12 Jan 2010

Hill Buzz

It looks like we’re finally getting a break from these freezing temperatures and cold winds, but who knows for how long.  In the meantime, I think I’ve gotten my old house and rickety windows about as winter-proofed as possible, and have grown to love my space heater.  And more than anything, I’m enjoying an excuse […]


11 Jan 2010

Top Officials Overseeing Flu Shots at Family Room Wednesday

Reconsidered getting the flu shot, or just put it off until the new decade?  On Wednesday, Jan. 13, The Family Room on 8th Street SE will host an event  which includes free H1N1 vaccinations to children and families on a first-come, first-served basis, from 11 AM to 12PM. Cabinet Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, US Department of Health […]


11 Jan 2010

Upcoming Community Meetings

The next round of ANC meetings is coming up, as well as a few other community meetings.  Most of their agendas are not posted in advance, something I hope changes since these meetings are often the best place to find out about what is happening around your part of the neighborhood. The full calendar of […]


11 Jan 2010

Fashion on the Hill: Facing 2010 in Style (of One Sort or Another)

The Hill is Home scoured  the area for tip top fashion advice for the new year, nothing that will transform the neighborhood into Chinatown on almost any late night evening (where cigarettes go south for the Winter), or Georgetown by day, or even let you slip past the Secret Service into a White House state […]


11 Jan 2010

Lost Capitol Hill: Georgia Ave SE

After posting last week’s column about changing the name of B Street SE, a commenter wondered how Georgia Avenue SE had become Potomac Avenue. Fortunately, others have already found the answer to that question, so I have been able to dig up a fairly coherent story about how it happened.


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