We periodically share updates from your ANC commissioners. Although these are most pertinent to particular single member districts (SMDs), we feel the information shared can be of interest to the whole Capitol Hill community. Are you an ANC commissioner who shares regular updates? Add thehillishome@gmail.com to your distribution list, please! – Maria Helena Carey & […]
@betsypoos We love your little elf and the gorgeous Capitol Christmas tree. Thanks for sharing her and spreading your yuletide joy. Dear readers, please share your photos too. We take elves, reindeer, dogs, cats, decked halls — the list goes on. Tag them #thehillishome; we wan’t wait to see them!
When English is not your first language –and it isn’t for me, despite having lived immersed in the language for longer than I lived in my primary language– you are bound to miss some dialogue when you’re at the movies. The English language is downright devilish to understand sometimes; add in dialectical differences and two […]
A favorite phrase of President George H.W. Bush has been floating around my head. The “thousand points of light” campaign had its critics, but it’s alive and contagious in this neighborhood. Here on the Hill there are folks who can volunteer a lot, others who volunteer a few times a year, some who make sizable […]
Over the last two weeks, I have told the story and aftermath of an early attempt to film at the Capitol. Today, I want to look at a coda to this tale –one that particularly amuses me as a tour guide who has frequent interactions with the Capitol Police. As mentioned, one of the main […]