After a hopefully entertaining excursion into the spiritual world, I return again to this plane of existence, and my usual musings on Capitol Hill history. Today’s subject is a temporary hospital built on a piece of vacant land in the wide-open spaces of eastern Washington DC during the Civil War. It was named after the […]
A few months back an old friend started to post about her early days as a DC Rollergirl. The posters for the events were enough to pull me in — and I hadn’t even seen the publicity shots. Ahem, look to your left for an eyeful of fishnet, garter belts, eyeliner gone wrong and lots […]
I’m always amazed to see how rituals develop. One year someone has an idea, and suddenly things take off and become greater than the sum of their parts. My husband, the early bird, was the first one to see them, on our first Halloween on the Hill. “They are HUGE!” he practically squealed– and if […]
BOO! Happy Halloween Hill folk! I hope everyone’s ready to get their sugar high on this weekend! If you don’t have kids, it’s time to borrow some (it’s a good idea to know the parents and ask permission) and hit the streets for some candy and mayhem good clean fun! And, you get an extra […]
Do you wander through the newly re-opened Eastern Market and wonder about the history of the place? Wish you had some of the “inside story” on the process of getting the market to the great place it is today? Join us once more for a chance to talk with the experts about the renovation and […]