It looks like another Pennsylvania Avenue dive bar is about to close. On Tuesday, the owners of 18th Amendment announced that after seven years the bar will be closing on Saturday, July 27th. The bar is a second home to New Orleans Saints, LSU Tigers and Georgia Bulldogs fans. It’s also where Marion Barry once […]
Here’s a bit of European history: Back in 1830, Belgium officially separated from the Netherlands. On July 21, 1831, the country installed Leopold I as its monarch, and thus became the Kingdom of Belgium, a French-speaking, Catholic, bourgeois country with a passion for making the world’s tastiest mussels, frites, beer and chocolate. (Thank you, Wikipedia!) […]
Yes, we all have heard how DC was built on a swamp, and we should therefore just accept the fact that it’s going to be humid, soupy and downright hot for several months of the year. Sorry, but that doesn’t make this author feel any better. It’s hot out. Crazy hot. It can be hot inside too. […]
The abundance of sun in DC is most notable in the summer, as we swelter in heat and humidity. Channeling that sunlight into energy is clean, quiet, and seemingly endless, but where to start? Capitol Hill has the highest concentration of homes powered by solar energy in the District. For many residents, though, the up-front […]
Are your ears still ringing from your local fireworks celebration? Did you take the day off because it just didn’t make sense to interrupt the weekend momentum initiated yesterday? Lucky you. Well the how shall you spend this rest of this weekend? Tonight keep the feel-good holiday-vibe at the Rock and Roll Hotel. The reggae-roots band […]