February 27: 20% Off Bag Sale, All locations To help you get through your to-do list, we’re offering 20% off anything you can fit into your bag (except power tools and appliances, which probably wouldn’t fit anyway). Look for a To-Do list in our stores to help you with your purchasing decisions!
See this message from Big Bear Café`s Jana Haddad: My name is Jana Haddad, from the Big Bear Cafe at 1st and R Streets, NW. I`m writing to let people know about the great new soups we have on the menu. Genevieve Villamora, our resident menu-guru, has created two soups that she prepares regularly for … More Big Bear Cafe: New Homemade Soups
The D.C. Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (DISB) invites you to a community town hall meeting on financial policies, programs and services. You will meet DISB’s new Commissioner Gennet Purcell. Also on hand will be representatives from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Federal Reserve Bank. Feel … More Financial Town Hall Meeting – February 25
In my role as local sports reporter for the blog, I present you this article for posting. Dunbar graduate, San Francisco 49er, Pro-Bowl tight end, and BACA blog favorite, Vernon Davis, is the honorary captain for the U.S. curling team at the Olympics. Pretty cool. http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=4805616 Ryan
Dear Community Member, This is to advise that the ANC5C Community Meeting, previously scheduled for 7-9pm on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 is postponed until Tuesday, March 16, 2010. The location of the March 16 meeting is the Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, 3rd and Q Streets, NW. Apologies for any inconvenience this re-scheduling may cause. Anita … More Re-scheduled ANC5C Meeting to March 16, 2010
Mark your calendars now to attend Councilmember Thomas’ Ward 5 Expo on Saturday, March 6, from 9:30 am to 2 pm, at the Kellogg Conference Center, Gallaudet University, 800Florida Avenue, NE. Registration begins at 9:30 am. The morning session, from 10 am to 12 noon, will feature updates on key economic development projects in the Ward and a panel discussion on what grocery stores look … More Ward 5 Business Expo March 6
Have you patronized the Pound Coffee place at the New York Avenue Metrorail station? See this message from Karl Johnson: Pound is having its big promotion next week. We are launching a “Discover Pound” campaign and I was hoping you might be able to post something to the blog about this. I’m really hoping a lot … More Check out Pound Coffee at the NYAve Metro
In partnership with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The Charles Guggenheim Center for the Documentary Film at the National Archives, and the Foundation for the National Archives, the Center for the National Archives Experience is pleased to present free screenings of the 82nd Academy Award® nominees in four categories – Documentary Feature, … More Oscar-nominated Documentaries at National Archives
Councilmember Harry Thomas wants to bring 8, but no more than 12, “special signs” billboards to Ward 5, where they are currently prohibited. See his proposed legislation below… and let him know if you don’t want it.
If you’re against the proliferation of new billboards in D.C., please sign this petition: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2436/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=2120
Bates Area Civic Association 