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PoP Turns 3 – Slight Upgrade to Site on Monday

By Prince Of Petworth

Thanks to everyone who helped celebrate at Wonderland. And thanks to all the great readers and tipsters who help keep the site up to date on DC’s neighborhoods. Based on some feedback you can see some slight upgrades to the site on Friday Monday. Based on feedback I have made it easier to find specific neighborhoods and within neighborhoods – restaurants, real estate, architecture and crime posts. I will likely be making a few tweaks to it but I hope you find it more easily navigable. You’ll also notice that you can now rate particular posts and see specific comment threads in a more coherent way.

But again, thanks to all who have helped PoP reach this anniversary.

PoP 3 Year Anniversary Party Tonight (Thursday) 7pm at Wonderland!

By Prince Of Petworth

Wonderland is located at the corner of 11th and Kenyon Streets, NW. The party will start at 7pm and will go till around midnight. Come on up to the second floor when you get there though I imagine the party will circulate around the whole bar eventually. Remember to wear your PoP t-shirts (t-shirts will also be available for purchase) to take advantage of the generous tab donated by Wonderland and Looking Glass Lounge for those wearing PoP t-shirts. Also Pete’s Apizza has also been kind enough to donate pizza so get there early to take advantage! And for those who have never caught the band O’Tasty, fronted by Red Rocks Pizzeria owner James O’Brien, be sure to get there by 9pm. DJ Stephen Outlaw will be spinning at 10pm. Thanks to all who have been kind enough to contribute to the party. I look forward to seeing and meeting folks in “real life”!

Please Let’s Be Civil When Commenting

By Prince Of Petworth


Photo by PoPville flickr user Matt.Dunn

One of the greatest assets of this site is the unbelievable wealth of knowledge and diversity of opinions voiced in the comments section.  But I have to agree with a number of emails I received as well as some comments made in Yesterday’s emotional response to Derek on Being the Stereotype (by Danny Harris). Often there are subjects covered on this blog that deal with particularly sensitive topics and issues. I think the discourse that follows in the comments is often quite valuable. I really just have a simple request that the thread not get poisoned by personal attacks.

Personal attacks on other commenters and personal attacks on the subject himself (in the case of Derek) are not helpful. Believe me there have been many times when I’ve wanted to curse people out but we have to understand that in an internet thread personal attacks are simply poison. They do not contribute to the overall conversation and they simply piss people off. We can comment as vigorously as we’d like on the subject at hand but please try to make the effort to avoid personal attacks. Thank you.

Mark Your Calendars – PoP Turns 3 – Party Nov. 5th

By Prince Of Petworth

At long last the details of the PoP 3 year anniversary party. I’m really excited about this one – it’s fixing to be pretty sweet. It will be held at Wonderland (like last year) located at the corner of 11th and Kenyon Streets, NW. It will start around 6:30/7pm. So here’s the cool part – if you have a PoP t-shirt wear it because Wonderland and Looking Glass Lounge (3634 Georgia Ave.) have been kind enough to donate a significant tab (no shots).  So free drinks until the tab runs out for all who are wearing PoP t-shirts.  I got the new batch of t-shirts in so you’ll be able to purchase or claim your caption contest spoils at the party.

And more generosity – Pete’s Apizza (1400 Irving St NW) has been kind enough to donate pizza! And more good news – James O’Brien, owner of Red Rocks Pizzeria (1036 Park Rd NW) and frontman for O’Tasty is reuniting the band for their first show in many months. They were phenomenal last year and are sure to rock again this year. They will go on at 9pm and DJ Stephan Outlaw will spin afterwards.

See ya Nov. 5th!

PoP Featured on WUSA Channel 9 News

By Prince Of Petworth

Thanks to all who sent kind emails after seeing the piece. It aired Monday night at 11pm. For those that missed it you can see the piece above and there is a write up on the WUSA Web site here.

I should add, I’m still 34! Plus the blog started in 2006. Speaking of which the 3 year anniversary party is Thursday Nov. 5th so mark your calendars. More details on that to follow.

I’m Re-Ordering PoP T-Shirts – Should I Make New Ones?

By Prince Of Petworth

Sorry for the admin question but as I’m making the coolest Pet in PoPville t-shirts I’m also re-ordering regular PoP t-shirts. So my question is – would you like a new design or should I stick with the v-neck style (pictured above from PoP t-shirts continue to travel the globe)? If I stick with the v-neck style should I stick with green or another color? Or just do a completely new design? If anyone has any design ideas, shoot me an email please.

Well, I Pulled the Trigger – PoP Goes Pro Today

By Prince Of Petworth

I’ve been thinking long and hard about this. In the worst economy since the Great Depression do I really want to quit my well paid day job? Yes I do. Yes I did. I was recently rereading an old James Michener book and this quote jumped out at me:

“The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality.”

I come from the generation where my parents encouraged me to find a job that I truly love. In my professional career I have been a paralegal, reporter, Air Force analyst, reporter again, congressional liaison, and finally a Homeland Security analyst. I’ve gained much from each of these experiences but I’ve never really loved them as a long term full time job. It was on a lark that I started neighborhood blogging in Nov. 2006 and it has become a true passion. When you find your passion sometimes you just have to pull the trigger. Thanks to the support of advertisers and the incredible growth the site has achieved, I am now able to make it a full time job. And for that I am most grateful to you guys who make the site what it is today through your comments and tips.

So mark your calendars, on Nov. 5th I’ll be throwing a big 3 year anniversary party and re-launch. Nothing is really going to change between now and November. However, in November I’ll be re-releasing the site with many upgrades that make the site easier to navigate. Part of that redesign will incorporate neighborhood specific pages. I have described my vision of PoPville here. In addition my goal is to bring the attention I give to Petworth and Columbia Heights to most of DC’s neighborhoods. I will never sacrifice my coverage of Petworth, Columbia Heights and my love of the Beautiful Life, but with more time I only hope to bring equal coverage to nearly all of DC’s neighborhoods. But more on that in the coming months.

I have one small request from you guys. For my neighborhood specific pages I’m looking for new banner photos that captures each neighborhood. I have chosen the tree from Grant Circle to represent Petworth. I’m looking for photos from you guys to represent – Columbia Heights, Mt. Pleasant, U Street, Shaw, Mt. Vernon Square, H Street, NE, Foggy Bottom, Bloomingdale, Georgetown, etc. really any neighborhood you’d like to see covered. Please send me your photos representing these neighborhoods to princeofpetworth(at)gmail(dot)com.

In the meantime I’m just gonna try to make my dreams a reality.

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