Cleveland Parker

One of the best parts of our neighborhood is the small town atmosphere that the Cleveland Park Listserv helps to create. Each Friday we will pull out some (possibly out of context) gems from the Listserv to share with our neighbors and friends. We hope these outtakes of the neighborhood news will get you ready for another great weekend in Cleveland Park!

Cleveland Park, new hot bed for revolutionary sentiment…
Does anyone know anything about what seemed to be a group protest on Ordway Street between 35th and 36th street tonight around 10pm?

Filtered water for all!
There is a Britta pitcher, free for the taking, on front steps at 3314 Newark Street.

Maybe removing all the overgrown bushes has had a negative impact…
Has anyone noticed an awful stench near the Adas Israel temple on Porter Street? It smells like something has died in the little bit of shrubbery/woods between Adas Israel and Porter.

Top of the Council’s list, I’m sure…
Mosquitoes also make outdoor time unpleasant, to say the least. Isn’t it time that we all chip in to help control DC’s mosquito population? If everyone uses mosquito dunks we can reduce the mosquito population and improve our health and comfort. And perhaps a law requiring homeowners to use dunks would be a very good thing.

Good deal? Live-in Chinese immersion…
Are there any families in the area interesting in renting out their basement or guest room in exchange for a few hours of Mandarin tutoring per week? (or SAT/GRE tutoring?) I’ll provide all the teaching materials. This could be a short-term or long-term arrangement.

Specific request…
I need a loan of a Britax, Marathon (not booster) car seat for 5 year old. Just for the weekend of August 17th-18th-19th.

One of the best parts of our neighborhood is the small town atmosphere that the Cleveland Park Listserv helps to create. Each Friday we will pull out some (possibly out of context) gems from the Listserv to share with our neighbors and friends. We hope these outtakes of the neighborhood news will get you ready for another great weekend in Cleveland Park!

Bearded dragons available!
We need to find a home for our 2 year old male bearded dragon. We’ve had him since he was a baby and he’s now about 18 inches long, nose to very long tail. He’s been handled frequently and likes to climb up onto shoulders and even down backs.

Coyotes too (aka. it’s amazing which emails catch fire in the blogosphere)…
I saw a coyote this weekend on the corner of 39th and Rodman by Rock Creek Park. I just thought all of you with cats or small dogs might want to know.

The updates and repair here have been a complete disaster…
The incomprehensible traffic light replacement/non-replacement at this intersection now has resulted in there being No Walk/Don’t Walk signals when you cross Ordway on the east side of Connecticut (between the Park ‘n’ Shop and Dinos)! This is going to lead to injury or death, as this is a nasty intersection even *with* signals.

What passes for “a pity” in Cleveland Park?
A huge old American elm came down in the storm. The trunk would be incredible for a woodworker. It’s already been cut into huge pieces, large enough for a sculpture. It seems a pity just to mulch it.

NY and DC both in need of some good pitching?
I’m embarrassed I’m complaining about this, but I know I’m not the only one. My daily Washington Post delivery is routinely in the ivy/bushes — not nearly half-way to our front door. But our New York Times rarely makes it past the sidewalk. It frequently fails to get past the tree space, and one day last week it was literally in the street/gutter.

Unions as panacea?
In order to address understaffing problems, Pepco has at times hired non-union temporary contractors, instead of hiring new workers. Griffin estimates that Pepco currently employs 1,150 union workers and approximately 400 non-union contractors. The understaffing has led to problems that the IBEW warned about years ago.

One of the best parts of our neighborhood is the small town atmosphere that the Cleveland Park Listserv helps to create. Each Friday we will pull out some (possibly out of context) gems from the Listserv to share with our neighbors and friends. We hope these outtakes of the neighborhood news will get you ready for another great weekend in Cleveland Park!

Bingo…
I’d suggest that Brookville’s manager has miscalculated his own advantage here. As many people have pointed out, a farmer’s market is more of a complement than a substitute for a supermarket. You can’t feed a household for a week on the expensive and limited offerings of a farmer’s market. For my family, at least, the decision would not be Brookville vs farmer’s market, but Brookville+farmer’s market vs Whole Foods.

This would be a really good business…
The owner of these cats is in the process of moving. Is there someone who could provide a temporary home for 2-4 weeks for these cats? Food and litter provided.

Foxy Cleveland Park, part I…
While foxes are much more exciting, is it just me (or the fact that I’m working from home now) or are others noticing an inordinate number and variety of birds in our backyards? I’m no birder so I can’t identify half of them, but in the past few days I’ve seen: robins, blue jays, cardinals, red headed woodpeckers, chickadees, crows, grackles, sparrows, catbirds, and last evening, what I think
was a house finch (had to look him up) -– he/she was red, but not cardinal red.

Foxy Cleveland Park, part II…
Leaving home at 4:45 AM, I thought to look out for auto vandals. Instead I encountered a 4-legged predator: a gray fox right in the middle of 34th Street. I was turning from Newark when I saw him/her. I stopped mid-turn, watched the fox calmly checking out something on the pavement, and got a street-lit photo with my phone.

Coffee envy…
Before 11 AM where can one buy a coffee and bagel or muffin in Cleveland Park? Since losing our Starbucks and the French bakery we only have Firehook, which has limited seating (even including the patio). Ages ago, Quatermaines had a Cleveland Park coffee house which was forced to close when the rent exploded. More recently we lost the small coffee house located in the shopping center.

One of the best parts of our neighborhood is the small town atmosphere that the Cleveland Park Listserv helps to create. Each Friday we will pull out some (possibly out of context) gems from the Listserv to share with our neighbors and friends. We hope these outtakes of the neighborhood news will get you ready for another great weekend in Cleveland Park!

In search of market equilibrium…
Can anyone recommend an average per hour rate for a 16 year old babysitter? I usually pay $12-$15/hour for college students but haven’t had a high school student sitter for a while.

Poop politics…
Can a condo building ban animals from the sidewalk or the land between the sidewalk and the road? I’m curious to gain a legal opinion regarding the true property line and span of control.

And who said DC was unfriendly environment for businesses…
Chipotle needed a special exception to occupy this space. The ANC agreed to support the application for a special exception if Chipotle would agree to install a gate at the alley entrance. Not only did Chipotle agree, but they designed the gate in an art deco style as a nod to the Uptown Theater and our Historic District.

Cleveland Park Currency Exchange…
I am interested in purchasing Euros if you have some to sell.

Disturbing…
I bought two large African wooden sculptures at the Dance Africa festival, only to find them being eaten from the inside out with some kind of bug. Does anyone have any suggestions before I’m left with a pile of sawdust?

Ouch…
He was able to contrast the DMV with several other places he is
familiar with around the world, including London, Sydney, and a couple of “developing countries,” and all of them easily surpassed the performance of the DC DMV today in customer service. American exceptionalism indeed!

By best do you mean least bad?
We are new to the area and will be signing up for cable service. We are only interested in cable and wifi hook up in the house, but no land line phone. Does anyone have any suggestions for which cable provider is best and (naturally) offers the most competitive pricing?

One of the best parts of our neighborhood is the small town atmosphere that the Cleveland Park Listserv helps to create. Each Friday we will pull out some (possibly out of context) gems from the Listserv to share with our neighbors and friends. We hope these outtakes of the neighborhood news will get you ready for another great weekend in Cleveland Park!

Unwanted alarm clocks…
This is a plea to the owner of Toyota Camry AE 6342, parked on the 3000 block of Rodman Street: Please disable your alarm. Your alarm goes off repeatedly (without cause) … The police have been here, but are unable to do anything about it. There are numerous notes on your car.

Call me incredulous…
We are huge fans of Chipotle and turn to them often for carryout when we’re in a hurry or just too busy to cook! Lots of choices, easy to stay on a low fat, low cal eating program, and they don’t use much salt.

Ok,record straight…
I like Chipotle, but I don’t think I’ve ever before seen someone describe its food as low-calorie and certainly not as low-salt. That doesn’t correspond to the nutrition info I’ve seen about it.

Classical ionic Pepco meters…
I’m upset that DC has said no to solar panels on the roof of a Cleveland Park house. The no vote is backward thinking. There is a lot of technology visible from the street that’s not historic: Pepco’s smart meters, window air conditioners, central air conditioning units, cable TV wiring, satellite dish receivers, for example. From what I read in the Current, these solar panels are about as unobtrusive as things get. Historic doesn’t mean no change.

Sound economic advice…
It’s understandable that we, as incumbent car owners in these neighborhoods, would worry about new residents competing with us for the parking spaces on our blocks. But a fair solution to the problem of residential parking scarcity would be to price RPPs at their true market value, instead of giving them away for $25/year.

Don’t even know where to go with this one…
Make sure you remain supportive of him, because it’s probably much harder for him to pretend he’s in a relationship with you (or has sexual feelings towards women more generally) than it is for you to deal with the fleeting discomfort you feel whenever the subject comes up… One suggestion you might provide is the one-two punch of having him tell his parents you broke up (aaah! the tragedy of young love gone awry…) and blocking his mother from viewing his photos on Facebook.

One of the best parts of our neighborhood is the small town atmosphere that the Cleveland Park Listserv helps to create. Each Friday we will pull out some (possibly out of context) gems from the Listserv to share with our neighbors and friends. We hope these outtakes of the neighborhood news will get you ready for another great weekend in Cleveland Park!

Van Ness Farmers Market Update…
I am working with UDC to find a suitable alternative space for the farmers’ market. We are trying to have it move to the plaza by Starbucks and Cornucopia. If that doesn’t work it will probably move in the University’s newly renovated and green quad. UDC will announce shortly the location.

Escalator envy…
I am spending a couple if weeks in the Boston area. For the record, *every* single escalator and elevator I have encountered on the T has worked perfectly. I noticed the same thing when I was in San Francisco on the BART.

Cleveland Park apparently hates the Steelers…
My Steelers banner was stolen again last night/this morning at 12:40 AM, May 31st. This is the third time it has happened in the brief time I’ve lived in Cleveland Park. Enough!

Waste not…
I bought Arm & Hammer Double Duty Advanced Odor Control cat litter by mistake for my cat and he hates it. Needless to say, cat litter a cat won’t use is not very helpful.

Now that’s green!
My son and I are looking to share a ride from Cleveland Park or downtown to the soccer game on Wednesday if possible. We won’t have a car but would of course share in the parking fee.

Cleveland Park as war zone?!
I can see how the open grates contributes to Metro flooding during storms, but don’t all of these grates get Metro wet when it rains? I’d hate to think that these sandbags are here forever. They’ve been there for months and months now. They’re ugly (to put it kindly) and they make Cleveland Park feel like it’s in a war zone.

Boo to flower stealing but “grizzled”?!?
I could not believe my eyes. While downtown around 18th and G Streets yesterday about 2:30 pm, I saw a white-haired kind of grizzled older fellow carrying a huge bouquet of hydragenas! It’s him. Guard your flowers and gardens. He’s back!

One of the best parts of our neighborhood is the small town atmosphere that the Cleveland Park Listserv helps to create. Each Friday we will pull out some (possibly out of context) gems from the Listserv to share with our neighbors and friends. We hope these outtakes of the neighborhood news will get you ready for another great weekend in Cleveland Park!

User error as design flaw…
But it has two other features, one of which is weird, the other a problem… But every time you remove your backpack and forget that the headphones are connected to it, the headphones get yanked right out of your ears.

And now another installment of the The Annals of Outdated Technology brought to you by the listserv…
Would anyone like to get an old but still functioning multi-disc CD player out of their house and into mine? Let me know if you do. I’m happy to pick it up.

Delicious freebies…
I have 4 different bottles, infused with garlic, lemon or basil. I’m not a big fan of infused olive oils, but hate the throw them away. If anyone would like these bottles of olive oil, please let me know.

Dog wars…
It came to my attention this evening, as reported by our long time housekeeper, that a man in the neighborhood yelled and used profanity at her when our 5 year old dog, yes yappy, barked at his dog. I am the first to admit it is quite annoying that our sweet little Noki barks at dogs after much training… I promise you she is completely harmless but quite annoying.

I always wanted to live by a lake…
As many of us know, the sidewalk at the Cleveland Park Metro on the west side turns into a small lake whenever it rains. Pedestrians, including those flocking to and from the east side Cleveland Park Metro entrance, have to do some agile sidestepping. It takes days for the water to disappear after a moderate rainfall like Monday’s. I just noticed that there is a drain at the bottom of the pond. It must be completely blocked.

Lesson planning from Saudi Aramco, just the unbiased approach that every student needs!
Is anyone interested in these lovely American Craft Council magazines, as well as Saudi Aramco World, which even has classroom guides in the back?