It’s finally feeling like autumn in Washington, DC. There’s a chill in the air, the smell of Pumpkin Spice Lattes floats in the breeze, and we no longer have to pull weeds and cut grass. As the leaves turn brilliant shades of yellow, red, and orange, they fall gently to the earth. Brilliantly-colored leaves that […]
If you haven’t gotten your fill of indulgent eating from the recent holidays you are in luck. The winter edition of DC Restaurant Week began yesterday — Monday, January 9th — and runs through Sunday, January 15th. (A second DC Restaurant Week is held each year in August.) Each year tens of restaurants and bars […]
We often spend a lot of time and energy creating a feast of turkey, potatoes, vegetables and pies on Thanksgiving, noting how grateful we are for all the bounty around us. We here at The Hill Is Home want to pause for a few words this day of thanks to note what we are grateful […]
Thanksgiving is a time to pause and reflect on how grateful we are for the gifts around us, be they friends, family, and a small roasted ostrich and twenty side dishes (have more!). But what happens when you find yourself in need of something to complete the perfect feast? Perhaps you will feel the need […]
The tribe has spoken! Our readers have spoken too, or rather voted. Thank you to all the avid photographers who entered our first ever photo contest. We were delighted and amused by the entries. The staff of The Hill Is Home deliberated for thousands of seconds and several cocktails to pick those deemed prize-worthy, and […]