The pool is where it’s at in summer.
The contemporary swimming pool is the place we go to play, gossip and bond.
 
Petula Dvorak is away. Her column will resume when she returns.
(The Washington Post, January 6, 2011; 7:11 PM)
 
In the District, a same-sex couple’s adoption success story
(The Washington Post, August 2, 2012; 1:33 PM)
 
Petula Dvorak is away.
(The Washington Post, January 3, 2011; 5:15 PM)
 
Transgender at five: Tyler’s story leads to outpouring of other stories
(The Washington Post, May 21, 2012; 7:18 PM)
 
Transgender at five
(The Washington Post, May 19, 2012; 7:53 PM)
 
Washington area thieves turn laundry detergent into ‘liquid gold’
(The Washington Post, March 19, 2012; 7:06 PM)
 
An ounce of prevention
(The Washington Post, April 2, 2012; 9:20 PM)
 
There are some things for which you can’t find a security barrier
(The Washington Post, April 4, 2011; 8:08 PM)
 
Documentary on bullying shows that we have become the bullies
(The Washington Post, March 15, 2012; 8:38 PM)
 
Jack Montgomery’s wedding toast: To family
(The Washington Post, August 2, 2012; 10:17 PM)
 
A spring break road trip leads to a family discussion about race
(The Washington Post, April 9, 2012; 12:09 PM)
 
D.C.: Rude, busy or both?
(The Washington Post, January 26, 2012; 9:32 AM)
 
Another murder rampage that will stain a community
(Edition, January 13, 2011; 8:27 PM)
 
Election chatter glosses over our child-care morass
(The Washington Post, July 30, 2012; 8:33 PM)
 
Inspired by the ‘Hunger Games,’ Katniss wannabes flood archery camps
(The Washington Post, July 26, 2012; 12:09 PM)
 
D.C. women with HIV: The new face of the city’s AIDS epidemic
(The Washington Post, July 23, 2012; 7:50 PM)
 
Blog post about sexual assault in D.C. unleashes torrent of women’s stories
(The Washington Post, July 13, 2012; 6:30 PM)
 
Time to draw back the curtain on child welfare system
(The Washington Post, July 9, 2012; 7:44 PM)
 
Encounter with a homeless man touches a Virginia Starbucks manager
(The Washington Post, June 18, 2012; 12:03 PM)
 
Are gypsy cabdrivers to blame for D.C. midnight taxi madness?
(The Washington Post, May 7, 2012; 9:14 PM)
 
Payday loan disaster: A holiday splurge leads to a 651% interest rate
(The Washington Post, March 8, 2012; 1:05 PM)
 
Military conference offers a woman’s perspective
(The Washington Post, March 5, 2012; 9:24 PM)
 
Showing the world the power of women’s voices
(The Washington Post, February 27, 2012; 9:16 PM)
 
An overdue welcome, carved in stone
(The Washington Post, January 16, 2012; 6:30 PM)
 
Warming trends amid a hope for snow
(The Washington Post, January 30, 2012; 7:12 PM)
 
The big backlash against bullying women
(The Washington Post, February 2, 2012; 12:57 PM)
 
Dvorak: Most parents say they’d do the kid thing all over again
(The Washington Post, December 26, 2011; 8:49 PM)
 
Are Vincent Gray’s days as D.C. mayor numbered?
(The Washington Post, July 11, 2012; 10:19 PM)
 
Senior Week in Ocean City: How heinously are your kids behaving?
(The Washington Post, June 11, 2012; 8:18 AM)
 
Washington’s Hell Week puts climate change back on the radar
(The Washington Post, July 6, 2012; 7:11 AM)
 
GSA and Secret Service bacchanals are bad for the federal brand
(The Washington Post, April 19, 2012; 9:04 AM)
 
Siri: The must-have Christmas gift for multi-tasking moms
(The Washington Post, November 24, 2011; 11:51 AM)
 
End of an era for tiny dancers
(The Washington Post, June 6, 2011; 10:22 PM)
 
For some military moms, a long-distance juggle
(The Washington Post, May 7, 2011; 2:51 PM)
 
End of needle exchange marks loss of a bulwark in D.C.’s AIDS fight
(The Washington Post, February 24, 2011; 1:49 PM)
 
Prejudice lives on, even in enlightened D.C.
(The Washington Post, April 25, 2011; 10:23 PM)
 
Olympic moms demonstrate how women can have it all: gold medal, cute kids, killer abs
(The Washington Post, August 9, 2012; 12:48 PM)
 
The summer trip you didn’t plan: Bored kids mean odd injuries and visits to the ER
(The Washington Post, June 28, 2012; 6:48 PM)
 
College student who knows pain of parent’s incarceration gives back to kids
(The Washington Post, June 4, 2012; 1:17 PM)
 
Holocaust survivors: Harrowing ordeals still largely untold
(The Washington Post, April 26, 2012; 2:45 PM)
 
What do moms want for Mother’s Day? (Hint: It’s not brunch.)
(The Washington Post, May 10, 2012; 3:31 PM)
 
White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner has nothing on suburban fete
(The Washington Post, May 3, 2012; 11:44 AM)
 
Forcing Frederick County’s immigrants to speak English: Dubious motives, obvious benefits
(The Washington Post, February 23, 2012; 10:00 PM)
 
Addicted to a Web site called Pinterest: Digital crack for women
(The Washington Post, February 20, 2012; 8:31 PM)
 
For Maryland’s gay legislators, moment of truth looms on same-sex marriage
(The Washington Post, February 16, 2012; 2:25 PM)
 
In Whitney Houston and Yeardley Love stories, substance abuse an unfortunate theme
(The Washington Post, February 13, 2012; 7:27 PM)
 
Donald Trump will fit right in on Pennsylvania Avenue
(The Washington Post, February 9, 2012; 12:35 PM)
 
When it comes to tardiness, shouldn’t the punishment fit the crime?
(The Washington Post, February 6, 2012; 2:32 PM)
 
Our veterans, living and dead, deserve better from us
(The Washington Post, November 10, 2011; 7:51 PM)