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How to have a low-waste, climate friendly Thanksgiving feast 11/19/2022 06:56am • For most Americans, planning the Thanksgiving menu is easy. It's a given that turkey — whether purchased raw or fully cooked — will be the centerpiece, even if half the guests have gone vegetarian. Certain family-approved sides and desserts are required to avoid a revolt. And overly generous inv This $5.99 T-shirt will get you free Denny's breakfast for a year 11/19/2022 05:02am • Denny's Black Friday T-shirt acts as a "wearable coupon" customers can use to redeem a free breakfast meal every day for a year. (Courtesy Denny's) This might just be the best Black Friday deal we've heard yet. Denny's is selling a $5.99 T-shirt which will grant wearers access to free breakfa Downtown Holiday Market returns to DC's Penn Quarter 11/18/2022 09:13pm • The annual Downtown Holiday Market opened on Friday in D.C.'s Penn Quarter. “This market is one of our favorite traditions. You can see over 70 vendors here, including our Made in D.C. businesses,” Mayor Muriel Bowser said. For the 18th year, the festive outdoor shopping market is returnin Data Doctors: How new credit cards get stolen 11/18/2022 10:34am • Q: How can thieves steal a brand-new credit card that I’ve never used? A: Anyone with a debit or credit card has likely experienced the unsettling notification of a fraudulent transaction, which leads to them questioning themselves what they did to allow it to happen. More Tech News Bethesda entrepreneur seeks office, happy hour, WFH sweet spot with dress collar polos 11/18/2022 08:26am • When he lived in New York, Justin Baer hated wearing dress shirts under a sweater. "It's like the go-to look for every single guy that works in an office," said Baer. "I just found it uncomfortable, I got hot with the long sleeves, and the sleeves with the sweater were always getting bunched up." Historical Thanksgiving weather in the DC region shows a quiet pattern 11/16/2022 06:50am • Ahead of the holiday season's unofficial kickoff next week, it's worth remembering that the weather is super important for the extended Thanksgiving weekend with so many people on the highways. Are there any early predictions for Thanksgiving Day weather, or any striking trends in the past 20 DC program helps seniors shop for healthy food 11/15/2022 01:09pm • On Tuesday, D.C.'s Department of Aging and Community Living (DACL) is launching a pilot program to help seniors make the right choice, and it includes money so they can afford it. (WTOP/John Domen) The older you get, the more important it is to stay healthy. But especially now, with inflation Store credit cards — steer clear of this holiday shopping temptation 11/14/2022 10:52am • Many retailers offer shoppers their own store-branded credit cards, and they aggressively promote them around the holidays. They come with benefits such as special pricing or discounts for cardmembers, which makes them attractive to frequent customers. Most also come with extremely high inter How to save on Thanksgiving dinner 11/13/2022 04:00am • Sharing a meal and reflections of gratitude with family and friends will always be priceless, but the cost of actually putting Thanksgiving dinner on the table has gone up -- a lot. Thanksgiving-related groceries will cost 13.5% more this year than they did last year, according to research from d 'Dinos Alive' exhibit comes to DC 11/10/2022 03:19pm • A time machine has landed in a Northeast D.C. shopping center. The exhibition, Dinos Alive: An Immersive Experience, is inviting guests on a family-friendly adventure with more than 80 life-size dinosaur specimens. Located in the same development that currently houses the exhibition, Van Gogh: T Holiday shipping deadlines: Ensure your gifts arrive on time 11/10/2022 11:00am • Vaughn Moore, executive chairman and CEO of AIT Worldwide Logistics, has a message about holiday shipping for procrastinators: "You'll have a better experience this year than in previous years." That's because after two years of pandemic-related supply chain issues, the shipping industry has more NYC's popular Van Leeuwen Ice Cream signs Georgetown lease 11/09/2022 11:29am • Van Leeuwen Ice Cream, popular for both traditional and vegan ice creams, has signed a lease for a shop in D.C.'s Georgetown neighborhood. It is one of several leases for 1238 Wisconsin Ave. just announced by developer EastBanc. More Business News More D.C. News More Food New Va. attorney general who disagreed over role of SROs tours Alexandria High School 11/08/2022 05:32am • Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares visited Alexandria High School Monday, meeting with officials he disagreed with several months ago over the role of police in schools following a stabbing near the school that killed a student. Miyares toured the city's only high school upon invitation from Before shopping for the holidays this year, consider making a budget 11/06/2022 03:39pm • The holidays are upon us, and while it brings with it cheer and togetherness with friends and family, it also can bring something not so special: Gift buying debt. To prevent having to make a New Year’s resolution to pay off the holiday debt, instead try getting yourself on budget now. “Yo Permanent Daylight Saving Time will hurt our health, experts say 11/06/2022 02:02am • The end of Daylight Saving Time is upon us again, an autumn tradition when the United States, Europe, most of Canada and a number of other countries move their clocks backwards an hour in a sort of Groundhog Day trust fall. We'll move them forward (again) next spring when governments put daylight sa