Most of us can’t go on a big shopping spree on Rodeo Drive like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman
 
According to my client, Oriana Khatso, of Terra boutique in Dupont Circle, these are the seven keys to shopping and budgeting for a wardrobe:
1. Assess your lifestyle
Figure out how and where you spend your time and assign [...]

According to my client,Oriana Khatso, Owner of Terra boutique in Dupont Circle, the key to buying clothing that works for your body is having an understanding of how clothes should fit and recognizing that almost everything these days needs a bit of tailoring.  She says that it’s also important to recognize that size means virtually nothing in [...]

 
Up-and-coming designers, Fatima Monkush and Nyla Hashmi showcase the inaugural collection for their Eva Khurshid line at Oriana Khatso’s Terra boutique in Dupont Circle. The line melds the conservative mores of the designers’ own culture with the Western professional woman to give a new take on what’s sexy. The Eva Khurshid woman does not participate [...]

Winner of the 2008 High Heel Drag Queen Race
I’ve been in the Washington area for ten years, but this was my first venture into Dupont Circle for the annual High Heel Drag Queen Race. (When I first posted this, I wrote that the race was in Adams Morgan. One of my readers pointed out the [...]

Earlier this week, my good friend and fellow Innocents at Risk board member, Shawn Breck took me on a tour of a unique offering in the heart of the vibrant Dupont Circle neighborhood, 1737 Johnson Ave, NW #A. This amazing three bedroom, two bath true loft duplex was originally a Turn-of-the-Century glass factory. It is also home to Architect Jim Foster [...]