Editor’s Note: This sponsored health and fitness column is written by Virginia Wright, founder of BbG Fitness, which offers group fitness classes around Arlington. Sign up for a free class today.

What exactly does it mean to be healthy? For many of us, “good health” is just a vague notion — until something goes wrong and we’re forced to take a closer look.


Editor’s Note: This biweekly sponsored column is written by Rick Gersten, founder and CEO of Urban Igloo, a rental real estate firm that matches up renters with their ideal apartments, condos or houses. Please submit any questions in the comments section or via email.

In the competitive DC area rental market, finding the perfect place can be challenging.


Located in the Yorktown neighborhood, at 2320 N. Evergreen Street, the house has been listed for more than five weeks and received several offers, but it’s still on the market, according to Weichert Realtors. The asking price for the four-bedroom, 2,364-square-foot Cape Cod house is $920,000. It was built in 1947 and has been recently renovated.

The Vancouver Sun profiled the home earlier this month. It housed the Morrisons when Jim’s father, Admiral George Morrison, was stationed with the Navy at the Pentagon:


Editor’s Note: This post is authored and sponsored by United Social Sports.

United Social Sports’ fall season will start in September too and now is the time to register for fall leagues in Arlington. We’re continuing to expand our Arlington leagues this season, offering those who live, work, or play here plenty of opportunities to get active and be social.


Editor’s Note: This sponsored column is written by Mathew B. Tully of Tully Rinckey PLLC.

Q. I’ve heard a lot in the news recently about people leaving their children in cars and being prosecuted for it. Is this for real? When I was young I remember being left in the car alone and I turned out fine. Could I really go to jail for doing the same now?


This regularly-scheduled sponsored Q&A column is written by Adam Gallegos of Arlington-based real estate firm Arbour Realty, voted one of Arlington Magazine’s Best Realtors of 2013. Please submit follow-up questions in the comments section or via email.

Question: I own a 1 bedroom condo near the Courthouse Metro in a full service building. In the near future I will be moving into my fiance’s townhome, and originally I thought I would rent my condo for a couple of years. I refinanced last year and can rent it at a rate that will cover my mortgage and condo fees. We plan to sell both our properties within 3 years (so I can avoid capital gains tax) and use the equity to purchase a single family house, most likely in Arlington.


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