I initially published this article without a preface. That was a mistake. I have no doubt immense work went into these issues. God only knows how many jobs Vogue creates and sustains. As much as I would welcome it, I do not have a front row seat to this office...
Read MoreWhen we think about homelessness in light of the corporal work of sheltering the homeless, we often think of people on the street. Who hasn’t passed by a pile of blankets and cardboard and felt the pain of knowing there was likely a person breathing underneath?
Read More1. Lorde The supernova singer spoke out when images both photoshopped and not were published from the same concert. And while her opinions on digital editing reveal her unique social intelligence, it is in the moments she chooses to go barefaced when we realize just...
Read MoreAdvent is a peculiar time of year. This past Sunday in mass, the priest said Advent is one of the most reflective periods of our church calendar. That hasn’t been the case for me. My most reflective time is usually Lent. What starts off as a small, relatively...
Read MoreA peek at where our Presidents lived as Cabinet Secretaries, senators, high-court justices, and more—and how the homes look today.
Read MoreOn Monday night, the Washington AIDS Partnership joined forces with Arena Stage and the cast from The Normal Heart to celebrate the biennial International AIDS Conference taking place this year in Washington.
Read MoreA 24-by-48-foot mural, the largest painted by a single artist in the 20th century and equal in size to one wall of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, was moved last week from the lobby of Feld Entertainment in Vienna, Virginia, after being there for 22 years.
Read MoreAfter a valiantly fought four-year contest with kidney cancer, Lucia Anne Ferrara came to rest in peace Tuesday, June 5, 2012. She passed with grace under the watchful and caring eyes of St. Peter at his New Scotland Avenue Inn at 57 years old. It is impossible to measure the love she had for her family and friends, which she showed everyday in good times and in bad.
Read MoreLast Wednesday’s weather didn’t put a damper on the fashion of the guests at the 20th anniversary of the Tudor Place’s garden party. Washingtonians clad in polka dots, feathers, seersucker, and pearls of every color stepped through the front door, accepting a glass of lemonade, vodka, mint, and honey syrup—a Bee’s Buzz—as they were greeted by a fife and field drum corps playing Revolutionary War-era tunes.
Read MoreIs a summer breeze carrying you east or west this summer? Wherever you’re headed, there is a better alternative to those Ziploc Transportation Security Agency plastic bags. The debut collection of No. 9’s jewelry rolls, cosmetic cases and fan-shaped zipper cases (all available at bergdorfgoodman.com) got us thinking about functional yet adorable toiletry cases.
Read MoreDuring summer months, the feet are most on display. And while many of us go out of our way to pamper our toes with pedicures, our shoes can take the real beating. Just because you aren’t tromping through snow and slush doesn’t mean your footwear doesn’t need T.L.C. Just ask David Mesquita.
Read MoreWhat would you do with $10 million? Would you build three, 25-foot-tall, egg-shaped structures that filter out pollutants from the local creek? Would you take out the front of an old factory and turn it into a boat dock with a sexy esplanade? Would you fill a couple...
Read MoreWas it the dog walker with the leash? Was it the groomer with the scissors? Was it the trainer with the poisoned dog food?
Read MoreCohoes, New York The man who operated one of the first IBM computers in the New York Capital region, a huge piece of equipment called a tabulating machine, was not a scientist, or a computer wizard, or even a skilled technician. He was a lover of the great outdoors, a...
Read MoreIce on the tip of my door handle dripped onto my slipper. It soaked through to the top of my toe. I thought of you.
Read MoreFlip flops are not just a silly wardrobe decision the students of GeorgetownUniversity are making here in November, as the bitter autumn wind bites theirbare little toes. Two days before the 2008 Presidential election, students areflip flopping over who they are going to vote for, and why.
Read MoreJustin Rockefeller attended the Democratic National Convention last month and The Denver Post caught up with him on his perspective as a young voter and his new mission, Generation Engage.
Read MoreThe youth vote in this November election will be comprised of the 18 to 29 years olds (sorry, I put under 30 in “youth”) who are registered to vote – or can get an absentee ballot sent to them wherever they are.
Read MoreSo maybe we’re shorter than the rest of America, we cause a little more trouble, and some of us can’t even legally drink a glass of wine. No matter. The American youth today has shining peaks of greatness, and I’m not just talking about the towering and ever-happy world champion Michael Phelps
Read MoreMaybe you’re thinking, “Jon Bon Jovi? What do I have in common with a 46-year-old man who has a son named Romeo and a collection of tattoos my mother would kill me for copying?”
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