“Is there a hyperlocal blog about Capitol Hill?” was the message I sent into the ether of the HillEast listserv just over a year ago. I thought despite being pretty plugged in, surely I had missed something, and since local news blogs had been popping up throughout the city for the last few years, Capitol […]
About the time this blog began a year ago, I started getting serious about running. Well, serious for me meant getting over the two-mile hump on the treadmill when I’d get bored and peter out. On Sunday morning, together with 3,400 runners, I finished the Capitol Hill Classic, my third race, and felt more than […]
Libraries are supposed to be quiet places, right? Not this weekend. The Northeast Library will celebrate the opening of its Outdoor Reading Room with a performance by Jali-D, the Drum Talker at noon on Saturday. David Foreman, aka ‘Jali-D,’ is an accomplished percussionist and spoken word artist with a talent for what he calls “rappercussions” […]
Each month there are a host of opportunities to get involved with community policing, from PSA meetings to Orange Hat patrols. The real benefit of these events is putting a face on local officers and the various MPD personnel. A frustration frequently heard at community meetings is that our local Metropolitan Police Department patrols are […]
Have you noticed that the Hill is suddenly peppered with For Sale signs? They’re even more prevalent than the Yard Sale flyers. Even if you’re not in the market, get you walking shoes on Sunday with this list of open houses and see lovely houses like this one on Constitution Avenue that’s “Urbane Urban Style, Crisp, Clean, […]