When armchair anthropologists take the microscope to gentrification in the District, they focus their lenses on Bloomingdale. "Every year when the weather warms up, the farm stands sprout again on Sundays at the Bloomingdale Farmer’s Market at First and R streets NW, where the vendors sell fresh produce, artisanal cheeses and exotic fare such as 'champagne mango sorbetto,'" the Washington Post reported in March. In a 2009 piece for The Root, Natalie Hopkinson drew lines between the neighborhood and the world of Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing. "Today, I see dozens of proverbial white men in Celtics jerseys, laying their historic claim to the neighborhood where their ancestors settled but where a black majority has lived for decades," she wrote. Neighborhood coffeehouse Big Bear Cafe, which opened at the site of a former corner store in 2007, garners more than its share of attention. "I rarely see an African American face enjoying the coffee culture," Hello, Negro wrote shortly after the shop's opening. "Maybe the long term residents aren’t into Rishi Tea. Maybe the crackheads hanging out in the LeDroit Park Playground across the street are too amazed at the sight of this former-corner store turned soho style coffee establishment to inquire about the fine pastries. The juxtapositioning is striking. The locals call it LeDroit, they call it 'Bloomingdale.'” Let's take a closer look at the neighborhood fixtures that have inspired the application of the G-word.