Meet Markette Smith Sheppard. TV personality, passionate travel communications professional and natural cosmetics ambassador. We spent a few minutes with her for one of our Famous 5 interviews.

This summer, if you’re desperate for a popsicle in DC when it’s 90 out, don’t head to the trucks on the Mall. Go to your favorite Giant, Whole Foods and Safeway instead and grab a Squeaky Pop. Over the next month Squeaky Pops, the all-natural fruit pops, will be in …

Yoga, cupcakes, fashion, and the interminable DC job search were brought together Tuesday evening during The Internet Association’s (IA) Dupont Circle Small Business Crawl highlighting the profound impact of the internet on jobs, economic growth, and innovation on Main Street. The Internet Association represents the interests of some of the leading internet companies in the world, including Google, Airbnb, Amazon.com, eBay, LinkedIn, Yahoo!, and Facebook. In the spirit of DC Social Media Week, IA facilitated a walking tour through some of the most successful independent businesses in Dupont circle. The event was attended by several local leaders including representatives from the Mayor’s office, the DC Chamber and the small business community.

Let’s hope he avoids 66 on his way into town.  We’d hate for him to be any later than he’s already going to be. A Georgia man’s covered wagon demonstration rolled through Fairfax County, Va., Monday. Ralph Casey, 69, has spent the month of June traveling with Melissa Wilkerson on …