Happy Pride Month and Happy All The Other Cool Things We Celebrate in June to you! From dads to grads to flags to everything in between, June is a month of just celebrating being alive and enjoying a little place in the sun, thanks to the almost-15-hour day. What can you do? First, why not […]
Along with Hill history, I have long been fascinated by airships and have managed to combine those two interests at times. And along the way, I have also been researching and writing about one particular airship flight–– one that has absolutely nothing to do with Capitol Hill, unfortunately. It was a record-breaking flight of 101 […]
Close readers of my writings may have noticed a certain affinity for airships, as I’ve written about them numerous times–– even when there is little historical reason for that. And so, today, I will stretch this tenuous connection to its maximum. If there is any one single topic I have written more about than any […]
The leaves are turning and it feels properly fallsy (even if all the mosquitoes are still alive). What shall we do this week? IMPORTANT: SPOOKY SEASON IS COMING! Here on the Hill, we love ourselves some Halloween. Hill-O-Ween is a proud and storied tradition for the littlest ones, and the date has been announced: Friday, October […]
Happy Tuesday! Hope you’re staying warm and keeping the hope alive in your heart, because this year’s peak blossom dates were announced this morning! There will be peak blossoms –that is, 70% of the flower canopy open and begging for photos– between March 22-25 this year. The festival will be in person again, and it […]