Nicole Thorne’s work as a fashion stylist is fixed behind glass and framed by the picture window of women’s consignment boutique, Clothes Encounters of a Second Kind. It’s always as current as the times, and always as pretty as, well, a picture. Thorne has been designing the window displays and other mannequin and wall displays […]
Last year, Councilmember Tommy Wells introduced legislation to create a Pedestrian Advisory Committee (PAC), a volunteer advisory body modeled on the the Bicycle Advisory Committee. The PAC convenes soon and each Councilmember will nominate one person to the board. To date, more than 50 people have applied to represent Ward 6. You can submit an […]
Existing-home sales on Capitol Hill—including single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops—increased 21.6 percent in 2009, according to a report issued by Don Denton of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. Collectively, 928 Capitol Hill homes sold in 2009 compared to 763 homes sold in 2008. Real estate agent Phil Guire of Guire and Harrison Realty Group expects […]
If dogs are man’s best friend, do you sometimes wonder why yours keeps sabotaging the relationship? The Doggy Lama may be just who you’re looking for if you and Spot are in need of some couples therapy. Bonny King-Taylor, aka The Doggy Lama, was a psychologist for 10 years before Bartleby, the adorable and well-behaved […]
On January 6 longtime Hill East resident Ethel Funches passed away, leaving a legacy on the 1600 block of D Street Northeast, and a formidable record in the annals of women’s amateur golf. Funches was 96. Katie Hodge said Funches made quite an impression on her when she and her realtor visited her house when […]