The weather outside may be frightful and downright unfriendly, but if you’re an outdoors person, it’s a perfect time to camp and backpack– if you know how! Lucky for you, the Northeast branch of the DC Public Library has a class just for you: Winter Camping and Backpacking 101! From the description: Do you put […]
Do you feel that sparkle in the air? It’s the magic of an open government and people going to work! If we all lived in a musical, we’d be dancing down the streets and doing high kicks down the escalators. What a time to be alive! We will summarily dismiss the deep irony of having […]
Happy day: The government is back (at least, until February 15)! Today, take a moment to appreciate the little things, like forthcoming paychecks and a sense of purpose. This Saturday, take time to appreciate our most local Smithsonian, the National Postal Museum. On Saturday, February 2, the National Postal Museum, 2 Massachusetts Avenue NE, will […]
When we last looked at the smallpox hospital in Reservation 13, the job of designing it had been transferred from an accused felon to a local draftsman. A few months later, the contract to build the hospital was given to Columbus Thomas of C. Thomas & Son. There were some delays in the project, partly […]
Have you ever seen a parked car on your block with a bunch of tickets on the windshield and wondered how much money was owed and why the car wasn’t getting towed? Or perhaps you’ve seen a serial red-light runner terrorizing your part of the neighborhood and wondered if this person has ever been ticketed […]