A NYC-Based Womenwear Label Focused On Body Positivity Is Popping Up In DC...
Spring weather is finally a little more consistent, which means that it’s time to make the obligatory — but sometimes dreaded — wardrobe switch. Bringing out your spring clothes is stressful,...
View Article5 New Breakfast Spots for the Carb-Obsessed
Bread & Water Company 1201 S. Joyce St., Arlington Mornings at the new Pentagon City spinoff of this Alexandria bakery, it’s all about the super-waffle. Pressed-to-order batter can be bolstered...
View ArticleThe Five Best-Looking Open Houses This Weekend (7/21 – 7/22)
Chevy Chase Where: 127 Quincy St. How much: $2,440,000 When: Sunday, July 22 from 1 to 3 PM Why: This modern house, designed by renowned DC architect Robert M. Gurney, is a stunner. On top of four...
View ArticlePunk Rock Meets Ice Cream at DC’s New Mount Desert Island Shop
What’s better than ice cream and punk rock? Brian Lowit and Melissa Quinley, two longtime employees at the local punk label Dischord Records, loved Maine-based Mount Desert Island Ice Cream so much,...
View ArticleThe Stanley Cup Made a Stop at Mount Desert Island Ice Cream
Since the Capitals won in June, the Stanley Cup has made its usual rounds, spending a day with each player and touring the world—used for keg stands, champagne toasts, and munching on Cap’n Crunch....
View Article100 Very Best Restaurants: #7 – Elle
Every neighborhood should have an Elle. It’s easy to have an all-day love affair with the 1920s-era space and its bakery/restaurant/bar—whether you’re claiming a sunny nook with a guava pastry in the...
View ArticleThis Modern Home in Sperryville Was Once a 19th Century Baptist Church
A halfhearted hunt for a weekend place turned serious as soon as Marshall Stowell and Chris Hobbs laid eyes on the little former church with the spectacular view of the Shenandoah Mountains. “We didn’t...
View ArticleLook Inside My Home: An Artist’s Wallpapered Studio in Mount Pleasant
As an artist and cofounder of the Lemon Collective, it makes sense that Linny Giffin’s Mount Pleasant home is creative and one-of-a-kind. Although the studio is small (350 square-feet, to be precise),...
View ArticleCheap Eats 2019: Taqueria Los Compadres
Mexico City native Juan Carlos and wife Nelly Romero, who hails from Puebla, specialize in overflowing tacos at this colorful spot in Mount Pleasant. Handmade tortillas wrap a bounty of meats,...
View ArticleThe Best New Mexican Restaurants Where You Can Eat for Under $25
Bandit Taco 4629 41st St., NW You’ll make out like the taqueria’s namesake at Mauricio Flores Turcios’s twin places. Street-style tacos, burritos, and melty quesadillas run $4 to $9. (There are also...
View Article100 Very Best Restaurants: #5 – Elle
There’s a lot of fermentation happening around DC—in the form of pickles and krauts and other acidic delights—but when it comes to creativity, chef Brad Deboy rules them all at this daytime...
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