Street Smart: What to do in Greenbelt
Sure, it’s home to Goddard Space Flight Center, but there’s much more to this Maryland municipality than NASA bragging rights. Established in 1937, Greenbelt was a New Deal product, a planned community that emphasized co-op businesses as well as a connection with nature through green public space. Those early foundations reverberate still.
Read more (Washington Post Magazine, Jan. 25., 2015)
Read more (Washington Post Magazine, Jan. 25., 2015)
Closer Inspection: For the (Faux) History Books
Earle Havens stands in the midst of Johns Hopkins University’s George Peabody Library Exhibition Hall in Baltimore trying to decide where to begin. After all, the curator of rare books and manuscripts at JHU’s Sheridan Libraries, has 70 pieces to consider. The hall’s exhibition, “Fakes, Lies, & Forgeries,” features historical works that blur fact and fiction. Just bear in mind, says Havens, “all of this is fake.”
Read more (Washington Post Magazine, Jan. 4, 2014)
Read more (Washington Post Magazine, Jan. 4, 2014)
Q&A with Aneesh Chopra, the First U.S. Chief Technology Officer
NAME: Aneesh Chopra
AGE: 42
LIVES IN: Arlington, near Marymount University, with his wife, Rohini, and their three kids
CURRENT JOB: Co-founder and EVP of Hunch Analytics, a Ballston-based incubator for start-up companies specializing in big-data analysis in the health care and education sectors
RESUME: First Chief Technology Officer of the United States (named in 2009); Virginia Secretary of Technology (2006-2009); candidate for Virginia lieutenant governor (2013); author of Innovative State: How New Technologies Can Transform Government (2014)
FIRST JOB: I was a bellhop at the Ramada Inn in Plainsboro, N.J. (age 15).
FIRST COMPUTER: My parents bought me an Apple IIe in the early 1980s. I recall making some rudimentary games. I was effectively coding recipes from Compute! magazine, where hobbyists could share code. I was a classic nerd.
PUBLIC POLICY ITCH: I was a member of the Leadership Arlington Class of 2004. That experience provided a strong foundation not only for my interest in public service, but also in my approach to problem-solving.
Read more (Arlington Magazine, Jan./Feb. 2015)
AGE: 42
LIVES IN: Arlington, near Marymount University, with his wife, Rohini, and their three kids
CURRENT JOB: Co-founder and EVP of Hunch Analytics, a Ballston-based incubator for start-up companies specializing in big-data analysis in the health care and education sectors
RESUME: First Chief Technology Officer of the United States (named in 2009); Virginia Secretary of Technology (2006-2009); candidate for Virginia lieutenant governor (2013); author of Innovative State: How New Technologies Can Transform Government (2014)
FIRST JOB: I was a bellhop at the Ramada Inn in Plainsboro, N.J. (age 15).
FIRST COMPUTER: My parents bought me an Apple IIe in the early 1980s. I recall making some rudimentary games. I was effectively coding recipes from Compute! magazine, where hobbyists could share code. I was a classic nerd.
PUBLIC POLICY ITCH: I was a member of the Leadership Arlington Class of 2004. That experience provided a strong foundation not only for my interest in public service, but also in my approach to problem-solving.
Read more (Arlington Magazine, Jan./Feb. 2015)
Street Smart: What to do in Dupont Circle
Once a Victorian-era neighborhood for Washington’s fashionable elite, Dupont Circle has earned a present-day rep as a reliable destination for night life and art. Today, the historic community hosts a healthy mix of history, creative entrepreneurs and homegrown labors of love.
Read more (Washington Post, Dec. 24, 2014) Street Smart: What to do in Penn Quarter
It’s easy to categorize the historic neighborhood north of Pennsylvania Avenue NW as a reliable tourist draw — it’s home to Ford’s Theatre and Verizon Center. In fact, Walk Score ranks it the fifth most walkable community in the District. That’s good, since there are plenty of excuses for slowing your pace. Read more (Washington Post Magazine, Nov. 30, 2014) |
Street Smart: What to do on Columbia Pike
Of late, the densely populated South Arlington strip has become synonymous with the county’s debate over whether the area should have streetcars. But the community’s real narrative is best told through its family-owned businesses as well as its havens for artistic and spiritual expression.
Read more (Washington Post Magazine, Dec. 12, 2014) Street Smart: What do to in Rosslyn
With Rosslyn’s rep as a technology hub continuing to grow and more millennials calling the 22209 Zip code home, what once seemed like a rather soul-less Arlington locale dominated by high-rise office buildings is beginning to feel less buttoned-up business and more business casual. An urban space that, sure, boasts plenty of 9-to-5ers but also the occasional pop-up beer garden and a seasonal farmers market.
Read more (Washington Post Magazine, Nov. 16, 2014) |
