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All your favorite holiday movies, all month long

DC, You Can Go See a Holiday Movie Pretty Much Every Day This Month

The best places to get your holiday movie fix, all season long

Spread from Vagabond, one of the best new restaurants in Washington, DC in November 2022

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A “Butcher’s Omakase” and More of the Best New Restaurants in DC

Half-Smoke Pups

This Recipe for Half-Smoke Pups Should Be Your Post-Turkey Go-To

Sticky Fingers Fall Cookie Decoration Kit

We Asked DC’s Best Bakeries for Their Most Spectacular Holiday Cakes, Pies and Other Treats

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Let DC’s Top Chefs Handle Turkey Day for You With These Thanksgiving Takeout Meals

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Models wear gear from the new streetwear collaboration between the Washington Wizards and local D.C. artist Chris Pyrate

You’ll Actually Want to Rock Wizards Gear Thanks to This Streetwear Collab

Local artist Chris Pyrate brings his signature style to a 25th anniversary collection

The Weasleys' Ford Anglia car as seen at the Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience

“Harry Potter” Comes to Leesburg With the Forbidden Forest Experience

It's a hot ticket this holiday season, and we got a preview

The bar at Hill East Burger in Washington, D.C., one of our favorite new restaurants

Restaurants & Bars

DC’s Best New Restaurants Include Updates to Old Favorites

Also of note: an up-and-coming contender for the best burgers in town

Interior of relish DC

Is Relish DC’s Most Fashion-Forward Menswear Shop?

One of DC's best boutiques is moving into menswear

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Pilots and Flight Attendants May No Longer Be Allowed to Skip the Security Line

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Mumbo wings from Trummer's on Main

Now You Can Make Mumbo Wings at Home

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A Conversation With the Master Tailor Behind DC’s Best-Dressed Men

Exterior sign for Le Mont Royal in the Adams Morgan neighborhood in Washington, D.C.

Le Mont Royal Is Bringing On-Tap Espresso Martinis to DC

A detail of the shoes worn by Kyle Kuzma #33 of the Washington Wizards during the second quarter of the game against the Charlotte Hornets at Spectrum Center on October 10, 2022 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Revisiting the Washington Wizards’ Best Style Moments With CJ Toledano

Rendering of The Morrow, one of the most exciting new hotels opening in D.C. this fall.

DC’s Newest Hotels Are a Boon to Locals and Travelers Alike

Craft pumpkin beer in beer glasses with salty pretzels and popcorn.

6 Excellent Fall Beers From Three DC-Area Breweries

Old Bay Blackened Savoy Cabbage with Peanut Romesco, Shaved Compressed Pineapple, and Herbs

5 Ways DC Fine-Dining Chefs Are Playing With Old Bay

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A Guide to DC's Best Late-Night Eats, From the City's Night Owls

United States Botanic Garden and the Capitol Building Murat Taner

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