coronavirus

“allows ABC-licensed restaurants and taverns to sell beer, wine, and spirits in closed containers for carry-out and/or delivery”

By Prince Of Petworth

If you know of or you are a restaurant/bar that does this please add your establishment and contact info in the comments – thanks!

From ABRA:

“This evening, Mayor Muriel Bowser signed into law the COVID-19 Response Emergency Amendment Act of 2020.

Included is a provision that allows ABC-licensed restaurants and taverns to sell beer, wine, and spirits in closed containers for carry-out and/or delivery to DC residences in conjunction with the purchase of one or more prepared food items.”

Ed. Note: If you notice my productivity decreasing…

Whole Foods Changes Hours, Store is exclusively for those 60 years and older from 7-8am everyday

By Prince Of Petworth

Ed. Note: Trader Joe’s also changed their hours on Monday.

Thanks to Dean Scott for sending: “Extra hour early shopping for seniors is here at Whole Foods P Street NW (Logan Circle). Hours also changing to 8 am to 9 pm.”

Another reader reports from the H Street, NE Whole Foods: “They were even carding at the door. Can’t tell you the number of people who arrived in full face mask regalia only to remove it to yell at the staff enforcing the new hours.”

“As of 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, the District’s coronavirus (COVID-19) data includes nine new positive cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 31 individuals.”

By Prince Of Petworth


Photo by PoPville flickr user DCbmyers

From the Mayor’s Office:

“As of 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, the District’s coronavirus (COVID-19) data includes nine new positive cases, bringing the District’s overall positive case total to 31 individuals.

23-year-old male

Contact tracing underway – Attended CPAC conference

28-year-old male

Contact tracing underway

29-year-old male

Contact tracing underway

30-year-old male

Contact tracing underway

40-year-old male

Contact tracing underway

42-year-old male

Contact tracing underway

44-year-old male

Contact tracing underway

52-year-old male

Contact tracing underway

61-year-old male

Contact tracing underway”

“URGENT: METRO SERVICE FURTHER REDUCED TO SUPPORT “ESSENTIAL TRIPS ONLY” –EFFECTIVE TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY)”

By Prince Of Petworth


Photo by PoPville flickr user Elvert Barnes

From WMATA:

“Metro’s Pandemic Task Force today announced major service reductions during the ongoing pandemic response. The changes further draw-down service to protect frontline employees, while maintaining regional mobility for essential trips taken by hospital staff, government officials, and emergency responders. The reduction takes into account the urgent public guidance from regional leaders, along with emergency orders to cancel events, close schools and offices, and limit social gatherings across the nation.

Our region is speaking with one voice: Stay home. Essential travel only.

Metro ridership was down nearly 70 percent across the board yesterday. (more…)

“suggestions on good books to pass a quarantine?”

By Prince Of Petworth


2467 18th Street, NW

Ed. Note: See our discussion on D.C.’s best bookstores here and best summer books from August here.

“Dear PoPville,

How about a post for suggestions on good books to pass a quarantine? Bonus if you can include links to DC indie bookstores for online purchases.”

Here’s one cool option:

Please add your suggestions (both books and stores) to the comments.

“Feds Reporting Despite COVID-19”

By Prince Of Petworth


Photo by PoPville flickr user Mr.TinDC

Ed. Note: Yesterday we reported that OPM has said to “Please contact your supervisor to confirm telework schedule and to receive further direction from your agency head.”

“Dear PoPville,

There are still 21,000 State Department employees in the National Capital Region operating at a normal op tempo/on-site despite COVID-19. The State Department is keeping their employees in regular work status even though DC, MD, and VA have declared state of emergencies, have gone to telework status, and have taken other extraordinary measures to protect their citizens. The impact not only on these 21,000 people but on their network of family and other contacts could be devastating and undoes all the steps MD, VA, and DC are taking. Not to mention, many State Department employees are returning from foreign countries, escalating the risk.”

For any State readers – are you working at home or at the office?

We did a poll on teleworking on March 11th – let’s see where are people at today:

“Is this legal? Is it happening around DC?”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

So I was unable to get medication/items from Amazon delivered this morning, FedEx said that they had been sent away. I was very confused about this until I went to my apartment door and found this sign. Is this even legal? Is this something that is going around do you see? I’m so confused, we’re being told to stay at our houses and stay inside. But my complex is blocking that.”

DC Improv Comedy Club “Today I had to lay off almost my entire staff (50 people).”

By Prince Of Petworth


Inside 1140 Connecticut Avenue, NW. Photo by flickr user Aaron Webb

Thanks to those who sent from DC Improv:

“From Allyson Jaffe, owner and comedy school principal:

The last two weeks have been a nightmare with the last two days putting the nail in the coffin. Here’s the other side to the quarantine. Today I had to lay off almost my entire staff (50 people). Their worlds have been rocked and lives are forever changed. The DC Improv is closed for who knows how long. I have no idea if my business will be able to weather this storm and reopen. I have had to make some of the most difficult decisions of my life all while trying to keep it together and handle the anxiety of our customers and staff. I have never been so sad in my life. My heart breaks for all of my employees who I cannot help as I try to salvage the business I devoted close to 22 years to. I am grateful to the comedians who performed at the club this past weekend to give just a bit of relief to us during this chaos. I’m a survivor and have been through a lot in my life. I will do whatever I can to try to get through this with the goal of getting my crew back together again as soon as possible. This has been devastating but the one thing I know is that we need comedy more than ever.” (more…)

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