Last year was the first time I went to the Montgomery County Fair and it was amazing! So I was walking around this weekend and spotted this car in Bloomingdale. And it reminded me that the demolition derby at the fair is this Saturday. The demolition derby is by far my favorite part of the Fair. So if you can make it Sat. you should check it out and you’ll have a blast.
You can read more about the fair and find directions here.
A little background for this one. The Jefferson Hotel is one of the nicest hotels in the city located at 1200 16th Street, NW. It’s Web site says:
“The Jefferson has long been known as Washington, DC
“Dear PoP,
I am so livid right now I can’t tell if I want to yell or cry. I just brought a brand new Chevy Aveo yesterday. This is my first new car. It is obviously in pristine condition. Until the DC trash collectors came through this morning and collected the garbage. I park my car in a driveway off the alley behind my house. My car is always pulled in well out of the way of anyone driving through the alley. For the last few weeks I have noticed the garbage cans have become increasingly beat up after the garbage collectors come through. The cans are often broken and laying all over the alley so I have to actually get out of my car to move them before I can get to my house.
This morning I came out and there was a can laying down right next to my back bumper. I looked closer and there is a sizable scratch and chip now in the paint on the bumper of my day old car. I called 311 to find out how I can report this claim and they referred me to the claims department in the office of risk management. I called and there was no claims adjuster in the office at the moment. I have been promised a call back within the day though.
Have you gotten any other reports like these. Is this common? What can I do to make sure the message that this is not acceptable actually gets to the garbage collectors themselves and is not just tied up in the office of risk management. Is there someone else I should call and complain to?”
I’m very sorry to hear this. I’ve never owned a brand new car but can imagine how frustrating this must feel. I’ve always ascribed to the notion that cars will get dinged a bit in the city but so soon is understandable painful. Eventually your bumper is going to get dinged up. That just happens. I’m not sure it’s worth going through all the aggravation to fix this damage. I really hope that doesn’t come across as callous. I would be supremely pissed for sure. But this is gonna happen again. Though, it does look like the scratch on the bottom is pretty deep and might be worth fixing. Ed. Note: I’m very good at equivocating…
What do you guys think? Will the city pay to fix this? Anyone have a similar experience?
Thanks to Rose for sending the photo and providing some info:
“So it’s a free ride (tips appreciated) from Wonderland (11th and Kenyon) to Looking Glass Lounge (Georgia and Princeton) back and forth. There are two pedicabs that circulate. One only does the WL and LGL route while the other is open to the possibility of doing other short neighborhood runs meaning Columbia Heights and parts of Mt. Pleasant, Petworth, Adams Morgan but its up to the drivers discretion. In short there is one pedicab that does the loop and the other does the loop and possible other “area” locations. For the other area locations they have to pay and that rate is based on the driver.”
This is a pretty cool idea.
I think it’s from the same artist that did this one.
As many know by now, I love when I can combine my fascination with tree stumps and flowers.
I’m really digging the ferns. A very underrated plant in my opinion.
For some reason I love these houses that are a bit set back in a row.
From a reader:
“Please help us find Tatjiana Tibbs. Also goes by Alexis. Last seen in
the upper columbia heights area of nw, around 14/16 Sts and park
rd/north of park Ed. 12 yrs old, 5’4″, 145lbs. Last seen wearing White
sneakers, jeans and blue and white printed Asian-style top.
If you have any leads please call the police immediately. Circulate
the picture and the info if you can.”
If I stay away from H Street, NE for a few weeks there’s always new development when I go back on a walkabout. I was excited to see this new pizza spot, Inspire Pizzeria, coming to 650 H Street, NE. The sign says gourmet pizza:
Anyone ever heard of this place?
