Happy 4th of July! Hopefully you are still enjoying a little vacation time; or, if you are actually at the office, I hope it’s a quiet one for you. I’m still enjoying a relaxed attitude from my holiday — happily stuffed from BBQs, crab feasts, ice cream, afternoon naps, and dark & stormys on the […]
Guest post by Sonja Walti Nearly all seats were taken in the media room of RFK Stadium on June 28, when Events DC informed the community about a proposed skatepark on parking lot 3 across from the Armory. The project is intended to provide a venue for national and international events, while also serving the […]
This morning Mayor Gray, Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells and local business leaders, Anwar Saleem of H Street Main Street and Julia Christian of CHAMPS joined forces to celebrate the substantial completion of the H Street Northeast Streetscape reconstruction. Substantial completion refers to all street and sidewalk surfaces being complete; no traffic lanes being blocked […]
Okay, in reality, there’s very little you can legally blow up in DC on the Fourth. All that’s legal are are sparklers less than 20 inches, torches, box fire, fountains, cones, dip sticks, non-poisonous snakes, paper novelty items, colored lights, and paper caps. Of course, this doesn’t stop folks from crossing state lines to buy […]
Keys? Check. Wallet? Check. Cell phone? Check. Change for the parking meter? Now that is something I’m an expert at not having. Thank goodness for my zone 6 parking which has allowed me to find parking on the Hill countless times without having to seek out spare change for a meter. But once I venture […]