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Food Diaries

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You Won’t Believe What This 27-Year-Old Spends Weekly on Food

She drops $1,000 at DC restaurants in a week.

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

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Health Longreads

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Why PETA’s Ingrid Newkirk Is Still Getting in Our Faces

Four decades after cofounding People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in her Rockville apartment, the 76-year-old is still crusading for animal rights—and still willing...

I Escaped My Problems at a DC Monastery

As a break from my grinding domestic life, I spent two days alone at a hermitage. The experience was weirdly spiritual.

Meet the NIH Detectives Cracking Medicine’s Toughest Cases

When people suffering from mysterious afflictions have nowhere left to turn, they come to NIH’s Undiagnosed Diseases Program in Bethesda, where a team specializing in...

The Abortion Battle on Virginia’s Border

When Roe fell, an abortion clinic moved from Tennessee to Virginia. Providing care has been complicated, but the staff won't back down.
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DC Gyms

These DC-Area Gyms and Fitness Studios Are Offering Membership Deals

Discounts on workouts like yoga, Pilates, and strength training to kick off 2023.

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.
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