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  • Charmed, I'm Sure

    It's that time of year: I make my annual trek to Somewhere in the Heartland -- the exact destination varies each year -- and I...

  • A Changing Rehoboth

    When I tell anyone not from the mid-Atlantic region that I vacation and plan to retire in Delaware, the response is usually, ''Why?'' My two...

  • Soundwaves

    WELK IT UP!... Only ten seconds into the dance remix compilation Upstairs with Larry, the project's theme is made plain. “Ladies and Gentlemen, the big...

  • Environs

    Del Ray is Del Gay in this 2 BR, 1 BA cottage where a passion for collecting, a bit of tropical flair, and great use...

  • Murder Shakes 17th Street

    A recent spike in robberies in the Dupont Circle-Logan Circle areas took a deadly turn in the early hours of Monday morning, when an unknown...

  • UPDATE: Violence Continues in Dupont

    WEDNESDAY, AUG. 25 -- As the emotional fallout from the murder of Adrien Alstad continues to grip Washington's gay community -- and all residents in...

  • Triangle Artists Group

    Members of Triangle Artists Group (TAG) MISSION: An organization of more than 100 lesbian and gay artists from the Washington-Baltimore area, including a wide spectrum...

  • Environs

    When we say ''loft'' we mean ''LOFT.'' Don't miss this high-ceilinged jewel in the heart of the vibrant U Street scene, with an enormous living...

  • Basic Transportation

    Sure, spending less than $14,000 on a new car is a great deal. But that doesn't mean that $14,000 is a small amount of money....

  • Broadway Baby

    The lyrical zinger from the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Fiorello stings today in a way it didn't half a century ago when it was written: ''And...

  • Signature Moments

    ''My mother won't explain it,'' says Paris Barclay of his offbeat but memorably elegant first name. ''She claimed she was reading mythology when I was...

  • Fun in the Sun

    One day in early June, I was sitting on one of the West Side piers, and summer felt like a conductor's hands poised in mid-air...

  • An Education in Spending

    It's back to school time, and around the country, young men and women are heading off to college -- that's why some of you may...

  • Rating the Runners

    When imagining the workings of a political machine in the heart of Washington, D.C., one might conjure intrigue, power plays and ruthlessness. Instead, picture a...

  • Ladies Night

    In case you didn't know, there's a great little feminist theater group here in our nation's capital that produces great little works of theater in...

  • Swept Away

    Aloha, little brahs! Hawaiian coming of age brightens a beach afternoon Okay, okay, so I'm not a poet. But I do know good writing when...

  • Hearsay

    Queer boys and girls for a straight bar... Sunday Mass sets a date for its return... A helping hand at the Lantern... Can you imagine...

  • Soundwaves

    DJ Twisted Dee DEE'S DANCE TWIST... Denise Gurney, who goes by DJ Twisted Dee, is making a name for herself by going against the grain....

  • Italian Medley

    If Washington were full of good, moderately priced restaurants, a new Italian osteria on the site of the late Janus Theater might be easy to...

  • UPDATE: Arrest in R Street Murder

    Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police announced Thursday evening that Kurt Williams, 19, has been charged with one count of felony murder while armed, in conjunction with...