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Q: I have a 1950's folding desk, and I have been having the hardest time researching it. I believe it's a Folding Box Desk by Mummenthaler and Meier. There don't seem to be many out there, but today I found a listing for...

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Don't you just love when style comes naturally? These organic modern houses add a breath of fresh air to design trends, for looks that are natural, clean and current. If the magnificent maisons here say "home" to you, th...

Greg Cox says it's nearly impossible to make a bad choice at Taste Vietnamese Cuisine in Cary.

Seen around town: -- Callista Gingrich touring the Newseum's "Three Shots Were Fired" exhibit about the JFK assassination Friday afternoon with another woman -- while wearing a boxy pink notched-collar skirt suit reminis...

LONDON --They say that no parent ever feels ready for his or her first child. But Britain certainly is prepared for the arrival of the next king or queen, no matter how Prince William and Kate are feeling. The shops are ...

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The downstairs room at the Sixth & I Historic Synagogue doesn't share the same ornate, mystical vibe as the main hall situated above it, but it is an inviting space. Couches were lined up in front of the stage for Julia ...

Remember those Mitt Romney flip-flops that were so popular at liberal-leaning beach destinations last summer? They would have been the perfect agitprop accessories 100 years ago, when Theodore Roosevelt was running for p...

Typewriters aren't just for hipsters anymore. Yesterday, the Russian newspaper Izvestia reported that the Kremlin's Federal Protective Service, the agency responsible for protecting Russian President Vladimir Putin and h...

Name: Thomas Murphy & Rick Rochon Location: Indianola, Washington Size: 1,200 square feet + a 120 square foot officeYears lived in: 2 When Rick Rochon opened Ludlow in Seattle's Phinney Ridge, I could hardly believe my e...

Now that people have torn themselves away from their television sets--and more importantly, their Twitter feed--after Thursday night's airing of the SyFy Channel's movie "Sharknado," we feel obligated to point out just a...

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra offered an easy-listening concert on a balmy summer's eve Thursday at Strathmore. Led by BSO concertmaster Jonathan Carney, the program consisted of well-known numbers by Vivaldi, Bach an...

Judy Ross has achieved the impossible. She's managed to fit three people -- and all of their stuff -- into a 600 square foot apartment. And two of those people are children! And her place is neat! And warm, and personal,...

It's mid-summer and things are heating up. if you are ready to escape the heat with a little design distraction, we have some interesting sales and events to tempt you this weekend. From Steelcase on a discount to the an...

No one can accuse monologist James Judd of false advertising. His return to the Capital Fringe Festival with "Funny Stories 2" is exactly what it purports to be. Judd uses a handful of props, a little lighting and a few ...

There's a cute new rabbi at temple, Todd Cohen's brother told him. Todd wasn't interested. The 34-year-old was single, but a clergy member wasn't high on his list of potential dates. It was a sentiment familiar to Rabbi ...

An effortlessly cool sense of history and color permeate French style. In celebration of Bastille Day this Sunday, July 14th, here are 10 inspiring rooms en France. More

Gallery summer group shows may have roughly the same motivation -- filling the space during a slow season for sales -- but they take many forms. Some revisit earlier exhibitions, while others feature work that's new or j...

If the daring young No Rules Theatre Company is now showing something called "The No Rules Show," what can audiences expect? "We're calling it half 'The Judy Garland Show,' half Conan O'Brien," says Brian Sutow, the bear...

For success these days with a new American musical, try adding a little Seoul. Neil Bartram and Brian Hill are doing exactly that, staying in a Shirlington flat as they whip into shape their new musical, "Spin," for the ...

NEW YORK --Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, the architect who renamed himself Le Corbusier, was blessed when it came to his formation as a thinker, designer and theorist of the modern world. He came from Switzerland, the land...