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by Marjorie L. Share “Sometimes you want to go Where everybody knows your name, And they’re always glad you came… …You want to go where everybody knows your name.” The lyrics are the theme song for Cheers, the award-winning American TV series that began in 1982 and ran for 11 seasons. It was based on […]
by Marlene Berlin Where are the best sledding hills in Forest Hills? Our steep driveway is no longer open for business since the girls are grown. They and their neighbor buddies used to make some quick runs before heading off to more challenging venues. A favorite was the Carnegie Institute’s hill at Broad Branch, Nevada […]
by David Jonas Bardin A major landmark in our neighborhood is the University of the District of Columbia’s main campus. Though it’s smack in the middle of our neighborhood now, UDC’s roots were spread throughout the city, and sprouted before the Civil War. That history may shed some light on its current financial issues, its […]
Last week I went to Little Red Fox to pick up some multigrain bread. I had given a loaf to a friend who had just gotten out of the hospital. She could not stop raving about it. Owner Matt Carr was there and showed me the bin of gluten-free baked goods, which I had asked […]
by Daniel Solomon The concrete evidence of the continuing struggle for DC voting rights can be seen on Aviva Kempner’s lawn, house and car. Less visible but equally significant are the remaining constraints on DC’s autonomy. Forty years ago, in December 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the DC Home Rule Act. The law permitted us […]
by Marlene Berlin Is Van Ness “well-served by transit?” That’s the question I am left with after reading the Coalition for Smarter Growth’s recap of parking minimums changes in the Office of Planning zoning rewrite (PDF). In areas “well-served by transit,” the current parking minimums are halved. Most of the Van Ness/Forest Hills area certainly […]
FHC contributor David Bardin took a walk one day in October 2013. And it resulted in a comprehensive list of restaurants along the Van Ness/Forest Hills stretch of Connecticut Avenue. The list below is organized not alphabetically, but geographically. More specifically, it’s the route David took when he compiled it for us. He started on […]
by Marjorie Rachlin Winter is coming. Leaves pile up in the gutters, the days are getting shorter. We’ve just had our first frost. Human residents have turned on the furnace, but what about the furry, feathered, slithery and six-legged creatures that call our backyards home? Many of our songbirds have gone south already – but […]
by Cynthia Lehmann Have you been toying with the idea of going solar ever since you saw An Inconvenient Truth? Perhaps you haven’t done anything about it (other than feel guilty) because you have heard that it is very expensive. Or perhaps you don’t trust yourself to find a competent installer who won’t rip you off. Whatever the reason, now […]
by David Jonas Bardin We wouldn’t expect the average NBA player to be comfortable flying in coach class. Nor should we expect our street trees to thrive in a similarly cramped environment. “A tree’s ability to grow and stay healthy is largely dependent on available rooting space,” says Casey Trees, in its 2008 […]
