According to a Greater Greater Washington post this morning, the Chair of the DC City Council (and mayoral candidate), Vincent Gray, eliminated virtually all of the funding necessary for the H Street/Benning Road Streetcar line, which is halfway completed. Sources at the council are reporting surprise this morning as they opened the budget and saw […]
Don’t forget to time your travel around the State of the Union speech today. There’s sure to be beaucoup traffic, lots of influence wielding VIPs in big cars, metro rerouting and camera crews everywhere. And be sure to juice up your phone for tweeting your friends and rating the plays from the podium. You could […]
Ryan Velasco is a child of the Virginia suburbs, but moving to the Hill in 2004 was more of a spiritual homecoming than trips out traffic-choked Route 66. His cul-de-sac youth, coupled with a degree in historic preservation and community planning, make him an Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) member with particular sensitivities to preserving the […]
Last night the place to be on the Hill was Councilmember Tommy Well’s Third Annual Livable, Walkable Community Awards. The awards, heavy bricks with plaques also known as the “Brickys,” were given out in the North Hall of Eastern Market. Crowds snacked on treats from area restaurants like Taylor Gourmet, Sova Espresso and Wine, Cava, […]
Recently, I read an article where the writer wanted to disprove the stereotype that “everyone in Washington is from somewhere else”. I chuckled, realizing this mirrored the feelings of a commenter on my first blog post here, who felt my point of view was very narrow in stating that, in my first days in Capitol […]