With the 150th anniversary of the Lincoln Assassination coming up, I have been looking at some of the connections to Capitol Hill that it had. I have previously looked at some of the conspirators today and next week, I will look at some of the doctors who assisted Lincoln in Ford’s theater that evening. It […]
As I was driving/giving myself a road massage down 6th Street NE the other day, I was wondering just how many potholes DC boasts these days, and who will repair them, and how fast. As if by artifice, this week (specifically, yesterday) Mayor Muriel Bowser launched DC’s yearly #Potholepalooza campaign. Honestly, the name alone gets […]
The review of the Streetcar system found that there are no fatal flaws, but there are still questions as to when it will start to carry passengers: District Source, Greater Greater Washington, The Washington Post. Girl Meets Food tried out Sona Creamery‘s new Elder-Spring Royal Cocktail. Famous DC shared the news about X2: The Movie. […]
I have written before of the church that once stood just south of the Capitol; on its use by the Israel Bethel congregation; and on how it played host to the mustering of the 1st Regiment, United States Colored Troops in 1863. As next month I will be giving a tour of the Hill which […]
We were all so relieved to hear that a partnership with Roadside Development would mean that Frager’s would return to its home on Pennsylvania Avenue, SE. Alas, it seems that the deal has fallen through. The Washington Business Journal is reporting that “In a statement, Roadside said it ‘regrets that after months of due diligence […]