Super Women: Deb Johns, the woman behind the Scout bag

December 7, 2014

Nancy McKeon

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Family Greets Fall With a Down-Home (D.C.) Party

September 10, 2016

Nancy McKeon

MyLittleBird photo. The large banner, and a glimpse of canvas tents peeking over the rise, let partygoers know this was going to be a truly fun night. / MyLittleBird photo. DEB AND BEN JOHNS know how to throw a party—they’ve…

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What's Your Summer Uniform?

June 6, 2017

Janet Kelly

  Founder of Scout Bags, Deb Waterman Johns has been wearing the same “uniform” for the past 25 years. / MyLittleBird photo. A mom with two young daughters knows the necessity of keeping it simple. White jeans. At night, she…

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What a Night at the Shop Opp!

November 5, 2015

Janet Kelly

MyLittleBird photo. Shoppers Sandy Davis, left, and Jacqueline Trescott eye the vintage jewelry offerings at Madge Novel Vintage (that’s Madge in the center). / MyLittleBird photo. Shopper Bonnie Kogod admires Mintwood Home’s well-curated selection of decorative accessories. Seated are Mintwood…

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14 Ways to Please/Feed Your Inner Francophile

July 13, 2015

Janet Kelly

Made in France, multicolor set of four Laguiole spreaders. $44, levillagemarche.com. Eat at celebrated French chef Daniel Boulud’s DBGB Kitchen & Bar (931 H St. NW, 202-695-7660). Dinner for two is $99 through Sept. 7 with TravelZoo deal: http://www.travelzoo.com/local-deals/Washington-DC/Restaurants/deals. Yves…

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Nail Biter? Hair Fiddler? You Could Be a Perfectionist.

April 13, 2015

Mary Carpenter

…participants were asked to complete a task that was supposedly easy and quick, but wasn’t either – just the sort of task I would try to hurry through and then get annoyed when it couldn’t be completed quickly. For boredom,…

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A Uniform Advantage

June 13, 2017

Catherine Clifford

…the problem of finding something to wear. Did they have a streamlined uniform of interchangeable black Petit Bateau Tees, cargo shorts and Converse sneakers a la Deb Waterman Johns of Scout Bags? Managing Editor Nancy McKeon said her look was…

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Introducing: A Washington-area Theater Directory

September 1, 2017

Nancy McKeon

…20814 240-821-6830 www.tyberbierhausmd.com Serves German-inflected food plus Belgian, German, Czech and American craft beers. Lots of communal tables, indoors and out, for that German biergarten feeling. Yuzu Japanese Dining 7345 Wisconsin Avenue Bethesda, Maryland 301-656-5234 yuzubethesda.com A full range of…

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Feed Ukrainians, Not Your Ego

March 17, 2022

Janet Kelly

…Food, water and safety are scarce. Many of us have been watching the televised war in horror from the comfort of our homes. Last night I saw hundreds of people sheltering in a subway station deep below the city of…

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Easy Pieces: The Wall Street Journal Got Us Thinking About Work Clothes

March 29, 2016

Janet Kelly

…around town taking notes, but you readers are OUR women! Which makes your choices important to MLB. Deb Johns, who with her husband heads up Bungalow, maker of Scout bags, and who runs Get Dressed, personal shopping and wardrobe consulting,…

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Kitchen Detail: Winning Horses Doovers

September 22, 2022

Nancy Pollard

…whey, the liquid by-product of cheesemaking, from the ricotta and make crêpes. One of our panelists thought that it would be too sweet for her, and we were surprised that she loved this startling combination so much that she awarded…

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Update 2022: Lyme Disease

August 22, 2022

Mary Carpenter

iStock By Mary Carpenter In this entry to MyLittleBird’s Summer Update Series, Mary addresses tick-borne illnesses, notably the most common—Lyme disease. Others also on the rise in the U.S., as the tick vectors move northward with climate change, include Rocky…

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Altered States

August 31, 2020

Janet Kelly

…mechanism in depression. Bypassing the DMN puts the ego out of commission by dissolving boundaries between self and the world, according to John Hopkins psychologist Matthew Johnson, who researches the effects of psilocybin (magic mushrooms). What Johnson calls a “primary…

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A Nose Job in Costa Rica, Root Canal in Mexico

January 13, 2020

Mary Carpenter

…“global collaborations,” Johns Hopkins works with hospitals in Brazil, China and Columbia. Johns Hopkins also provides a “special concierge” to individuals wishing to arrange medical treatment abroad. If choosing foreign facilities on your own, the most common advice is to…

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Make Next Year's Bird Better

November 25, 2015

Nancy McKeon

…browse some old stories, from our Super Women series and our quick-flit travel pieces, links below. –All the LittleBirds Travel: Index to various stories Super Women: Paula Jagemann Aerin Lauder Deb Johns Ellen Proxmire Robin Givhan Nora Pouillon Elena Mekhova…

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Acorn Alert

October 23, 2023

Mary Carpenter

…secondary fate for East Coast residents is “a substantial elevation of populations of seed-feeding animals,” writes Kelly. “But more animals that feed on seeds means more animals that feed on animals that feed on seeds…an increase in ticks, fleas and…

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Green Acre #14: On Epsom Salts . . .

July 27, 2016

stephanie cavanaugh

…If your soil is light and sandy, feed more; if it’s rich or clay like, feed less.” Public Service Announcement: I grow neither peppers nor tomatoes, but it is said that Epsom salts have a similar effect on both. Look…

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A TV Two-fer

November 5, 2023

Nancy McKeon

…against wood boards. / MyLittleBird photo. Some of us think a dozen eggs is too many to buy at one time. This wooden egg holder shows much more ambition. / MyLittleBird photo. Ah, the bell board, summoning staff to the…

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