It’s the weekend in which we all accept that summer’s really over. There’s no beach trip. No National Mall overrun with tourists in “You Don’t Know Me” t-shirts. No Friday night parades at the Barracks. But, don’t despair! You live on Capitol Hill. There’s always some fun stuff to do.
Full disclosure: When people come to visit my hometown, we have to decide if we’re going to take them to the Big Texan Steak Ranch where they might attempt to eat a 72 ounce steak in one hour or if we’d rather show off the Cadillac Ranch — a collection of spray-painted Cadillac cars buried […]
The Montessori Program at Watkins Elementary School in Capitol Hill is celebrating its 20th Anniversary this weekend. The program, which has been around since 1964, joined forces with the DC Public School system in 1990 and is now part of the Capitol Hill Cluster School. At present, the program teaches over 170 children in the […]
Here’s hoping you’ve got a weekend ahead with a limited number of graduations, weddings and/or traffic-fighting beach excursions. (Not that there’s anything wrong with any of those activities…) If you’re staying on the Hill, you might want to try some of these weekend options: Friday, June 11 Dance Place and VSA present Axis Dance Company […]
As a lover of dogs, I relish the opportunity to watch my best canine friend Dominique roam free. For the past several years, her owner (my roommate) has recruited me to accompany them to Congressional Cemetery for Dominique’s requisite pasture time. It may sound odd to readers, but Congressional Cemetery is one of my favorite […]