Author: Prince Of Petworth

EXCLUSIVE: Jersey Mike’s Subs FIFTH DC location is opening across from the Zoo “early October”, a SIXTH location is coming to Capitol Hill next year!

By Prince Of Petworth


Dan Silverman, occasionally fallible, always well-meaning…

AGAIN, mea culpa for my earlier morning mistake about how many Jersey Mike’s locations there are in DC so I am seeking REDEMPTION with this post.

The good people from Jersey Mike’s tell me that their 5th DC location coming across the street from the zoo (3000 Connecticut Ave, NW) will be opening “early October” and there is already a 6th location in the works for Capitol Hill coming to 209 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE and will open in “early 2026.”

Stay tuned for exact opening dates.

Giant Panda Qing Bao is going through pseudopregnancy because joy does not come easily these days…

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.

From the National Zoo:

“Earlier this spring, giant panda Qing Bao experienced her first estrus cycle—the very short window when female giant pandas are able to conceive a cub. She and male Bao Li didn’t breed this year, but changes in Qing Bao’s behavior and hormones indicate she’s going through pseudopregnancy—the phenomenon where a female panda behaves as if she is pregnant, even though she isn’t.” (more…)

Friends of the White Whale Society Presents

By Prince Of Petworth

Thanks to Kathy for sending this beauty from downtown.

Friends of the White Whale Society is brought to you by the team behind Hawks*** around Town. You can email your sightings to [email protected]

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.

Random Reader Rant and/or Revel

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by Fritz Myer

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