Thanks to Michele for sending this beauty from Georgetown.
If you spot a hawk, any interesting wildlife or celebrity skateboarder Tony Hawk, and get a good photo please send in an email where you spotted them to [email protected]. Thanks! Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.
“Dear PoPville,
Has anyone heard if sign of the whale closed for good? Their website says “temporarily closed”. Thanks!” (more…)
From WMATA:
“On New Year’s Eve, fares will be free after 8 p.m. thanks to a partnership with Miller Light and Coors Light’s Free Rides Program, which will help revelers get home safely and responsibly. Faregates will be open from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. and no SmarTrip card will be needed. Bus customers will not need to tap between those hours either.
Metrorail will also stay open until 2 a.m. (more…)
Thanks to Elizabeth for sending:
“cat in a bag on U Street was headed to its first vet appointment”
***This series features any pets in a backpack/bag/vessel. On metro, or not. Corgi, or not, and often NOT a corgi but the series started with corgis and I can be obstinate…send your finds to [email protected]
photo by Nicole Harkin
DC Fire and EMS reports:
“Vehicle struck building with fire 2000 block Bunker Hill Rd NE. 1 story commercial building with significant structural damage and it is also on fire.”
“2nd alarm sounded.” (more…)
Thanks to Karen for sending from Capitol Hill: “holiday whimsy in an old call box”
4432 Connecticut Ave, NW
Thanks to Jason for letting us know!
When I first saw that photo I feared, for lack of a better word, that it was a permanent closure!
Stay tuned for a reopening date.
photo by Fritz Myer
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photo by Ellen
Wishing all a very happy holidays – as always – have safe travels (if on the road/skies) and enjoy good eating/drinking wherever you are!!
Catch you again on Thursday December 26th (barring anything really big/crazy happening but hoping for a peaceful break.)
Thanks to Terry for sending this great painted one.
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