The Hill is awesome. We all know that. But if you think its just the quaint streets and great restaurants and shops that make it that way, then look a little deeper. There are so many nonprofits whose work in and contribution to the community go a long way toward making the Hill the enriching […]
Washington Business Journal reported that Events DC is starting to study various options for what to do with RFK Stadium, and Curbed DC ran a poll to see what readers think the city should do. JDLand recapped news that the Nationals asked the city to pay $300 million to put a roof on the ballpark, and […]
Ice skating? Check. It’s that time of year! I love this creative shot from the National Gallery Rink. It’s just a brisk walk down the Hill, and I’m looking forward to our Flickr pool’s take on ice skating at Canal Park too. The opening of that rink has been delayed due to a ruptured pipe in […]
Next year marks the 200th anniversary when Washington burned in the War of 1812. It also marks the 150th anniversary when Confederate forces attacked Fort Stevens, a Civil War outpost located near Missouri and Georgia Avenue, NW. I will return to these two important moments in history many times in the next months and year, but first I want […]
All done with your Thanksgiving feast? Have you finished correcting everyone that it’s the “Macy’s THANKSGIVING Day Parade” and not simply the Macy’s Day Parade? Done extolling the virtues of apple pie over pumpkin, or, God forbid, pecan? Well good. Time to swap out our A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving for A Charlie Brown Christmas. Which requires, in […]