Hope everyone had a happy Halloween! What’s ahead for the weekend folks? Friday through Sunday the Hill Center is hosting a huge ceramics event, called Pottery on the Hill. Sixteen of the nation’s top ceramic artists will gather and show-off ceramic table platters, fanciful mugs, one-of-a-kind cups, cooking pots, vases, and other whimsical and functional pieces. Many […]
If you have a couple of hours to kill, I can highly recommend the website Shorpy. Filled with pictures from bygone eras, it captures everything from the earth-shaking to the mundane. I was happily paging through it the other day when I came across a picture of a rather ordinary wooden building with two men […]
I tend to look at things that are long-gone from Capitol Hill, hence my weekly column, but I also appreciate the new too. And, with that in mind, I recently took a group on a tour of the Capitol. I usually love these tours because after I get my kids into the right line, I […]
One of the joys of living in DC is seeing your city –and your neighborhood– shown as a set on the big screen. Even more fun is finding how often they get it wrong. Mike Canning has been reviewing movies for the Hill Rag for the past 20 years, and he and the Friends of […]
We have much to celebrate this weekend, what with the Nats home opener this afternoon. They are looking good, so spirits will be high. Of course taxes are due next week so the (surely very few) procrastinators among us may be frantically digging for deductions this weekend as well. Aside from taxes and baseball what […]