photo by Jim Havard
“Dear PoPville,
Last year we unknowingly bought a rowhouse in a part of NW (Brightwood/Takoma) where the water table is higher because of the spring that flows beneath us and into Silver Spring (apparently the namesake for Rachel Carson’s famous Silent Spring). While doing a gut reno of the basement (PSA: (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
What is this? This device appeared recently on military road as it crosses rock creek park. Is it a speed camera? Seems to have multiple lenses on all sides.”
photo by Beau Finley
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,
I was leaving the FedEx Field stadium after Friday’s Washington Football Team preseason game against the Bengals, while wearing a 12 jersey and you yelled “go Seahawks!” from behind me. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Shot in the dark —
About 25 years ago I was living in NW DC (16th & U), working as a bartender at Julio’s. In my travels, I came upon an older Russian (or Eastern European) homeless man; very disheveled and with a big scraggly beard. I may have run into him in the Adams Morgan area. I had heard that he was an artist, so I struck up a conversation and in fact he was! I ended up buying a piece from him that has been with me ever since. I never saw him again. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Given all the reports of bars, restaurants, and gyms requiring COVID vaccinations, has anyone heard of any hair salons, massage places, nail salons, or other personal care services requiring vaccination – whether that’s requiring it of their staff and/or requiring it of customers? Would like to know what places are safer for me to patronize.”
photo by Diane Krauthamer
Ed. Note: If any of these are 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. We connected MC Nolan yesterday!
“Dear PoPville,
Emissary Pergamino on this saturday early afternoon. We shared a table with an umbrella because it began to rain and wrote in our respective journals. I enjoyed our slightly awkward chat before you left. If you’re ever at that cafe again let’s get a coffee and have a full conversation.”
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“Dear PoPville,
This weekend I was walking relatively early in the morning when I came across a street-parked vehicle with the driver’s side window broken in and the airbag removed. It was relatively early in the morning and it didn’t look like anyone had discovered the break-in yet, since there was still glass on the driver’s seat and the street.
So, I called the DC Police Non-Emergency Line to report the break-in. I don’t know exactly what I expected, but I figured that (more…)
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,
Need your help with a missed connection. Thursday (8/19) around 7 pm at the Petworth Safeway. We were both in line at the self checkout. I was the half-Asian in a striped shirt and dark grey pants. I was with a couple friends. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
How does a resident go about verifying that reserved handicapped spots on the street are still needed? I know of multiple incidents where a family member passes away and the family keeps the handicapped reserved spot, limiting parking on the street for neighbors. (more…)
photo by Clif Burns
“Dear PoPville,
Can anyone in the Popville Brain Trust recommend a good DC barber for beards and facial hair? Looking to have a professional clean up my pandemic beard before a special event. I know a lot of places aren’t doing this since it requires removing a mask, but surely someone has got to offer it with proof of a vaccine, right?”