Earlier this year, DC resident Kathy Jackson lay in her hospital bed, weakened from the treatments to fight her leukemia. She couldn’t see her three children, Joseph, Sam, and Tyler (ages 12, 8, and 7, respectively) because exposure to their normal childhood germs could have been disastrous. A bone marrow transplant and chemotherapy had destroyed her immune […]
Need Trees? Brent Elementary has ’em! Brent Elementary’s Christmas Tree and Holiday Sale is this weekend. 275 Fraser and Douglas Fir freshly cut trees are winging their way to DC as we speak. They’ll be available in 6,7,9, and 10 ft heights and for of us with, um, space challenged abodes can pick up a […]
Come celebrate the spirit of the holidays at the Fifth Annual Holiday Tree Lighting on Capitol Hill on Saturday, December 3rd, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm in the NE quadrant of the Eastern Market Metro plaza (8th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, SE). Councilmember Tommy Wells, the Capitol Hill BID, business leaders, friends and neighbors will […]
New York may have its 5th Avenue department store windows, but here on the Hill we have the Coldwell Banker windows. If you happened to walk by 605 Pennsylvania Ave, SE anytime — literally, day or night — last weekend you probably saw the elves from Aesthetic Answers putting together another year’s amazing holiday showcase. […]
Where do you turn when the roast gets burned on Christmas day? While most of the businesses on Capitol Hill will be closed on Christmas (some on Christmas Eve too–when in doubt call for hours), there are a number of restaurants and service providers that will open their doors for paying customers for people who […]