How Are Things on Your Tightrope?

March 9, 2020

Let’s be honest. We all struggle with time. We long for 26 hours per day, but the painful truth is that most of us live way beyond our means in terms of time.

Tech Tip: Make This Password Different From Everything Else


If an e-commerce site you’ve registered at gets hacked, and you’ve used your email password to register, you can pretty much bet hackers are going to gain access to your in-box.

Meeting on Main Street Grants, March 4

March 2, 2020

To qualify for a grant, applicants will have to document expenses they have incurred or intend to incur during the period from October of 2019 to Sept. 15, 2020.

Tech Tip: Set Up Bank Alerts Now!


Many banks will send you an email alert whenever money is withdrawn from your account via check, debit card or transfer.

Business Ins & Outs: Paddyway Candle Bar, Ecco, Georgetown Carpet & More.

February 26, 2020

IN: PADDYWAX CANDLE BAR LIGHTS UP Paddywax Candle Bar, an experiential retailer that teaches customers how to make candles, opened in a 2,111-squarefoot second-floor space at 1065 Wisconsin Ave. NW, […]

Tech Tip: Work Computers and Devices Are for One Thing Only

February 24, 2020

If you want to check your Hotmail account or Facebook page, do it during your lunch break and on your own personal device. More than 600,000 Facebook accounts are hacked every day.

Whole Foods in Glover Park Will Reopen

February 21, 2020

The store’s 2017 closure, “due to a rodent problem,” grew into a contract and remodeling dispute between building owner Wical and Whole Foods, acquired by Amazon that year.

Tech Tip: Don’t Go on Public WiFi Until You Read This …

February 18, 2020

Whether it’s at the coffee shop, the hotel or the airport, the temptation to check email and surf the web is just too strong to resist.

New Medical Marijuana Dispensary on U St.

February 12, 2020

A medical marijuana dispensary, Capital City Care, held a grand opening on U Street NW on Feb. 3, its new location offering patients easier access. On hand to welcome the […]

Tech Tip: The Dangers of Dropbox (and Other File Sync Apps)

February 10, 2020

Over seven million (!) Dropbox accounts have been hacked, giving cybercriminals a path into company networks.