The Hill is Home reader Kristine Marsh alerted us to the wonderful work DDOT crews deployed over the weekend of August 7: 4th Street NE (southbound) and 6th Street NE (northbound) are now clearly delineated, with a bright coat of green paint to let motorists (and texting pedestrians?) know to watch out for oncoming bikes. […]
On Sunday at 10 a.m. about 30 DC kids sang their version of Last Week Tonight’s States’ song, from the August 2, 2015 show at the East Front Capitol. Apart from the kids and their parents the happy crowd included Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Shadow Senators Michael D. Brown and Paul Strauss, and Miss District […]
Since our initial post about a singalong for DC Statehood inspired by John Oliver and Last Week Tonight, more than a few people have been interested in either joining or knowing more about this effort. First off, here is what a few folks have been saying around the interwebs: Links from the Washington Post, HillNow, DCist, Washington City Paper, Quartz, KidfriendlyDC and Washingtonian. […]
A sad fact of Capitol Hill living and of city living in general? You’re bound to get mail stolen at some point in time. I wish I could reassure you, Hill dweller, that the mail you’ll lose is the People magazine where “a source” tells the world under the condition of anonymity that Ben Affleck felt […]
The same folks who brought you #SledFreeOrDie are at it again. This time, we all have John Oliver’s epic #DCStatehood push to thank. Read on: GIVE US YOUR CHILDREN!!!! By now, you’ve seen the John Oliver masterpiece succinctly pointing out the inequities in DC’s status as a federal enclave, right? No? Goddamnit, keep up here. […]