While living in the White House, Abraham Lincoln and his wife held several séances in the Green Room in an attempt to contact the spirit of their son, Willie, who died there.

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Allie on Creative Expression

Growing up in the suburbs of D.C., you need to have a lot of strength and know who you are if y...

Lucy on Beauty

What I really don't like is when people say that D.C. is the Hollywood for ugly people or that ...

Dorothy on Selling Embassies

My real estate business then grew through word of mouth. In my career, I sold 40 embassies in W...

Councilmember Phil Mendelson on Maintaining D.C.’s Openness

A striking thing about being on the City Council is that there is a lot of interesting legislat...