Michael Schaffer
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Here's What Katie Couric's Book Has to Say About DC Local Newscasters
Her dishy new memoir name-checks some former colleagues from her days at WRC-TV. → Read More
In Defense of Small Talk
The pandemic was full of intimate conversation with true-blue friends. I miss acquaintances. → Read More
Sally Quinn Says the A-List DC Social Scene Is Dead. If So, It Went Out on Top.
Dance on the grave if you like, but the way she describes the last four years might confound the haters. → Read More
Yet Another DC Couple Ditches Condo for Freestanding House
With their delayed move to Ward 3 next week, a public servant and her lawyer husband will join a pandemic-era trend of seeking more space. → Read More
The Washingtonian Interview: Kojo Nnamdi
Kojo Nnamdi first hit the DC airwaves back when he was managing an activist bookstore. Now, a half century after starting his career at Howard → Read More
Conspiracy Theorists Target Comet Ping Pong on Trump's Last Night in Office
The Trump era in DC ends in a very similar fashion to the way it began—with protesters harassing the Chevy Chase DC pizza joint. → Read More
The Scary New Covid Variant Has Made it to Maryland
In yet another sign that 2021 is not yet shaping up to be such a clean break from 2020, the much more transmissible variant of Covid-19 that first showed → Read More
We’re About to Inaugurate Our Most Washington President Ever. Here’s Why That’s Good—and Bad.
His last non-DC job was as a county councilman during the first Richard Nixon administration. → Read More
Quiz: How Well Do You Remember Life Before Covid?
How well do you remember life before the pandemic? It was only ten months ago, after all. But in a year that felt like a decade, it’s understandable to → Read More
Quiz: How Well Do You Remember Life Before Covid?
How well do you remember life before the pandemic? It was only ten months ago, after all. But in a year that felt like a decade, it’s understandable to → Read More
Washingtonian's Most-Read Posts of 2020
The thing about this worst year in the history of years was that one day's news was the next day's ancient history. And the progression from must-click to → Read More
It’s November 4. Hillary Clinton Has Lost a Second Term. A Completely Serious Parody About a Completely Ridiculous 2020.
Where would we be if Donald Trump hadn’t won the White House four years ago? → Read More
Report: Obama's Book Says He Continued to Smoke in the White House—A Lot
The first volume of Barack Obama's mammoth new memoir hits next week, but a copy has been obtained by CNN. And among the details they scooped, one of the → Read More
Delaware Man Relocating to Historic Ward 2 Home
A Delaware man relocating for a senior federal job will be the new occupant of one of Ward 2's most sought-after homes, according to multiple reports. The → Read More
Florida Man Has Coronavirus, DC Government Says
Trump may sleep, breathe, and work on Pennsylvania Avenue, but that's not enough to make his illness local → Read More
Who Should DC’s Two Senators Be?
Should DC finally win statehood, here are some people who might represent it in Congress’s upper chamber, including Michelle Obama and Muriel Bowser. → Read More
There Sure Are a Lot of Racist Washington Football Team Shirts for Sale
The name may be gone, but there's a glut of new brand-new "vintage" gear. → Read More
Wanted: New Names for Washington-Area Schools, Roads, and a Football Team
The debate about renaming schools, roads, and a football team is over. Now we're ISO a few good renamesakes. → Read More
One Anti-Statehood Idea That Deserves to Be Considered (and Then Rejected)
It comes from a guy liberals think of as one of Congress' biggest buffoons. → Read More
Will the Capitals Play Tonight?
People are still selling tickets on StubHub. Good luck with that. → Read More