Hill Buzz

Photo by Claudia Holwill

It may be a cold and rainy day, but I’ll happily take it in exchange for all of the beautiful weekends we have been treated to lately.  I don’t remember the last time we had such a beautiful and colorful fall and I am loving every moment of it.  It almost makes you forget how unbearably hot it was this summer…almost. Hopefully you are staying dry and warm indoors today, with a hot cup of coffee or hot cocoa.  And if you need another excuse to procrastinate from work, here is some light reading to catch up on.

• Urban Turf and the Washington Business Journal discussed the drama surrounding development plans for Reservation 13.
• City Paper’s Young & Hungry blog called Ethiopic some of the best Ethiopian food in the city.
• On Earth looks at how Tommy Wells beat the plastic bag lobbyists to bring us that fun bag tax.
• And there is a lot of talk around Tommy Wells and his proposal to restrict access to the city’s homeless shelters to DC residents.  The New York Times had a lot to say, Tommy responded in a series of Tweets (generally if you have so much to say a blog post is in order — maybe it’s coming?), and DCist and City Paper each shared their thoughts…with the city paper calling the proposal “incredibly lazy.”
• DC Metrocentric and H Street Great Street took a look at the 360 H Street project.
• TBD on Foot blog examined the new “crosswalks on steroids” around Lincoln Park.
• ANC 6B commissioner Norm Metzger reacted to the decision to deny the liquor licenses to Nooshi and Moby Dick.
• Metrocurean says that Ba Bay is opening later this week!
• Housing Complex and JD Land reported that the intersection of New Jersey and M Streets, SE will be getting a Barnes Dance.
• Washington Post and H Street Great Street reviewed Chuck’s Wagon BBQ.