Safeway really was the un-Safeway, and the only coffee you could buy there was Maxwell House Phase One and the Ani Difranco/Mary Chapin Carpenter/Madonna dancefest was the breadth of nightlife on 8th Street You could buy donuts and attitude at Sherrill’s at 3rd and Penn Harris Teeter was just a twinkle in the eye and […]
From Roll Call; subscription required: Capitol Hill Crime Down, but Muggings Don’t Slow June 16, 2009, By Emily Yehle, Roll Call Staff Capitol Hill’s crime rate has improved consistently over the past few years, inching downward with each newly renovated row house and revitalized neighborhood. But there’s one crime residents can’t seem to shake: muggings. […]
Hilary Cairns, 38, is a mom of three kids under 10. She is also ranked 31st nationally among triathaletes in her age group, 3rd in the Washington area. Cairns, who hasn’t missed one day of working out since her four year-old was two days old, swims in the pre-dawn hours at the Eastern Market natatorium […]
I’ve heard rumor that one of my neighbors has a bat house. I think it’s a good idea. They dine on mosquitoes and thanks to the standing water around my alley, my back yard seems a haven for the pesky bugs for most of the summer. I’ve thought of making my yard hospitable for them, […]
On the Hill East list serve, the issue of lead in the soil came up. With more and more residents digging into urban gardening, some research might be helpful. Tom said, “A few weeks back there were posts about lead in local soil and the effect on plants and vegetables. Last week’s NYTimes has this […]