Did you know that volunteering is not just a good way to help your community, but that it also has health benefits? A 2013 study from Psychology and Aging concluded that volunteering at least 200 hours in a year lowers your risk of hypertension! You can read a little more about how volunteering is good […]
Well hello and I hope you are surviving pollen season. I highly recommend a daily regimen local honey and a lot of twisting poses. Or go the Flonase and Zyrtec route. Whatever it takes to survive. A few major religious holidays happen this weekend so you may have much of your weekend planned already– but […]
Happy DCPS Spring Break, DC! Hope you’re getting to relax as your kiddos whine about the plans you made! What’s been going on? An excellent Washington Post article about neighborhood schools, what integration truly looks like, and about former Ward 6 representative to the DC State Board of Education and his daughter, Malia. It’s a […]
It’s no secret that DC is serious about their hockey — no matter what the haters may say. If you want to watch hockey and help out a good cause, stop by the Big Stick , 20 M Street SE, tonight starting at 7 p.m. From puck-drop until the game is over, you can get […]
While researching Schott’s Alley over the last month or so, I kept running into mentions of an “Americanization School”— an entirely new concept to me. What is an Americanization School? Before the First World War, there was some concern that certain immigrants were not being integrated into the country quickly enough and that they needed […]