02 Aug 2017

Dining:

First Bite: Santa Rosa Taqueria

The speed of our news cycle is so breakneck, I’m embarrassed to admit that it took longer to write a post about our first bite impressions of Santa Rosa Taqueria than for Anthony Scaramucci to start and abruptly stop working at the White House. Enough of the zeitgeist-y talk: You are here to find out […]


01 Aug 2017

News:

Hill Buzz

Navy Yard auto service center to be razed for 12-story mixed-use project (Curbed DC) RFK Skate Park to Undergo Beautification (Hill Rag) Razed, but not forgotten: Lost landmarks of DC (Curbed DC) National Night Out activities (Frozen Tropics) SaveSave SaveSave


31 Jul 2017

History:

Lost Capitol Hill: Pipetown Sandy pt. 2

Last week, we looked at John Philip Sousa’s novel Pipetown Sandy and how it may well have been based on Sousa’s actual experiences. Today, we’ll look a little more at the geography of the book, and the central importance of the Anacostia River in its pages. Sandy Coggles’s Pipetown is pretty clearly not the actual Pipetown. […]


30 Jul 2017

Arts & Entertainment:

Sunday Plan: Stop By Dock5 and Be Moved

On Friday, I had the pleasure of seeing a temporary exhibit by artist Darius Frank at Dock5 at Union Market. The exhibit, which consists of a video lasting about 20 minutes and a series of pencil drawings with mixed media, was the winner of the BOMBAY SAPPHIRE Artisan Series  in collaboration with NY public art non-profit Creative […]


30 Jul 2017

Sponsored Post:

Open House Round-Up for 7/30/17

It’s OPEN HOUSE TIME! Thank you to Dare Johnson Wenzler for sharing her weekly open houses with us. To access the link, click here! Today’s featured listing is going to WOW you: 1409 G Street NE is a 1400 square-foot top-floor corner unit that lives like a house, but for far less money!  This generously […]


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