“Dear PoPville,
I’ve lived in the Tiber Island Co-operative in SW DC since 2015. Every fall my south facing corner studio apartment gets to over 91 degrees in the fall. I know that DC requires that buildings transition from A/C to heat around October 15th but this is crazy. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I celebrated my birthday with 3 friends at Gypsy Kitchen a couple of Friday’s ago and our waiter was this super friendly, charismatic guy. (more…)
photo by Robert Lintott
“Dear PoPville,
Thought this email from my building (Capitol View on 14th) might be of interest to readers. I know rents in DC are fluctuating a lot and there is a lot of anxiety and angst among my friends who got covid deals but are worried about renewing. Here, my building is clearly trying to hedge their bets on rent increases so they are NOT offering me a lease renewal, but a month-to-month at current rate. I’m sure it’s not illegal, just seems shady.
———- Forwarded message ——— (more…)
photo by Victoria Pickering
“Dear PoPville,
I used to plan events in DC regularly for work in the Before Times™. However, as I get back into event planning for 2022, I’m finding a lot of places in the District do not have vaccine mandates for staff or guests. Regardless of people’s views on this, many older and vulnerable people attend our events, so it’s my responsibility to host our events at the safest places possible. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
On Saturday night I was out with a friend in Logan Circle when I used the Uber app to select an UberX to come take me home around 10:20 PM. I was connected with a driver pretty quickly, but she messaged me in the app saying that the map would not show her moving until I gave her my phone number–that there was “an update to the app.” I had recently read about some other sketchiness in Uber on PoPville, so I didn’t respond as I was chatting with my friend about how I thought it was a scam. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Since the pandemic started, I’ve gone on a walk every day before beginning the work day around my apartment in Adams Morgan.
Just now (around 9am), I was about a block away from my apartment next to the Starbucks at the corner of Calvert and Columbia when I was randomly approached by a man in a ski mask. I thought nothing of it, but before I could respond, the man grabbed an AirPod from my left ear and darted over to the plaza directly across the street. (more…)
Elizabeth asks: “any idea on what these bugs are that appear in DC when it gets hot?”
Most folks seem to think these are Boxelder bugs.
Photo by Les Dart
“Dear PoPville,
I was waiting for my Chinese breakfast crepe at the Petworth Farmer’s Market (Saturday morning, the 6th!) and you were with a stroller that I thought was yours, but realized after that you were watching it for a friend with kids. (more…)
1829 Columbia Road, NW
“Dear PoPville,
Have you heard anything from anyone on the AdMo location of Astor??
Called and walked by a couple times that they should be open and things were dark this past weekend (and this afternoon). (more…)
Photo by angela n.
“Dear PoPville,
I definitely had a missed connection here and I think she feels this too. I was standing with my bike at the DuPont Circle Fountain right next to the Algerian flags at the start of the DC Bike Party on 11/6. She wore beige glasses and a black down vest and I was wearing a blue down vest with a burgundy shirt and gray joggers. (more…)