On Capitol Hill, just about everyone’s favorite wine shop is Schneider’s. It’s a neighborhood institution – the store opened its doors more than 61 years ago – and it offers more than 12,000 different wine selections, ranging in price from $1.99 (for a 2003 Outback Chardonnay) to $5,000 (for a 1900 Chateau Lafite). And the staff […]
“Wine is like travel in a bottle,” explained David Denton, sommelier at Charlie Palmer Steak, as we sat down for a glass of Russian River Chardonnay. “For the cost of a bottle of wine, you can escape to somewhere exotic. You can get lost in the label, thinking about where the wine came from and […]
After yesterday’s post about the recent surge in burglaries over the past few weeks on Capitol Hill (and my own experience), the police responded — Captain Mike Gottert is holding a meeting to address this uptick in crime tonight at Substation 1D1, 500 E Street SE, at 7:30pm. NBC4 also responded to the story — […]
CHAMPS — the Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce — just launched a Buy Local campaign, and the benefits are pretty incredible. Just $50 gets you a BUY LOCAL membership card, which provides you with great discounts at all sorts of local businesses. Highlights include 20% off at The Argonaut, 10% off at Granville Moore’s, 15% […]
Last Friday, I returned home from work to find out that my house had been burglarized. The basement door had been kicked in, most of the drawers and closets were opened and ransacked, and both my laptops (along with some cash) were gone. I’m not the only THIH blogger with a recent home invasion experience. […]