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Volume 50, Number 5
Cover Story
The Ultimate Pets Guide
Plus—215 groomers, vets, doggie daycares, pet-friendly restaurants, and more.
Edited by Marisa M. Kashino.
Features
Meet the two former Rumsfeld aides who want to blow up Washington’s book business. By Matthew Shaer.
It hosted jazz acts and blue-eyed crooners, steak dinners and burlesque shows, a presidential paramour and a guitar-playing horse. Remembering a nightspot where anything could happen—and usually did. By Eddie Dean.
Can Ethiopian Cuisine Go Upscale?
Ethipian fare has been a Washington-area staple for decades. But unlike other immigrant foods, it has barely changed since coming to America. The author traveled to Africa to find out why. By Todd Kliman.
Capital Comment
Mike Miller, Annapolis’s most powerful man?…How two of Nashville’s rising stars got their start in Potomac…The Capella hotel’s surprising new chef.
Where & When
Performances, exhibits, and other events worth your time this month.
I.Q.
Melissa Chiu The new Hirshhorn director on keeping the modern-art museum modern. When Shopping is Giving The story behind those “coexist” bumper stickers. Books Author Naomi Baron on digital media’s effects on civic life.
Taste
Loads of Valentine’s Day dinner ideas, a rant about Washington’s dessert desert, reviews of DC’s Crane & Turtle and North Bethesda’s City Perch, and more.
In Every Issue
First Person A bike accident, a memory lapse, a search for answers.
Life
Great Finds Bold accessories for layering, dressing for date night, and fashion events to check out.No Scalpel Required Treatments that can give you your dream body without surgery. Plus—Washington’s new “waterless” nail salon. Mixing It Up Cooking, horseback riding, fencing, and other specialty day camps for kids. Best of Dupont Circle The neighborhood has more cosmopolitan competition these days, but there are still plenty of good reasons to visit.
Home
The Non-Screening Room Beautiful home libraries that offer sanctuary from screen time. Future Look Luxe condos—including that $10.5-million—rising on a small Bethesda stretch. Off the Market! An $8.6-million mansion tops the month’s most expensive sales.
