Do you walk or drive near the Potomac Avenue Metro Station? If so, you probably realize that this intersection is, to say the least, problematic. Thankfully, the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is planning a series of public meetings on pedestrian safety for the Pennsylvania Avenue and Potomac Avenue intersection. It’s an opportunity for the [...]
Tags: DDOT·pedestrian safety·Potomac Avenue·public meeting·safety
Do you know there are places in the country, including some right here in Washington, DC where the cemetery ISN’T a public gathering spot? Where kids don’t play, and dogs don’t run? That don’t have weekly tours and a sense of adventure and fun? Yeah, I don’t get it either. But we’re fortunate enough to [...]
I don’t know about you, but I love food holidays, especially when they come baked warm and salted upon serving. Today is National Pretzel Day. But there’s also another reason to celebrate this national holiday too. Today, the Pretzel Bakery is marking its one year anniversary on Capitol Hill. The Hill East shop has quickly [...]
Uppity Women. I’m surrounded by them. I’m outnumbered three to one at home (numbers slightly improve if you count the dog). My two most recent professions, stay at home parent and tour guide, generally leave me the only man in the room. Even here, I write under the gynocratical rule of the The Hill Is [...]
Apparently if you live in the vicinity of 14th and Pennsylvania Ave, SE, you had an interesting night last night. Power went out in a segment of the Hill East area during the early evening and wasn’t restored for most customers until 1 or 1:30am today. No word on the exact cause of the outage, [...]
Tags: MPD·Pepco·power outage
Guest contributor Dare Johnson Wenzler is a Capitol Hill resident, Realtor and co-owner of First Vine Wine Imports + Sales. This post also appears on her blog Real Estate On (and off!) the Hill. Looking for some serious space in a convenient location without breaking the bank? I’ve got one for you: 1520 Pennsylvania Ave [...]
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