From WMATA:

“Over the weekend, Saturday, Feb. 3 and Sunday, Feb. 4, Metro will perform maintenance and track work impacting the Red, Green, and Yellow lines. All other lines will operate regularly scheduled weekend service. Customers are advised to plan ahead for service adjustments.

On the Red Line, free shuttle buses will replace trains between the Dupont Circle and Van Ness stations to install radio and fiber-optic cables to support future technology improvements. The Cleveland Park and Woodley Park stations will be closed. (more…)


Reader reports on Friday:

“He approached me on U Street between 15th and 16th. While I was walking my dog and had earphones in, he said hi and said he saw me walking and then said he just moved here from New York, I said like oh that’s nice and then he immediately asked if I wanted to get coffee (more…)



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…)


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