A sad and bizarre story this morning from near Eastern Market. DC Fire and EMS responded to a car fire in a garage on the corner of 8th and A ST SE a little before 5 AM today. Once on scene, firefighters found heavy smoke and fire in a garage. While the fire was quickly […]
I have no wisdom or snark or domestic lamentations this morning. The weekend took a sharp turn on Saturday as news of the tragic events in Tuscon reached us. Maybe we here on the Hill are feeling it more because this is where some of the victims work. Maybe it’s the parent in me lamenting […]
Washington DC is full of “temporary” things that have become permanent, and critics often decry any “temporary” government action by saying that it is bound to become permanent. There are, however, numerous excellent counter-examples, with the best-known probably the tempos built on the Mall during World War II. Closer to home, though somewhat earlier, there […]
If Little Red Riding Hood were wandering about the neighborhood and stumbled upon 1012 F St, NE, I think she’d deem it “just right”. This 3/2 has spacious bedrooms, a nice family room in the basement and ample storage. It has also been recently updated with a large kitchen, modern bathrooms and great colors throughout. […]
Well, the 112th Congress opened its session on Wednesday with a low blow to their surroundings, stripping the DC Delegate of voting on the floor in Committee of the Whole matters. While this website concerns itself more with matters of the Capitol Hill neighborhood and more-or-less ignores the big-domed building in the middle, the actions […]