Today is the final day to nominate your favorite Hill businesses, service providers and organizations for a coveted Hilly Award. Sponsored by Capitol Hill’s chamber of commerce, CHAMPS, the Hillys are our own version of the Oscars…( NOT the VMAs because we are all too old for that nonsense.) After the voting ends tonight the […]
Desi Living Loft Furniture will move into the last remaining retail space in Foundry Lofts at Yards Park, making it the first non-food retailer in the space when the store opens in June. The 3,000 square foot store will feature a wide variety of sofas, chairs, ottomans and coffee tables, and joins several restaurants slated […]
In news that will surprise virtually no one, Barnes & Noble, which was planning to close earlier in 2012, has finally pulled the plug on its Union Station location. The store will close its doors on Friday, March 1st. According to a staff member at the Union Station B&N, the store is slated to become […]
If things go according to plan, this summer Jessica VonDyke will open The Garden, a sexuality resource center and toy shop, on Capitol Hill. If you are thinking The Garden is just another clichéd store featuring gifts perfect for bachelor parties and your uptight best friend’s 30th birthday party, think again. When it opens, The […]
A regular roundup of interesting miscellany from our fellow neighborhood bloggers. DCMud has pics of today’s Union Market, in the midst of a transformation into DC’s “newest culinary destination” at its opening on June 3. I’m usually the first to say that the people and events of Capitol Hill make it the best place to […]