Comments on Silver Spring, Singular: Friday News 'N Notes

The Big Greek Cafe is so good! I reviewed it on my...

2010-07-22T16:23:47.036-05:00

The Big Greek Cafe is so good! I reviewed it on my blog a while back: http://starvingkitten.com/2010/03/03/restaurant-review-the-big-greek-cafe-downtonw-silver-spring/

I'm glad to see it getting some press!

I went to see Ran yesterday at the AFI, the show b...

2010-07-06T11:56:15.565-05:00

I went to see Ran yesterday at the AFI, the show before Empire Strikes Back in the big theater.

The Kurosawa retrospective is totally making my summer.

OK, totally unrelated question. Since the new apa...

2010-07-06T11:26:01.357-05:00

OK, totally unrelated question. Since the new apartments at 1200 East West Highway have "finished" and "opened" (in quotes because that area is still a total construction zone), there has consistently been a row of cars parked in front of it (on EW Highway). It doesn't seem like there is enough space for the cars to be parked there AND people to drive down that lane. Does anyone know anything about this? Is that suppose to be parking, and if so shouldn't it be bigger? I think there is a sign there that says "For Emergency Vehicles Only" but I've never seen a ticket.

It just feels really unsafe every time I drive there and I don't even know who to call/question about it.

I like the Civic Building design too. Why SHOULD i...

2010-07-05T12:03:50.631-05:00

I like the Civic Building design too. Why SHOULD it relate to the ugly fake architecture around it?
On the water restructions, hope the fountain was OFF too - that was part of the mandate as well.

I went to see Ran yesterday at the AFI, the show b...

2010-07-04T07:30:44.003-05:00

I went to see Ran yesterday at the AFI, the show before Empire Strikes Back in the big theater. The sold out signs were up early for Empire and there was a sizeable line in the lobby. Ran was awesome, but down in my geeky fan girl heart, I'd have loved to have seen Han saying "Yes, I know" before being frozen in carbonite up on the big screen.

Somebody needs to send Peterson Co. the memo on wa...

2010-07-03T09:20:58.047-05:00

Somebody needs to send Peterson Co. the memo on water conservation. One of their employees was hosing down the brick pavement next to the fountain this morning.

I actually really like the Civic Center.

2010-07-02T20:32:33.332-05:00

I actually really like the Civic Center.

I couldn't disagree more. The new Civic Building ...

2010-07-02T18:53:56.719-05:00

I couldn't disagree more. The new Civic Building is much better architecture than the shopping center up the hill from it or the buildings along the south side of Ellsworth. Thank goodness it doesn't relate to those buildings. We don't need more bland standard commercial architecture in Silver Spring. Maybe "Anonymous" doesn't like modern architecture, but he/she certainly doesn't speak for everyone who lives nearby. I think it is great and will become more valued as time goes on.

They're complaining about the library - what about...

2010-07-02T16:32:59.656-05:00

They're complaining about the library - what about the civic building? Not one person I know finds it at all attractive or welcoming. As it's gone up those of us who live nearby have been more and more appalled. I'm not someone who was overly attached to the "turf," either. The building just has no relationship whatsoever to the other buildings around it and looks like something people will be clamoring to tear down in about 10 years. Why yet more ugliness in DTSS?