Whirligigs: What Goes Around, Comes Around

December 7, 2016

The whirligig, an object that spins or twirls, may have started as a farmer’s weathervane, but it evolved into a recognized category of American folk art. Simply put, a whirligig […]

Madame President?

November 8, 2016

It took our nation 240 years to get here, but we finally got a woman candidate for president. In a country where women outnumber men in the adult population 51 […]

Modern Traditions


As we count down to turkey dinners and caroling, our homes reflect holiday traditions and décor. Why not take something old and make it new again? Check out these winning […]

Watergate Rebirth: ‘Swinging Sixties’ Designed By Millennials

October 26, 2016

After purchasing the shuttered Watergate Hotel in 2010 for $45 million in cash, Euro Capital Properties put in about $125 million more and reopened the hotel last spring.

Keith Lipert Gallery Moving to Canal Square

October 24, 2016

Founded in 1994, after January the gallery will refocus in its new location on bespoke corporate gifts.

Wanna Eat Sushi Off My Garage Floor?

October 6, 2016

Sleeping 15 feet above a continually cracking garage floor for over 20 years finally produced one too many radon nightmares for me to ignore any longer. Structural dreams that ended […]

The Auction Block

September 14, 2016

Doyle New York “Boats in Choppy Water Offshore,” 1865 Mauritz Frederik Hendrick de Haas (1832–1895) Auction Date: Oct. 5 …

Featured Property: 1339 29th Street NW

September 13, 2016

**1339 29th Street NW** Built in 1802 and renovated in 1936, this six-bedroom residence, featuring oak-plank floors and multiple fireplaces with original mantels, was the home of the late Mrs. […]

Historic DC: Destiny and the Founding of a Capital

September 7, 2016

After the American Revolution, the Founding Fathers had to choose a capital city. The place we now know as Washington, D.C., was not everybody’s first choice. In the late 1700s, […]

From HoJo to Boathouse

September 2, 2016

Once a hotel used to stake out the DNC, later a GW dorm, the Virginia Avenue building will become apartments.