“Dear PoPville,
On Thursday 6/16, I headed to Brookland to swim with a dear friend at Turkey Thicket Pool. After completing an awesome hour-long swim workout, I discovered that my pool locker with a combination-number lock was broken into (they cut the lock) and all my personal belongings stolen, including my driver’s license, credit card, house keys, and most importantly a hearing aid that I need in order to hear since I’m deaf. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
On Monday afternoon I realized that sometime in the hour or so before, my drivers license and credit card had fallen out of a stupid defective phone case … somewhere that I had been. (I backtracked to a few spots and left my name and number but had no real hope!) (more…)
photo by Pablo Raw
“Dear PoPville,
This morning (Wed. June 22) on the Dupont platform/metro: I was staring off into the yonder, when you were suddenly standing in front of me as we both waited for the Glenmont-bound train. (more…)
Been getting a lot of questions, as we do after every election :), about when the campaign signs have to be cleaned up. I confirmed with DCBOE that they have 30 days from the election to do so: (more…)
via GoFundMe
“Dear PoPville,
My name is Clarissa. I’m a DC resident whose mom has been hospitalized since 02/16/2022 with pancreatitis and other complications caused from pancreatitis. Currently, she is hospitalized at UPMC Montefiore in Pittsburgh, PA.
My mom’s name is Michelle and she is a lover and a warrior. She has been through so much in her life, including beating breast cancer in 2015/2016. Through everything she has been through, she has remained a funny and loving wife, mom, daughter, sister, aunt and friend. She is the oldest of 11 children and is truly the life of the party. She is sorely missed at home, especially by her 9 year old daughter. She is the best mom to my older brother, little sister and me. She supports us and loves us for who we are, and for that we are eternally grateful for her.
Like many people around the world, my mom has been struggling with loneliness throughout the pandemic. This long term hospitalization has not made the loneliness any easier. For those who are unable to donate monetarily, mail would also be a meaningful reminder of love and support for my mom. I’m hoping some of the love she has put out into the world, can come back to her, in a time of need. For anyone interested in sending mail, please private message me on Instagram at c_leopatra, or email me at [email protected].
My mom’s biggest wish is to make it home and also make it to a beach. We are hopeful with her will power and strength, both of these wishes will come true!
*She has also always wanted to attend the Cherry Blossom Festival, and has not yet had the chance since I have moved to DC. I’m praying I will be able to bring her there next year!
Much love to DC and beyond,
Clarissa ”
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“Dear PoPville,
I visiting the US for the first time, arrived 2 days ago in Washington before heading to Phillie tomorrow. Absolutely love the city BTW!!
But I have no clue of what to expect in term of safety, police or if I should be cautious.
Anyway around 4.30pm, in l’Enfant Plaza, we where taking the escalator down to the lower platform to go the other side of the red line.
When reaching the bottom of the escalator and almost being on the blue line platform, someone sprayed my arm from the escalator going up. (more…)
photo by Ted Eytan
“Dear PoPville,
Just wanted to share an amazing experience I had getting my 18-month old daughter’s first dose of the covid vaccine at the Ward 4 Covid Center on 13th St. this morning (Wed.) The DC Covid website hasn’t been updated yet and I got all of my information from Twitter, so wanted to share our experience in case it helps another parent.
I was expecting big crowds, so we arrived an hour early at 9 am before the Covid Center opened at 10 am and we were first in line. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I was walking up 14th street near Trader Joe’s, and I noticed a guy in his late 30s or early 40s wearing a shirt that I had once owned. The shirt was actually designed by one of my college friends, and then he sold the business.) The picture below is pink, but the one the stranger and I shared was light blue.
As I’m from Texas, and most of my friend’s sales were local, I was surprised to see one in DC. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I have some neighbors who operate a junk hauling business from their house. They regularly park 2 beat-up pickup trucks filled with junk on our street. It’s annoying to look at and they take up lots of space but I’m not sure much can be done about that. Our street is RPP zoned for 2hr parking M-F.
Now however, they have procured a large flatbed tow truck and have been parking it on the street as well. (more…)
photo by Diane Krauthamer
“Dear PoPville,
We live in a modern new development. It has recently come to our attention that many of the units are being rented out to short term tenants for anywhere from a weekend to a week. (more…)