As with our #SpookyHill is home map, sometimes tough times force you to celebrate the wonder and delight of the season right in your own backyard. Thank you all who’ve sent me your addresses and who decorate and share a little of your spirit with the neighborhood A special thanks to reader and The Hill […]
Almost a month ago I noticed the star hanging from a crane over Capitol Riverfront. Amidst the array of commercial cranes there was this single beacon of light. And it brightened the night. There are also exuberant holiday lights on every block of Capitol Hill. They’re funny and kitch, a rainbow of ROYGBIV, twinkling white, […]
For many folks the Christmas season isn’t the same without the twinkling of hundred (or thousands) of tiny lights adorning windows, eaves, bushes and banisters. While the Hill may not have the sprawling front yards on which to place the cavalry of toy soldiers or the life size replica of Santa and all his reindeer, […]