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“Dear PoPville,
My friends and I were at Chicken and Whiskey on U Street for their Halloween pop-up on Oct. 26, Saturday night. In comes a person with friends, and she’s wearing a very striking Princess Irulan costume. If you aren’t familiar, she’s a character from the Dune books, and was portrayed by Florence Pugh in the recent Dune 2. (more…)
“Ian is from Columbia Heights, but he made himself right at home when we catsat him in Park View.”
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photo by John Sonderman
“Dear PoPville,
I live in Alexandria near where the GW Parkway entry is. I swear we get a motorcade 1-2 times a day. Any chance we know who it would be?
I know JD lives over in Del Ray but it always seems to be going north / south which is not his direction. Assuming he’s on the road these days, it seems too frequent to be him.
Thanks from a curious resident!”
This rental is located at 419 Ridge ST NW near 4th Street NW. The Craigslist ad says: (more…)
photo by Chris Campbell in Columbia Heights
Thanks to Chris for sharing this reminder of what once was and what hopefully will be again in the not too too distant future:
“I had forgotten what the falls looked like, but this popped up on my Google photos today!”
The latest on the fountains from NPS earlier this year was: (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
From a fairly new building in dc. I’ve never heard of this type of maintenance. Sounds like something is broken and we all have to be without power for a night” (more…)
1124 9th Street, NW
From an email:
“I closed Corduroy and Baby Wale this past July to be able to have a little more free time. Over 24 years my wine cellar grew and grew. I have way more wine and spirits than I can or want to drink. Corduroy’s Pop Up Bottle Shop is open this week (more…)
4619 41st Street, NW previously home to Le Versailles, Le Kavacha French Bistro, Olive Bistro, Bread & Salt, and Fork and Spade
Thanks to Scott for sending. East West opened here back in 2023.
Will check back on October 30th to make sure the closure wasn’t “temporary”…
1926 14th Street, NW
Big news from Ingle Korean Steakhouse‘s IG. And in response to what neighborhood they reply:
“14th and U!”
Thanks to Bradley for sharing the photo above with the exact location: (more…)
Thanks to Alana for sending: “Whooo goes there?”
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