December has begun with the usual rash of auto thefts and shoplifting in MPD-1; and sadly, teen violence seems to be continuing on Capitol Hill. On Tuesday, a group of about six teens, suspected to be students, assaulted a man at 6th and G Streets, NE, and knocking him to the ground in an attempt to rummage […]
Yes! Organic Market of Capitol Hill has worked out a deal with landlord Stanton Development Corporation to remain in its 658 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE location with its original footprint while Stanton proceeds with plans to add 13,000 square feet of office space atop existing structures from Yes! back through the corner block of 7th Street SE and […]
There needs to be a new dress code called “First Hilly.” It’s neither dressy casual or brunch chic, nor Sunday mass, Barracks Row funky, office Christmas party or Embassy Row redux. Yet, the Friday night celebration of the first annual Hilly awards given by our local chamber of commerce, CHAMPS, seemed to have elements of all of these. Which […]
The first annual Hilly Awards for top-rated Hill businesses – based on a citizens poll – was one of those events that, though carefully planned and orchestrated, come off as an impromptu gathering of everyone you usually meet walking around the neighborhood plus those larger-than-life types you only hear from idle sidewalk chatter. All gleam and glisten […]
If money were no object, we would pick party dresses off gilded racks like fruit off trees, order up dresses for the grand ball from couture dressmakers in Milan and Paris or over at those glassy buzz-in boutiques flanking Mazza Gallerie, but this being Capitol Hill circa 2009, both savvy and thrift prevail. The economic downturn of the […]