The days are getting longer, the sun is shining more, and a non-holiday weekend is on the way. Thus, it’s all the much more important to nail down your weekend plans, and if possible, get started on Thursday! Thursday — January 21 Start your weekend off right with “Blingo,” the fastest game of Bingo in […]
Thanksgiving is unsettlingly close and, possibly in anticipation of a sluggish shopping season, retail stores seemed to jump directly from Halloween to Christmas without even a cursory acknowledgement of the eight weeks in between. So– if you’re planning to play host to friends and family anytime over the next few weeks, THIH has some tips and […]
We talk a lot around here about why we love the Hill. The people, the picturesque streets, the sense of community, the small-town-in-a-big-cityness of it all – these are all things that make our neighborhood great. On Saturday, I got to experience all of that and more at the First Annual Walter Street Chili Cookoff. […]
Are you feeling a little down and out of sorts now that you’ve come down from your sugar rush and Halloween is over? Don’t despair: there are always lots of fun things to do around Capitol Hill, and here is a sampling that will put an autumnal spring in your step! Everyone knows the weekend […]
I’m always amazed to see how rituals develop. One year someone has an idea, and suddenly things take off and become greater than the sum of their parts. My husband, the early bird, was the first one to see them, on our first Halloween on the Hill. “They are HUGE!” he practically squealed– and if […]