Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema was spot-on in describing Charlie Palmer Steak as a place that’s “convenient for lobbyists and the people with whom they seek face time.” But it’s also a place where you can eat a fantastic steak. Last week, Charlie Palmer’s started offering free corkage on Friday nights. So if you’ve […]
This is the sixth in a series of guest posts by Sandra Moscoso, featuring a few of Capitol Hill’s sheroes — remarkable women — in honor of Women’s History Month. Today’s post features Sherry Trafford. Previous posts featured Heather Schoell, Laurie Siegel, Barbara Percival, Julia Christian, and Barbara Rielhe. Sherry Trafford – Education activist, community […]
Several local theaters were nominated for the 2010 Helen Hayes Awards, but it was Folger Theater’s Arcadia that came out on top. This Tom Stoppard play explores the relationships between past and present with a little chaos theory and rules of thermodynamics thrown in for good measure. It was one of the few trips to […]
Last night I attended the informational meeting for the Hill Center. The Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital at 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. You’ve seen it. And probably wondered WHAT HAPPENED? The meeting was held at Watkins School, and once I settled my adult derriere into one of those tiny elementary school chairs, we […]
The ginkgo tree is a thing of beauty with its stick straight branches reaching toward the sky and fan shaped leaves that are a lovely shade of green all spring and summer, before turning to a bright shade of yellow come fall. Well, at least the male ginkgo tree is a thing of beauty. The […]