3903 Georgia Ave, NW
So where are the best/most reliable/well priced dry cleaners in town these days?
“Dear PoPville,
I was walking through the neighborhood this morning, and I noticed that Petworth Cleaners closed! If you Google “Petworth Cleaners,” the search result on the right side of the page says, “Permanently Closed.” (more…)
Varnum and Kansas Ave, NW (across from 9th)
“Dear PoPville,
I think the hypocrisy of arresting a guy for drinking in public on his birthday when porchfest is 1 day away and everyone and their moms will be drinking outside on the sidewalks is just sick.”
Full report: (more…)
A reader reports from Petworth around 6pm (Thursday):
“Huge police response north of Sherman Circle… At least 10-12 shots fired. 2 kids shot.”
From AlertDC:
“Alert: MPD Units are investigating a Shooting in the 1300 block of Emerson Street, NW. (more…)
IMPORTANT PSA:
“What: Petworth PorchFest, DC’s largest, award-winning neighborhood music festival, featuring around 430 bands from 31 different musical genres playing on 164 porches across the Greater Petworth neighborhood. The schedule is available here.
When: Saturday, May 30th, with music on porches across the neighborhood from (more…)
Georgia and Randolph Street, NW
A reader reported around 9:30pm last night (Monday):
“Lots of firetrucks and a few ambulances on Georgia Ave and Randolph down to New Hampshire. Any idea what happened?”
DC Fire and EMS reported:
“Box Alarm 3800 block Georgia Ave NW at the Safeway. Refrigerant leak in rear of store. (more…)
4200 Kansas Ave, NW at Georgia and Upshur
Thanks to Arthur for sending us on Saturday: “If you see a swarm, google DC Swarm Squad and they will send a DC bee keeper who will give them a forever home.” (more…)
Thanks to David for sending how things are looking on Piney Branch Parkway this week.
ICYMI: “DC Water’s upcoming closure of Piney Branch Parkway is going to cause major headaches for folks unaware of the closure” (more…)
205 Upshur Street, NW previously home to Gumbo Records and DC Treasure.
“coffee | records | bar”
Boom!!
The big news from Wake Me, Shake Me: (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
We have been slowly converting our front yard into a native plant-scape…and it is finally bearing fruit (of the insect kind)! We noticed a lone monarch butterfly flittering around the milkweeds and a couple of weeks later saw that something had been nibbling the leaves. We turned over a few and, lo-and-behold, we have caterpillars! They are super tiny and our son is checking on them every morning. We’ve noticed lots of other pollinators as well even though it is early in the year: a black swallowtail, sulphurs, honeybees, sphinx moths, and even a hummingbird moth (all on moss phlox). (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Did you know they took the benches out of Grant circle/do you know why they did that? I was in the park last Monday or Tuesday and they were still there so this is recent development.”
Anyone hear what’s up? Hopefully just getting repaired/replaced like we’ve seen happen in Dupont Circle.