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From Celebrities to Your Grandparents, Why Are People Obsessed With Pickleball?

The game is super-fun, easy to learn, and addictive—and taking over courts all around Washington.
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Food Diaries

Get Dietary Tips from the Pros

Acai Bowls, Cold-Pressed Juice, and Breakfast Salads: What the CEO and Founder of South Block Eats in a Day

Avocado Toast, La Colombe Coffee, and Vegan Pizza: What the Shouk Chef and Co-Owner Eats in a Day

Chilean Sea Bass, Bell Peppers, and Avocado Toast: What a DC Personal Trainer Eats in a Day

Cold Brew, Seafood Paella, and Chocolate Chips: What the Territory Foods Nutrition Manager Eats in a Day

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Health Longreads

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I Was Young, Female, and Catastrophically Sick. Doctors Told Me I Was Crazy.

In a new memoir, Sarah Ramey, an Obama campaign vet who became the singer known as Wolf Larsen, pulls back the curtain on a club...
Photograph by April Greer. Lettering by Todd Detwiler. Hair and makeup by Rachel Lane Makeup Artistry.

These Twenty-Somethings Got Heart Transplants on the Very Same Day. And Then They Fell in Love.

Taylor Givens and Collin Kobelja had heart transplants in the same hospital on the same day. That wasn’t the most unlikely part of their story.

I’m a Neuroscientist Who Studies Mental Illness. Here’s What Happened When I Lost My Own Mind.

I've studied mental illness my entire career. Yet when I began my descent into the very same sort of madness that I'd researched, I had...

My Late-Term Abortion

The unexpected letting-go of a baby—and a professional identity—halfway through pregnancy.
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DC Gyms

Nervous About Gyms Now That DC’s Mask Mandate Is Gone? Many Gyms Require Vaccination.

Others have modified policies that allow unvaccinated guests to participate with a mask on.

DC Fitness Studios and Gyms Want to Require Proof of Vaccination, Not Masks

"Clients are put off by the idea of working out with a mask."

Indoor Fitness Classes Are Back on in DC Starting Today

Studios and gyms can now host workouts indoors with up to ten participants.

There’s Now a Restraining Order Against Washington Sports Club

The gym has been trying to charge customers who canceled while gyms were closed. DC's Attorney General has sued.
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August 2022: Taco Town

August 2022: Taco Town

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