Under a full moon casting shifting shadows, a man with a cane and a dusty bowler hat beckoned. Then came his friend cradling a white (plastic) skull, while luminous faces bobbed and wove below the shimmer of the glass Eastern Market Metro-plex. Welcome to the Capitol Hill Ghost Tour, hosted by Tim Krepp, tour guide, […]
With Hallowe’en coming up, it is time to take a break from talking about people and buildings that Capitol Hill has lost, and instead focus on some people who will not go away. Capitol Hill is, as it turns out, crawling with ghosts and it seems as if every major building has one tucked away […]
THIH told you to head over to Lincoln Park this morning. If you didn’t make it, you missed a rare treat, as well as the liver-flavored kind. Reverend Milton Williams, Jr., the rector at St. Monica’s and St. James Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill, presided over a Blessing of the Animals at Lincoln Park this […]
If you’re planning to leave the Hill this weekend for errands, don’t forget about the street closures for the Army 10-miler. While the race only comes as far as the West Lawn of the Capitol, it will make getting around town a bit difficult. Streets will be closed from approximately 8am until 11am on Sunday […]
A few posts ago, I talked about dipping a toe in the vast MOtH waters. Silence followed. It turns out that it is not easy to talk about MOtH, because it has become something greater than the sum of its members, for better and for… not exactly worse, really. I do find that discussing MOtH […]