The holidays are fast approaching and here at The Hill is Home we love to support local businesses and artists. During the pandemic, I met watercolor artist Erin Thompson. I was lucky enough to win one of Erin’s pieces sometime earlier in the year– a storefront sketch of Tunnicliff’s Tavern, and every time I look […]
Happy Friday, Capitol Hill (whether in Ward 6 or 7)! Hope you enjoyed that one day of freakishly beautiful weather because we’re back to the cold. What’s happening this weekend? You’re not gonna believe this, but ten years ago today, our beloved Hill Center opened! On Twitter, we want to know what the Hill Center […]
How on earth is it really mid-November and there are only 45 days left in the year? How is 2022 nearly upon us? Who else feels simultaneously very young and very old? Is this what Schrödinger’s cat feels like? This morning, Mayor Bowser held a COVID-19 situational update. I live-tweeted the event, which you can […]
Over the last few weeks, we have been slowly getting closer to the real crux of our story: Where did indigenous people live on Capitol Hill before the Europeans showed up? Today, we will look at the best evidence found in that direction. In the L’Enfant plan, there is an open space almost directly south […]