“Dear PoPville,
Ticket patrol almost nailed about 8 cars on my street for parking in the wrong direction. 2000 block of 8th between Florida and V NW. The problem is my block had switched to one way during the construction of a new building which replaced Towne. The one way signs were removed about 2 months ago but people continued to treat it as 1 way. (more…)
4th and I Street, SE photo by Matt Thornton
Matt warns: “Would you park in this empty space at 4th and I SE? If you do, DPW will ticket you at 2am, which I and many of my neighbors learned the hard way. Anyone want to venture a guess why? If you park within the clearly painted parking box, you are too close to the stop sign. Apparently you are not allowed to park within 25 feet of one, which means that even the front bumper of the grey car is too close (though the car across the street was not ticketed).”
Credit to DPW who replied to Matt: “Matt, please email us at [email protected], we’ll be able to figure out a better solution via email. Feel free to share this address with your neighbors.”
Photo by Erin
Last night we received a number of reports about Comcast/Xfinity outages (service appears to be restored for many though some are still experiencing slowness as of this morning.) Doesn’t seem related bu thanks to Nat for sending this interesting tidbit: “I got an email from my apartment about RCN possibly experiencing “sun outages” between Feb 27 and March 8. I wonder if that’s what’s happening to Comcast?”
From RCN:
“What are Sun Outages? (more…)
From our first discussion back in 2011
“Dear PoPville,
So today [Tuesday] we had two gentlemen knock at our door and ask if we’d like to have some fine frozen meats — they were promising a very good deal. First it sounded off. But then I thought in COVID times, they might be small businesses owners getting creative to make ends meet. So I asked hubby to see what they had and make sure he only had some cash (limited amount — couldn’t spend much). They pulled up their minivan, marked with “Capital Meats Company” and started pulling out frozen fine cuts, pushing him to get these “unbelievable deals” for hundreds of dollars. (more…)
9th and T Street, NW
Thanks to Kristin for sending earlier this afternoon: “FYI- dogs are being electrocuted by a pepco manhole on 9th and T St. Please avoid walking over manholes with your dogs during these snowy/icy/salty conditions. Last night, a dog was shocked while walking on it and was in an almost paralyzed state for a few minutes. We put a sign over it and called 311. Firefighters are here now roping off the area.”
“Dear PoPville,
For many years before 2020 my DC-based small retail business happily obliged requests from parents of local school children to make donations to their school/PTO auctions and fundraisers. The support of our neighbors helped make our business sustainable.
I recently received a donation request from the parent of a well-resourced Capitol Hill neighborhood public school and I want to let readers know that such requests are probably really tough to accommodate right now for businesses that have managed to hang on into this year.
It pains me to say I can’t help but it’s also really uncomfortable for me to have to explain the reasons why. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Just a heads up, there’s been a rash of package thefts in the neighborhood since Tuesday. I contacted MPD and filed a report as I had 3 packages stolen yesterday, but I recommend folks stay vigilant and keep a close eye on any deliveries coming up. I hope the thief was happy with my… office supplies?”
Photo by Bradley Joines
From MPD:
“The Metropolitan Police Department announces the creation of a task force to address the increase in carjackings, auto thefts, and unauthorized use of vehicle offenses across the District of Columbia. The taskforce consists of a team of detectives specialized in robberies and violent crimes. (more…)
1612 20th Street, NW just off of Connecticut
Zorba’s also has one of my very favorite gyros in the District. Ah love this place. Was excited to see this over weekend: (more…)
Photo by PoPville flickr user Erin
Thanks to Shannon for sharing the warning yesterday:
“Driving to work & by Ivy City Target– man in white Chevy SUV yelled that my tire was falling off. Told me to pull over. Didn’t and he ended up following before turning around. Checked tire, it was fine. Be careful”