Save Eastern Market!

This Tuesday, bars across the District will be donating a portion of their proceeds to help restore Eastern Market. If this isn't a worthy cause, then I don't know what is! All of the proceeds will go to the Capitol Hill Community Foundation. Currently our old staple isn't on the list, but hopefully they will step up! Regardless, plan on heading out and drinking Tuesday, May 8th. For a list of participating bars, click here.

Screen on the Green

Every summer I plan on checking out at least one of the Screen on the Green movies and every summer something keeps me away... one summer it rained every day, another summer I was recovering from surgery or out of town. But I am determined to see at least one movie this summer!

They just released the schedule for this year (thanks DCist for the heads-up) and the line-up looks great. There is just something idyllic about seeing old classics on the National Mall - it makes you ignore the fact that you are outside in DC in August sweating!

This year the line-up is much better than last year:

Monday, July 16: Annie Hall
Monday, July 23: The Thing From Another World
Monday, July 30: Wait Until Dark
Monday, August 6:: All the King's Men
Monday, August 13: Casablanca

Keep DC short!

I think one of the reasons I love DC so much is because it doesn't feel like a big city. Much of this has to do with the fact that there are no tall buildings in District. I love the fact that from my house near U street I can look downtown and see the Washington Monument. This wouldn't happen in any other major city. The Washington Post looked into the debate of high rises in DC today. I always thought that there was some old law in DC that buildings couldn't be taller than the Washington Monument. Turns out though, that law doesn't exist. There is a height Act that Congress created, but that was in response to protesters in 1894 who were protesting the 160-ft height of the Cairo apartment building on 16th which is pretty intereting.

Developers are claiming that DC is running out of space and that soon there will be a time where DC will have to be built up to attract more businesses and lower rates. But of course the Developers would say that. However, I am pretty sure that is not what L'Efant had in mind when he planned the beautiful sprawling city. He is probably turning in his grave right about now. Could you imagine DC with skyscrapers? All of the charecter DC has would be lost. They don't even have to be that tall to be an eye sore - a perfect example would be Rosslyn!

This is sad

I've been to Eastern Market a couple of times and while I didn't fall in love with it, I understand that a lot of people in the neighborhood love it. Evidently, part of the market has burned down over the weekend. Luckily no one was hurt.