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Archeological Finds Vol. 36 – Old Perfume Bottles?

Published April 10, 2020 at 3:30PM

Thanks to Jeffrey for sending:

“Not nearly as cool as that rolling rock bottle, but I found these two tiny bottles in the dirt in my backyard. No idea what they might have been used for, or what their vintage is. My house is an 1870-ish rowhouse, the first building built on its block near Garrison Elementary.

I cleaned ’em up as well as I could and they’ve been holding these roses for years now.”

Ed. Note: Old perfume bottles?

If you have a photo of a neat find from your house or place of work please send an email to princeofpetworth(at)gmail.com thanks. Please let me know where/what neighborhood you found it in too. Thanks.

#Archeological Finds

In non Coronavirus news

By Prince Of Petworth

Published April 10, 2020 at 1:15PM

New high visibility crosswalks getting painted at 14th and W Street, NW. Nice. Thanks to Bill for sending.

“Trader Joe’s on 14th is telling folks they are “temporarily closed” UPDATE: “will reopen 12PM on Friday, April 10th.”

By Prince Of Petworth

Published April 8, 2020 at 1:55PM | Updated April 9, 2020 at 3:24PM

Photo by Doug Landry

Thanks to Doug and Ross for reporting:

“Trader Joe’s on 14th is telling folks they are “temporarily closed” per an “email they just received from corporate” and unsure when they will reopen. Last shoppers filtering out now.”

“They aren’t letting anyone enter for now..”

“just called them and the employee stated that they’re closed from today until saturday/sunday. he said to find up to date info on the corporate site.”

UPDATE: “Trader Joe’s on 1914 14th St NW is closed for additional cleaning and will reopen 12PM on Friday, April 10th. A Crew Member who tested positive for COVID-19 was last present in the store on April 5, 2020.“

“Ice Cream Jubilee Re-Opens The Yards and T Street Locations”

By Prince Of Petworth

Published April 6, 2020 at 2:45PM

courtesy Ice Cream Jubilee

From a press release:

“Ice Cream Jubilee is reopening their locations at The Yards Park, 301 Water Street SE and at 1407 T Street NW from Thursday through Sunday. Ice Cream Jubilee will offer carry-out ice cream pints, bake-at-home cookie dough, and sundae packages. Ice Cream Jubilee is also bringing back both of its popular ice cream and ice cream cake making classes for adults and kids of all ages to enjoy following the COVID-19 pandemic. (more…)

“Just saw a dairy truck spilling gallons of milk out of its backdoors down 14th”

By Prince Of Petworth

Published April 3, 2020 at 11:15AM

Thanks to Alex for sending:

“Just saw a dairy truck spilling gallons of milk out of its backdoors down 14th street between S and Swan. The road workers were yelling for him to stop but he just kept on going! Thats a lot of milk…”

#coronavirus

Dumpster Fire on U Street – Well Here’s a Softball For Ya

By Prince Of Petworth

Published April 2, 2020 at 6:27PM

Photo by Nich

Thanks to all who’ve messaged us about the dumpster fire on the 1300 block of U Street, NW. (more…)

About that Crazy Siren Last Night

By Prince Of Petworth

Published March 31, 2020 at 8:45AM

To complete the dystopian picture, this ambulance coming down 14th St in DC has got an air raid siren on. pic.twitter.com/zkRvxoiPPh

— Inez Stepman (@InezFeltscher) March 31, 2020

Got tons of messages about this – apparently it’s a new type of siren on an ambulance – thanks to Inez for sharing just how unusual it sounded.

#coronavirus

Painful Sign from the Florida Avenue Grill

By Prince Of Petworth

Published March 26, 2020 at 12:25PM

11th and Florida Ave, NW

Thanks to Krishna for sending. The “hopefully” is the gut punch.

#coronavirus

Not John Denver But Still Pretty Great

By Prince Of Petworth

Published March 23, 2020 at 11:15AM

Not a bad way to entertain during Coronavirus – courtyard concerts here at 2120.

Cc:⁦@PoPville⁩ pic.twitter.com/XgQjwGswwb

— Ethan Susseles (@esusseles) March 23, 2020

#coronavirus

A Peek Inside the Old Republic Gardens on U Street

By Prince Of Petworth

Published March 10, 2020 at 12:45PM

Looks like there’s been some steady progress since we last looked in January. Thanks to a reader for sending: “Peeked my head inside the former Republic Gardens and was shocked / pleasantly surprised to see construction going on in there…looks like a full gut.” (more…)