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, Children's birthday party, party planning | Mar 16, 2022
News & Politics | Real Estate A Real Estate Nightmare on Foxhall Road Two houses in DC’s Palisades were “built to perfection,” according to their developer: Steve Salis, owner of Ted’s Bulletin and Kramers. But the homeowners allege they were defrauded into buying $1.8 million lemons. Steve Salis, lawsuit, John Thompson, Modern Homes | Apr 13, 2022
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 | Mar 23, 2022
Food | News & Politics | Pets Dog Bars Are Booming in Washington—and More Are on the Way Bark Social and Barkhaus are both expanding, and new dog bars are nipping at their heels. Alexandria, Bethesda, Dogs, Beer Garden | May 5, 2022
News & Politics Javanka in Exile All but banished from Washington after January 6, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have been hiding out in a little no-frills town in South Florida. Its Trumpy mayor couldn’t be more thrilled, but the former First Kids have had a frostier welcome from another set of locals. Donald Trump, January 6, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner | Feb 2, 2022
News & Politics The January Sixers Have Their Own Unit at the DC Jail. Here’s What Life Is Like Inside. They’ve got their own internal justice system for problem-solving—and a Sunday comedy ritual. January 6, Marjorie Taylor Greene, DC Jail, QAnon Shaman | Jan 5, 2022
News & Politics Meet Our 2021 Washingtonians of the Year Ten locals who make our region an even better place. Washingtonians of the Year, Tommy McFly, Jamie Raskin, 2022 Washingtonians of the Year | Dec 22, 2021
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 | Dec 16, 2021
News & Politics More and More Women Are Paying Alimony to Failure-to-Launch Ex-Husbands. And They’re Really, Really Not Happy About It. “It’s not just as simple as saying, ‘Because men pay it, women should pay it too.’ ” Divorce, Alimony | Dec 3, 2021
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, Britney Spears, Musical, Broadway | Nov 19, 2021
