We all know our curbside recycling picks up aluminum cans, plastic bottle, newspapers, and glass jelly jars, but DC’s residential recycling program is far broader than these basic elements we started collecting years ago. Some conversations within our home and with neighbors made me think it was a good idea to check the Department of […]
I don’t mind winter in DC too much but when the Firefox weather tool bar shows frozen thermometers and wintery mix spilling out of gray clouds, I can’t help but daydream about moving to warmer climates. Like I’ve said before, if it’s going to be this cold, I want snow and all the fun that […]
One month ago I was on a warm, sunny, Caribbean beach. My primary wardrobe consisted of a variety of swimsuits, I completely eschewed shoes in favor of walking barefoot on the powdery sand and ate food so fresh it was literally picked or caught within sight of where I ate it. Soaking it all in, […]
Brrrr. Shiver. It was a reeeeally cold weekend. My drafty old row house has some pretty frigid rooms and I’m feeling like a popcicle as I type…maybe the Snuggie isn’t such a stupid idea after all. All this cold and no snow? Boo. I keep wishing for a snow day…perhaps I’m insane but I loved Snowmagedan. Sigh. […]
Most of the people that I have written about in this space lived for a long time on Capitol Hill, long enough to become part of the the fabric of the community. I’m particularly partial to those who actually were born here. But some who become a part of the Hill lived here for much […]