Death has taken a stalwart of the community and one of the longest-standing (literally) vendors at Eastern Market. Chris Calomiris, 86, passed away the last Saturday in January at Sibley Memorial Hospital after having trouble breathing Wednesday, and days after he last worked at his family-owned produce and dried goods business, Thomas Calomiris & Sons. […]
Running out of ideas for combating cabin fever? Neighboring Now Northeast has announced several volunteer opportunities in the neighborhood. Sponsored by Greater DC Cares, Neighboring Now Northeast provides training and micro-grants targeted at projects created and led by members of the local community. This month, they have both project planning meetings – where you can […]
So there’s apparently a big game on Sunday night that gets everyone excited. Football or something (I’m a Skins fan, so my season ended a while ago). It doesn’t really matter who your team is, you are bound to be watching — if not for the game, then for commercials. If you are not watching […]
I spent the better part of my elementary school years with skinned knees. Swings and monkey bars on top of blacktop will do that. Ours, a typical 1970’s school playground, was not the safest, but my classmates and I did learn to hang on for dear life. Playgrounds today are much more knee-friendly and really […]
These little wintery mix forecasts just won’t quit! Of course last week, when I headed to the West coast for work, we got some real accumulation. But I can’t really complain since I was enjoying lovely 60 degree California weather while folks here endured one of the worst commutes in history. I guess we’re all […]