If you’re wondering why your tap water tastes a little funny, it’s because starting Monday, DC Water switched from chloramine to chlorine in order to clean the drinking water supply. Here are some tips from DC Water on how to deal with that: From March 25 to May 6, the Washington Aqueduct will change the […]
It’s Peak Bloom on Monday, so depending on your tolerance for hordes of humans, you might be avoiding the Tidal Basin this weekend— or maybe you’ll just be throwing yourself into the scrum of it all. You do you. If you need a few other other ideas, allow me: It’s Opening Day! Baseball is back […]
Ever wonder how some of the trickier intersections in the city, a.k.a., traffic circles and parks like Stanton Park, Logan Circle or even Potomac and Pennsylvania Avenues at 14th Street, evolved into their present iterations? Capitol Hill resident, ANC commissioner and history buff Mark Eckenwiler (whom you should also be following on Twitter, especially if you […]
Whether you catch a short performance in a living room or a loud concert at a big, splashy venue, there is nothing better than live music. Here are several options for this week: Spotlight: Tonight, and every Wednesday, is the Capitol Hill Jazz Jam at Mr. Henry’s, 601 Pennsylvania Avenue SE. Go for an hour, […]
Unless you’re a very organized person, dutifully shopping for the week’s groceries and prepping meals so you (and your family) can enjoy fresh, thoughtfully put together meals throughout the week, you’re always looking for some sort of magic bullet when it comes to dinner. (Or lunch. Or breakfast. But we digress.) This is why I’m […]