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Claudia Rauch

Claudia, a Hill native, is a marketing and social media professional whose passion for food and love for D.C. got her started on her first blog, brunchandthecity.com. Claudia is the Marketing Director for Fulcrum Properties Group, and serves on the board of CHAMPS, Capitol Hill's Chamber of Commerce. You can contact Claudia at Claudia[at]thehillishome.com

CHRS Passes Resolution Supporting Streetcars Without Overhead Wires

Ever since D.C. announced its plans to bring streetcars back to the city, the question of powering them with overhead wires has been a hot topic. A law dating back to the 1800’s prohibits overhead wires in the “old city,” begging the question of how DDOT plans to power the streetcars. Once it became clear […]

Capitol Hill Holiday Tree Lighting This Thursday

Come to the Eastern Market Metro Plaza this Thursday at 5:30 pm for the 3rd Annual Capitol Hill Holiday Tree Lighting. Join neighbors and community leaders as Kathy Didden flips the switch for this year’s tree in honor of her late husband, George Didden III. Hot beverages, music, and cheer will help kick off the […]

Hill Buzz

It’s the turkey hangover edition! Somehow, the first Monday back at work after a long Thanksgiving weekend is harder than most. The December stretch of holiday parties and light work load is here, and all you can think about is that next long break for Christmas, then New Year’s…and then those pesky New Year’s resolutions […]

Upcoming Community Meetings

One of the original missions of The Hill is Home was to bring together important and useful information about Capitol Hill into one place online. With everything else going on in our lives, it can be difficult to remember when and where your local ANC meeting takes place, what the URL is for their web […]

Thanksgiving Hours for Those Last Minute Emergencies

No matter how well you plan and delegate, it is inevitable that you wake up on Thanksgiving morning and realize that you needed one last item from the store. Or maybe your pie burned and you need to buy all of the ingredients again (don’t laugh, this happened to me last year). Or maybe you […]