If I see an open house, chances are I’m going in to check it out. I love design and home décor, so the situation is pretty much the equivalent of the proverbial kid walking into a candy store. Given Sharee’s recent posts about her home search, I have to admit I also find myself drawn [...]
Tags: history·Neighbors·Open Houses
Face it. You love rocks, don’t you? Who doesn’t? You see magnificent buildings like the Smithsonian Castle, and say, “Man, it’s a great building, but I just wish I knew where the stone came from…” Well, fear not! Your worries are over, as author Garrett Peck will be answering these questions and more this Thursday [...]
Tags: book·book signing·Hill Center·history
Uppity Women. I’m surrounded by them. I’m outnumbered three to one at home (numbers slightly improve if you count the dog). My two most recent professions, stay at home parent and tour guide, generally leave me the only man in the room. Even here, I write under the gynocratical rule of the The Hill Is [...]
In honor of the upcoming 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington, Capitol Hill Village and the Ruth Ann Overbeck Capitol Hill History Project are sponsoring a cross-gnerational commemoration next Saturday, February 23rd. We discussed part of this celebration a few weeks ago, and noted that participants are encouraged to write and share their [...]
The US Capitol is in trouble. Well, quite a bit of trouble, but let’s talk about the dome for now. The nearly 10 million pound iron dome is almost 150 years old and hasn’t had a major restoration since 1959-60. The Washington Business Journal is reporting that bids for a multi-year, multi-million dollar project are [...]
Tags: history·The Capitol Building
I have recently looked at some of the aspects of Prohibition on the Hill, looking at the raids of 1931, as well as the production of liquor here. That still leaves one important aspect of the alcohol trade unexplained: The sale thereof. Most was, of course, sold under the counter at establishments that sold “near [...]
Tags: history·Lost on Capitol Hill
Few of us are conscious of living in history. History, rather, is something that happens in the past and is the realm of those that went before us. We read about it, watch it on TV, visit the sites, but it is, to abuse the old saying, a foreign country. Even when we witness something [...]
Tags: Capitol Hill Village·history·Ruth Ann Overbeck Project
All We Can Eat reported that District Taco is looking to open a location in the former Yes! Organic Market space on Pennsylvania Ave, SE early next year. In Curbed DC’s latest “Bar Crawl Living,” the feature focused on apartments and houses within crawling distance from Union Pub. JDLand announced that Gordon Biersch is officially [...]
Tags: alll the food that's fit to eat·Food·Hill Buzz·history·streetcar
October is here which means you can break out the Halloween candy and dress up your pet without embarrassment. But before you sit down in front of that plastic pumpkin full of sugar, why not get a little exercise? The second annual Dead Man’s Run at Congressional Cemetery is this Saturday (Oct 6) from 6-8p. [...]
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