September / October 2010

The Trials of Parker Robb

It was the summer of 2009, and Parker Robb and his father, Neil, were...

Up in Flames

From our second floor office, overlooking the intersection of Woodmont and Norfolk avenues in...

The Sub-Text of Scandal

It started with the most quotidian of middle school rituals: a trip to the...

Window to the Future

Architect David Peabody has dubbed it “The New American Foursquare,”a five-bedroom, 41/2-bath showplace with...

A Beauty Named ‘Winona’

He was the father of his country, but could father no children of his...

‘Post’ Parting

David Hoffman covered the State Department and the White House for The Washington Post,...
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Ready for the World. Or Not

It’s back-to-school time (cue soundtrack of angels singing), and our kids are stuffing their...

Sabrina’s Makeover Magic

Sabrina Soto kneels on the living room floor of the small Bethesda home and...

St. Mary’s Rise—and Spectacular Fall

As the kayak lands on a white sandy beach with barely a whish of...

Weighty Subject

By his own admission, Hunter Lussi used to be a fat kid. From...

Vanilla Cupcakes With Milk Chocolate Ganache

There are food crazes that pass swiftly and those that linger. Cupcakes are...

Icing on the Cake

Inspired by all the cake-decorating shows on reality TV, we found ourselves wondering:...
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Surviving Kindergarten

My son emerged from school glassy-eyed and wired, looking like my old college...

Green Peace

When Cynthia and Joel Rosenberg bought their classic Chevy Chase colonial in 1989,...

Math Problems

Nancy Feldman remembers trying to ease the anguish of a bright student as...

Since You Asked: Sept.-Oct. 2010

Is anyone ever successful in challenging parking tickets or speed-camera tickets in Montgomery County...

Good Pizza, No Matter How You Slice It

Pete’s New Haven Style ApizzaUpper Northwest D.C.The people: Not surprisingly, the restaurant’s inspiration came...

The Messenger of Ward 57

  A year after her husband died, Mary Bochanis returned to Walter Reed Army Medical...
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In a Class of Their Own

Jason McFeaters, Chorus, North Bethesda Middle SchoolThe 8:40 a.m. chorus class at North Bethesda...

G-Force

The youth lacrosse team has barely begun practice at Burning Tree Elementary School in...

Exotic Creatures of Montgomery County

On Sunday, my wife Susan and I were riding our bikes on Beach Drive...

Hunting Season

Who would have thought it? That all of the men, men with soft hands,...

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