The charm of an old house is quickly lost on weekends like this past one where the bitterly cold wind was coming through every crack around my old windows, and pretty much straight through the thin glass panes. Even that classy plastic covering or storm windows wouldn’t hold out the cold this weekend. I am […]
Bag Tax Starts Friday, January 1: Beginning January 1, 2010, District businesses that sell food or alcohol must charge you 5 cents for each disposable paper or plastic carryout bag. The business keeps 1 cent, or 2 cents if it offers a rebate when you bring your own bag. And the remaining 3 or 4 […]
So much of Washington, DC’s history is bound in the inexorable discussion of race, and our schools are no different. As no doubt the vast majority of you know, Washington, DC’s schools were segregated for much of our history; both because our Congressional overlords deemed it so and because, frankly, few white residents felt it […]
As reported last week, Capitol Hill Bikes has been in active negotiations to sign a lease for a new location on Barracks Row. Today, Denise D’Amour informed us that she signed a lease for 719 8th Street SE yesterday, and she hopes to complete the move and re-open by February or March. She told us […]
To all of us living on the Hill, the names of Constitution and Independence Avenues are a part of our daily routine just as much as H Street or Pennsylvania Avenue. They are not, however, the names originally given these thoroughfares by Pierre L’Enfant: He had given the designation of ‘Avenue’ only to those routes […]