Seeing a piano on wheels is indeed a sign to capture @Louisedettman. In fact, you never know what you’ll see at Eastern Market, and isn’t that the joy of it? The vendors like to see you rain or shine, so grab your tote and head on over the rainy weekend. Do you see unusual sights […]
Spring is actually happening as we speak. If you are new around here we are experiencing that sweet spot of spring just before the mosquitoes ruin everything. Get out there. Tonight, get ready for spring entertaining at the Union Market Test Kitchen. Puddin’ will share some of the secrets to Southern cooking with some lucky students. […]
Happy Tuesday, Capitol Hill! Hope you’re enjoying the warmth, because it’ll leave us for a little bit early next week. What’s buzzing, besides the first crop of mosquitoes? DCist wrote a lovely obituary for Matt Wixon of Bookstore Movers. Rest in peace, Matt. Brgz is coming to Eastern Market (Estrn Mrkt?) and the Patch has […]
Over the last two weeks, I have looked at a long-gone alley in NE Washington, Schott’s Alley. While the press at the time was almost uniformly negative, the longer piece by Pauline Pry was particularly dour, to the point that it seemed that the author had some kind of ax to grind. A very different […]
Last week, I gave an overview of Schott’s Alley, which existed for many years in the shadow of the Senate Office Building. As a look at the census records showed, it was the dominion of the laborers and the recently arrived in the city. Unsurprisingly, Schott’s Alley rarely appeared in the pages of the news […]