Dupont Circle House Tour & Tea, Sunday, Oct 16

It's not too late to get tickets for the Dupont Circle House Tour on Sunday.  Here's what you need to know, courtesy of the Dupont Circle Citizens Association:

This year’s tour meanders through neighboring streets east and north of the Circle and features over a dozen homes, ranging in architecture from turn-of-the-century Victorian to Mid-Century Modern. Sample sites include a palatial four-story Parisian style townhouse studded with art and artifacts (that could be a latter day salon of the Académie des Beaux-Arts), and an open, modern design home, with no interior vertical load-bearing walls, which creates a cool-air effect for the sculptured central staircase leading to a luminous glass-tiled master bath.

Tickets cost $30 in advance, $35 on the day of Tour, and provide admission to all sites and afternoon Tea. The Tea is served this year at the Whittemore House, 1526 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, home of the Woman’s National Democratic Club, from 2:00 – 5:00 pm.

Purchase advance tickets securely online here.  (Tickets are purchased by "registering" for the House Tour.) You will receive a confirmation email. Advance ticket sales end at 8:00pm today, Saturday, October 15.

Tickets may be picked up beginning at 11:00am on the day of the tour at the Woman's National Democratic Club, 1526 New Hampshire Avenue, NW.

Tickets may be purchased at the same location on the day of the tour until 3:30pm.

iPhone Mugger on the Prowl in Dupont Circle Area

This in from the Metropolitan Police.Watch your iPhones, and if a stranger asks to borrow your phone, suspect the worst. Here is the modus operandi, as reported by Commander Matt Klein of the Second District MPD. The mugger is still on the loose:

On Wednesday night, and again late last night (2:00AM, Thursday), there were two separate robberies at 21st and P Streets NW.  In both cases, the suspect approached the victims and engaged them in conversation before snatching their iPhones and running away.  During the robbery last night, the suspect asked the victim if he could use the phone to make a call, but when the victim offered to dial for him, he snatched the phone and ran.

The suspect in both cases is described as an African American male, about 20 years old, 5-8” to 5-10”.

Please use caution while walking late at night in this area and call the police immediately if you see anything suspicious.

Massive Gigantic Huge Water Balloon Fight Sunday

Photo by Apocaknits

It's not going to be in the 90's on Sunday, but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy the citywide water balloon war scheduled for Sunday.

Come in neoprene, a bathing suit, or whatever you want.  Here are the details --

When: Sunday, Sept. 12 from 2pm - 2:30pm
Where:  Dupont, the Inner Circle
What: Water balloons flying through the air
More what: You're going to get wet
What to bring: Water balloons