The rain may be putting a damper on people’s spirits, but at least the flowers in my yard are flourishing as a result! Unfortunately, the rain came too late to kill the pollen that has given so many of us major allergy issues. I feel like I should be buying stock in Sudafed…Well just a […]
After my post last week about the Blue Castle and its history as a cable car barn, it seems only appropriate to look at the other large structure built to take care of DC mass transit: The East Capitol Car Barn. As mentioned last week, cable cars – which had themselves supplanted horsedrawn public transport […]
Just in time for your commutes home this evening, the stop signs that were promised to Hill residents by Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells have gone up on Constitution Ave. NE at 10th Street and at 12th Street. I believe that stop signs were also promised for the intersection of Independence Ave. SE at 12th […]
Last night the Hill’s Brent Elementary School was featured on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams during a segment about a local non-profit, Everybody Wins, which hosts a “Power Lunch” mentoring program at the school. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Walking into the gymnasium of Wheatley Elementary School in Northeast last night, I wasn’t shocked by the large crowd assembled. To say the streetcars have been a hot topic in DC is an understatement. Last night’s “quarterly” update (SNOMAGEDDON seems to have pushed some things back…) was, in a word, unsatisfying. I’m not sure I […]