First and foremost, tonight is Dining Out for Eastern Market night! As of this morning, the following restaurants are participating: Sizzling Express, Mr. Henry's, Trattoria Alberto, Taverna, The Ugly Mug, Bullfeathers, Cafeacute; Berlin, Finn MacCool's, La Plaza, Poste Brasserie, and Tunnicliffs. Each restaurant is donating between 25% and 100% of its daily proceeds to the CHCF relief fund, so if you're looking to eat out tonight, think about coming to the Hill and helping the Market in the process!
The Eastern Market Community Advisory Committee (EMCAC) -- the group formed by legislation in 1989 which oversees Market issues and policies -- has started its own weblog as the first step in creating an independent web presence. So far, they've posted the agenda for their meeting this coming Wednesday (an agenda which includes status updates on the temporary structure and the rebuilding process), and there's another post linking to renderings for the newly-approved Eastern Market branding designs. At its meeting two weeks ago, EMCAC members spoke of the group's commitment to keeping the community informed about issues surrounding the Market, and the weblog is the first attempt at keeping that promise.
(Finally, an apology for the lack of an update yesterday -- between a few hours at the CHCF table in the morning, a bunch of errands in the afternoon, and cooking in the evening, time slipped away from us!)