It’s the first weekend of December and there is nothing like Capitol Hill during the holidays. In between showing your support for local shops and artisans, check out these fun activities on and around the Hill. Thursday, December 3 For those lucky folks with tickets, tonight’s the National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on the Ellipse at […]
Capitol Hill is, by virtue of its age, filled with historic homes. You could live next to a home once frequented by a president or in a home designed by one of the District’s premiere, turn-of-the-century architects. So, if you are like me and you’ve often wondered about who once wandered the halls of your […]
Every year, under the guise of New Year’s resolutions, we get a chance to kick bad habits en masse. Personally, I’m a SMART goal setter. Yeah, yeah, my husband groaned a little bit too when I started getting all specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely at our annual post-holidays Indian-food-resolution-setting dinner several years ago. But […]
It’s the turkey hangover edition! Somehow, the first Monday back at work after a long Thanksgiving weekend is harder than most. The December stretch of holiday parties and light work load is here, and all you can think about is that next long break for Christmas, then New Year’s…and then those pesky New Year’s resolutions […]
One of the original missions of The Hill is Home was to bring together important and useful information about Capitol Hill into one place online. With everything else going on in our lives, it can be difficult to remember when and where your local ANC meeting takes place, what the URL is for their web […]