Fitness

Acupuncture for Urinary Incontinence in Bethesda & Chevy Chase Maryland

Can Acupuncture Help with Urinary Incontinence?If you've ever leaked urine when you sneezed, laughed, or ran — or felt that sudden, desperateurge to find a bathroom before you could make it — you already know how much urinaryincontinence can affect your daily life. You may have started planning your routes around publicrestrooms, avoided exercise, or quietly stopped wearing certain clothes.You are not alone. Urinary incontinence affects up to 30–40% of perimenopausal women andnearly 50% of women...

Beauty

THE GUIDE TO: Laser Skin Treatments

First, Let's Settle the "Which Laser?" PanicIf you've ever tried to research laser treatments online, I have a pretty good idea of how that went. You started with a simple question — "how do I get rid of these sun spots?" — and forty-five minutes later you're buried in a Reddit thread debating the differences between IPL, BBL, Fraxel, CO2, Halo, Clear + Brilliant, and seventeen other acronyms you've never heard of, and now you're more confused than when you started.The laser industry rarely...

Health + Wellness

Pelvic Floor Acupuncture in Bethesda, MD

Pelvic Floor Acupuncture in Bethesda, MDYour pelvic floor is one of the most important — and most overlooked — muscle groups in your body. When it isn’t functioning well, the effects ripple outward: sexual wellness concerns, leaking when you laugh, a persistent heaviness in your pelvis, or a feeling that something just isn’t right. For millions of women, these symptoms are daily realities that quietly shrink their world.At Spectrum Acupuncture & Wellness in Bethesda, MD, Dr. Devorah Walder...

Arts + Culture

Dressed for Power & Purpose

How the extraordinary Washington designers are rewriting the rules of American fashion — one impeccably crafted garment at a time.She walked into the Senate reception in a gown no one had ever seen before — midnight-blue crepe cut with architectural precision, a silhouette that commanded the room without uttering a word. The designer? Not from Paris. Not from Milan. From a studio right here in the District. Washington, D.C. has long been synonymous with power. What it has never quite claimed —...

Home Services

Your Home Deserves a Signature

Signature Spaces DC provides; Interior design, construction management, and full home transformation, all under one roof.When homeowners across Washington DC, Bethesda, Chevy Chase, and Potomac begin searching for someone who can translate a vision into a fully realized, beautifully built space, they often ask the same questions: Who can handle both the design and the construction? How do I find a designer who also understands the build process? Where do I find a luxury interior designer near me...

Food + Beverage

A Local Family Bakery Looks to the Future

A family business requires maximum emphasis on both: more family and more business. The Rurkas, a local Chevy Chase family, are no strangers to this dynamic. They’ve spent the last 33 years running the Spring Mill Bread Co. Now, the youngest Rurka, Ben, is stepping up in the hopes of continuing his family’s business. Spring Mill Bread Co. was started in 1993 by Katherine and her late husband Steve Rurka as a dream of escape from their corporate jobs. Living in Chicago at the time...

Arts + Culture

Aaron Goldman and the Sound of Community

Article by Yvonne Siu Turner | Photography by Steve Wilson & Scott Suchman At the highest level of orchestral music, perfection is not the goal. Connection is. That’s what Aaron Goldman, principal flute of the National Symphony Orchestra, has learned in his career as a professional flutist. Now playing alongside some of the most accomplished musicians in the country, he considers his position a dream job. And yet, when he first began in that role, he was so focused on technical perfection and...

Wellness

From Birkin Bags to Blue Fox Farm

Chevy Chase resident and veterinary neurosurgeon Lauren Rae Talarico is launching her memoir this June. Her story is not what you’d expect. Article and Photography by Collab Collective Lauren Rae Talarico’s kids have different answers when someone asks what her upcoming book is about. Her daughter V says it’s about Daddy dying. Her son P says it’s about horses. Her daughter Gigi says it’s about when their mom was fancy. They’re all right. The book is called Haute Couture to Oat Couture, and...

Health + Wellness

Failure Is Not a Bad Word

D.C.-area coach James Lewis is helping leaders across the DMV separate who they are from what they do, at exactly the moment the region needs to hear it. Article and Photography by Provided Ask James Lewis what struggle teaches a man that success doesn’t, and he doesn’t hesitate.“What you do is not who you are.” It’s the line his clients tend to remember first. He says it, then lets it rest with them for a moment before following up with, “Your identity is not what you’ve built. It’s what...

Arts + Culture

Advocacy Born From Experience

Kathleen transformed loss into purpose, advancing elder advocacy through compassion. Article by Vivian Mammen | Photography by Provided Kathleen’s work in elder advocacy began not as a career ambition, but as a necessity shaped by lived experience. When her father fell ill, she found herself navigating a healthcare and eldercare system that was fragmented, confusing, and often unresponsive. What should have been a time focused on care and connection became an education in systemic failure. “I...