Perhaps the squirrels and the Farmer’s Almanac are right and we’ll have more than a bit of inclement weather this fall. Temperatures have dipped and all the talk is should we or shouldn’t we buy boots, should Santa leave a toboggan or snow disk under the tree and how much salt will we need to […]
The 1822 city directory of Washington DC, the city’s first, lists a number of people as either living near, or working at, the “Bank of Washington.” Today, no such establishment exists any more. In its day it was one of the more important banks on Capitol Hill, and, in fact, the oldest in all the […]
Guest contributor Dare Johnson Wenzler is a Capitol Hill resident, Realtor and co-owner of First Vine Wine Imports + Sales. This post also appears on her blog Real Estate On (and off!) the Hill. There’s not too much open house activity this holiday weekend ; only a handful. But there are some interesting ones… take […]
There are a lot of things to love about Thanksgiving: the food, the crazy relatives, the football, the time off work, the food and subsequent food coma…but my favorite part (aside from the food, if you didn’t pick up on that) is seeing people take a moment to think about what they are thankful for […]
We know. You need confectioner’s sugar because you came across a really good royal icing recipe you are suddenly dying to try out before the food coma kicks in (true story), or perhaps you need a present to show up with at your in-laws’, or you just want to get out of the house and […]