News & Politics Washingtonian’s Best Longreads of 2017 Features, Longreads, Marion Barry, Year in Review 2017 | Dec 20, 2017
Food Spies, Dossiers, and the Insane Lengths Restaurants Go to Track and Influence Food Critics Some top DC dining rooms will do anything for a great review. Do their tactics work? Washington Post, Le Diplomate, Best Features of 2017, Tom Sietsema | Dec 6, 2017
Food | News & Politics The Secret, Dark, and Twisted Story Behind the Gifford Family’s Ice Cream Empire For generations of Washingtonians, the Gifford family’s ice-cream business was synonymous with wholesome fun. Even after the chain collapsed amid allegations of financial impropriety, a string of entrepreneurs sought to revive the beloved brand. But now a memoir by the last surviving member of the dynasty says the real history of Gifford’s was more sinister than anyone knew. Can Andrew Gifford undo a city’s nostalgic love for his family’s name? Arlington, Silver Spring, Ice Cream, Best Features of 2017 | Oct 8, 2017
News & Politics I Walked 64 Miles Around the Beltway. What the Hell Was I Thinking? The highway ringing Washington is 64 miles long. No one ever confused it with a scenic nature trail. But on a six-day hike along its periphery, a born-and-bred Washingtonian found moments of surprising beauty, tolerated excruciating blisters, and learned quite a lot about his hometown. Hikes, Best Features of 2017, Beltway, Inside the Beltway | Sep 10, 2017
News & Politics Sally Quinn’s Next Act Three years after Ben Bradlee's death, she has a memoir about embracing the supernatural. (She's given up the dark arts, though.) Georgetown, The Washington Post, Sally Quinn, Ben Bradlee | Aug 27, 2017
News & Politics A Gay DC Power Couple Is Remaking a West Virginia Town. Not Everyone Is Happy About It. Long before the rise of Donald Trump made it fashionable for liberals to talk about moving to red states, Paul Yandura and Donald Hitchcock blew up their Washington careers, decamped to a tiny town near the Lost River Valley, and started turning it into a weekend destination. Along the way, they’ve been screamed at, had their property vandalized and, well, worse. Weekend Getaways, West Virginia, Best Features of 2017, Lost River Valley | Jul 9, 2017
News & Politics Meet Matt Boyle, Breitbart’s (Other) Man in the White House The very unlikely rise of a media phenomenon in Trump's Washington. Donald Trump, The White House, Steve Bannon, Best Features of 2017 | May 21, 2017
News & Politics The Billionaire and the Flood: How a Tragedy Transformed the Greenbrier Resort and the Blue-Collar Town that Depended on It One year ago this June, a historic flood lashed West Virginia, killing 23 people and crumpling homes. It also exposed the complicated relationship between a resort that draws Washington’s rich and powerful and the blue-collar town that houses the hotel’s staff. What happened afterward surprised everyone. West Virginia, flooding, Best Features of 2017, The Greenbrier | May 7, 2017
News & Politics The Strange, Spectacular Con of Bobby Charles Thompson Donors all over America opened their wallets for his United States Navy Veterans Association. Politicians all over Washington posed for grip-and-grins with him. But not only was he not a legitimate fundraiser for military families—he wasn’t even Bobby Charles Thompson. A look inside the hunt to catch one of the country’s biggest con men. Longreads, Best Features of 2017 | Mar 19, 2017
News & Politics The Tumultuous Life and Lonely Death of Marion Barry’s Only Son He had access to the highest heights of Washington society. It wasn’t enough. Politics, Biography/History, Marion Barry, Best Features of 2017 | Jan 8, 2017
