photo by Geoff Livingston

From the Office of the DC Attorney General:

“Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today issued the below Consumer Alert informing District residents about legal protections against excessive fees throughout the rental process, including caps on application fees and protections against “junk fees” after they sign a lease. (more…)


“Dear PoPville,

My partner got this weird message in the mail advertising a huge estate sale due to a divorce, including huge name artists like Picasso. We weren’t looking to buy anything, but went to go look at cool art and meet the weird character who wrote this message (pictured above.)

There were lots of weird details (more…)


“Dear PoPville,

On Friday, I reserved a parking spot through SpotHero at a garage near Maketto where I was meeting a date for restaurant week. The address is 765 8th St NE. I typed the address in for directions and headed there, already a little late. When I arrived, it was clearly the wrong location. Turns out, there are two locations of 765 8th St NE! (more…)


From DC Water:

“DC Water customers who pay their bills online or by phone will see some changes beginning next month. DC Water is switching to a new platform to process payments. Also, due to a steep increase in merchant card fees, in February the Authority will start assessing a processing fee on all payments made by credit/debit card.

The credit card processing fee will enable DC Water to recoup the costs of providing this convenient payment option to customers. The fees that DC Water pays to card issuers have increased 26% per year, from a total of $1 million in 2018 to $2.7 million in 2023. (more…)



photo by Ted Eytan

From MPD:

“Monday, January 15, 2024, the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Parade will take place in the District of Columbia. In conjunction with this event, there will be parking restrictions and street closures that motorists should take into consideration:

The following streets will be posted as Emergency No Parking from 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.: (more…)


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