Thanks to the Sports on the Hill enterprise, aspiring youth soccer, softball and lacrosse players commandeer the Hill’s playing fields each weekend throughout the spring and fall. There’s even a wrestling league. The newest sport to hit the local kid craze is tennis, and a league for not only youth but also adults is in […]
Let’s face it: when the snow totals rival those of upstate New York and make history, you are bound to develop an extreme case of cabin fever. Plus, Valentine’s Day is this weekend so you can either make a date with your sweetie or gather together with a bunch of friends to celebrate ironically. It’s […]
Every Valentine’s Day, I wait until the last minute to purchase a card and gift for my husband. It’s not that I don’t love him. It’s not that I don’t want to express my love for him with gifts and cards that make my bank account shrink and Hallmark’s stock go up. It’s just that […]
You would think there was a festival on Capitol Hill. With all of this snow going to turn the ground into squishy mud, and you look around and expect staid Yankee footwear, but you don’t get it for long. Stand on any street and you will see the utilitarian scuffed black boots with a bit […]
From a seat inside Starbucks, we watched a man clear the roof of the National Capital Bank — with a 2×4. The children sipping hot chocolate nearby were in awe and worried about his safety. Based on the conversation on the HillEast listserv there is a great deal of concern about how our flat roofs […]