I swear I wasn’t sniffing glue or doing anything of that nature when I spotted this tree. Tell me you see it? The eyes, the nose, the mouth? I’ve walked past this tree 1000 times and never noticed it before. It is located between Mt. P and Cleveland Park on Porter Street. So cool. It’s nice to report some happier tree news…
“Dear PoP,
I came home from work to find our own little tree cut down. I found it laying on its side next to the little stump, the sharp angle of the cuts clearly visible on both trunk and stump. So far I haven’t had any neighbor tell me s/he saw who did it, but then everyone’s in out of the heat right now.
I am thoroughly irritated that this has happened. The tree was clearly not a weed. It was beautifully flowering up until the moment it was cut down, and the tree lawn around it was cared for (not beautiful, but cared for). I can only be grateful that I did not plant it in honor of anyone, or I’d be thoroughly ready to wring some necks. As it is, I’m just feeling deflated and disheartened. What the hell is wrong with people?!”
This is the strangest epidemic. I know there are worse things in the world but for folks to just cut down trees. Ridiculous.
Thanks to Tara for sending in this great scene of folks making the best of the heat wave. I lost about two quarts of water just typing that sentence. One day I’ll get central air…
This one is from Warsaw. They also sent in an international door of the day:
And an international pop up as well:
Warsaw’s doing it right.
Balcony and a fire escape. That’s just my style…
Every year this garden at 4th and Varnum, NW is amazing.
Thanks to a reader for sending me to the 4800 block of 5th Street, NW. This is a great house with cool landscaping and a nice side porch.
At 3303 Georgia Ave, a new Jamaican restaurant opened 5 or so days ago. I’m loving the sign:
Lunch Specials are $5.99 and include Curry Chicken, Brown Stew Chicken, Jerk Chicken, Jerk Chicken Salad, and Jerk Sandwich. There are also appetizers and entrees. Some entrees include Curry Goat ($8.99), Brown Stew Snapper ($11.50) and some appetizers include Fried Plantains ($2.20) and Coco Bread ($1.50) of course lots more options available.
“Dear PoP,
As you might have noticed, there is a commercial building being renovated on 14th Street, right next to this porno/bike store you wrote about.
http://www.princeofpetworth.
Well, the building they are renovating (forever now it seems like) has had this covering over the entire façade for the past month or so. They took it down today and it’s phenomenal what’s underneath; they’ve placed bronze all over the window bays; it’s going to be a baller building.”
Wow, looks awesome. I was wondering what these were gonna look like. The bronze (copper?) looks fantastic! This building is on the 1300 block of 14th Street, NW. Thumbs up or down?
“Meet Mehitabel. She was born in PoPville, and has lived her entire life here.
In December 2007, at the age of 5 months or so, she walked in the front door, having tired of living on the very cold streets with her mother (now spayed, but still on the street) and sisters (some in, some out, and all now spayed.)
She quickly made friends with Mr Kitty http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2008/08/coolest-pet-in-popville-31-32-and-33/ who is now sadly gone, and made herself right at home inside. She doesn’t like outside any more, although she does enjoy sitting in the window. She is death to bugs and catnip. She likes to have her head scratched. And like Don Marquis’s Mehitabel the tabby cat, she believes that she is Cleopatra reincarnated.”
“Meet Cladius the guinea pig. Weighing in at 2.2 lbs, he likes:
– carrots.
– a stuffed bunny named ‘buns-is-pigs.’
– hiding.
“Clads,” adopted from Montgomery County Humane Society, dislikes:
– his monthly bath.
– circling hawks.
– South American cuisine.”
“This is Snoop Dogg and his little brother, Jackson. I know there’s two of them in the entry, but they are brothers and are NEVER apart. These two are best friends, yet couldn’t be more different. Ebony and Ivory. Snoop is older, more refined. He prefers a nice scotch on the rocks and likes to read the Encyclopedia Britannica. Jackson, on the other hand, is still a puppy and likes loud parties, PBR, and being the center of attention. Together they like to play scrabble, balance stuff on their heads, eat, pull their humans on skateboards, go to the beach and swim, and chase after tennis balls. They live the good life and are the coolest pets in popville, for sure.”
Ed. Note: Submissions have been closed. No more entries will be accepted at this point. Sorry for the confusion – all pets received before the deadline will be posted, of course. No NEW submissions will be accepted.
The cats are not competing against the dogs. There will be 5 dog, cat and “other” finalists that will each compete in their own category. We’ll have a poll in each category to select the winner. Using the comments section for these posts will help me select the 5 finalists for each category. You can see all the entries here. Please see after the jump for more entries. (more…)