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Sharee Lawler

Sharee Lawler is a recovering political junkie. After many years of invoking the First Amendment right of a Fortune 100 company to petition the government for redress of grievances (aka, lobbying for Big Business), she got her MBA and left government affairs to to offer business strategy and communications consulting geared towards small businesses. She and her husband lived on the Hill for 12 years, during which time she was, variously, an entrepreneur, lobbyist, volunteer, student, gardener, jogger, cyclist and hostess of many a backyard barbecue. You can contact Sharee at ShareeTheHillIsHome [at] gmail [dot] com.

Open House Round Up

Five bedrooms. Two car garage. Wood deck and flagstone patio. Five blocks from H Street. It exists, and its only $679,000. It won’t be on the Renovator’s House Tour this weekend, but you can check out this renovation on Sunday from 1-4pm. For the rest of this weekend’s open houses, check the full list, courtesy […]

Ima Pizza Releases Barracks Row Concept

Ima Pizza, which plans to open this spring at 415 8th Street, SE, has released a conceptual drawing of its space. The owner, Steve Salis, also composed an open letter to the neighborhood sharing his plans for offering a fresh, custom gourmet pizza experience on the Hill. I, for one, can never get enough of […]

H St Tree Boxes To Get New Look (Again)

During H Street, NE’s sidewalk reconstruction earlier this summer, new tree boxes were installed with large granite stones on the perimeter, filled in by 4-inch cube cobblestones installed at an angle to facilitate drainage. In addition to drainage, I’ve also heard these smaller cobbles referred to as facilitators for B&E and grand theft auto. This […]

Bring Your Mutt to Barracks Row Saturday

On Saturday, Metro Mutts opens its second Hill location, setting up shop on Barracks Row at 407 8th Street, SE. They will be celebrating with opening day cider and fall treats for pets and their humans. Co-owner Lee Hartshorn gave me a sneak peek of the work in progress on Wednesday night and I can […]

Redistricting Task Force Makes Final Recommendations

On Monday evening the Ward 6 redistricting task force voted on its final submission for Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) and Single Member District (SMD) boundaries. The task force’s recommendation can be found HERE. It was forwarded to Councilmember Wells on September 28, who will in turn submit it to the Council on September 30th. The […]