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Blog Log
‘The Overweight Lover’ Dies at 44
“I’m so glad his last moment on national TV was at the BET Hip Hop Awards. SO happy that’s a lot of folks’ last image of Heavy D.” — @StereoWi...
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Food & Drink
Just Desserts?
For nearly four years, Katherine Kallinis and Sophie Kallinis LaMontagne have been sating local sweet tooths through their bakery, Georgetown Cupcake (in Georgetown and Bethes...
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Blog Log
Glambert Nails Freddie Mercury
“Does anybody even remember who actually won ‘American Idol’ the year Adam Lambert was on? Yeah, us either. Mainly because Glambert keeps us glued to his controversy and...
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Fit
Slurp Your Next Salad
How do you start a revolution? By pulling up to Farragut Square in a green van stuffed with carrots, cabbage and kale. That’s how Juice Revolution — a mobile reminder to e...
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Fit
Designing Just the Right Bite
When your motto is “Be good. Do good,” it feels not so good to serve a typical dessert. So the team developing the menu for Bonmi, a bahn mi-inspired sandwich and salad sh...
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Fit
Daddy’s Little Helpers
Baby weight is something you want to lose. But baby weights are something you want to use, says Joshua Levitt, a father of three who recognized that his kids could do double d...
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Baggage Check | Fit
Getting on the Write Track
I have ideas for novels and works of art, but very little of it ever gets down on paper. Mostly, after work I’m too tired to do anything but watch TV. I see other people who...
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Fit
Make Your Own Music
People often need to drink to work up the courage to perform karaoke. With this new spin on public singing, you’d better make sure that it’s pints of water you’re downin...
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Music | Sound Bets
Noise Annoys
When I take the handy online “Can You Hear Like a Teenager?” test, I can’t really detect test tones over 15kHz — which is apparently common for people over the age of ...
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Blog Log
Will He Drive the Whole Way?
“Ventura goes way too far in his reaction. He suggested that he might change his citizenship and move to Mexico. It may come as a surprise to the governor, but Mexico is har...
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B.I.O.
Dave DeSandro, Erin McGill
Dave, 28, is a web designer. Erin, 27, is a researcher and grad student. They live in Arlington. The Main Event: Their traditional Catholic Mass is Nov. 12 in West Chester, Pa...
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B.I.O.
Jillian Levine-Sisson, Scott McCormick
Jillian, 29, is the education and outreach manager for Round House Theatre. Scott, 38, is an actor and education manager for Imagination Stage. They live in Silver Spring. The...
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B.I.O.
Brad Nicholson, Jessica Sincavage
Brad, 25, and Jessica, 32, are both economists at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. They live in D.C. The Main Event: Nov. 26 in St. Michaels, Md., at a “rustic” venue. How ...
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DC Rider
Clock and Roll
My morning commute isn’t just planned out — it’s choreographed. I have to lock my door exactly eight minutes before my train is scheduled to depart. From there, it’s a...
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Fashion
Come Slither
Cleopatra made the snake a powerful fashion symbol back in B.C. Egypt, sporting a sacred cobra on her diadem — and in legend, using one to off herself. And in the 1970s, “...