd DC location in the former Protein Bar space. Grand opening is tomorrow, Feb 18. Hours will be 7 am to 3 pm. Cold pressed juices and various bowls/wraps available.

Menu: fruitive.com/menu

Quick walk around the #downtownDC neighborhood this morning. 6"-8" or so of snow on the ground where not disturbed, but sleeting was in effect. Walgreens(7th/H) and Gregory's Coffee (7th/E) were open. Enjoy!

The downtown DC Barnes & Noble is open at 1025 F St NW. Two levels of books, magazines, music, movies, cards, wrapping, and gifts.

We visited PubKey DC (410 7th St NW) for the first time. The fried mozarella is excellent.

The F St NW Barnes & Noble in the Woodies building will have its grand opening on Wed, January 21. What a nice way to start 2026! #DowntownDC #BeDowntown

A very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!

The design tree in the Riggs Hotel (9/F NW) is cool. Just inside main entrance

We're all sorry.

Sadly we didn't note the car/train number. ☹️ Keep up the great service!

"No stressing, you're a blessing," said the @wmata.com train conductor. A nice way to start the day.

The downside of micromobility...looks like litter. 600 block of E St NW.

Putt in the Park in @CityCenterDC remains open until Nov 2. On the I St NW woonerf between 10th and 11th St NW.

www.citycenterdc.com/experience/2...

The Accolade, an office-to-residential conversion at 1425 New York Ave NW, is now leasing apartments in downtown Washington DC. We witnessed the whole conversion process from the outside and it was pretty quick. These apartments are not cheap.

Photo gallery: liveaccolade.com/gallery/

First day in a while since it's been cool enough to walk home to Penn Quarter from Dupont Circle.

Barnes & Noble left downtown DC in late 2015, but now it's returning in the Fall of 2025 to the former Zara space on F St NW. Alright!

2015 story: pqliving.com/barnes-noble...

New to us @washwizards.bsky.social mural on the side of the Chinatown firehouse at 6th and F St NW. A bit Romero Britto in style. Looks good! #nba #wizards

The annual #Otakon celebration of Asian pop culture happens this weekend at the DC Convention Center.

Farewell Capitol City Brewing Company. We enjoyed getting dinner or happy hour beers there since the late 1990s when the (old) Convention Center was across the street. We await Le Midi...

Will miss one of the best @washingtonpost.com columns.

The article is right...bring back the Ombudsman.

Afternoon indulgence at Tipsy Scoop (675 I St NW). (Also, note the crane in the background. New apartment building inbound.👍🏻)

Always enjoy looking at the Paul Stuart menswear at CityCenter. Nice summer colors!

Interesting mural in the 600 block of H St NW. This is where the SunTrust bank used to be. The mural is on the side of Gallery Place.

Good morning National Airport. 45+ years flying out of DCA and counting. The buildings may change but this view never gets old.

Shout out to Penn Quarter...Lucky Danger restaurant on D St NW, the MLK DC Public Library, and the Capital Jewish Museum offer opportunities to play mahjong in a communal setting.

Had a great time seeing the Momentum Parkour demo at the National Building Museum (4th & F St NW). Opening sequence clipped below. Kiddos were having tremendous fun.

On this morning's Metro @wmata.com ride was thinking how much safer and nicer riding has become since @wmatagm.bsky.social took over. It got a bit wild coming out of the pandemic. Thanks goes to these folks who help keep safety a primary value both under and above ground.

Machu Picchu virtual reality experience from Fever Experience is running at 926 F St NW in Penn Quarter. Tickets are ~$35 for adults. Runs 10 am to 6:30 pmish. Bookings calendar goes to end of September.
machupicchuexp.com

The Buzzard Point residents of which there will be many more will use this route.

Isaia (984 I St NW) is a new addition to the CityCenter retail men's store lineup. They sell fine Italian clothing from Naples.