Elizabeth Festa

04 Aug 2010

First Look: Eastern HS Redo Embraces Both Modern and Historical

Eastern High School is back — and its beautiful.  And that’s only the part you see. 1700 East Capitol Street SE is now wired for sound, light and action, with state of the art duct systems, and electronics for its new sound systems, computer compositions, Promethean boards, theater lighting, electronic blinds operated with a remote, […]


27 Jul 2010

Fashion on the Hill: MOTHs Find a Good Fit at Nordstrom

A couple months ago Anna Cranage Conathan, 37, went to a cosmetics trend show at Nordstrom. She thought it was interesting, but it  focused far more on luxury than practicality. It wasn’t for her, she thought, at least not where she is in life right now:  a work-at-home mother who tries to remember to brush […]


23 Jul 2010

First Bite: Mi Vecindad by Henry: Big Space, Big Food, Big Heart

I am now a patron of Patrón, the top-drawer Mexican tequila, as poured by the generous Henry, at the opening of his new restaurant, Mi Vecindad, down on 12th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, SE. At the newest addition to the Pan-Latin panoply of restaurants on the Hill, from La Lomita to Henry’s popular Mexican/Salvadoran joint […]


23 Jul 2010

Homicide Arrest Made in Stabbing Death of Woman

District police arrested an adult male in the homicide stabbing of Theresa Hungerford, 45, who was killed Monday night in an apartment in the 1600 block of E Street NE. The arrested male lives in the 1200 block of D Street NE, police announced. This case was investigated and brought to closure by Detective Anthony […]


22 Jul 2010

Homesick on the Hill: Meditations in an Emergency

The Hill is Home. Indeed. Is it though? I returned from New York Sunday night, but before I had left I found myself caught in a crying jag, sitting in a 100 year-old family-run pastry shop, which I have to leave again, with only a biscotti for company, trying not to wake the sleeping old […]


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