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The Mount Pleasant Miracle
As gentrification sweeps across D.C., one neighborhood has
found a way to preserve its diversity and character. 6My Dinners With Le Carré
What I learned about writing, fame and grace when I spent
two weeks showing the master spy novelist around Miami. 14Opening Lines
Can the cannabis industry be an agent of social justice? Or is
it just another big business? 2Tom Sietsema
A requiem to our heroes at Johnny’s Half Shell. 20Inside
Date Lab 4 Second Glance 23 Crossword 24
Gene Weingarten 25Editor: Richard Just Deputy editor: David
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Title: “Seer of Seers”
Artist: Adriana Bellet, Stockholm
From the artist: I used to consult my
horoscope each week, but these days I
need higher powers to satisfy my curiosity.
Ye t none of my usual sources have come
close to guessing what the first weeks of
January had in store. Perhaps weather
wizard Phil could try?
On the cover: Photos of, clockwise from
left, Katie Flegal dancing at an outdoor
party in Mount Pleasant; Irving Street and
Mount Pleasant Road NW; singer Karen
Wilson, center; children at a concert;
performer Baba Ras D b y Lucian Perkins