Entertaining expert offers tips for holiday hosting
Ronda Carman, an entertaining and etiquette expert and author of "Entertaining at Home," joined Washington Post staff writer Jura Koncius last week for an online chat. Here is an edited...
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2019 was a rocky year for superheroes – until ‘Watchmen’ raised the bar for the genre
The year 2019 has been a complicated year for superhero stories, but Damon Lindelof's outstanding adaptation of "Watchmen" for HBO is proving what can be done in the genre, and...
Commentary: From ‘The Irishman’ to Mister Rogers, what it means to be a man is getting real
Jane Fonda visited The Washington Post the other day. At breakfast, just before going onstage with Diane Lane to talk about oceans in crisis, she responded to a question about...
Ice preserved a tiny puppy in near-perfect condition for 18,000 years. Scientists are fascinated.
Researchers have big outstanding questions about the puppy they have named Dogor — "friend" in a language of the Siberian area where the creature spent 18,000 years in permafrost. They're...
Scientists find ‘monster’ black hole so big they didn’t think it was possible
Before now, scientists did not think it was possible for a stellar black hole to have a mass larger than 20 times that of the sun, an approximation based on...
It’s not so simple to walk like a man
My editor was surprised to learn that men run into me sometimes. Several months ago, as I happened to mention to him, I'd experimented with not moving aside for other...
Avoid a potluck faux pas by remembering these etiquette tips
A potluck faux pas could lead to a frazzled host, angry guests and a trashed kitchen. Although these gatherings are by nature casual affairs, that doesn't mean there isn't an...
Raccoon, sent as a Thanksgiving dish to the Coolidges, became a White House pet instead
A Mississippi resident sent a raccoon in a top-slatted soap box to the White House in November of 1926. The idea was that the animal would be slaughtered and prepared...
Four experts on cheap travel share their best tips for maximizing value while vacationing
Scott Keyes hadn't given much thought to visiting Taiwan or Milan. But when he found bargain basement deals to each - $130 to Milan and $169 to Taiwan, round trip...
Need a low-budget getaway? Visit a national park
Writer and historian Wallace Stegner famously called national parks America's "best idea." Turns out they're also among the best ideas for a penny-pinching vacation, thanks to hundreds of drivable destinations...