Like you, hopefully, we’re practically finished the shopping, have mailed the cards, and nestled in for a few days of cheer. Between eggnog consumption and National Lampoon’s Christmas viewing, we’ll be taking a bit of hiatus for the next few days, or keeping a slim schedule, to say the least. Put your feet up, turn […]
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 […]
Many thanks to Samantha Leaf, of the 200 block of 15th Street SE, for responding to our request to share stories about Christmas trees and their associated memories and traditions. My dad passed away on November 27th. Soon after, my mom began searching for male angels that she and I could hang on our Christmas […]
Senator Mary Landrieu is one of the most influential legislators in Congress. She is Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship, centrally involved in the consuming debate on a sweeping health-care bill, and active in energy issues, child-focused legislation, and women’s care. She rallied hard for rebuilding and reforming Louisiana when Hurricane Katrina devastated her state, but […]
Growing up in Kenya, attending University of Maryland and starting her life on the Hill a decade ago, Winnie Yagan was always a fashion plate, but when motherhood, divorce, then nannying and daycare duties and the recession hit, Yagan did what fashion plates sometimes have to do in these situations. No, she did not take […]