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.”
photo by Diane Krauthamer
“Dear PoPville,
i didn’t get to thank a very kind stranger for intervening on my behalf. i (a female) was biking by myself around 11:30 pm on friday night, headed north on 6th st in southeast. as I was approaching the intersection of 6th and penn, there was a man in the street that was shouting at cars. i stopped a good way back from the intersection so as not to interact with him as i waited for the light to turn green. unfortunately for me, he saw me and rushed towards me yelling nasty things and getting incredibly and uncomfortably close. he was blocking my bike and screaming in my face and i did not know how i was going to get away from him. (more…)
via google maps
If anyone has info please email me at [email protected] and I’ll put you in touch with OP.
“Dear PoPville,
On Sunday morning (4/23) at around 10:30am, my boyfriend was riding his blue scooter/moped at Florida NW/S St NW/Connecticut Ave NW when a car blew through the intersection, hit the scooter in the back, sending him rolling off the moped. The car didn’t slow down and accelerated away. (more…)
photo by IntangibleArts
Ed. Note: If this was you, please email [email protected] so I can put you in touch with OP.
“Dear PoPville,
Last Saturday I was walking my dog with my wife and wearing my Wolverhampton (Premier League soccer) jersey. I was stopped on Florida Ave across from the Whole Foods by a nice guy who was surprised to see another fan of our middling but lovable team. I told him the score of the Brentford match that morning. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
We’ve had solar panels on our roof for several years. In months when we generated more electricity than we used, our bills always had a negative dollar amount and the credit balance could be used to cover the monthly base charges. This meant we usually only had a bill around Dec/Jan/Feb, and $0 bills the rest of the year.
The last few months however I’ve noticed a change. (more…)