As many of you know, there has been an ongoing effort to have Barney Circle designated as a Historic District. There are pros and cons and many opinions on whether or not this is something neighbors actually want, and that’s a post I’m working on for next week. In the meantime, the Historic Preservation Office […]
Fellow Hill residents, I have a question for you. Why are your tree boxes such a mess? I ask with sympathy and understanding. When I bought my home on the Hill, I inherited an overgrown, unsightly tree box, and after a year living in my home the city agreed with me and sent me a […]
Sometime last month, I attended an event at the yet-to-be-opened Chesapeake Room and though there was no food service at that event, I already loved the atmosphere and of course the large, tented patio on the corner of 8th Street SE and E Street SE. The Chesapeake Room officially opened for business Memorial Day weekend, […]
How is this second official day of summer treating you, dear readers? The thing I have the hardest time with when the temperatures spike into the 90s is that my office cranks up the A/C so much I want to pull out my winter sweaters and gloves. But if I dress to stay warm at […]
Scorching. Blistering. Fry an egg on the sidewalk…are you sick of the heat talk yet? I am. Oh it was a super-hot one and no, actually, it wasn’t the humidity it was just bloody H.O.T. How did the THIHers manage the heat?