SELECTED, NOT LISTED
A TRUSTED EDIT
Every business is chosen by us, in person. No reviews to wade through, no pay-to-be-listed. If we wouldn’t send our own friends, it isn’t here.
CELEBRATING THE BEST OF LOCAL — WASHINGTON, DC · MARYLAND · VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON, DC · MARYLAND · VIRGINIA
The best of local,
chosen by people
who live here.
The businesses we’re proud to send you to — on film, on the podcast, and in our book.
WHAT IS THE COUNTY EDIT?
OWNER · TEAM · CUSTOMERS
BEHIND THE DOOR
We go behind the door with the owner, the people who work beside them and the customers who keep coming back, then share it all on video, on the podcast and in print.
FOR BUSINESS OWNERS
IN GOOD COMPANY
Membership is by invitation: your story, your photographs, owner mixers through the year, and a place in The Capital Edit, our printed book.
THIS SEASON’S EDIT
THE BUSINESSES WE’RE PROUD TO SEND YOU TO
FEED WELL CO.
A Columbia team of lactation consultants for the hardest, sweetest first weeks.
FULTON PEDIATRIC
DENTAL
Dr. Gal Hershko, board-certified, and a practice built around small patients.
BUMP TO BABE DOULA
SERVICES
Megan Wysong, MPH, postpartum doula: the help nobody tells you to book.
SPRING VALLEY
GARDENING SERVICES
Container and patio gardens, including the planters outside Surfside at The Wharf.
STORIES WORTH READING
AWAY · HOW WE SHOW UP
THE WASHINGTONIAN WHO BUILT A SCHOOL WITH NO WALLS
THE ROUNDUP
THE FIRST-YEAR VILLAGE
THE INSIDER
THE FLORISTS BEHIND THE TABLES YOU LOVE
THE CONVERSATION · OCTOBER · FAIRFAX CITY
SMALL CITY, BIG BALLOT: THREE NEIGHBORS ON THE CITY THEY CHOSE
CLOSE TO HOME
NOBODY HERE LIVES IN JUST ONE COUNTY
WASHINGTON, DC
MARYLAND
MEET THE OWNER · READ, WATCH & LISTEN
WHAT WE DID LAST
SUMMER
THE FIELD SCHOOL OF HVAR · CAROLYN MATIJEVIĆ, FOUNDER
Before Hvar, Carolyn was one of us. Charlottesville, the Aspen Institute, Dupont Circle, and then a Croatian island, where she built a school with no walls. We spent the summer there with our sons. Her story is the standard for every business we bring you next.
LOOK FOR THE SEAL
Selected · The County Edit · MMXXVI
I
WE GO IN PERSON
Every business is visited, tasted and tried by one of us before it is ever considered.
II
WE INVITE
Businesses can be nominated by anyone, but only invited by us. Being asked is the honor.
III
RENEWED EACH
RENEWED EACH
YEAR
The Seal carries the year. It has to be earned again, which is why it means something in the window.
FOR BUSINESS OWNERS
IN GOOD COMPANY
Membership is by invitation. It starts over coffee, and it means your story told in full, your photographs to keep, owners meeting owners all year, and a place in the book.
THE MONTHLY EDIT
The best of local,
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Once a month: one story, three businesses we’d send our own friends to, and our latest conversation.
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