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Q. Can my agency give me an unsatisfactory performance rating because I messed up on one thing during the entire year?
Our latest Arlington Pet of the Week is Max, a cat who doesn’t have a tail.
The 14-year-old feline is happily retired, but still has the disposition of a younger cat, or, as his owner says, perhaps a dog. Here’s what owner Jennifer had to say about him:
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Our family is growing and we are in serious need of a larger home and don’t feel the one we are currently in is worth adding on to. Our preference is a new home, but having visited a number of open houses, we are not very impressed with what we are finding. Should we consider building a custom home?
Editor’s Note: Sponsored by Monday Properties and written by ARLnow.com, Startup Monday is a weekly column that profiles Arlington-based startups and their founders. The Ground Floor, Monday’s office space for young companies in Rosslyn, is now open. The Metro-accessible space features a 5,000-square-foot common area that includes a kitchen, lounge area, collaborative meeting spaces, and a stage for formal presentations.
The former software engineer, U.S. Army Reserve infantry officer and world geography teacher at Swanson Middle School was in charge of I.T. learning for Marriott International when he came up with the idea for a travel site that lets customers search for prices at hotels without having to enter a date.
Bring your umbrellas and your snow boots this weekend, but do your best to make it out to some of the open houses around the county this weekend.
See our real estate section for a full listing of open houses. Here are a few highlights:
Editor’s Note: This sponsored column is written by Nick Anderson, beermonger at Arrowine (4508 Lee Highway).
This is a very special week indeed, friends and fellow beer geeks; for this week sees an all-too rare library release of J.W. Lees Harvest Ale.
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What the heck does green have to do with the color black? Well to begin with, both black and green are very slimming. While wearing black can give the illusion of weight lost, eating lots of greens can actually promote weight loss. Eating greens with every meal can reduce your overall calorie consumption. Consider these numbers:
This week’s Arlington Pet of the Week is Pooh, a cat who’s lived with his Arlington family for 17 years.
Once a scrawny, skittish, flea-bitten shelter kitten, Pooh’s improbable path to adoption and a loving home all started on a Friday the 13th during the Clinton administration. Here’s what Pooh’s mom, Cindy, had to say about him:
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One statement we hear more often than most is, “I don’t know where to start.”
Update at 3:50 p.m. — Due to tomorrow’s inclement weather forecast, this event has been canceled.
Earlier: Are you considering buying a home in Arlington in 2014?
It’s going to be the first truly cold weekend of the season, and now that Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping is out of the way, your schedules should be clear to visit some houses in your area this weekend.
See our real estate section for a full listing of open houses. Here are a few highlights:
Editor’s Note: This sponsored column is written by Nick Anderson, beermonger at Arrowine (4508 Lee Highway).
There was an item I almost included in last week’s “Beer Geek Black Friday” list, but didn’t because it wasn’t obscenely expense and over-the-top the way the other “gifts” were. That item was the Randall Jr. by Dogfish Head, and mine just arrived this week. If you really are looking for a gift for the beer geek in your life, this is a great idea that won’t cost you a lot of money.
