5 Market Square, SW
Thanks to Rachel for sharing with us last week:
“One week after they opened their Georgetown location, I spotted another location of The Salty, Miami-based donut & coffee shop, at The Wharf. Behind Fat Fish (in former District Doughnut space)” (more…)
photo from Eckington by Alicia
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Thanks to David for sending how things are looking on Piney Branch Parkway this week.
ICYMI: “DC Water’s upcoming closure of Piney Branch Parkway is going to cause major headaches for folks unaware of the closure” (more…)
photo by Tim Brown
From the Library of Congress:
“Taylor Swift’s transformative pop album “1989,” Beyoncé’s standout “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It),” The Go-Go’s debut album “Beauty and the Beat,” Vince Gill’s signature “Go Rest High On That Mountain,” Weezer’s self-titled debut “Weezer (The Blue Album),” Chaka Khan’s crossover hit “I Feel for You,” and Broadway’s original cast album of “Chicago” have been selected as some of the defining sounds of history and culture that will join the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in 2026.
Acting Librarian of Congress Robert R. Newlen today named 25 recordings as audio treasures worthy of preservation for all time based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage.
The 2026 class of inductees span 70 years of music and recorded sound, including: (more…)
Latest stats from DC City Administrator Kevin Donahue:
“🚨 Update on scofflaw vehicle enforcement:
📌FY26 YTD: @DCDPW has impounded 4,450 cars with total of $23M in unpaid citations
📌 Of those, 1,987 were “high value scofflaws” (cars w/$3k+ in unpaid citations) that owed $20M in unpaid tickets”
Updates as new numbers are released.
Thanks to Mica and Peter for sending from Dupont Circle around 20th and Mass Ave, NW, Friday morning: (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
This is a huge issue throughout all of DC! The problem lies in the pickleball players continuously moving their nets onto established tennis courts which violates the rules set in place DPR stating that (more…)
Wisconsin and Western Ave, NW
I’m hearing from a very good source that a Barnes and Noble bookstore is looking to come to the building where Total Wine is located. Waiting on confirmation but I think they would do very well there!
Barnes and Noble is slowing reemerging on the DC scene with relatively recent (re) openings in Georgetown (2024) and Penn Quarter (January 2026.)
STAY TUNED.
“Hidden gem Persian brunch in Columbia Heights! Perfectly cooked yolks, prepared three ways! 🍳🍴”
Thanks to Jeremy for sending: “Now there’s brunch at Persian restaurant KooKoo – menu looks good. the menu looks really good with a Persian shakshuka 🤤”
Check out that menu: (more…)
1337 H Street, NE previously home to Hill Prince
“Dear PoPville,
Can you find out what happened to Hush Harbor? Has been closed for awhile now. No sign on the door or anything but they have been consistently closed for weeks.”
Wild. Washington Business Journal reports: “Smartphone-free bar Hush Harbor pivots to pop-ups after less than a year on H Street”
All that hullabaloo…
Hill Prince first opened here in 2017 before being sold to Rock Harper in 2023.
Hush Harbor’s IG has been wiped.
For posterity: (more…)