I was greeted by a winter wonderland scene outside my kitchen window Monday morning. I waited till the afternoon to get out and explore. By 2:30 p.m., Albemarle Street was clear. Getting down into Soapstone Valley from Linnean was not too bad. And these were the scenes that greeted me. Cars were parked outside the […]
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A salute to a snow-clearing hero: “It just felt easier to grab a shovel and do something”
The District has been sending out crews with big equipment to clear the heavy and hardened snowcrete from Connecticut Avenue intersections. But neighbor Stefanie Sprow was out there first, armed only with a shovel. Connecticut Avenue and Albemarle Street was the first intersection she dug out. It was January 29th, four days after the region’s […]
Snow day photos: Digging out, playground sledding, and helpful neighbors
by Marlene Berlin After snowstorms, I’m always eager to get out there to see how our streets, sidewalks, and businesses are faring. But this time, I had to cool my jets a little. The weekend storm could have been a triple threat: heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain. Luckily for us, the freezing rain did […]
Questions about squirrels and parking on leaves: Some of the web search terms that brought readers to us in 2021
Most of our readers come to us through email notifications when we post new articles (see “Subscribe to our blog” in the sidebar, or on mobile, scroll down), and through our monthly newsletter. Many also come to us after searching the web for questions about local places and policies. And if you are here because […]
Photos: A Forest Hills snow/slush day
by Marlene Berlin Residents of Forest Hills DC woke up to snow on Wednesday. We are used to waking up to the sound of early morning snowplows on these days, but as of 2:30 p.m. many of the streets and sidewalks remained unplowed and unshoveled. The first plow came up 30th Street at 4:10 p.m. […]
A Forest Hills snow day: A few everyday heroes, and some lovely snow-covered scenes
by Marlene Berlin On the day of our “big” March snowstorm, I went out around 3 p.m. to shovel our sidewalk on 30th Street. Other people had the same idea. I met our new neighbor on the corner of Brandywine and 30th. Then I walked on to check out the neighborhood. As on 30th, some […]
Digging out in DC: The trouble with triangles
by Marlene Berlin Under DC law, homeowners and businesses must shovel their sidewalks within the first eight daylight hours after a snowfall, or else they face citations and fines. But who pays when the District Department of Transportation doesn’t clear its own sidewalks? Among the sidewalks that fall under DDOT’s purview are those on the […]
A Forest Hills Snow Day
by Marlene Berlin My friends and family know I don’t let cold weather keep me in. I set out after Tuesday’s snowfall to find the neighborhood’s most popular sledding spots, and soon found I was not the only one out enjoying the snow. The hillside at the Carnegie Institution (at 5251 Broad Branch Rd.) was […]