Usually, everyone gets along here out on the streets and among the blocks and blogs and bustling listservs of the Hill; they merrily meet and contribute to school fundraising efforts, dress up together for Hill-o-ween, laugh at jokes in local shops, get spotted for a wallet left at home, are lucky enough to greet someone […]
After reading last week’s column on Things We Take For Granted on Walking to School, some people spoke out on their concern for pedestrian safety between stopping and smelling the roses. With more and more small children, many of whom cannot be seen readily from behind the hoods of autos and many of whom are […]
This is a quickie. It takes such a short amount of time, I don’t think of it. It is over before you know it, and yet it is something you remember forever (or I do). So, it is something many of us take for granted — walking to school. The Hill’s neighborhood elementary schools take […]
The cutest little hats for Hill babies, toddlers and even some lucky adults are now in stock at The Monkeys’ Uncle, hand-knit by expert knitter and long-time resident Elizabeth Nelson. First the hats, then the full Nelson. Hats: OMG, the hats are exquisite little gems of needlework meant for heads as small as a babies’ and […]
I was at that happy place, the H Street Temporium, Sunday after a friend emailed me a picture of a white beaded sheath and asked what I thought of it. “I’ll be right there,” I said, and hoofed it down in flip-flops. Amid the varied and clever accessory offerings on display were racks of full-on […]