This year, with Halloween falling on a Sunday, we have three jam-packed days leading up to the big night of Trick-or-Treating. Kick things off with Hilloween on Friday — it’s one of the best block parties all year — and then take a ghost tour before dressing up as a zombie for Thriller. Speaking of […]
Alexandria? Sure, it’s “nice”, but who wants to cross the river? Embassy Row? Way too much hiking between giant mansions. Georgetown? Meh, nothing there you can’t find pictures of online. No, hands down, the best place to spend Halloween in DC is on the Hill. We’ll have a much more detailed guide for you in […]
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 […]
We know there’s more than enough to do on the Hill for Halloween, but where are the best spots to see houses who’s owners really get into a ghoulish groove? Tell all in the comments section and I’ll revise my dog-walking route accordingly! Send your best Halloween photos (costumes, pumpkins, ghouls, Thriller reenactors, to thehillishome@gmail.com […]
Our final ghost story for this month finds us back on the Capitol grounds, and the Russell Senate Office Building in particular. When it came time to clear the site preparatory to building the first office building for the Senate, a number of old buildings had to be torn down, including the old Casualty Hospital, […]