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“Dear PoPville,

I was in Trader Joe’s on 14th on Saturday afternoon (3/25) and I was embarrassingly struggling to reach a bag of chips towards the back of the top shelf. After realizing that it was a failed cause I almost gave up on my favorite TJ potato chips but a cute guy stepped up and grabbed them for me. (more…)



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“Dear PoPville,

Tuesday, 3/21, I was on the green/yellow line going up to U st and was standing near a very cute guy. When we both got off the metro and went different ways, we both looked back at each other probably 3-4 times until we were at opposite ends of the platform. (more…)



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“Dear PoPville,

I was with my housemate grabbing a slice of pie from the CakeRoom to celebrate Pi Day and we were joined in line by a girl who was chatting with us while we were all scoping out the selection of pies.

When: March 14th (Pi Day) @ around 7:30pm
Where: The CakeRoom Bakery in Adams Morgan (more…)



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“Dear PoPville,

Back in December, I went hiking at Old Rag (Shenandoah) and ended up chatting with a guy at the trailhead about the hike, scrambles, and rock climbing in general. It was a fun positive little conversation, and he suggested we go climbing sometime but I totally froze! I mumbled some excuse and we didn’t end up exchanging numbers. Ack.

I know it’s absurd to even think about it this much later, but I’d love to continue the conversation if I had the chance. (more…)



photo by Eric P.

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“Dear PoPville,

Long shot, but here we go. I was at the NSO concert at the National Basilica on March 10. I saw a guy I’d matched with on an app ages ago. We chatted a bit but then I went to Zimbabwe and the convo died and I haven’t been in DC for several months. I was the brunette in a green scarf across the aisle from you. (more…)


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