‘Tis the season to be busy…holiday shopping, decorations, parties with friends and families. I know my weekends are busy during the month of December, but fortunately there are some breaks to catch my breath and actually enjoy the season. Capitol Hill is filled with festive diversions this coming weekend—there are plenty of opportunities to jump […]
Some are saying that Barracks Row is turning into the next Adams Morgan. Some say they welcome new restaurants and that the two-hour wait at the existing establishments suggests there is certainly a market for more. And as retailers close or move to new locations — for a variety of reasons — questions are being […]
Last night at Brent Elementary, ANC 6B’s Norman Metzger moderated a panel experienced in the process and effects of moratoriums on different types of business licenses related to alcohol. The issue has been raised because of concern about the number of bars and restaurants on Barracks Row as there’s an appearance of declining retail. The […]
An abundance of trash on your street? Cars driving too fast in your neighborhood? Looking for a way to get more involved in the community? Your Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner is here to help (and yes, he/she ran for the position knowing it was unpaid!) This week, I sat down with Commissioner Kirsten Oldenburg (ANC 6B […]
Some of us love the theater. It’s more than just dialogue on paper: it’s an exhilarating feeling of imagining situations coming to life and of how to deliver them in a most powerful way. It’s the way the words convey so much more; the clever asides; the soliloquies exposing real motives, and the monologues conveying […]