If you’re like me (by that I mean nerdy), an opportunity to attend a free public lecture about an interesting topic is actually quite exciting. Pairing such an event with a cup of coffee or a beer with friends before or after sounds like even more fun. There are two such possible evenings coming up […]
There’s something sweet, but not too sweet in far Southeast; and at last it’s a tasty, affordable new place to eat, Dulce. For a long time, far Southeast felt like the Bermuda Triangle of bars and restaurants. Thankfully, times have changed. Trusty’s opened in 2005, and has become a neighborhood spot as well as a […]
On September 28, 1928, 127th Zeppelin took off from its factory in Germany. It was named Graf Zeppelin, in honor of the founder of the airship company, who had died about 10 years earlier. During the next nine years, the Graf Zeppelin travelled over one million miles and visited the US a total of five […]
It’s the final day of business for Trover Shop. Stop in for deals on books, cards and even cigars. Or just swing by to wish our friends, the Shumans, well.
When Abraham Lincoln moved to Capitol Hill in 1847 as a freshman congressman from Illinois’s 7th district, he soon found lodging in Mrs. Sprigg’s Boardinghouse. Her house was the second from the north of a row of five houses fronting 1st Street SE, just across from the Capitol. Lincoln spent two years in this house, […]