I wouldn’t say its the best time of year (summer, no one compares to you) but the holiday season does have something special about it. Shopping, and finding the perfect gifts for the people on your list brings a certain sense of accomplishment. But its also nice to play Santa by donating to an organization [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Capitol Hill North'
‘Tis the Season for Giving
December 7th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Capitol Hill North, Capitol Hill South
Tags: Community·volunteering
Exercise Your Green Thumb, Satisfy Your Curiousity
October 19th, 2011 · No Comments · Capitol Hill North
This Saturday, October 22, between 10am and 1pm the Sherwood Neighborhood Volunteers invite you to join them for the fall clean up at Sherwood Recreation Center (10 & G, NE). Bring gloves, if you have them, and pitch in for a little mulching, weeding, and planting hundreds of spring bulbs (courtesy of the Capitol Hill [...]
Tags: DPR·gardening·Sherwood·Sherwood Neighborhood Volunteers·volunteering·volunteers
Slow Down, Maryland Drivers: Tomorrow is Walk to School Day
October 4th, 2011 · No Comments · Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill North, Capitol Hill South
Tomorrow is International Walk to School Day, or, as we call it on the Hill, Wednesday. I mean, really, how is this different from any other day for us? Well, we can have a little party, that’s how. Tomorrow morning, students (and presumably some of their parents) from twelve Hill schools will gather at Lincoln [...]
Tags: Bikes·Capitol Hill Community Foundation·CHPSPO·Lincoln Park·Schools·Tommy Wells·Walk to School Day·walking
Mr. Wells, Tear Down this Bike Station!
September 20th, 2011 · 15 Comments · Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill North, Capitol Hill South
Today marks the one year anniversary of Capitol Bikeshare, the nation’s largest public bike sharing system (at least until those laggards up in New York finally catch up). Which means it’s been a bit under a year that residents of Lincoln Park have had to suffer the cruel indignity of having 15 bikes foisted upon them. No longer [...]
Tags: ANC·Bikes·Bikeshare·CaBi·Lincoln Park
H Street Chalk Walk and Brunch Around This Saturday
September 8th, 2011 · No Comments · Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill North, H Street
On Saturday Sept. 10, H Street Main Street and Capitol Hill’s Chamber of Commerce (CHAMPS) will host the first ever Chalk Walk on H Street NE. H Street Chalk Walk is a day-long event that will allow attendees to watch artists working live, in partnership with H Street businesses, to create sidewalk art with the theme, [...]
Lost Capitol Hill: The Wreck of the Federal
August 8th, 2011 · No Comments · Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill North, Union Station/NOMA
Today, when we speak of train wrecks on Capitol Hill, it usually refers to some blunder made by Congress. However, not so long ago, there was a real train accident that took place at Union Station. Read today about the wreck of the Federal, and the surprising aftermath thereafter.
Tags: Lost Capitol Hill
From the Ward Six Task Force
August 4th, 2011 · No Comments · Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill North, Capitol Hill South, Capitol Riverfront/ Near Southeast, DC
Yesterday evening the Ward Six task force (W6TF) met and unanimously approved an initial advisory neighborhood committee (ANC) redistricting plan for Ward 6 which has the following highlights, reposted with a few changes from the W6TF blog: Splitting Lincoln Park between ANC 6A and ANC 6B. Adding St. Coletta’s School to ANC 6B The following [...]
Tags: ANC·meeting·redistricting·W6TF
Old McDonald Had A Wine Bar
August 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Capitol Hill North, Capitol Hill South, DC
When I think of farmers, it’s hard to shake the image associated with all those childhood sing-a-longs of “Old McDonald”—the big red barn, the American denim overalls, the thin piece of straw sticking out his mouth as he rides a tractor or visits the chickens, etc. I certainly never pictured Old McDonald sending out a [...]
Tags: Food·restaurants·Sonoma·sustainability
