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Mum’s the Word
Mother’s Day is right around the corner (May 10). And we here at the Food desk want to help ease the gift gathering tension by offering up a few culinary treasures ripe for the plucking. The question...
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The Business of Fatherhood: Chris Efessiou Talks About Book on Parenting
A couple of years go, a publisher asked Chris Efessiou, successful entrepreneur and founder of multiple pharmaceutical companies, to write a book about business. He refused. To him, the idea wasn’t...
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Mom With a Goat Farm
By Micaela Williamson Photo Courtesy of Amalthea Ridge When most people think of Fairfax County, the words “goat farm” rarely come to mind, but local mom Sarah Wehri had a vision to raise goats, live...
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Social Media Mom: How to Show Lazy, Long-Distance Love
chuckstock / Shutterstock.com Is a Facebook poke really a good substitute for a card? Maybe not, but there are clever ways to use social media to wish Mom a happy Mother’s Day. Check out these...
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20 Hours with a Restaurant Publicist
Courtesy of Dusty Lockhart Dusty Lockhart has 12 clients, four kids, a chef-husband, an au pair and Brittany Garrison, whom she chugs Pellegrino with when not hosting journalists to 3,000-calorie...
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8 “Mom-ified” summer concert trends
By Robyn Smith So your children are too young to go see Nicki Minaj by themselves, but they’ve been dying to see her perform ever since “Anaconda” took over the radio last summer. Or maybe they’re...
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8 “Mom-ified” summer concert trends
By Robyn Smith So your children are too young to go see Nicki Minaj by themselves, but they’ve been dying to see her perform ever since “Anaconda” took over the radio last summer. Or maybe they’re...
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In search of a lazy Saturday
Photo by neirfy, Adobe Stock When did everything get so hard? I can vaguely recall my standard Saturday circa 2009: At 9:30 or 10 a.m., I’d emerge from about 10 hours of sleep, wondering what the...
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8 “Mom-ified” summer concert trends
By Robyn Smith So your children are too young to go see Nicki Minaj by themselves, but they’ve been dying to see her perform ever since “Anaconda” took over the radio last summer. Or maybe they’re...
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In search of a lazy Saturday
Photo by neirfy, Adobe Stock When did everything get so hard? I can vaguely recall my standard Saturday circa 2009: At 9:30 or 10 a.m., I’d emerge from about 10 hours of sleep, wondering what the...
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8 local businesses offering Mother’s Day deliveries for at-home celebrations
Photo by Zoe Schaeffer Mother’s Day (being held on Sunday, May 10 this year), much like Easter, is going to look different this year. Brunch at your favorite restaurant will most likely be replaced...
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What it’s like to be pregnant during a pandemic, per an Alexandria mom
Photo by Jonathan Timmes After working as a mental health professional for 10 years, Catherine Seaver became a stay-at-home mom following the birth of her first baby. Now the parents of two girls, an...
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