LIFE IN THE DMV – The Blog

Maryland is one of eight states that will soon launch digital versions of driver’s licenses and ID cards in the Apple Wallet. The digital versions promise to bring the convenience of not bringing a wallet along for those that want it but may also spur confusion as the...

After months of voting, the winner of the HGTV 2021 Smart Home was announced last month. Washington elementary school support worker Becky Dolan is the lucky entrant who will receive a 2021 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Cabriolet, $100,000 courtesy of LendingTree, and most...

Charlie Bell, one of the architects of Amazon Web Services, is heading to Microsoft, according to multiple media reports. An internal memo in early August announced Bell was leaving Amazon.com Inc. after 23 years. He most recently served as senior vice president of...

If you’re craving something crunchy or salty, turn to some of the best fried snacks in the D.C. area. The chefs behind them take their cues from everywhere from the Bahamas and Trinidad to Iraq, India, and Italy. None of them are French fries, but potatoes still get a...

It took a key partnership and long-standing connections for Monty Deel to beat out two competitors and land a coveted contract to offer the largest federal civilian purchaser of health IT a safer trek to the cloud. The $43 million, five-year contract, which provides...

High-end design and heritage supercars converge as Zambaiti Parati and Automobili Lamborghini  have released their latest interiors collaboration. In a feat of Italian luxury, the collection is on track to push decor trends to the limit—think modern, powerful,...

The Federal Railroad Administration has paused its review of the Baltimore-Washington Superconducting Maglev Project, a high-speed train project that would get passengers from D.C. to Baltimore in 15 minutes. It is the second time in two years that the FRA has paused...

Andrew Darneille, owner and pitmaster of Arlington’s Smokecraft Modern Barbecue, along with his Smokecraft Championship BBQ team, has been invited to compete in the Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational Barbecue.  Taking place in Lynchburg, TN on on October...

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, the world’s leading luxury hospitality company, has now opened the doors of the Four Seasons Resort and Private Residences Anguilla. Shifting management from what once was the Viceroy Anguilla, this shift represents a positive change...

Amazon has hired more than 3,000 people for its Arlington second headquarters so far. That means it has reached at least 12% of the 25,000-employee minimum that it has pledged to hire by 2030. If it makes that goal, it earns a total of $550 million in cash incentives...

Arlington risk management startup Interos Inc. just became Greater Washington’s latest unicorn with a whopping $100 million in fresh funding. The Northern Virginia tech company clinched the capital in a Series C round led by San Francisco’s NightDragon, with...

Lars Eller is a serious tennis fan. The 32-year-old Washington Capitals center tries to watch all of the Grand Slam tennis tournaments on TV, and back when he played for the Montreal Canadiens, Eller and his wife, Julie, attended the ATP Tour event the city hosts a...

The integration of residential technology required for modern life into our home's decor can seem impossible. Our homes have transformed over the past year to become a school, office, movie theater, restaurant, gym, and more. Each of these uses demands dependable...

Amazon Commits Another $1M to Northern Virginia Public Schools One composition notebook, a pencil sharpener, five pencils, a pack of colored pencils, three dry-erase markers, five folders and a three-ring binder. Don’t forget the disposable masks, disinfecting wipes...

If you’re considering adopting an animal, this could be your moment. Two D.C.-area animal adoption agencies are waiving fees for parts of this month, hoping to clear some space as they deal with a glut of foster animals. “We just have an abundance of cats right now...

One of the newest developments in Clarendon has changed hands between two Dallas real estate giants. Trammell Crow Residential has sold the Alexan Earl, a 333-unit multifamily building at 1122 N. Hudson St., to Lincoln Property Co. for $192 million, according to...

Engineer Peter Van Davelaar knows how much most people love coffee. But what happens if they don’t own or have the space for a single-cup coffee maker? Van Davelaar’s answer is the portable M-Wave Brewer. The M-Wave Brewer is compatible with single-use coffee pods...

Ronnie Goodall didn’t believe the news at first. Someone had just sent him a Washington Post article announcing that 20-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal had committed to play at this summer’s Citi Open tennis tournament. But players with Nadal’s resume typically...

Inside a new and nearly finished coffee roasting facility in Washington D.C., Joel Shetterly is animatedly leading a video tour through the building. As head of design for Compass Coffee, a seven-year-old company with 13 cafe locations and bagged beans in stores...

You may not own cryptocurrency or nonfungible tokens. You may not have a big Instagram following or run an online business. But if you do almost anything online, you probably have digital assets — electronic records that you own, control or license. Failing to make...