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1314 ½ Ninth Street, NW

The tidbit came out of the Washington Post’s really interesting piece about “A Changing Little Washington”:

“Next year, O’Brien plans to close Seasonal Pantry and open a new concept in Little Washington, tentatively named Farm to Long Table.

He will be leaving a location on 9th street in the emerging Shaw neighborhood for what is currently a dilapidated former tavern and possible brothel from the 1830s that is 70 miles away.”

Seasonal Pantry opened on 9th Street back in June 2011. It will be interesting to see if O’Brien’s move has any impact on Sundevich too.


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Photo by PoPville flickr user Rich Renomeron

“Dear PoPville,

I know it’s a little late to mention, but a funny thing happened on the metro this morning and I was wondering if you had heard of anything like it before. It was about 8:50 am in the Shaw metro station and all of a sudden the usual announcements stopped and there was another announcement, something along the lines of: “Attention, there is an emergency in the metro station. Please evacuate the station immediately”. The people I was sitting near and I all looked up at each other and then around, surprised. It was strange because half the people in the station didn’t even seem to hear it because they had headphones in or were on their phones. The train was coming in two minutes, and not one person actually headed for the escalators to leave (myself and the people around me included). We stood there looking around, waiting for another announcement or for the station manager to come say something, but nothing happened. They were even still letting people into the station. Following this, the train arrived and we got on the train and it went on its way as normal.

I’ve never had this happen before, and it was surprising in two ways: 1) Metro’s lack of follow-up after the announcement and 2) the fact that an announcement like that was so easily not heard or ignored by most in the station. Do you have any idea what could have caused this? The whole situation was definitely very uncomfortable.”


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620 T Street, NW

Fellow flaneur and Navy Yard ANC Rep David Garber first noticed the snafu yesterday:

“Good news: @HowardTheatre replaced shredded flags. Bad news: American flag is upside down, & they traded out DC flag.”

He also noted that, “They say they’re aware and management is going to flip right side up.”

When I stopped by later in the afternoon it was still upside down.

Thank God it didn’t happen over the weekend.

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Previously with DC Flag:

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2251 12th Place Northwest

This rental is located at 2251 12th Place, Northwest. The listing says:

“This beautifully updated row home highlights a chef’s kitchen with granite counters, stainless steel appliances and gas cooking. Classic features include gleaming hardwood floors, exposed brick walls, a clawfoot tub and fireplace. This home is just steps away from the U St. Metro, Trader Joes, restaurants and entertainment. To top it off, off-street parking is located in the back!”

You can see more photos here.

This 2 bed/1 bath is going for $3,000/Mo.


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“Dear PoPville,

I’m on an old email group from a past residence and there was a request from someone in the neighborhood that stated:

Neighbors,

Members of the community are protesting the renewal of Darnell’s liquor license based on a significant number of complaints.

If you would like to join this protest group, or would like more information, please contact XXXXXXXX by email at [email protected] beforeSunday evening.

The protest needs to be filed with the District Monday morning, so if you would like your complaints to be heard make sure to get them to me beforeSunday evening.

Kinda weird to me…Darnell’s seems to be very low key, not mentioning that Blind Dog also is there. Thinking you might want to see how community feels.”

Anyone have a problem with Darnell’s?


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