In a few weeks, I will be giving a tour of the Navy Yard neighborhood, to try to give a sense of what the area looked like just before the British arrived on August 24, 1814. In order to prepare, I have been looking through old texts learn more about what used to be there […]
Guest contributor Dare Johnson Wenzler is a Capitol Hill resident, Realtor and co-owner of First Vine Wine Imports + Sales. This post also appears on her blog Real Estate On (and off!) the Hill. Looking for a condo alternative with charm galore? How about your very own little house located in the heart of historic Capitol […]
Just when it seemed that the greater Union Station area was done with the construction that has uglified the grounds for years and snarled traffic along Massachusetts Avenue, until the will to live is all but gone, a new construction area has been set up in the open space adjacent to the Thurgood Marshall Federal […]
Are you sitting in a joyless cube? Stop. Go outside and enjoy this spectacular un-DC-in-July day. Praise be the polar vortex. If you need suggestions on what to do, keep reading. Tonight there is still space in chef Mark Haskell’s “Summer on the Chesapeake” class at the Hill Center. You can learn to prepare dishes […]
Thursday, July 17 Monroe Street Market – 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Join the artists on the Arts Walk at Monroe Street Market for the monthly third Thursday Open Studio. Visitors can stop in and see the work of eight local studios along the walk. To see a full list of studios open, click here. […]