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Get Ready for Your Close-Up at The Muse Box Selfie Museum
When’s the last time you snapped a selfie worth posting? If you’ve been holed up in your apartment in sweats for the past year and a half, we have the perfect excuse to get glammed up and set foot outside: it’s The Muse Box Selfie Museum at the National Harbor. It opened in May with more than 20 one-of-a-kind photo op sets,…

Clever No-Carve Ways to Decorate a Pumpkin
If the mess of carving a jack-o’-lantern doesn’t really appeal to you, but having some fall fun does, try one of these alternatives to your traditional Halloween decoration. Nail polish pumpkins. Don’t have a fully stocked craft cabinet? No problem! Nail polish pumpkins make use of beauty supplies you have stowed in the bathroom. Use your favorite shades to paint swirls…

Save the Date for the Fall Harvest Festival at Mount Vernon
Enjoy the crisp autumn weather at Fall Harvest Festival at Mount Vernon! From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, October 23 and Sunday, October 24, celebrate fall at the ninth-annual Fall Harvest Festival at Mount Vernon, located at George Washington’s Mount Vernon. The family-friendly fall celebration features 18th-century demonstrations at George Washington’s Mount Vernon. Enjoy free, live entertainment, festival foods,…