There comes a time when you realize you don’t have to put up with some of the things you take for granted. Good neighbors, local businesses, a great dogwalking community — those are the kinds of things oft heralded in this column, and for good reason. We also consider other calamities of Hill living part […]
Feel like setting up doll house-sized vignettes in your garden of succulents? Why not! Care to decorate your patio with Lilly Pulizer colored lawn furniture and pink bikes? Go for it. Can’t fit the suit of armor in the dungeon? Put it on your porch. Want to turn an old toilet into lawn art? Well, […]
The 13th Street Community Park and Garden, between C and D on 13th Street SE, while designed and built for all Hill residents to enjoy, is not quite the amenity some parents would like it to be. In fact, for a few days last week, it wasn’t safe for dogs or young splash-abouts. That’s been […]
It was a sad moment when I realized this would not be the summer I would try my somewhat-of-a-green thumb at urban farming. As we walk by one of the community gardens I long for speckled pole beans, chartruse kale and dear little pink radishes. I fantasize regularly about large juicy beefsteak tomatoes and the […]
Now that the leaves are good and drippy, it’s time to think about raking. Yes, it’s that time of year when DCPW collects leaves all over the city. Call me crazy, but I’m tickled pink when I see the DCPW guys and gals at work on my street. It means there’s a whole lot less […]