Do you walk or drive near the Potomac Avenue Metro Station? If so, you probably realize that this intersection is, to say the least, problematic. Thankfully, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is planning a series of public meetings on pedestrian safety for the Pennsylvania Avenue and Potomac Avenue intersection. It’s an opportunity for the […]
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I am currently in the last throes of the writing of my latest book, on the urban legends of Washington DC, so today, I will talk about a statue in the Rotunda of the Capitol, around which many different stories have swirled. According to a writer on the website Conservatives4Palin.com, “Within the walls of the […]
Guest contributor Dare Johnson Wenzler is a Capitol Hill resident, Realtor and co-owner of First Vine Wine Imports + Sales. This post also appears on her blog Real Estate On (and off!) the Hill. 635 South Carolina Ave SE could be an interesting opportunity for someone with a little vision. Located in the “heart of […]
The latest season at the Folger Theatre is wrapping up with one of my favorite Shakespeare comedies: Twelfth Night. With love triangles, mistaken identities, scheming, sword fights and drunken hilarity, Twelfth Night’s storyline is as intricate (and more entertaining) as your average daytime soap opera. The show opens with a shipwreck that separates Viola and […]