A look at life in Washington, then and now.
By Tom Shroder, Page W02
IS THERE ANYONE who hasn't seen the video of Christian the lion?
Washington: It's a Transient Town
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More proof from Date Lab: Washington's a transient town.
Salon owners offer one-of-a-kind pedicures with the help of hungry fish
By Elizabeth Chang, Page W06
JOHN HO AND YVONNE LE had one contracting business, two hair and nail salons, and three kids. Then the couple decided to add 5,000 flesh-eating fish to the mix, and things got really crazy. As owners of apparently the first U.S. nail salon to offer fish-assisted pedicures, they've appeared in...
Tim Haas Captain, Potomac Riverboat Co., Alexandria
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THE LONGEST I'VE EVER WORKED in anything close to a desk job was three months at a Mail Boxes Etc. I was miserable. I need to be near the water. When you're working on the water, you don't wake up in the morning with that immediate thought of "Oh, crap." You don't lay there thinking about how bad...
Tell us about a time when going beyond your budget was absolutely worth it
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Tell us about a time when going beyond your budget was absolutely worth it
Cathy Lanier's improbable journey from troubled teen mom to D.C. police chief
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Cathy Lanier's imrobable journey from troubled teen mom to D.C. police chief
A man's one-in-a-million close encounter with an insect convinces him that the theory is true: The fluttering of gossamer wings can change the world
By Dan Southerland, Page W16
A man's one-in-a-million close encounter with an insect convinces him that the theory is true: The fluttering of gossamer wings can change the world
A Columbia chef tries to break the chain
By Tom Sietsema, Page W19
* Victoria Gastro Pub 8201 Snowden River Pkwy., Columbia
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When I asked participants on my new online discussion board, Sietsema's Table (www.washingtonpost.com/food), how they were dealing with what feels like a recession, a number of money-saving dining tips poured in: Order from the bar menu; eat a snack before heading out; walk to the restaurant to...
When her fantasies of an idyllic dorm life started disappearing, so did she
By Sarah Haight, Page W31
When her fantasies of an idyllic dorm life started disappearing, so did she
Dweeb-weeding for good government
By Gene Weingarten, Page W32
DID YOU READ how a Bush administration official broke the law by asking extraneous, blatantly political questions of applicants for non-political jobs in the Justice Department? In trying to load the department with knee-jerk political conservatives, Monica Goodling inquired about the applicants'...
