50% off Star and Shamrock

Today's Living Social Deal of the Day offers $40 gift certificates to the Star and the Shamrock (1341 H St) for $20.  Get y your next reuben, latke, hebrew national, guiness, and more for 50% off. 

Souk steps up with brunch and lunch

Souk (1206 H St) will opened for brunch today at 11 a.m. and will begin lunch service next week.  Souk has come along way since they first opened, but still offers delicious Morrocan/Middle Eastern food, now with a much wider and more varied menu.

Are you ready for some football?

The NFL regular season starts a week from tonight with Minnesota at New Orleans.  Last year, your best option for football on H Street was the Argonaut who showed most games on their many varied TVs.  This year you can add Biergarten to the list of great spots to enjoy a game and, if you are a Saints fan, also Little Miss Whiskeys who will show all New Orleans Saints games on their huge screen upstairs.  New Orleans native Adoria Doucette will be cooking some down home food to go with the game and LMWGD's awesome beer list. 

The Argonaut recently announced that they will feature Fat Face BBQ every Sunday starting next weekend, so they'll have your Sunday football eating options very well-covered while they are still operating a more limited menu pending the return of their kitchen post-fire.

ANC6A candidates

There will be at least four new ANC6A Commissioners in 2011. Kelvin Robinson cannot run for re-election while seeking a seat on the Council. Commissioners Mary Beatty, Raphael Marshall, and Bill Schulteiss have all decided not to seek re-election. Commissioners Drew Ronneberg, David Holmes, and Nick Alberti have not drawn opposition and are seeking re-election, while Commisioner Gladys Mack is facing a competitive challenge from Rosedale Citizens' Alliance President Nikki Bowens.  According to the latest, DC BOEE listings, the following candidates have obtained petitions and sought signatures to be listed on the November ballot for ANC6A seats.  Of those, Drew Ronnberg (6A02), David Holmes (6A03), Nick Alberti (6A04), Sharee Lawler (6A05), Andrew Hysell (6A06) and Gladys Mack (6A07) have already submitted petitions presumably having obtained the requisite 25 valid signatures of registered voters from within their SMDs. 

A few of the new candidates are well-known in their community and have been active within the ANC, which is well-known for its citizen volunteer-staffed committee system.  Sharee Lawler is a member of the 6A Economic Development and Zoning Committee (as well as a The Hill is Home contributor and the CHAMPS 2009 business volunteer of the year).  Andrew Hysell is a member of the 6A Transportation Committee.  Nikki Bowens is a member of the 6A Community Outreach Committee and the President of the Rosedale Citizens' Alliance.  Candidates have until tomorrow to submit petitions with signatures from 25 registered voters from within their SMDs in order to gain ballot access. 

6A01 Adam C. Healy 812 11th Street, NE 20002 556-0215  healy.adam@gmail.com
6A01 Angelia Rice 1100 K Street, NE 20002 674-3062  angeliarice@gmail.com
6A01 Lawrence Russell 821 Florida Avenue, NE 20002 410-404-8558 pfcrusselll@hotmail.com

6A02 Drew Ronneberg 646 11th Street, NE 20002 431-4305 ronneberg6a02@gmail.com

6A03 David Holmes 919 Massachusetts Avenue, NE 20002 251-7079 holmes6a3@gmail.com

6A04 Nick Alberti 1330 North Carolina Avenue, NE 20002 329-1193 alberti6a04@yahoo.com

6A05 Sharee Lawler 1240 C Street, NE 20002 714-8422 sharee.lawler@gmail.com
6A05 William R. Mohring 415 11th Street, NE 20002 773-915-3356 william.mohring@gmail.com

6A06 Andrew J. Hysell 1364 Emerald Street, NE 20002 357-7560

6A07 Necothia "Nikki" Bowens 1770 E Street, NE 20002 486-4296
6A07 Gladys Ann Mack 703 18th Street, NE 20002 240-432-3494 gmack01@juno.com

6A08 Erica Anderson 423 18th Street, NE, #10 20002 422-6645 geraldinemt2@gmail.com
6A08 Lia Veenendaal-Selck 222 17th Place, NE 20002 917-859-7969 lia.veenendaal@gmail.com

Giant confirms plans for location at 3rd & H St

Per Mike Neibauer in the Washington Business Journal.   The details seem a bit fuzzy and like perhaps Giant had not planned to confirm this yesdterday, but it sounds like good news on this positive development moving ahead.

Liberty Tree celebrates 6 months with happy hour specials starting tonight

Liberty Tree is celebrating six months in business on H Street, by rolling out some happy hour specials starting with tonight's Wednesday night specials: half-priced small plates and $4 Magic Hats from 5-7 p.m. at the bar. Stop by and congratulate Scott, Graig, and the rest of the staff on six great months.

Reminder: Ward 6 Council debate tonight

The Ward 6 Democrats are cohosting the Council debate tonight at the Christ Our Shepherd Church (801 North Carolina Ave SE). Stop by to ask questions of and share your concerns with Councilmember Tommy Wells, or with his challengers Kelvin Robinson and Jim DeMartino.

Please join the Ward 6 Democrats for a Ward 6 Council Democratic
candidate forum on Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 7:30 pm. The forum
will be held at Christ Our Shepherd Church - located at 8th & North
Carolina Ave SE (801 North Carolina Avenue SE, near Eastern Market
Metro) – and will be moderated by WTOP investigative reporter Mark
Segraves.

The Ward 6 Democrats are proud to co-host this forum with a group of partners that share many of the same priorities for our Ward and city, including the Defeat Poverty DC coalition and Fair Budget Coalition.

Please join us next Wednesday evening, TOMORROW, for a great
discussion about the future of Ward 6 and your choices on the
September 14th primary ballot.