Why even bother with this column this week? The World Series is coming to DC! This Nationals fairy tale fantasy will fuel so many old person stories into the future and I am ready for that. I suppose there are other things happening around the neighborhood. Let’s have a look. Tonight there is no baseball […]
UPDATE: Tonight’s forum has been canceled. Are you getting closer to retirement? Would you like some guidance about Social Security and other benefits? Our friends at Capitol Hill Village want you to know about a special forum happening TOMORROW, Thursday, October 24, at the Northeast Library. Read on: Are you in your 50s and 60s […]
Good morning, NATS! How is your Tuesday going, NATS? Do you have any plans for today, NATS? It’s another regular ol’ Tuesday morning, NATS. Oh yeah. There’s a game later on today, at 8:08 p.m. to be exact, and you can watch it on FOX. Apparently the Astros are playing Walgreens. GRR. Get that smack-talking […]
Gordon Chaffin is a freelance journalist who focuses on infrastructure and traffic news and insights for Street Justice. You can support independent journalism by subscribing to Gordon’s newsletter. He’s offering a 20% discount to THIH readers. –Maria Helena Carey What I Heard at Open Streets DC As most, if not all, of you know, DC closed three miles of Georgia Avenue NW to car and transit traffic for four hours on Saturday, October 5th. The stretch, […]
One of the exciting moments for me in writing these columns is when disparate sources of information come together and allow me to get a more complete idea of what happened a long time ago. I was recently looking through my stash of previously unused newspaper items that I thought might be able to work […]