magazine

CONTENTS 5.30.10

Features

5 First Person Singular

D.C. mayoral candidate Vincent Gray on risks and regrets

6 Whatever Happened To

Entrepreneurs who used social networking to reach real-life goals

8 Date Lab

Why blind dates aren’t for everyone

10 Trend Report

Kaleidoscopic designs to brighten your look

Going Out Guide

31-33 Art, Music, Theater & Movies

What not to miss: Allen Ginsberg’s photos, Bethesda’s kid-friendly fun and Ebony Bones’s dark, danceable pop

34 Best Bets War memorials minus the Mall crowds

35 Tom Sietsema’s Dining

Bring a doggie bag to Bistro La Bonne.

37 Second Glance 38 Dilbert 39 Crossword

40 Gene Weingarten’s Below the Beltway

Eight phrases you can’t find on the Internet

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COVER STORY

14 Beasts of burden

An equestrian comes to learn that for many racehorses, life after the finish line is a dark victory. By Laura Ann Mullane

24 A haven on the block

Gated alleys (pictured above) have transformed urban eyesores into communal oases. But some say they send a mixed message.

By Stephanie Shapiro

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Discussions

TUESDAY: Gene Weingarten and Tom Shroder on the Post Hunt @ noon. Holly E. Thomas and Janet Bennett Kelly on fashion @ noon WEDnESDAY: Tom Sietsema on dining @ 11 a.m. THURSDAY: Going Out Gurus @ 1 p.m.

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Tom asks the questions, you share the stories in Sietsema’s Table, a group for readers.

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On the cover: Photograph by Andrew Councill/Aurora

2 The WashingTon PosT Magazine | May 30, 2010

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