Cover Stories

For years of Republican rule, the Capital Grille was this town’s premier power-dining spot. Then, for a short while, the balance of power shifted to Charlie Palmer, the steakhouse at the foot of Capitol Hill. But these days, Ristorante Tosca has emerged as the favorite mealtime oasis for the men and women who cut the checks and broker the deals that make Washington run.

From umbrella-wielding protesters to drug-toting tourists, the Capitol Police protect the hill from the criminal and the comical alike.

When Jenny Luray’s daughter saw the color scheme of her mom’s new office — stark white and bright fuchsia — she was less than impressed.

No, the name isn’t supposed to be facetious, tongue-in-cheek or even cougar-esque, despite its sound: WUFPAC.

Tim Mahoney is building a backyard kitchen patio by his swimming pool.

As New York Times columnist Tom Friedman famously opined, the world is flat — and that goes double for the D.C. culinary world, where restaurants are rarely if ever content to identify with just one nation.

Owen Franken arrives in the white-walled art gallery in Anacostia, his teenage daughter in tow, and immediately starts in on his photo of a bikinied midriff he calls Charlotte.

Robert Remini needed some prodding to fulfill one of his ultimate wishes as a career historian: a visit to the cradle of civilization.

Del. Donna Christensen (D-Virgin Islands) was just another member of Congress at the Congressional Black Caucus’s September national town hall meeting on energy policy — until the House called for votes and other lawmakers went scurrying to the floor.

In today’s Washington food landscape, where the organic-dining concept has become so popular that it can support even a fast-casual chain, Restaurant Nora is almost a throwback to the past.