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Jen DeMayo

Jen DeMayo has been a waitress, an actor, a puppeteer and a writer for the Hill Rag. She worked for many years for the Atlas Performing Arts Center which has resulted in her being a relentless H Street booster/Streetcar apologist. She is originally from the New York-New Jersey area and is consequently one of the many who whine endlessly about DC’s lack of good bagels and pizza. She is the mom to two boys who currently attend DCPS (off the Hill.) No matter what she may end up accomplishing in her life, she is sure that her obituary headline will say she was the founder of Moms on the Hill.

Monday Morning Circle Time

Good morning! Are you finally done with the leftovers? There comes a point when one just can’t eat another bite of cranberry and they just must be thrown out. Thanks for taking time out of your busy online shopathon today to read our little blog. If you had a four day weekend I hope it […]

Monday Morning Circle Time

Good Morning! It was a lovely weekend and I hope you enjoyed it. The weather was great for strolling and browsing at the market. Perhaps you readied your yard for winter? Maybe you are one of the lucky folks who started their Thanksgiving break early to avoid the crowds and travel nightmares. I spent 24 […]

Final Push to Help Feed Our Neighbors

For the past 8 or 9 years, Moms on the Hill has done a big collection of donations of Thanksgiving Baskets. The effort has been led most of that time by local business owner Meg Shapiro. She and her husband Seth own the Marvelous Market on 7th Street. Each year Meg puts out a call […]

The To Do List

For those of you not organizing your strategy for Thanksgiving this weekend offers lots of opportunities to get out and about in the neighborhood. And for those who ARE cooking, I offer one bit of advice: prep as much as you can ahead of time. You will have a much nicer holiday! But before […]

Monday Morning Circle Time (On Tuesday!)

Ouch. My feet are killing me. A night running around the Atlas in heels will do that. I’ve never gotten the hang of heels and at my advanced age I’m wondering if I should just stop trying? So the Hilly’s kept me busy and I missed a good part of this beautiful weekend. I will […]