Kenny Chesney got it right in his song “The Boys of Fall,” which serves as a tribute to small town football stars; fall is the season of the football player, be him small town quarterback or big time wide receiver. Beginning in September and lasting into the new year, our weekends, already filled with trips […]
Woohoo! Long weekend! I mean, let’s stop for a moment and be thankful for labor. And what better way to honor hard work and long hours than by stretching a two-day break into three? Lots of people will be heading out of town for one more dip at the shore, but if you’re hanging on […]
Ah the quiet days of August. Congress is out, the last family vacations are under way before the start of school, and it’s hot and muggy so few people want to be outdoors. Oh, are you still here too? If you plan on hanging around the Hill this coming weekend, here are few fun things […]
The weather hasn’t settled into any sort of understandable pattern lately, but summer rolls along steadily. DC has experienced torrential downpours, almost-tornadoes, an earthquake, power outages, and blistering heat so far. What’s next? Locusts? Maybe a freak blizzard. That almost sounds nice… Fortunately there’s still plenty to do on the Hill this weekend to take […]
Did you ever think that temperatures in the high 80’s would be considered cool? Neither did I, but that was before the calendar flipped to 2010 — when we learned that 50 plus inches of snow and an exceptionally cold spring would lead into a summer of triple digit temperatures and oppressive humidity. Why not […]