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Kristen Hinman

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Past articles by Kristen:

Washingtonian's Best Longreads of 2021

Revisiting 10 great feature stories we published this year, from a dishy tale about working at the Trump Hotel to the hot vax summer at Seacrets. → Read More

Why This Top Facebook Exec Still Gets Dressed Up for Work Every Day

Erin Egan is Facebook’s chief global privacy officer for public policy, its top data-policy envoy to lawmakers and regulators in Washington. The former partner at Covington & Burling grew up in Bethesda and lives there today. Her Pandemic Setup “I’m home with my three kids, three cats, and a dog, and I’m separated, so it’s me and this crew. The good thing about my college-age daughter being… → Read More

What Was Your Worst Day at Pandemic Work?

“cOnFidENtiAl.” “Eight hours of Zoom calls.” “Every day, someone leaves zero tip— —very often now, never happened before Covid.” “I work with labor-market → Read More

Work-Life Perks, Pandemic Style

FireEye Reston, Alexandria Once a quarter, on “self-care days,” the entire cybersecurity company—about 3,300 workers worldwide—shuts down so staffers can → Read More

First Dogs Major and Champ Like the White House

Major apparently really, really likes the South Lawn. → Read More

Quiz: How Well Do You Know Your Local Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Trivia?

Don’t Miss Another Big Story—Get Our Weekend Newsletter Our most popular stories of the week, sent every Saturday. Or, see all of our newsletters. By signing up, you agree to our terms. → Read More

Washingtonian’s Good-Riddance 2020 Poll: The Results

It’s here—the end of this astounding/heart-wrenching/choose-your-own-adjective time in our lives known as 2020. How did we make it through? We put a bunch → Read More

Report: White House Employee Had Leg Amputated Amid Covid Battle

According to Bloomberg, the employee is known among colleagues "as a strong Trump supporter." A GoFundMe has raised more than $30,000. → Read More

Hey, Kids! Who Are You Thankful For This Year?

Write a thank-you note to a fellow DC-area resident for us, and we may publish it in an upcoming issue of Washingtonian magazine. → Read More

Good News: Apple Picking Around DC Is On

Good news: You can still pick your own apples near DC in 2020. Bad news: You'll probably have to drive a little farther to get them. → Read More

Car Thefts in DC Are Increasing—Especially Delivery Drivers' Cars

DC car thefts have increased 33% in 2020. Over the past month, the biggest increases in thefts were in many of the city's most expensive neighborhoods. → Read More

NIH Just Opened a Covid-19 Vaccine Clinical Trial in Humans. Here’s How to Volunteer.

Thousands of Americans can enroll in the study—including in Washington. → Read More

Going to the Delaware Beaches Soon? DC Says You'll Have to Quarantine When You Get Back.

The District released its list of high-risk states today; any resident returning from one should quarantine upon return, and Delaware is on the list. → Read More

Antiracism Books Are Sold Out Right Now. Here's a Free, No-Wait Way to Get Some of Them.

The DC Public Library now has unlimited copies of White Fragility, So You Want to Talk About Race, Me and White Supremacy, and other books to download. → Read More

The Quarantine Questionnaire: Holley Simmons of She Loves Me and The Lemon Collective

The lifestyle guru talks about talking to her plants and 16 more ways she's passing the time. → Read More

The Quarantine Questionnaire: Ibram X. Kendi, the Bestselling Author of How to Be an Antiracist and Stamped From the Beginning

He's passing the time in quarantine by getting ready to release a board book, "Antiracist Baby," for one thing. → Read More

The Quarantine Questionnaire: Lauren Liess, the HGTV Host and Designer

The HGTV personality talks about buying geese, sipping Virginia-made cider, and making some aspects of quarantine permanent. → Read More

The Quarantine Questionnaire: Chef Kwame Onwuachi, of Kith and Kin and Philly Wing Fry

The celebrity chef and author is all about his bench press these days. And sweeping. And bacon cheeseburgers. → Read More

The Quarantine Questionnaire: Sarah Blake, Author of The Postmistress and The Guest Book

The DC novelist behind bestsellers including The Guest Book talks about walking in the rain and 11 other ways she's passing the time in quarantine. → Read More

The Quarantine Questionnaire: Tommy McFly

The radio man and emcee about town is getting into British TV and drinking Fauci Pouchys from Capo Italian Deli. → Read More