missed connections

Missed Connection at Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

Like Love in the Time of Cholera, but less magical realism as we live in DC so lets be real. I was walking at the bottom of Meridian Hill/Malcolm X park; you were sitting alone on the edge of where the last pool would be if it had water in it, wearing a delightful summer dress and had blonde hairish. I was wearing maroon running shorts and a black tee shirt with black hair. You gave me a delightful smile and I returned one. I noticed a look as I looked backed as I walked away and then walked to the top of the fountain. Upon descending back down to wear you were to say hello, you were gone. Love in the Time of Covid-19 still has magic to it, at least I hope.

Poetically yours,
David”

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.

Missed Connection: “I was the last voter in line to vote in Columbia heights and chatted with the man in front of me for three hours”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

I was the last voter in line to vote in Columbia heights and chatted with the man in front of me for the three hours I was there. He even gave me his chair that he had brought for himself. I feel like we should of exchanged numbers at the end but I think we were both feeling shy. I don’t know a lot about him but I think he is a professor at Howard.”

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.

Missed Connection Coronavirus Easter Edition

By Prince Of Petworth


Photo by PoPville flickr user Tim Brown

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,

Is a Missed Connection post appropriate during a pandemic? Because I’ve spent the last 24 hours kicking myself for not striking up a conversation, and thought maybe the community could help generate a beacon of light in this fog of socially-distanced isolation.

Scene: outside the Eastern Market Trader Joe’s, Saturday 4/11 @ about 11:30am (more…)

“Missed connection at Songbyrd”

By Prince Of Petworth


2477 18th Street, NW

“Dear PoPville,

I was at Songbyrd for the Leif Vollebekk show and met a handsome man with a great smile. We chatted before the show and had a great time the whole show. I didn’t get his number before everyone made a mass exit at the end. We were standing toward the left and sang every song. Thanks!

– brown-haired girl with glasses just trying”

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.

Missed Connection – Metro Edition

By Prince Of Petworth


Photo by PoPville flickr user Elvert Barnes

Jon writes:

“I was on the Metro today (Weds., 11/20 @ 7:05 pm) and locked eyes with a very handsome guy. I got on the Metro around 7 pm at Dupont and he was looking at me through the train window as I entered the train. When I entered the train, I ended up sitting near him, but not right next to him. Again, we locked eyes. (more…)

Missed Connection – 12th and U about 6pm on U Street

By Prince Of Petworth


Photo by PoPville flickr user Jeremy Kirkpatrick

“Dear PoPville,

I walked by a guy last night on U Street who smiled at me and we both did that rare walking-away-look-back-double-take and I’m kicking myself for not turning back to talk to him! On the off chance that there’s a place people actually still seek out missed connections that is not a dating app, I thought I’d try PoPville.

Think he was wearing a gray shirt with glasses and it was around 12th and U at about 6pm.

If not I think I will have to live with the memory of the feeling of making real human eye contact with a stranger in this age of technology.”

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.