Thanks to the timing of this 60 degree weather just as I book my tickets to Florida for Nationals’ spring training, my brain is now in full blown vacation-mode. All I can think about is the sound of breaking waves on the beach and the taste of hot dogs and Cracker Jacks at the ball […]
An evening carjacking Friday, Jan. 15th, at 12th and D Streets NE that had neighbors talking, combined with accounts of other recent successful and attempted carjackings, as well as armed robberies and surprise assaults, has prompted some into taking action, even as statistics show violent crime may be down overall. For starters, there’s an open […]
When the James Madison Memorial Building finally opened on May 28, 1980, it filled a block that had been empty for almost 20 years. This was a block that had housed a great variety of buildings whose businesses had catered to the workers who crowded the Congressional buildings that abutted it to the north and […]
I went to check this house out a few weeks ago just before it went on the market. I was looking at the back yard imagining how perfect the set-up would be for a barbeque. Warm, sunny afternoon … nice size yard … flowing right into the new kitchen/wet bar just a few feet away […]
ANC meetings are the best way to stay up to date with what is happening in your part of the neighborhood, but few of us are able to spend three hours or more on a weekday evening. Thankfully, those who do have the time (Voice of the Hill and JD Land) are always kind enough […]