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 […]
Senator Mary Landrieu is one of the most influential legislators in Congress. She is Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship, centrally involved in the consuming debate on a sweeping health-care bill, and active in energy issues, child-focused legislation, and women’s care. She rallied hard for rebuilding and reforming Louisiana when Hurricane Katrina devastated her state, but […]
Hanukkah is here, Christmas is less than two weeks away, my calendar is packed with holiday parties, I have yet to start shopping for gifts, and I have a cold that just refuses to go away. I have tried to just about every remedy and OTC I can think of, but if you have a […]
For the next two weeks, our contributors will be sharing photos and stories about their favorite holiday decorations. We would like to invite our readers to join us in showing off their decorations and telling us why they’re so special. Please submit a photo or two and a brief explanation (100 words or less, please) […]
The following meetings are coming up this week: ANC 6D monthly meeting will be held at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church,600 M Street, SW, at 7 pm. Lower 8th St. SE Visioning Process Meeting will be held at 8:30 am and again at 7 pm at The Peoples’ Church, 535 8th Street, SE. (Update: here is […]