11 Jun 2010

Kid-Friendly Restaurants on the Hill

Whether you love them or hate them, kids live on the Hill. So if you’d like to know where to take your little one, or if you simply want to know what spots to avoid, here is a list of kid-friendly restaurants on the Hill. 


26 Feb 2010

After the Thaw

My friends on NPR this morning were waxing about the slow approach  of spring (March 21st — less than a month away, whoohoo!) and this announcement about Tennis on the Hill seemed just the thing to inspire thoughts about taking off the ski jacket, pulling out the windbreaker and beginning to thaw out. The group […]


15 Jan 2010

Future of Eastern Branch

Ward 6 D.C. Council member Tommy Wells shared the first draft report developed by the Eastern Branch Task Force charged with envisioning the future of the former Eastern Branch Boys & Girls Club building. You can find the draft report on Wells’ website. In the meantime, Neighbors United, the community group that had long tried […]


22 Dec 2009

House Call Service Brings New Level of Kiddie Care to Hill

When I called Heidi Johnson, she was with a patient, but she wasn’t in an office or an exam room—she was at the Capitol Hill home of a child with possible strep throat. Accompanying her was her well-stocked, oversized black bag. Johnson a certified pediatric nurse practitioner (CPNP), comes to you. That is to say, to your […]


21 Dec 2009

Snowy Side Up

No, we have no hills nearby (save the one flanking the Capitol, which has its enforcers these days) nor sleds, nor smart, matching winter gear in the correct sizes and lengths for the kiddies. We only had what was on hand. And what was on hand–and foot and tongue–was snow.  Snow for eating, licking, throwing, […]


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