The US Capitol is in trouble. Well, quite a bit of trouble, but let’s talk about the dome for now. The nearly 10 million pound iron dome is almost 150 years old and hasn’t had a major restoration since 1959-60. The Washington Business Journal is reporting that bids for a multi-year, multi-million dollar project are […]
I have recently looked at some of the aspects of Prohibition on the Hill, looking at the raids of 1931, as well as the production of liquor here. That still leaves one important aspect of the alcohol trade unexplained: The sale thereof. Most was, of course, sold under the counter at establishments that sold “near […]
Few of us are conscious of living in history. History, rather, is something that happens in the past and is the realm of those that went before us. We read about it, watch it on TV, visit the sites, but it is, to abuse the old saying, a foreign country. Even when we witness something […]
All We Can Eat reported that District Taco is looking to open a location in the former Yes! Organic Market space on Pennsylvania Ave, SE early next year. In Curbed DC’s latest “Bar Crawl Living,” the feature focused on apartments and houses within crawling distance from Union Pub. JDLand announced that Gordon Biersch is officially […]
October is here which means you can break out the Halloween candy and dress up your pet without embarrassment. But before you sit down in front of that plastic pumpkin full of sugar, why not get a little exercise? The second annual Dead Man’s Run at Congressional Cemetery is this Saturday (Oct 6) from 6-8p. […]