When I called Heidi Johnson, she was with a patient, but she wasn’t in an office or an exam room—she was at the Capitol Hill home of a child with possible strep throat. Accompanying her was her well-stocked, oversized black bag. Johnson a certified pediatric nurse practitioner (CPNP), comes to you. That is to say, to your […]
Night had come to the town of Alton, Illinois and a crowd began to gather in the darkness. Some of the men stooped to gather stones. Others fingered the triggers of the guns they carried as they made their way to a warehouse on the banks of the Mississippi River. Such begins a report from […]
It’s an unusually warm Monday morning in November. Umbrella strollers and double joggers are lined up outside of SOVA Espresso & Wine. Inside, Mr. Skip, a cross between your favorite English teacher and Jimmy Buffet, entertains an audience of infants, toddlers and grown-ups on the second floor of the H Street coffee house. The event […]
Continuing our series of “How the Schools of Capitol Hill Got Their Name,” I’ll follow up on fellow tour guide and Hill dad Tim Krepp’s recent article with a discussion of my son’s school, Ludlow-Taylor Elementary School. Zachary Taylor is a no-brainer– Old Rough and Ready, Mexican-American War hero and 12th President of the United […]
Along with several new specials, H Street Country Club is bringing in more family-focused events. The highly amusing putt-putt course has also received some enhancements that should make some of the more challenging holes a bit more manageable (like the nearly-impossible Lincoln Memorial hole). Saturdays and Sundays from 11am – 4pm there will be food […]