As a recent new homeowner, I’ve started looking for ways to green my day-to-day life more than we’ve been able to do in the past. We’ll be making changes to our home as time and budget permit, with a goal of living as ecologically-minded as possible over the coming years. Aside from recycling everything the […]
Since spring is officially here, it is only appropriate that we express our appreciation for the landscape of Capitol Hill and the people that make an effort to beautify it. Over the next few weeks the residents of the Hill will finally overcome their seasonal affective disorders. They’ll bask in the budding greenery as they […]
The District is filled with vacant homes. Some are constant eyesores, while others find new life—as places of business, condominiums, or simply new homes. For the residents of 11th Street SE, two very famous vacant Hill homes will soon find new life as high-end, single family homes when business partners JD Schmidt and Jesse Connell […]
So there was this Craigslist ad. Hipster Housecleaner H St NE “Like most hipsters I spend my time being totally ironic and getting seriously awesome. I recently lost my job being hella tight, looking sweet while hanging out in American Apparel and started a business cleaning houses and doing chores. I offer services that are […]
On February 16th, the Capitol Hill Energy Coop hosted a meeting with Jim Conlon of Elysian Energy to discuss the aggregate findings of home energy audits conducted on Capitol Hill since March of last year. Elysian is one of two companies the District Department of the Environment uses to conduct the audits, which are free […]