It turns out that The Vanishing, a new movie starring Nicole Kidman, is filming just down the street from where I live.

As a result, parking spaces for at least 50 cars have been deemed off-limits until at least November 17th. Spaces on R Street, Decatur Street, and 22nd Street have been marked with the telltale “Emergency – No Parking” signs (with a little footnote saying “production”).

As if parking in my neighborhood wasn’t elusive enough – taking away 50 spots removes about 20 percent of the local residential spaces from play. Ugh,

I hope it’s a damn fine movie.