The other night I had this weird dream that culminated in the day being dark and rainy and the clouds raining down motor oil. This meant that there was no line at Rose’s Luxury and my two crazy sons, my mother, my mother’s good friend and I were ushered inside by all the waiters. There […]
Are you a bus or rail commuter? Would you like to have a say in how Metro is run? Why not become part of the all-volunteer Riders’ Advisory Council? From the WMATA press release: The 21-member Council includes six individuals from Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, two at-large members, and the head of the […]
Mark your calendars: There will be a Neighborhood Watch training next Tuesday November 10 2015, 7 p.m. at Friendship Chamberlain Public Charter School, 1345 Potomac Avenue SE. If you need more information, contact citywide Neighborhood Watch Trainer Samantha Nolan at NolanTutor [at] yahoo [dot] com. Want to know more about Neighborhood Watches? The Metropolitan Police has […]
Thomas Edward Clark was all of 18 years old when his father, William Clark, died– leaving his son in sole charge of the wood yard that he had opened in the Navy Yard neighborhood. It fell to the young man to continue the business and he jumped at the chance, publishing an elaborate ad in […]
Contributor Dare Johnson Wenzler is a Capitol Hill resident, Realtor at Compass Real Estate and co-owner of First Vine Wine Imports + Sales. This post also appears on her blog Real Estate On (and off!) the Hill. A 2-bedroom 2full bath, fully renovated condo on an upper floor for under $400k ? Believe it! 1520 Independence Ave […]