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Cathy Alter

Washington, D.C.

Writer and Journalist at Freelance

Journalist and author of Virgin Territory, Up For Renewal, and CRUSH: Writers Reflect on Love, Longing, and the Lasting Power of Their First Celebrity Crush

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  • Hidden Gems: 8 Church Thrift Shop in the DC Area

    1 month ago | washingtonian.com | Cathy Alter

    When I moved to Washington and started working in DC’s West End, every day for our lunch break a coworker and I would pick a direction and start exploring. One day, we found ourselves on a less traveled street in Georgetown where a small blue-and-yellow sandwich board read thrift shop. We followed a path that led to a side door, and once inside, our heads swiveled.

  • 5 Annual Church Sales Worth Checking Out in the DC

    1 month ago | washingtonian.com | Cathy Alter

    St. Patrick’s Episcopal ChurchWhen: April 13Where: 4700 Whitehaven Pkwy., NWWhat to know: It’s located in the gym. All Hallows Guild Flower Mart White Elephant SaleWhen: May 2 and 3Where: Washington National Cathedral, 3101 Wisconsin Ave., NWWhat to know: Past the food vendors and arts-and-crafts tents, look for the huge white tent to the left of the cathedral.

  • An Interview with Paula Whyman

    Jan 14, 2025 | washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com | Cathy Alter

    In her debut memoir, Bad Naturalist, fiction writer Paula Whyman (You May See a Stranger) chronicles her attempt to restore a 200-acre former cow pasture in the Blue Ridge Mountains to its original state. Not an easy feat for a city girl, especially in the face of invasive plants, ravenous deer, and Whyman’s (and everyone’s, I’m thinking) fear of venomous snakes in the grass.

  • Fashion Was in My DNA, Wasn't It?

    Oct 20, 2024 | oldster.substack.com | Cathy Alter

    My mother liked to say that I grew up in retail. I was 5 when she left her high school English teacher job to open a trendy woman's fashion boutique in our WASPY Connecticut suburb. In the land of Peck ‘n Peck monogrammed sweaters and Pappagallo Bermuda Bags (also monogrammed), Artichoke stood as a beacon to the hip, independent women of West Hartford.

  • An Interview with Paul Bleakley

    Oct 7, 2024 | washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com | Cathy Alter

    When I was growing up in West Hartford, Connecticut, my father, an optometrist at the time, always seemed to know when I skipped school. “My boys saw you driving down Asylum,” he’d say. I thought he was referring to his gang of fellow eye doctors spotting me and my friends as we headed out of town for a day on the CT shoreline.

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Cathy Alter
Cathy Alter @CathyAlter
14 Jan 25

An Interview with Paula Whyman | Washington Independent Review of Books https://t.co/CQfEtWbuDD

Cathy Alter
Cathy Alter @CathyAlter
30 Dec 24

So happy to share my first piece (but hopefully not my last) for @JanePratt and her amazing Substack, @AJanePrattThing . It Happened To Me: My Coworker Invited Me To His Home For A Business Proposition https://t.co/vuwfupMMEy

Cathy Alter
Cathy Alter @CathyAlter
3 Nov 24

Hey, @BeroBeer . My emails to [email protected] keep bouncing back. Perhaps you're getting too many people emailing to complain about the beer? Also, I didn't get my tote bag.