30 Jan 2013

School Update: DCPS Lottery and SWS Expansion

For those of you who have let the Biological Imperative overtake your brain, here are some important dates and links. Everyone else, here is a video of a little octopus climbing over a rock. You’re welcome. 1. DCPS Preschool/Pre-K and Out-Of Boundary Lottery If you have school-age children who will be attending public school in […]


29 Jan 2013

Get a "Taste of the Market"

One of the more popular charitable events held each year is the Taste of the Nation DC evening at the National Building Museum. The party brings together chefs and mixologists from tens of DC establishments for a night of eating and drinking that benefits Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign, which aims to end […]


29 Jan 2013

Hill Buzz

ANC6B Commissioner Kirsten Oldenburg provided a summary of the many transportation related developments happening around the Hill. Washington Post’s Capital Business Blog reported that only one developer responded to the city’s request for proposals for the first phase of the development of Reservation 13. Housing Campus examined Gallaudet’s 2022 Campus Plan. DC Urban Turf shared […]


28 Jan 2013

Hill's Eye View: Rain, Wind & Snow

Isn’t funny how you think you really know a place but all it takes is a little water, snow or mist to make it feel like a stranger? Have you captured the texture of Capitol Hill with unusual perspectives, techniques or angles? Show them off and share them with the THIH flickr group


28 Jan 2013

Lost Capitol Hill: Back Rooms and Shady Deals

I have recently looked at some of the aspects of Prohibition on the Hill, looking at the raids of 1931, as well as the production of liquor here. That still leaves one important aspect of the alcohol trade unexplained: The sale thereof. Most was, of course, sold under the counter at establishments that sold “near […]


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