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by Peggy Robin
I am just back from a week-long driving tour of the Deep
South (Savannah to Tuscaloosa, with stopovers in Warm Springs, GA and Montgomery,
AL). I know I have missed out on a number of things going on in DC, but I have
turned to one of the most consistently informative and entertaining local
bloggers, Prince of Petworth, (http://www.popville.com/)
to fill me in. (Cribbing from Popville is is also a quick & dirty way to
knock off a column.)
First and most important, I was extremely glad to have missed
yet another example of “Can the Metro get any worse?”….with passengers stuck
for over an hour on a dead train, and no word from Metro on what was happening.
Popville had a good, firsthand account:
And after that reminder of what’s wrong with life in DC, it’s
good to see a fine example of something that makes me love this area -- a splendid “house of the day” from Cleveland
Park (April 13):
Not only “house of the day” but also a Cleveland Park “garden
of the day” – this one with a pop quiz, “What is this flag flying on the house?”
(April 13)
(Read the comments to find the answer, if “Cymru dragon”
doesn’t ring a bell.)
….and from dragons to ducks: Guardian ducks safeguarding a
downtown coffee house. No explanation given. (April 14):
http://www.popville.com/2016/04/standing-sentry-outside-peets/
http://www.popville.com/2016/04/standing-sentry-outside-peets/
All in all, a wacky, varied week on the Popville beat!
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Still Life with Robin is published on the Cleveland Park Listserv and on All Life Is Local on Saturdays.
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