Tim Krepp

Tim is The Hill is Home's resident curmudgeon. He is a tour guide and the author of two books, Capitol Hill Haunts and Ghosts of Georgetown, as well as shorter pieces which have appeared in the Washington City Paper, Huffington Post, and other outlets. He also maintains, and very occasionally updates, the blog DC Like a Local, which seeks to provide useful tips to Washington’s visitors. Recently, Tim was a happily unsuccessful candidate for the D.C. Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, and takes an active interest in improving his community. Tim lives on Capitol Hill with his wife, Denise, and two daughters.

Tim Krepp
03 Aug 2010

Just Fill This Thing Out, OK?

Hey! You! Yeah, you! That’s right, I know you’re flipping through your bookmarks, checking Facebook, clicking on your Twitter feed, desperate for something to amuse you. Well, nothing is happening. Nothing is going to happen. No matter how many times you click refresh. So why don’t you hook me up and fill out this survey […]


28 Jul 2010

Juvenille Violence? Oh, Yeah, Whatever Happened With That?

We tend not to pay a whole lot of attention to juvenile crime, until a spate of high profile events hit us. Before Snowpocalypse drove it from minds, carjacking was on top of everyone’s minds. And some time before that a spate of crimes near Potomac Avenue Metro was heating up the listservs. But between […]


21 Jul 2010

Armed Robbery at CVS on 12th

Just when we were all bemoaning the poor quality of criminal enterprises on the Hill, two gentlemen proved us wrong this morning. It appears that we have stepped it up, crime wise. This morning at 9:21, an armed guard and his assistant were restocking an ATM with cash at the CVS on the corner of […]


15 Jul 2010

The To Do List

I hope everyone else is breathing a little easier now that it is back to our normal balmy (i.e. not hellish) weather. I’ll take some rain and a flooded basement with a smile this week, thank you very much. It looks like we might encounter a thunderstorm or two throughout the weekend, but if you’re […]


17 May 2010

Apparently, I Hate You All

So, a few weeks ago, I got a call from a Washington Post reporter, Annys Shin, regarding some comments I had made on a Greater Greater Washington post regarding strollers on the Circulator. We chatted briefly about the challenges and rewards of urban parenting and then I more or less forgot about the conversation until […]


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