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When you take your dog for a walk there is a natural order to things. While your dog may get dive bombed by a few nesting birds, for the most part the local wildlife will flee as your canine approaches. Of this fleeing wildlife, the animal with the biggest yellow streak has always been the lowly squirrel. From the largest mastiff to the smallest chihuahua, squirrels will abscond as if you were walking the hell hound Cerberus.
Something has gone very wrong on the 900 block on Pennsylvania Ave. There is a squirrel roaming the front of the FBI building who not only isn’t afraid of dogs, this beast is downright aggressive against them (and anyone else who dares come near). Add to that, the squirrel is also conniving! He’ll lie on the pavement on his belly, limbs stretched out as if he’d fallen from a tree. As hapless passersby stop to see if he’s ok, he leaps up and has them running for their lives. If the FBI were to review their Pennsylvania Ave security tapes from Sunday they’d see Mrs Columbo running serpentine while trying to escape (we recommend they play Yakety Sax while watching the video).
Consider this your fair warning. That squirrel is mad as hell, and he’s not going to take it anymore.
Victims Of Prostitution Education Event At UMC
Mount Vernon Place’s United Methodist Church (900 Massachusetts Ave, NW) will be hosting an educational event about underage victims of prostitution this Sunday, August 16 from 1 pm to 3 pm in the church’s ground level theater, the Undercroft Theater.
Tina Frundt is the Founder of Courtney’s House, an organization that helps get underage girls off the streets, and she’ll be speaking to attendees about her personal story of prostitution, how she got out of it and how individuals can do their part to help others to do the same.
More information can be found towards the bottom of this page on the church’s website or by downloading this flyer [PDF].
H Street NW Closure Tonight (600 Block)
By way of DCist, we see that the Chinatown Archway will be undergoing maintenance. The impact is that the 600 block of H Street NW will be closed from midnight tonight to approximately 5 am tomorrow morning. Through detours are via F Street or Eye Street NW.
Here is the corresponding link to the DC Government website.
DC Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
Near Southeast/Natstown – Water taxis to get the suburbunites to Nats games may be coming soon. [JDLand: Ballpark and Beyond]
Columbia Heights – Wonderland, a CH bar, turned five years old. [New Columbia Heights]
Mount Vernon Triangle – An update on The Arts at 5th and Eye project with news about Louis Rogue. [The (Mount Vernon) Triangle]
14th Street – A survey shows an interest in more affordable dining out options along 14th Street. We’ve heard that somewhere before…like in the PQ. [Borderstan]
Capitol Hill – Want to learn a little history about Duff Green’s Row that stood on the spot now occupied by the Library of Congress? [The Hill Is Home]
14th Street (again) – What will become of the rather sorry looking dry cleaner building on 14th Street? [14th and You]
Mass Ave (Above Kalorama) – The iconic Brazilian Embassy is getting an interior only makeover. We think its exterior architecture has well stood the test of time and are glad it won’t be changed. [DC Metrocentric]
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