31 May 2010

Lost Capitol Hill: Virginia Avenue Park

Pierre L’Enfant’s original plan for the Federal City remains the blueprint for the city to this day, and often when trying to decide how best to proceed with a project, the city’s planners look to that 220 year old document to help guide their decision. As the discussion rages on whether to convert Virginia Avenue […]


28 May 2010

Sporting the Sportif Hill Look

I was in line somewhere in the Metro area, a museum I recall, and turned to ask a relaxed, jeans  and untucked oxford-wearing woman behind me where  she lived on the Hill. “I don’t,” she said. Yet, she had that “Hill look” that makes some people far away look as if they are our neighbors […]


28 May 2010

Yard Sale Open Thread

No better way to spend a long weekend than sitting on the front stoop early on a Saturday, drinking lemonade and making money off the stuff you don’t need anymore. If you’re having a yard sale this weekend, tell us the details in the Comments: the what, when and where. And good luck to all […]


27 May 2010

The To Do List

It’s Memorial Day weekend, most of us have three days to observe the beginning of  summer. It looks like the weather will be favorable.  But if your dance card is short a few cook outs this weekend here are some suggestions to get you started. Friday May 28th the H Street Country Club will be […]


27 May 2010

Coming Soon: Crepes in Southeast?

Hill East seems to have a dearth of restaurants, but the neighborhood may soon get a boost of sweet and savory love at the corner of 15th and C Streets SE.  “Crepes on the Corner Coming Soon” is what reads in the windows of the first floor of the recently completed four-unit, four-story condo building […]


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