Cheech and Chong can't seem to figure out morning coffee in the Southeast hills, ..and neither can I.
As I thought about where to procure a cup of java, this Sunday morning, after being up half the night, my River East prospects were pretty abysmal. Sure, I hate taking my money (or revenue) to people West of the river (Washington, D.C.), every time I want a cup of decent coffee or hot dinner, making their neighborhoods more influential, Downtown...
But still doing it.
Skyland Town Center coming to the edge of Hillcrest is fine, but doesn't change the need for something economically, socially or civically relevant in Southeast Hills neighborhoods, like Penn Branch and the Randle Highlands. What's needed along Pennsylvania Avenue, between the Anacostia River and the Southern Avenue border, are mixed-use business centers and important government buildings, ..commanding a strong Metropolitan Police presence and reliable public works commitment. I say 'mixed-use', because we love our already established and long-standing neighborhood businesses, like Wah Sing Restaurant and Patron's Convenience Store, and would want to see them plugged into new buildings with a wider range of civically relevant businesses that people all over D.C. will care about and will cross the Big Dirty to patronize! What's needed here are new revenue-generating properties for a thriving business sector, like what you see along Upper Wisconsin Avenue, between Tenleytown and Friendship Heights, ..and NOT new people.
NOT condos.
Big, shiny business centers and gourmet coffee...s'all I want. I talk about that a lot, on this blog. This morning, just wanted coffee.
Thought about running by the newly renovated McDonald's at Barney Circle - with its new Premium Roast and free WiFi - for that Sunday morning coffee. Might've paid a coupla' bucks for it, fattening Ward Six and Capitol Hill's already impressive revenue pile, ..but, ultimately decided to keep my money here, in the Naylor-Duponts...
Big, shiny business centers and gourmet coffee...s'all I want. I talk about that a lot, on this blog. This morning, just wanted coffee.
Thought about running by the newly renovated McDonald's at Barney Circle - with its new Premium Roast and free WiFi - for that Sunday morning coffee. Might've paid a coupla' bucks for it, fattening Ward Six and Capitol Hill's already impressive revenue pile, ..but, ultimately decided to keep my money here, in the Naylor-Duponts...
And brew my own. Just imagine it...
If I'd had a larger, fancier coffee-maker and twenty or so friendly locals, coming by on an invitation-only basis, leaving me a little gift in an 'Appreciation Jar', ..I'd have a small business. Well, just read the papers - it's not like there aren't other goods being traded, this way! I think it's absolutely outrageous that there are people in and around this Southeast Hills neighborhood, who can find POT (marijuana), at 7:00 am, on a Sunday morning or any other time, ..easier than I can find a cup of gourmet coffee.
Outrageous...
Outrageous...
Mel
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