“Dear PoPville,
Want to preface that it’s laughable now.
Here’s the lowdown:
It’s 9:30 PM Thursday and we walk over to City Center after our movie. We stop in the plaza where Fig & Olive + Del Frisco’s + DBGB are connected.
My girlfriend and I were hugging closely and kissing a bit and chatting affectionately. And then a security guard walks over and says “Excuse me. There’s no public displays of affection here.”
Us: “Really?”
Guard: “Yeah they just called it over the radio.” (more…)
Thanks to Meg for sending from Columbia Heights. Sticky note attack because of illegal parking? Even so, I don’t think it’s a good idea to mess a whip that sweet.
Wild. Thanks to William McKenna for sending:
“When the morning sun hits a new building on L St. NW, it casts vibrant green &/or pink light. Commuters who notice the light look confused & spin around looking for the source of the light. Do you think that was the architect’s intention? (more…)
via google street view
“Dear PoPville,
I’ve been living in the Mount Vernon Triangle area for many years now and as all these new buildings have popped up seemingly overnight, I’m left wondering what is going on with the corner of 6th and K NW? There’s this bizarre looking building that’s sort of dilapidated and on wooden stilt-like structures. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I live in a late 1930s brick wardman style home with a flat rubber roof. After it rains I notice this small debris washes off the main roof onto the roof over our back room and eventually down the gutter. I don’t think it’s mortar because motar is usually finer as it erodes, this stuff is a little coarser than kosher salt. Given the number of similar houses in the area, I’m wondering if anyone knows what it is?”
Photo by PoPville flickr user Phil
“Dear PoPville,
Is it just me or did a lot of dc smell like there was an electrical fire yesterday? When I got off the metro at archives there were 4 firefighters in the metro. Then all day outside my office (right outside the metro) it smelled like some sort of burning chemical/electrical fire. Then I smelled it when I got off the metro after work at Georgia Ave.”
“Dear Popville, do you know the story about this building at 14th and Parkwood? Construction stopped years ago (on google map time lapse you can see construction started in 2014, and it’s been sitting like this since 2016). In an otherwise rapidly renovated area, why is this frozen in time? Wondering if it violates the height restriction because the door appears to be on the smaller street of Parkwood rather than on 14th. Does anyone know the story? Will it remain like this forever?”
Photo by PoPville flickr user Ted Eytan
“Dear PoPville,
Just saw [11pm last night] a few seconds of very bright strobe-like flashing from Glover Park. Might have been near the cathedral? Anyone know what it was?”
Anyone else see it? If so, from where?
Meghan writes:
“has this happened to anyone else’s car??? I have had this symbol left on my car twice in the last two weeks. Near 6th and H NE…”
“Dear PoPville,
Anyone shared any reason why there is a red cloth tied around a lot of trees and poles in Scott Circle in DC today? Is it just a Valentine’s Day or is it maybe a heart health awareness thing? Quite a few of the cherry trees, the Webster statue base, and other trees also have them.”