Last night a group of residents of the Capitol Riverfront community met with Interim Chancellor Kaya Henderson regarding the future of Van Ness Elementary. Van Ness, confusingly, is located on 5th Street SE, adjacent to M Street SE and not in the Northwest neighborhood of the same name. The school was closed by DCPS in […]
When I arrived at CITY Gallery for the opening reception of the Wally Szyndler retrospective on Saturday, I had some very wrong preconceived notions. The friends I went with told me his primary medium was crafting tribal-style masks from gourds. Now, I’ve seen plenty of tribal masks and its all very cultural and serious. There’s […]
‘Tis the season to be busy…holiday shopping, decorations, parties with friends and families. I know my weekends are busy during the month of December, but fortunately there are some breaks to catch my breath and actually enjoy the season. Capitol Hill is filled with festive diversions this coming weekend—there are plenty of opportunities to jump […]
Dear New York Times, We are so happy that our little neck of the woods inspired one of your stories today! Look at the happy patrons dining happily at Ted’s Bulletin! And DC-3! And Matchbox! You even got a picture of the homemade “silly” Pop-Tarts in their case! How does the saying go, that if […]
Let’s face it: sometimes the holidays bring out the worst in us. From having to cook for far too many ungrateful people, to having to mingle with people you feel should be accompanied by Novocaine, “relaxing” muzak and bloody gauze in your mouth because they are that painfully annoying, the holidays bring a cast of […]