Ah, April — that most unpredictable of months when it comes to weather, special elections, and DC special events. Our house is an older row house, so the warmer weather brings not just flowers in our garden but a few many-legged insects that appear (literally) out of the woodwork, scaring the bejeezus out of me […]
What a month…weather locally took a back seat in the news to weather-related events abroad. The Hill has seen its share of excitement in the past four weeks. We’ve had our streets shut down for elephants, marathons, and the boring old presidential motorcade. We have a new coffee shop on Pennsylvania Avenue (welcome Pound Coffee) […]
It’s been quite a month on the Hill and in our fair city. Our children have had not one week of school without a delay or day off due to holiday, snowfall, rainfall, wind, locusts, or cicadas. The high winds toppled the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse, creating the National Mulch Pile. We had […]