Frankenbike, originally uploaded by Crosb.

This is a great shot from the PoPville flickr pool by Crosb. He shot this Sept. 22, at Car Free Day DC.

Your captions in the comments section and winner announced Friday.

I got a ton of emails about this market opening up on Tuesday. If you recall this was the space that was gutted by fire in August ’08. It looks amazing now.

This is one of the nicest bodegas in town, well worth the wait. It’s not gonna replace a grocery store but if you need a few items and live nearby, you should be very happy.

Podiums_Woods2, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

Sounds pretty cool. From an email:

Bluebrain presents ‘Cakeblood’ – A Boombox “Performance”

On Thursday, September 24th at 7:30 PM, Bluebrain 30-piece instrumental work ‘Cakeblood’, will occur on as many portable tape decks as are provided, via cassettes that will be freely distributed. The 35-minute piece will sound out of small speakers as the group assembled walks the streets of DC. Come with a boombox to Dupont Circle. And while it isn’t required, an RSVP is greatly appreciated: bluebrainmusic@gmail.com”

quince 002, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

This is a new one for me but I dig it:

“Dear PoP,

Smell isn’t always the primary sense one appreciates in a city, but it can be marvelous. There is a bush of these fragrant little fruits that you can smell from the path in Meridian Hill park, near the Serenity statue (the poor chipped-up marble lady on the west side of the upper park.) They smell like what you wished candy really smelled like, Juliet, or small flowers from a tenuous habitat. Light, sparkling, grapefruity & clovey. I’m pretty sure these are quince fruits, but still suffering ptsd from a childhood taste of green persimmon, I haven’t the nerve to taste.”

Are these quinces?

IMG_1884, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

Crap, the photo came out blurry. But just beyond the creek there is a table and chairs. Absolutely ridiculous. In a very good way. This again is from the insane new neighborhood I found on Sunday – Normanstone-Woodland.

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IMG_1899, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

This is a pretty imposing one but I like it.

IMG_1896, originally uploaded by Prince of Petworth.

This house is so sick I thought it was a Church. Nope it’s a house. It’s one from the amazing Normanstone-Woodland neighborhood.

Ping Pong will be located at 900 7th Street, NW between H and I Streets. Looks like it’s going to be a pretty big space. Have folks found other good Dim Sum spots in the city?

Sorry for the admin question but as I’m making the coolest Pet in PoPville t-shirts I’m also re-ordering regular PoP t-shirts. So my question is – would you like a new design or should I stick with the v-neck style (pictured above from PoP t-shirts continue to travel the globe)? If I stick with the v-neck style should I stick with green or another color? Or just do a completely new design? If anyone has any design ideas, shoot me an email please.

It’s been a while since we’ve judged a building. Walking downtown I was stopped in my tracks. It is located at the corner of 6th and F Streets, NW. It opened Oct. 1st, 2007. There is a conversation with the architect, Jack Diamond, here. You can see some photos inside here. Thumbs up or down? Anyone see a play there?

Jess J got some great pics from the drum circle at Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park. You can see some video I took a while back here.

Submit your photos via email or to the PoPville flickr pool here.

This condo is located at 1390 V Street, NW:

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The flier says:

“LOCATION-LOCATION! REDUCED $10K w/ $6K clos. help! Secure 4 yr old beautiful Condo in sought after bldg & conv. to bus, subway, stores, restaurants, etc. Spectacular views from private balc w/ gourmet kit, wood floors, SS appl. , stack W & D, track lighting, high ceilings, LOFT BR & more. Owner found HOC & ready to move. Priced below mkt for a quick sale. Call LA w/ ?’s & to show. HURRY, won’t last!”

More info and photos found here.

I’ve been curious to see the condos inside this building, the Langston Lofts. It is a pretty killer location. But what do you think of the condo itself? Does $389,998 sound reasonable for this 1 bed/1 bath?

There is also a 1 bed/1.5 bath for $452,900.

And a 2 bed/2.5 bath for $519,900.

Oh crap, this is very bad of me. I just called the store, from Saf’s comment, and they said they’d be open tomorrow. This is where language barrier is a problem. I spoke to a worker yesterday at the restaurant, who said the store was closing, but English was not his first language and it seems I completely misunderstood. I take total blame here. I’ll walk by the restaurant again today to get some more clarity. On the phone they said, they’d be open tomorrow but I’ll quadruple check. I’m terribly sorry for the confusion.

I’m wondering if this could possibly be a hidden gem? It is located at 432 11th Street, NW and you can see the menus here. Is that a great sandwich spot that is a must visit or is it more of a good place to go if you work downtown?

“Dear PoP,

PoP readers are certainly never shy about expressing their opinions on interior decoration, so I thought I might solicit some creative solutions here. I knocked out the horrible drywall “cattle chute” that had been installed around my staircase, and bought this very cool salvaged iron gate. The idea is to install it, with the taller side against the wall across the bottom part of the stairs. ( It will be installed as is, with the bottom of the gate flush against the floor, not cutting it like a regular stair rail.)
The general decorating style theme is – a cozy place to come home to after a long day tripping in an old Natural History museum.

My questions are:

1) What color should I paint the gate? (This is a long, narrow rowhouse with the entire floor open from front to back, with colors ranging from orange in the kitchen & one dining room wall, to various cream/linen shades in the living room with a metallic gold alcove in front painted with green and blue peacocks.)

2) What should I use to close off and finish the open area under the stairs? Drywall? Wood? Something else? I was thinking about mosaic, but don’t want to detract from or conflict with the design in the gate.

3) Should I mount the gate flush against the wall, or put a salvaged wooden porch column between the gate and the wall for a little more architectural definition?”

I look forward to hearing the suggestions and seeing the after pics!