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Readers weigh in via Twitter on their favorite outdoor dining spots, and food writer Andrea Weigl picks two of her favorites.

The Triangle's outdoor music venues promise a variety of music - and some of it's free.

Maybe it was the titillating title, racy for the ’80s, but ever since Better Than Sex Cake made the column, it has been a perennial reader favorite. It is a dense and triple-chocolate cake, so what isn’t to love?

The Triangle is home to a blooming array of public and private gardens that offer a relaxing way to spend a day.

You can find a good recliner and watch a meteor shower from your backyard this summer or take advantage of the Morehead Planetarium staff's monthly sky watching sessions. If you…

Abra Belke shudders when she thinks about summer mornings in the Rayburn Building. "It sounds like the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse," said the former Capitol Hill staffer and lobbyist. "Interns and junior staffers are...

Like this entry? Favorite it below! Name: Leslie Location: Athens, GA Square Feet: 350 Division: Teeny-Tiny What I Love About My Small Home: The fact that it IS so small. I've been a fan of tiny, well-utilized spaces for...

The Reliable Source will return tomorrow. Names & Faces is the column that runs in its place. Paisley surprises the troops President Obama wasn't the only person who surprised the troops over Memorial Day weekend. Countr...

The Washington premiere Sunday of a bold new harp concerto capped an engaging and powerful performance of recent music by members of the Phillips Camerata, the resident ensemble of Washington's Phillips Collection; the Q...

"I once was seriously considering taking on a young artist who sent me follow-up material claiming to have shown at the Metropolitan Museum, the Whitney" and other major museums, said Louis Newman, director of New York's...

"I still get upset about this," says John Sopko, a normally good-natured government investigator now simmering with indignation in his Crystal City office. "You're talking 600 million dollars." His meaty hands clasp a mo...

Like this entry? Favorite it below! Name: Nicholas Location: Chicago, IL Square Feet: 575 Division: Tiny What I Love About My Small Home: How the vintage charm of a 1920s building and the magic of light coalesce to creat...

The first conversation Aaron Hughes and I had about art and war was around seven years ago -- about the modern dance class at Tufts University, of all things. Many classes were being cancelled for something called Walkou...

Marimekko is celebrating the 50th anniversary of their iconic Unikko print with design events around the world. For their London celebration, they held a party at design emporium ARIA that included a guest lecture from d...

Perhaps critics and audiences have come to an agreement on Adam Sandler movies? "Blended," which was savaged in reviews -- New York Times critic A.O. Scott wrote that it will make children "stupid" -- was also largely ig...

Dear Civilities: Why does anyone like Michael Sam have to announce that they're gay anymore? I'm a straight man and I have no opinion at all on whether or not a gay football player should be drafted -- I only have opinio...

Like this entry? Favorite it below! Name: Ana Location: New York, NY Square Feet: 500 Division: Tiny What I Love About My Small Home: We love the exposed brick walls and the south facing bay windows, which make the apart...

How often do you look at that bottle of wonderful extra virgin olive oil in your kitchen and wish you had more uses for it, other than as a salad dressing or a dip for bread?

I love fancy peonies and free-spirited snapdragons, fragrant phlox and happy daisies. But over the past few months, I've come to appreciate a less popular bloom -- the carnation.

Over the years, we've shared a lot of money-saving projects, large and small. If you can make something at home easily and cheaply, why wouldn't you? Save some cash and flex those DIY muscles with these ten ideas for thi...

Lana Del Rey celebrated Memorial Day weekend by releasing a new song. Called "Shades of Cool," Del Rey's latest track is basically the best Bond theme that never was. Listen below, then resume barbecuing. Del Rey's new a...

It's about this time of year that the garden starts to call my name. Nothing is quite as rewarding, on a long summer day, than spending some time with your hands in the dirt, making green thing thrive (unless it's eating...