Dear PoPville

Missed Connection – Comedy at The Eaton

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by Ted Eytan

“Dear PoPville,

I was on a non-Valentines Day date on Valentine’s Day, and my Hinge match brought me to Underground Comedy at The Eaton (he was very intentional in saying that it wasn’t a V-Day date). The show was lots of fun, and I completely love The Eaton. The crowd seemed to be full of couples like us – on a first or second date.

To be clear, my date wasn’t bad. He’s a nice enough guy, and I liked the spontaneity with which the date came together. I just didn’t get that immediate *click* with him. (more…)

“Large Building Recycling Requirements?”

By Prince Of Petworth


Photo by Kate Conradt

“Dear PoPville,

I live on Capitol Hill in a new building with 157 units. Our trash rooms has bins for recycling, but I was surprised to find out that the cleaning staff just dumps those bins down the regular trash chute thus negating resident’s efforts to recycle. Do other readers know whether the District has any requirements that large residential buildings make recycling available? (I called 3-1-1 and get the run around trying to get an answer.)”

“Within 30 minutes an MPD officer arrived at our house and recovered the stolen rug.”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

We live in Shaw and had a rug delivered to our house. We were home and went to get the door to bring it in. Within 2 minutes it was stolen. We reported the theft but weren’t expecting it to be recovered. Within 30 minutes an MPD officer arrived at our house and recovered the stolen rug. Thank you to Officer Morgan for all of his help!”

“Ellington on U Street now AirBnB’ing”

By Prince Of Petworth


via IG story

Thanks to a reader for sending from the Ellington’s (1301 U Street, NW) IG stories:

“I should note this was not announced to residents…

It appears to be a very dishonest use of the AirBnB ordinance the city is now enforcing. Residents are talking about being offered month-to-month renewals at $700 more per month for a 1-BR apartment and over $1,000 for a 2-BR, 2-BA. Meanwhile, (more…)

Missed Connections – Blaguard on Valentine’s Day and The Apollo (H St) lobby, 2nd floor

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by Victoria Pickering

“Dear PoPville,

Missed connection at Blaguard on Valentine’s Day. We had a three-way conversation with the bartender about his dog. I was at the end of the bar wearing a gray sweater and sporting what my mom very recently referred to as a “cute Beatles mop top if you would just lose the ugly mustache and beard”.

In any case, maybe you would like to meet back at Blaguard sometime for another beer.”

and

“Where: The Apollo (H St) lobby, 2nd floor (more…)

“House repair classes?”

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by Caroline Angelo

“Dear PoPville,

I’ve searched the archives but couldn’t find anything on classes to learn basic home repairs or maintenance, or just “learning to become handy” in general. I’ve seen some online classes but that doesn’t give hands-on experience. Some other cities (hello, Denver!) seem to have some classes like this, and I know Home Depot has classes every so often. But does the community know of any less-corporate, more local options in the area?”

“starting around January, it started spitting out tickets at a crazy rate”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

Those who regularly come in and out of Rock Creek Park via Blagden Avenue in Crestwood may have been surprised to receive $100 tickets from a stop sign camera at Blagden & Allison St. NW. The camera has been operational for several years, from what neighbors can remember, but starting around January, it started spitting out tickets at a crazy rate — and for driving and stopping behavior no reasonable person would consider unsafe. (more…)

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