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Samantha Cooper

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You know when you’re hungry but you don’t feel like leaving your building to go grocery shopping? And you definitely don’t want to order food because then you’ll be forced to talk to those delivery guys you summoned in the first place? London-based company Starship Technologies knows how real the struggle can be …

As in any election cycle, not everyone can be pleased with the outcome. But regardless of which side you were in favor of, if any side at all, it’s important that we don’t let the outcome of yesterday dictate how we feel today. Social media sites have been blowing up …

As tomorrow is the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November, we figured what better time to announce another candidate that you should be electing. Today, A Cure for Ellie Foundation announced Ellie McGinn, an eight-year-old with a rare and data brain disease, as a last minute candidate for another …

There’s only two things that people are talking about these days: halloween and the upcoming presidential election. Surprisingly enough, both of these topics are scary, distressing, and up to no good. So why not combine the best parts of halloween (candy) with the best parts of the election (making fun …

With the 2016 presidential campaign being dubbed the most negative and nasty campaign in modern American history, it’s important that we bring the overlooked, positive campaign ads to light. After all, politics should be about what a representative can do for you, not what said representative has failed to do. As Michelle …

Remember when we were kids and got all dressed up for halloween in elaborate store-bought costumes and went door-to-door trick or treating? Well, we still do that as adults – only now we dress up in all black, throw some ears on and and go bar-to-bar trick or treating for as many drinks as …

We all know that DC has a lot of spirit in terms of pride and morale, but what you didn’t know is we also have a lot of spirits– you know, those ghosts that haunt our every move. Thanks to Washington Walks, we’ve learned that “The Exorcist” steps in Georgetown are just the beginning …

You’ve heard of early voting, but you’re probably unfamiliar with early winning (or at least you weren’t until Bush and Trump got talking). But despite these unpredictable candidates and this very predictable election outcome, we’ve found some theories that predict the President well before election day. No wonder voting rates …

 “My goal is to celebrate our similarities instead of our differences.” – Aniekan Udofia You might not know him by name, but you definitely recognize his work. Aniekan Udofia is a prominent DC street artist with many of his work visible in northwest D.C. The most iconic of these murals is …

The steaks have never been higher in this 2016 presidential election.  Charlie Palmer Steak‘s executive chef, Mike Ellis drew some rare inspiration from this idea by unleashing his very own Cut of the Week menu which features the regional dishes of the ten swing states. This select menu began September 12 and will …

We’ve all been there, your roommate comes home with some delicious looking food and you just can’t help yourself. You try to remind yourself a million times that that food is not yours, but you still end up sneaking into the kitchen in the middle of the night to take …

It’s been one week since National Voter Registration Day, so for all of you folks out there that just updated your iPhones to IOS 10 and still can’t figure out how to work it – here’s something a little easier to work with. Click Here to Register to Vote But on …

We see dead people… or dead runners? And here we thought that one of the joys of being deceased is that you don’t have to workout anymore… Currently in its sixth year, Congressional Cemetery’s Dead Man’s Run 5k will take place again this Saturday, October 1. This Capitol Hill tradition …

The Fairmont Washington, D.C., Georgetown is taking down voter apathy one cocktail at a time. Combining two very likely forces, drinking and the 2016 presidential election, the hotel’s Lobby Bar is offering a choice of two cocktails, “The Democrat” and “The Republican,” to predict the results of the 2016 presidential election. …

It’s already been a long week amiright? Well we’ve found the cure for all of your ale-ments: the 8th annual DC Beer Week. This 8-day long series of events kicked off this past Saturday and runs until October 1st. Chef & beer aficionado, Teddy Folkman and local distributor, Jeff Wells started the DC Beer …