3925 14th Street, NW
Just noticed a new spot called Astrid Billiard-Pool Room is coming to the space above the recently opened Salt & Pepper Grill II at 14th and Shepherd St, NW.
sports
Photo by PoPville flickr user ekelly80
From a press release:
“As the effort to bring the Summer 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games to the Capital Region kicks into full gear, Russ Ramsey and Ted Leonsis, Chair and Vice Chair of Washington 2024, today announced the formation of a leadership team composed of respected members of our community including athletes, business leaders and elected officials. Ramsey and Leonsis also called on residents in Washington, Virginia, and Maryland to visit DC2024.org, where they can get involved, support the bid and share their vision of unity represented by the Olympic movement.
“We are proud and humbled to have the USOC consider Washington for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games,” said Russ Ramsey, Chairman and CEO of Washington 2024. “The leadership team and I embrace the ideal of unity embodied in the Olympic Movement, which has inspired and united people around the world through the universal language of sport. Our hope is that by bringing the Summer Olympic Games to Washington, we will foster greater unity in the Capital Region.”
Below is a list of the Washington 2024 Board Members. (more…)
Photo by PoPville flickr user AWard Tour
Thanks to a reader for passing on this bit of awesomeness from Craigslist:
” Are you an Old Geezer with an Extra Nats Ticket? (Washington, DC)
Did you purchase season tickets and are looking for someone to go with you? Have you suddenly found you have an extra ticket because your baseball buddy is passed out drunk on the floor or is now on life support?
Would you rather have an empty seat next to you or would you like to invite me, an avid Nats fan, to enjoy the game with you?
I am a 65-year-old Senior Lady (SWF ~ not interested in married men). I am moderately attractive, at least the villagers haven’t run me out of town with pitchforks and torches yet.
I cry unabashedly during the National Anthem and when the military receives their well deserved recognition. I promise if I catch a foul ball I will give it to you, providing it doesn’t first knock me in the head and give me a concussion.
So, if you have an extra ticket that isn’t going to be used and would like to invite me to stand next to you as we Root, Root, Root for the home team….get in touch…. it would be a real shame to let your unused ticket go to waste…..”
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Upshur and Rock Creek Church Rd, NW
From a press release:
“On September 27th, runners will become a part of history when they join Olympic champion Joan Benoit Samuelson at the first annual Freedom 5K XC at President Lincoln’s Cottage! After winning the Boston Marathon twice, Ms. Benoit Samuelson went on to become the first woman to ever win the gold medal in the Olympic marathon at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The Freedom 5K XC, a unique cross country event open to the general public, provides a rare opportunity for runners and walkers alike to race on the 250 acre Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH) campus, where President Lincoln and his family resided during his presidency. All proceeds and donations support preservation, award-winning programs, and innovative initiatives such as the Students Opposing Slavery program at President Lincoln’s Cottage, the only privately funded National Monument in the nation.
The Freedom 5K XC traverses the picturesque AFRH grounds, on roads and paths that wind past ponds, woods, and fields. As a cross country-style course, the running surface will include paved and unpaved pathways. The run culminates at President Lincoln’s Cottage, “the Cradle of the Emancipation Proclamation,” where Lincoln developed his seminal document in our country’s ongoing struggle for freedom.
The Freedom 5K XC will take place on Saturday September 27th at 8:00 am. Early bird registration is $30 and ends on August 27. Registration after August 27th is $40 per person. Registration for the Freedom 5K XC is managed by Potomac River Running Club; to register online and get more information visit here.”
A reader sends the photo above and writes:
“Only in DC can you watch your team win the World Cup, and then go right up to the sovereign territory of the country you beat to taunt them (well, not only in DC, I guess if you happen to be near the actual country, but you get the idea).”
Photo by PoPville flickr user jsmjr
“Dear PoPville,
My friend went to the baseball game yesterday and brought all the goods to tailgate, as he has done for already this season as well as most games for the past 4 years. He was told that tailgating AND BEER was no longer allowed in the parking lot. This is unbelievable! Have you or other readers heard anything about this?! Is it just certain lots that you can’t tailgate in???? Was it an April Fools joke in July?! Please advise…”
Photo by PoPville flickr user pablo.raw
Photo by PoPville flickr user vpickering
Photo by PoPville flickr user pablo.raw
Photo by PoPville flickr user vpickering
Photo by PoPville flickr user caroline.angelo
Thanks to a reader for sending these shots from this afternoon. For those that went to the circle – how was it?
Photo from last World Cup in the Circle by PoPville flickr user ep_jhu
From the Dupont Festival:
“Dupont Festival will feature the live broadcast of USA vs. GERMANY at 12PM and also intend on screening a second live game tbd at approximately 4PM.”
If anyone goes please send some photos to princeofpetworth(at)gmail or upload a few to the PoPville flickr pool. Thanks! and USA USA USA
From MPD:
“Traffic may be impacted in and around RFK Stadium on Saturday, June 21st and Sunday, June 22nd in conjunction with the Volkswagen Rallycross DC.
Motorists could encounter possible delays if operating in the vicinity of this event and may wish to consider alternative routes. The Metropolitan Police Department and the D.C. Department of Transportation also wish to remind motorists in the vicinity of this event to proceed with caution, as increased pedestrian traffic can be anticipated.”
From Events DC:
“A thrilling new track layout was unveiled for Volkswagen Rallycross DC, the third round of the 2014 Red Bull Global Rallycross Series taking place on the RFK Stadium Festival Grounds June 21-22. The exciting 0.5-mile, combination tarmac and dirt course features 10 turns of varying radius and speed, and the famous Red Bull Global Rallycross jump.
“We think it’s pretty cool to offer professional racing right here in our nation’s capital, and certainly Volkswagen Rallycross DC will be one of the District’s most exciting events of the summer,” said Erik A. Moses, managing director of Events DC’s Sports and Entertainment Division. “Fans all around the RFK Stadium Festival Grounds will have great views of the race course.”
The two-day, action-packed event will feature live music, food, entertainment, a VIP club and plenty of great racing. The main event on Sun., June 22 airs live on NBC at 2 p.m. ET. For tickets and more information, please visit redbullglobalrallycross/dc or Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000.
Event attendees are invited to bring non-perishable food items or toiletries to donate to SOME (So Others Might Eat), a D.C.-based charity dedicated to serving the poor and homeless in Washington, D.C. SOME barrels will be stationed at Festival Grounds entrances to accept all donations.”