Rant/Revel


photo by angela. n.

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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metro

From WMATA:

“Metro has trackwork on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday and adjusted service hours on Monday due to the Presidents’ Day holiday.

On Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, the Blue Line will operate Franconia-Springfield to Greenbelt. There will be no Blue Line service from Pentagon to Downtown Largo.

The Orange Line will operate in two segments between Vienna and Clarendon and Foggy Bottom and New Carrolton.

The Silver Line will operate in two segments between Ashburn and Clarendon and Foggy Bottom and Downtown Largo due to track maintenance. (more…)


Federal Government

“Dear PoPville,

Thank you to the small choir from All Souls Church that sang and carried signs of support for federal workers on Monday in front of the L’enfant entrance by Capitol Gallery. Your beautiful voices and solidarity with federal workers brightened the morning.”


Event

Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! All persons having business before The Honorable Callie Pigeon and Delilah Dentata are admonished to draw near.

Callie and Delilah, “Attorneys at Law”*, hereby summon you to a burlesque and variety “tribute” to crime, justice, and lovers of both!


Animal Fix

“Agnes of Adams Morgan meeting a snowman in Walter Pierce Park. She tried to eat him.”

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 joining Friends of the PoPville Society.


metro


photo by Eric P.

From WMATA:

“Metro is modernizing 27 elevators across more than a dozen locations starting today at the Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter Station.

Elevator work will also take place at Benning Road Station starting Feb. 17 and Dupont Circle Station starting in March.

Each project should take about two and a half to three and a half months to complete, (more…)