Stoop Stump, our new weekly feature, is dedicated to highlighting the best of neighborhood porches and stoops. The stoop is the spot where the soul of the neighborhood can be seen. We watch our children from the stoop, sit with the barking dog, and spend lots of moolah and elbow grease keeping the garden and […]
Last night the finicky European and I decided it was time to try the new “hot spot” around the corner, the cocktail lounge Wisdom. Well, it was new to us — but it’s been there since October and has developed a loyal following. I must have been the last to notice Trusty’s new neighbor, a […]
It is hard to imagine DC today without its Metro, speeding us under the city in air-conditioned comfort. However, for most of its existence, Washington was Metro-less, and had to rely on other forms of public transportation to help its citizens get around. Before the Metro, there were the street cars, before that, cable cars, […]
Last night I, as a member of Moms on the Hill, brought together three of the four would-be developers of the Hine Jr. High School site (a representative of National Leadership Campus was stuck in Minneapolis when his flight was delayed). Some of the questions asked pertained to potential partnerships with Tiger Woods Foundation and/or […]
Courtesy of our fellow neighborhood non-profit census firm Social Compact I was able to get my hands on a ‘drill down’ report for the neighborhood surrounding Eastern Market. The report delivers some very interesting facts about the population in a one mile radius around Eastern Market (H Street to the Anacostia River, the Capitol to […]