“Dear PoPville,
This is the second time I’ve seen these bags in Malcolm X park. They each have 1-2 seemingly random items in them: (more…)
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“Dear PoPville,
Last night I was walking near H Street, NE and came across the cutest display! The cookies are fantastic and I would love to find out what cooking blog the writer has?”
“Dear PoPville,
Walked by two men in the process of stealing the front wheel of this car Tuesday morning. 7:25 AM in broad daylight on Vermont Ave a half block south of Logan circle. The two guys jacked up the car, (more…)
photo by Ron Cohn
“Dear PoPville,
I’m hoping the community can help me out with recommendations for a career counselor/coach for exploring a career change. Particularly, it would be helpful to find someone with expertise in helping experienced attorneys (15 years in my case) explore a new legal practice or transition out of law practice – not simply out of private practice to an in-house role, but to a non-lawyer role.”
photo by Elvert Barnes
“Dear PoPville,
Wondering if the community has ideas of any organizations that will pick up used furniture for donation. I’ve looked into the usual suspects (Purple Heart, Habitat for Humanity, Goodwill) but they all charge a fee. Moving is expensive and I’m trying to offload some gently used furniture without a fee.”
“Dear PoPville,
Two days ago both a first line salesperson and then “supervisor” knocked on my door in the H St. NE neighborhood two separate times from MPower Energy. They used quite a few pushy sales tactics right away, said our neighborhood has been experiencing excess carbon emissions, (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Wondering if anyone out there has any good ideas on how to deal with decrepit tree boxes that are not in front of my building (but that I pass by every day)? (more…)
photo by Jeff Vincent
“Dear PoPville,
I live in Petworth … have for 20 years.
My recycling has not been picked up on schedule (without a 311 online services request) since Jan. 1 of this year. Trash continues to be picked up (thank heaven), but not recycling. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Hey Popville – I am about to move abroad to an area where I will need to drive, but automatic-transmission vehicles are scarce. I am looking for any leads on local instructors skilled at doing what no one in my family could: teaching me to drive a manual transmission. Thanks in advance!”
“Dear PoPville,
Hey there! I came outside to this gem left on my car on Chapin Street NW this morning. Parking is tight there since it’s all residential, but I have a bumper guard on and a very tiny car, because, you know, city living!
Hope the writer is…okay? Deep breaths, bruh.”