As Hill residents, we are all well aware of the fire engines that go screaming down our streets every day and the sight of a hook and ladder tearing by is one that only the youngest of us still find in any way exciting. It would be a very different situation, though, if those were […]
New guest post series by Kevin Hill and ChunkyGlasses.com Three years ago, the words “music scene” and “Capitol Hill” might have garnered a chuckle, yet here we are in the middle of 2011 with not one but TWO first rate music clubs servicing the H Street Corridor. Between the Rock and Roll Hotel and its […]
“After 14 years on Capitol Hill, The Village Gallery will be closing at the end of July,” said Claire Southerlin, who owns the shop with her husband, Alan Braley. Southerlin and Braley are currently looking for buyers for both the property and the remaining art collection, which is currently made up mainly of Braley’s watercolor, […]
I have to be honest: when I first heard about Senart’s Oyster & Chop House, I was a bit skeptical. Since Molly Malone’s, Lola’s and Chesapeake Room all look so similar, I was expecting the identical look and menu at Xavier Cervera’s newest restaurant. I was pleasantly surprised when I walked in and even more […]
“I’m looking for a Stalin mustache.” “Did you call earlier today?” “No. Huh. Wow! Imagine two people needing a Stalin mustache on a random Friday in June!” Silence. And then it occurred to me that at Backstage that sort of request was probably not all that uncommon. I had that conversation last Friday afternoon in […]