In case you somehow missed the news, Union Market opened this last weekend. Coverage and photos from: Frozen Tropics, Urban Turf, Candy Sandwich, EatMore DrinkMore. City Paper reported that Crafty Bastards will be moving to Union Market this year. JDLand got a tour of the Boilermaker shops and shared pictures of the latest progress. Frozen […]
You’ve all heard the joke: How do you make a small fortune in the [art/wine/horse] business? Start with a large one. Well, add another one to that: The early real estate business on Capitol Hill. No one better exemplifies this than Thomas Law, who arrived here in 1795 with a large fortune — and ended […]
DCist gave a nod to section of Congressional Cemetery that honors gay service members. ANC Commissioner Norm Metzger reported that Back Stage will be closing this winter and will be replaced by a wine and beer retail shop called Dcanter. Frozen Tropics shared a NBC 4 report that the police have a possible DNA break […]
Finding a house in D.C. by its address is, today, a trivial operation. The numbers match-up with the streets, and thus make navigation child’s play. It was not always this easy. For the first 50-or-so years, D.C. had no street numbers. Addresses were given as “n side Ls btw 7 & 8e,” leaving it up […]
On Saturday, August 25th, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., volunteers throughout the city will descend on various DC Public Schools sites to participate in DCPS’s annual Beautification Day. DCPS hopes to have over 3,500 volunteers scattered throughout every neighborhood in the city, working to make sure that every school in DC is ready for […]