photo by John Cochran
“Dear PoPville,
After an unsuccessful attempt to replace an outdoor spigot valve myself I am getting estimates from plumbers.
All of them insist on cutting into the internal wall in order to do it. Feels a bit like an industry-wide upsell approach to me, when the problem was a very old valve mechanism inside the wall piping leading to the spigot and dial.
Curious if others (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Not only isn’t the DuPont Fountain not working anymore, but people are taking cell phone calls inside the dry basin. 😳”
Well maybe all this rain…
3118 Georgia Ave, NW
“Dear PoPville,
I’ve been meaning to reach out about the unique acts of kindness l regularly see from the Doubles staff. Doubles is an important community hub, and many of us rely on it as a place to work and socialize. Many others rely on it as a place for basic needs like restroom use, a place to get free pastries and water, a phone to use, or a place to warm up or cool down.
I can’t think of many businesses that even let non-paying customers use their restrooms, and the Doubles baristas are often called upon to do much more. I have regularly seen this staff step up and do everything from de-escalation, to giving of their own resources to help out an unhoused community member, to administering narcan in an emergency. All while running a very good and very busy coffee shop that often has many as 100 seated customers alone. (more…)
“A person with a cockatoo on their shoulder gives the middle finger to a motorcade of some sort.”
“Dear PoPville,
Is anyone else in Dupont and AdMo completely losing their minds with the motorcade sirens every 5mn? This really has to stop. There’s no good reason to have 60 sirens blaring to escort one empty bus to pick up people at DCA for Police Week.”
photo by Shamila Chaudhary
“Dear PoPville,
I am looking for additional options like Chopt (but wanting to branch out) that allow for individuals to make their individual submission for their lunch towards a group order. I imagine there are other places across town that do this but I’m not having any luck looking online.”
“Dear PoPville,
I am a daily bike commuter in DC and am frequently cycling around e-bikes and e-scooters that are littered across bike lanes and congesting bike rack areas. This past week, this (pictures) concerned me on Constitution Ave NW. There are so many e-bikes and scooters that it would impair a wheelchair from accessing this sidewalk, an ADA violation. (more…)
Justin writes on Friday:
“y’all doing the annual DC has shitty A/C laws for old buildings?
Every year, when it gets into the 80° range in April, apartment complexes in DC refuse to switch over the air from hot to cold.
Landlords claim that they cannot turn on the “forced air” to cold, because of DC law.
Unfortunately they’re right.”
photo by Emma K Alexandra
“Dear PoPville,
I lost a gold ring sometime Monday (4/21) or Tuesday (4/22). Possible locations are Gallery Place, Dupont Circle, and Cleveland Park metro stations, Dacha Beer Garden at 7th & Q St,, Q St. NW between 7th St. and Connecticut, and Porter St. between Connecticut and 34th St. It’s gold with a distinctive shape. It has a lot of sentimental value.”
Please send on any info to me via email at [email protected] and I’ll pass on to OP.
“Dear PoPville,
I have been a resident of Highview and Castle Manor in Columbia Heights for since May 2020. I learned last week that I have paid $9,000 in “air conditioning unit fees” ($150/month) that other residents are not charged (of 8 I’ve spoken to, none of them pay it). These two ancient AC units don’t run during winter have had no maintenance, and cost less than $250 brand new. It’s completely unreasonable to expect this to come out to $9,000 over the course of five years. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Have you heard anything about a pedestrian crash on Saturday, April 26 around 530 or 6 pm on the on-ramp to the Roosevelt Bridge from RCP / I St NW? My wife and I saw a single car and a man lying on the ground with some people around him. (more…)