In December 2007, the Episcopal parishes of St. Monica’s and St. James merged and became the Parish of St. Monica and St. James, located at the original St. James parish location at C and Eighth Streets NE. The vacated church building where St. Monica’s was originally located, on the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and A […]
After my post last week about the Blue Castle and its history as a cable car barn, it seems only appropriate to look at the other large structure built to take care of DC mass transit: The East Capitol Car Barn. As mentioned last week, cable cars – which had themselves supplanted horsedrawn public transport […]
As many foodies living on the Hill might already know, Bravo is now filming Season Seven of Top Chef in DC. Given that several previous contestants and guests on Top Chef own restaurants on the Hill, such as Art Smith of Art and Soul and Spike-best-milkshakes-in-town-Mendelsohn of Good Stuff Eatery, we are likely to see […]
If you’re on the Hill and outside you may have noticed the thick black smoke coming from Hill East and a steady stream of emergency vehicles heading in that direction. At about 4:30 our quiet Sunday afternoon (and my nap) was punctuated by scads of sirens, a helicopter overhead, and a plume of what appeared […]
Every year this one seems to catch me off guard – I get up on a Saturday morning ready to run errands all over the city only to find half of the streets shut down for the National Marathon. I recommend rescheduling your errands that require a car for Saturday afternoon or Sunday, and making […]