From the owners of Radius [3155 Mt Pleasant St, NW]:

Two young men, one of whom is pictured here, broke into our building and stole keys, a wallet, and a laptop from a resident around 10:00pm and then came back later (after the police came and investigated the first theft) to break into our restaurant.

They were not opportunistic – they made a beeline (muddy shoeprints outline every move they made) for both the register and the office downstairs and stole our ENTIRE safe. Fortunately, there was very little in the safe and nothing in the register so it really wasn’t worth the time they’ll spend trying to get it open but they clearly observed our building and restaurant because they were very specific in what they were looking for – didn’t take flat-screen televisions, computers, or anything else.

If anyone has any information on the man pictured, please contact us or the police.

Photo by PoPville flickr user lwassum

Wishing everyone in PoPville a very happy holidays!

Safe travels to those who are on the road and for those taking time off have an awesome vacation!

For those celebrating Festivus, I’ve got a lot of problems with you people!!!

And thanks to lwassum for sharing these great photos from the house at 4th and Varnum St, NW – amazing!

Photo by PoPville flickr user lwassum

If you have any fun or interesting animal/pet photos please shoot me an email to princeofpetworth(at)gmail(dot)com with ‘Animal Fix’ in the title and say the name of your pet and what neighborhood you’re from or upload to the PoPville flickr pool with your pets name and neighborhood. I can’t guarantee I’ll get them all posted but I’ll do my best.

“Minnie Pooper of Capitol Hill wants to wish everyone on PoP a happy holidays ”

Photo by PoPville flickr user philliefan99

“Clementine checks out tonight’s Chanukah menorah lighting.”

“This is Bruno from Shaw. I think he’s looking for squirrels in the Christmas Tree.”

“Not only does Chance of Admo love Christmas, he also loves wearing Christmas attire. Cheers and happy holidays!”

This home is located at 1001 Otis St, NE:

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The flier says:

“This is a spectacular home that has been renovated into a palace. Originally it was a standard Bungalow but the owner has bumped it out into include a huge master bedroom suite. The main level has been renovated with a new kitchen, renovated rec room, rear patio/barbecue pit and parking for 4 cars.”

You can find more info here and previous photos here.

Back in May ’11 this was one of the most discussed GDoN houses ever listed. A reader let’s me know that it’s back on the market. In May ’11 it was going for $1,500,000. Today this 5 bed/3 bath is listed at $1,200,000.

From a press release:

Fusion has been selected for the 2011 Best of Washington Award in the Indian Restaurants category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA).

The USCA “Best of Local Business” Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USCA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.

Congrats to Fusion located at 4815 Georgia Ave, NW.

Make that awesome Gingerbread “Marshmell-agio’!!

This was our entrant into the Gingertown event a couple of weeks back, where architects & designers create gingerbread creations based on a theme – this year was Vegas – with all proceeds going to these charities:

Children’s National Medical Center
Children’s Craniofacial Association
Hospital Hospitality House
Martha’s Table
My Sister’s Place
Ronald McDonald House
Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital
So Others Might Eat
The Cumberland at Green Hills
The Washington Home
The Wendt Center for
Loss & Healing
Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital

Very cool!

Hard to tell from the photo but I believe it! A reader took the shot above on Connecticut Ave near the zoo. Today is also set for a balmy 52 degrees. Anyone else see trees blooming? Of course, this probably isn’t a good thing. Will this affect their normal spring blooms?

Hipchickindc is a licensed real estate broker. Her latest business venture can be seen here. Unless specifically noted, neither she nor the company that she is affiliated with represented any of the parties or were directly involved in the transaction reported below. Unless otherwise noted, the source of information is Metropolitan Regional Information Systems (MRIS), which is the local multiple listing system. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

Featured Property: 2200 1st St NW
Legal Subdivision: LeDroit Park
Advertised Subdivision per 1st Listing: LeDroit Park
Advertised Subdivision per 2nd Listing: Bloomingdale
Original List Price 1st Listing: $975,000.
Original List Price 2nd Listing: $929,900.
List Price at Contract: $929,900.
List Date 1st Listing: 05/13/2011
List Date 2nd Listing: 09/09/2011
Days on Market 1st Listing: 87
Days on Market 2nd Listing: 45
Settled Sales Price: $899,000.
Settlement Date: 12/16/2011
Seller Subsidy: $0.
Bank Owned?: No Short Sale? No
Type Of Financing: Conventional
Original GDoN post is: here.
The listing can be seen: here. The virtual tour for the 2nd listing of the property can be seen here and the pictures used to market the property for the first try can be seen here.

Per the disclaimer at the very top of this post, I am hereby disclosing that I was ultimately the listing agent that sold this property. Prior to my listing, during the time that PoP profiled the home as a Good Deal or Not (GDoN), it was listed by another agent with another company. The property had originally been listed during the Spring market.

Following the previous listing, we took it off the market for about a month to freshen the listing. It came back on in September with a new set of professional photos (see link above) and a lot of enthusiasm. I am especially proud of this listing as it represents the highest sale for a home in Bloomingdale or LeDroit Park since 2007.

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Photo courtesy Annie’s Ace Hardware

Annie’s is looking good at 1240 Upshur Street, NW. Stay tuned for an early February opening.

Photo by PoPville flickr user yostinator

You can talk about whatever is on your mind – quality of life issues, a beautiful tree you spotted, scuttlebutt, or any random questions/thoughts you may have. But please no personal attacks. I’ll open this thread every morning at 10am.

For those in the office today, hope you get an early dismissal!

Photo by PoPville flickr user Brandon Kopp

In the random rant/revel from yesterday caitb asked:

“But between not knowing what to do with all the travel time we’re not spending in the car/airport and generally not knowing what happens in DC this time of year, I’m stumped for DC festivities. Places to go, things to see?”

So I thought this would make for a fun Friday question of the day – what will you be doing over the holidays? And for those that are staying in DC, how will you take advantage of having the city to “yourselves”?

Any places that are normally super crowded that you’re hoping to check out?

Photo by PoPville flickr user guy_incognito

Congrats to dl with:

“Years of just kissing and holding hands. YEARS, Mary. And now you show up here pregnant. I don’t even want to look at you.”

Runner up to gdopplerxt with:

“Capital Goatshare has not matched the success of a similar bicycle-sharing program in the District.”

I was unable to find a Johnny Shacklett Trio on youtube so please accept the seasonally appropriate Jingle Bell Rock by Brenda Lee.

A tribute to mermaids?

Finishing out East Capital Street week (though of course we’ll be back) is this one that really got me because of the awesome detail up top: