I remember as a tyke wanting to ride on a street sweeper. I didn’t really want to clean the streets, I just wanted to command the odd-looking, loud vehicle with giant brushes that also shoots water sort of like an international spy’s car. At least, that’s how it appeared to me when I was eight […]
Today is the last day of school for DC Public Schools. As you read this, kids all over the Hill are rejoicing and singing Alice Cooper’s cherished ode to the end of the academic year while they look forward to lazy summer days. Of course most kids on the Hill will be engaged in a […]
If things go according to plan, this summer Jessica VonDyke will open The Garden, a sexuality resource center and toy shop, on Capitol Hill. If you are thinking The Garden is just another clichéd store featuring gifts perfect for bachelor parties and your uptight best friend’s 30th birthday party, think again. When it opens, The […]
This event isn’t exactly on the Hill but I love the DC flag and have much pride for this dear city, and our neighborhood is one of the city’s oldest, so I wanted to share. To celebrate Flag Day, and specifically the DC flag, there will be a series of events TODAY beginning in Dupont […]
While it is true that your tireless and unpaid advisory neighborhood commissioners meet on a monthly basis, it seems some meetings are more important than others. Which is why when I received a hand-delivered letter from Karen Wirt, ANC 6C08 on Sunday to invite my household to go to the monthly ANC 6C meeting happening […]