by Peggy Robin Last night's Listies finale was the CP Listies version of that infamous Oscar night fiasco when they announced that LA LA LAND had won best picture instead of MOONLIGHT....except in the

by Peggy Robin A little editing error -- a whole category of the 2024 Cleveland Park Listies got left on the cutting room floor. Here it is: In the category of BEST ANIMAL STORY, we had another runawa

by Peggy Robin The long wait is over, the votes are in, and the people have spoken! The winner of the Listy for BEST GIVEAWAY goes to... The Piano! by Stephen S, Message #217005 on August 28 -- a clea

From Washington Business Journal - Commercial Real Estate" Cracked Eggery investor alleges mismanagement by sandwich chain founders https://www-bizjournals-com.dclibrary.idm.oclc.org/washington/news/2

Noon Year's Eve A Daytime Party for Children and Families Tuesday, December 31 11:30am - 12:30pm Georgetown Neighborhood Library Meeting Room 1 (10-80 Person Capacity) AGE GROUP: | 5 - 12 Years Old |

We wish you a happy.... Christmas First night of Hanukkah Christmukkah Festivus (it was on Dec 23) Kwanzaa (starting tomorrow) Boxing Day (tomorrow) Winter Solstice (It was on Dec 21) Yule Festival (1

by Peggy Robin You have a voice -- well, not much of one in this taxed-but-unrepresented District-Not-a-State within the United States -- but you can vote in the Cleveland Park Listies! This year, for

by Peggy Robin We don't award this Listy every year. In fact, we've awarded it only once before, in 2022, to Eleanor Oliver, for her posts about the past -- her oral histories of neighborhood life goi

by Peggy Robin This is the last category -- and the best! -- in the 2024 Listies: 1. Holiday traditions at our house. This message by Eleanor O. (posted on Oct 26 #219130) is long, so I'll quote from

by Peggy Robin Let's start out with the concession that Groups.io is far from the ideal platform to show photos. Groups.io handles just one image format consistently well -- that's .JPG -- and it seve

by Peggy Robin Last Saturday, we presented five nominations in these four categories: BEST GIVEAWAY Hyperlink BEST ANIMAL STORY BEST QUERY/ISO linked BEST ADVICE/RESPONSE TO A QUERY Today the show goe

Q. How many times in a year can I piggyback on Popville for neighborhood news? A. 30 - or 31, counting this one. Q. Why don't I just research the story and post my own report of what I learn? A. Becau

by Peggy Robin Wednesday, December 25 is the first night of Hanukkah and it's the first time since 2005 that the first night's menorah lighting and Christmas Day have overlapped. It won't happen again

Hi Sue and Steph, I'll see your both your squirrels and raise you one and a pair of pumpkin! Best, Peggy -- Peggy Robin ----- The two referenced messages with squirrel pix are Message #220672 and Mess

Passsing along this vivid traffic fail posted yesterday on Popville: 4300 block of Connecticut Ave, NW By Prince Of Petworth (Dan Silverman) Thanks to Ann for sending early Sunday morning: “A little o

Dear Listserv Community, Last week, in response to a query for someone to hang art on a wall, we had a flurry of recommendations for Wayne Fisher, giving his phone number but not his email address. Ap

by Peggy Robin Here's our last set of nominations for the day. (Come back next Saturday for the rest of the nominations in the three remaining categories!) Best Advice / Response to a Query 1. Protect

by Peggy Robin Best Query or ISO - Too many choices! Had a very hard time whittling it down to five! 1. The moment it was posted, I had no doubt that this query was going to make the cut: Got sheets f

by Peggy Robin Here are the five nominees in the category of Best Animal Story. 1. The new year kicked off with a scary coyote enounter in a back yard on Porter Street. Mary G. posted this public serv

by Peggy Robin [Program note: In years past, we've presented the nominations for two or three categories at a time, in some very long messages. This year, in order to give each nomination its due but