“Dear PoPville,
Our car has been located (totaled) in SE, but our cats are missing. All we care about at this time is finding the cats. We have filed reports with DC and Prince George’s County police, DC and Maryland animal control, the Humane Rescue Alliance, and Next Door/Facebook/Reddit. We are currently canvassing NE and SE DC and putting up fliers, but any additional help —or simply prayers—would be greatly appreciated.”
1900 7th Street, NW
The liquor license placard for Sandlot Uptown at the old CVS says:
thanks to Jay for sending photos
“Applicant requests to Transfer the License from 71 Potomac Avenue, S.E. to a new location at
1900 7th Street, N.W. with a Substantial Change in Capacity. The Total Occupancy Load will be 500, (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
I think space hogs are terrible, but I try to give them the benefit of the doubt. Maybe a car that was parked in front or behind them forced them to now take up two spaces.
But every day, (more…)
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.
What you wouldn’t find: anything about fiduciary duties. Reserve funding strategy. Compliance tracking. Case documentation. Institutional memory. The legal obligations that make your board personally accountable to unit owners.
That’s not an oversight in the contract. It’s the contract. Property management was never designed to cover governance. And yet most boards — paying $10,000 to $18,000 a year for the service — assume it does.
Operations and governance are different jobs. One has a contract. The other has a fiduciary duty.
Beyond the management fee, most property management companies mark up vendor invoices — the plumber, the landscaper, the elevator contractor — by 10 to 15 percent before passing the bill to the association. It’s legal. It’s common. And boards have almost no visibility into it. (more…)
Thanks to Nick for sending from the Palisades.
***This series features any pets in a backpack/bag/vessel. On metro, or not. Corgi, or not, and often NOT a corgi but the series started with corgis and I can be obstinate…send your finds to [email protected]
7428 Georgia Ave, NW courtesy Lock7
From a press release:
“Lock7 Development has completed construction on Beech Tree Place, a 66-unit affordable apartment building located in Shepherd Park.
This is Lock7’s second affordable housing project in the city. They completed Mills Place Apartments, a 61-unit building, in 2020. (more…)
Join us for a delightful Sunday afternoon at the BlackRock Center for the Arts as Cruise Planners Beth & Rod present a special travel-inspired matinee featuring the beloved film Under the Tuscan Sun.
Date & Time: Sunday, May 31 | 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Thanks to Shawn for sending this great haul:
“Late October garden harvest from the rooftop of our row house / U St”
Great Garden Haul is made possible by readers like you! Send your hauls to [email protected] and be sure to mention what neighborhood you are in. Thanks!
3077 M Street, NW
Just noticed the new signage at 31st and M Street, NW in the old Brooks Brothers space. Stay tuned for an opening date. (more…)
19th and L Street, NW
Thanks to Jon for sending the latest from the coming Mikey and Mel’s coming downtown:
“Workers were installing new signage today for Mikey & Mel’s at 19th and L NW (the former Corner Bakery space).
FWIW, I asked one of the workers when they expected to open and he simply said “soon”.” (more…)
photo by Diane Krauthamer
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Thanks to JP for sending from 17th and R Street, NW: “New artwork for the high heel race.”
From the High Heel event page:
“The Annual 17th Street High Heel Race is a time to celebrate the diversity of DC’s LGBTQ+ community and join thousands of costumed spectators cheer on costumed drag queens, drag kings and community members as they race down 17th Street NW. Lively and filled with local drag entertainment and much more, you won’t want to miss this DC tradition!
HIGH HEEL RACER INFORMATION: (more…)