photo by Lee M..

Half of you are already gone, but for the half still hanging in there – I want to wish all the happiest of holidays. Like the last few years, it’s been a helluva year in so many ways. Thanks for sticking with us throughout all the ups, downs and in-betweens. The community we have created together continues to amaze me. Thanks for all your tips, questions, messages, photos, words of support, financial support and simply for reading and being part of PoPville.

Normally, I preload posts when I’ll be offline but since Monday is a Federal holiday and Monday, Jan. 2nd is a Federal holiday – I’m gonna take the opportunity to take an actual break too. Please continue to send your tips, photos etc. ([email protected] and/or DM me @PoPville) and I’ll be sure to get to them upon my return in the new year. I’ll pre-post some rant/revels next week so all will not be silent :)

Take good care and be well,
Dan

In this week’s PoPville Plus + I mentioned that this photo (above) would have been a good one to accompany the super controversial question from 2012: “Do You/Your Guests Take Off Your Shoes When You Enter Your Home?”

At any rate some folks were keen on me restarting the Friday Question of the Day (I started random ones back in 2008 when I ran out of new restaurant openings one day and thought it would be a fun filler.) Would you like to see it return too? Could be fun to revisit some and see how folks feel now as well as new topics too of course.

And what ARE you doing shoes-wise these days? :)

photo by Jeff Vincent

May your bellies be full with delicious foods and your families be healthy and not too crazy.

Safe and happy holiday to all.

This is also the title of my upcoming podcast and if I ever form a John Denver cover band we shall be known simply as Chicken Visits @ The Gate.

God I love this chicken (and family.)

Also, please enjoy this “red-tailed hawk riding an updraft at Rock Creek Park”: Read More

My dream becomes a reality Thursday night 6-10pm (Nov. 3rd) at Atlas Brew Works Navy Yard (1201 Half Street, SE) as we get to celebrate 16 years AND taste the PoPville Cedar IPA. Big thanks to the team at Atlas Brew Works for this incredible honor and big thanks to you guys, as always, for making this all possible. Cheers!!

For those interested in t-shirts or just helping ensure we make it 14 more years please consider adding your support via our Patreon (with weekly bonus content now available.) Shirt sizes are small-2XL (until all gone.)

Looking forward to tipping back a few PoPvilles with ya!! And there’s pizza too.

Every week I have a number of posts that I never get to and I think I’m gonna call these PoPville Plus +

I haven’t decided if I’ll post them once a day or once a week but they are for Patreon supporters at every level. This won’t change the number of posts you see here on PoPville everyday, this is just some of the extra I never get to that I think you may enjoy too. I’m also thinking about sharing other cool/random photos I’ve taken of murals etc. that I never got to posting here. It’ll likely be organic and evolve over time.

Cheers and have a great weekend,
Dan

To say I’m excited about this would be a bit of understatement, to say I’ve dreamed of this my whole life would be a bit of an overstatement, to say I’m absolutely stoked would be spot on. If you told me 16 years ago, Prince of Petworth/PoPville would be what it is today, well, I couldn’t have imagined it in my wildest dreams. The community/communities that have emerged is my greatest joy. My second greatest joy is this beer!!! Not many people know this about me but from time to time I like to enjoy a beer – every day at 5pm sharp to be precise. To have the opportunity to celebrate 16 years with our own beer is pretty special. I’m super grateful to the folks at Atlas Brew Works who took my pie in the sky idea and turned it into a damn fine brew.

So first, a little bit about the PoPville cedar IPA. Read More

OK, on March 25th 2019 the first GA series was spotted. Since that day I’ve been counting down the arrival of the HA series. Doth my eyes deceive me? I think not, I’ve spotted this JA car two mornings in a row now. Now so many questions: What the heck happened to H and I series? Did they get skipped entirely or was a JA issued by mistake? Has anyone else spotted a JA plate? Anyone spot an HA plate?

Update: Yup, the JAs are out since Hs are for taxis and Is look too much like ones apparently. Still confusing, as a few have noted, where did the GW-GZs go? Nevertheless, welcome J series!! Standby for the K series in a few years. God willing.

Join the community of supporters here and email your old garage door finds to [email protected]. Thank you!

Cheers and thanks again for your support,
Dan

A bonus garage door that I call the toupee: Read More

Update from an email:

I’m passing along owner Aaron McGovern’s statement regarding the Sakharov Sculpture (which is safe and sound in storage):

“At this point we’ve been forced to protect our property, our building, and our residents from the continued hate crimes against us. To date we’ve experienced nearly 20K in property damage and an undetermined financial loss of business because of these circumstances. Russia House’s future is uncertain and we still have faith that it will one day provide DC with another 20 years of amazing experiences.” – Aaron McGovern

Thanks to all who messaged me on Friday which was also April Fool’s Day so I needed to see this with my own eyes to confirm. And indeed my Sakharov Sculpture, our Sakharov Sculpture is gone. I have been using a photo of this bust to illustrate various posts here for over 10 years. There are no words. What best captures how I’m feeling right now is: Read More