As the nights get longer and colder, and as we get closer to Hallowe’en, it is time to dig out the ghost stories of the Hill. Fortunately, there seems to be an unending supply of them, and so today we look at a ghost that haunted the northeast Hill for many years.
There’s still time to get your ticket to this year’s Literary Feast, the annual around-the-Hill event where hosts invite guests into their homes for a meal based on a book of their choosing. This year features 35 meals based on, among others, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Alice in Wonderland, Choose Your […]
Local business has been a hot topic around here this week. A number of retailers are closing, and it seems as though we are only getting restaurants in their place. Explanations about rents and property taxes have been thrown around, as well as questions about what can be done. One idea that has come up […]
This week’s earlier post on the closing of Chateau Animaux reminded me again of this post from DCist from September 11, 2007 reporting the rumor that a Gap might be coming to Barracks Row. Obviously, that never happened. The DCist post had several positions for and against which all ring pretty hollow looking at the […]
Survive the high humidity and brutal heat of a DC summer and the unpredictable nature of a DC winter and residents are rewarded with two months of great weather: April and October. Temperatures are crisper, the humidity is lower, and it’s mostly a pleasure to be outside. Why not spend some time outside this weekend? […]