Dear neighbors, It was quite a holiday! I hope you can say the same. No. 2 daughter came from her home across the sea, we rented a car and drove the endless turnpike to Massachusetts to celebrate with

Dear Sonni, The bionic woman here! I have had one ankle, both knees, and both hips replaced. I hesitated on the first replacement, the ankle, until I could hardly walk. It was the least successful of

Our illustrious editor neglected to add that a Listy is a lovely ob’jet d’art that can lend glamour, charm, elegance, beauty, and class—lots of class--to your decor. It must be displayed prominently a

Dear Jeremy, I’m so sorry to hear that. I can remember one summer evening when it stays light out until almost 10 PM, we were sitting on the front porch and guy came sauntering down the middle of the

Dear Vicki, Jim, and Everyone, I am mainly a pedestrian these days, since the DMV in its wisdom chose to replace my official Drivers License with an official Personal ID. As a current pedestrian and f

Dear Neighbors, I wish someone had begun a tally of the creative ideas that some of our neighbors have come up with to avoid purchasing the junk “food” that U.S. candy makers have packaged just for Ha

Dear Ari, We lived on 34th Place near Ordway and my kitchen window looked out onto that intersection. Hardly a week went by that I did not hear a car crash, especially during the evening rush hour. I

When we moved to our current address in 2017, I used Three Day Blinds. I jokingly asked the woman who came to measure my windows for honeycomb shades, why did they change the name from Next Day Blinds

Dear Friends, Neighbors, The end of 2024 AD will soon be unfurling before us with all of its blockbuster holidays. My favorite of all of these is not a holiday at all where you interrupt the work week

Dear Michelle, Wish there were some way I could endorse your invitation. My kids loved John Eaton, I loved the Eaton HSA. The Christmas Tree sales were started while we were there. We even looked forw

Dear Andrew et al, I have already voted by mail and spent a long time mulling this over. Based on my experience as a former ballot clerk for Precinct 26. (Eaton School) where I often witnessed very in

Dear Neighbors, Can someone suggest a lamp store, or department, discount, etc.. store in Northwest DC where I might find a lamp with a nice half-round shade that I can hook over the headboard of my o

Dear Leila, et al, I was actually at the Historic Preservation meeting years ago when a signage change to rename the CP Metro station from “Cleveland Park” to “Cleveland Park—Zoo” was suggested. It wa

Dear Neighbors, It is sad to read that the efforts at beautification of the Green Strip along Connecticut Avenue are having unintended results. This was a project of the D.A.R. They were looking for s

My life has become so much less anxious since I have been taking all my business to the UPS Store across the street [from the Friendship PO]. Eleanor 🌸 Eleanor.qoe@...

Our family has used Manoukian Rugs since they were located on Columbia Road near 18th Street. That takes us back several generations. I recently had them pick up all the orientals (from Manoukian over

Dear Alan & everyone, Unless you do not have a car or a driver's license (like me), you probably hop into your car at the slightest urging to run an errand. The Friendship Post Office has a parking lo

Dear Neighbors, I was making the rounds of the neighborhood P.O.s yesterday because I was looking for several complete sheets of a particular special issue stamp that I want to frame and give as Chris

Dear Neighbors, I too went to GW Medical Faculty Associates ophthalmologists—cold turkey. I knew not what to expect. I too was very impressed with the careful attention and detailed care I received th

Dear Peggy, How could we not forget the fabulous Radio Shack on the service lane, back when the shops were really a service to the neighborhood. I do not recall ever going into Radio Shack when it was