Real Estate The Hottest Neighborhoods of Washington’s Real Estate Boom Since the start of the pandemic, the local housing market has gone nuts. But the rising (and rising, and rising) tide hasn’t lifted all areas equally. Here’s a look at some of the places where prices and sales have soared the most—and why. DC Real Estate, Features, Home Buying, pandemic | 3 weeks ago
News & Politics Why Fox News Should Be Very Worried About Smartmatic’s Lawsuit In the MAGA-verse “stolen election” theory, a little-known tech company became a prime villain, accused of “rigging” the vote. Now it’s suing those it said spread the Big Lie. The case could prove to be a critical new weapon in the battle against the real fake news. Features, 2020 election, Conspiracy Theories, Stop the Steal | 1 month ago
Home & Style Check Out These Adorable DC-Area Pets We're into dogs and cats, sure, but here's what it's also like to own a miniature pot-bellied pig, a leopard gecko, and other creatures great and small. Pets, Features, Pet Care, Pet names | 1 month ago
News & Politics Seb Audy Is a World Bank Manager Turned Corporate Executive—and One of the World’s Most Daring Polar Explorers The Bethesda athlete is on a mission to crush mountaineering records and expose the effects of climate change. But on the 30th day of his last expedition—snowkiting north of the Arctic Circle—the quest took a sudden, tragic turn. Features, Climate Change, Climbing, Seb Audy | 1 month ago
Home & Style | Shopping Inside the Extra-Pricey, Extra-Fabulous Birthday Bashes That Guilt-Ridden DC-Area Parents Are Throwing for Their Kids Lost time (and vaccines and variant lulls) is becoming the ultimate excuse to party—with bespoke logos, “kidchella” themes, and budgets in the thousands for balloons alone. Features, Birthday Party, party planning, Children's birthday party | 2 months ago
Food 100 Reasons to Love Our Fierce Food Scene The restaurants, cocktail bars, bakeries, and—most of all—inspiring people that make Washington a wondrous place to eat. New Restaurants, Features, cocktail bars, 100 Reasons to Love Our Food Scene | 2 months ago
News & Politics Rodney Stotts Used to Hustle Drugs in Southeast DC. Now He’s One of the Few Black Master Falconers in America. In an excerpt from his new memoir, “Bird Brother,” Stotts recounts his transformation from drug dealer to environmentalist, and the restorative power he discovered in wildlife. Features, Rodney Stotts, Bird Brother, Falconer | 3 months ago
News & Politics New Things in DC You May Have Missed While You’ve Been on Lockdown Despite a pandemic, the Washington region kept on changing. Here are dozens of new ways we live, work, and play now. Nightlife, Museums, Bars, Features | 4 months ago
News & Politics The Ultimate Guide to ’90s Washington Espresso martinis are back. The Clinton-Lewinsky melodrama is onscreen. And ’90s nostalgia is peaking. Ready to revisit our last best boom times? Features, DC 90's | 5 months ago
News & Politics Inside the Making of the Britney Spears Musical After a year of seismic developments in the pop star’s real-life soap opera, a Broadway show set to her music—with a rise-up tale about a posse of princesses who become feminists—is set to debut. And it premieres in Washington. Features, Musical, Britney Spears, Broadway | 6 months ago