Photo from Wikimedia Commons.Some holiday cheer for your retinas this Wednesday: Median single-family home sales in DC have surpassed $1 million for the first time ever. Listing service group reports that median sales for that type of home hit $1.1 million in October. In Palisades, the median price for detached homes was $2.1 million.Housing demand in the region has remained high over the past months, partly due to low interest rates. For the third month in a row, single-family homes sat on the market for a record low of seven days.And prices for all homes have recently risen in DC: the...…Photo from Wikimedia Commons.Some holiday cheer for your retinas this Wednesday: Median single-family home sales in DC have surpassed $1 million for the first time ever. Listing service group reports that median sales for that type of home hit $1.1 million in October. In Palisades, the median price for detached homes was $2.1 million.Housing demand in the region has remained high over the past months, partly due to low interest rates. For the third month in a row, single-family homes sat on the market for a record low of seven days.And prices for all homes have recently risen in DC: the...WW…

Photo from Wikimedia Commons.DC, it’s time to update your resume: The city has dropped on .The annual list takes into consideration aspects such as residents’ well-being, job market strength, quality of life, crime rates, hospitals and education, and housing affordability, . Net migration and the high cost of living likely caused the District’s drop from its number 19 ranking last year to its current number 30 status, says the article.US News & World Report examined 150 of the most populous metro ares in the country to assemble its list. Boulder came in number one this year.At number...…Photo from Wikimedia Commons.DC, it’s time to update your resume: The city has dropped on .The annual list takes into consideration aspects such as residents’ well-being, job market strength, quality of life, crime rates, hospitals and education, and housing affordability, . Net migration and the high cost of living likely caused the District’s drop from its number 19 ranking last year to its current number 30 status, says the article.US News & World Report examined 150 of the most populous metro ares in the country to assemble its list. Boulder came in number one this year.At number...WW…

Photograph by kanzilyou via iStock.Welcome to the Brave New World: You can now swipe onto the Metro or the bus using just your phone.As of today, SmarTrip cards can be uploaded to your iPhone or Apple Watch via Apple Wallet, according to a press release from . (It only supports iPhone 8 and up.) Yes, that means no more losing your SmarTrip card—you just hold your device up to the card reader, and off you go.Those who already have existing SmarTrip cards can upload their current balances, benefits, and passes to their Apple Wallet. You can also buy a new pass or add value to an existing one...…Photograph by kanzilyou via iStock.Welcome to the Brave New World: You can now swipe onto the Metro or the bus using just your phone.As of today, SmarTrip cards can be uploaded to your iPhone or Apple Watch via Apple Wallet, according to a press release from . (It only supports iPhone 8 and up.) Yes, that means no more losing your SmarTrip card—you just hold your device up to the card reader, and off you go.Those who already have existing SmarTrip cards can upload their current balances, benefits, and passes to their Apple Wallet. You can also buy a new pass or add value to an existing one...WW…

Photograph by Heidi Brock.It can be hard to have easy, reliable access to the news necessary to keep you informed. Especially if you don’t have a computer, a smartphone, or a subscription to a paper. Or a set address to send said news to, or even opposable thumbs, because you are a fox.Yes, here it is, the actual biggest Washington Post–centric story of the past 24 hours: An apparently news-starved fox has taken matters into its own paws and has been spotted stealing copies of the Post from the porches of unsuspecting Arlington residents.Heidi Brock, who has lived in the Arlington Ridge...…Photograph by Heidi Brock.It can be hard to have easy, reliable access to the news necessary to keep you informed. Especially if you don’t have a computer, a smartphone, or a subscription to a paper. Or a set address to send said news to, or even opposable thumbs, because you are a fox.Yes, here it is, the actual biggest Washington Post–centric story of the past 24 hours: An apparently news-starved fox has taken matters into its own paws and has been spotted stealing copies of the Post from the porches of unsuspecting Arlington residents.Heidi Brock, who has lived in the Arlington Ridge...WW…

Zoom background courtesy of McCormick.Washingtonian is keeping you up to date on the coronavirus around DC.We know what you’ve been thinking, stuck indoors for days and days on end, feverishly scrolling through your Twitter and Instagram feeds as you sink lower and lower into the couch, life seeming to become one long stretch of day that never ends: Damn, my quarantine life would really be improved with an Old Bay-themed Zoom background.Lucky you! The pandemic gods have answered your prayers. , the Baltimore-based spice company, has inspired by its seafood seasoning .The background...…Zoom background courtesy of McCormick.Washingtonian is keeping you up to date on the coronavirus around DC.We know what you’ve been thinking, stuck indoors for days and days on end, feverishly scrolling through your Twitter and Instagram feeds as you sink lower and lower into the couch, life seeming to become one long stretch of day that never ends: Damn, my quarantine life would really be improved with an Old Bay-themed Zoom background.Lucky you! The pandemic gods have answered your prayers. , the Baltimore-based spice company, has inspired by its seafood seasoning .The background...WW…