When your resources aren’t perfect
This post is a bit of a “what would YOU do?” request for input. Let me begin with the background: I am, on behalf of my office, working on a project to
Category: DC (dot) nerd
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Notable DC Figures: John Ross
When I’m on track to be on time for work (which happens most of the time now that I have cats waking me up in the morning), my walk to work is
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Confession
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that I’m a big West Wing fan. I popped the first DVD in last night and while pondering questions like “why is CJ being called about
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Notable DC figures: Nannie Helen Burroughs
Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue Northeast was named in 1976 after over 5000 petitioners requested the change from Dean Avenue.[1] Why did she deserve this honor? Because she dedicated her life’s work to
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Notable DC figures: Francis Gregory
The Francis A. Gregory branch of the DC Public Library is located in Fort Davis. The “A,” if you’re curious, stands for “Anderson.” The library was named for Francis Gregory, who lived
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Notable DC figures: Patricia Roberts Harris
Patricia Roberts Harris is known to (relative) newcomers to DC because a school building is named for her. P.R. Harris Education Center is currently used as a location for the University of the
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Notable DC figures
District law requires that full names be used when naming a public space after a person. And we like to name public space after people. So if one pays attention, there is
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Urban Alliance, and I can’t believe I’m doing this
I read the incredibly cheesy portmanteau “Blogust” on Twitter and since it makes much more sense than NaNoBloPo (let’s leave that month to the novel writers, please) and I have a lot