Rina Rapuano

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Local Restaurant Patios Where You Can Bring Your Pup

Here are 9 spots to grab a drink or snack without leaving your fur baby at home.

Let’s Go Glamping!

Book a luxury tent, cabin or yurt and enjoy the great outdoors, with none of the work. Here are five picturesque places to visit.

Treat Yourself to Henna Body Art

Soma Chatterji specializes in the ancient art of mendhi. She does showers, parties and other special occasions.

Shop Local: Livingston Letterpress

Need graduation announcements, wedding invitations or some new wall art? Melissa Livingston is firing up the presses.

Shop Local: Pursuing Vintage

Kristen Alcorta started out selling vintage home furnishings. Now she has an interior design business, too.

Shop Local: Nafiart Studio

Falls Church artist Nafia Syeed turns natural found objects into colorful keepsakes and bijouterie.

8 Terrific Taquerias to Satisfy That Taco Craving

Why only Tuesday? We would gladly eat at these soul-satisfying eateries every day of the week.

Feeling Fidgety? Give One of These Rings a Spin

The kinetic spinner rings by Falls Church jewelry artist Charles Agel make soothing sounds, and they're designed to be played with.
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Shop Local: Persimmon Street Ceramics

Falls Church artist Heather Lezla's handmade pottery pieces are one-of-a-kind, in colors that change with the seasons.

Rewild, a Popular D.C. Plant Boutique, Is Coming to Ballston

The Shaw offshoot promises all kinds of greenery, free repotting services and advice for budding botanists.

Shop Local: Luna Maya Macramé

The retro fiber art is making a comeback. Think wall hangings, yoga-mat carriers, handbags, nursery mobiles and more.

Shop Local: Fingers in Ink

Wedding invitation? Birth announcement? Designer Nicole Fingers can give it a personal touch.