So it seems that all the talk about how the city would be a gridlocked mess — what my boss excitedly named “commutageddon” — scared everyone into working from home, leaving my commute from the Hill to downtown as easy and pleasant as you get during August Recess. Any ideas on how to make this […]
It’s the second week of the month and despite the mess that is downtown thanks to the Nuclear Security Summit, it should be business as usual for the Hill’s ANCs (Advisory Neighborhood Commissions) and PSAs (Police Service Areas). So here’s a quick run down of what’s coming up this week and next. Be sure to […]
April 16, 1862 was the day that Abraham Lincoln signed a bill “An Act For the Release of Certain Persons Held to Service or Labor in the District of Columbia” which freed all the slaves in the District of Columbia. This marked the first time the Federal Government freed any slaves, and the only time […]
If you’re on the Hill and outside you may have noticed the thick black smoke coming from Hill East and a steady stream of emergency vehicles heading in that direction. At about 4:30 our quiet Sunday afternoon (and my nap) was punctuated by scads of sirens, a helicopter overhead, and a plume of what appeared […]
Several local theaters were nominated for the 2010 Helen Hayes Awards, but it was Folger Theater’s Arcadia that came out on top. This Tom Stoppard play explores the relationships between past and present with a little chaos theory and rules of thermodynamics thrown in for good measure. It was one of the few trips to […]