You can hear the birds chirping. The weather is warm, and the canopy is beginning to green again. Finally. It’s spring, which is the best season in the DC area. From classics like the Cherry Blossom Festival to movies, sports and art, here are the best...
It’s 3:45 p.m., and you are walking into a local gym after a long day at school. Some people are dripping with sweat, and others are slamming weights. The infamous Lunk Alarm is going off. Uh-oh: you are at Planet Fitness.
Working out is a staple...
Each week, consumers wrestle with the decision on where to buy their groceries. Some stick to their nearby Whole Foods or Harris Teeter. Some choose to go to Safeway and stock up on the week's necessities. These grocery stores can all accomplish the same...
2022. The Year of the Tiger. The year of the Tortilla Slap Challenge and the Gilded Glamour Met Gala. Micro trends rose and fell, and Kim and Kanye got divorced. The year was filled with good and bad, and it became apparent that a few things shouldn’t...
Launched in 2010, Humans of New York quickly became a national sensation, gaining over twenty million followers on Instagram and millions of website visits each day. The photoblog spotlights random individuals stopped on the streets of New York City,...
When your English teacher walks into class with a box full of books, it is usually accompanied by a chorus of groans. Most high schoolers dislike school-assigned readings. Even if someone enjoys reading, required books can take away from time they’d...
The recent Starbucks closure on Langston Boulevard left many people struggling to find a place to find coffee. It was as if a piece of everyone's identity went missing along with their iced coffee. Some good may have come out of this hardship, however,...
As students progress through high school, finding work is something that becomes more and more pressing with each passing year. Whether that means a summer job, working on the weekends or during the week after school, there are always a vast number of...
Arlington recently lost an important member of its community. Most knew her as Helena Metzger, but the Donaldson Run neighborhood fondly knew her as the Donut Lady. Metzger impacted countless lives in her community through her selfless actions.
Metzger,...
Ever since virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems like tables have disappeared from our school in favor of individual desks. Many teachers have positioned all of the desks facing forward, while some have formed small tables. Although...
The smells of pumpkin pie spice and herbs fill the air on the fourth Thursday of November every year. Families travel from far and wide to be together on this special day. Moms gather in the kitchen to prepare a delectable meal, while dads scream at football...
The smell of freshly grilled pork ribs wafts through our school, and noses rise to the delicious scent. That immaculate fragrance is coming from none other than our school’s own Grilling Club. The Grilling Club is in their second year of creating masterpieces...
