CHAMPS — the Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce — just launched a Buy Local campaign, and the benefits are pretty incredible. Just $50 gets you a BUY LOCAL membership card, which provides you with great discounts at all sorts of local businesses. Highlights include 20% off at The Argonaut, 10% off at Granville Moore’s, 15% […]
What? You want more retail on the Hill? Well, local Hill resident and parent Kathleen Donahue is jumping into the fray. Kathleen is opening Labyrinth Games & Puzzles at 645 Pennsylvania Avenue, the space formerly occupied by Remix. Moving past the ancient copy of Risk you have moldering away in your closet, Labyrinth will offer […]
This week’s earlier post on the closing of Chateau Animaux reminded me again of this post from DCist from September 11, 2007 reporting the rumor that a Gap might be coming to Barracks Row. Obviously, that never happened. The DCist post had several positions for and against which all ring pretty hollow looking at the […]
If you have ever walked past Frager’s Hardware, you’ve surely noticed the store’s busy window display. This week, in honor of the store’s 90th anniversary, Jessica Moore, a consultant in the paint department, has taken the once busy space and created a dueling “then and now” window display to commemorate the store’s rich history. “The […]
…to nominate your favorite Hill business for the 2nd Annual HILLY AWARDS. From now until October 1, you are invited to nominate your favorite Capitol Hill businesses for inclusion on the official ballot. This year, two categories have been added to the slate. The categories are as follows: Restaurant of the Year Service Provider of […]