January-February 2012 Issue - Arlington Magazine

Trial Balloon

What’s missing from most Civil War re-enactments? The guy in the sky.

Glass Menagerie

At a small Virginia B&B, visitors can learn to make stained glass, fly model helicopters—or just relax.

Unlisted Numbers

Hungry for something different? It may not be on the menu, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have it.

Fall and Recovery

Unemployment felt like standing on thin ice. Until she learned to glide.

Life Lessons

Yorktown High School’s longest serving teacher has taught her students much more than grammar and sentence structure.

Knock-Out Kitchens

Great remodels aren’t always a matter of adding on. Sometimes the game-changer is what you take away.

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The Sad Season

Winter is the cruelest time of year for those with seasonal depression. Some have found that light therapy can help.

The Greatest Gang of Criminals

Arlington never gave rise to an Al Capone or a Nucky Thompson, but it was teeming with bootleggers during Prohibition.

Girl Trouble

A teen girl armed with a cellphone and a grudge can wreak havoc with devastating consequences. Many local families have the scars to prove it.

Restaurant Review: Harth

Local food gets the luxury treatment at Härth

Shoot the Moon

For Arlington-based photographer Bill Ingalls, staring into space is a job requirement.

Home Plate January/February 2012

Vietnamese, new spots, and more.

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Women on a Mission

That woman standing in line at the supermarket? She might be a best-selling author, a life-saving surgeon, or a global venture philanthropist, but you wouldn’t necessarily know it.

Think Ink

Northern Virginia’s oldest tattoo parlor and its owner, Rick Cherry, are still going strong.