31 Aug 2017

Dining:

First Bite: District Winery

The much-anticipated opening of District Winery is here and I could not be more excited. I love wine and I love good food, but I love them best together and within walking distance of my home. I did not have reservations at Ana, the restaurant inside District Winery, but decided to try my luck on opening […]


31 Aug 2017

Volunteering & Giving:

Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts

If you’re feeling powerless about the devastation and sadness coming out of Houston and want to help, here are a couple of things you can do. If you want to help with your dollars and your stomach (and don’t want to donate to the Red Cross directly, maybe), the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington has […]


30 Aug 2017

Eastern Market:

Once More, With Feeling: Should 7th Street Remain Closed?

In case you missed it, there was a special ANC 6B meeting on whether to keep 7th Street SE between North Carolina Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue closed to motor vehicle traffic during weekend market hours. (This has been an issue we’ve covered here and here.) One of our readers, Bryan Rodda, live tweeted the session […]


28 Aug 2017

History:

Lost Capitol Hill: Bloodfield

I will be straying off the Hill proper today – just a little bit – for a story that promises gore and depredation in large quantities. It is the history of a small neighborhood just across South Capitol Street from Capitol Hill, with the evocative name of Bloodfield. The earliest mentions of Bloodfield come in […]


24 Aug 2017

Local Politics:

When the National Park Service Doesn’t Take Responsibility for Your Local Park

We have been rolling out our Living on the Hill guides, aimed at making your life around the Hill and Ward 6 more navigable. Make sure you check them out! We even have a guide specifically to tell you which agency to contact if your local park needs fixing or cleaning. As a rule of […]


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