If you walk into Hill’s Kitchen most any day, proprietor Leah Daniels will be wearing Jon Wye’s Homemaker belt. After weeks of admiring it, I asked Daniels to order one in my size. To call it a belt doesn’t do this accessory justice. Its more a work of storytelling art. I recently visited Wye’s workshop, […]
It’s time again to pour yourself second cup of coffee and ignore the work emails for about 10 minutes. Here’s our look back at what’s been said about Capitol Hill by other bloggers (and journalists) in the last week. Kojo Nnamdi covered H Street on his show and Frozen Tropics shared the link. There’s a […]
Under a full moon casting shifting shadows, a man with a cane and a dusty bowler hat beckoned. Then came his friend cradling a white (plastic) skull, while luminous faces bobbed and wove below the shimmer of the glass Eastern Market Metro-plex. Welcome to the Capitol Hill Ghost Tour, hosted by Tim Krepp, tour guide, […]
With Hallowe’en coming up, it is time to take a break from talking about people and buildings that Capitol Hill has lost, and instead focus on some people who will not go away. Capitol Hill is, as it turns out, crawling with ghosts and it seems as if every major building has one tucked away […]
THIH told you to head over to Lincoln Park this morning. If you didn’t make it, you missed a rare treat, as well as the liver-flavored kind. Reverend Milton Williams, Jr., the rector at St. Monica’s and St. James Episcopal Church on Capitol Hill, presided over a Blessing of the Animals at Lincoln Park this […]