Sometimes it’s really nice to have cash in hand, especially if you’re a DC Public School. Thanks to a group of parents who used the site Kickstarter.com to challenge the community to raise funds to help teach better eating habits in their very own learning kitchen at Watkins Elementary School, the school will soon debut […]
Planning on picking up some groceries at Eastern Market on Saturday? The fall apple harvest is in and there are probably even pumpkins for sale already; it’s got to be time to put on a sweater soon, right? Add an extra item to your grocery bag and drop it off at the bus. Yes, I […]
The days are indeed getting shorter, the neighborhood squirrels are mad with nut harvesting and there are leaves all over my yard. But damn, these temperatures just aren’t taking the hint. The weekend doesn’t look like it’s going to cool off too much, but as promised, the list of weekend events keeps growing as the […]
The weather forecast for the weekend looks grim — that is, if we all don’t wash away by Friday. After a few wet days wherein my feet begin to turn to webs, I think it’s best to plug ahead, make grand plans inside and out for the weekend and pray these tropical storms just get […]
Last spring Nichole introduced us to the DC Diaper Bank, and lo and behold, people in need still need diapers. This weekend kicks off another diaper drive to support the area’s only diaper bank, founded right here on Capitol Hill by Corinne Cannon. In the last year, the organization gave away more than 50,000 diapers […]