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  • Crawl Space

    By on March 12, 2003

    ''I'm pooped,'' I thought -- fully aware of and quite pleased with my double entendre -- as I crawled out of the Colossal Colon. The...

  • Rocky's Road

    By on March 5, 2003

    Photography by Todd Franson Even in the early afternoon hours before the restaurant opens for dinner, you can feel the warmth in Rocky's Café. Maybe...

  • Checking In with Food & Friends

    By on March 5, 2003

    Shniderman ''This has been the winter from hell,'' says Food & Friends executive director Craig M. Shniderman, bemoaning the relative onslaught of snow that, in...

  • Orchestral Maneuvers

    By on February 26, 2003

    If anyone can get away with a techno remix of such revered American orchestral music as Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring, it's Jonathan Sheffer. ''I don't...

  • Busch League

    By on February 19, 2003

    If you've seen Psycho Beach Party -- either the wild and wacky Source Theatre production of more than a decade ago or the more subdued...

  • Wedded Bliss

    By on February 12, 2003

    The history of romance is filled with eloquent phrases and evocative sweet nothings that resonate between the hearts of lovers. ''FMM143 '' might not, at...

  • Make It Legal

    By on February 12, 2003

    Washington, D.C.'s Domestic Partnership registry, administered by the Department of Health's Vital Records Division, is the biggest legal step, so far, that gay and lesbian...

  • Heavenly Honeymoons

    By on February 12, 2003

    Whether you tied the knot in a giant church ceremony or quickly ducked in to the domestic partner registration office, you don't want to skip...

  • Post It

    By on February 12, 2003

    If your sense of social duty dictates that you announce your wedding in the pages of The Washington Post, it's going to be separated from...

  • Getting Started

    By on February 12, 2003

    Businesses marked with an asterisk are recommended by couples profiled in this story. Publications and Websites The Essential Guide to Lesbian & Gay Weddings by...

  • Space Age Plastic

    By on February 12, 2003

    Photograph by Michael Wichita ''The missile knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't by subtracting where...

  • Taking the Lead

    By on February 5, 2003

    Photography by Todd Franson For some people, the southeast Washington area between South Capitol and Eighth Street along the Navy Yard is a place to...

  • Royal Treatment

    By on January 29, 2003

    Photography by Michael Wichita If Aussie actress Nicole Kidman winds up taking the Oscar for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in The Hours, it turns...

  • A Helping Hand

    By on January 29, 2003

    Photography by Michael Corelison The young woman with the neon-strawberry-colored hair drops a small business card in front of Larry Stansbury and rushes off. On...

  • Man of The Hours

    By on January 22, 2003

    Photography by Michael Wichita Michael Cunningham likes genre fiction -- spy stories, romances, thrillers, sci-fi. Stuff you'd buy in an airport along with a copy...