It was wonderful being in DC over Thanksgiving weekend. We enjoyed a pretty empty city, which meant finding parking easily and going to touristy places without fighting the crowds. I was amazed as I walked my dog in the neighborhood, though, at how many homes I saw with piles of delivered newspapers and overflowing mailboxes. […]
I assume by now most of you have probably procured your trees and other holiday accoutrement (I have not, and am very stressed out about this fact – especially considering I’m leaving town for the weekend). For many of you, it’s your last weekend in town before the holidays – or the calm before the […]
Tuesday night’s ANC meeting was a long one and truthfully, I couldn’t make it all of the way to the end. When two and a half hours had gone by and the commissioners were still going back and forth – a bit contentiously – on what provisions to include on a voluntary agreement for the […]
Well, we’re just about through with the Christmas/Festivus shopping at the Krepp household, and between a myriad of young cousins (welcome to baby Noah, btw), Toys for Tots, and giving Santa a helping hand, we’ve been happy to report that not only is it possible to do all of your kid’s shopping on the Hill, […]
We know of Ready, Willing, and Working—the program that provides job training and other support to recently homeless men trying to get their lives back on track. This program gives Capitol Hill the wonderful Men in Blue who help keep our neighborhood clean and direct visitors around the business areas. A new program was recently […]