January / February 2013 Archives

Chevy Chase Pavilion Grand Reopening

Clarion Partners, LLC celebrated the completion of a major, $32 million renovation of the Chevy...

Play in a Day

Six professional Washington, D.C. area theatre companies wrote, directed, rehearsed and performed original plays...

Cycle for Survival 2013

Yesterday, over 750 participants in D.C. joined the fight against rare cancers at Cycle for Survival,...

Walter Johnson Community Winter Carnival

The Walter Johnson High School Student Government Association hosted the WJ Community WInter Carnival...

East Ed 2013 Metro D.C. Middle School Diversity Leadership Conference

The East Ed 2013 Metro D.C. Middle School Diversity Leadership Conference took place Tuesday,...

Kendall Strang and Keith Unikel

The setting was part of the story at the wedding reception of Kendall Strang...

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There’s a Doctor in the House

On a sunny, early fall afternoon, the navigation system in Dr. Amy Schiffman’s crossover...

TJ-JL Foundation 2013 Kick Off Party

Over 350 people attended the Tommy Joe's - Jon Lowe Foundation 2013 kick-off party...

The Dry Fried Wing Company Grand Opening

On Friday, January 18, The Dry Fried Wing Company launched a sports bar co-branding...

The Mother of All Gadgets

Like Jack LaLanne, my mother was a fitness pioneer. The “mother of miracle weight-loss...

YMCA Celebrates Henry Haller's 90th Birthday

Henry Haller, former White House Chef, has been a member at the local YMCA...

Food Fix

By the time she was 13, Hillary Buckholtz was seriously obese—and there was no...

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Cape Cod, Take Two

Dan and Dana Rice spent six years debating whether to put an addition on...

When The Bough Breaks

When the tree limb crashed down on my head, my first thought was for...

A Fine Kettle of Fish

There are a lot of things to like about The Grilled Oyster Company, which...

Nine Universities. 80 Degrees. One Short Drive.

Come May, Yamu Cham of Gaithersburg will be that rarest of creatures in today’s...

Prisoners at Work

On Dec. 7, 1941, more than 350 Japanese fighter planes attacked the U.S. naval...

Sweet Success

Having a sweet tooth may seem harmless enough. But about four years ago, addiction...

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Inn the Mood for Love

After navigating the long, woodsy drive along U.S. 40/Old National Pike, my husband and...

The Poetess

Poet Lore is a strangely well-kept secret. We’re getting the word out now because...

Interception

Renard Cox remembers the boy’s odor. Kevin, as we’ll call him, was a 17-year-old...

CORE Curriculum

Ten-year-old boys have nothing on me when it comes to video games. While making...

Since You Asked: January-February 2013

What are the licensing requirements for vendors at farmers markets? How much of a...

Meet the Sacrifice Generation

When Lily Qi and her husband, Phil Peng, moved to North Potomac 14 years...

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The Frankenhouse

Sure, everybody’s a critic. John Thompson knew that. Still, the high-end Bethesda contractor was...

The KPC Killer

Dr. Tara Palmore, deputy epidemiologist at the National Institutes of Health’s Clinical Center, remembers...

Rockville Women’s Business Center celebrates two-year anniversary

The Rockville Women’s Business Center hosted an event to celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit of...

Allison Macfarlane in the hot seat

Sixteen months after a 2011 tsunami disabled three nuclear reactors in Japan, Allison Macfarlane...

Comic Relief

It’s gotten harder and harder to save the world. Just ask Joel Pollack, founder and...

Cooking Class

Chicken pot pie is the ultimate comfort food, a rib-sticking stew topped with a...

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Naomi Rubinstein’s Life Lessons

In 2005, Naomi Rubinstein was 27 years old and eager to begin her new...

The Cult of CrossFit

The thunk of metal punctuates the grunts and groans resounding through the no-frills gym...

What’s on Stage

The Bethesda area offers plenty of opportunities to enjoy the performing arts, and recent...

Abraham Lincoln Slept Here?

In the room where Abraham Lincoln once slept, a leaky roof has opened a...

Patricia Jenson and Jason Beakes

Patricia Jenson and Jason Beakes’ love story begins in August 2010. That’s when the...