Welcome to another muggy Tuesday morning in the District! We have just a few more days until a long weekend of grilling, relaxing and watching area fireworks displays. Unless you’re Kyra, of course. No matter how you feel about fireworks, there’s sure to be plenty of exciting things to look forward to this weekend. So […]
Explore neighborhood history and culture at the annual DC Community Heritage Project Summer Symposium Yes, we all know the neighborhood is crawling with history and historic buildings and places where one old diplomat did something to another old diplomat—Robert, our resident historian, is always keen to remind us of these things. But haven’t you ever […]
Morning! You can’t really argue with a weekend like that. Not too hot and there were no freak storms storms to wreck the fun. Mostly I’d say it was a relaxing weekend. Folks seem to be saving it up for next week’s 3-day birthday party. Saturday was Ward 6 Family Day at Yards Park, anyone […]
With the opening of Yards Park and the imminent opening of Canal Park, it seems only appropriate to look at the history of the original canal on Capitol Hill. It’s hard to imagine, but there once was an active waterway cutting through Capitol Hill, by which it was possible to get all the way to […]
Guest post series by Kevin Hill and ChunkyGlasses.com Were any of you ready for this swampy DC yet? Me neither. But it does give you every excuse to stay indoors this weekend. For those of you brave enough to venture out, it’s not so much about the weekend as it is the next 5 or […]