Bethesda Magazine

The World’s Their Stage

Ethan Slater, 24 Grew up in: Silver Spring’s Woodside neighborhood High school: Georgetown Day School College: Vassar...

Four Notable Locals on Their Most Memorable Summer Jobs

Craig Rice Montgomery County Council member “I worked at the Plaza del Mercado McDonald’s in Silver...

Rockville Teen Hopes to Climb to the Top

Photo by Edgar Artiga Rockville’s Megan Lynch loved to climb as a child, preferring to...

Interview: Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson

NAME Arne Sorenson AGE 56 WHAT HE DOES President and CEO of Marriott International GREW UP IN Tokyo, Japan, and the...

A Conversation with Emily Yoffe

EMILY YOFFE HAS HEARD it all. As the writer of the “Dear Prudence” advice...

Footloose and Fancy-Free

The couple in Vilcabamba, Ecuador. SUSAN AND RICK JOHNSON had lived in the Washington, D.C.,...

Waste Not

Ben Simon, who grew up in Kensington and now lives in Silver Spring, was...

The High Cost of Prom

Few events in high school inspire as much excitement, angst, drama, preparation and parental...

It's Time To Go

When Steve Hull, the editor and publisher of Bethesda Magazine, asked if I’d be...

You Can't Go Home Again

I was feeling pretty good. The marking period was finally over. I’d endured 525...

Short Takes: Trick or Treat

My younger daughter came down the stairs Halloween afternoon. She looked radiant (who wouldn’t...

How to Prepare for a Hurricane

1). Four days before: Begin to hear glimmerings that a storm is on its...

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