The slow demise of Brickskeller was sad to witness. The place was full of so many fond memories. I’m sure many of you remember back when you could smoke in bars … that place was pretty nasty, but it had true character. You would spend hours sitting around the table playing a game of order the most obscure beer (and ... Read More »
Here’s a cool advertisement I came across in the Washington Times. This is from Augusts 19th, 1911. Check this out below. Here is the Google Street View of the same set of houses (with a tree in the way of course). Related articles Bass Ale For Christmas Eve 1911 (ghostsofdc.org) I Make Sick Teeth Well (ghostsofdc.org) Think It Over, Mr. ... Read More »
The creator of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn was in our city back in December 1906 to participate in the copyright hearings before Congress. The Washington Post mentioned them in in their “People Met in Hotel Lobbies” section. “I should like to talk to you, but I have just retired and am bound for sleep,” said Samuel L. Clemens, better ... Read More »
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