Thanks to Nora for sending the above from Logan. Full scene: (more…)
Holiday
Thanks to PC for sending from Hill East: (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
My kids are very eager to know whether we’ll be trick-or-treating this year and I have no idea what to tell them, so I’d be curious to hear whether neighbors in petworth plan to give out candy or whether I should start downplaying expectations for them.”
Ed. Note: The photo above was sent from Woodley Park where you drop the candy down the tube so the kids don’t have to walk up the stairs. Other cool things I’ve heard is neighbors hiding candy on their lawns so kids don’t have to go to the door.
Countdown as of 11:54am Wednesday
From an email:
“the basics are: city-wide blast at 5:00 pm on Friday 9/18 to announce the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, which begins that evening. Anyone who has a shofar (ram’s horn) is invited to blow the shofar from wherever they will be. If they’d like, they can pin their location on the map at www.theblastdc.com so others in their vicinity can hear. If folks don’t have a shofar but want to hear a blast, they can check out the pins on the map and find something in hearing distance nearby.”
Happy Independence Day. Thanks to Paul for sending. And a happy and safe 4th to all.
Thanks to Darin for sending – sorry this is a post Christmas post but better late than never!
Mt. Pleasant Street and Park Rd, NW
Whew, almost forgot to post my favorite holiday tradition this year! (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
On the last pickup day before Christmas I like to put out an envelope with a card and a few bucks for the workers who pick up my trash and recycling all year. Since they’re picked up separately I put out two envelopes. I didn’t want to brave leaving the envelopes out overnight so this morning around 7:30 I put out the two cans and taped an envelope to each lid. I happened to look out around 8:30 and noticed that the recycling had been picked up and the trash hadn’t – and both envelopes were gone!
I have to assume that either the recyclers took it, or a grinchly passerby. If the recyclers took it, does anyone know if the DPW workers have any sort of tip-pooling? Were they safe-guarding it for their trash-collecting brothers? Or was it just pilfered? At this point it’s too late but I’m curious what became of it.”
Let’s also take this opportunity to share who else do we tip, and if you feel comfortable how much do you give them.
Any advice for kelsey on where to go in D.C.?
Ed. Note: Here are some recs from 2014 but we could definitely use a refresh!
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Photo by PoPville flickr user Tim Brown
And since I follow, sorta, the federal schedule I do too – double huzzah!! From The White House:
“Executive Order on Providing for the Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government on December 24, 2019
All executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government shall be closed and their employees excused from duty on Tuesday, December 24, 2019, the day before Christmas Day.”
So anyone have fun travel plans? When do you leave?