Ah, a Fourth of July in DC makes us want to don our best red, white and blue with stars –but NOT the Panama flag, grandma!– and eat all the hotdogs and complain that there is no soccer game on tomorrow (prob just me). What else can we do and how can we get around […]
Heads up, Capitol Hill! The annual Rock & Roll Marathon this weekend will be bringing road closures in all corners of the Capitol Hill neighborhood. From approximately 7:30am until noon on Saturday, the following roads will be closed: E. Capitol St NE closed from 22nd St NE to 19th ST NE and from 11th St SE […]
Sometimes it’s motorcades. Other times, it’s 3,500 runners — and a few pint-sized speedsters– who slow you down as you try to get across town. Sunday May 18th is the 35th Annual Capitol Hill Classic, a major fundraiser for the Capitol Hill Cluster School (comprised of Peabody Primary, Watkins Elementary and Stuart Hobson Middle), and […]
How did everyone do last night? From the looks of it Capitol Hill fared pretty well in comparison to some of our neighbors to the north, but there’s still plenty of clean-up work from the debris and water damage leftover by Sandy. Here’s a report from Metropolitan Police Department’s Commander Daniel Hickson, summing up last […]
This week is turning into quite the carnival on Capitol Hill. We started with elephants and clowns parading through our streets, and the week ends with thousands of runners racing through the area (and greater Washington) as part of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon 2012. (Throw in a giant music and drinking festival at RFK for […]