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“Dear PoPville,

I encountered a peeping tom masturbating outside the window of my ground floor unit last night.

I live on the hill near union station and H street and saw a peeping tom masturbating outside of my ground floor bedroom window last night at 11:45. He saw me notice him and made eye contact and some obscene gestures before running away when I picked up the phone to call the police. (more…)



1270 5th Street, NE

Thanks to Gaurav Arora for tracking this down!!



1101 First Street, NE via Facebook

From an email:

“Lyft invites the District to celebrate the first Friday of Summer at Lyft RecessThis Friday is the first Friday of summer, and we’re celebrating by turning Wunder Garten Beer Garden into a playground for grown-ups, from 1-4 pm. We’ll even give participants a promo code for a discount off their Lyft ride to the event, with a fun excuse note for their boss

  • Free beer and snacks (all the lunchroom favorites)
  • Drink specials
  • Food trucks
  • DJ playing classic ’80s and ’90s hits
  • Playground games (like a hula hoop contest) and prizes!

This is a 21+ event – IDs and Lyft app must be presented at the door. We are also collecting donations of non-perishable food items for So Others May Eat.”



June 1st sighting

“Dear PoPville,

Pretty sure I ran into the NOMA flasher this morning at 2nd and M NE at about 7:25am.

Was heading to the Metro with my son in his stroller, when a husky black man (maybe in his 30’s, ~5′-10, mustache, wearing brown khakis, pink zip up hoodie, and a black drawstring backpack) suddenly pulled a stocking cap down over his face. I thought he was just adjusting the cap until I realized it was more of a balaclava with a big cut out for his eyes. (more…)


Nothing a little plywood and grit can’t fix. Gonna need a bigger vehicle to keep Dave down. Thanks to Andy for sending the update that they’ve already opened after a driver crashed a car into it June 6th.

“Don’t know when they reopened, but they were definitely serving Saturday evening. Dine-in and drive-thru, both. No word yet on drive-in service.”


100 block of New York Ave, NE


We last spoke about Fixing Dave Thomas Circle here but it sounds like there were other issues at play here too:

A reader sends a couple photos of the aftermath:


A reader reports yesterday:

“Wanted to write and let you know about the serial penis flasher in NoMa. Ski mask clad, and d**k whipped out at 7:30 am by the NoMa metro ready to greet innocent bystanders. He has been spotted by numerous people, cops have been called, and he’s still up to no good. Photo is of him zipping up…so that’s his hand in the crotch region.”


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