[RP TownTalk] Dumms

[Dwight Holmes]

Back before we moved to RP, I used to drive down Rhode Island Ave every day,
to and from work. (I do not miss driving to work. Yeah, MARC!) And I
remember well when Windows, the cafe that Andrew refers to in his email)
opened up. Every day I'd watch the progress on the renovation, the opening
of the place, it looked empty much of the time (of course I would only see
it as commuting time).  I marveled at the apparent courage of the proprietor
- breaking ground in a way not dissimilar to (if on a smaller scale than)
Franklin's, when it opened on Rt 1 - taking the risk and putting in the
365/24/7 effort to start and grow a business in a neighborhood most wouldn't
touch. I figured its opening was a real harbinger of better things to come
for that neighborhood.

Recently I had occasion to drive into DC and coming home in the afternoon
noticed that Windows was full of people and looking vibrant. A wonderful
'welcome sign' to the neighborhood, truly.

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Andrew Salgadoe <asalgadoe at yahoo.com>wrote:

> I love Dumm's pizza and subs and I would venture to guess that I have
> bought more of their large combination pizzas than anyone on this thread.
> I'm the customer and I'm always right..get the damn beer posters out of the
> windows, open up the storefront, and make it a welcoming introduction to RP.
>
>
> Has anyone taken a drive down Rhode Island near the border of Northeast and
> NW? There's a newer corner store there called Windows which is clean,
> bright, and airy and full of customers going in and out and some sitting at
> tables enjoying casual fare. Next door there's an old school chinese takeout
> dive with a roll down door or metal bars where people place their for sweet
> and sour pork through a bullet proof shield. Needless to say, one of these
> businesses is thriving.
>
> These neighborhoods are improving and we should be at the forefront, not
> the tail end!
>
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>
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