Welcome to another lovely scorching hot summer day in DC! I feel like August started two months early this year and is showing no signs of ending. If we get cheated out of beautiful fall weather, Mother Nature and I are going to have to have a little talk. We had too short of a […]
The never-ending construction along H Street continues this week as DDOT announces that final road paving in the Starburst intersection of H Street will start tomorrow, August 10, and last until August 17, provided the weather cooperates. Work will begin at 7 am on weekdays and 9 am on Saturday, and will affect some parking. […]
I’ve always loved the month of August. First, it’s the month that I was born, and until recently I made my birthday celebrations week-long events. It’s also the month that kids and adults alike head back to school. As a kid, advertisements encouraging families to buy new school wardrobes and school supplies (hello, Trapper Keepers) […]
The story thus far: In last week’s episode, we introduced the two main characters, Representative Taulbee and Charles Kincaid, reporter. Even after Kincaid wrote the the news story which halted Taulbee’s career in Congress, they both continued to work in the Capitol, Taulbee as a lobbyist, Kincaid as a reporter.
For the last nine years, our backyard gardening strategy has included one constant: find ways to block the view of the alley. The reason? The house just around the corner, whose backyard ends five feet from our fence, was an eyesore. For the first few years it was just a confusing mess — a run […]