Brett Abrams is happy. Abrams is a local historian and author of “Capital Sporting Grounds: A History of Stadium and Ballpark Construction in Washington, DC.” Today he’s leading me on a tour of the city’s sports facilities, built and unbuilt, still standing and long gone.
But for a bit of our time together, I get to [...]
"It's hell on rocks."
Dominique Davis, 26, is sitting on her building's stoop, taking a break from her too hot apartment with the bed bugs, cracked ceilings, roaches, and the mice she says she just lets run free.
This morning her landlord, Rufus Stancil, sent somebody to cut the grass. It had been a while. He ran [...]
Dogs and cats. Dogs and cats. When potential pet owners of the greater D.C. area are looking to add some fur to their abodes, dogs and cats are the go-to. But consider the small, humble bunny.
Bunnies don't bark. They don't claw the top of your pillow at 3 a.m. They don't need to be walked. Neither your neighbors—nor [...]
Many people at the D.C. Home Depot today were advancing bona fide projects, like installing a closet door or working on the plumbing.
One man, though, came with a big van, enough cargo space to pack in materials for something as ambitious as a patio project or a roofing project or perhaps a floor patch.
But no.
"Roach [...]
The kittens at the Animal Welfare League of Arlington live differently than the adult cats. Adult cats—including Sheba, the even-temptered black 10-year-old and Bennett, the 11-year-old orange tabby—have a divided, single-level home they can crawl through. But the kittens get the most affordable condo in Shirlington.
What do you save? That's what Brett Abrams wants to know.
He's a local historian and author of "Capital Sporting Grounds: A History of Stadium and Ballpark Construction in Washington, DC." He loves old sports buildings even more than I do. Today he's leading me on a tour of the city's sports facilities, built and unbuilt, [...]
Penny Foster, 45, is just getting to her orange. She arrived at the park, located at 11th and Monroe Street NW, a half hour ago for lunch, taking a seat at an old chess table. Nearby, a man washes his blue Buick Skylark, his car stereo locked into soul tunes. Foster has been coming to [...]
The photographer brought the hay bale and the fancy lace overlay, the backdrop, the soft light, and the assistant with the cat toys. Prior to the Animal Welfare League of Arlington opening to the public today, volunteer Robin Burkett of Paw Prints Photography turned the lobby into a portrait studio.
"I want your ears up, sweeties," [...]
For most of my life, I have shared my living space with four-legged beasts. Most have been small, furry creatures that have caused nary a ripple in our household. Sure, there was the occasional piss on the china cabinet when the family stayed out too late or perhaps a bile-like puke on the couch when [...]
Eugene Kerns is 75 and has been working as a contractor in the District for fifty years. He is to the handyman trades as John Wooden was to coaching basketball—focus on the basics, that is.
