You’ve all heard the joke: How do you make a small fortune in the [art/wine/horse] business? Start with a large one. Well, add another one to that: The early real estate business on Capitol Hill. No one better exemplifies this than Thomas Law, who arrived here in 1795 with a large fortune — and ended […]
Friday: Honfleur Gallery (7 p.m. to 9 p.m.) ARCH Development Corporation will officially present the First Annual East of the River Distinguished Artist Award to B.K. Adams at a reception at Honfleur Gallery. The award is presented to a seasoned artist of any discipline who lives and work East of the River and has impacted […]
Two weeks of conventions are coming to an end and our wonkier neighbors will be back in town flush with that partisan-high. How best to distract them and ourselves from these swamp-like conditions? Tonight head to The Argonaut for a fundraiser for the Maslin Family. The beloved local tavern is donating 20 percent of all […]
DCist gave a nod to section of Congressional Cemetery that honors gay service members. ANC Commissioner Norm Metzger reported that Back Stage will be closing this winter and will be replaced by a wine and beer retail shop called Dcanter. Frozen Tropics shared a NBC 4 report that the police have a possible DNA break […]
Finding a house in D.C. by its address is, today, a trivial operation. The numbers match-up with the streets, and thus make navigation child’s play. It was not always this easy. For the first 50-or-so years, D.C. had no street numbers. Addresses were given as “n side Ls btw 7 & 8e,” leaving it up […]