14 Feb 2012

The Anti-Valentine's Day Date

Valentine’s Day is the pits! Sure for those people who are aged 13 to about 30 and in a new relationship Valentine’s Day is the most glorious, romantic day of the year, but for the rest of us—singletons, long-been marrieds and (the dreaded) married with kids—we know better. For the rest of us, Valentine’s Day […]


14 Feb 2012

Hill's Eye View: From the Flickr Pool

Any idea where this shot was taken? Add your own mystery shots to our flickr pool.


14 Feb 2012

Hill Buzz

  Boundary Road opened last night — coverage from Frozen Tropics, EaterDC, and Urban Daddy. JDLand reported that starting March 31, DPW will be parking its truck fleet in NE instead of on New Jersey Avenue, SE.  This move will allow for the demolition of the old trash transfer building at New Jersey and K […]


13 Feb 2012

Lost Capitol Hill: Brinkley's Bar

With my book now at the printer, I can get back to mining the minutae of Hill history. Today’s chapter is an expansion of something I came across while researching the book, and finally, I had the time to find out more about Brinkley’s Bar, which graced 8th Street SE for about 20 years in […]


13 Feb 2012

92 Years on the Hill, and Writing Books: Mary Z. Gray, Signs Books Today

Think Capitol Hill has seen a lot of change in the last ten years? Imagine the change that Mary Z. Gray, who grew up above her family’s inherited funeral home at 301 East Capitol Street, has witnessed since her birth in 1919. Mrs. Gray has written a book, published locally by the Overbeck History Press, […]


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