“Dear PoPville,
I lost my engagement ring this past weekend in DC. Not only is it just a very nice piece of jewelry, it has an incredible amount of sentimental value. I’ve seen magic happen when a community bands together and I’m hoping some good soul will step forward. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Reaching out because my husband and I were notified from that the pipe servicing our home is lead and were told we could get our water tested. We know that our private pipes are not lead as we had them replaced and at the time the city said the street was not lead so we didn’t have it replaced.
We followed up multiple times since they first reached out about testing and today received the following response. Anyone had any luck getting things earlier? Also I laughed out loud at the timeline.” (more…)
photo by Mr.TinMD
“Dear PoPville,
We were at Stew Leonard’s over winter break and they have amazing, fresh flour tortillas. Anyone know of a grocery store, market, tortilleria, etc. that sells fresh flour tortillas? (The closest I know of is Tortilleria Sinaloa in Fells Point, Baltimore.”
“Dear PoPville,
On my daily constitutional, I stumbled upon an unexpected sight: a whole fleet of Pedicabs dotting the 700 block of Hobart Pl NW – all with NYC licensure plaques.
My guess is they’re here for inauguration activities, but staging them in Park View seems like an odd choice. Am I overthinking this, or is there a hidden Pedicab HQ I’ve been unaware of all along?
I’ve attached some photos for your sleuthing pleasure. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I was at Wangari Gardens (Kenyon St and Warder Pl NW) in Park View with my son, trying to get some extra sledding in (that part was not super successful). There are often people letting their dogs run off-leash at this park. A woman (Saturday) brought two dogs who ran up to my son and started sniffing him. He freaked out and she called them off from across the property. I threw my hands up in a “WTF?” fashion and she agitatedly called back, “This is a park where people let their dogs run off-leash. They’re friendly! They came back as soon as I called them. Are you new here?”
Since we then collected our sleds and left the park, I would have liked to show our neighbor this part of the regs: “No person owning, keeping, or having custody of a dog in the District shall permit the dog to be on any public space in the District, other than a dog park established by section 9a of the Animal Control Act of 1979, passed on 2nd reading on September 20, 2005 (Enrolled version of Bill 16-28), unless the dog is firmly secured by a substantial leash. The leash shall be held by a person capable of managing the dog.” Wangari isn’t a dog park and it isn’t designated as such.
I wouldn’t have said anything if it weren’t for the “are you new here?” Get leashes.”
“Dear PoPville,
Watched a disabled patron navigate their walker with all their groceries down the curb to walk to the L2 bus because this Coach Express charter bus parked in the official WMATA bus stop. I should note, I called 311 about 20 minutes before this happened and they said they would send MPD and the bus remained.”
“Dear PoPville,
Wanted to follow up with you on your post about the Amazon thefts on Connecticut Ave. Last week our building in Columbia Heights had a similar but slightly different issue. We had an Amazon delivery driver come in to make several deliveries (in Columbia Heights.) Once he delivered them to each apartment, he took a photo as they normally do to certify delivery, and then we believe picked the packages back up and took them with him. (more…)
14th and L Street, NW
“Dear PoPville,
When MAGA comes to town we board up I guess. Ugh.”
Anyone else see boarding up elsewhere around town?
“Dear PoPville,
I live in a large apartment building right above a restaurant space that’s being renovated and turned into a new restaurant. For the last month or so, (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Looking for affordable spot for a women’s blow out. Preferably not dry bar.”
Ed. Note: You can see some curly hair options here, we spoke about a couple years ago.