We recently planted some new shrubs and plants in our yard, and it was just last week I felt that we chose some of the right vegetation when my wife called me outside to see the butterfly that had landed on our butterfly bush for a short break. While most folks on the Hill don’t […]
Pizza, for me, is more than dinner. I grew up in Staten Island, New York. The forgotten borough, perhaps, but the pizza could hold its own with many of the legendary places in Brooklyn or Manhattan. Pizza night was every Friday and it was a privilege to ride with Dad to pick it up, sitting […]
I am now a patron of Patrón, the top-drawer Mexican tequila, as poured by the generous Henry, at the opening of his new restaurant, Mi Vecindad, down on 12th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, SE. At the newest addition to the Pan-Latin panoply of restaurants on the Hill, from La Lomita to Henry’s popular Mexican/Salvadoran joint […]
Discipline, focus, perseverance and an entrepreneurial mindset transformed Wisdom owner Erik Holzherr into a small business owner, real estate owner, building renovator (only the tile floor survived the space’s makeover), employer (many employees come from the neighborhood), and multiple award winning mixologist. All of those outcomes may have been expected, but Holzherr probably didn’t anticipate […]
When you bought your house, you thought it was perfect. A few months or even years later, you start to fall out of love and accept that maybe it’s time to spend a little one-on-one time improving your home, one weekend at a time. You don’t have to be Bob Vila or Mike Holmes to […]