It’s that time of year again hungry Hillers. The time of year when restaurants are preparing to settle into the winter dearth of diners (the “I spent all my moolah on a Wii, or Kindle, or Garnet Hill cashmere, LL Bean gear, at Hill’s Kitchen, etc.” kind). A number of years back the New York […]
For two of the last five years, I’ve spent Christmas in Madrid. It’s a lovely place to be, with large “Belén” (enormous nativity scenes, often with dozens of statues) in the public squares, and extraordinarily enthusiastic revelers. Last winter, I swear, one of every dozen people I encountered wore an elf or wizard hat or […]
The music venues on H Street are varied and many. On a given night you’ll hear everything from a symphony to rock n’ roll to bluegrass. This month, the sound coming from the H Street Playhouse is joyful noise. The Theater Alliance’s production of Langston Hughes’ Black Nativity gives viewers an interpretation of the nativity […]
How far from home does the “buy local” criteria extend? Probably not all the way to the Rhode Island Avenue Home Depot. This elf’s decorating coffers being a little spare this year, I made the “Grinchish” decision to nix the tradition of stopping by Eastern Market for tree. Did we save a few bucks? Yes. […]
Halfway into the first Clinton administration (lifetimes ago, no?) I moved to Washington, shirked my journalism degree, and took my first job in the press office at the Smithsonian’s American Art Museum. That was before many tourists ventured off the mall; and instead of bourbon bars and chain retail, Penn Quarter was home to wig […]