All across DC, usually at the intersection of two avenues, lie squares and circles honoring some important figure of US history. Usually a Civil War general (with some other wars thrown in for good measure, plus a single admiral) whose name is today better known as the location of traffic jams than anything else. On […]
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. Ah … to live in the historic heart of Capitol Hill! To stroll a scant few blocks to Capitol South metro! […]
Saturday, September 14th Hyattsville Arts Festival (11 a.m. to 5 p.m.) The Sixth Annual Downtown Hyattsville Arts Festival has expanded the line-up of the festival to over 75 arts and humanities booths including a “literary” section. Look for two performance stages and of course, the ability to drink locally brewed Franklin’s beer throughout the festival […]
September brings lots of annual milestones – the first day of autumn, kids going back to school, Congress grumbling back to work, and the beginning of the street festival season in Washington DC. You can easily fill up your weekends over the next couple of months attending these free and fun events. In the process […]
If you’re sitting in your office or in cube land, you may have seen it rain outside a few hours ago. That may have led you to think, “Oh, fabulous, I heard heard better weather is coming. I bet that rain means its cooler outside already!” If you are, you’d be wrong. Really, really wrong. […]