I thought this was pretty wild mostly because all the workers seemed to be Chinese (certainly Asian). I’d never seen a construction site manned by all Chinese (Asians). And then I saw these letters surrounding the work site.

Anyone know anything about China Construction? Just curious.  I may be thinking too deeply on this one…

It’s a sweet section on Porter Street so hopefully it’ll look good when completed.


This park in Columbia Heights makes me very sad. For I’ll say it, it is sketchy. I wonder if it would be so sketchy if it had a beautiful lawn and was well cared for. I feel like this is something we should rally around. Let me know if you want me to start a campaign of some sort to improve the quality of this park. It is pretty beat, yeah?

Even the sign is ganked…


Wow, pizza box recycling, that’s awesome. I hope they don’t just take the boxes and put new slices of pizza in them. Ha, ha, I’m idiot but I told I’ve drunk quite a few Budweisers at this point… Seriously that is pretty cool that they recycle. Cue pizza wars in 3, 2, 1 go!


So while I am very interested in knowing whether you think it’s a good deal or not, I’m also curious to know what you think of the layout, rooms, details etc. The flyer says:

“New Construction Modern Finishes Chefs Kitchen, Parking 2 cars, Exposed Duct, Master Bedroom boasts 30ft Vaulted Ceilings & Loft with ladder. 6 bathrooms Amazing Detail Must See it to believe it. Owner said No Condo Conversion here!!. Cute 2br rental wih C of O in the basement for income!!Real Estate Broker is the owner.”

There are lots more details and photos here. It was origninaly listed for $1,100,000 but is now on the market for $999,999. So what do you think about the house and of course is it a good deal or not?


As I suspected this was a nearly impossible task. I tried to make an even mix of cats and dogs and incorporate feedback from the comments sections. All the pets were worthy however after many Budweisers I have selected the following eight. Now we work on the honor system here at PoP so please try to only vote once. If you can’t recall the pets by names I have included their photos after the jump. Winner selected Friday.

Photos after the jump. (more…)


Katie commented:
“Robert-

“Technically” it is my understanding that scooters under a certain weight class can be locked up on the sidewalk- but the motorcycle certainly should not!”

A fairly ordinary comment, yeah? This comment was the 25,000th comment on PoP. Unbelievable . (And this doesn’t even count the comments that got lost during the switch from blogspot.) People often ask me how I do so many posts 5 days a week without ever taking a break? This is the answer – the comments. I have never “known” a virtual community that was (for the most part) so respectful, insightful, humorous, and knowledgeable. For reals. I feel like every single question I’ve ever posted no matter how obscure has always been answered. It never ceases to amaze me how wide and varied the breadth of knowledge is from you guys. The success of this site falls squarely on your shoulders. So thank you.

And speaking of comments, Odentex deserves props for this hilarious one from yesterday’s tattoo of the week of a dandelion:

“It’s nice, but I really resent people who were not born in a field of dandelions getting a tattoo like this, it just ruins it for those of us who were born here (there).”

If the comment doesn’t make sense you may want to reread some of the comments here.


A reader writes:

“So I am sitting in a coffee shop on 17th Street right now (of all places) on vacation, and a dude across from me totally just opened up a fed ex box and pulled out what appears to be a vintage Michael Jordan Dream Team Jersey. Seriously. He was holding it up to himself and now he’s checking the tags. He’s like practically asking for all of the people here to stare at it. For some reason I find this to be hilarious. If I could take a picture without seeming super creepy, I would.”

Phenomenal but for the fact that I’m pretty sure I did the same thing when I received my Patrick Viera France National Football Jersey…  Although, at least I was in my own home at the time.  That is pretty hilarious.  But it does beg the question:  Michael Jordan – greatest athlete of all time?


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