Adele Chapin

As the D.C. area begins to reopen, cloth face masks are part of the new normal. So local designers and shop owners are pivoting to fill the void, whipping up masks that display a lot of personality. This is a whole new product category, obviously, and pulling it off involves creativity. Nubian Hueman owner Anika Hobbs looked out at racks of clothing that customers weren’t able to try on, since the doors of her Anacostia and Baltimore boutiques were closed due to the pandemic. “

When Jonathan Lee opened Korean Bakery in Annandale in 1989, he even made his bean paste from scratch. He didn’t have a choice. “There was no supplier,” he says. “When I opened this business, it was the only Korean bakery in the Washington area.” Twenty-nine years later, nearby shopping centers are home to countless Korean restaurants, and Annandale has become a must-visit dining destination not only for Fairfax County, and its dense Korean population, but also for patrons across the area. In f

“Work party” might be the most oxymoronic phrase in the English language. Can you really host people at your home after spending all day reviewing PowerPoint presentations with them? Yes! The extended Etc. team did it recently—and even had fun. So can you, as long as you follow a few rules that don’t always apply in other social situations. Get ready to get down with that crazy crew from accounts payable. Do: Invite everyone But if that’s just not feasible, contact invitees on their personal em

President Obama's love of burgers is well-documented. So for this map, let's turn to the restaurants in the Washington area that Michelle Obama has visited over her past six years in Washington.

Caroline Mills is an art collector, one $7 pin at a time.

The best local stores to visit — in between all those monuments and museums, of course.

Gwyneth Paltrow's organic skincare line Goop launched today, and once we got over the fact that the line starts at $90 a bottle, we started thinking about Goop's prominent "G" logo. Why? Because it reminds us of a certain other internet-based beauty brand that features the letter G on its packaging: Glossier.

Deep in the heart of SoulCycle’s headquarters in Greenwich Village, past the front desk with its flickering grapefruit-scented candle, past the gleaming white offices, there’s something of a clubhouse for SoulCycle instructors.

This is a hardcore training gym for athletes who want to be American Ninja Warrior contestants, but fans of any age can drop in to an open session and try their hand at the Salmon Ladder, American Ninja Warrior’s demented version of a pull-up.

When the shelter magazine Domino folded earlier this year, I was one of the thousands of disappointed readers.