When I set out to spend the day working at Frager’s, I planned to do real work. However, instead of lifting bags of mulch, stacking boxes or answering customers’ questions, I spent four hours talking to some of the store’s many employees and learned not only why I want to work at Frager’s but why […]
Northeast Neighborhood Library has been wrapped in tarp for months, but its slowly coming down, revealing a revitalized facade underneath. The project is part of the Library Building Program, a guide to bring state-of-the-art libraries to our community. Sixteen projects are listed on the library’s website. Of the projects still in progress, seven are to […]
I detest treadmills, stair machines and stationary bikes. Unfortunately, since I come from warm weather people deep in the heart of Texas, I also don’t do outdoor exercise if its below 40 degrees. That means this was a long, hard winter for me. Now that the sunny, warm(ish) days are starting to outnumber the cold, […]
Last week, I had the pleasure of checking out the progress on Acqua al 2, soon to be opened across the street from Eastern Market at 212 7th St. SE. As I mentioned back in November, DC native Ari Gejdenson is bringing a third location of the Italian restaurant to the Hill (the first is […]
As a recent new homeowner, I’ve started looking for ways to green my day-to-day life more than we’ve been able to do in the past. We’ll be making changes to our home as time and budget permit, with a goal of living as ecologically-minded as possible over the coming years. Aside from recycling everything the […]