If you’ve walked by Watkins Elementary you may have seen the brilliant pink stalks of chard, the squash blossoms or the copious amounts of basil growing in the school’s gardens. It’s all grown by students study math, science, and social studies by getting their hands dirty. For those of us who start pining for a […]
On Monday July 23, an employee of Congressional Cemetery returned from lunch at around 1:45, locked up her bike, and headed to the gate house. As she did, a young shirtless man, approximately 25 years old, came up to her and made some sexually suggestive remarks. The employee ignored him as best as she could […]
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Did you know that Zack Morris’ sweet phone on the show “Saved by the Bell” was a Motorola DynaTAC or that Tyrannosaurus Rex in Latin means “Tyrant Lizard King?” If so, I want you on my team! As the temperatures are on the rise here in DC, one particularly fun way to beat the heat […]
So I’ve been corrected here about the boundaries of my neighborhood of Hill East, but when I think of it in commercial terms, I really think of 10th Street, SE as the western boundary, with the DC Jail and Congressional Cemetery as the eastern edge. A number of successful businesses have made the neighborhood home […]