Lately, it feels inescapable, more so than other years: everywhere you turn, there is a friend or acquaintance whose car windows were bashed in or who had a package stolen. Someone you know was mugged. Someone you know was stabbed randomly. Is crime really that much worse this summer than all others? Well, yes, and no. According […]
Good morning, Capitol Hill and beyond! What is everyone saying about the neighborhood? WUSA*9 stopped in at the Market Lunch and now we’re really hungry. WJLA’s Harris’ Heroes highlights Capitol Hill mom Corinne Cannon and the amazing DC Diaper Bank. Well, DC Inno… this is… even more awkward? The DC Grays, the Cal Ripken Collegiate […]
Last week, I wrote about the visit of President Fillmore to the Navy Yard, and how he had the opportunity to watch the hull of the ill-fated Water Witch be battered by cannon fire. Continuing my research on this poor vessel, I discovered that such a spectacle was hardly reserved just for Presidential visits, but […]
I’m not entirely sure what makes an enormous machine so exciting and compelling, but I can’t seem to get enough of DC Water’s tunnel boring machines with their delightful names and sassy attitudes. After two years of mining, excavating, and digging a four-mile tunnel to help improve the water quality in the Anacostia River, Lady […]
The Wylie Street Community Garden has been a little haven of peace and greenery right above H Street NE since 2002. Nestled between the eponymous Wylie Street, H Street NE to the south and 13th Street NE to the east, the garden has 17 plot keepers and provides fresh produce for a couple of H Street restaurants. […]