Is it really August already? I can remember being little and feeling like summer stretched on forever and I loved it. Why doesn’t that happen anymore? Here are some options to fill what are hopefully the lazy days of an August summer. In a bit of shameless self promotion, my tomatoes, peppers and basil are […]
Guest contributor Jessica Wilkie is a Hill resident and Realtor with DCRealEstate.com. She also blogs at Wilkie on the Hill. As with condos in DC, generally, the Capitol Hill condo market has remained stable this year. Citywide, condo prices declined about 4% in June from a year ago, and our two ZIP codes, 20002 and […]
For every game that my family bikes to, we use the wonderful valet service that I’ve written about in previous posts. Last night I realized that my previous post overlooked two key components: Olajawon Davis and Delonte Brown, the wonderful employees who make the bike valet station run. When we arrive at the garage on the corner […]
When I think of farmers, it’s hard to shake the image associated with all those childhood sing-a-longs of “Old McDonald”—the big red barn, the American denim overalls, the thin piece of straw sticking out his mouth as he rides a tractor or visits the chickens, etc. I certainly never pictured Old McDonald sending out a […]
In discussions about the possible liquor license moratorium, a lot of folks talked about the lack of parking along Barracks Row, and how underutilized the parking lot under the highway at 8th and I Streets is. It’s dark and feels unsafe for many; and for others, it’s just forgotten. And it seems as though most visitors […]