After years of staking out blanket real estate at the Sculpture Garden’s Friday night concerts, we decided to kick off the weekend by rolling out our swath of green velour at the lovely, breezy, boardwalk-sporting Yards Park instead, grooving to the R&B tunes of Special Occasion. I felt compelled to pinch myself, it was such […]
Hello there, Capitol Hill! I was all set to write a post this week about making a wonderful meal from scratch with fresh ingredients you can find in any of our awesome grocery stores, community plots, farmers’ markets or fancy stores. And then, life got in the way. While I have had a great cilantro […]
Over the weekend, a conversation with friends about the impending heat lead to a conversation about ice cream, during which several friends remarked they had all been to Ted’s Bulletin (with me!) for milkshakes. It turns out the shakes at Ted’s are something I take for granted, especially as the temperature continues to rise. After […]
Nothing says summer is around the corner like a nice cold beer, make than a nice, cold, American brewed beer. Tonight marks the kick off of American Craft Beer Week at Smith Commons on H Street. The motto is “no fermentation without representation” and the week will offer a variety of American craft beers at […]
“It is nice to be in a second-tier city where you can be a big fish in a small pond.” –Spike Mendelsohn Capitol Hill’s own Spike Mendelsohn is the subject of today’s People’s District. Incidentally, if you’re not reading Danny Harris’s amazing blog, you should. In the interview, Spike talks about how he ended up […]