Link roundup

UrbanDaddy has this piece on this cool new cocktail at SOVA.  SOVA has always had some of the very best cocktails on H Street and has a great nightly happy hour and bluegrass on Thursdays. 

Capitol Bop followed up on the news that esteemed jazz venue HR-57 is moving the 816 H Street in January with reports that they are also looking to open a blues venue on H Street.  City Paper has a followup piece with a picture of the facade and says its a better space than it appears from the photo.

BBC swings through the neighborhood and concludes that H Street is heating up.

The Examiner ran a nice minireview of the Atlas Room (1015 H St).  Tasting Table is wowed by their cocktails from Chris Surrusco, calling his Mai Tai the city's best.  We'll be back soon to try it.  The drink features his homemade orgeat syrup and cinamon and pepper rum.  Surrosco also makes his own grenadine. 

Greater Greater Washington is collecting signatures to petition Mayor Gray to keep current DC officials Department of Transporation Director Gabe Klein and Office of Planning Director Harriet Tregoning.

THIH notes that Hill School Information night is tomorrow at Eastern Market.

WBJ's Mike Neibauer notes that NoMa has not set aside any park space in its development plans and that Tommy Wells is working to address that.