How sad is this? The owners of the house on the corner of F St & 4th St SE decorate their corner lot with great enthusiasm each Halloween gifting the rest of us with a spooky delight. And look what happens. Grrrr. We hope it is soon returned, if it has not been already. But […]
UPDATE: Dangerously Delicious Pies is donating 10% of their proceeds on December 13. YUM! In November 2015, after months of requests for information concerning DOJ prosecution rates in D.C., ANC Commissioner Denise Krepp submitted a request under the Freedom of Information Act. “Based on my review of MPD and DOJ documents, prosecution rates are abysmally low and […]
Stabbing in the Senate Colleen Shogan Camel Press 2015 Thrillers set on Capitol Hill have a long history – the Mystery Reader’s Walking Guide: Washington D.C. lists some 100 books set at least partially on the Hill. Some are well-known, such as Margaret Truman’s Murder on Capitol Hill, others like Carolyn Banks’s The Girls on […]
Giving Tuesday is here!!!! Why Giving Tuesday? Let’s make a list of abundance: On Thanksgiving, I gave thanks for excellent food, a warm home and love from friends and family. On Black Friday, I gleefully disdained consumerism– who needs shopping? However, Small Business Saturday was spent patronizing my beloved corner store, for which I can never […]
I have previously written about visitors to the Washington Navy Yard. Today, I introduce another group: The first ambassadors to the United States from the newly opened country of Japan. In 1860, seven years after Commodore oorooatthew Perry had established trading with Japan, the Japanese government sent an ambassador to the United States, along with […]