Amy Moeller

1 week ago | washingtonian.com | Amy Moeller

Health Locals can't get enough of mini facelifts, menopause makeovers, and more. Plus, the top plastic and cosmetic surgeons in the region. With ever-evolving aesthetic ideals, plus advances in technology and technique, plastic-surgery trends change from year to year. One thing currently having a big impact: the dramatic rise of weight-loss injectables such as Ozempic. Here are five local trends in plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures.

3 weeks ago | washingtonian.com | Amy Moeller

Small ItemsJewelry/accessories. For those who want to donate, Goodwill and other nonprofits such as Dress for Success accept jewelry and accessories—as do some high-school theater departments. To make a little money, try consignment, or sell online through Poshmark or eBay.

4 weeks ago | washingtonian.com | Amy Moeller

Jessica, an attorney working at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, and Hank, a process engineer, met on a dating app in North Carolina—she’s from Raleigh and he’s from Asheville. They talked for hours at a wine bar, realizing that not only did they attend the same university—NC State—they have mutual friends, too. After three years of dating, the pair were walking through the North Carolina Museum of Art’s sculpture garden when Hank proposed in front of a reflecting pond.

4 weeks ago | washingtonian.com | Amy Moeller

Corey, who works for the Cadmus Group, and Saurabh, owner of the Tower Strategies Group, first met at Georgetown University—she was enrolled in a program looking to make a career change, and he was her professor. But, they say, “it was all on the up and up”—it wasn’t until the program ended that sparks flew during a meeting to discuss Corey’s next career steps. “I had already pinned our entire wedding by our second date, and told Saurabh about it,” says Corey.

1 month ago | washingtonian.com | Amy Moeller

Five years after their first date, Antwain, the CEO of DistrictCryo from DC, proposed to Natalia, a divorce attorney from Virginia Beach, under the stars on the Spanish Steps. There, Antwain had gotten a permit to put a large, lit “Marry Me” sign for the pair to find on a post-dinner stroll.