Readers of Forest Hills Connection know Marjorie Rachlin as our ace nature writer. She also enjoys hanging out at the Chevy Chase Library. On Saturdays you will often see her […]
La Dolce Vita In Forest Hills
by Bill Menard My wife, Suzy, and I have lived in D.C. for nearly three decades. In 1985 we met each other working on the presidential campaign of a candidate […]
An Orchid Obsession in Forest Hills
by Gary Stevens I am an orchidholic. There, I admit it. Like so many things in life it started with just one. Then like potato chips, I couldn’t stop. Now […]
MPD Lt. Victor Braschnewitz’s DC Roots
Lieutenant Victor Braschnewitz, the now-former commander of our Police Service Area (PSA) within the Metropolitan Police Department, has retired from the force. He lives in our community with his wife […]
Owl’s Nest: A Forest Hills Home Steeped In History
by Margery Elfin Once upon a time more than a century ago, there was a house built on Gates Road that might have come out of a fairy tale. It […]
Meet Your Neighbors: Adam Sieminski
by Emily Lind Baker Of the many Forest Hills neighbors who are professionally distinguished, there are some whose outside activities may be even more fascinating. Adam Sieminski, an energy economist, […]
Scott Seligman, The “China Hand” At Parker House
The latest in our series of neighbor profiles, about a “nice Jewish boy from New Jersey” who discovered he had a lot in common with the people of China, and […]
Artist & Neighbor Creates ‘Beetle Magic’
by Denise Warner The twinkle in Joan Danziger’s eye follows the beetle crawling on the wall of her Forest Hills studio – its glittering, glass encrusted shell blinks back, joining […]
High-Rise Life: A Sports Legend Among Us
by Barbara Cline This is an inspiring story for anyone with big dreams – How a “poor country girl from Tennessee,” without the advantages of today’s standard team of trainers […]
What I Did This Summer: Fly Fishing the West
by Susan Crudgington Before I went on my summer vacation this year, I had to go to school. And practice for hundreds of hours. I couldn’t go and embarrass the […]