40 posts tagged Catharine

I still can't figure out why my boyfriend doesn't desire a day at the spa like I do. It's especially odd, because there are all kinds of barbershops, boutique salons and spas that cater to the manly men of this city. Maybe he thinks that a $100 treatment called "The Commander in Chief" that includes a manicure is both emasculating and expensive? It sounds good to me.

“Brilliant Women: Eighteenth-Century Bluestockings” National Portrait Gallery, until 15th June. On Thursday evening I stood in a packed room at the National Portrait Gallery. Men and women of all ages jostled to get a look at a three-quarter length portrait of an eighteenth-century writer.

Spotted Mandarin “I learned that true forgiveness includes total self-acceptance. And out of acceptance wounds are healed and happiness is possible again.” Catharine Marshall, 1914-1983 Born in Johnson City, Tennessee Author of Christy (1967)  

Rockland's Catholic schools April 17 My colleague, Cathey O’Donnell of the Data Desk, put together this cool map showing where all the Catholic schools are located in the Lower Hudson Valley, in commemoration of Pope Benedict’s imminent arrival in our region.

If video killed the radio, then the iTunes and other downloadable music options have effectively killed the music store. OK, not entirely. While a few of the independent music stores that I had planned to include on this list — Kemp Hill Music and Orpheus Records — have closed or will soon, a handful of DC's independent music stores have survived the war.

When I told my friend that I wanted to do a post on DC's most overrated restaurants, he sagely said that there is not enough room on the Internet to list them all. It's a phenomenon I don't understand. Unrelenting praise and enormous crowds in this city are always elevating mediocre, overpriced restaurants.

Washington has long served as the backdrop for Hollywood blockbusters — at least 200, according to a tour company website. So, I had a lot of choices while making this list, which was largely inspired by our recent look at "State of Play". My instinct was to put "Mr.

One book on my to-buy list is the recently-released The Porn Report by Alan McKee, Katherine Albury and Catharine Lumby. Until I get around to that, Danny Yee’s review has some juicy tidbits (ooherr).

Spring has arrived in DC, and that means it's time for everyone to pop their collars, and pull out the old yacht for a turn or two on the Potomac. Sadly, I do not jest. There are youngin's in this town who really do own boats and horses and tennis whites. Here's your guide to playing Buffy and Bentley for a day.

If you’ve got about 30 minutes to blow, check out the humongous report that Catharine P. Taylor wrote on the U.S. advertising industry as part of the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s annual State of the News Media coverage.