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The Timmy Brothers – Water Makers from Paul Riccio on Vimeo.
For those who didn’t have the fortune to see this on their facebook feed – it is just too good, too good.
“A short look at the Timmy Brothers, Brooklyn–based makers of bespoke drinking water.
Bill and Terry Timmy are introducing handcrafted water to the world with an almost pathological attention to craftsmanship and a thirst for helping people become less thirsty.
The Timmy Brothers. They make water.
Paul Riccio – Writer/Director
Jamie Effros – Terry Timmy
Mike Mergo – Bill Timmy
Matt O’Shea & Laura Wood – Producers
Derek McKane – Director of Photography
Jason Kileen – Editor
Molly Finley – Art Director
Alexander Chizhov – Flame Artist
Lucas Hrabal – Camera Operator
Mat Guido – Audio Mixer
Joseph Wenkoff – Colorist
Mike Vernola – AD
Courtney Stephens – PA”
@flandub tweets us:
“@PoPville yo, what’s flying around K and 6th NW right now? Looks like maybe a camera attached to that bubble.”
@ep_jhu tweets us the great shot yesterday:
“An @AirPhotosLive balloon is going up over Mt Vernon Sq. at 6th & NY Ave NW @PoPville”
Ed. Note: Our first sighting was back in October 2009. Last year we learned “The balloon was launched by Digital Design and Imaging Inc. to take aerial photos of the District’s skyline as part of the joint Height Master Plan the DC Office of Planning and the National Capital Planning Commission are conducting in response to a Congressional request.”
hahaha this makes me so happy:
“I have no idea who left it. It was only this weekend that I realized under the five dolls on top, there were 10 more under the cloth. All Barbies are doing well in their new foster home, and are looking forward to find places in a forever home after a future display in the pond.”
Perhaps we could debate whether or not one has too much free time but I think this is freaking brilliant. How Do the 50 States Stack Up According to Their ‘State Avenue Gravitas’ in D.C.?
“What if you could rank the 50 states based on the location and characteristics of their corresponding state-named avenue in the District of Columbia? Essentially, this would be a measure of state identity gravitas—if that is something that could be indeed measured.
Let’s give it a shot!”
Read the complete results here.
Found this guy in Woodley Park.
Ed. Note: I love posting on slow summer days. But seriously – does this not look exactly like a bagel or maybe a gigantic bialy?
Photo by PoPville flickr user Erin
“Dear PoPville,
So I was at a bar in East Portland the other day, and the bartender asks to check my ID before serving my drink. Fair enough, I think, and proceed to present my District of Columbia license. After taking a glance she hands it back, telling me “technically I’m not supposed to take these — DC’s not a state,” that the OLCC are sticklers for this sort of thing, but that she’ll go ahead and let me slide. I balked and told her “I’m pretty sure that’s not *technically* accurate.” She proceeds to lecture me on the rudeness of questioning her, a knowledgable bartender, and I think came close to asking me to leave but I bit my tongue and apologized.
I went ahead and looked up OLCC regulation on this, which appeared to support her argument.
I went ahead and sent a Tweet to the OLCC who stated that DC licenses, even Canadian and Mexican, were valid IDs for bars in Oregon. I wish they would better educate bartenders on this. Or write better regulations.”
Deer skin(?) drying out in Petworth…
Thanks to a reader for sending the Q Street Barbies decked out for the 4th!
hahaha awesome. Thanks to a reader for sending from NoMa.