In the pantheon of mythical childhood figures, there is one that cannot be praised highly enough in Capitol Hill: Ms. Frances Slaughter. The first time I heard her name, there was an echo of reverence in the voice of the person who said it. As my son kept approaching the right age to join a […]
It’s a week before Christmas, the end of Hanukkah and dear Goddess what have you got planned for the solstice?? Well time is a wastin’ and should you be in need of further distraction from your enormous to do list, THIH is here to oblige. Starting tonight: A German Christmas Folger Shakespeare Library December 17 […]
It’s that time of year again hungry Hillers. The time of year when restaurants are preparing to settle into the winter dearth of diners (the “I spent all my moolah on a Wii, or Kindle, or Garnet Hill cashmere, LL Bean gear, at Hill’s Kitchen, etc.” kind). A number of years back the New York […]
I fell in love with the District during my first visit to Eastern Market, but when my husband and I decided to settle down, we told our real estate agent that we wanted to look at condos closer to the downtown core. After weeks of looking at small, uninhabitable condos our agent suggested we look […]
This year I was reluctant to decorate our Christmas tree. I knew that when it came time to open the box filled with our most treasured ornaments I would find the ornaments my mom bought the summer of 2008, before the doctors discovered that the cancer had invaded her brain, before the chemo and radiation, […]