How’s that for an urban riot of realism and color? The dog tops the cake…or the recycling can. Share your photos of Capitol Hill living in the Hill is Home’s flickr group.
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Aug
2013
How’s that for an urban riot of realism and color? The dog tops the cake…or the recycling can. Share your photos of Capitol Hill living in the Hill is Home’s flickr group.
The DC Department of Public Works accepts old electronics and other hazardous materials on the first Thursday and Saturday of every month at the Fort Totten transfer station. While it may not be as convenient as curbside pick up, it does divert very harmful chemicals and heavy metals from our waste stream and landfills, which means […]
No one really likes taking down the Christmas decorations when the holiday passes. It’s not quite as exciting as putting them up and getting ready for a visit from Santa or holiday meals with family and friends, unless you’re one of a select group that really enjoys sweeping up pine needles. It’s a necessary evil of […]
We all know our curbside recycling picks up aluminum cans, plastic bottle, newspapers, and glass jelly jars, but DC’s residential recycling program is far broader than these basic elements we started collecting years ago. Some conversations within our home and with neighbors made me think it was a good idea to check the Department of […]
We know of Ready, Willing, and Working—the program that provides job training and other support to recently homeless men trying to get their lives back on track. This program gives Capitol Hill the wonderful Men in Blue who help keep our neighborhood clean and direct visitors around the business areas. A new program was recently […]