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DC Rider
Moving on Up
You probably thought the big event in Washington this week was the State of the Union address. But the real movers and shakers in town — or, at least, the movers — were at...
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Home
Tight Space, Abundant Ideas
In the middle of his 400-square-foot studio, in a small space carved out between a bookshelf, sundry chairs and a bed, Jeff Watkinson, who is 6 feet 1 inch tall, balances on a...
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Home
Price Point: $990,000 to $999,000
Rosslyn: $990,000 Condo penthouse: 1111 19th St. N. #1802 Enjoy the benefits of the Potomac with none of the cold water and splashing — plus room service! This 1,239-square-...
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Dear Manolo | Fashion
Ding Ding, the Date Is Dead
I’m subjecting myself to a “speed date,” where you spend five minutes each with 20 different people, trying to decide who you’d like to see a second time for a real da...
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Food & Drink
Round For Glory
Step away from the Chef Boyardee can and stop humming “On Top of Spaghetti” already. The meatball — the comfort food classic common to cuisines as disparate as Afghani (...
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Books | Fashion
Face Time: Simon Doonan
Dressing windows at Barneys. Penning books. Helping deck the White House for Christmas. Fashion guru Simon Doonan seems to spread style everywhere — and to look thin and hip...
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Film | The Reelist
A Myth Misread
When the Oscar nominations were announced this week, the most controversial was the inclusion of “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” among the nine movies up for Best ...
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Film
This Woman’s World
Rodrigo Garcia has earned a reputation as a master of what used to be called “the woman’s picture,” directing such movies as “Mother and Child” (about three generati...
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Film | Riffs
Cold Comfort
In “The Grey,” opening Friday, Liam Neeson fights wolves in snowy Alaska. When it snows in D.C., we fight bad drivers, which is infinitely worse. Still, snow often makes f...
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Stage
A Little ‘La Cage,’ a Lot of Love
We thought we knew George Hamilton: He has an improbable tan, he was on “Dynasty,” and he played the lawyer in the third “Godfather” movie. When we questioned him abou...
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Food & Drink
Tour de Forks
“Welcome to another meeting of Gluttons Anonymous. I really hope no one has eaten for a week,” jokes Anthony Pitch at the start of last weekend’s Adams Morgan restau...
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Exhibits | Sites Unseen
Love of First Flights
Many a milestone was attained in the airspace over the College Park Aviation Museum. There were big, sexy victories, like the first controlled helicopter flight, in 1924. And ...
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Exhibits
Team Wolf
The “Twilight” franchise has perhaps had little impact on tourism within the vampire community. But the books and films have had a very real effect on the Quileute Indians...
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Eater's Digest | Food & Drink
Honey, Please!
Even in my free time, I find myself reading up on food. An article I saw a few weeks ago predicted a “trendy” item for the new year that I used to think was pretty ordinar...
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Exhibits
On the Spot: Joaneath Spicer
The Walters Art Museum’s newest exhibition is a restless child’s dream. Unlike most gallery shows, “Touch and the Enjoyment of Sculpture” encourages visitors to caress...







