This is a quickie. It takes such a short amount of time, I don’t think of it. It is over before you know it, and yet it is something you remember forever (or I do). So, it is something many of us take for granted — walking to school. The Hill’s neighborhood elementary schools take […]
When I first moved to the Hill I never dreamed of baby boom the neighborhood has experienced in recent years. I specifically remember thinking, “Well, I hear there’s a kinda crunchy Montessori program right around the block at Watkins but I better start saving now for private school if I want to have kids and […]
We tend not to pay a whole lot of attention to juvenile crime, until a spate of high profile events hit us. Before Snowpocalypse drove it from minds, carjacking was on top of everyone’s minds. And some time before that a spate of crimes near Potomac Avenue Metro was heating up the listservs. But between […]
When I learned that I was pregnant I spent the better part of nine months reading books about pregnancy and child rearing and stocking up on baby gear. Now, when my friends announce they are expecting, I eagerly share what I learned about the gear one needs to survive parenthood on the Hill. This is […]
Are you a parent who misses the days of fine and civilized dining? Can’t find a sitter when you need one for a night on the town? It seems some of DC’s hippest eateries have felt your pains as twenty restaurants will participate in the DC Restaurant Week for Kids June 20-27, 2010. For lunch […]