08 Jan 2010

The Best Pitcher You've Never Heard Of – Maime "Peanut" Johnson

All too often I hear about something getting named, dig into the person we’re supposed to be honoring, and find out that it’s just some middle manager who has successfully pulled the right lever for thirty five years. Not so for the field at Rosedale Recreation Center at 19th and F Streets Northeast. On Tuesday, […]


08 Jan 2010

Freshman on The Hill: The Tree of Christmas Past

As you may have read on my holiday post, I used to hesitate getting a Christmas tree because trees get chopped down for a month’s worth of use and then they just get picked up and tossed in a landfill, in a seemingly senseless act of waste from our society.  Yes, there is a small […]


07 Jan 2010

Green Renovation on the Hill

Earlier this week, Prince of Petworth had a great post on GreenSpur, Inc.‘s carbon-neutral redevelopment of this home on 4th Street NE.  The piece delves a bit into some of the trouble they had with DCRA’s permitting process.  You should definitely take a look at the piece, and read the comments where representatives from both […]


07 Jan 2010

To Do List

It seems like the first post-Holiday weekend of the year can’t get here fast enough.  We’ve put together a little list of fun ways to spend it on the Hill! Get the weekend started at Ebenezers on Thursday the 7th at 7:30pm with Modern Underground hosted by my friend and fellow Hill resident Laura Tsaggaris. […]


07 Jan 2010

Burglary Update: Arrests Made; Loot Recovered

As many of you know, the rash of burglaries over the holidays seemed brazen, frequent, and successful–for the thieves. People reported drapes moving as thieves entered homes through windows and doors, both front and back.  A lot was taken, and taken fast. Well, now some measure of relief has been delivered and a lot has […]


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