Animal Fix

Your Afternoon Animal Fix

By Prince Of Petworth

If you have any animal/pet photos you’d like to share please send an email to princeofpetworth(at)gmail(dot)com with ‘Animal Fix’ in the title and say the name of your pet and your neighborhood.  If you love the animal fix and want to ensure PoPville’s long term viability please consider donating to our Patreon here.

“Casper and Gertrude are ready for Halloween 2021. Casper is Spider-Man and Gertrude is The Devil With a Blue Dress On. They live in Foggy Bottom.”

“Say hello to Charley! She is a sweet and sassy 4-month-old puppy who loves to walk the streets of her new neighborhood in Crystal City.”

Dear PoPville

“Navy Yard monthly parking?”

By Prince Of Petworth


Photo by Tim Brown

“Dear PoPville,

I’m looking at moving to a place in Navy Yard, but the building I’m looking at doesn’t have any parking available. Colonial Parking says a bunch of their garages in the area are restricted to office tenants only for monthly parking – is there a good way to find non-restricted public monthly parking or any leads on Navy Yard monthly spots?”

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DC Fresh Finds for April 22, 2026

By Marcus Correll

This article is sponsored by RLAH @properties.

1007 O Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
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Featured Property of the Week: 1007 O Street NW

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DC Government

“RPP price jump effective March 1”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

This text comes from an email I just got from DC DMV reminding me to renew my vehicle registration.

Also, the cost of Residential Parking Permit (RPP) will increase effective March 1, 2021. Any registration with RPP renewed after March 1, 2021 will be subject to the new fees. 

New annual RPP Fees per household are: 1st Vehicle–$50, 2nd Vehicle–$75, 3rd Vehicle–$100, and $150 for each vehicle thereafter.  Also, one senior RPP per household for $35.

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Event

4th Annual Gala for Foster Care

Rooftop Terrace - Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library

901 G Street Northwest

Washington, District of Columbia 20001

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Join us for a night of cocktails (open bar), light fare, live music by the Future Band, and dancing as we honor champions of children in foster care. Awards will also be given to honor our Foster Youth of the Year, Foster Parent of the Year, Advocate of the Year, and more.

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Dear PoPville

“Advice for soundproofing between floors in rowhouse”

By Prince Of Petworth


Photo by Josh

“Dear PoPville,

We live in a rowhouse that has really bad sound insulation within the house. The stairwell is a spiral in the center of the house and conducts sound very effectively. Many of the bedroom doors are also sliding doors that have a gap at the bottom of the door. Sound also travels very easily through the vents (?) from each bedroom on floor 2 to/from each bedroom on floor 3 – you can clearly hear any normal-level conversation happening in the other room. (more…)

Federal Government

“Norton, Co-Chair of Quiet Skies Caucus, Writes Secretaries of Defense & Homeland Security Asking for Limitations on Helicopter Flights in D.C.”

By Prince Of Petworth


Photo by Eric P.

From Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton’s Office:

“Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), co-chair of the Quiet Skies Caucus, sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas asking that their departments’ helicopters in the District of Columbia fly at higher altitudes, limit nighttime flights and flights over residential areas, and provide advance notice to residents of prolonged training in a particular area.

“D.C. residents contact me frequently about helicopter noise in their neighborhoods,” Norton said. “Residents say that it affects their sleep and their ability to think and have conversations, and that it can cause structural damage to their homes.” Norton asked for a written response by March 19th.

The letter follows. (more…)

Dear PoPville

“filing 2020 taxes and reporting unemployment compensation?”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

I’m filing 2020 taxes and for the first time am reporting unemployment compensation I received last year. There is supposed to be a 1099-G form that I was to receive from the govt but I have not received it by mail or email. And the DC DOES website has proven not helpful on how to receive that information either. Wondering if anyone else in DC has run into this issue when doing taxes this year or knows how to resolve.”

Restaurants

Seems It’s So Long To All You Can Eat Sushi in Van Ness

By Prince Of Petworth


4221 Connecticut Ave, NW

“Dear PoPville,

Is Sushi Para permanently closed here in Van Ness?”

Welp, it’s not looking good. A call to the restaurant rings and rings without going to voicemail. Yelp and google list them as permanently closed:

And their website linked from their DC Facebook only lists two locations in Chicago.

Sushi Para opened in Van Ness back in January 2012 and put lots and lots of sushi in our bellies. If permanent as it seems they will indeed be missed.

Now bring back Taco Bell you cowards!!

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