If you have to drive to work, living in Capitol Hill is your best bet. According to this article, a one-hour commute cuts your social life by 10 percent. Luckily my driving commute to work is less than ten minutes, so my commute is as easy as they come. At times I feel like, living […]
It’s the most wonderful time of year in DC, unless you have allergies: it’s the time when every day you look out your window or stroll down the street, a new tree is just blooming like crazy! Of course, among all the blooming majesty of star magnolias and tulip magnolias and peach trees and flowering […]
There’s been much discussion on THIH about the Hill Center—the reincarnation of the historic Naval Hospital on Pennsylvania Avenue SE. The facility is scheduled to reopen in 2011 after a major renovation and restoration that included modernization of building systems and “greening” the building through design and construction. Designed by DC firm Bell Architects, the […]
One of the most marvelous sights in this fair city of ours, in my opinion, is the annual march of the elephants. It’s happening again this year this Tuesday at 2 p.m. The Tweet-savvy Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus pachyderms will start their lumbering stroll at Garfield Park and swing their trunks all […]
With St. Patrick’s Day and the first day of Spring rapidly approaching, it is only appropriate to go out and take a walk in the neighborhood. And nothing improves a walk more than a drink here and there. Fortunately, Walking Shtick Tours has you covered both ways, and they will be debuting two new walking […]