Had to share this wild shot from PoPville flickr user Vileinist.
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From MPD:
“Citizens, at approximately 2:39 p.m., on today’s date [Tues, Jan. 12th], there was an attempted robbery of an armored car at 14th & U Street, N.W. Specifically, two male individuals approached the armored car guards and demanded money. The subjects fled when challenged by one of the guards. Third District units responded to the scene. During the course of their investigation, MPD officers observed the suspects and they were apprehended without incident. Thanks to the actions of officers, two felons are off the street. As always, thanks to the community for being our eyes and ears!”
Thanks again to DC realtor Kevin Wood for compiling this list of home/condo sales for zip codes – 20011, 20010, 20009, 20005, 20003, 20002, and 20001. Click below on “Dec2010sales” for the full list in pdf format. If there is a zipcode you’d like to see added please let me know.
Danny Harris is a DC-based photographer, DJ, and collector of stories. He launched People’s District, a blog that tells a people’s history of DC by sharing the stories and images of its residents. You can follow People’s District on Twitter @PeoplesDistrict, and can read his previous columns here.
“I have consistently tried not to be the first in life. I was the first black student in my high school in Long Island. We were the first black family in our town. I was the first woman in the pulpit at 19th Street Baptist Church. Now, I am the first woman to found a Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. that is recognized by the American Baptist and D.C. Baptist conventions. For the sake of history, the firsts are important, but it can be a difficult and painful process.
“In seminary, I remember the men saying to me, ‘Well, surely, you are not going to preach. You are a woman, and women don’t preach.’ As a woman, men believed I was meant to be an associate minister, work in the children’s or youth ministry, or support of the pastor in different ways. These were all important positions, but I had a very powerful calling and wanted more.
“After serving for seven years as an associate minister at the First Congregational Church and then as associate pastor of the 19th St. Baptist Church, I heard my calling to found the Pavilion of God. At the time, I was gravely ill and in the hospital. When I got out, a young man called to ask if I was still doing counseling. He knew a couple that needed help. I told him that I was very ill, but would find someone else. He called me back the next day and said, ‘Are you sure you can’t do this?’ I said, I am really, really sorry, but I can’t. The next day, the man in need of help called back and asked if I could meet with him. Finally, I said, okay, but for a very short time, as I could barely talk and was still on oxygen.
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Some serious details on this one. From the 1400 block of Chapin St, NW.
Photo from Flickr user Daquella manera
“Dear PoP,
Has the murder of the owner of Coppi’s ever been resolved? Whatever happened with the investigation?”
It’s my understanding that the investigation is still ongoing. The last update I’ve seen was a detailed article in the Post written last May.
Nori Amaya was murdered in the 3600 block of 16th Street NW ( The Woodner) in Oct. ’09.
Coppi’s is located at 1414 U Street, NW.
You can read the full Washington Post article here.
Has anyone else heard/seen any updates?
Lodz Represent!
Thank you, PoPvillians, for allowing me to be your Lord of Petworth for the past two days.
The photo above is homage to the commenter, who upon learning I would be minding PoPville for a few days, commented, “Great…excretory humor and ‘junk punch’ jokes.”
Okay, so I admit I had to look up what “junk punch” meant. As for as the aforementioned “scatological humor”–okay, so I did nix one post that had a prominent poo mention, but I think I have been, otherwise, tastefully restrained.
So, from your comments on my posts, what have I learned?
Well…I learned that you really love the Prince and miss him when he is gone. (I’m sure that reading my ramblings just made it worse–sorry.) That makes total sense. I’m quite fond of him too.
I’m sure I’ll be back here again occaisionally, whenever I have some lame, half-baked hypothetical or infuriating stupid observation about life in our fair city. Until then, you can always find me on my web site and on Twitter (@ericnuzum).
Have a great weekend, folks. The Prince will be back on his throne Monday morning.
(Oh, and in case you are curious, the “Guess Poo” game above is a mock-up, created by some dude for his 9-year-old nephew. More info on his game here.)
Every few weeks your Prince of Petworth, Heather Goss of DCist, and myself, your newly anointed Lord of Petworth, get together for a happy hour or a deliciously boozey lunch. The Prince and Heather chat about the DC blog scene…and I pinch myself to stay awake and pretend it is interesting.
Heather curates and coordinates a lot of fantastic photography shows, if you haven’t seen one or participated, you are really missing something fun.
If you are a shutterbug type, there is only a week left to enter your photos in the annual DCist Exposed Photography Show contest. Now in its fifth year, Exposed features the best of local amateur photography. Winners get their framed photo hung in the Long View Gallery, greeted with an opening reception in mid-March (last year saw over 1200 visitors the first night), and FREE PIE FOR LIFE. (Okay, I’m kidding about the pie, but it is still pretty cool.) For just a $5 entry fee, you can enter three photos. Deadline is January 12; winners will be announced on January 19. Here is where to go for rules and more info.
There is also an associated Kickstarter project to create a magazine of previous Exposed winners, which would look great on your coffee table (or at least do a nice job of covering up the nicks and stains on your coffee table).
Okay, alright. Busted. So I am using this post as an opportunity to share a picture of my adorable son. (And with such a charming, handsome father, it should be no surprise how adorable he is.) I am the Lord of Petworth…I can do this if I want to.
So I need some help from my fellow procreators out there.
Having a little kid in the summer is easy. Parks. Zoo. Fort Reno. Outdoor festivals. There is lots of stuff to do.
So now we are facing our first winter with an active child. So…what are we supposed to do with him? He isn’t old enough to get much out of museums and it seems like everywhere we go–I see tons of coughing children and all I can think about is germs.
Help me parents. What are some good activities for young children during the cold months?