It may still be icy and freezing out in Northern Virginia, but spring is right around the corner. And do you know what that means? Flowers a’bloom, birds singing, bees buzzing… and yard sale season! Unless you are new to the yard sale scene, you already know that these sales ...

Most homeowners feel pretty good about recycling. There’s a nice feeling that comes from doing your part to help keep waste out of landfills and oceans, no matter how small the contribution. And many municipal governments are getting in on the action, providing recycling bins or containers for Northern Virginia ...

Like we said about your kitchen a few weeks ago, tackling the whole of your living room if you want to clean and declutter can seem like a hopeless task. It’s no surprise that you are considering it - with the success of Marie Kondo’s Netflix show on tidying up via ...

Thanks to a new show on Netflix, America has become obsessed with tidying. The culprit is a teeny-tiny, pep-packed Asian lady named Marie Kondo, whose books on home organization and decluttering by determining what items “spark joy” in your life, were best sellers even before she landed on TV.

Kondo’s ...

All everyone seems to be talking about these days is the government shutdown - and with good reason. At of the stroke of midnight on December 21st, 2018, President Trump and Congress were unable to pass a budget that made everyone happy. The result of this failure, which crossed party lines ...

If you, like so many people I know, have been watching Marie Kondo’s “tidying” show on Netflix, you are probably feeling a simmering desire to declutter your home. This may feel like a task insurmountable if you have a large house, tons of stuff, or simply a low level of ...

Given that Christmas is right around the corner, it’s likely that your home is currently sporting several strands of twinkling holiday lights. Fairy lights are popular all year ‘round, but they are EVERYWHERE at this time of year. That’s why it’s time to have a conversation about Christmas light safety ...

Arlington, VA is a census-designated place in the eponymous county of Arlington. It is considered by many sources to be not only the best place to live in Virginia, but one of the country’s topmost residences as well. Surrounded by the prosperous Fairfax County and the lovely Falls Church, it ...

With Amazon having decided the final locations for their second US headquarters, a project called HQ2, the DC Metro area has buzzed with excitement over landing the vaunted contract in conjunction with Long Island. With Amazon deciding to split HQ2, Crystal City in Northern Virginia and DC Metro was a ...

Fairfax, Virginia is an independent city and enclave in Fairfax County. The city is only seventeen miles from the nation’s capital, and it is widely acknowledged as one of the best places to live not only in Virginia, but in the United States as well.

Both the county and the ...