Whether or not you enjoy the holidays you must admit the sudden quiet that overcomes the city is refreshing. This city, and this neighborhood, which means so many different things to different people around the world, becomes ours for a time. The tourists, members of Congress and their staff are all back where they come from, leaving […]
Many people have come to Capitol Hill to seek their fortune – or fame. Some, as we saw last week, went from the Hill to fame. But many, many more have arrived on the Hill with highest hopes, that they have found shattered or even landed them in jail. Usually, this happens to someone whose […]
Where do you turn when the roast gets burned on Christmas day? While most of the businesses on Capitol Hill will be closed on Christmas (some on Christmas Eve too–when in doubt call for hours), there are a number of restaurants and service providers that will open their doors for paying customers for people who […]
Remember when you were a kid and you would truly, deep down, believe that Santa could grant your craziest Christmas wish. Eventually, when that pony didn’t show up for the umpteenth time, you started to suspect that either mom and dad were in cahoots with Santa or he just wasn’t real. A very sad realization […]
By now most people have had to feed or at least dine with a vegetarian. There are varying degrees of veg-status, your pescatarains, vegans and the committed vegetarian who will still eat bacon. No judgement here. For my purposes today I am talking about the most common form of vegetarian, the ovo-lacto which means they eat […]