September / October 2021 Archives

Being who they are

Seventeen-year-old Sydney Spottiswood remembers having one of those “little kid school crushes” and worrying...

Answering the call

In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was awarded the first U.S. patent for a device...

Eat your vegetables

Linda Petursdottir’s approach to healthy living often starts in the kitchen. “You can’t exercise...

Diaper duty

Brett Guterman is 21, a senior at George Washington University, and childless—probably not the...

The party must go on

The couple: Trisha Granados (maiden name Valencia), 36, grew up in Rockville and graduated...

Bright spot

Tucked away just beyond the whir of traffic on Georgia Avenue in Wheaton, Brookside...

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Neighborhood favorites

A neighborhood restaurant is community. It’s an owner saying hello at the door in...

Counter culture

1. Taking shape An updated version of a classic midcentury modern molded plywood design, this...

There’s an app for that

Diagnosed last September with Type 1 diabetes, then-eighth-grader Drew Mendelow wasted no time in...

Unfinished business

Ted Segal had a sense of nostalgia five years ago when he opened a...

The unexpected

On a sunny afternoon in early April, Ruth Lehman and Joe McKee are sitting...

Book report

Daniel de Visé briefly considered a career in music but instead became a journalist,...

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Extraordinary educators 2021

Unsil Kim Thomas S. Wootton High School Rockville To teach art virtually during the pandemic last school...

Lost time

Kate Eig Hurwitz uses air quotes when she mentions school. The sarcastic gesture sums...

Get away

Beach bound Opened in Cape May, New Jersey, in the summer of 2019, Lokal Hotel...

Cool and connected

When Elena Terminiello walks through the grocery store, she often uses her phone to...

Women who inspire

Holly Sears Sullivan Twenty-five years ago, when Holly Sears Sullivan told her dad she wasn’t...

College bound

The following is a chart of the colleges and universities where 2021 graduates from...

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The activists

Thirteen-year-old Rosie Clemans-Cope is scared that climate change will destroy homes, wreck the land...

The power of words

Sasa Aakil describes visiting her grandmother, a potter then living in New Mexico: “I...

‘It still seems unbelievable’

Three days. That’s all Simon Maloy got. Three days to hop on bikes with...

Over easy does it

On my first visit to Spanish Diner, a concept from chef José Andrés that...

Best bets

Family matters Sept. 2 - 4 National Players, an ensemble based at Olney Theatre, presents A Raisin...

Bethesda interview: Monifa McKnight

In 2000, Monifa McKnight was in her second year of teaching and working at...

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Table talk

Pasta pivot Laid off from his chef’s position at Bethesda’s Barrel and Crow restaurant when...