Metro Weekly

Life + Leisure

  • Doing the Desert

    From the moment I first stepped off the plane in 2004, Palm Springs had me hooked. I return each year, discovering new reasons to go...

  • Hillwood Hospitality

    Marjorie Merriweather Post never had the opportunity to enjoy Patrick O'Connell's Inn at Little Washington, which he founded with his former partner, Reinhardt Lynch, in...

  • Grass Is Greener

    If you picked up the meat for tonight's dinner at a local restaurant or grocer, chances are you are going to be chomping down on...

  • Two For One

    Polyamory. Threeples. Triads. Whatever the terminology, there's a chance you've come across three people sharing a relationship both domestic and romantic. With the GLBT community...

  • Antiques Extravaganza

    Gus Davis and his partner will look for paintings and silver to furnish their home. Kris Charamonde is in the market for an art deco...

  • Naked Decor

    Local designer Supon Phornirunlit, known best by his first name, doesn’t put much stock in catalogs to sell his products. “Either you love or you...

  • Westward Ho

    In his book, 50 Fabulous Gay-Friendly Places to Live, Gregory Kompes included St. Louis among the cities that made the cut. If you think that...

  • Rooftop Respite

    When it comes to summarizing the attraction of a rooftop, no one surpasses the lyrics written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, sung beautifully by...

  • Big Apple Buses

    As locals continue to make the trek to New York in droves, bus lines appear to be grabbing an ever-larger portion of the pilgrimage. In...

  • Pulp

    You’ll always find a fun mood inside Pulp. The shop's founder Ron Henderson, who died in February, left a legacy of levity. ''He always showed...

  • Disconnect Effect

    Relaxing on the beach in Rehoboth earlier this month, Ben Thompson scooped up all of his things in a flash as an unexpectedly strong wave...

  • Get Out!

    The D.C. metro area is home to some of the most beautiful mountains and rivers on the East Coast. Virginia's Shenandoah National Park has some...

  • Arbiter of Taste

    How do you revamp one of gay District's most iconic landmarks without losing its personality? That's the challenge Brad Weesner was given when he was...

  • Universal Gear

    With luck, those crunches and culinary restraint have paid off because, like it or not, it's swimsuit season. And Universal Gear, at 1529B 14th St....

  • Summertime Blues

    When Maryland's Jake Nodar made his great, gay showing on the Discovery Channel's Out of the Wild: The Alaska Experiment, filmed in September 2008, blueberries...