The first annual Hilly Awards for top-rated Hill businesses – based on a citizens poll – was one of those events that, though carefully planned and orchestrated, come off as an impromptu gathering of everyone you usually meet walking around the neighborhood plus those larger-than-life types you only hear from idle sidewalk chatter. All gleam and glisten […]
THIH will have a more comprehensive round up of the Hillys later this week, but the winners of the first annual Hilly Awards are: Restaurant/Cafe of the Year: Runner Up (TIE) – Peregrine Espresso and Matchbox Winner – Cava Service Provider of the Year: Runner Up – Capitol Hill Village Winner – DC Access Retailer […]
To-Do List Welcome to a glorious weekend with leaves making their multi-colored descent to the ground. I hope you’ll get out and enjoy a few of these activities throughout the weekend. Thursday Start the weekend a little early with a Thursday Mom’s Night Out visit to the 5th Anniversary celebration of Capitol Hill business Dawn Price […]
If money were no object, we would pick party dresses off gilded racks like fruit off trees, order up dresses for the grand ball from couture dressmakers in Milan and Paris or over at those glassy buzz-in boutiques flanking Mazza Gallerie, but this being Capitol Hill circa 2009, both savvy and thrift prevail. The economic downturn of the […]
It’s been quite a week around here with our first happy hour with our readers, some heated discussions in the comments section, rock-throwing kids making the news, a shooting that could have been a storyline in The Wire, and the biggest shocker: the Redskins actually won a game. And here’s what some other area blogs […]