Posts Tagged ‘Willard Hotel’
Fire Under Willard & W Hotels, Evacuations, Street Closures
Photo courtesy Frank Gruber, techcocktail.com
The fire has been extinguished, but you should expect street closures in the area around the Willard and W hotels overnight.
An underground transformer caught fire under 14th & F Streets NW, causing evacuations of the Willard Hotel, the W Hotel near the White House and Treasury Department. The Secret Service has closed [...]
Tea Time!
Tea time at home by Corinne Whiting
A few years back, a loveably zany Irish friend of mine lugged tea bags with her from her Drogheda cupboards to the communal hostel kitchens of Buenos Aires, Rio, La Paz and Cusco. I’ll admit that I didn’t really get it. (“If only I had brown bread right [...]
We Love Drinks: Round Robin
Let’s say you need to get drinks with colleagues after work, or have incoming relatives or friends who aren’t particularly interested in the “real” Washington but rather want the “politico” version (and this last problem may be really relevant in a few days). I don’t think you can go wrong in those instances with the [...]
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