Yesterday, Congressional Cemetery held its inaugural Dead Man’s Run 5k, which snaked around the historic cemetery starting at 8AM on Mother’s Day. There was a great field: estimates at race time were that 375 women and 370 men registered for the event. I hung out around the start/finish line to bring the highlights below, and […]
Springtime is just around the corner, and your excuses for having neglected your running sneakers all winter are wearing thin. So why not get motivated for the warm weather by gearing up for a nice and easy 5k run? The name of this race alone makes it sound fun! Historic Congressional Cemetery’s “Dead Man’s Run” […]
Another weekend of sunny spring weather is approaching, and with it a crop of diverse, unique, and interesting special events on and around Capitol Hill. That is, despite the delayed opening of Biergarten Haus on H St, NE and Chesapeake Room on Barracks Row. Cross your fingers that these folks get their sign-offs ASAP so […]
Just north of Lincoln Park, where Tennessee and Constitution Avenues intersect with 13th, lies one of Capitol Hill’s most historic schools, Maury Elementary. Maury has been a fixture of the Hill since its construction in 1886 and is one of the best examples of the eight room schoolhouse that was standard in the 1880s and […]