Author: Prince Of Petworth

“Gently loved Christmas toy collection to benefit migrant families – Santa Con Sabor!”

By Prince Of Petworth

From an email:

“Lena puts the magic in Santa’s sleigh!

With 3 toy drop off (gas) stations, she makes sure there are gently loved regalos to go the whole way
By way of Ethiopia 20 years ago, she now makes sure other migrant children have a holiday bright
Toys drop offs and top offs and to all a good night!

Lena, a deep-hearted community leader, distributed food for us out of one of her five gas stations during the pandemic. Now she brings Santa to 3 of her stations to ensure migrant children have gently loved toys. This is not an abstract concept for her. She came here 20 years from Ethiopia as a Black muslim migrant and knows intimately what it is like to live with little. See it all here and find your way to 1 of her stations in the DMV or all 3!

MORE SANTA CON SABOR INFO HERE: (more…)

Sweet City Ride

By Prince Of Petworth

Thanks to RM for sending: “Planters Nut Mobile is at 24th and Mst NW. There is the American Peanut Council Conference at the Fairmont Hotel.”

And K. sends a good shot too: (more…)

Your Afternoon Animal Fix

By Prince Of Petworth

If you have any animal/pet photos you’d like to share please send an email to princeofpetworth(at)gmail(dot)com with ‘Animal Fix’ in the title and say the name of your pet and your neighborhood.  If you love the animal fix and want to ensure PoPville’s long term viability please consider donating to our Patreon here.

“This is Olasard – Ripper of Souls in Cathedral Heights. He seems to be adjusting quite well to being an only cat after losing his brother Bobcat recently. In this pic he was also snoring.”

“With his brother Bobcat on their favorite blanket.”

“Sometimes buses take the old route, sometimes the new one, so it’s roulette getting a bus at either stop right now.”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

I wanted to flag WMATA’s clusterf**k of a rollout of the new (old) S2 and S9 routes and hopefully save people from waiting for a bus that may never come. This week, WMATA rolled the S2/9 routes back to 16th between K and M after about a year of running that strip on 15th. However, they didn’t inform passengers or drivers clearly of this change. Sometimes buses take the old route, sometimes the new one, so it’s roulette getting a bus at either stop right now. (more…)

“fundraiser happening for the family that lost their home in the explosion that happened in Arlington”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

I wanted to make sure you saw that there is a fundraiser happening for the family that lost their home in the explosion that happened in Arlington a few days ago. The family is safe, but they did lose everything (and right before the holidays!)”

New Real-Time Crime Center announced, “will be staffed 24/7 with local, regional, and federal law enforcement agencies to monitor and respond to criminal activities in real time”

By Prince Of Petworth

From the Mayor’s Office:

“Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser and Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Pamela A. Smith were joined by local and federal law enforcement partners to announce MPD’s new Real-Time Crime Center (RTCC). The RTCC will serve as a new dedicated space that will be staffed 24/7 with local, regional, and federal law enforcement agencies to monitor and respond to criminal activities in real time. (more…)

Hello Hot Tub at Hook Hall – All the info on “its winter theme, Northern Lights”

By Prince Of Petworth


“Northern Lights cabanas in the garden” photo by Fredde Lieberman

From Hook Hall (3400 Georgia Ave, NW):

“The garden at Hook Hall, Georgia Avenue bar and event space, has been transformed into its winter theme, Northern Lights, paying homage to the dancing waves of lights of the Aurora Borealis. The entire garden is draped in iridescent fabrics, accented by large pine trees, firepits and thousands of twinkling lights throughout. (more…)

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