Dear PoPville

Missed Connection – “To the food runner who’s been running through my mind since last week”

By Prince Of Petworth

Ed. Note: If this is you, please email [email protected] so I can put you in touch with OP. PoPville is not affiliated with either party, please proceed with any potential connection at your own risk using caution as you would any online encounter. For those curious about past missed connections, some have been made and when possible I’ll try to update when/if more are made.

“Dear PoPville,

To the food runner from Albi who’s been running through my mind since last week,

It started last Friday night, October 1 when you brought me a bottle of DC’s Finest Tap Water- and let me swirl and waft to my heart’s content. We spent the rest of my well-hydrated evening making eye contact and trading barbs back and forth. (more…)

“I’m beginning to worry that we aren’t actually married.”

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by Hannah F

“Dear PoPville,

I (like many) during the pandemic ended up scrapping traditional wedding plans and opted to elope via zoom and took advantage of the self-marrying options for DC. I don’t doubt that the DC government is drowning in backlogs with much of its workforce remote. However, my husband and I got married on January 1, 2020 and have been waiting VERY PATIENTLY for 3 copies of certificates (that have already been fully paid for) but still haven’t received. I filled in all the appropriate paperwork and THINK we’re married. (more…)

“If this was a business acting this way it would be illegal.”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

I sold a house and had closing this week. At the last minute DCRA came in and took $45k of the proceeds from me with no explanation. After further investigation it appears that they never cleared up some complaints I had from a tenant several years ago and the fines grew exponentially to $45k even though they never contacted me about it. (more…)

“I wanted to say thank you to the kind person who helped me move my bike and check on me after I crashed on Friday night”

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by Joanna Hiatt Kim

“Dear PoPville,

I don’t know where else to put this but I wanted to say thank you to the kind person who helped me move my bike and check on me after I crashed on Friday night. It was between 22nd and 23rd on N St. NW a little after 7. I was very flustered and feel like I either forgot to thank you properly or not enough. It was very, very kind and I appreciated the help – I was a bit worse for ware in the moment.”

Missed Connections – “Unlucky at Lucky Buns”, “Butterflies at Le Dip” and “Not Garrett”

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by OPKINS1

Ed. Note: If this is you, please email [email protected] so I can put you in touch with OP. PoPville is not affiliated with either party, please proceed with any potential connection at your own risk using caution as you would any online encounter. For those curious about past missed connections, some have been made and when possible I’ll try to update when/if more are made. Connection made with Adams Morgan dog walker.

“Dear PoPville,

There was a couple and their friend at Lucky Buns around 8pm on Wednesday night with two ridiculously cute dogs. The single friend was *very* cute.

To the guy in the red shirt: I was too nervous to ask your name, but I did ask your dog’s breed. Your dog, a whippet if I remember correctly, was delightful, but I have a feeling you’re even better.

If you don’t remember: I was wearing a yellow shirt and jeans, and with my couple friends.”

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Helluva Way to Wake Up, Bringing Out Some Good

By Prince Of Petworth


15th and Harvard Street, NW

“Dear PoPville,

This really bummed me out this morning and when I went back by on my walk back home, I saw a kind gentleman sweeping up the area. I originally thought he was the nearby homeowner but saw him leave with the broom and walk back down the block. It turns out he’s just a good Samaritan doing the right thing in stark contrast to the person who hit the car and drove off.” (more…)

Missed Connections – “the most attractive man ever”, Greenbelt-bound Yellow Line and at Dawson’s Market in Dupont

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by Diane Krauthamer

Ed. Note: If this is you, please email [email protected] so I can put you in touch with OP. PoPville is not affiliated with either party, please proceed with any potential connection at your own risk using caution as you would any online encounter. For those curious about past missed connections, some have been made and when possible I’ll try to update when/if more are made. Connection made with Adams Morgan dog walker.

“Dear PoPville,

I, wearing a Cleveland Browns jersey, passed by the most attractive man ever on the corner of I St NW & 5th today (Sunday), 3 Oct around noon. We smiled at one another & he said “go Browns!” I had a mini heart attack at the time and just smiled back, but I 100% regret not asking him to watch the game with me. Hoping you’ll post this & he’ll see it so we can connect!”

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“Beer, TV, and dogs?”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

Where in the DMV besides Midlands and Dacha Navy Yard can I drink beer (or an alcohol or two), watch football, and bring my dog? Bonus points if it’s a brewery.”

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