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Green Acre #30: Sundays, Pretzels and . . . Philodendrons

It’s a plant anyone can grow, and, yes, it has its uses.

November 16, 2016

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November Chills

The winds of change are cold. Retreat into a warm and cozy sweater.

November 15, 2016

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Baby Boomers and Hepatitis C

Hep C can be a silent disease. Find out why you need to be tested.

November 14, 2016

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Drugs R Us

Her doctor insisted she go home with a few painkillers after hip surgery. She was given 40.

November 13, 2016

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Green Acre #29: Fall’s Precious Days

The garden moves indoors: a depressing little ditty.

November 9, 2016

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Poppy King’s Tell-All Guide to Lipstick

Poppy King, aka The Lipstick Queen, has a new book out on her favorite subject.

November 8, 2016

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It’s a Tough Town — for Allergy Sufferers

D.C.’s sky-high pollen count is something to sneeze at.

November 7, 2016

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Feeling Irritable? Blame it on the time change.

It’s hard to fall back. ICYMI: How to re-set your body clock.

November 5, 2016

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Green Acre #23: In Celebration of Volunteers

Often the flowers you don’t plant are the ones that rise to glory.

September 28, 2016

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Green Acre #18: Paradise Is for the Birds

The tropics are full of horror stories, even here on Capitol Hill.

August 24, 2016

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A Loaf of Bread and Thou

Maybe Patrick O’Connell’s Salt-Crusted Currant Rye Bread is all you need on an arctic weekend.

February 12, 2016

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The Ideal Diet for Your DNA

Move over, low-fat and low-carb diets. New recommendations on what to eat look to your genetic makeup.

February 8, 2016

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Modest (Sorta) Proposals for That Old Bathroom

Fresh designs for the smallest room in the house.

January 27, 2016

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Great Local Shopping Made Even Greater!

Discounts just for MyLittleBird readers? Read on . . .

December 16, 2015

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Smarty Plants and Mega-Mushrooms

Origins opens its redesigned store in Clarendon. MyLittleBird’s Catherine Clifford inspects the offerings.

December 8, 2015

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This 1921 gabled Victorian backs onto parkland and that's what clinched the sale for the 1978 purchasers. Since that year the house has been transformed time and again. Says one of the owners, an architect: ” We saved the shell and the main front stairs.” / Photo by Piers Lamb.

Palisades House Tour–Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015

Nine houses reflect the architectural history of this leafy neighborhood by the Potomac.

October 14, 2015

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Happy Fourth of July!

Have a glorious holiday. See you back here on Monday.

July 2, 2015

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Woof, woof for WARL! And Bark for the Ball!

Two doggie galas are coming up.

May 29, 2015

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