Plus-One: Ready or Not?

November 9, 2016

Dear Stacy, I have been hanging out with a girl for a few months. We’re both just out of college and it’s nothing serious, but we do spend a lot […]

Soundtrack to Success


This season can be difficult for fitness routines, so it’s a good time to focus on a powerful weapon in the fight to fall in love with exercise: great tunes. […]

Arts Bubble Up Under Baltimore’s Bromo Tower


Known as a down-to-earth, working-class town, famous for its sports teams, its literary giants and a certain HBO series, Baltimore is also a city of business (Legg Mason, Under Armour), […]

Murphy’s Love: Advice on Intimacy and Relationships

October 26, 2016

Dear Stacy, You are usually recommending that couples go see a therapist together. I am wondering what it would take for a couples therapist to say that he or she […]

Cultivating Our Body and Mind Connection


October’s falling leaves and shriveling flowers and plants represent the upcoming winter in our hemisphere. The days get shorter, the nights get longer and the opportunity to turn inward expands. […]

Marshall, Virginia, Has Gone Gourmet


The latest trend in the Virginia countryside is the gourmet transformation of sleepy — and mostly previously ignored — Marshall, 11 miles south of Middleburg at exits 27 and 28 […]

Propositioned By Friends’ Husbands – Why?

October 20, 2016

*Dear Stacy, I am a reasonably attractive, mid-30s, married mother of two young kids. My marriage is strong. We have our issues but we have the tools to manage them […]

A Fauquier Getaway – and a Reunion for Adopted Dogs


The changing season beckons Georgetowners to visit Virginia’s rolling hills, farmlands and historic villages, exulting in the fresh air and expansive scenes within an hour’s drive of Washington. Even better […]

Kizomba on the Potomac Wraps Up for the Season

October 10, 2016

Octavio Jan, known as “Ocho,” has created the biggest waterfront dance party in the area — right here in Georgetown.

Pained By Spouse’s Lack of Friends

September 19, 2016

*My husband doesn’t have many friends. It is surprising to me, because I really enjoy spending time with him. I know that at his core he’s an introvert and doesn’t […]