This article, by David Holmes, originally appeared in the September, 2010, newsletter of the Capitol Hill Restoration Society. Change may be in store for 11th Street, SE. At a meeting called by ANC Commissioner Kristen Oldenburg and Councilmember Tommy Wells, the District Department of Transportation (DDoT) presented proposed changes in street parking and new bike […]
Last night our own local self-proclaimed dive was featured on the Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives.” The show, hosted by California caricature chef Guy Fieri, takes views all over the country in search of homey, filling comfort foods served by local institutions and throw-back eateries. Last night’s episode kicked off with the Tune Inn, […]
Friendship House. The Maples. Duncanson House. Whatever name you use to refer to the mansion on the 600 block of South Carolina, you know that George Washington referred to it as “a fine house in the woods.” After all, it says so on the sign out front, the American Institute of Architects has been saying […]
So how many bureaucrats does it take to fix a pothole? Sadly, there’s no punch line to this joke, and the actual tally keeps climbing. Over a month ago THIH reported how dangerous the driving conditions are on a short stretch of Potomac Avenue SE. After engaging the mayor’s citywide call center twice, I forwarded […]
Your typical good Samaritan may pick up an abandoned purse or wallet tossed after a mugging or even a child’s sippy cup or toy that’s been catapulted from a stroller, in hope of returning them, but it really takes an upstanding citizen to haul home a hundred pound urn and locate its proper owner years […]