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Hill’s Eye View: Gift Options Galore

December 3rd, 2012 · No Comments · Capitol Hill, Eastern Market

Shopping for gifts at the Hill’s small business and vendors’ stalls around Eastern Market is a great way to support our community. And adding photos here to show what you’ve found isn’t a bad thing either.

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Welcome Back George-or-Capitol Hill Holiday Tree: Lighting Scheduled for Saturday Evening

November 30th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Capitol Hill, Eastern Market

George, the 20-foot evergreen tree, in the park in the northwest quadrant of the Eastern Market Metro plaza, will festively be “brought to life” on Saturday, December 1st at 5:30 p.m. This will be the sixth year George, with his red and gold ornaments, will be lit in honor of George Didden III The event, other [...]

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The To Do List

December 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · Capitol Hill

You’ve checked off your gift-giving list; you’ve trimmed everything that ever needed trimming. You baked cookies; you ate your body weight in cookie dough. You’ve cooked and cleaned and fa-la-la-ed until the cows came home. Now the Chrismukkah/Festivus season has literally descended upon you as gracefully as an overweight man in a velvet tracksuit does [...]

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Area Mom Mobilizes Christmas Pajama Drive for Kids in DC Foster Care

December 15th, 2011 · No Comments · Capitol Hill

Earlier this year, DC resident Kathy Jackson lay in her hospital bed, weakened from the treatments to fight her leukemia. She couldn’t see her three children, Joseph, Sam, and Tyler (ages 12, 8, and 7, respectively) because exposure to their normal childhood germs could have been disastrous. A bone marrow transplant and chemotherapy had destroyed her immune [...]

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Brent Christmas Tree and Holiday Sale this Weekend

December 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · Capitol Hill

Need Trees? Brent Elementary has ‘em! Brent Elementary’s Christmas Tree and Holiday Sale is this weekend. 275 Fraser and Douglas Fir freshly cut trees are winging their way to DC as we speak. They’ll be available in 6,7,9, and 10 ft heights and for of us with, um, space challenged abodes can pick up a [...]

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