On my walk to the metro this morning a nice young mother pushing her baby stopped me and asked if I was walking to the metro. I said yes and she asked if she could borrow my cell phone because she was walking to the metro too. I thought it a little odd, but why not. So I loaned her my phone and she called a friend and gossiped a bit while we walked to the metro together. It was a bit bizarre but quite beautiful I think. I don’t think I could imagine myself in Woodley Park walking to the metro and asking to borrow someone’s phone, or someone asking me to borrow my phone. It is like we are all one big family and of course we loan each other our phones. Whew, finally one nice thing that happened today!
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Well, unfortunately the good people of Kilroy cleaners refuse to speak with me. Man, I’m having a bad day. Anyway, I had the same experience. Why do you think this is? It is clearly bad for business. I’ve never understood people who were in the service industry who are rude. Especially since this is the sole employee I’ve seen there. This was beyond rude, she wouldn’t even talk to me. Should I have asked what her problem was, or what her problem with me was? My mom says I am a very good person. I am really confused.
So I’ll leave Kilroy cleaners with the fine words of a young Bob Dylan: “We never did too much talking anyway…” oh sorry I think I may have used that song already.
DCist reports new crime camera going up outside the U Street metro. Do we want one at the Petworth metro?
By the by, I’ve really been enjoying the one exit at Petworth metro. I always felt there was a divide between folks who exited on the east or west side. Now that we all exit from the same side I feel a real unity. No more East/West divide, we are all Petworthians now!
I feel better now.
Last week I reported Michael Brown scoring the nice big banner at Sweet Mango Cafe. So, I decided to take a walk around the neighborhood to see who was winning the yard sign war. In my very unscientific walk I’d say it was about 2 to 1 more Muriel Bowser signs than any others. There are pockets of Brown signs, pockets of Singelton signs, one Gaither sign and even a couple of Fenty for mayor signs. But by in large, I saw many more Muriel Bowser signs than any other. I also saw some signs officially announcing the special election May 1st. I still have many more interviews to conduct. Does anyone have some suggestions on issues for me to cover that I haven’t already covered?
I briefly attended the Lower Georgia Avenue Trasportation and Streetscape Improvements meeting on Sat. While I missed the opening presentation I was able to collect the printed material. Unfortunately it is only in hard copy but I was told that you can read about the outcomes in two weeks at www.ddot.dc.gov.
I look forward to reading all about it. When it is up I’ll post a link.
Check out this add on Craigslist “Must have knowledge of basic filing skills to insert and retrieve application packages from file cabinets” Is that for real? Insert and retrieve application packages? Umm, isn’t that just opening up a drawer and pulling out a file? Are our schools that bad? Then the ad requires Microsoft Office skills, ok that is normal but I’m thinking that might be the proper first skill to list because I’m guessing if someone doesn’t have the ability to open a file cabinet then they might not be so good at Microsoft PowerPoint. Then again, I can’t spell very well so who am I to judge.
This is phenomenal news, great news, unbelievable news, ok it’s not that great but it is pretty cool. On perhaps the coldest night of this winter I chatted with two police officers who were walking down Upshur Street, past Domku. My jaw dropped, I stuttered a bit partially from the cold, partially from shock. I asked them “hey are you guys part of the new foot patrols?”. A resounding Yes was the answer. So credit to Chief select Lanier. She is a woman of her word. I really do think this is great news for the residents of Petworth and DC in general. Bravo, and keep up the good work. I win the bet though. I believe I was the first one to spot a foot patrol. Let’s hope it becomes a regular thing.
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Voila, the new Prince of Petworth Logo. Thumbs up or thumbs down?
Many, many thanks to Sean from the bloomingdale blog who has schooled me in the ways of blogs and technology. He taught me how to put links into posts, put pictures into posts, and of course showed me how to put the coolest frog logo in the world up on P.o.P. So my sincerest thanks to Sean. There are still good people left in this world.
And this is great news for readers of this blog. Shortly, I will be adding pictures, and lots more links to my posts. So stay tuned…