Today, Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells announced the introduction of legislation that would allow for overhead wires to power streetcars on the H Street, NE/Benning Road line. This follows a late-night move by Council Chair and mayoral candidate Vincent Gray to remove funding for streetcars from the District’s 2010 budget after residents and businesses have […]
This was a particularly difficult morning. Tuesday had to play the part of a Monday after a glorious three-day weekend . It’s a thankless gig and it’s never going to be easy. My house was ready for summer to just get on with it and begin today. That speaks well of the weekend we had, […]
For those of you who are wondering what’s up with the status of plans to redesign Eastern Market Metro Plaza aka “Capitol Hill Town Square,” (or going back several years back, the Gateway project, with actual arches or gates) all in order to create a L’Enfantian landscape – well, I did too and I had […]
Welcome back after what I hope was a great Memorial Day weekend! I’m nursing some serious sunburn from my weekend camping and canoeing out on the Patuxent River and am already looking forward to the next time I get to spend a weekend in the woods. Claudia is off hiking the Inca Trail, so I’m […]
No better way to spend a long weekend than sitting on the front stoop early on a Saturday, drinking lemonade and making money off the stuff you don’t need anymore. If you’re having a yard sale this weekend, tell us the details in the Comments: the what, when and where. And good luck to all […]