Category: Local
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Comparing Concert Venues Across the DMV
“Are you going to the concert tomorrow?” is a phrase often overheard in the Stone Ridge junior cloak room, suggesting many different concert venues of different size, shape and variety throughout the DMV. The Fillmore in Silver Spring and the 9:30 Club in D.C. are two popular venues that hold around 2,000 people and typically host…
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D.C.’s Startling Wage Gap
D.C.’s current minimum wage is one of the highest in the country at $10.50 per hour as of July 1, 2015, and while that would imply that D.C.’s population is at least living comfortably, the opposite is actually true. The minimum wage, constant regardless of how many dependents a worker has, is far below the…
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iPic Revolutionizes the Motion Picture Experience
Who doesn’t want unlimited popcorn brought by a personal waiter to their leather reclining seat while watching a movie? iPic Theatre, located only 10 minutes away from Stone Ridge in the new Pike and Rose complex, provides just that. This high-end movie theatre allows guests to feel like they are watching a movie at home–but…
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Staying Fit and Healthy in the DMV
Are those fit Bethesda moms starting a trend? Recently, living a healthy lifestyle and working out has become very popular in our local community. Fast, casual restaurants, including Sweet Green and Chop’t, have become the habitual dining spots of Stone Ridge girls. Loren Giulieri, ’17, goes to Chop’t “at least once a week.” Chop’t is…
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A Scrumptious, Beefy Tomato Steak Arrives in D.C.
As you can tell by the byline, this reporter may or may not have a bias. As a result, multiple sources were consulted in writing this article, and no source was told the reporter’s last name. Most enter a restaurant called Beefsteak expecting to be served some type of meat. But upon seeing walls, kitchens,…
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The DMV: Determination, Motivation, Validation
Stone Ridge girls are hard workers. Whether it be by choice or by chance, we made the decision to be achievers the day that we sent in our applications to attend one of the DMV’s most academically rigorous institutions. Erring on the side of perfectionism at times, we as a student body oftentimes find ourselves…
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Spring in the City
Spring has exploded here in Washington D.C, laddening once empty boroughs with heavy cherry blossoms and kissing the pavement with long forgotten sun. With AP exams upon us and classes racing towards an end, it can be easy to ignore the dramatic shift in landscape right outside your door in favor of dimly lit textbooks…
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The Baltimore Riots
What began as seemingly peaceful protests sparked by the death of Freddie Gray, a 25 year-old man who suffered a fatal injury to the spinal cord while in police custody, erupted into violent demonstrations on April 27th, hours after Gray’s funeral. Rioters began throwing stones and bricks at on-duty police officers, looting stores in Downtown…
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Spreading Love&Pizza
On Old Georgetown Road in downtown Bethesda, next to Chipotle, lies a quaint restaurant that exists in order to unify the surrounding neighborhood–through love & pizza. The motto, “love & pizza,” is written on the hundreds of white pizza boxes that surround the small space. The motto is truly demonstrated by the staff, which is…
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Bold-Flavored Bodega
Most Stone Ridge students shopping and enjoying a frosty winter day in Georgetown don’t usually think of eating Spanish tapas. The places that often come to mind may include Pizzeria Paradiso right on M Street, the Georgetown University students’ go-to, the Tombs, or Baked and Wired, nooked along a quiet side street. Gillian Tobias, ‘17,…