this photo has nothing to do with nothing I just like it and am trying to protect those who don’t wish to see the photo after the jump.
Rachel writes: “Looked out my office window on Wisconsin Ave NW and saw this stopped at a red light in the middle of the day.” (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Help us solve a Shaw neighborhood mystery: there’s been an incessant buzzing sound around the intersection of 7th and S St NW for weeks now. It sounds like a swarm of cicadas but is constant day/night & can be heard in a several-block radius. What is it?!” (more…)
Thanks to V. for sending from the U Street Metro: “…we decided that it might be electrified or something.”
I’m pretty sure an anvil would come smashing down on your head…
photo by Jim Havard
Folks spotted the balloon all day yesterday starting around 2:30pm:
photo by Ian Thomas
99 times out of 100 this has been the famed imaging balloon but of course last night was the National Christmas Tree lighting with the President and VP in attendance. (more…)
3012 Georgia Ave, NW
“Dear PoPville,
It was likely the wind. The fence is rusted at every post and has been slowly tipping over for weeks.” (more…)
Rodman Street, NW just off Connecticut Ave
So. Many. Questions. (more…)
Thanks to JP for sending from Loughboro Rd. NW near Sibley Hospital over the weekend.
Educated guesses?
I get it’s an embassy property and all but can’t say I’ve seen this before. Maybe just get a taller fence if you’re that concerned? Pretty low double razor wire coils right on Tilden Street, NW on the way to Pierce Mill and Rock Creek Park: (more…)
Thanks to Ben for sending from Bloomingdale: “SNAKE in alley next to Crispus Attucks Park!”
We’ve seen lots of Black snakes (which are good – eat rats/mice etc.) but anyone know what type this is?
If you spot a hawk, any interesting wildlife or celebrity skateboarder Tony Hawk, and get a good photo please send in an email where you spotted them to [email protected]. Thanks! Hawks around Town is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.
Alison spots in Silver Spring:
“Why is there this bumper sticker on a government vehicle? Whose agency does this belong to?”