photo by Wayan Vota
“Dear PoPville,
Wondering if the PoPulace can weigh in on the best car detailing that comes to you?
I’ll take recs on shops where you bring your car in too though, as a backup.”
Quest for the Best
1524 U Street, NW
If you want to scratch that Eritrean (and Ethiopian) itch while waiting for Keren’s return – check out Abuare Restaurant and Bar on U Street: (more…)
3513 14th Street, NW
Beautiful! (more…)
photo by sean hennessey
“Dear PoPville,
I have a dairy-free friend whose birthday is coming up and has a hankering for an ice cream cake. Do you know any shops in DC (or nearby) who do custom ice cream cakes? Thank you!”
photo by Justine Kimberly
“Dear PoPville,
Can you help this New Yorker identify a shop where I can purchase an everything egg bagel in the DMV. I’m a craving or two away from driving to NYC. :) Even egg bagels are hard to find!”
photo by LaTur
Thanks to Kim for passing on and thanks to OP for permission to post this brilliance here. Ed. Note: I also love how it concludes with ‘Pardon the brevity. Written on my iPhone’.
“Don’t call me Ishmael. I have never wanted to go to sea, to face the elemental nature of this world that we vainly seek to diminish with that mass delusion we call “civilization.” Yet, foolish though may be to embrace the fantasy that humanity has its own realm over and apart from the primordial chaos, I choose to stay on this side of the shore. And while one may be able to envision such a division between the wild and the orderly, I now know that it is truly blind to imagine it possible to eschew any true danger, limiting my adventures to commenting on a contentious listserv debates on bicycle usage or property development. (At least, in theory. Having never actually hit send, I do imagine I possess the fortitude to share my thoughtful, balanced, compassionate, and logically airtight exposition of some excellent theories on green transportation and parking space policies.)
And yet, dear reader, the brutal vicissitudes of our terrestrial mistress made themselves known in my French drain this week, allowing the contents of the tidal basin admittance up through the once-formidable steel grate on my patio, in a perverse disregard of gravity, decency, and my personal feelings in the subject. (more…)
photo by Eric P.
“Dear PoPville,
I’m seeking recommendations from the community for a medspa/facility that does colonics/colon hydrotherapy. This seems to be oddly difficult to find in the area. Thanks!”
photo by Tim Brown
Walter asks: “Happy 100th birthday to the caesar salad. Who makes the best one in DC?”
A couple of early contenders: (more…)
photo by Clif Burns
“Dear PoPville,
Where to find a good watermelon in this city right now. I keep getting pale sad ones”
photo by Erin
“Dear PoPville,
I just moved into a new bigger home and want to keep a minimalist vibe and therefore want to add plants for color! where are the best places in DC/Maryland to get house plants that could be floor plants? (more…)