Hill Chica

05 Mar 2010

Open House Roundup

Have you seen the daffodil shoots poking through the muddy soil in your neighbors’ yards? Evidence that spring is around the corner is everywhere and subsequently the real estate market is heating up. Inventory is definitely up; if you’re counting, there are 41 open houses on the Hill this weekend. I might even take a […]


01 Mar 2010

Drink Up & Eat Up, Save Some Cash with Happy Hours

I am by no means a Happy Hour regular. I prefer my wine at home, and not a basic Cab or Merlot; and when I drink beer, it’s a Brooklyn Chocolate Stout that doesn’t cost $7 a pint. But I do like my $4 burger specials, $2 fish taco nights, and in an earlier day […]


26 Feb 2010

After the Thaw

My friends on NPR this morning were waxing about the slow approach  of spring (March 21st — less than a month away, whoohoo!) and this announcement about Tennis on the Hill seemed just the thing to inspire thoughts about taking off the ski jacket, pulling out the windbreaker and beginning to thaw out. The group […]


23 Feb 2010

Public Can Weigh in on Future Charter School March 15 & 16

Did you ever go to an “information” meeting and leave knowing little more than you did when you walked in the door? That was the reaction of many to the meeting convened last Wednesday to discuss plans for a charter school at the present home of the International Graduate University behind Safeway on 13th Street […]


13 Feb 2010

The Chair in “Your” Parking Space: Illegal

A DC Alert recently went out announcing the snow emergency will be lifted at 5 pm today. At that time, drivers will once again be permitted to park their vehicles on marked snow emergency routes. Also of note is the following reminder: “While residents continue to dig out from the back-to-back snow storms, they are […]


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