As he does every day, my dog ran to the front door this morning. He was looking from his leash to me, with that excited look he gets when he knows it’s time for a walk. Then my weather app reminded me that winter has been sneaking in…22 degrees!? But furball wants/needs his park time […]
Hey there nerds! Tonight is Obama’s final State of the Union Address! You can watch on C-SPAN or through the live feed at the White House’s dedicated site: https://www.whitehouse.gov/sotu, and Gizmodo also has a whole post dedicated to how to watch here. Now for the business: Starting at 7 pm tonight, many streets in the western area of […]
In Hill East, a multipronged project takes shape on a shuttered school’s grounds (Washington Business Journal) A More Fully Developed and Connected Southeast Blvd.? Feasible, But…. (JDLand) Capitol Hill’s Proposed Southeast Boulevard: Up to Ten Years and $190 Million (Capitol Hill Corner) The Now-Pinched Capitol Dome View on New Jersey Avenue (JDLand) The 1,458 New […]
We’ve had quite the mild winter…so far. But it’s still early January and Old Man Winter is clearly still trying to make a fashionably late entrance. Now is the time to prepare for when the temps stay around –or below– freezing for long stretches of days. If you don’t you may just get to discover the […]
Last week, we looked at one of the militia companies that were formed in D.C. after the election of Abraham Lincoln made Washington’s location precarious. Today, we look at another of the companies, this one composed mainly of Navy Yard employees. On January 9, 1861, a meeting was held at the East Washington Library Association, […]