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The eye guy

As a pediatric ophthalmologist for 17 years, Dr. G. Vike Vicente has dealt with...

Animal farm

At the end of Norwood Drive in Chevy Chase, in the middle of a...

Book report

Bethesda’s Rita Colwell, a microbiologist and distinguished professor at the University of Maryland and...

Weddings of the year

Home again A couple that met on a dating app exchanged vows in the bride’s...

Takeout takeaways

The last meal I ate inside a Bethesda restaurant was in early March 2020...

Fighting back

The party was, by all accounts, a blast. Kids plunged into foam pits. Moms...
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A change in plans

It’s 8 o’clock on a March morning in 2020 and I’m bracing for the...

To ski or not to ski

I’m at a ski resort, but I’m not skiing. Instead, I’m exploring the options...

Mask makers

Yong Lee couldn’t find masks at the store last spring, so she went online...

Bethesda interview: Kate Andersen Brower

On a cloudy afternoon in October, bestselling author Kate Andersen Brower was sitting on...

‘Why can’t it be me?’

In 1981, when C. Marie Taylor was 8 years old, financial problems forced her...

A place for everything

1. Neat and tidy Channel your inner Marie Kondo with a super orderly laundry room....
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