Another week, another famous ship being built at the Washington Navy Yard. This one is best known for its very first voyage, when it carried a famous Revolutionary War hero back to his home in France. The 1820s were a quiet time for the armed forces of the United States, and especially its Navy. Nonetheless, […]
The Hill is Home reader Kristine Marsh alerted us to the wonderful work DDOT crews deployed over the weekend of August 7: 4th Street NE (southbound) and 6th Street NE (northbound) are now clearly delineated, with a bright coat of green paint to let motorists (and texting pedestrians?) know to watch out for oncoming bikes. […]
Nathan Anda of Red Apron will open a neighborhood bar on Barracks Row, hopefully as soon as this fall. After the quick and, as it turns out, legally embattled, closing of Kraze Burgers on Barracks Row last spring, the cozy spot at 415 8th Street SE sat empty for well over a year. During that time, Barracks […]
You may remember when I wrote about the pop-up yoga events, Practice With Love, at the Southeast Neighborhood Library, which also happen at the United States National Arboretum and the United States Botanic Garden Saturdays and Sundays. The yoga instructors work for free but accept tips at all these events. You may also remember the Silent Disco […]
On Sunday at 10 a.m. about 30 DC kids sang their version of Last Week Tonight’s States’ song, from the August 2, 2015 show at the East Front Capitol. Apart from the kids and their parents the happy crowd included Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Shadow Senators Michael D. Brown and Paul Strauss, and Miss District […]