Thanks to Dave for sending from the Safeway on 17th Street:
“Turn in your PENNIES from your Piggy Bank to us for
FREE!
Due to the U.S. Treasury stopping the production of the penny, we are asking, if possible, to give us your pennies in exchange for cash and/or nickels, dimes or quarters.
Thank you for your help!”
Ed. Note: When my wife finally let’s me run for City Council HIGH on my platform will be ensuring the abundance of Foxes, Hawks, Eagles, and of course Black Rat Snakes. Also, please remember to vote for current candidates – you should have (or will soon) received your primary ballot in the mail.
“Dear PoPville,
Spotted on Columbia Road and 16th Street, NW at 11:45pm earlier tonight (Wednesday):
A fox returning to pick up what looks like a dead rat after being scared off by a passing pedestrian. (more…)
84 T Street, NW (1st and T St just off Rhode Island Ave) previously home to Tyber Creek and of course the LEGEND Rustik
Thanks to a reader for passing on the sad news from Etabli:
“This December will mark 13 years since we signed our very first lease — a small restaurant space at 1421 H Street NE. It’s still hard to believe we took that leap without ever having worked in a restaurant or cooked professionally. We just believed in the idea, in each other, and in the neighborhood.
In those early years at The Pursuit, it was just the two of us — doing everything, every day. Small, intentional, wine-forward, and rooted in genuine connection with our guests. That simplicity was the heart of what we were building, and we never forgot it.
When we opened établi, we were in many ways returning to that original spirit. The name itself had been waiting — we had almost called The Pursuit “établi” back in 2014, but held onto it. By the time we were ready to open this chapter, we had grown into it. établi — the workbench — felt right for who we had become: more seasoned, more ourselves, and more committed than ever to the craft of hospitality.
We’ve been through quite the journey since then — moving to 1025 H Street in 2019, and then navigating the upheaval of 2020, when COVID hit and a challenging business partnership came to an end. We were lucky that 84 T Street and the Bloomingdale neighborhood were ready to welcome us, and we were so grateful that our H Street family continued to make the trip.
It is not lost on us how much all of you have carried us — through the hard times and the truly joyful ones.
Which is why we want you to hear this from us directly: this December, our lease at 84 T Street comes to an end — and with it, établi as we know it. We will pour our final glass of wine there, (more…)
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“Dear PoPville,
And that plywood? The backing for painted faux-marble facades to line a Mall already lined with marble buildings!” (more…)
Thanks to Susan for sending:
“Noticed today that the sign is up to honor the great Judy Heumann. She lived in the Kennedy Warren and crossed this bridge daily..Knew there was talk about naming the bridge for her and it actually happened.” (more…)
Featuring both voice and instrumental performance on vielle, lute, gittern, harp, recorder, douçaine, and bagpipe, the program will include works by, among others, Johannes Ciconia, Trebor, Johannes Senleches, Solage, Guillaume de Machaut, Guillaume Dufay, and Gilles Binchois, rousing dance music from medieval Florence and finely wrought instrumental arrangements from the Faenza codex and the Buxheim Organ book.
Thanks to Christopher for sending: “Great Blue Heron from the Roosevelt Island pedestrian bridge.”
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.
I was trying to hold out until June 1st but I can’t resist this masterpiece sent in by Joe. Simply beautiful. (more…)
photo by Victoria Pickering
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Back to our regular schedule of posts on Tuesday.
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UPDATE: “Preliminary statement regarding the shooting incident on 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.”
From the US Secret Service: (more…)