
“Dear PoPville,
I can already see Sakharov rubbing his temples over this…
My god hasn’t the Potomac River been through enough this year already??? And it’s only February.”

“Dear PoPville,
I can already see Sakharov rubbing his temples over this…
My god hasn’t the Potomac River been through enough this year already??? And it’s only February.”

“Dear PoPville,
On my way to work after the snow thawed, I’ve been noticing some pretty significant damage the snow plows did to the bike lane infrastructure: (more…)

414 K Street, NW
2Fifty shares some frustration this morning:
“This sucks. Someone broke in last night at our DC location and stole valuables. Our team is safe and we’ll be open at 11am as usual at both locations! At least they didn’t take the barbecue” (more…)

14th and T Street, NW
UPDATE: From Saint EX IG DM: “We are not closed, and we have stated clearly on our social media that we are going through renovation on the first floor.” The wording on the original auction listing “was an error on their part, not ours.”
“📢 ANNOUNCEMENT 📢
Demo has begun upstairs in the Terminal. While under construction, we will keep Gate 77 open, and ask you to enter from the SIDE door to the left of the patio as you join us in the coming weeks!
Follow here for updates as we work to bring you the best version of Saint, yet!”
Thanks to J. for the heads up.
From Rasmus auctions: “URGENT SHORT NOTICE! Cafe Saint-EX Washington DC (more…)

R. passes on an email from Pepco:
“Hello,
This is an important message about your Pepco account.
Due to a miscalculation of the DC Administrative Credit on your February bill, your account received a larger credit than intended. To correct this, you will see a debit adjustment applied to your next bill.
You do not need to take any action at this time.”

Anyone else get that? Time to go solar?
From the office of Councilmember Charles Allen: (more…)

1930 18th Street, NW
“Alaska/DC🌜Reclaimed curio from the recently departed🌛Stylist sessions mon-fri by appt + walk-ins welcome Sat & Sun 11-5 most weekends”
Last weekend they launched their new space: (more…)

Thanks to J. for sending: “Update . Today they dismantled the speakers . Now it’s just a camera and flashing light. :)” (more…)

Thanks to Danny for sending from Lanier Heights.
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]
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From the White Squirrel Institute(!!?!!):
“What is a white squirrel? (more…)

10th and U Street, NW
Thanks to J. for sending:
“Sunsets can be dazzling if not brilliant with these colors but this is awful.”
Thoughts? I honestly don’t think it’s THAT bad…

photo by Diane Krauthamer
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