When I met Valerie Nahmani Gitelson of Valerie Nahmani Designs (VND) a few weeks ago for coffee, a couple of people had already stopp...

Ok, to recap, reinforce, gently hint and yes, nudge you. Get your walking shoes on (and for some those are  4-inch high) and your fashion se...

OK, here's a new one for you: CityShopGirl reports that Strosniders hardware store is having two "Hammers and Heels Ladies Nights...

... to meet the great Spanish chef Jose Andres of Jaleo , enjoy complimentary tapas and drink specials, and snag a signed copy of his cookbo...

Contrary to yesterday's Washington Post review of The Picture of Dorian Gray at the Round House Theatre, I found the contemporary ta...

Looking for something different to do this weekend? Expand your literary horizons at Bethesda's Round House Theatre and see Roberto Agu...

Today should be good: I'm planning a trip to downtown Silver Spring to check out the reopening of ArtSpring , a center started last year...

Tell me it ain't so. When I checked out Lydia Sullivan's snoburbia.com for my magazine column, I was laughing my head off reading t...

Not even a year ago, bath-lover Rochel Roland created   Joyful Bath Co.  out of a need for good bath salts to soothe her aching muscles (she...

Ok, it's been one solid week on South Beach (no, not the sandy one in Miami) and I've been a superstar. No cocktailing it up at even...

Wow!! What went on here last night?? Bethesda Lane went from a pedestrian promenade to a full-scale runway style show complete with fashioni...

An Air Force brat who's traveled all over the country, I have lived in Bethesda, Maryland for much of my adult life--going on 22 years. ...