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Dec 12, 2024 | 
washingtonian.com | Mirika Rayaprolu
DC’s premier vintage collective, Vintage Vintage Vintage, is hosting its first-ever bridal pop-up at Dock5 in Union Market this Thursday night, Dec. 12. Curated by the shop’s co-owners Rajni Rao and Libby Rasmussen, the event promises to feature everything from delicate lace gowns to heirloom-worthy accessories. Rao and Rasmussen have experience bringing vintage to the altar. Rao wore her mother’s saree and her grandmother’s jewelry for her wedding.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
washingtonian.com | Damare Baker |Mirika Rayaprolu
DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Amazon, alleging the online retailer secretly stopped providing its fast delivery service to Amazon Prime customers residing in two majority-Black Ward 7 and 8 neighborhoods.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
washingtonian.com | Mirika Rayaprolu |Tatyana Masters
On Wednesday afternoon, Vice President Kamala Harris addressed a teary crowd. Not even the bright November sun could shake off the despondency these Harris supporters felt after Donald Trump was announced President-elect. Hundreds gathered in front of Frederick Douglass Memorial Hall at Howard University to hear the Vice President’s concession speech. This time around, no Stevie Wonder or Beyoncé played on the loudspeakers to greet the crowd. No one was cheering. Just silence.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
washingtonian.com | Mirika Rayaprolu |Evy Mages
Just days before the 2024 election, the Women’s March returned to the streets of DC on Saturday, November 2, rallying in support of Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee. An estimated 10,000 attendees marched from Freedom Plaza to The White House, many wearing pink. As chants of “We won’t go back” filled the air, Washingtonian photographer Evy Mages captured the moment.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
washingtonian.com | Mirika Rayaprolu
Bright green banners that proclaimed “Women Are Marching” and “We Won’t Go Back” led Saturday’s Women’s March in DC. Thousands marched from Freedom Plaza to the White House in support of Vice President Kamala Harris just days before the election, chanting the march’s theme—”We Won’t Go Back”—as they walked.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
washingtonian.com | Daniella Ignacio |Tatyana Masters |Mirika Rayaprolu
People arrived early for Vice President Kamala Harris’s planned rally at the Ellipse Tuesday. Here are some of their stories. Previously:• What you need to know about the rally• More than 40,000 people are expected• Here’s a map of nearby bathroomsTracee Lauren made a five-hour bus journey from Brooklyn to make it to the Ellipse at 7:20 AM. She’s first in line. “I trust what she has planned,” the writer says of Harris.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
washingtonian.com | Mirika Rayaprolu
Here are nine ways to celebrate spooky season with your furry friends:Paws for a Cause: Halloween Edition at Wunder GartenCelebrate the spooky holiday at this NoMa beer destination while helping a dog find their forever home on Saturday, October 26 from 3 to 6 PM. There will be adoptable dogs on site, and you can enter your pup in a costume competition with prizes for big dogs, little dogs, and best owner/pet costume pairing. It’s $20 to enter the contest, and all proceeds go to Rural Dog Rescue.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
washingtonian.com | Mirika Rayaprolu
More than 900 families that receive temporary rental assistance through a DC program will soon lose that help—putting them at risk of ending up back in shelters or on the streets. Intended to help families with children that are transitioning from homelessness to stable housing, the District’s Family Rehousing Stabilization Program requires participants to pay a percentage of their monthly income toward rent while DC subsidizes the rest.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
washingtonian.com | Mirika Rayaprolu
Working from a studio in a dimly lit basement in a Southeast DC home, Sarah Geary and Harley Adsit make the podcast Crime in Congress. And yes, there’s a gavel involved. Geary, a media manager at Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, and Adsit, a staffer for US Representative Earl L. “Buddy” Carter of Georgia, met on a work trip to Charleston, South Carolina, this past February.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
washingtonian.com | Mirika Rayaprolu
About 20 Circulator bus drivers represented by the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689, along with activists and other supporters, rallied in front of the Wilson Building in DC today, demanding a smooth transition into other jobs as their positions are being cut. Starting October 1, the District’s Circulator buses will be slowly phased out—with the big red buses eliminated entirely by the end of the year.
