Tired of seeing dockless bikes on the sidewalk? Why not put them on the street, where they belong? (Personally, I love dockless bikes. Seems I’m squarely in the minority.) Streetsblog I will sorely miss the annual ritual of poking fun at/reading The Hill’s 50 Most Beautiful List. It may have been “a little ridiculous” (per Washingtonian) […]
While it has been over 60 years since the last execution in the District of Columbia, the first was done almost immediately after the founding of the city. The site? Just off Capitol Hill, and close enough for us to have a look at the deed today. James McGurk was nobody’s idea of a good […]
Tomorrow, April 28, is the day that you can safely dispose of all those prescription medications you’ve been storing under the sink or in your medicine cabinet (or empty shoebox, or carriage house, or safe deposit box?… I don’t know where else you’d keep them). Why a special day to dispose of medications? Several reasons: […]
From DDOT Tuesday, May 1, 2018 East Capitol Street over Anacostia River Right lane closure of Eastbound East Capitol Street followed by a right lane closure of Westbound East Capitol Street from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., weather permitting Wednesday, May 2, 2018 Eastbound East Capitol Street over Anacostia River Left lane closure from 10 a.m. to 11:30 […]
Clad in a shower cap, surgical gloves, plastic poncho, and makeshift galoshes fashioned from garbage bags, I looked more like a deranged surgeon in a low-budget horror flick than a runner ready to race the Boston Marathon. As I stood shivering ankle-deep in mud about to go head-to-head with a 20 mph headwind I couldn’t […]