If it feels more like early March than late April, just wait till the weekend — temperatures are expected to hover in the mid-80s from Friday through Sunday. So it’s looking like a great weekend to finish your garden (it’s now safe to plant your tomatoes and peppers) or finish your spring cleaning. If you […]
Neighbors come and neighbors go, and trust me, all of mine have been interesting characters, including the former drug kingpins of 14th Street. The only one who has tempted my pocketbook is Enise, owner of Enise Jewelry and Silverado jewelry stores, and a stalwart of the North Carolina plaza at Eastern Market. Girls, you know […]
Last week, I had the pleasure of checking out the progress on Acqua al 2, soon to be opened across the street from Eastern Market at 212 7th St. SE. As I mentioned back in November, DC native Ari Gejdenson is bringing a third location of the Italian restaurant to the Hill (the first is […]
Beginning tonight, Marvelous Market on Capitol Hill will be hosting a wine tasting on the last Friday of every month until October. From 5-7 p.m., they’ll be opening some interesting and extremely affordable wines that should match the spring weather perfectly. For the whites, they’re opening a 2009 Picpoul de Pinet (a white Rhone that’ll […]
For those who are curious about where your fancy new hotel or Armani Exchange is, when the wrecking ball is coming to 7th and Pennsylvania (next summer, it seems), when you can feed the pigeons in the public piazza to be named Bard Square in apparent homage to future tenants Shakespeare Theater, and when you […]