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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.

Cycling on the Hill: Knowing the Rules of the Road

I started using my bike as a primary means of transportation when I moved to Capitol Hill in 2005. I loved the freedom bike riding afforded me—I wasn’t a slave to slow Metro trains, no-show Metro buses, and parking enforcement drones that would ticket in an instant—but I quickly learned that the city is not […]

CSX, National Gateway Project Moves Forward

In February, it was reported that CSX did not receive the funds needed to begin the Virginia Avenue Tunnel project, however, according to CSX’s Steve Flippin, the project is moving forward. “CSX is now pursuing alternate avenues of funding, which include a transportation authorization bill and national infrastructure reinvestment funds,” said Flippin. CSX is also […]

Warm Weather Brings an Earlier Ginkgo Spraying Season

The ginkgo tree is a thing of beauty with its stick straight branches reaching toward the sky and fan shaped leaves that are a lovely shade of green all spring and summer, before turning to a bright shade of yellow come fall. Well, at least the male ginkgo tree is a thing of beauty. The […]

Bring a Smile to Haiti When You Visit Nats Park in April

The Washington Nationals in partnership with Gifts In Kind International will host the “Bring a Smile To Haiti Drive” beginning on April 3rd and lasting throughout all April home games. Nationals fans may donate new toothbrushes at the Community Desk, located on the Main Concourse in Left Field, or at the Dream Foundation Kiosk, located […]

Metro Mutts Opens April 3

Washington City Paper readers recently named H Street, NE the best up and coming neighborhood, and business owners Anna Lappas-Collins, Lee Hartshorn and Kelly Hartshorn couldn’t agree more. The partners, who live in the neighborhood, decided that they wanted to open a business on H Street and Metro Mutts was born. “Anna and her husband have […]