Georgetown DC | History, Real Estate, Food, Fun & Lifestyles Explained!

June 30, 2023

Georgetown DC What neighborhood started out as the original port of the nation’s capital, became its own municipality, then turned into Ground Zero for the preppy set, hosted a portion of the punk and grunge movements and became one of the most expensive neighborhoods with prestige unmatched by most of the rest of DC? GEORGETOWN! […]

MOVING To Oakton VA? Find Out All The THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW!

April 14, 2023

MOVING To Oakton VA Location Oakton lies to the west of Vienna, and they share a border. Oakton is also north of I-66. Oakton’s population is 36,000. You have easy access here to the Vienna Metro Station, which is the recently opened Silver Line. Maple Avenue in Vienna becomes Chain Bridge when it gets to […]

Living in DC 2020 Predictions Part 2 | Densification

July 06, 2022

Living in DC 2020 Predictions This is the second part of the 3 part series, covering the 2006 Washington Business Journal’s Predictions for 2020. When this was published, I can remember sitting in my office, working for a national builder. I was blind to the fact that in a few months, the phones were going […]

DC Punk Scene – the 70’s and 80’s Music of the Nation’s Capital

October 07, 2020

70’s and 80’s Music Washington DC has a reputation for being a town about politics and only politics. But what a lot of people don’t know is that DC was ground zero of a major punk movement in the 70’s and 80’s. Some pretty big names came out of this city from that time that […]

The History Of Washington DC ~ MLK to Present Day

September 17, 2020

History of Washington DC We’re back with our last installment of DC history with the DC Real Estate Mama. In this final part of our series, we’re going to explore the period from the late 1960’s to our modern-day—which includes riots, crime, corruption, and recovery through the decades. If you’ve never heard of Marion Barry, […]

The History of Washington – The Roaring 20’s to the Riotous 1960’s

August 24, 2020

The History of Washington DC We’re back with part 3 of your DC history lesson with the DC Real Estate Mama—along with my two helpers, one of whom may or may not be Harry Truman. This time we’re starting in the 1920s and it’s gonna be a bumpy ride! (If you haven’t seen parts 1 […]