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Dear Manolo | Fashion
Strapping Shoes
From the depths of Snowmageddon 2013, I implore you to show me some fun, sunny, light-hearted shoes to make me feel better. I want to see shoes that will reassure me that th...
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DC Rider
Time Savings
No matter what, you’re going to lose an hour on Sunday. But you can make up for lost time if you get a move on. So after you’ve reset your clocks, I have another errand fo...
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Broadcast Muse | Television
Duck, Duck, Abuse
Morrissey, described as a “militant vegan” singer, canceled his “Jimmy Kimmel Live” appearance because the guest list included the bearded, unkempt stars of A&E’...
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Eater's Digest | Food & Drink
Rutabaga Awakening
I never thought I’d write a column in praise of rutabaga, but it was hard not to after tasting it at Beuchert’s Saloon (623 Pennsylvania Ave. SE; 202-733-1384). As one of ...
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Comedy | Inside Jokes
One Man’s ‘Crap’
DC Pierson doesn’t know who I am, but he’s going to write a rap about me. The comedian and author, 28, is trying to get his new young adult novel, “Crap Kingdom,” onto...
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Baggage Check | Fit
Trouble With the Swing Set
My fiance and I are friends with a couple. Lately, they’ve been hinting that they want to get intimate with us. Yes, in that way. At first I thought they were kidding, but t...
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Dear Manolo | Fashion
Strapped for Style
At the beginning of April I’m supposed to be a bridesmaid for my sister in a long, dove-gray, empire-waist dress. I will then be eight months pregnant, so it will almost cer...
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Film | The Reelist
There Is an Answer
After most documentaries I see, I walk out of the theater in despair because the problem exposed by the film is nearly unsolvable. Melting glaciers, the water crisis, Detroit....
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DC Rider
The Home Team
Some people take a car to work. Some people take Metro. And others take a few steps down the hallway. “I just roll out of bed in my pajamas,” says Christina Grolman, a con...
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Broadcast Muse | Television
Cups Runneth Over
My editor read about “Double Divas” (Lifetime, Tuesdays, 10 p.m.) and asked me: How is this a show?” Dear editor: It is a show because it has all the ingredients of a fi...
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Comedy | Inside Jokes
Comedy Unplugged
Comedian Mike Birbiglia seems like the kind of guy you could have a conversation with. At least that’s how it felt Monday, at the first of his five sold-out shows this week ...
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Baggage Check | Fit
This Isn’t a Staring Contest
How do I tell my girlfriend that it is totally hypocritical for her to drool over guys’ bodies if she doesn’t want me to do that about hot women? -Tit for Tat Just to be c...
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Dear Manolo | Fashion
Out With the Old
After many re-heelings and much tender loving care, my favorite pair of super-practical, low-heeled, black leather ankle boots have finally given up the ghost. These are boots...
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Film | The Reelist
Test of Kin
Long before passing judgment became my job, I sucked at Oscar picks. For the past two years, I haven’t even tried to choose them myself. In 2012, I consulted an assortment o...
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DC Rider
After the Crash
The first question that came to Sadie Dingfelder as she was biking near Union Station last week was this: “Is he going backward?” Turns out the answer was yes, and a split...







