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I’ll be outside the Dupont North Metro entrance lending a hand selling Street Sense papers from 5-6pm today so if you live or work nearby please stop by and say hi. And buy a paper too of course! Also, I’m gonna cheat and bring some PoPville t-shirts to sweeten the deal! Hope to see many in PoPville represent for this good cause!!

“#VendorWeek, organized by the International Network of Street Papers, is an annual international program of events, activities and social media action that celebrates street paper vendors around the world and challenges perceptions of poverty and homelessness. Street papers are sold in more than 35 countries. by 14,000+ vendors to be read by over 6 million readers like you.”


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“Dear PoPville,

Our cams caught this gentleman taking out some aggression on our planters about 2:30 this morning… [Tuesday] apparently he left a trail of destruction along his path nearby.

Videos are in Dropbox here and here — anyone else see this, know this guy or experience his anti-vegetation wrath? Pure speculation but people who support Donald Trump had a bad night.

The aftermath:

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The guy did some damage and I’d like to see if we can figure out who he is, especially if it’s true that he did this up and down the block.”


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“Dear PoPville,

I just wanted to give a public thank you to the 8 or so people who came to shovel out Richardson Pl NW. There was a guy with a snowblower and a bunch of people shoveling, and they were doing a great job! There are about 10 cars on the street that had no way out, so thanks to the team that made the street navigable!”


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For those frustrated with the roads – we are all suffering… A reader reports: “Red line jammed in both directions.”

Another reader reports:

“Train offloaded at Dupont metro station a few minutes ago due to mechanical failure. Platform is packed, next train in 6 minutes. Welcome back to work everyone!”

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Photo by PoPville flickr user Joe Flood

From an email:

“DCSFA invites you to Dupont Circle Park this Saturday at noon for SNOW WARS: THE SNOWBALL STRIKES BACK!

We’re big Star Wars fans, and if you are too, bring your outfits and get into character as you engage with Storm Troopers, Jedi, Vader and maybe even some Ewoks! We also welcome Trekkies and other space-themed combatants (think Guardians of Galaxy, The Martian, and as a homage to Bowie, some Ziggy Stardusts as well!).

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1073324589364838/

Then join us at Ping Pong – Chinatown for the official after party (time TBA), where the best Snow Wars outfitted-snowballers can redeem the food & drink vouchers that we’ll be giving out!

We also hope you can sign up for the DC Snow Team and help seniors and people with disabilities to shovel their sidewalks over the weekend! Post a photo of yourselves doing the shoveling on our Facebook page, Twitter, or Instagram with the #DCSFA, show it to the DCSFA reps or Ping Pong staff – and you’ll get a DCSFA T-shirt – the first new DSCFA swag since 2010.

Ami & Mike

Team DCSFA

PS

A recap of our common sense guidelines! We ask everyone to please:
• Respect any requests made the Metropolitan Police Department and the U.S. National Park Police
• Play fair, especially by NOT THROWING ICE
• Wear any protective gear that you think you need (goggles recommended!)
• Not pelt moving vehicles, since that could cause accidents
• Remember that anyone who behaves recklessly is individually responsible for the consequences.”


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looking north towards Dupont Circle

Yesterday a reader reported:

“I was at the Dupont Circle Ping Pong on Sunday, and the waitress told us that they would be closing. She did not indicate how soon it would be occurring, but she did say that the Chinatown location would be remaining open.

I was surprised because it seems like the Dupont location does good business – thought others might be interested to know!”

And this morning another reader passes on confirmation from the building management:

“As of today January 20, 2016 Ping Pong Dim Sum restaurant located at One Dupont Circle will officially close its doors for business.

We are actively moving forward to identify a new tenant for the space.”

Ping Pong opened their Dupont location back in 2011 and their first DC location opened at 900 7th Street, NW in Chinatown back in Dec. ’09.

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