On Tuesday, The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC WASA) became DC Water as part of a rebranding campaign after 14 years as DC WASA. “It’s time to re-introduce ourselves to our customers,” said DC Water General Manager George S. Hawkins. “We’re rolling out new and exciting initiatives to provide excellent drinking water, […]
When Garret Hargrave (he of Walter Street Chili Cookoff fame) emailed me to several months ago to tell me about his latest unemployment hobby, www.neyber.com, I thought, “Huh. That’s neat,” and then went back to my facebooking and tweeting and foursquaring and promptly forgot about our own local online social network.
Ah, Father’s Day — honoring dads across the globe for all they do with cliché greeting cards that poke fun at falling asleep in a recliner, not reading maps for directions, and not reading instruction manuals. The annual celebration of all things paternal can be traced back to 1910, though it wasn’t made an official […]
“Once you gain an appetite for fine food,” explained 20-year Hill resident Greg Rohde as we sat down for dinner at Bistro Cacao, “it’s hard not to enjoy fine wine.” Like most oenophiles, Greg has always enjoyed discovering new wines and sharing them. So when his close friend asked for help with a new business […]
Are you a parent who misses the days of fine and civilized dining? Can’t find a sitter when you need one for a night on the town? It seems some of DC’s hippest eateries have felt your pains as twenty restaurants will participate in the DC Restaurant Week for Kids June 20-27, 2010. For lunch […]