The topic of insects is quite popular in my house these days. We spoon heaps of honey on top of Greek yogurt at breakfast, so the topic of bees rouses interest. While locally-sourced honey is said to help children develop immunity to allergies, we mostly like it because it’s sticky and delicious, and besides, its golden goodness […]
This has not been the easiest season with the Nats, has it? Which is why now, more than ever, we need to take a collective deep breath, realize that summer giveth and summer taketh away, and gaze lovingly at life. Marvel at how it mirrors all the sadness and joy that moves as fast as that […]
One of the more picturesque aspects of urban life, the alley plays an important role in our modern urban life: they are not just holders of garbage cans and keepers of the parking spot, but they are doorways to secret gardens, urban oases, music venues and more. Alley buildings and Capitol Hill go hand in […]
Capitol Hill is getting another grocery store that will make many residents very excited. Washington Business Journal reported today that Trader Joe’s will be opening a store on Capitol Hill in the Hine School project site. The store is expected to open in 2017.
Paging through old newspapers, you often come across classified ads that would not have been out of place in the Agony Column of the London Times, which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had his creation, Sherlock Holmes, describe as “a chorus of groans, cries, and bleatings! A rag-bag of singular happening! But surely the most valuable […]