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  • Horoscope

    By on July 19, 2006

    Heavenly Round-Up: Aren't startling revelations and unexpected solutions grand? Haven't you been longing for more of them, more often? This may be your lucky week....

  • Dog Days

    By on July 12, 2006

    I live in a child-free zone. Our 105-year-old former tenement building holds 20 apartments, all of them a tight fit even for just a couple...

  • Little Miseries

    By on July 5, 2006

    Just so you know, I never read Little Women as a child. And I haven't read it as an adult, either. Not that the adventures...

  • Familiar Terrain

    By on July 5, 2006

    Augusten Burroughs is that guy -- that guy who was the star quarterback back in high school, didn't play in college and now lives in...

  • Lawn Overdue

    By on July 5, 2006

    Two of the more ominous communications my partner Kim and I received when we became homeowners in 1998 involved the abundant flora surrounding our abode....

  • Victorious Defeat

    By on July 5, 2006

    The defeat of the federal marriage amendment in the Senate in early June was welcome, if entirely expected. It was a nice surprise to see...

  • Pure Fabrication

    By on June 28, 2006

    How might Pablo Picasso, ''the world's greatest artist,'' eat a log of sausage? Well, as portrayed by Mitchell Hébert in the emotionally sterile Picasso's Closet,...

  • Schism Schematic

    By on June 28, 2006

    After last week's General Convention of The Episcopal Church, held in Columbus, Ohio, gay attendees and their allies were taking a while to absorb its...

  • Substitute Teachers

    By on June 21, 2006

    Remember that little brat in grade school who always had to have her way? Bullying, blackmail, even bruises wouldn't stop her from hogging all the...

  • Bottoms Up!

    By on June 21, 2006

    We returned from Mexico filthy, surly and generally repellent. In the grim basement of Kennedy Airport, the agent surveyed our customs declarations and eyeballed us...

  • Surface Story

    By on June 14, 2006

    Sex sells. And when it comes to memoirs, so do drugs, prostitution and pornography. When those words – along with a large, naked photo of...

  • Groovy Kinda Love

    By on June 14, 2006

    Summer is here in a glowing orange crush of sun, surf, and... Shakespeare? That's right, Michael Kahn blends the Beatles with the Bard in a...

  • Suspension on Stead

    By on June 14, 2006

    Contemporary economics means the death of a terrorist in the wilds of Iraq may translate to a dip in gas prices around the world. Or...

  • Worth Fighting For

    By on June 14, 2006

    As the Capital Pride parade turns the corner of R Street and 17th, my friends and I stand on our chairs on the patio of...

  • Killer Instincts

    By on June 7, 2006

    Call it parallel reality, call it a bizarro universe, call it whatever you'd like, but no one calls the shots better than Stephen Sondheim holding...