The weather hasn’t settled into any sort of understandable pattern lately, but summer rolls along steadily. DC has experienced torrential downpours, almost-tornadoes, an earthquake, power outages, and blistering heat so far. What’s next? Locusts? Maybe a freak blizzard. That almost sounds nice… Fortunately there’s still plenty to do on the Hill this weekend to take […]
Rosé wines have a bad rap. The reason? Most consumers think of sickeningly sweet white Zinfandel and “blush” wines. While such wines do offer an opportunity to notice “hints of Kool-Aid with a strong dose strawberry jolly rancher,” they’re pretty bad. True Rosés, though, can be wonderful. They’re generally bone dry or slightly off-dry, and they’re […]
The email comes in: can anyone attend a community meeting? The topic is of special interest to me, as I am a parent on the Hill, and the meeting happens to be about food in the District’s public schools. But really, it doesn’t matter– here is another interesting community meeting; but for many parents and […]
Tonight is the 27th Annual National Night Out. Sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch, NNO is a community-level initiative across the US to bring together “citizens, law enforcement agencies, civic groups, businesses, neighborhood organizations and local officials”. According to the NNO website, their objectives are to: Heighten crime and drug prevention awareness; Generate […]
When Ramona and I got to Art & Soul last Wednesday, it was hot, humid and the skies were threatening rain. We’d come up into the lobby from the parking garage and were kindly greeted by everyone we saw, but quickly exited the hotel to head to the patio at Art & Soul where we […]