Well, that was quite the night. DC’s three electoral votes always go blue so I’m going to focus on our local races here… Congratulations to all of the candidates. I’m off to get my third cup of coffee now… Voter Turnout: (still sadly low) 2016 Citywide Turnout: 60.04% Ward 6 Turnout: 62.66% 2012 Citywide Turnout: 60.94% Ward […]
It’s Election Day! Don’t forget to vote –and don’t worry if it temporarily slipped your mind, because no one will let you forget it! One of the votes you’ll be casting today is for your Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners (ANC). This office, for those of you not familiar with it, is determined by your address and it is […]
Dogs have done so much for us in the last 30,000 plus years. This Friday, on Veteran’s Day, we have the opportunity to honor them for what they do, and have done, for our country and our service people, on and off the battlefield. They are so well respected as soldiers, K9s are traditionally granted […]
Meet Anacostia’s newest bike trail. It might be the most beautiful in the region. (Greater Greater Washington) There’s Finally A Plan For Ivy City’s Historic Crummell School Site (DCist) Great Piece of Union Station History Preserved and now on Display (PoPville) Buchanan Park – History Meets Community on Capitol Hill (Urban Turf) Developer Says Capitol […]
I occasionally go through old pieces that I have written. Usually, I do this when I want to write a quick piece for a day with lower readership, such as Columbus Day. In this spirit, I looked at one of the earliest pieces here on the site. As it turned out, there was so much […]