photo by Rey Lopez
Holy moly, check out some more photos inside the newly opened Swingers “a world of verdant, undulating crazy golf courses featuring a 1920s English golf clubhouse, multiple cocktail bars with over 20 hand-crafted cocktails, gourmet street food vendors, an outdoor patio space with a retractable roof for year-round use, and private event spaces. (more…)
Photo by Victoria Pickering
“Dear PoPville,
I was walking in Kalorama this morning (Tuesday) and heard a recording of the Star Spangled Banner being played very loud. Given that the Obamas live one block away on Belmont, I’m dying to know if this had anything to do with them, or what this all about….”
It’s from the Naval Observatory.
124 Blagden Alley, NW. Columbia Room’s Spirits Library // courtesy Columbia Room
From Columbia Room:
“Columbia Room will reopen its Spirits Library on Wednesday, June 23, marking the first time the award-winning bar has operated indoors since March 2020. The Spirits Library will join Columbia Room’s Spritz Garden, which encompasses its outdoor spaces (rooftop and ground-level streatery), in welcoming guests to its Blagden Alley home.
Menus available in the Spirits Library, currently available in the Spritz Garden as well, will offer classic Columbia Room cocktails including (more…)
9th and L Street, NW formerly cup café/breakwell’s coffee shop
Thanks to Tony for sending. There will be no further updates.
7th and O Street, NW
From MPD: “Alert: Shooting Investigation at 1612hrs in the 1300 block of 7th St NW. Lookout for a Black Nissan fleeing westbound 700 block O St NW.
DO NOT TAKE ACTION CALL 911”
Updates when/if more info is released.
This rental is located at 1440 N Street, NW at 14th/15th & Mass Ave. The Craigslist ad says:
“$1,650 (909) Rent Reduced! Downtown, Convenient, CUTE Studio; POOL! (Thomas/Logan/DuPont) (more…)
rear 200 block of Massachusetts Avenue, NW Photo by Zane Law
Thanks to Zane for sharing: “What is this gorilla doing in downtown DC?”
Just Capital Crossing having fun (see what restaurants are coming there here. Back in 2019 they also randomly displaced some animal sculptures. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Has anyone in or around Dupont Circle heard a woman singing for hours on end?
She sings in the morning. She sings all day. She sings late at night. Oh and did I mention that she always sings the same three notes?
“aah–Aah–AAH!!–Aah–aah”
Over and over and over and over and over…
I think it’s safe to say this woman suffers from some sort of mental health issue. Benedictine monks don’t chant the same three notes for hours on end and chanting is literally part of their job.
She started singing this morning (Thursday) at 7:45 am. She’s still singing. (more…)
3320 Brown Street, NW
“Dear PoPville,
I’m writing to encourage the community to show some love and support to the owners of Pan Am Fresh supermarket on Brown St. in Mount Pleasant due to the brazen robbery they endured on Tuesday morning. I spoke with a staff member the next day and she said the robber made a beeline for the register and twice pushed the owner down with such force that she was injured and an ambulance was necessary. This and the fact that it occurred in broad daylight is very disturbing. I live nearby and the owners are extremely kind and generous people. Not to mention their Indian cuisine is amazing and they always throw in extra food. If you’re in the area, please be sure to stop by and support this great small business.”
Check out the menu: (more…)
Thanks to Nicole for sending from 3rd and H Street, NE around 10am.
DC Streetcar reported (and as of 11:55am still has pinned): (more…)