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  • Passion Plate

    By on March 2, 2005

    Washington may not boast a vast Chinatown or a thriving Little Italy, but there's no denying that with its myriad embassies and international organizations it's...

  • A Complete Guide to Dining Out for Life 2005

    By on March 2, 2005

    A complete guide to all participating restaurants as of press time, by neighborhood, including applicable meals, and what percentage of each food bill will be...

  • Maya Keyes

    By on February 23, 2005

    Alan Keyes -- former ambassador, former presidential candidate, former Senate candidate, and Christian-right political pundit -- has made a name for himself as one of...

  • Blonde Ambition

    By on February 16, 2005

    One could almost say Mrs. Robinson is the original desperate housewife. But there's nothing desperate about the woman currently playing her on The Graduate's national...

  • Happy Together

    By on February 9, 2005

    With Valentine's Day around the corner and romantic merchandise for sale on all sides, it may seem inevitable to get a little cynical about romance....

  • Mystical Marriage

    By on February 9, 2005

    It's hard to imagine a more wholesome setting than the Matthews-Williams household in suburban Silver Spring. On a Saturday morning, the home buzzes with energy....

  • Now More Than Ever

    By on February 9, 2005

    It was fall of 1984 when Michael Hussey and Bennett DeOlazo went to a Trivial Pursuit party that set in motion a not-so-trivial pursuit for...

  • Evergreen

    By on February 9, 2005

    Bernie Pulliam and William Taylor have traversed an ocean and two decades, and they've taken it in stride. Their first meeting may have set the...

  • Still Laughing

    By on February 9, 2005

    Thirty years later and they still make each other laugh. As Kathleen DeBold and Barbara Johnson, both 49, tell the tale of how they met...

  • Hostile Territory

    By on February 2, 2005

    ''Why did you move to the hate state?'' That's what I've been asked, in various forms, since I left D.C.'s Adams Morgan/Columbia Heights neighborhood last...

  • Homegrown History

    By on January 26, 2005

    The Harlem Renaissance is one of the most culturally romantic periods of American history. In a sense, it was the spark that ignited a fire...

  • Judgment Day

    By on January 12, 2005

    ''I think it's about who he is on the inside and whether or not he has the ability to speak from his heart, whether that...

  • The Exhibitionists

    By on January 12, 2005

    For some, MAL is about the legendary Leather Cocktails, the event from which the weekend born. Then there are those who look forward to the...

  • Appreciation

    By on January 12, 2005

    Last Thursday morning, January 6, at 5:15 a.m., one of the GLBT community's biggest hearts gave out. The passing of Billy Collison at the age...

  • MAL 2005

    By on January 12, 2005

    The Centaur Motorcycle Club's Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend has grown over the years into the nation's largest club-sponsored leather event. The original seed of the weekend,...