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Meanwhile Downtown

By Prince Of Petworth

Published February 16, 2024 at 10:05AM | Updated February 16, 2024 at 10:50AM

15th and K Street, NW

Thanks to Bjorn for sending, earlier this morning, members of the Royal Horse Guards(?), crossing the street.

“WTF is a ‘Restaurant Fee’?

By Prince Of Petworth

Published February 13, 2024 at 12:35PM

“Dear PoPville,

WTF is a “restaurant fee,” isn’t that called the bill? Thanks City Tap House!”

Behold a Metaphor

By Prince Of Petworth

Published February 6, 2024 at 2:35PM

Thanks to M. for sending “Friend sent me this morning picture while walking to work near thomas circle / vermont ave. Does anyone know more about wtf is going on here?”

Wait, shouldn’t that be in the recyclable bin?

By Prince Of Petworth

Published February 2, 2024 at 3:15PM

Thanks to Ami for sending from Adams Morgan:

“Taking out the Driving Dangerously trash? One can only wonder what happened here.”

“I have no idea who Esther is.”

By Prince Of Petworth

Published February 1, 2024 at 12:35PM

“Dear PoPville,

I received a handwritten letter apparently from DC Jehovas Witness trying to recruit me. Curious if other people are receiving these too? (more…)

“Bluelight?”

By Prince Of Petworth

Published January 29, 2024 at 9:05AM

“Dear PoPville,

Any advice on how I’d find out where this new little feature on the lamppost outside my apartment might have come from? It’s not marked MPD or anything!”

“There were lots of weird details — the stuff was supposedly from Florida, why sell in DC?”

By Prince Of Petworth

Published January 24, 2024 at 10:05AM

“Dear PoPville,

My partner got this weird message in the mail advertising a huge estate sale due to a divorce, including huge name artists like Picasso. We weren’t looking to buy anything, but went to go look at cool art and meet the weird character who wrote this message (pictured above.)

There were lots of weird details (more…)