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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.

New Riders for Bikeshare

Last year, a Capitol Hill dad invented a child’s bike seat that can be attached and unattached–in seconds and without tools–to a Capital Bikeshare bike. He entered it into the DC state fair, where it won first place for the best bicycle accessory. He has further refined the design, which works exclusively with bikeshare-style bicycles, and is […]

Get a Discount, Do Some Good

The Nationals began an 11-game home stand last night, and you could be there for all of the action and do something good for a national non-profit. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, based in Alexandria, Va., in partnership with the Washington Nationals, is offering a coupon code for discounted tickets to Nationals […]

Tour Nationals Park

Friday marks the sixth year that the Nationals will open the gates at Nats Park to the more than 40,000 fans that will descend on the park for the home opener, but did you know that you can tour the park during the regular season? Well you can, and it’s a very informative and worthwhile […]

Date Night on Capitol Hill

Sure, date night and Capitol Hill are not synonymous — especially for this mom of two who hasn’t been on a date in a very, very long time — but that isn’t stopping Destination DC and Living Social from offering a variety of date night discounts, deals and ideas, some of which are specific to Capitol […]

Five Questions with Kathleen and Jeff Hale of Rebel Desk

You don’t have to spend much time on Capitol Hill before you learn two valuable lessons: Hill residents like to work have to work and they love to exercise. Head out early in the morning, and you’ll see people making their way to offices across the city. At the same time, the sidewalks, parks and gyms […]