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Kyra Deblaker-Gebhard

Kyra DeBlaker-Gebhard was a college English instructor and part-time writer living in New Jersey when the prospect of living a new and exciting life in Washington, D.C., presented itself. Kyra walked away from her job as a teacher and, with her new beau, discovered all of the wonderful things the District had to offer. Ten years later, Kyra is married to the guy she followed to D.C., mother of two charming, but messy children, caretaker of a small army of furry animals and proud owner of an ever-changing Capitol Hill home. When not tending to her human and furry family, Kyra is managing a website for a local non-profit, renovating her hill home and attending Nats games at Nationals Park.

Things We Take for Granted: Leaving our Cars at Home (and our Livable, Walkable Neighborhood)

Living in southern New Jersey meant that we had to drive anywhere we wanted to go, so when I turned 17 all I wanted was the autonomy that my driver’s license and a car would bring. I drove to school, to work, to the community pool a half mile away, to the Wawa around the […]

Things We Take For Granted: Pumpkin Pie

After Halloween it seems as though we slip into a sort of holiday vortex, where parties and presents take hold of our lives and we forget to appreciate all the wonderful things that make late fall and early winter, particularly the days between November 1 and December 31, wonderful–things like cool weather, warm fireplaces and […]

To Do List

This weekend is the perfect weekend to be in the District. The weather promises to be seasonal (read: not hot and humid, but not terribly cold either), there are plenty of Halloween-themed activities to keep us all busy, and some guy named Jon Stewart is meeting with a few thousand of his closest friends to […]

The To Do List

It seems that fall is made for festivals and yard sales, so whether you want to celebrate fall at a local festival or search for hidden treasure at a yard sale, the Hill has something for you this weekend! (Don’t worry, we included a few scandalous/drinking-friendly suggestions as well.)

Ethiopic, Seventh Hill Included in Sietsema’s Fall Dining Guide

I’m pretty sure that I don’t know what qualifies as “good” food. Yeah, I insist that I know what makes for a good sandwich or hot dog, but at the end of the day, I still head to Alberto’s for dinner, where the staff knows my name and there is never a wait for a […]