Are you finding that your grocery choices are inspired by documentaries like King Corn and No Impact Man? While you plan meals, are you taking Michael Pollan’s Eater’s Manifesto or Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle to heart? Or do you just want another reason to “be in the neighborhood” and try out the Star & […]
If you’ve spent your last few weekends cleaning out your cabinets, storage units, garages, etc, you’re likely to have a giant pile of junk that isn’t really suitable for goodwill, not worth keeping, but also not something you can put out with your weekly trash collection. For example, electronics that don’t work any more, old […]
Aside from the eye-catching colors, the I-wish-I’d-made-that crafts and the I-gotta-have-it yarns and fabrics, the thing that will grab you first when you step inside Stitch DC is just how nice owner Marie Connolly is. The day I went into her store to chat a little and take some pictures, she was taking a phone […]
The rain may be putting a damper on people’s spirits, but at least the flowers in my yard are flourishing as a result! Unfortunately, the rain came too late to kill the pollen that has given so many of us major allergy issues. I feel like I should be buying stock in Sudafed…Well just a […]
When my friend invited me to a Ruth Ann Overbeck lecture on the Masons and the Old Naval Lodge on Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, I had no idea where I was going or what I would see, other than finishing up with a drink after the talk. I even went to the Old Naval Hospital by […]