16 Apr 2020

Building community:

OurStreets Supplies is here to make shopping slightly less stressful

Long-time readers may know about the app that started off as How’s My Driving DC and became OurStreets. OurStreets is a crowdsourced app that lets you report bad driver behavior on the go, so that DC agencies can ticket and boot repeat offenders faster and get dangerous cars off the streets. When the stay at […]


14 Apr 2020

News:

Hill Buzz

Good afternoon, Capitol Hill. Apologies if you were looking for the buzz last week, but honestly, I’ve been trying to keep my spirits up and some weeks are harder than others. How are you all doing? Reach out via social media. I absolutely love it when you all check in and send fun things and […]


13 Apr 2020

History:

Lost Capitol Hill: Cluss’s other Hill creation

Over the last two weeks, I have looked at Adolf Cluss (that’s him there on the left) the architect of Eastern Market and his political past. In researching him, I was also looking for other projects he had been involved with. I was hoping that some had not fallen victim of the destruction that sought […]


06 Apr 2020

Lost Capitol Hill: Marx, Engels, and Adolf Cluss

I wrote last week of Adolf Cluss and how he had been friends with Marx and Engels before and during the revolution of 1848. Most likely he had become exposed to these new ideas during the gymnastics and singing festivals that were popular at the time – not only for the gymnastics and singing, but […]


03 Apr 2020

Beware of DC Water scams

DC Water wants to make sure you don’t fall for phone scams. If you’re a too long; didn’t read kind of person, know this: DC Water will NEVER ask for your personal information over the phone. Also, it bears repeating that the water from your faucet is safe and not contaminated with COVID-19. You cannot […]


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