For every game that my family bikes to, we use the wonderful valet service that I’ve written about in previous posts. Last night I realized that my previous post overlooked two key components: Olajawon Davis and Delonte Brown, the wonderful employees who make the bike valet station run. When we arrive at the garage on the corner [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Capitol Hill'
Things We Take for Granted: The Employees of Nationals Park Bike Valet Service
August 3rd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Capitol Hill
Tags: Capitol Hill·Nationals Park
How to Keep Your Bike
June 15th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Capitol Hill
It’s that time of year—though isn’t it always?—when listservs are overwhelmed with pleas from Hill residents desperate to get back their beloved bikes back, bikes that have been stolen from front yards and back yards, garages and porches, store fronts and bike racks. Some bikes are locked to garden gates, while others are left unattended and [...]
Tags: Bikes·Capitol Hill
Happy Second Anniversary To Us
May 20th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Capitol Hill
At the risk of being called out for navel-gazing, we’d like to take this opportunity to wish ourselves a happy second anniversary. Yes the little-blog-that-could has been posting observations, reviews, announcements, and criticisms for two whole years today. The traditional gift for a second year anniversary is cotton, so feel free to purchase one of [...]
Tags: anniversary·blog·Capitol Hill·posts·second·The Hill Is Home·writers
Don’t Call My Neighborhood Ghetto
May 10th, 2011 · 29 Comments · Capitol Hill, H Street, Near Northeast/Atlas District
It cannot be said enough: I hate what my neighborhood can become after 5pm, when people come from Maryland, Virginia and other areas of D.C., to enjoy the offerings on H Street. I say “can,” because on most nights all is well; on most nights I am able to find a parking spot, and I [...]
CVS Dispenses Wrong Medicine, Right Advice
May 5th, 2011 · 9 Comments · Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill South
New mom Anna Fifield was struggling with her four month-old’s eczema, which sent her to seek advice on the MOTH [Moms on the Hill] listserv. Their responses sent her to a specialist, who then sent her to the CVS at 500 12th Street SE to fill a script to treat her baby. She finally had [...]
A Government Shutdown & You
April 7th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Capitol Hill, DC
If you live on Capitol Hill and don’t work for the federal government –- surprise! You’re not alone. Not following the latest budget negotiations in Congress? No matter, for a furlough impacting federal operations will most certainly get your attention. So, what will (and won’t!) be operational come midnight Friday? Let’s start with some good [...]
Tags: Capitol Hill·DC Government·furlough·Government shutdown
Arriving Soon: BoxCar Grill; Destination: Seventh Street, SE
April 5th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Eastern Market
We have an appetizing little update on our news from weeks and weeks ago on a new commercial neighbor on Seventh Street SE: an in-house charcuterie; cheeses; a large wine selection; ales; and a “fresh progressive menu,” with chef Brendan Tharp, formerly of Baltimore’s Blue Hill Tavern, at the helm. Forgive the mixed metaphor, but [...]
Tags: BoxCar·Capitol Hill·Eastern Market·Food·New Business·Real Estate·restaurants
Things We Take For Granted: Proximity to I-395/295, etc
March 24th, 2011 · 13 Comments · Capitol Hill, Capitol Hill North, Capitol Hill South, DC
If you have to drive to work, living in Capitol Hill is your best bet. According to this article, a one-hour commute cuts your social life by 10 percent. Luckily my driving commute to work is less than ten minutes, so my commute is as easy as they come. At times I feel like, living [...]
Tags: Capitol Hill·Capitol Hill commute·Things We Take For Granted·US Capitol
New! Improved! Taxation with Less Representation!
January 7th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Capitol Hill, DC
Well, the 112th Congress opened its session on Wednesday with a low blow to their surroundings, stripping the DC Delegate of voting on the floor in Committee of the Whole matters. While this website concerns itself more with matters of the Capitol Hill neighborhood and more-or-less ignores the big-domed building in the middle, the actions [...]
Things We Take For Granted: Pete’s Diner and Carryout
August 11th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Capitol Hill South
Washington, DC is justly criticized for lacking the lunch places and corner delis of other major American cities. Blame it on the growth of the Federal Government (among about a zillion other reasons). As the gov’met grew, they tore down rows and rows of hash slinging dives, restaurants, chop suey palaces, and so on; in [...]
Tags: Capitol Hill·Food·history·Neighbors·Pete's Diner·restaurants·Take Out
