“Dear PoPville,

I knew they had been installed, but others didn’t because twice today, cars almost slammed into my driver’s side, trying to get over at the last second and avoid running into these.

Why on earth would DDOT install these pedestrian corrals(?) in the middle of a lane on a busy thoroughfare like 9th Street?

Steeb sums it up succinctly: (more…)


Readers report: “Major gunfire exchange: near 2nd/Missouri or 2nd/Kennedy NW. Two bursts of ~12 shots each, 5 seconds apart”

“HUGE police presence at First & Missouri NW. At least 15 shots fired. Cars involved. At least one person injured.”

From MPD: “Alert: Shooting Investigation in the 100 block of Missouri Avenue, NW. No Lookout.”

Update from MPD: (more…)



1817 Columbia Road, NW

Thanks to Jeannie for sending: “Say it ain’t so!

Just walked by Pop’s this morning after being out of town this weekend and noticed they papered the windows. Someone please tell me this isn’t the beginning of the end?! I was so hopeful that they’d be fully open again soon!”

In August Pop’s wrote us: that they were “working on a licensing issue.”

A reader wrote us Sunday: “just heard that Pop’s Sea Bar’s last night was last night/tonight.” (more…)



Photo by pablo.raw

From MPD:

“On Tuesday, October 25, 2022, the High Heel Race will take place in the District of Columbia. In conjunction with this event, there will be parking restrictions and street closures that motorists should take into consideration:

The following streets will be posted as Emergency No Parking from 12:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.: (more…)


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