Rant/Revel

Random Reader Rant and/or Revel

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by Emma K Alexandra

You can talk about whatever is on your mind – quality of life issues, a beautiful tree you spotted, scuttlebutt, or any random questions/thoughts you may have. But please no personal attacks and no need to correct people’s grammar. This is a place to vent and/or celebrate things about daily life in D.C.

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Dupont Circle

Dupont Circle Power Outage Update: “all customers have been restored”!

By Prince Of Petworth

Update to the Update: “all customers have been restored.”

From Pepco:

“Pepco crews are responding to an issue at our substation on 22nd Street NW in Washington, D.C. To prevent further equipment damage, about 1,800 customers in the Dupont Circle and West End areas were impacted. Pepco crews continue to make progress and have restored approximately 1,600 customers and working safely and as quickly as possible to restore the remaining impacted customers.

The Pepco underground system is a series of feeder cables that connect each substation to provide energy service to our customers. In this case, equipment issues are affecting the path between Takoma Substation and the 22nd Street Substation. (more…)

Event

6th Annual Chili Cook Off

Event location

Sonny's Pizza

3120 Georgia Ave NW

Washington, District of Columbia 20010

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Lower Georgia Ave is keeping the spice tradition alive with the 6th Annual Chili Cook-Off 🙌

Local businesses will be competing for the coveted People’s Choice Award & other prizes. Join your friends and neighbors for family-friendly fun to sample your fill and pick your favorite.

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Dulles

“Dulles International Airport Master Plan Approved by Board”

By Prince Of Petworth


“A rendering of the airfield shows new infrastructure to support passenger growth at Dulles International.”

From the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority:

“The updated plan envisions development priorities and facility upgrades to optimize the airport’s potential for efficiency, flexibility, resiliency and sustainability, while creating opportunities to increase revenue from non-aeronautical sources. Its time horizon extends beyond the term of the current airline use and premises lease agreement, which governs airlines’ business relationships with the airport through 2039. The plan provides a comprehensive vision for future airport facilities, including: (more…)

bus

“Bus seats removed”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

Just got on an accordion bus and noticed it had those two seats that face each other where the accordion is removed. Seems like an improvement to me!”

I imagine those seats would get pretty bumpy!

Petworth

Do you believe in miracles?!! “Lalibela has moved from Logan Circle to Petworth!”

By Prince Of Petworth


4306 Georgia Ave, NW previously home to Safari DC

Thanks to Emma for sending:

“Lalibela has moved from Logan Circle to Petworth! (The waitress confirmed it’s the same business.) Prices are very reasonable and the food is good, I got the meat & veggie sampler and it was $18 and more food than I could finish. (more…)

Mayfair

“My community is under water and i mean that in a literal sense.”

By Prince Of Petworth


700 block of Anacostia Ave, NE. photos by Kenneth Pollin

Kenneth Pollin shares with us: “Hello All, I want to bring on a pressing and emergency issue happening right here in Washington DC. My community is under water and i mean that in a literal sense. For over 7 years, my community has been experiencing flooding. Initially it only happened with MAJOR storms. (more…)

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