Batter Bowl Bakery at 403 H Street NE opened for business on Friday. They offer a good assortment of breads, puff pastries, bagels, macarons (the almond paste cookies, not their extra-o’ed coconut cousins in the cookie family). This week, they are also introducing heavier breakfast fare, like pancakes and breakfast sandwiches. They also serve Illy-brand […]
ANC 6B Commissioner Kirsten Oldenburg updated her blog with top issues for the neighborhood, since her New Year’s resolution is to update it more frequently. ANC 6B Brian Flahaven explained how the redistricting after the 2010 Census changes the boundary lines of ANC 6B. District Cuisine Thrillist, Urban Daddy and Eater DC covered the newly opened Hikari Sushi […]
Some people get sad when they de-Christmas their house, but for me it signals the start of a new year. Plus, removing the Christmas tree from the living room gives us back much needed living and walking space and makes the house feel bigger, so there’s a sense of return to normalcy in that regard. […]
One of the topics that I did not touch upon in my book was prohibition and all the scandals surrounding it, whether the amount of booze being bootlegged into the Capitol, those congressmen who voted dry, but were themselves sopping wet, or even the many locations that you could procure alcohol on the Hill. The […]
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. Happy New Year! It’s great to be back on the open house junket after the past few Sundays of practically nothing to see. I’ve toured several interesting places […]