By Andrea Klee Last week, we looked at two things that may turn the 2012 Nationals team into one that could make a run for the playoffs. Well, in the meantime, Major League Baseball made things a little easier for our friendly ballplaying neighbors; MLB just instituted an additional wild card team from each league. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Capitol Riverfront/ Near Southeast'
Take me out to the Ballgame: 10 Reasons to Cheer on the Nationals in 2012, Part 2
March 8th, 2012 · No Comments · Capitol Riverfront/ Near Southeast, DC
Did Someone Say Baseball?
March 5th, 2012 · No Comments · Capitol Hill, Capitol Riverfront/ Near Southeast, DC
It’s here, ladies and gentleman. Baseball season is here! From now until October, I will live, breathe and sleep baseball. I’m so dedicated to my team that I’ll do anything to avoid going into labor mid-August, during what could be a very interesting homestand at Nats Park. (Unless, of course, giving birth at the park [...]
Tags: baseball·Nationals Park·Nats Park·Washington Nationals
Take me out to the Ballgame: 10 reasons to cheer on the Nationals in 2012
February 28th, 2012 · No Comments · Capitol Hill, Capitol Riverfront/ Near Southeast, DC
By Andrea Klee This time of year, right before spring training really gets underway, is full of optimism and predictions among baseball fans. Your shiny new team—packaged or cobbled together over the off-season—has yet to take the field together, and anything can happen between spring training and the World Series: 162 games need to be [...]
Tags: baseball·fans·FUN·spring training·summer·Washington Nationals
The Wish List: Skating at Eastern Market
February 15th, 2012 · 5 Comments · Capitol Hill, Capitol Riverfront/ Near Southeast, DC, Eastern Market
One recent brisk Saturday morning I was walking through Eastern Market with my wife and daughter after a filling breakfast at Tortilla Cafe, and my little one asked, “Daddy is that a skating rink?” She was pointing at the flat concrete pad that was the home of the temporary market structure, across 7th Street SE [...]
Tags: Eastern Market·Hine Development·ice skating·skating rink·Wish List
Poll: Pavilion at Yards Park to Become Restaurants – Good Idea/Bad Idea?
January 24th, 2012 · No Comments · Capitol Hill, Capitol Riverfront/ Near Southeast, DC
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?
Pavilion at Yards Park to Become Restaurants – Good Idea/Bad Idea?
January 24th, 2012 · 6 Comments · Capitol Hill, Capitol Riverfront/ Near Southeast
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 [...]
Tags: Capitol Waterfront·lumbershed·park·The Yards·waterfront
Capital Riverfront BID Annual Report Released
January 17th, 2012 · No Comments · Capitol Hill, Capitol Riverfront/ Near Southeast, DC
Last week the Capitol Riverfront Business Improvement District released its annual report at a well-attended lunch presentation, hosted in a new (and available for rent) office building on Half Street SE. The Annual Meeting was attended by hundreds of city officials, developers, lenders, contractors and other parties interested in the state of the neighborhood quickly [...]
Tags: annual report·Capitol Riverfront BID·development·Mike Rizzo·Tommy Wells
Fun For Your Humpday: A Little Twangy Cheer
December 15th, 2011 · No Comments · Capitol Hill South, Capitol Riverfront/ Near Southeast, DC
Hi folks! Yes, another belated Humpday fun post… what can I say? I am finally getting into the holiday spirit, however! After being a bit of a Grinch last week, I thought I would share a really fun video from the incredibly talented musicians of the US Navy Band. Ready? PS: I am kind of [...]
CSX Meeting Tonight!
November 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Capitol Hill South, Capitol Riverfront/ Near Southeast
CSX and the District Department of Transportation will hold a second public meeting from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 30 to discuss alternatives for the Virginia Avenue Tunnel project at the conference center at Nationals Park. There will be a formal presentation beginning at 7:00 p.m. followed by a moderated question and answer [...]
Tags: community meetings·CSX
