Thanks to Jaime for sending: “our hawk sighting in the River Terrace neighborhood. Saw it having a meal on top of our garage.

Was pretty big and even flew off with the food after a car was driving down the alley.”

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Thanks to Lindsay for sharing from Capitol Hill this morning:

“Tis the season to measure background energy levels prior to an innaguration 🚁”

Anyone hear an unusual amount of helicopters last night too?

Full press release: (more…)



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From the fine folks at Ivy & Coney (1537 7th Street, NW):

“Oy vey, it’s that time of year again! Ivy and Coney, DC’s premier bar for arguing the merits of Pastrami vs. Corned Beef, is thrilled to announce the return of its most important event of the year, “Chai-vy & Cohen-y.” What started as a joke (and let’s be honest, still kind of is) is back to bring holiday cheer (and maybe a little indigestion) to the masses. (more…)


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