What has this week taught us? Apart from the fact that everyone is allergic to some aspect of spring, we have learned that when people are unhappy en masse, crazy-but-true headlines happen and they happen again–though, apparently, not in threes. Anyway, how can we forget all this crap and relax this week, you ask? Here are a […]
One hundred and fifty-five days ago yesterday Abraham Lincoln signed a bill “An Act For the Release of Certain Persons Held to Service or Labor in the District of Columbia” which freed all the slaves in the District of Columbia. This marked the first time the Federal Government freed any slaves, and the only time the […]
What can you do if construction crews are seriously disrupting your life, or if you feel the crews are not following the law? Here's where to start.
If you haven’t attended a play at Mosaic Theater, 1333 H Street NE, inside the Atlas Performing Arts Center, I strongly recommend you do. Not only is it great to have contemporary theater right in our own backyard, but the quality of the acting, the thoughtfulness that goes into choosing the season’s plays and the […]
Last week, we looked at Gilbert Vanderwerken and his Omnibus, the first truly viable form of public transportation in the District of Columbia. Today, we will finish up the story. While it is unclear what Vanderwerken did about “loose hanging fat” being transported in his omnibuses, the latter half of the 1850s were a bit […]