Throughout the month, this space will be dedicated to talking with local experts about ways to tackle some of the most common New Year’s resolutions (as determined by my highly unscientific Googling of the topic). So far in this series we’ve looked at Going Green and Eating Healthier. This week we are Getting Your Financial […]
For two of the last five years, I’ve spent Christmas in Madrid. It’s a lovely place to be, with large “Belén” (enormous nativity scenes, often with dozens of statues) in the public squares, and extraordinarily enthusiastic revelers. Last winter, I swear, one of every dozen people I encountered wore an elf or wizard hat or […]
Senator Mary Landrieu is one of the most influential legislators in Congress. She is Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship, centrally involved in the consuming debate on a sweeping health-care bill, and active in energy issues, child-focused legislation, and women’s care. She rallied hard for rebuilding and reforming Louisiana when Hurricane Katrina devastated her state, but […]
The music venues on H Street are varied and many. On a given night you’ll hear everything from a symphony to rock n’ roll to bluegrass. This month, the sound coming from the H Street Playhouse is joyful noise. The Theater Alliance’s production of Langston Hughes’ Black Nativity gives viewers an interpretation of the nativity […]
Hanukkah is here, Christmas is less than two weeks away, my calendar is packed with holiday parties, I have yet to start shopping for gifts, and I have a cold that just refuses to go away. I have tried to just about every remedy and OTC I can think of, but if you have a […]