You know you’re sitting at your desk wondering whether you should take to the streets, even though you’re pretty sure there’s wintry mix falling out there ALREADY –although it’s only 55 degrees, so maybe it’s just your imagination, or maybe the sky is finally #Occupying the streets. And then everyone is going to go crazy [...]
Entries Tagged as 'DC'
Fun For Your Humpday: #Occupying
December 7th, 2011 · No Comments · DC
Tags: DC·FUN·occupy·wintry mix
Missing Person Last Seen on Benning Road NE
August 27th, 2011 · No Comments · Near Northeast/Atlas District
Dear THIH readers, I’m posting this for a former colleague of mine whose son is missing. Thanks for reading. An all day search is planned for today, Saturday, August 27 in the DC area in an effort to find information leading to the disappearance of Stephen DeDakis, age 22, whose last known whereabouts were recorded [...]
Tags: DC
Get Over Yourself, Mr. Mendelsohn
May 11th, 2011 · 53 Comments · Capitol Hill
“It is nice to be in a second-tier city where you can be a big fish in a small pond.” –Spike Mendelsohn Capitol Hill’s own Spike Mendelsohn is the subject of today’s People’s District. Incidentally, if you’re not reading Danny Harris’s amazing blog, you should. In the interview, Spike talks about how he ended up [...]
Casey Trees: Green in Your Pocket and Yard
March 24th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Capitol Hill
Since spring is officially here, it is only appropriate that we express our appreciation for the landscape of Capitol Hill and the people that make an effort to beautify it. Over the next few weeks the residents of the Hill will finally overcome their seasonal affective disorders. They’ll bask in the budding greenery as they [...]
Tags: DC·Gardens·homes·volunteering
Public Can Weigh in on Future Charter School March 15 & 16
February 23rd, 2010 · 3 Comments · Capitol Hill South
Did you ever go to an “information” meeting and leave knowing little more than you did when you walked in the door? That was the reaction of many to the meeting convened last Wednesday to discuss plans for a charter school at the present home of the International Graduate University behind Safeway on 13th Street [...]
The To Do List
January 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Capitol Hill
Hey, football fans: you can actually step away from the TV this weekend and enjoy what the city has to offer. Pay no mind to the fact that we may get snow on Saturday (forecast high: a balmy 30 degrees)– play at indoor venues and play hard! Start your weekend off on Thursday the 28th [...]
Get Out Your Shovels & DIG — It’s the Law!
December 20th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Capitol Hill
What a beautiful crisp white morning it is out there. And we have just a friendly reminder that it’s District law that residents have to clear the sidewalk in front of their property From the D.C. Snow Removals brochure: Who is responsible for clearing sidewalks? District law requires property owners to clear snow and ice [...]
ANC 6B Roundup
December 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Capitol Hill
The ANC 6B meeting was held Tuesday night at 7 pm, with all commissioners in attendance, albeit ANC 6B-11 still being a vacant seat. The following are highlights: Chair David Garrison called the meeting into order a few minutes after 7 pm, with about 15 members of the community and a few guest speakers, including [...]
Tags: ANC·ANC6B·DC·DC Government·Neighborhoods·Old Navy Hospital·Parking·Ward 6·WASA
Stimulating Theater – Federal Dollars at Work, on the Stage
November 19th, 2009 · No Comments · H Street
The Hill’s very own Theater Alliance has received federal stimulus money earmarked to prevent layoffs. Like the classical deus ex machine of our theatrical forefathers, the money has arrived just in time. “I’m the only employee and I was going to have to lay myself off,” said Paul Douglas Michnewicz, a co- founder and artistic [...]
