I have considered getting Massachusetts Avenue tattooed onto my forearm–although that tattoo would run from my wrist and clear to my shoulder and I’m not ready for that kind of commitment. Running from Southeast DC, briefly interrupted by the Anacostia River, passing through many a landmark and not slowed down by the most fearsome traffic circle in […]
Lately, it feels inescapable, more so than other years: everywhere you turn, there is a friend or acquaintance whose car windows were bashed in or who had a package stolen. Someone you know was mugged. Someone you know was stabbed randomly. Is crime really that much worse this summer than all others? Well, yes, and no. According […]
DCPS and DC public charter school students (ages 5-21) can now get a $100 subsidy to go to school and school events via MetroRail, starting August 17, 2015, or exactly one week before the start of school, August 24, 2015. (Click here to see DCPS’s 2015-16 calendar.) According to DDOT, “in order to receive the $100 Metrorail benefit, students […]
Good morning, Capitol Hill and beyond! What is everyone saying about the neighborhood? WUSA*9 stopped in at the Market Lunch and now we’re really hungry. WJLA’s Harris’ Heroes highlights Capitol Hill mom Corinne Cannon and the amazing DC Diaper Bank. Well, DC Inno… this is… even more awkward? The DC Grays, the Cal Ripken Collegiate […]
Who says culture and events can only happen on the weekends? This is Capitol Hill, where even the churches have the most amazing things going on –on a Tuesday, no less! St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, at the corner of 3rd and A Streets SE is such a place and has such an event tomorrow, July 28, […]