“Dear PoPville,
Okay I’m from Pittsburgh and I’ve been craving pierogis for the last three months. Where in DC can I get some good pierogis?”
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“Dear PoPville,
While walking my dog in Cleveland Park, I kept coming across these curious markings on the sidewalk. They were like little piles of pink chalk–not drawn on or spray-painted–and easily brushed away. Each had the exact same shape (an anchor? A skull?) and were placed about 10 feet apart, stretching the length of several sidewalks. Any idea what these markings mean? Found on Woodley Rd NW around the field of the National Cathedral School and also Cathedral Ave NW.”
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“Dear PoPville,
My mother (over 65) is in the process of moving to this area from Iowa. I had a baby in early December, so my mother sold her house in Iowa and arrived in this area in November in order to be available to help us out. She is currently staying in an empty condo in Maryland owned by a friend. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
My son and I were at the Stanton Park playground Saturday a little before noon. As always on the weekend, there were probably 5-6 families enjoying the sun and getting out of the house while following proper mask/distancing protocols. Unexpectedly, a man who appeared to be jogging on the west side of the park near the playground stopped and started bellowing insane MAGA propaganda: (more…)
5th and E Street, NW
“Dear PoPville,
I went and got tested at Judiciary Square last week I noticed they’re now using Curative tests. The next day I saw these headlines so just wanted to lift.”
From the FDA:
“The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting patients and health care providers of the risk of false results, particularly false negative results, with the Curative SARS-Cov-2 test. Risks to a patient of a false negative result include: delayed or lack of supportive treatment, lack of monitoring of infected individuals and their household or other close contacts for symptoms resulting in increased risk of spread of COVID-19 within the community, or other unintended adverse events.” (more…)
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“Dear PoPville,
Are there restaurants/bars that are doing well with following outdoor dining guidelines (e.g. only two or three walls so air still flows) that also have larger tables or spacious enough seating areas for dates with strangers or meetups with friends outside your pod so you can keep your social distance? The days of park hangs appear to be over.”
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“Dear PoPville,
I wanted to reach out to see what other companies in the DC area are doing for company events and virtual activities? Given that were 10 months into this and the Zoom Happy Hour has been long overdone, I’m wondering if there’s any cool events people have done with their colleagues? I especially would love events with DC based companies or businesses doing the event service. My company thus far has done a Sake Tasting with Izakaya Seki (highly recommend!), some workout classes with trainers from Rumble, and plans to do a yoga class with Epic Yoga. All virtual! Any other events people have done? Would love to hear ideas!”
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“Dear PoPville,
Where can I drop off oyster shells for recycling? I’ve got tons left over from New Year’s Eve and I bet I’m not the only one with this question. I tried calling a couple of the fish markets at the Wharf and Hank’s Oyster Bar but they said they’re not doing oyster shell collection during the pandemic. Does anyone know somewhere collecting? And if there isn’t anywhere, would it be better for the environment to dump them in the trash or in the Anacostia?”
“Dear PoPville,
All of the telephone poles on Reno Road from Nebraska south to about Van Ness have these yellow grids. I’ve only seen them in daylight, but they don’t seem to be reflective. Do they mean “I am a telephone pole: don’t hit me with your car”?”
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“Dear PoPville,
We absolutely love the Waterfront area and the experience in living in this part of DC has been very positive, however we are having very serious issues with our condominium association. When we moved we were aware the building does a mandatory “water shut-off” in weekdays once every 2 months, this lasts from 9am to about 3pm. We are ok with that, the majority of the time we’ve been at work and it has not affected us.
Fast forward to last year’s pandemic, for safety and health reasons these water shut-offs were temporarily cancelled (fine by us, we work from home now). However in these past few months, we have had multiple water shut-offs (more…)