Metro Weekly

All posts by Sean Bugg

  • Status Symbol

    The first time out of the gate wasn't that auspicious for the Toyota Prius, part of the vanguard of the gas-electric hybrid cars just edging...

  • Hostile Territory

    ''Why did you move to the hate state?'' That's what I've been asked, in various forms, since I left D.C.'s Adams Morgan/Columbia Heights neighborhood last...

  • Big Mover

    You may have heard that the region's highways are being overrun by vehicular behemoths, SUVs whose enormous width and girth hog lanes and block the...

  • The Exhibitionists

    For some, MAL is about the legendary Leather Cocktails, the event from which the weekend born. Then there are those who look forward to the...

  • Environs

    Make an artistic statement with a four-story Adams Morgan townhouse, where two decades of projects and renovations have created both a home and a showcase...

  • 2004: The Year in Review

    We had the strangest dream about 2004. Everything was carefree and gay, and the good fairies had done away with sodomy laws and we were...

  • Looking Sharp

    Pontiac occupies an odd automotive niche at General Motors between Chevrolet, which for the most part makes some affordable and interesting cars alongside the brand-showcase...

  • Need for Speed

    One of the hidden truths about writing reviews, be they about cars or movies or architecture, is that the most difficult things to write about...

  • SLDN's Full Court Press

    When Monica Hill joined the Air Force in the 1990s, she and her partner thought it was an excellent way to both act on her...

  • Environs

    GONE WITH THE WIND -- Drafty walls and disrepair didn't scare off this GWM couple in Southeast. With ingenuity and a not-small amount of sheet...

  • Shake-Up at HRC

    Less than one year after taking the helm, Cheryl Jacques has resigned as the head of the Human Rights Campaign, the organization announced Tuesday evening,...

  • No Cherry on Top

    Four gay and lesbian community groups that were the designated beneficiaries for last spring's Cherry 9 circuit party will not be receiving any Cherry donations...

  • Sitting Pretty

    Not long ago, I wrote that Subaru ''has carved a marketing niche for itself by creating cars that exude the practical and eschew the pretty.''...

  • Brother Bears

    With cold weather quickly taking hold and banishing any lingering thoughts of summer, it's becoming the time of year when nature prepares for the coming...

  • Mondo Volvo

    Let me take a moment to get something off my chest. I'm tired of silver cars. The color -- actually more of a shade or...