Photo courtesy of Rayna C. Richardson. That’s the catchy tagline for PinUp Preserves, the Southwest Farmer’s Market’s newest vendor. PinUp Preserves’ business owner, Rayna C. Richardson, was on her way to work at Arena Stage when she passed through our neighborhood farmer’s market. She was glad to see the market “as a community place, where […]
As The Wharf takes shape, the growing list of food and entertainment options has been hard to keep track of. We hope this list will help: Five new concepts were added this month, which are: Eric and Ian Hilton, renowned for creating neighborhood mainstays including Georgetown’s Chez Billy Sud and The Gibson along 14th St. […]
Lt. Col. Christine Mau is no stranger to making history. She entered the Air Force after graduating from the United States Air Force Academy in 1997, just four years after the Combat Exclusion Law was lifted, allowing women to fly in combat. She became part of the select community of fighter pilots after pilot training […]
Photo credit: Dreaming Out Loud fellow Molly McFarland While strolling through the Southwest Farmer’s Market on a Saturday morning, you can often smell the distinct fragrance of coffee pan-roasting at the Sun World Sun Market stall. There, customers steal quiet moments together over a plate of Ethiopian food and traditionally prepared coffee or iced ginger […]
The maxim is “Little flower farms do not last forever,” right? Or maybe, nothing (meri)gold can stay. “I’m grateful to Capital City Real Estate for the opportunity to build DC’s first urban flower farm on their land,” said the Little Flower Farm’s Founder Steph Clark, and what a success it has been. A land that […]
Photo caption: Fifth grade authors with Amidon-Bowen Principal Tamikka Sykes. My name is Aanisah Myers. I am a fifth grader at Amidon-Bowen Elementary School. Getting back to school was exciting. I am mostly excited about meeting our new principal, Ms. Sykes, also advancing in math and reading! Math is my favorite subject. I also like […]
Fellow Southwest residents, May I please present a modest proposal for a historical marker here in the District, which I think would help our residents remember a forgotten bit of our history and would cost very little? For several years I have studied the history of Buzzard Point and in fact published the only history […]
