What’s the Deal with Daily Deals? >>
How Groupon and Livingsocial impact the businesses that run with them and the users who buy with them.

Antiques Roadshow in Washington: Behind the Scenes >>
The author was more excited to go to Antiques Roadshow than to her own wedding, but what she learned took the shine off her favorite TV program.

The Plastic Surgeon’s Wife >>
Being married to a cosmetic surgeon may have beauty benefits–such as free Botox—but does it also mean you’re always being scrutinized?

Great Hair 2011: Istanbul on the Potomac >>
Why do so many hairstylists come here from Turkey? And what makes them so good?

I’m Turning My Body Over to You >>
Writer Cathy Alter had three months to transform her body before a high-school reunion. Were the trainers at an elite gym up to it? Was she?

Being Beautiful Is Not For Wimps >>
Andrea Rodgers whitens her teeth three nights a week. She gets Botox and fillers. Is she way too high maintenance? Or is doing whatever it takes to stay young the new norm in Washington?

Staying Power
Marriott propels itself into the innovation age, earning hipster cred along the way.

A Geek’s View of Michael Jackson

Death by Numbers

The best way to shorten your workday

Want to balance your job and personal life better? To leave your desk earlier, you need to be smarter about homing from work.

What Happens When Parents Have No Parents?

‘My Beautiful Mommy’: How a Picture Book Explains Liposuction to Kids
Decoding the strange messages in a book that’s attempting to demystify plastic surgery for little girls and boys… More »

‘Bohemian Rhapsody,’ From Queen to ‘Glee’
It’s been covered by everyone from Mike Meyers to the Muppets. And now it will live on in a new generation, thanks to an appearance on ‘tweens’ favorite TV show.…More »

Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Planet Oprah
The Queen of Daytime elicits very different reactions from males and females—with one glaring exception… More »

The Price of Jessica Simpson
The singer’s new television show is supposed to explore standards of beauty in cultures across the world. But it just highlights the shortcomings of its star.… More »

Interview: Edward Ugel, author of I’m With Fatty:
Losing Fifty Pounds in Fifty Miserable Weeks

“This book is the furthest thing from a diet book. It’s a memoir and it’s a story about one guy trying to grow up and say ‘no’ to himself for the first time in a long time.” Read more >>

Catcalled: A story from Smith’s upcoming book The Moment 

It’s sad to say that I became a woman the day I was objectified by a man. It’s sad because I would be lying if I didn’t say I liked it. Read More >>

Groove Is In The Heart

Dancing was once my raison d’être. So why had I stopped? Read more >>

The Minor Makeover

Girls just want to have fun? Hardly. Image consulting for teens is serious business. Read more >>

What Lies Beneath

The art of toupee-making is on the wane, but there are still folks who want that custom thatch. Read more >>

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Eat The Document

[Editor’s note: This piece is all entirely true. Unlike most of what you see hereabouts, this required and reflects actual research. Show some respect.] Psychoanalysts sometimes speak of the epistemophilic instinct, an unbridled love of learning that grips scholars like fingernails in their backs. Read more >>

List: The Art Gliner Punch Line Machine

Art Gliner, sixty-five, is the namesake of the University of Maryland’s Art Gliner Center for Humor Studies. He is also a classical music deejay on WGMS, in Washington, D.C., where he can sometimes be heard to announce, “This is Art Gliner, your intro-doo-suh for this work by John Phillip Sousa.” Read more >>

I Write Short Books About the Popular Bands of the Day. Here Is My Story. (Episode 1.)

EPISODE ONE: THE DAWNING

When asked to define the essence of his “it” factor, Scott Moffatt, oldest and it-iest member of Canadian supergroup the Moffatts, replied with a knowingness that belied his 16 years.

“I think,” the man-child recently said, “chicks dig the guitar.”

I Write Short Books About the Popular Bands of the Day. Here Is My Story. (Episode 2.)

I Write Short Books About the Popular Bands of the Day. Here Is My Story. (Episode 3.)

I Write Short Books About the Popular Bands of the Day. Here Is My Story. (Episode 4.)

I Write Short Books About the Popular Bands of the Day. Here Is My Story. (Episode 5)

I Write Short Books About the Popular Bands of the Day. Here Is My Story. (Episode 6)