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A Smile for a Rainy Fri. Morning

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoP,

My husband and I were at Sala Thai (Petworth) this past Saturday for some tasty sushi. I think they usually have live music on Saturdays, and that night was no exception. The band was great, but when they stopped for a break, a uniformed police officer who was eating dinner asked the keyboardist whether he (the officer) could try out the keyboard for a bit. The band had no objection, and the officer proceeded to entertain the restaurant with a few songs (all of which I recognized, but none for which I know the name unfortunately). The officer was great, and the restaurant loved it. Just wanted to give a shout-out both to the band who let it happen and the officer who entertained us.”

I know I should’ve saved this for a caption contest but I needed a smile after the trauma of yesterday’s weather and fire…

Awesome! Meet Lightning the Tortoise

By Prince Of Petworth

When a friend of mine told me about this I didn’t believe her. This is too good. I love that the name is Lightening. My friend writes:

“Lightning lives on Kalorama St and comes out to mosey up and down the street. This is the second time I’ve seen this around 6 or 7 pm on a Friday.”

Edible Bird House?

By Prince Of Petworth

Well, I thought this was one fine looking birdhouse. Even better if it’s edible, right? Incidentally, has anyone noticed that there are dozens of birdhouses scattered throughout the George Washington University campus?

Holy Comments – You Guys Rock

By Prince Of Petworth

Katie commented:
“Robert-

“Technically” it is my understanding that scooters under a certain weight class can be locked up on the sidewalk- but the motorcycle certainly should not!”

A fairly ordinary comment, yeah? This comment was the 25,000th comment on PoP. Unbelievable . (And this doesn’t even count the comments that got lost during the switch from blogspot.) People often ask me how I do so many posts 5 days a week without ever taking a break? This is the answer – the comments. I have never “known” a virtual community that was (for the most part) so respectful, insightful, humorous, and knowledgeable. For reals. I feel like every single question I’ve ever posted no matter how obscure has always been answered. It never ceases to amaze me how wide and varied the breadth of knowledge is from you guys. The success of this site falls squarely on your shoulders. So thank you.

And speaking of comments, Odentex deserves props for this hilarious one from yesterday’s tattoo of the week of a dandelion:

“It’s nice, but I really resent people who were not born in a field of dandelions getting a tattoo like this, it just ruins it for those of us who were born here (there).”

If the comment doesn’t make sense you may want to reread some of the comments here.

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