If you’re 10 years old and live for little league, what’s better than getting to show off for your proud grandpa? Well, showing off for your great grandpa. And if you’re seven year-old Mitchell Edmond, and your great grandfather was the first African-American to play for the Cincinnati Reds, you’re going to have to steal […]
It does strike me as odd that despite Memorial Day being the kick-off to all things summer, especially this brutal weather, DC swimming pools were closed on Monday, and shuttered again on Tuesday for a fulough day. The good news is that Rumsey Aquatic Center will be opened through July, at very least. Yes, that’s […]
It was a sad moment when I realized this would not be the summer I would try my somewhat-of-a-green thumb at urban farming. As we walk by one of the community gardens I long for speckled pole beans, chartruse kale and dear little pink radishes. I fantasize regularly about large juicy beefsteak tomatoes and the […]
Some may question if Florida Avenue is truly considered part of the Hill, but a step inside Conner Contemporary Art near the corner of 13th Street, Northeast and you’ll be glad it’s in your neighborhood. Through July 2nd, they’re exhibiting five artists, and if you’re at all enthused by polaroids, disco balls, awnings or drag […]
If you’re among our early readership, you may remember one of our first ruckus-inspiring posts. It did not involve sandwiches or burgers, or even your grocery bill; no one was dramatically arrested; nor was anyone was sighted vacuuming in skinny jeans. The idea was, literally, to stump you with a stoop. I thought our small, if […]