Every spring, D.C. is flooded with tourists visiting for the Cherry Blossom Festival. As beautiful as the flowering trees are around the Tidal Basin and East Potomac Park, there are many other places to see them. Including right here on Capitol Hill. Over the next week, snap a picture and tag it #HillBlossoms to contribute […]
The forecast today may be calling for snow but it is, in fact, the first day of spring. And in D.C., spring means cherry blossoms. While that also means insane crowds of tourists, there is another way. Take a look at the map below, from Casey Trees. All those dots are cherry trees, and there […]
They’re here, they’re really here! Jump up and down, clink glasses of bubbly and celebrate spring — and snap some shots for our Flickr group while you’re at it.
One of the best reasons to get out your camera in Washington is quickly fading, or should I say falling? Robert Frost would surely remind us that nothing gold can stay, and the blossoms surely would lose most their charm if they did. Sure, they’re splendid on the Tidal Basin but shoot some pics in […]
What a month…weather locally took a back seat in the news to weather-related events abroad. The Hill has seen its share of excitement in the past four weeks. We’ve had our streets shut down for elephants, marathons, and the boring old presidential motorcade. We have a new coffee shop on Pennsylvania Avenue (welcome Pound Coffee) […]