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, […]
Metro released the details of the changes to 20 major bus routes yesterday. The changes, which will go into effect on December 27, are detailed on WMATA’s web site. The major changes affecting the Hill include: X2 Benning Road – H Street Line Five new weekday trips (eastbound) will be scheduled in order to reduce […]
Throughout the month, this space will be dedicated to talking with local experts about ways to tackle some of the most common New Year’s resolutions (as determined by my highly unscientific Googling of the topic). So far in this series we’ve looked at Going Green and Eating Healthier. This week we are Getting Your Financial […]
For two of the last five years, I’ve spent Christmas in Madrid. It’s a lovely place to be, with large “Belén” (enormous nativity scenes, often with dozens of statues) in the public squares, and extraordinarily enthusiastic revelers. Last winter, I swear, one of every dozen people I encountered wore an elf or wizard hat or […]