It has been a busy weekend for me, what with Halloween coming, as well as preparing for a number of book talks related to my latest book on urban legends and the historic lore of Washington, DC. So, here is a repeat of one of my favorite Capitol Hill ghost stories for you.
Given that today’s a holiday, I’m taking it easy and rerunning a piece from last year. My reason for so doing is that its subject, Clara Barton, is back in the news: the office she used after the Civil War will soon be a museum. It was found untouched recently, and there has been an […]
It was just a year ago that Hill Buzz shared the Young & Hungry reported Rose’s Luxury would soon grace 8th Street; just last week Claudia gave it a rave review. Bluejacket, Chicken & Rice, and real estate close to the Tune Inn also made it into Hill Buzz that week. Any updates on when Bluejacket will […]
The shutdown currently keeping us out of our local parks and giving many of our neighbors unpaid vacations is hardly a new phenomenon. Most people can point to the shutdown of 95/96 as a precursor. However, 15 years before that, a similar battle had ensued, with some – minor – effects on governmental operation.
Scouting out the corners of Capitol Hill has been quite profitable for me. While the center of the neighborhood has some of the most well connected people to its history, the surrounding edges also have a few surprises. Almost invariably, these are the types of people and businesses that have been squeezed off the Hill […]