We know Washington, DC has fast become a foodie town, but we’re also getting more famous for our comfort foods and even our junk food. Monday night on the Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives” host Guy Fieri visited Tortilla Cafe, a local eatery that adds to our comfort-food cred. Tortilla Cafe was featured for its […]
Welcome back to the first five-day week you’ve had in at least two weeks. Sorry to break the news but it is, in fact, only Tuesday and you are not even half way through the week yet. My work computer could not have been more unhappy yesterday to be turned on after a five day […]
I’m not a fan of chain stores and restaurants, and avoid them when I can. But with the absence of a coffee shop/cafe in Hill East (other than the one inside Safeway), I’ve found myself wishing even FourBucks or Caribou Coffee would set up shop. Not likely, but now we neighbors have the chance to […]
The crazy-making and joy-inducing holidays are over. The time is bittersweet. Many feel a bit of a letdown as we all must return to normal life where we may NOT wear pajamas until noon and cookies once again become a sometimes food. But with that letdown is also relief. New Year’s Day comes at the perfect time. […]
Much is made of the fact that the Marine Commandant’s House is the oldest continually-operated Federal building in DC. It has stood at the north end of the Marine Barracks since 1806, five years after the Barracks were built. The Barracks themselves, which run down the east and west side of the Square, are much […]