September October 2021

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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