I was excited when two neighborhood friends invited me to have dinner with them at Ambar. It isn’t every day you eat at a place specializing in modern Balkan cuisine. What followed was a pleasant dining experience that included energetic service, lovely cocktails, and quite an array of flavors. Ambar opened in January in the space formerly occupied […]
On May 20th, The Hill is Home will reach an important milestone in blogosphere years, our fourth birthday. In the coming weeks, we will look back at some stories from our past. It’s a feature that we are calling “This Week in THIH” and we hope it serves as a quick trip down memory lane! On […]
“You’re actually from D.C.?” If I only had a dollar for every time I heard that one. And no, I am not actually all that rare in being a D.C. native. A lot of D.C. — and Hill — natives have made their way back after college or spending a few years living elsewhere. Some […]
In news that will surprise virtually no one, Barnes & Noble, which was planning to close earlier in 2012, has finally pulled the plug on its Union Station location. The store will close its doors on Friday, March 1st. According to a staff member at the Union Station B&N, the store is slated to become […]
You might have noticed that we skipped our crime reports the last two weeks. That is because, due to a computer issue, the reports from MPD were not posting to the listservs. MPD Chief of Police Cathy Lanier updated listerv subscribers on Monday saying: “I wanted to apologize for the recent issues related to the […]