Curious Monkey Village Series (MIA until further n LbNA #28525
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Add Location| Owner: | N/A |
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| Plant date: | Jan 30, 2007 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Washington |
| County: | District of Columbia |
| State: | District of Columbia |
| Boxes: | 4 |
| Planted by: | girlwithglasses
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| Found by: | paper trail |
| Last found: | Jun 30, 2010 |
| Status: | FFFaaFFOFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Jan 30, 2007 |
The following 4 letterboxes -- the first I've ever placed -- are of the urban micro-letterbox variety, so please exercise extreme discretion in retrieving & replacing them! There is lots of sidewalk traffic in this area, so the survival of this series depends on keeping them well-hidden, and their locations secret.
All 4 are within in 5-block area. Jem Heist has a series nearby.
Hand-carved stamps, no logbook. BYOIP -- Bring Your Own Ink Pad.
#1 (unconfirmed)
DC has some lovely bridges. This is not one of them. It is utilitarian and I'm not even sure it has a name. It doesn't span much of a river, but crosses over a different kind of stream. It connects the lower part of Teflon Maker Circle neighborhood and Curious Monkey Village on a street named after the 13th letter in the alphabet. The guardrails on both sides of this bridge have a little hollow tubes underneath them, with openings at each juncture. #1 is tucked into such a tube, at the second opening from where the guardrail starts, under the guardrail closest to the Dead Ex-President Center, right above a fat seam line on the street.
#2 (MIA -- hiding place torn down)
From here you can take the scenic route down 13th-Letter-In-The-Alphabet Street. If you find yourself in between Vietnam and a place that brings to mind an Albright, Miss Clavel's charge, or little French scalloped cake-cookies, that means you are tantalizingly close to this next urban microbox. Are you hot? Maybe you're on fire! You make the call. No need to think outside the box for this one. So to speak. But please do be discreet -- it's right about eye-level.
#3 (MIA)
At this point, maybe you need a little break. Fortunately, you're not far from an urban oasis. What may as well be called Ye Olde Home of Rock is just a hop skip and jump away, on the same street. The entrance to its lovely garden is just through the gate at the sidewalk. Head towards the little stone steps. The bottom steps are an excellent place to sit down and casually tie your shoe. While you're doing that, notice a deep hole between the stones in the wall to your immediate left, right above the 3rd step. Your urban micro-letterbox is tucked into this recess.
#4 (ok! -- clues slightly revised)
Not far from there is your next stop. Say these words to any Curious Monkey Village native: "I am looking for stamps. I understand they are near the letterboxes-- can you point me in the right direction", and they will probably send you here. You will indeed see a row of "letterboxes" -- just not exactly the kind you're looking for. Anyhow. Right between that place and an empty storefront, is a narrow walkway cutting thru the block. Around the halfway point down this skiinny alley is a gnarly tree. Look in the crook between branches & trunk.
REMEMBER: BE SNEAKY. BE SLY. DON'T LET ANYONE SEE YOU. PLEASE PROTECT THESE LETTERBOXES, AS THEY ARE HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT.
Box on!
All 4 are within in 5-block area. Jem Heist has a series nearby.
Hand-carved stamps, no logbook. BYOIP -- Bring Your Own Ink Pad.
#1 (unconfirmed)
DC has some lovely bridges. This is not one of them. It is utilitarian and I'm not even sure it has a name. It doesn't span much of a river, but crosses over a different kind of stream. It connects the lower part of Teflon Maker Circle neighborhood and Curious Monkey Village on a street named after the 13th letter in the alphabet. The guardrails on both sides of this bridge have a little hollow tubes underneath them, with openings at each juncture. #1 is tucked into such a tube, at the second opening from where the guardrail starts, under the guardrail closest to the Dead Ex-President Center, right above a fat seam line on the street.
#2 (MIA -- hiding place torn down)
From here you can take the scenic route down 13th-Letter-In-The-Alphabet Street. If you find yourself in between Vietnam and a place that brings to mind an Albright, Miss Clavel's charge, or little French scalloped cake-cookies, that means you are tantalizingly close to this next urban microbox. Are you hot? Maybe you're on fire! You make the call. No need to think outside the box for this one. So to speak. But please do be discreet -- it's right about eye-level.
#3 (MIA)
At this point, maybe you need a little break. Fortunately, you're not far from an urban oasis. What may as well be called Ye Olde Home of Rock is just a hop skip and jump away, on the same street. The entrance to its lovely garden is just through the gate at the sidewalk. Head towards the little stone steps. The bottom steps are an excellent place to sit down and casually tie your shoe. While you're doing that, notice a deep hole between the stones in the wall to your immediate left, right above the 3rd step. Your urban micro-letterbox is tucked into this recess.
#4 (ok! -- clues slightly revised)
Not far from there is your next stop. Say these words to any Curious Monkey Village native: "I am looking for stamps. I understand they are near the letterboxes-- can you point me in the right direction", and they will probably send you here. You will indeed see a row of "letterboxes" -- just not exactly the kind you're looking for. Anyhow. Right between that place and an empty storefront, is a narrow walkway cutting thru the block. Around the halfway point down this skiinny alley is a gnarly tree. Look in the crook between branches & trunk.
REMEMBER: BE SNEAKY. BE SLY. DON'T LET ANYONE SEE YOU. PLEASE PROTECT THESE LETTERBOXES, AS THEY ARE HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT.
Box on!