Have you recently renovated your
Great Room?
Then HGTV is looking for you!
Home & Garden Television’s (HGTV) BANG FOR YOUR BUCK is looking for fun and enthusiastic homeowners in the greater Washington, DC area RIGHT NOW!
Renovations must have taken place within the past three years.
Posted in on October 7th, 2009 at 8:10 am
October 2009
General Membership Meeting and Program
Monday October 5, 7:30 – 10 PM
Universalist National Memorial Church
1810 16th Street, NW
Program: Greening Your Home
Posted in Membership on October 1st, 2009 at 7:57 am
Next Membership Meeting: Monday, Oct. 5, 7:30 pm
Volunteer to write our weekly newsletter? Contact Robin Diener
Dupont Denizens
Dupont History: Dupont Circle was a brickyard and slaughterhouse.
Posted in Newsletter on September 23rd, 2009 at 8:25 am
There’s still time to volunteer for the 2009 House Tour on Sunday October 18. Volunteers are needed as house monitors and to assist with Afternoon Tea at the Washington Club. Volunteers earn a free ticket to the tour and an invitation to the volunteer “after party” on Sunday evening. Please contact volunteer coordinator
Posted in House Tour on September 16th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
Next Membership Meeting: Monday, Oct. 5, 7:30 pm
Volunteer to write our weekly newsletter? Contact Robin Diener
Dupont Denizens
Fun fact: The California Syndicate was a group of western developers, including Nevada Senator William Morris Stewart, Curtis Hillyer and Thomas Sunderland. Sixty cents per foot for then-marshy land!
Posted in Newsletter on September 16th, 2009 at 7:24 am
What do a former White House (in 1927), a floating staircase, and a secret garden have in common?
They’re all on the 2009 Dupont Circle House Tour, with highlights ranging from stately grand homes and an eclectic mansion, to cleverly restored townhouses and a commercial garage transformed to a trend-setting loft. Your ticket ($25 in advance/$30 day of) also provides admission to Afternoon Tea at the Washington Club (the former Patterson House) at 15 Dupont Circle, NW.
Posted in House Tour on September 13th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Volunteer needed to write our weekly newsletter that also appears in the Dupont Current. Contact: Robin Diener.
Keep it Clean. Check it out. The newly renovated S &T dog park opened Sept. 3. Will dog owners do their part in keeping it clean?
Keep it Diverse. Who can join us for the Homeless Walkathon (Nov. 18) and neighborhood mini-walk (Nov. 1)? Contact Board Member, Susan Dunn.
Posted in Newsletter on September 9th, 2009 at 11:11 am
The pumpkin was stolen. According to Phil Carney, “The responses to the pumpkin were amazing. People were thrilled and excited to have a pumpkin growing in our neighborhood.” While the pumpkin is gone, here are two photos of things that likely won’t be stolen, and which continue to make the garden such a delight.
Posted in Parks Committee on August 25th, 2009 at 7:36 am
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Michelle Obama can be proud of her closest neighborhood. The pumpkin pictured is fruit of the labors of Phil Carney (aka Scoop, aka Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner 2B-07). Phil has long been gardening in the public space and for the public pleasure.
The formerly forlorn patch at the point where Mass Ave meets P Street on the east side of Dupont Circle next to the Sulgrave Club is currently adorned with cascades of flowers, feathery grasses, nodding sunflowers, fragrant mint, butterflies, bumblebees, and, yes, pumpkins.
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Urban gardening is subject to setbacks. Phil’s friends have heard the horror stories of hooligans ripping out swaths of carefully nurtured perennials or absconding with the geraniums. And many of us have experienced the same ourselves when taking on a tree box or setting an urn of pansies upon the stairs. An urban garden like this one, pumpkins or no, is truly a victory garden.
Posted in Parks Committee on August 24th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Linda Posell: In Memoriam
Friday August 21, 4pm, at the DC-JCC (16th & Q Streets)
A more vibrant spirit than Linda Posell would be hard to find and will be forever missed by her myriad longtime Dupont friends. A remembrance celebration of her life takes place tomorrow Friday August 21, at 4 pm, at the DC-JCC at 16th and Q Street, NW. Condolences can be sent to Gerald Allan Schwinn, 1743 Church Street, NW, 20036. See Remembrance Celebration of Linda
Posted in on August 20th, 2009 at 8:03 pm