A look at what's going on in Trinidad, on H Street, and in the larger area north of Capitol Hill.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Check the Schedule
Follow the link to a clickable list of events, times, and locations for tomorrow's H Street Festival.
40 comments:
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Hello, This will be my first time attending the festival.Please spread the word.The more people are informed ,the better chance of the festival growing
Do we really need a cop in a police car sitting at intersections that are blocked off by traffic barrels, or sound stages? I'd really like to see them in the neighborhoods preventing/solving crimes. It's not like the cops take the opportunity to interact with the community at these things. Last week, I watched groups of cops talking to each other and just watching the people eat at "Arts on Foot" in Chinatown. I expect to see pretty much the same today. skip
Last year I saw those same police you complain about stopping kids on mopeds and motorized skateboards from entering the festival area. The police also did have representatives walking around talking to people however you are correct it was not the police tasked with protecting the festival but that is not what they are there for.
In defense of the cops, saw a fight about to break out between a drunk brandishing a bottle and a meathead. Cops were on the scene in half a minute took care of the situation and dragged him away.
Always easy to criticize. Cops are human, but do better than most of us realize.
Festival was great--why did the H Street festival JUST get the schedule up yesterday?? I was emailing people all week trying to get people to go and had a hard time finding specifics on what would be there for kids...
But it was awesome--but where were the Pie people and the dumpling/ramen bar?
Flyers/books next year showing locations of booths would be great!
loved the festival this year. the artistic cars were great and the music and food excellent, lots of variety. compared to 6 years ago when we moved to the neighborhood, there's a plethora of great places and the festival this year was unique. caught some dancing at the atlas and was happy to see a great mix of people, though not sure how many actually mixed together. people seem to glance at one another but i guess their egos keep them from exchanging new friendships and connect on a deeper level. can we have another one next week?...
The pie people were set up right outside their not-open-yet store, just next to the H Street Country Club. They were doing a lot of business.
The dumpling/ramen people I didn't see.
The "Ethiopian @ 401 H Street" folks were there, giving out free samples of their food. That was cool.
What seemed missing to me were stages, and the things that were supposed to be happening on the stages. There was a stage down at the 14th Street end, but it seemed very lightly used, as if only 1/2 of the bands scheduled to perform were there. The second stage, at 10th and H, seemed like it was just being delivered to the site at 1:30pm. And what about the "Fashion Stage" at 11th and H, or the Tattoo competition at 12th and H; in the 1-2pm range, I couldn't find any sign of either.
Overall, it was fun; and it was so nice to see so many places on H represented.
Caught both the fashion show and end of the Tattoo contest (excellent MC) on the catwalk stage. Sorry you missed them, the events happened later, maybe in the 2:30-5:30 range. Thought some of the music was pretty good.
Friends were raving about how much better this was than Adams Morgan or Columbia heights festivals. Expect throngs next year, and then the inevitable slow decline (in fun, not quantity) as things get more vanilla.
The Festival had mechanical glitches with the stages.. DC Parks and Recreation delivered them almost 2 hours late. The 14th St stage had an electrical problem throwing the Rock and Roll Hotel's fabulous program off schedule. The entire program went on and the music did not end until about 7 PM. The music never stopped so it was hardly "lightly used."
The generator on the 10th St stage was dead. Broken, The stage could not be lowered no matter how hard they tried, but the Show Must Go On, and it did. All of it, on the street in front of the stage. If you missed it, it's your loss. The people who were there were dancing in the street. Two of the groups are signing record contracts within the next few weeks. We're talking Big Names here, and we'll fill you in later. They've promised us that they will NOT forget H Street and will be back. We hope that will be with Grammies in hand!
The First Annual Tattoo competition was a hit and went off as scheduled at 5 PM. Additional contestants jumped in and the final field totaled about 25 when they strutted their stuff down the runway at 12 St. The audience saw a little skin but if you missed it, you'll have to ask somebody who was there for the details. What happens on H, stays on H. The "worst tattoo" was won by an H Street bartender. Most of hers were good but she had one small "mistake" that Paul Roe of British Ink, will "repair" with his Magic Needles and considerable skill.
Really enjoyed this year's festival. It was really interesting to see the diverse group of people. I hope that we can keep that. The face painters really deserve a shout out. The pies were nearly sold out by two. It looked like all of the out door cafes were doing super business. The line for Smokey's ribs was endless. I liked the music, even though the live bands were late to get on stage, the DJ was working. The art cars!!! Good job Anwar & Margaret.
Sameena, the schedule had been up for quite a while. I linked to it again yesterday because it seemed like people didn't realize it was a clickable list.
I was staffing a booth part of the time, and didn't see the ramen stuff, but I did see Dangerously Delicious Pies.
The Festival had mechanical glitches with the stages.. DC Parks and Recreation delivered them almost 2 hours late. The 14th St stage had an electrical problem throwing the Rock and Roll Hotel's fabulous program off schedule. The entire program went on and the music did not end until about 7 PM. The music never stopped so it was hardly "lightly used."
That sucks that they were delivered two hours late. Our group heard music from a distance, which seemed to end. We headed down, got to the stage, and waited for about 30 mins for more music to start before moving on. It seemed like a changeover that was taking forever, and we presumed there was a hole in the schedule. In hindsight, given how late the stages arrived, the music we heard earlier was probably recorded, and those 30 mins standing were probably during initial setup.
The generator on the 10th St stage was dead. Broken, The stage could not be lowered no matter how hard they tried, but the Show Must Go On, and it did. All of it, on the street in front of the stage. If you missed it, it's your loss.
I'm wondering who peed in your breakfast today. Yes, you're absolutely right, it is our group's loss, as we were all looking forward to seeing those events, especially the body art. Why that seems like something to give attendees asking about it shit about, I can't imagine.
I had a blast yesterday. This was by far the best H St. Festival because it had a lot more representation (percentage wise) of H Street businesses, and less outsiders.
Hung out with some friends from "the burbs" who had never come down here, and they were just floored with the flavor and coolness factor. I kept saying "this shit would never happen in Clarendon". LOL
Mostly hung out in the 1300 block. The pies were excellent, the bbq was excellent, and the beer garden in front of Sova & the soon to come German place were awesome.
Frank Perdue, I think it was just meant to say that there was quite a show that you missed. Not anything beyond that. Schedules were posted online well aheead. Unfortunately, they weren't widely recognized for the clickable lists they had always been.
There was a lot of music at the festival, even if it wasn't as much as hoped for.
In my mind, the real win is that we had a large turn out and lots of attractions.
Deb is right. The list was always there but nobody would know that it was clickable because the web page was poorly designed. Why wasn't it on the hstreet.org website. That is well designed and easy to read.
The festival was a HUGE success! I'm going to push the Atlas to have a stage outside next year. They had all the arts groups inside the lobby, with people outside trying to lure people to come in for the performances in the lobby all afternoon. This should all be outside as well, especially on a gorgeous day like Saturday.
It was extra cool to learn of the new German beer hall opening up in December- and the Pie Shop said they expect to be open in time for Thanksgiving. (fingers crossed!)
I was surprised that the German Beer hall has their liquor license already... or maybe they were using RR Hotel's license.
the r&b group, i think their name is U-Era, who performed on the 10th Street stage was amazingly talented, i wonder if they're one of the ones about to sign a deal. All of them had long dreadlocks and were dressed in white and black. their vocals were superb and the dance moves were Temptationesque. good luck fellas, hope to catch you soon!
The Dangerously Delicious Pies (DDP) is going to be amazing!! I can't wait for Rodney and crew to open and I hope everyone will do their part to support the effort! His web site is http://www.dangerouspies.com/ for the Baltimore shop and http://www.dangerouspiesdc.com/ for the DC shop. Sounds like the opening event will be loads of fun
I agree - dangerously delicoius pies will be a big hit on H st. I saw the booth around 2:30..went to get dinner and they were gone within an hour so I didn't get a chance to taste their pies.
Curbside cupcakes were really good! Any chance they can open up a store instead of selling them out of a van?
Or just maybe Curbside cupcake could park their cart on H Street on weekends??? I agree that they were really good.
Smokey's bbq was in front of his barbershp in the 1300 block. On, He brings out the oil drum grill during the H street festival. I quess the word is out, that the guys can burn. The line was long all day for his ribs.
Hi, I have lived in the neighborhood for 9 plus year.I was a little skeptical about attending,for the fear of the unknown.I must say that I had a ball.I was amazed at all the people and the particpants.I look forward to attending next year.
If you missed the First Annual H Street Tattoo challenge at about 5 PM, here's some great photos by Cynthia of British Ink. http://madametattoeuse.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/its-all-good-in-the-neighborhood/
By "major holiday," I suppose you mean Rosh Hashana Or you could mean Ramadan, which ended this year on the same day as the Festival, meaning Muslims could enjoy everything but the food. Both of those have variable dates while the Festival has always been on the weekend between Adams Morgan Day and Barracks Row's Oktober Fest. H Street Main Street doesn't have a lot of leeway in selection. As it was, the Festival was on the same day as U Street celebrated, as well as the Greek Festival in NW. Busy people have to make choices.
40 comments:
Hello,
This will be my first time attending the festival.Please spread the word.The more people are informed ,the better chance of the festival growing
My friends' band, Michael Jantz and the Davenports are playing on the 10th Street stage at 1pm. Come out and support a local NE DC band.
Coincidentally - this past week, a mason and assistant were repairing some of the Hopscotch Bridge artwork!
Do we really need a cop in a police car sitting at intersections that are blocked off by traffic barrels, or sound stages? I'd really like to see them in the neighborhoods preventing/solving crimes. It's not like the cops take the opportunity to interact with the community at these things. Last week, I watched groups of cops talking to each other and just watching the people eat at "Arts on Foot" in Chinatown. I expect to see pretty much the same today.
skip
Last year I saw those same police you complain about stopping kids on mopeds and motorized skateboards from entering the festival area. The police also did have representatives walking around talking to people however you are correct it was not the police tasked with protecting the festival but that is not what they are there for.
Russ
Yes, if we want to have a top=notch neighborhood festival, in a commercial neighborhood, we do need to block off the streets.
I walked up and down the street and this year's festival is by far - by far - the best one yet. By a long shot.
Maybe the most exciting thing is 3-4 notices of new businesses about to open, and the Pie People booth.
Why did it have to be on Rosh Hashanah?
Excellent festival.
Every cop I saw in their car. Must have been nearly 50 police cars guarding the barracades.
In defense of the cops, saw a fight about to break out between a drunk brandishing a bottle and a meathead. Cops were on the scene in half a minute took care of the situation and dragged him away.
Always easy to criticize. Cops are human, but do better than most of us realize.
it's ayeed al fitr ! sorry roxshanana people, it's a street party! best one yet!
Festival was great--why did the H Street festival JUST get the schedule up yesterday?? I was emailing people all week trying to get people to go and had a hard time finding specifics on what would be there for kids...
But it was awesome--but where were the Pie people and the dumpling/ramen bar?
Flyers/books next year showing locations of booths would be great!
loved the festival this year. the artistic cars were great and the music and food excellent, lots of variety. compared to 6 years ago when we moved to the neighborhood, there's a plethora of great places and the festival this year was unique. caught some dancing at the atlas and was happy to see a great mix of people, though not sure how many actually mixed together. people seem to glance at one another but i guess their egos keep them from exchanging new friendships and connect on a deeper level. can we have another one next week?...
The pie people were set up right outside their not-open-yet store, just next to the H Street Country Club. They were doing a lot of business.
The dumpling/ramen people I didn't see.
The "Ethiopian @ 401 H Street" folks were there, giving out free samples of their food. That was cool.
What seemed missing to me were stages, and the things that were supposed to be happening on the stages. There was a stage down at the 14th Street end, but it seemed very lightly used, as if only 1/2 of the bands scheduled to perform were there. The second stage, at 10th and H, seemed like it was just being delivered to the site at 1:30pm. And what about the "Fashion Stage" at 11th and H, or the Tattoo competition at 12th and H; in the 1-2pm range, I couldn't find any sign of either.
Overall, it was fun; and it was so nice to see so many places on H represented.
Frank P,
Caught both the fashion show and end of the Tattoo contest (excellent MC) on the catwalk stage. Sorry you missed them, the events happened later, maybe in the 2:30-5:30 range. Thought some of the music was pretty good.
Friends were raving about how much better this was than Adams Morgan or Columbia heights festivals. Expect throngs next year, and then the inevitable slow decline (in fun, not quantity) as things get more vanilla.
The Festival had mechanical glitches with the stages.. DC Parks and Recreation delivered them almost 2 hours late.
The 14th St stage had an electrical problem throwing the Rock and Roll Hotel's fabulous program off schedule. The entire program went on and the music did not end until about 7 PM. The music never stopped so it was hardly "lightly used."
The generator on the 10th St stage was dead. Broken, The stage could not be lowered no matter how hard they tried, but the Show Must Go On, and it did. All of it, on the street in front of the stage.
If you missed it, it's your loss. The people who were there were dancing in the street.
Two of the groups are signing record contracts within the next few weeks. We're talking Big Names here, and we'll fill you in later. They've promised us that they will NOT forget H Street and will be back. We hope that will be with Grammies in hand!
The First Annual Tattoo competition was a hit and went off as scheduled at 5 PM. Additional contestants jumped in and the final field totaled about 25 when they strutted their stuff down the runway at 12 St. The audience saw a little skin but if you missed it, you'll have to ask somebody who was there for the details. What happens on H, stays on H.
The "worst tattoo" was won by an H Street bartender. Most of hers were good but she had one small "mistake" that Paul Roe of British Ink, will "repair" with his Magic Needles and considerable skill.
Really enjoyed this year's festival. It was really interesting to see the diverse group of people. I hope that we can keep that. The face painters really deserve a shout out. The pies were nearly sold out by two. It looked like all of the out door cafes were doing super business. The line for Smokey's ribs was endless. I liked the music, even though the live bands were late to get on stage, the DJ was working. The art cars!!! Good job Anwar & Margaret.
Sameena,
the schedule had been up for quite a while. I linked to it again yesterday because it seemed like people didn't realize it was a clickable list.
I was staffing a booth part of the time, and didn't see the ramen stuff, but I did see Dangerously Delicious Pies.
Long live karaoke!
Margaret,
The Festival had mechanical glitches with the stages.. DC Parks and Recreation delivered them almost 2 hours late.
The 14th St stage had an electrical problem throwing the Rock and Roll Hotel's fabulous program off schedule. The entire program went on and the music did not end until about 7 PM. The music never stopped so it was hardly "lightly used."
That sucks that they were delivered two hours late. Our group heard music from a distance, which seemed to end. We headed down, got to the stage, and waited for about 30 mins for more music to start before moving on. It seemed like a changeover that was taking forever, and we presumed there was a hole in the schedule. In hindsight, given how late the stages arrived, the music we heard earlier was probably recorded, and those 30 mins standing were probably during initial setup.
The generator on the 10th St stage was dead. Broken, The stage could not be lowered no matter how hard they tried, but the Show Must Go On, and it did. All of it, on the street in front of the stage.
If you missed it, it's your loss.
I'm wondering who peed in your breakfast today. Yes, you're absolutely right, it is our group's loss, as we were all looking forward to seeing those events, especially the body art. Why that seems like something to give attendees asking about it shit about, I can't imagine.
I had a blast yesterday. This was by far the best H St. Festival because it had a lot more representation (percentage wise) of H Street businesses, and less outsiders.
Hung out with some friends from "the burbs" who had never come down here, and they were just floored with the flavor and coolness factor. I kept saying "this shit would never happen in Clarendon". LOL
Mostly hung out in the 1300 block. The pies were excellent, the bbq was excellent, and the beer garden in front of Sova & the soon to come German place were awesome.
Pete from 6th St.
Frank Perdue,
I think it was just meant to say that there was quite a show that you missed. Not anything beyond that. Schedules were posted online well aheead. Unfortunately, they weren't widely recognized for the clickable lists they had always been.
There was a lot of music at the festival, even if it wasn't as much as hoped for.
In my mind, the real win is that we had a large turn out and lots of attractions.
Deb is right. The list was always there but nobody would know that it was clickable because the web page was poorly designed. Why wasn't it on the hstreet.org website. That is well designed and easy to read.
The festival was a HUGE success! I'm going to push the Atlas to have a stage outside next year. They had all the arts groups inside the lobby, with people outside trying to lure people to come in for the performances in the lobby all afternoon. This should all be outside as well, especially on a gorgeous day like Saturday.
It was extra cool to learn of the new German beer hall opening up in December- and the Pie Shop said they expect to be open in time for Thanksgiving. (fingers crossed!)
I was surprised that the German Beer hall has their liquor license already... or maybe they were using RR Hotel's license.
What a fun day!
the r&b group, i think their name is U-Era, who performed on the 10th Street stage was amazingly talented, i wonder if they're one of the ones about to sign a deal. All of them had long dreadlocks and were dressed in white and black. their vocals were superb and the dance moves were Temptationesque. good luck fellas, hope to catch you soon!
The Dangerously Delicious Pies (DDP) is going to be amazing!! I can't wait for Rodney and crew to open and I hope everyone will do their part to support the effort! His web site is http://www.dangerouspies.com/ for the Baltimore shop and http://www.dangerouspiesdc.com/ for the DC shop. Sounds like the opening event will be loads of fun
Best street festival I've been to since I moved from Chicago.
The line for Smokey's ribs was endless.
Where/What is Smokey's? Do they have a storefront on H Street?
Thanks for everybody's hard work!
I agree - dangerously delicoius pies will be a big hit on H st. I saw the booth around 2:30..went to get dinner and they were gone within an hour so I didn't get a chance to taste their pies.
Curbside cupcakes were really good! Any chance they can open up a store instead of selling them out of a van?
Or just maybe Curbside cupcake could park their cart on H Street on weekends??? I agree that they were really good.
Smokey's bbq was in front of his barbershp in the 1300 block. On, He brings out the oil drum grill during the H street festival. I quess the word is out, that the guys can burn. The line was long all day for his ribs.
Hi,
I have lived in the neighborhood for 9 plus year.I was a little skeptical about attending,for the fear of the unknown.I must say that I had a ball.I was amazed at all the people and the particpants.I look forward to attending next year.
I must say - this weekend was one of those rare times when I was proud to be a Trinidad home owner.
A woman at the Ethiopian@401 table said that they hope to be open "in the next 6 months." Looking forward to it.
Anyone know when Vendetta is supposed to open (a Joe Englert venture)? I saw a sign posted on a storefront either in the 1300 or 1400 block.
Any one try the Fojol Bros. of Merlindia food? Loved their food cart.
If you missed the First Annual H Street Tattoo challenge at about 5 PM, here's some great photos by Cynthia of British Ink.
http://madametattoeuse.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/its-all-good-in-the-neighborhood/
@ Anonymous 4:52:00 PM:
Seriously! Can it not be on a major holiday next year? So sorry to have missed it.
By "major holiday," I suppose you mean Rosh Hashana Or you could mean Ramadan, which ended this year on the same day as the Festival, meaning Muslims could enjoy everything but the food.
Both of those have variable dates while the Festival has always been on the weekend between Adams Morgan Day and Barracks Row's Oktober Fest.
H Street Main Street doesn't have a lot of leeway in selection. As it was, the Festival was on the same day as U Street celebrated, as well as the Greek Festival in NW.
Busy people have to make choices.
Next year, Rosh Hashanah will be 9/9.
See you at the H Street Festival!
@margaret:
Rosh Hashanah, Eid (9/10 next year).... would be nice. Good to know the planning logistics though.
Cupcakes! We could definitely use a cupcake shop/van on H!
That would be cool to have a cup cake van H street....Is that legal?
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