The 6th grade class at Stuart Hobson Middle School was treated to an inspiring town hall with Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton today, February 25, as a culmination to this year’s Black History Month. During an hourlong session, kicked off by the Stuart Hobson Middle School choir’s rendition of “We Shall Overcome,” Norton fielded questions from […]
It seems like just yesterday that H Street NE was all torn up, under construction, and thoroughly bereft of a cheerful and ringing red tram. And then, on February 27, 2016 –a date that will be forever known as #ChooChoo7– the DC Streetcar started lighting up our lives officially and becoming a a perennial punch […]
Did you hear? Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez lives in Navy Yard. Great! A new neighbor who can join my wife Holly, my dog, Sprocket and me at the Friday night concerts, Thursday night movies and Sunday morning farmers’ markets, as well as enjoy Slipstream, All Purpose, Agua 301, the Big Stick, Cornercopia, Pacers, Willow, Steadfast Supply and […]
I have often written about guide books to Washington D.C., focusing on what they have to say about Capitol Hill. So when I found a thick volume entitled Thirty Years in Washington, I had to get it. Written by “Mrs. John A Logan” – actually Mary Simmerson Cunningham Logan [pictured] – the book is subtitled […]
If you live and drive on the Hill, your car probably has had its share of battle scars from sitting out on the street. From careless drivers hitting your car and not leaving so much as a note (see THIH alum Tim Ebner’s tweet below), to kind of losing 10 years’ worth of recipes in […]