DSCN5997, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

Some more good entries for an abbreviated week. But given the inauguration insanity I had to go with Sully:

“The National Guard took their job here very seriously.”

Congrats. Please email me directly so I can get you a t-shirt.

The Day The Earth Stood Still 1951, originally uploaded by JamesAlec.

“Since you often talk about Columbia Heights in your blog, i thought you might find it interesting that the 1951 version of “The day the earth stood still” takes place in Columbia Heights.

The spacemen stays at a bed and breakfast. When the army approached this address, the spacemen escaped in a taxi. once the army realized their mistake, the officer got on the radio and said that the spacemen was in a taxi heading north on 14th st from Harvard. Also there is a 14th st nw street sign so its the right quadrant. unfortunately, 14th st ends in a ‘T” w/ Harvard so its fake, but still cool.”

Now I’m going to have to go rent it!  What do you think is the best DC based film?

DSCN5868, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

This is on the side of a house (frack I forget the street perhaps Swann) near Lauriol Plaza off 18th Street. I had once shown other sculptures nearby but somehow missed this one. Someone help me out – which street is this on?

DSCN5786, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

Sorry for the slightly crooked photo. I was really struck by the glass in this door.

DSCN5744, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

I thought that bay window was pretty unusual. But I totally dig it.

From a reader:

“Our City Film Festival is back again! The Our City Film Festival will bring together people from all Washington, D.C neighborhoods and cultures to celebrate “our city’s” history, culture and distinctiveness by viewing narratives and documentaries about D.C. Local filmmakers will have the opportunity to show their work in a unique and open-minded environment.

Kick off party on Saturday, February 7th at Bar Louie in Gallery Place! The festival will take place on Sunday, February 8th at Busboys and Poets (2021 14 St, NW). About 10 films will be screened through out the day and a Q&A with winning directors will be lead after each screening by various judges. All judges for the festival are media professionals, filmmakers, or D.C. “celebs”.Get tickets in advance, last year’s festival sold out fast! More info here.”

The reader snapped this photo “down in Shaw”. I’ve noticed this sign many times. This is a great angle of it!

Sadly this is a topic we’ve been discussing far too frequently lately. So here’s an opportunity to have a “vigorous dialogue with key government representatives”. Thanks to the many readers for sending the following info:

At-Large Councilmember Phil Mendelson, Chairman of the Council’s Committee on Public Safety & the Judiciary, has scheduled a forum to address neighbors’ concerns about public safety issues. The primary purpose of the meeting is to encourage questions and facilitate vigorous dialogue between neighbors and key government representatives. Along with Councilmember Mendelson, representatives from the Metropolitan Police Department as well as the US Attorney’s Office will be on hand to add their expertise to the discussion.

The forum will take place on Thursday, February 5th, from 7-8:30 pm. It will be held at the Patrol Services and School Support Bureau Community Room (801 Shepherd Street, NW – the ROC building).

Wow, this one blew me away. It’s super cool how it focuses on one and blurs out the crowd. It was submitted by Chris S.

Ed. Note: While most folks have tagged their photos with “popobamaweekcontest” in flickr I just wanted to let folks know that I’ve created a PoPville flickr pool here. So please join up and feel free to submit photos of the beautiful life whenever you’d like.

This home is located at 1025 Kenyon St., NW:

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The Web site says:

“Energy Efficiency & Green Features
Energy Efficient, Metro Accessible, and more….
3 Bedrooms — 1 Full Bath — 1 Half Bath — Garage Parking — Outdoor Patio space”

More info and photos found here.

Back in September a similar house a few doors down sold very quickly for around $380,000. This home is asking $425,000. This particular home does seem to be getting a complete renovation but do you think it can sell for more than it’s neighbor did back in September?

I’ve been pretty curious about Pines of Florence located at 2100 Connecticut Ave because it looks so out of place for a restaurant. It is surrounded by apartment buildings and in fact looks like it is in the lobby of one. But the reviewers on Yelp were very complimentary. I’m a huge fan of Italian food so I’d love to add another to my regular stomping grounds. The menu says “Uncomplicated Southern Italian Food at a Reasonable Price”. So what do you guys think – any fans out there?

As mentioned a few weeks ago, the Nevin Kelly gallery has moved into the Highland Park apartment building at 1400 Irving Street, NW, #132. They had an opening last Saturday that I checked out. At first it’s a bit odd because the gallery is in a converted apartment. So there’s a kitchen and living room etc. But the key here is the art itself. And one of the benefits of being in this unit is that there are two levels so there’s plenty of wall space to exhibit the pieces. And Nevin (pictured above) really has some cool stuff. Another great thing about this opening was that I bumped into local blogger Mr. T in DC (pictured below) who was a super nice guy.

Like I said before, I think it’s super cool that Columbia Heights has attracted an art gallery of this caliber. Check out some more art after the jump. (more…)

DSC_1230, originally uploaded by rossleetabak.

Thanks to a reader for sending. It seems from reading about your experiences that here’s a good way to voice your frustrations over the inauguration ticket fiasco.

Sen. Feinstein Calls for Ticket Investigation and Asks Participants for Information.

Washington, DC—U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, today issued the following statement in response to reports of incidents which prevented a large number of ticketholders from reaching their designated areas at the 56th Presidential Inaugural Ceremony:

Following is Senator Feinstein’s statement:  Continues after the jump. (more…)

DSCN6045, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

When I’ve posted in the past about atrocious pop ups people have often advocated for historic districts to prevent horrendous additions. So what is the counter argument against Historic Districts? Can historic districts be too restrictive? I spotted this sign in the Adams Morgan neighborhood.

DSCN5997, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

I couldn’t figure out why someone would have a camouflaged garbage can so I thought I’d throw it out there for a caption contest. Your caption in the comments – winner, announced Friday, gets a PoP t-shirt.

Here is last week’s winner.