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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

Bank Robbery at Chevy Chase Bank

We’re a little behind on our reporting on this but on Monday at about 1:15 pm I received an automated text alert from Alert DC that there had been a bank robbery on the 300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, SE. Local news outlets did not seem to pick up the story, but we now have […]

Hill Buzz

One of my favorite things about Thanksgiving in DC is how quiet the city is. My office is a ghost town, there’s no traffic on the roads (well the city roads, I hear I95 is a mess), I can get a seat on Metro, the city becomes a quiet oasis. And it’s the start of […]

Performance Parking Program Brings Improvements to The Hill

When those fancy new multi-space meters were installed around the Southeast side of Capitol Hill, I assumed that they were about efficiency (fitting more parking spots on each block), aesthetics (2 big green machines in place of 20 ugly metal meters), and revenue (the city can increase rates more easily and reduce the frequency of […]

Hill Buzz

It’s been quite a week around here with our first happy hour with our readers, some heated discussions in the comments section, rock-throwing kids making the news, a shooting that could have been a storyline in The Wire, and the biggest shocker: the Redskins actually won a game. And here’s what some other area blogs […]

Reminder – THIH Happy Hour is Tonight!

Please join us for a special happy hour tonight from 6:30 – 8:30 pm at Tunnicliff’s. We’re looking forward to meeting our readers and neighbors! Come by to say hello, share story ideas and feedback, or to simply enjoy a beverage with neighbors after a long day of work. Drink specials include $2 Bud Light […]