January 27th, 2012 by Claudia Holwill · Kingman Park
Photo by María Helena Carey
I love diners. I love breakfast food. And I have loved Capital City Diner ever since the owners brought the 1940s-era diner to DC. Sadly, they have just announced that thy will be closing up shop and this weekend will be their last. Last call for the Super Happy Fat Boy Breakfast.
Thankfully, there may be some hope, according to EaterDC, which is reporting that Ashburn is exploring some other options. So maybe, hopefully, we’ll see them return soon.
The Diner will be open from 7am until 6pm on Saturday and Sunday. [Read more →]
January 26th, 2012 by Sharee Lawler · Capitol Hill
This has been a rough couple of weeks. Busy, worrisome, sometimes frustrating and with many sleepless nights. What does that mean for the To Do List? You’re getting my version of this weekend’s variety of stress relievers.
Let’s start out on Friday at the Fitness Together studio’s twice-weekly PACK group class at 408 H St, NE. Show up at 5pm Friday and you’ll get a workout that will leave you too tired to worry about anything else. Come back Sunday at 11am for a reprisal. Anyone is welcome, but pre-registration is requested ($20 per person, but bring a friend and you both get $5 off!) [Read more →]
January 25th, 2012 by Maria Helena Carey · Capitol Hill
After the runaway success of that one meme about things people say (which is also well foiled by the hilarious, “Sh!t Nobody Says”), we here at THIH have been wondering if this phenom has one more video in it. Specifically, sure… “Sh!t People in DC Say” (or white people in DC, at any rate, as an astute Twitterer uttered when the video first started doing the rounds) was pretty funny, but…. was it missing more things about restaurants? About not wanting to leave Ward 6?
I think we may need a “Sh!t people say in Ward 6″ or “Sh!t people say around the Hill”– don’t you? Won’t you share some ideas?
Guest contributor Dare Johnson Wenzler is a Capitol Hill resident, Realtor and co-owner of First Vine Wine Imports + Sales. This post also appeared on her blog Vine Art.
One of the joys of city living (especially in a walkable community like Capitol Hill) are the treasures you can find in the street, up for grabs. On any given weekend day I’ll pass a handful of houses with various pieces of furniture and/or boxes of books and household items marked with a big “FREE” sign. One day last summer while rummaging through one of these boxes I discovered a Southern Living cookbook compilation of annual recipes from 1979.
1979 … Sony introduced the Walkman, at a price of $200 (average monthly rent in 1979 was $280). Margaret Thatcher was elected British Prime Minister. The YMCA sued the Village People for libel because of their song of the same name. Finally, in October of that year, Mrs. RE Bunker of Bartlett, TX apparently wrote to Southern Living magazine suggesting its readers serve cauliflower as a main dish. [Read more →]
January 25th, 2012 by Sharee Lawler · Capitol Hill
Photo originally uploaded to Flickr by Ernst Vikne.
A weekly roundup of interesting miscellany from our fellow neighborhood bloggers.
In Shaw has photos of a site that (crossed fingers!) will become the Snitcheye Wine Bar. If you ask me, this town can use a few more good spots for vino.
Southwest … the Little Quadrant that Could has a tale of how scandal is impacting negotiations for a DC United stadium, plus an update and rendering of Phase One of The Wharf.
The 42 Bus reminds us that Dupont Circle south escalators are closing soon. Are we not yet able to perfect this technology? Plus shares the latest news on the corner of 7 & H, NW (adjacent to the Chinatown arch). Sushi? Yes! Panera? Meh.
Borderstan ponders whether Newt Gingrich truly understands the challenges of urban living. Um, Newt, are there really people who work for actual newspapers anymore?
January 24th, 2012 by Claudia Holwill · Capitol Hill
image uploaded by Rukasu1 on Flickr
While the rest of the country simply tunes in for the State of the Union from their homes, we get to navigate street closures and crowds of Hill staffers all while listening to helicopters circle overhead. It’s part of the fun of living in the neighborhood that sits in the shadow of the Capitol. So in the event you need to get around by car tonight, or if you’re the type who prefers watching the big event from a local bar surrounded by political junkies and hill staffers, we’ve got a quick guide for you.
If you’re watching at home, tune into C-Span, where our very own Lauren Torlone works. If you’d rather watch at a bar, the following picks are sure to have at least a few TV’s tuned to SOTU tonight. Want to make it a little more interesting? Why not mix in a little drinking game? This would be a perfect time for a drinking game of Sh*t Hill Staffers Say, but I guess the series hasn’t jumped the shark quite enough for that yet. [Read more →]
Earlier today we discussed the pros and cons of the open-air pavilion at The Yards Park becoming restaurants later this year. So readers, what do you say?
A couple of weeks ago I saw a short posting on The Yards Park facebook page. It read, “Planning an event for March 2012? This is your last chance to hold an event in the lumbershed open air pavilion in the Yards Park! The lumbershed is going under construction in April to be restaurants. Book now – email…”
I took this last-chance opportunity to book an event in the lumber shed as sad news. For over a year now The Yards Park has been a destination for families from the Hill and farther afield, both for its splash pools in the warmer weather and for the well-designed outdoor space that provides multiple opportunities to enjoy the waterfront. Few other locales in Washington DC offer space to have a picnic, play a board game, enjoy a concert, use the dog park, and take in views of the river all in one spot. The Yards Park was even recently voted [Read more →]
January 24th, 2012 by Claudia Holwill · Capitol Hill
photo by Kurlylox1 on Flickr
Housing Complex looked at the history of the former Buchanan School at 13th and D streets SE, also known as the International Graduate University.
JDLand reported that DCPS reiterated that the Van Ness Elementary School will not open sooner than 2015. DCPS also nixed the idea of allowing the School Within School at Peabody Elementary to expand to the Van Ness location.
Thrillist announced that Boundary Road will be soft-opening next weekend.
Washingtonian got a preview of what’s to come at Boundary Road.
EMMCA Blog reported that IMA Pizza’s request for a fast food exception was approved by the CHRS zoning committee.
Today’s deal for Living Social/Amazon is for tickets to the upcoming INTERSECTIONS: A New America Arts Festival at the Atlas. I have no idea when this weird alliance was struck between Amazon and Living Social, I just know it is one more email in my inbox each morning. But a deal is a deal and this one is a good one. For $25 you can get $50 to tickets to almost every performance during the Festival- which has expanded from 9 days last year to now 12 arts-filled days over three weekends. With hip hop theater, jazz interpretations of classics, a one man Frankenstein or tap dancing you will be sure to find something to appeal to you.
Note the deal is not good for the awesome parties, the always sold-out SpeakeasyDC shows, the dog-show fundraiser Mutts Gone Nuts or the evening with Avatar’s bad guy Stephen Lang.
