Animal Fix

Your Afternoon Animal Fix – AdoPtville

By Prince Of Petworth

If you have any animal/pet photos you’d like to share for the regular fix 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. AdoPtville is run by two volunteers who compile these pets weekly from local shelters.

Sweet June is a low-key lady with lots of love to share. 12 years old and just over 30 lbs., this collie mix loves long walks, meeting new people (everyone must pet her and love her please) and cuddling. As she is a senior, June moves a little more slowly (but still loves to hop on the couch, duh), but while she was in bad shape when she came to rescue, she’s doing better every day, and her loving spirit is 100% perfect. June will make a wonderful companion for some lucky person or family. Find out more about adopting this gentle girl here.

Say meow to Terry. This handsome 6-year-old gent was found as a stray, but under the kind care of Paws for Seniors, he’s gained weight, gotten rid of the freeloaders (flea-loaders?) and even improved his fur!. Now this dude is ready to find his forever home and bring the purrs to his forever family! Terry is a very friendly cat, who gets along with people (including older children), other cats, and even dogs! Find out more about adopting this cool cat here.

Dear PoPville

“Help with yard plants/trees”

By Prince Of Petworth


Photo by PoPville flickr user Tim Brown

“Dear PoPville,

Is there any service or anyone out there that can do an inspection and help determine what plants, shrubs, trees I can plant in my yard?

I saw that DC has a rebate program for large trees, but was hoping for more holistic yard advice.”

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The reality

You’ve probably never read your building’s property management contract all the way through. Most board members haven’t either. If you did, you’d find a carefully defined scope of work — vendors coordinated, maintenance dispatched, assessments collected, reports generated.

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“The Hartley, a 323-unit luxury, multifamily property, anchored by natural and organic grocer Whole Foods Market” Moving Forward at The Parks at Walter Reed

By Prince Of Petworth


Rendering via Hines

From a press release:

“Hines, Urban Atlantic, and Triden Development Group along with joint venture partner, Bridge Investment Group, announced today they have closed on one and a half acres at The Parks at Walter Reed to develop The Hartley, a 323-unit luxury, multifamily property, anchored by natural and organic grocer Whole Foods Market. Santander Bank N.A. and EagleBank are providing the construction financing.

Construction on The Hartley is expected to begin in May 2020 with completion of the project in early 2022. (more…)

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Strength & Softness Memorial Day Weekend Yoga Retreat

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album cover of the week

Ridiculously Awesome Album Cover of the Week

By Prince Of Petworth

hahaha I’ve missed these – thanks to Travis for sending: “my aunt and uncle framed it.”

Ridiculously Awesome Album Cover of the Week is made possible by a generous grant from the Gerard M. Silverman foundation.

Please enjoy some John Denver (RIP) singing some John Prine (RIP) The legend first covered the legend back in 1973 on John Denver’s legendary Farewell Andromeda album:

Now if you’ll forgive me, I’ll be rocking back and forth listening to this on repeat the rest of the day. Damn it, it’s my turn to teach social studies, well, after today’s home school that’s the plan!

schools

DC Public and Charter Schools will not reopen. Sticking with “virtual learning the rest of the school year.”

By Prince Of Petworth

Oh dear. Knew it was coming but still. Thought I was all set bu gonna have to buy some more gin after all.

The mayor has announced: “Learning at home will continue for the rest of the school year. We will close our school year early, and we’ll be able to say more about summer and the start of the next school year by May 15th.” (more…)

Dear PoPville

Some Love and Support for Hair Cuttery DC Stylists

By Prince Of Petworth


1645 Connecticut Ave, NW

“Dear PoPville,

I go usually go to Hair Cuttery in Dupont Circle, because they have really affordable hair cuts. I know that my usual guy lives paycheck to paycheck so I was concerned. Hair stylists live off tips much like waiters. I reached out to my stylist and he said Hair Cuttery has done nothing to help them during this time. I sent my stylist money via CashApp, but there are 21 stylists at the Dupont Hair Cuttery. I started a GoFundMe to try and bring attention to the situation- maybe you could help spread the word?”

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