Paging through old newspapers, you often come across classified ads that would not have been out of place in the Agony Column of the London Times, which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had his creation, Sherlock Holmes, describe as “a chorus of groans, cries, and bleatings! A rag-bag of singular happening! But surely the most valuable […]
For the past few years, local beekeepers have kept beehives in the mausoleums of Congressional Cemetery, 1805 E Street SE. Now that summer is, for all practical purposes, done, comes the sweet part: the honey harvest. This is the second year the harvest takes place. You can now purchase the honey, deliciously dubbed, “Rest in Bees,” […]
Washington Business Journal reported that Frager’s is working on a new deal with a developer to rebuild its original location on Pennsylvania Avenue. Young & Hungry checked out the Navy Yard area’s newest restaurant, Due South. Greater Greater Washington shared news that a new protected bike lane is coming to C Street NE. District Source noted that millennial […]
The late 1850s were a quiet time at the Washington Navy Yard. However, occasionally there was some excitement –whether it was random street violence, as we saw last week, or deserting Marines, as we have today. On February 24, 1858, the Washington Evening Star printed a Lost and Found notice regarding a missing Marine. Under […]
The Street Sense newspaper vendors, each with their melodious peddling, are fixtures of the weekend Flea Market at Eastern Market. For those new to town, or those who have never picked up a copy, Street Sense is a newspaper made, for and about the homeless community in DC. The paper was started in 2003 by Laura Thompson-Osuri […]