Life + Leisure
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Animal Magnetism
Chip Wells presents a mild, polite demeanor. There's a Southern sensibility in the man that makes personal, yet common, questions – his age, for example...
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Lube Alarm
While working the night shift at the Pleasure Place near Dupont Circle, Janea Kelly often fields questions from customers regarding the small shelf of lubricants...
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Zipping Along
Have you ever wanted to leave behind the concrete trappings of the city and leap off a tree like Tarzan? Thanks to Go Ape!, you...
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Honing in on Honey
The mid-Atlantic is in bloom. Winter's crisp, barren branches are bursting with green. The once snow-buried yards are sun-kissed and welcoming a rainbow of blooms....
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Rebate Ready
On your marks. Get set. Wait! That is, if you live in D.C., Maryland or Virginia. If you lived in, say, Ohio, that appliance rebate...
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Divine Desert
Like a fine cheese or wine, some things simply get better with age. This certainly seems to be the case for Santa Fe, as the...
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Questions and Carats
They may be a girl's best friend. They may even be forever. But as Jon Mervis advises, they aren't absolutely necessary. Just one of the...
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Sticky and Sweet
The only thing sweeter than a box full chocolates on Valentine's Day is a box made of chocolate. Available for $38 -- or in a...
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Picture Yourself
You may recall the following scene from Sex and the City when it was still just a TV show. Samantha wants to capture her good...
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HRC Action Center & Store
Advocating for equal rights can be a part of your everyday routine with the help of items sold at the Human Rights Campaign's Action Center...
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Fitness: Work-Out Wisdom
January is a hot time for gyms, as well it should be. Among the dozen most popular New Year's resolutions compiled by the U.S. government...
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Rating Rubbers
Rubber. Love glove. Sheath. Condom. Whatever you call it, the reliable prophylactic is arguably the simplest tool in the human-sexuality toolbox. For hundreds of years,...
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Delicious Deals
''It's become...somewhat of a cult.'' Lynne Breaux is referring to next week's Restaurant Week promotion. ''There are some offices, for instance, that get together and...
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Buying in Bulk
Whether you celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa or Solstice -- or you're simply a guest at a nondenominational holiday party -- it's the season to give...
