The ginkgo tree is a thing of beauty with its stick straight branches reaching toward the sky and fan shaped leaves that are a lovely shade of green all spring and summer, before turning to a bright shade of yellow come fall. Well, at least the male ginkgo tree is a thing of beauty. The […]
Welcome to my new regular feature, Ask Nichole, wherein you can ask me for advice on everything from what to buy your sister-in-law-to-be as a hostess gift and where to get it (on the Hill, of course) to how to get your dog to stop pooping in your living room. I don’t know what it […]
The project to improve C Street, NE is reaching the final design stage. Beginning with a series of meetings in the winter, interested members of the community, DDOT and the design team at Toole Design Group have been fleshing out options for improving the safety and look of the street. At a February 20th meeting, […]
Well that was not exactly the start to baseball season that I was hoping for. I was prepared for a sloppy game after seeing the Nats at spring training last weekend, but I didn’t expect them to lose 11-1 in their home opener. So should we just look forward to the fall and football season…with […]
This week marks the third and last installment of the Gessford Court saga. Previous episodes have described the building of the houses on the alley and the transformation of Tiger Alley into Gessford Court. Today, I will be looking at the story of Gessford Court’s most famous resident, and the wide range of visitors who […]