08 Oct 2013

Hill's Eye View: Vintage Patina

  As we settle into fall (or not, as was the occasion this weekend) home-related chores seem to pop up. Sometimes, though, you just have to accept the age of your home as a charming, if “mature”, reality. Share your photos of beautifully aging buildings and other Hill charms with the Flickr group.


08 Oct 2013

Hill Buzz

Loose Lips looks at the growing potential candidate list for the Ward 6 City Council race. Eater DC interviewed Aaron Silverman, owner of the newly opened Rose’s Luxury, about their first day. PopVille shared renderings of Near Southeast’s Twelve12 ANC 6B Commissioner Phil Peisch detailed the current issues around the alley on the 500 block […]


07 Oct 2013

Look Both Ways and Walk to School on Wednesday — or Watch Out for the Kids!

Schools from 15 schools on Capitol Hill will participate in International Walk-to-School Day, meeting at 7:30 a.m. at Lincoln Park. The event in the park will be the city’s largest gathering to kick off the walk. All those little feet will mean crosswalks may be a little slow to clear on Wednesday morning, but keep […]


07 Oct 2013

Lost Capitol Hill: The Shutdown of 1980

The shutdown currently keeping us out of our local parks and giving many of our neighbors unpaid vacations is hardly a new phenomenon. Most people can point to the shutdown of 95/96 as a precursor. However, 15 years before that, a similar battle had ensued, with some – minor – effects on governmental operation.


06 Oct 2013

Open House Round-Up for 10/06/13

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. The sublime 1441 East Capitol St SE is one of those homes that represent the very best of classic Capitol Hill.  A […]


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