missed connections

Missed Connection – MTB Edition

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by Diane Krauthamer

Ed. Note: If this is you, please email [email protected] so I can put you in touch with OP. PoPville is not affiliated with either party, please proceed with any potential connection at your own risk using caution as you would any online encounter. For those curious about past missed connections, some have been made and when possible I’ll try to update when/if more are made.

“Dear PoPville,

Early afternoon on Saturday (September 5), I was out on the MTB trails in Fountainhead Regional Park riding with my sister. You were the gentleman on a purple/maroon full suspension with an orange (I think) shirt riding solo. (more…)

Missed Connection – James

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by Bekah Richards

Ed. Note: If this is you, please email [email protected] so I can put you in touch with OP. PoPville is not affiliated with either party, please proceed with any potential connection at your own risk using caution as you would any online encounter. For those curious about past missed connections, some have been made and when possible I’ll try to update when/if more are made.

“Dear PoPville,

I have run into James ( I hope I remember your name!) no less than 10 times in my building. We would run into each other in the elevator, the gym, up on the rooftop, all over the building.

I never built up the courage to exchange information with him, but I promised myself the next time I saw him, I would do so. Well, of course, then I did not run into him again, and I went home to Atlanta for a few months. When I returned, there he was again! (more…)

Missed Connection – “the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen”

By Prince Of Petworth

Ed. Note: If this is you, please email [email protected] so I can put you in touch with OP. PoPville is not affiliated with either party, please proceed with any potential connection at your own risk using caution as you would any online encounter. For those curious about past missed connections, some have been made and when possible I’ll try to update when/if more are made.

“Dear PoPville,

I ran into the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen around 8:45 this morning (Monday) outside Elle in Mt Pleasant. She had wavy blonde hair and bangs and was carrying a dark-colored bike helmet. We chatted very briefly but I didn’t get her #. Can you help me with this missed connection?”

Missed Connections – Takoda Friday Night

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by D4JRCook

Ed. Note: If this is you, please email [email protected] so I can put you in touch with OP. PoPville is not affiliated with either party, please proceed with any potential connection at your own risk using caution as you would any online encounter. For those curious about past missed connections, some have been made and when possible I’ll try to update when/if more are made.

“Dear PoPville,

In search of a boy with a mustache that I met at Takoda last night. He was wearing a grey shirt. He kept telling me I looked like Maggie Gyllenhaal. I wish I got his number. Help a friend out?”

Missed Connection – Maxwell Park wine bar in Shaw

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by Diane Krauthamer

Ed. Note: If this is you, please email [email protected] so I can put you in touch with OP. PoPville is not affiliated with either party, please proceed with any potential connection at your own risk using caution as you would any online encounter. For those curious about past missed connections, some have been made and when possible I’ll try to update when/if more are made.

“Dear PoPville,

I had a missed connection at the Maxwell Park wine bar in Shaw on Wednesday, August 25 in the early evening. There was a woman who was wearing a white top and black denim shorts having a drink with a friend. (more…)

Missed Connection – Whiskey Charlie bar

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by C Buoscio

Ed. Note: If this is you, please email [email protected] so I can put you in touch with OP. PoPville is not affiliated with either party, please proceed with any potential connection at your own risk using caution as you would any online encounter. For those curious about past missed connections, some have been made and when possible I’ll try to update when/if more are made.

“Dear PoPville,

I was at the Whiskey Charlie bar on top of the Canopy hotel in SW on Friday 8/20….met this beautiful man outside and we chatted for about 15 minutes while I waited for my uber and he waited for his friends. (more…)

Missed Connection – “after Friday’s Washington Football Team preseason game”

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by Beau Finley

Ed. Note: If this is you, please email [email protected] so I can put you in touch with OP. PoPville is not affiliated with either party, please proceed with any potential connection at your own risk using caution as you would any online encounter. For those curious about past missed connections, some have been made and when possible I’ll try to update when/if more are made.

“Dear PoPville,

I was leaving the FedEx Field stadium after Friday’s Washington Football Team preseason game against the Bengals, while wearing a 12 jersey and you yelled “go Seahawks!” from behind me. (more…)

Missed Connection/Cicada Countdown Mashup

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

This 17-year old Massospora fungus-free male is patiently waiting for my one true love to land back in my life. Can you hear my sweet song?

Our first meeting was brief, but I have been waiting my entire life to meet someone like you. In July, I was relaxing in a Cedar in Lincoln Park, thinking about the animated friends I’d made over the past six weeks. You dropped in and made a silly comment about all the four-legged animals running around free. As we both laughed, our red eyes connected, and I could tell this was a love years in the making. (more…)

Missed Connections – Emissary Pergamino, Kaldi’s Social House and Biking through DC

By Prince Of Petworth


photo by Diane Krauthamer

Ed. Note: If any of these are you, please email [email protected] so I can put you in touch with OP. PoPville is not affiliated with either party, please proceed with any potential connection at your own risk using caution as you would any online encounter. For those curious about past missed connections, some have been made and when possible I’ll try to update when/if more are made. We connected MC Nolan yesterday!

“Dear PoPville,

Emissary Pergamino on this saturday early afternoon. We shared a table with an umbrella because it began to rain and wrote in our respective journals. I enjoyed our slightly awkward chat before you left. If you’re ever at that cafe again let’s get a coffee and have a full conversation.”

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Missed Connection – at the Petworth Safeway

By Prince Of Petworth

Ed. Note: If this is you, please email [email protected] so I can put you in touch with OP. PoPville is not affiliated with either party, please proceed with any potential connection at your own risk using caution as you would any online encounter. For those curious about past missed connections, some have been made and when possible I’ll try to update when/if more are made.

“Dear PoPville,

Need your help with a missed connection. Thursday (8/19) around 7 pm at the Petworth Safeway. We were both in line at the self checkout. I was the half-Asian in a striped shirt and dark grey pants. I was with a couple friends. (more…)

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