I recently finally read Gordon Brown’s book The Captain Who Burned His Ships, about Thomas Tingey and his building – and rebuilding – of the Washington Navy Yard. I learned a fair bit along the way, including new information about one of my favorite characters in Navy Yard – and Washington D.C. – history: Benjamin […]
ANC 6B10 commissioner K. Denise Rucker Krepp shares an update for her SMD and parts of ANC 6B in general. The information on lead at Payne Elementary School is of special interest to the community at large. WMATA Crime Stats Yesterday afternoon, WMATA sent me the following list of crimes that occurred at the Stadium […]
You know how most of DC’s parks are actually controlled by the National Park Service? This is something that is neither here nor there –it is what it is– until we have things like the federal government shutting down and no one (literally, NO ONE) coming to clean up the garbage at our parks, for […]
Former President (and potential First Man) Bill Clinton surprised crowds at Eastern Market on Saturday and Councilmember Charles Allen took him on a brief tour. (WJLA) Chef Erik Bruner-Yang and his restaurant/bakery/coffee shop/retail shop Maketto took home top honors and the Washington Aream Restaurant Association Awards. Maketto won Best New Restaurant while Chef Bruner Yand […]
You may hear items about lead in the local news, such when there were elevated levels of lead at Capitol Hill elementary schools. Perhaps you’re aware that lead pipes may still bring water to your home in the District of Columbia, or that lead soldering to keep pipes together was used in the District as late as […]