Hill Chica

26 Jun 2009

Beginnings and Endings

I’m sitting here in PCJ, listening to their great music picks. Muzak it is not. At the moment BB King’s guitar riff keeps beat with the steady flow to the counter. The Post headline on Michael Jackson’s death jumped out at me from a table. As sick as I was of the talking head coverage […]


26 Jun 2009

Market Doors Open, and it’s Air-conditioned!!

Today at 11:10 a.m. Mayor Adrian Fenty, together with city and neighborhood officials, cut the ribbon on the newly reopened Eastern Market. A crowd of more than 300 people waited in the heat as Fenty, Council Member Tommy Wells, Council Chair Vincent Gray, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton and other spoke about the history of the […]


25 Jun 2009

Tick tock: Ribbon Cutting @ 10:30 a.m. Friday

The Market had quite the buzz this morning, less than 24 hours from the  10:30 a.m. ribbon cutting tomorrow. The staff at Fine’s Sweet shop were baking cookies in anticipation of the crowds, as other vendors loaded their shelves up with their wares. Yesterday the Washington Post ran a great story on Maria Calomiris, the […]


25 Jun 2009

Hmm…Job training & football?

There’s been a lot of debate on the HillEast listserve about the activities of the Mayor’s Conservation Corp, seen throughout the week giving out door hangers promoting their services. Perhaps nobody is taking them up on the offer to help with trash and weed problems on city property? Instead, at 11 a.m. today, a number […]


24 Jun 2009

2009-06-24 tweeted today

the 4th of July Parade is on facebook: http://bit.ly/12ve0M /event.php?eid=92981644683&ref=mf # get your picnic basket – first night of Folklife Festival and it's AWESOME out! ://tinyurl.com/nw4q4d # @nicholeaileen Remingtons is a great place, awesome drink specials! in reply to nicholeaileen # Powered by Twitter Tools.


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