When I received this email, I could not believe it: It’s been TEN WHOLE YEARS since Peregrine Espresso spiffed up our morning routines and gave Tim Krepp a daily place where to hold court. Back in 2008, they spiffed up the space left behind by that (as it turns out) aptly-named Murky Coffee. Out with […]
Good late morning afternoon, Capitol Hill! Hello to you all and to the few random people who visit us from faraway places: Are you planning on coming over to DC? Don’t do it this week unless you really, really love humidity! In truly shocking news, Buredo closed its H Street location. Eater has the details. P.S. Rumor has […]
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Have you ever wanted to go for a walk, but one that is narrated by someone who really knows what they are talking about in terms of history, architecture, the lowdown and the dirty gossip from an era long gone? Then get your clicking fingers ready and clear your calendar from Saturday, September 15 until […]
Readers of my column will know of my obsession with old Washington guidebooks– in particular, what they felt was important to write about Capitol Hill. Therefore, imagine my pleasure in finding a book with the incredibly unwieldy title, Historical Sketches of the Ten Miles Square Forming the District of Columbia: With a Picture of Washington, […]