Thanks to Drew for sending: “This one has been hanging out in my backyard in Trinidad for a couple weeks now eating rats.”

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.



via WABA

Update. “Happening Monday. No announcement will be made.”

“Dear PoPville,

The latest on the 15th Street bike lanes on the Mall (starting at Constitution going south. Not sure if it will be to and all the way around the Tidal Basin): a volunteer monitor spotted and spoke with a surveyor out on 15th Street and they verbally confirmed they are preparing to remove the bike lane. The removal effort timing is unknown.” (more…)



1500 block of A Street, SE via MPD

From MPD:

“The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is seeking the community’s assistance in identifying multiple persons of interest in an Endangerment with a Firearm offense that occurred Saturday in Southeast.

On Saturday, March 14, 2026, at 11:00 p.m., multiple suspects entered the rear alley of the 1500 block of A Street, Southeast. The suspects then discharged multiple firearms, causing damage to vehicles and buildings in the area. There were no reported injuries. The suspects then fled the scene in multiple vehicles.

MPD detectives have recovered video from around the location of the offense. Detectives are currently looking to speak to six persons of interest, who can be seen in the photos below. (more…)


From the office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton:

“After the Committee on Oversight & Government Reform (COGR) marked up and passed a bill introduced by Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) to repeal two D.C. traffic laws, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) highlighted the hypocrisy of Rep. Perry’s five year long quest to end D.C.’s use of the same traffic safety measures his home state uses extensively and vowed to fight to prevent the bill from advancing further.

“Today the Oversight Committee, for the third time this Congress, advanced a paternalistic, undemocratic, and frankly petty bill to overturn two traffic safety laws enacted by D.C.,” Norton said. “The hypocrisy behind this legislation is astounding. The bill’s sponsor represents a district in Pennsylvania, a state that uses automated traffic enforcement extensively to improve roadway safety for its own residents. Yet he has spent years attempting to deny the District the same tool his own constituents benefit from.

“D.C.’s elected officials enacted these measures to protect pedestrians, cyclists and drivers in our city. If D.C. residents disagree with those decisions, they can vote their local leaders out of office. That is how democracy works. What is undemocratic is members of Congress from distant states repeatedly trying to override local D.C. laws.

“Congress should focus on the many pressing challenges facing the nation, not continue this pattern of unnecessary and unjustified interference in the District’s local affairs. I’ll work to stop this bill from advancing further.”

From DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson: (more…)



Bazaar Meat. Photo: Liz Clayman

From an email:

“José Andrés Group announces that Bazaar Meat by José Andrés opens today, Thursday, March 19, in Washington, DC. The globally celebrated steakhouse concept makes its debut in the nation’s capital and ushers in a new chapter of the Bazaar experience.

Opening in the space formerly home to The Bazaar by José Andrés at Waldorf Astoria Washington DC, (more…)



1422 L Street, NW previously home to the Post Pub

“Experience the rich flavors of authentic Afghan cuisine in the heart of Washington, D.C.”

In February last we noted that a new Afghan Cuisine restaurant was about to drop at the former Post Pub space.

They opened in June 2025. Anyone take a taste? What’s the good word? What’s the must order?

Check out their menu here.

“Discover Kabuli Pulao: (more…)



1078 Wisconsin Ave, NW previously home to Mason’s Famous Lobster Rolls and a Paul Bakery before them.

From an email:

“We’re excited to announce that PopUp Bagels, the “Not Famous, but Known®” bagel shop, will open its first Washington D.C. store in Georgetown at 1078 Wisconsin Avenue NW on March 27.

PopUp Bagels has quickly become one of the most talked-about new bagel shops, with recent openings from coast to coast in Atlanta, LA, Nashville, and beyond. We’re so excited to have a presence here in DC with the same HOT, whole bagels and rotating schmears made to Grip, Rip and Dip®. The Georgetown location is the first of 20 locations planned across Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, yet to come. (more…)


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