Wow, now I know why I often feel driven to drink after standing in long lines at Safeway. The National Capital Brewing Co. had a plant at 14th and D Streets S.E. until Prohibition. At that point the factory was converted to Carry’s Ice Cream. I wonder if these kids were guilty of late night […]
Safeway really was the un-Safeway, and the only coffee you could buy there was Maxwell House Phase One and the Ani Difranco/Mary Chapin Carpenter/Madonna dancefest was the breadth of nightlife on 8th Street You could buy donuts and attitude at Sherrill’s at 3rd and Penn Harris Teeter was just a twinkle in the eye and […]
Kyra’s recent article about her house, and particularly her comment about the fact that the owner was a woman, reminded me of something I noticed when researching the history of my house: the number of women involved in the real estate market. The first two owners of the house were both women, and the builder’s […]
On November 1, 1800, President John Adams was finally able to move into the White House. It was barely completed, but enough rooms had been finished for Adams and his wife to move in. The presidential residence was a distinct improvement over the boarding-house in which they had lived since moving to the new Federal […]
When the federal government moved to Washington, DC in late 1800, only one wing of the Capitol had been built. It was the north wing, which was built for the Senate. The House of Representatives was therefore forced to find room somewhere in this building. The room they chose was one on the second floor, […]