“Dear PoPville,
I live in a rowhouse that’s been converted into two condo units. Pepco runs three electrical meters to the property, one to each unit and the third to the common area, which is a small foyer with a single interior light fixture. We barely use this light (last month the actual usage was zero), but every month, the bill for the common meter includes a “Customer Charge” of $38.75. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I’ve gotten different feedback from online resources so I was wondering if anyone knew… If I wanted to have a “yard sale” in the front, fenced in patio of a shared row home- do I need to get a permit? Do I need to do some kind of tax something? Do I just run it by my neighbors and stay off the sidewalk?”
photo by KingoftheHill.
“Dear PoPville,
I was wondering if you could ask Popville readers for suggestions for a Thai restaurant that makes vegan curries (specifically green curry). For the past ten years I have been eating at the same Thai restaurant in DC thinking that the vegan green curry they made was actually vegan and found out that there is shrimp paste in the curry. Has anyone found a Thai restaurant that can make curry without shrimp paste? It is my favorite meal and really desperate for a replacement go-to Thai spot.”
Another reader asked more generally: “My go to thai spot on h street closed. Any recommendations for Thai in SE?”
Ed. Note: Discussion about best Thai food in general from 2019 here.
“Dear PoPville,
I was just curious if this has happened to anyone else.
I just received a call from “DC COVID19 TEAM” (the caller ID was marked as verified on my iPhone) so I picked up and was asked to verify some personal info. They asked me how I am doing since my positive COVID test result and if I have time to complete the Department of Health interview. The only problem is: I have never tested positive for COVID. (more…)
photo by James
“Dear PoPville,
Looking for the fellow hummus enthusiast who I locked eyes with at Whole Foods on Florida Ave around 5pm on 3/21. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I recently moved back to DC from San Francisco just in time for seasonal street cleaning and am hoping to clarify exactly when you are able to park again on the street after the cleaning– is it after the street cleaner passes, or is it after the full two hour parking restriction window of time? (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
How does one report someone who is consistently leaving their dogs massive shit in the one grass patch on my block? I caught her and yelled at her but she still didn’t pick it up!! I know that you can get fined in dc for not scooping up afterwards but I’m not sure how that’s enforced and I also don’t wanna be the enforcer of that either, I just don’t want to walk around it or accidentally step in or have my puppy who’s still on the route to getting all her shots get exposed to something she’s not protected against yet
I’m between Logan circle/the lower half of Shaw 10th & M”
“Dear PoPville,
I just got Trash Notice of violation from September 2021. Tapped to my door . No envelope. Just paper. Stating i have 14 days from date on paper to submit $75 for discarding a plastic envelope into a public trash can.
What is wrong with DC? What is allowed to be thrown in a trash can lol. (more…)
630 E Street, SW
“Dear PoPville,
Been missing the view of St. Dominic Church‘s majestic steeple from my SW apartment.
At night it strikes the skyline in spotlight, breaking the otherwise monotonous horizon of federal buildings – and reminding us people live here :) However, for a few weeks (months?) the spotlight is off. Why!? (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
On my walk home yesterday night while on New Hampshire Ave. near the intersection with Georgia Ave., I spotted the monstrosity. My first inclination was that it was some sort of marmot or beaver that wandered far from home, but upon closer inspection I concluded it might, in fact, be a humongous rat, or some sort of blasphemous rat hybrid. (more…)