Thanks to Katie for sending yesterday: “Spotted this driving around in Park View twice this morning. Apparently they are testing in DC.”

Cruise tweeted: “We’re thrilled to begin our manual data collection in both Seattle and Washington, D.C. this week.

Techcrunch reported:

“Cruise, the self-driving subsidiary of General Motors, said Monday (more…)



photo by Lee M..

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photo by dullshick. Never know what the archives search will bring up…

From WMATA:

“Metro today announced that Greenbelt, College Park-U of Md, Hyattsville Crossing, and West Hyattsville stations – closed since July 22, – will reopen for rail service on Saturday, Sept. 2. The reopening will be three days ahead of schedule, and the project will be completed under budget. (more…)



photo by Diane Krauthamer

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“Dear PoPville,

At Saturday’s rock creek park square dance I shared a dance with an interesting woman wearing a blue dress! I was wearing a green swing dancing shirt and we chatted about swing and other dance shenanigans. Besides the spelling of each others names (mine with x, her’s with ph), didn’t learn too much about her besides that she’s the type of open hearted and kind human I’d like to find on another dance floor! :)”

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“Ginger in Woodbridge, VA”


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