• 8 tricks of the trade from home stagers, who decorate a house in hours,The Washington Post

    8 tricks of the trade from home stagers, who decorate a house in hours

    By Rachel Kurzius The Washington Post At 12:30 p.m. on a Monday, a rowhouse on a leafy street in northeastern Washington, D.C., is completely empty. Less than five hours later, the three-bedroom residence brims with furniture, art and the kinds of baubles that make a house feel like a home: neatly f

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  • Overwhelmed by chores? Try ‘batching’,The Washington Post

    Overwhelmed by chores? Try ‘batching’

    By Jolie Kerr For The Washington Post When it comes to managing our homes and personal lives, most of us aren’t using an Eisenhower Matrix — prioritizing by urgency and importance — to organize our to-do lists or performing a SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) to make o

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  • ICE arrests parent outside of Linda Vista Elementary, school officials say,Alexandra Mendoza

    ICE arrests parent outside of Linda Vista Elementary, school officials say

    A parent waiting nearby to pick up his child from Linda Vista Elementary School was arrested Thursday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, school officials said. The arrest occurred days after the start of the school year, and a week after another parent — who an immigration judge had

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