“Dear PoPville,
Received this Christmas card today postmarked on 12/14/20. Reminds me of the “Last Christmas Tree in Town” series. Curious if anyone else in the community is receiving these late season holiday wishes?”
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Randomly stumbled upon these behind the Chinese Embassy in Van Ness. Very cool:
Now about that statue: (more…)
Thanks to Pamela for sharing from Cleveland Park: “I have been enchanted by the tiny shops that have popped up in a European cities. They are tucked in street corners and master artisans have done amazing work on them. (more…)
hahaha amazing – thanks to Dave for sending on Sunday from Logan Circle: “Found this little beauty this morning!”
Last Christmas Tree in Town is brought to you by the Friends of the White Whale Society!
hahaha OK then. Thanks to C. for sending. One day we will find out the story. Crap shoot – anyone happen to have seen this before/know?
I just liked this one because of the drawing. Above and beyond.
Thanks to Jill (and others though this one fit the mood best for me these days) for sending from near Congressional Cemetery.
Last Christmas Tree in Town is brought to you by the Friends of the White Whale Society!
Photo via @NASA
Thanks to a reader for passing on from NASA:
“Let your friends and neighbors know, because Space Station passes don’t get much better than this. Go outside at 7:03pm and you’re sure to see it- with a pass this high you don’t even need to worry about what direction you’re facing (90 degrees is directly overhead- 80 degrees is nearly indistinguishable).”
Thanks to Cheryl for sending the above from the Palisades.
And thanks to James, Rachel and Emily for sending the one above from 15th Street, NW between Columbia and Irving.
Last Christmas Tree in Town is brought to you by the Friends of the White Whale Society!
Photo by C JRCook
From the United States Attorney’s Office – District of Columbia press release yesterday:
“New York Couple Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges in $4 Million Extortion Scheme
The Defendants’ Son Pretended to Be a New York Mobster as Part of Scheme
Archie Kaslov, 54, and Candy Evans, 51, of New York, N.Y., pled guilty today to federal charges related to their roles in a wide-ranging fraud, extortion, and money laundering scheme, which involved one of their sons pretending to be a New York mobster in order to get a Maryland man to embezzle more than $4 million from his employer in Washington, D.C. The announcement was made by Acting U.S. Attorney Michael R. Sherwin and James A. Dawson, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
In April 2018, a federal grand jury indicted Kaslov; Candy Evans; their sons Tony John Evans, Corry Blue Evans, and Robert Evans; and Robert Evans’ common-law ex-wife Gina Russell on various charges related to the extortion scheme. (more…)