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THE INDEX

All our favorite places,
in one place.

The list we’d hand a friend who just moved here.

The Index is where every business we have written about lives — the restaurants, shops,
studios and practices we genuinely love. Search it by county, by what you are in the mood
for, or just by the name of your town.

LOOKING FOR A WHOLE TOWN RATHER THAN ONE BUSINESS? START WITH COUNTIES →

WHAT IT WILL HOLD

Nine ways in.

Every category shows up from day one, even the ones we have not filled yet. A dash
simply means we are still looking — and if you know somebody who belongs there,
we would genuinely love to hear about them.

Eat & Drink

Restaurants, coffee, bakeries, wine

Shop

Boutiques, books, gifts, makers

Home & Property

Interiors, builders, landscape, real estate

Beauty & Wellness

Salons, studios, spas, fitness

Health

Dentistry, medicine, therapy, veterinary

Celebrate

Florists, photographers, venues, catering

Family & Kids

Schools, camps, children’s shops, pediatrics

Services & Pros

Legal, financial, insurance, trades

People & Community

Artists, studios, guides, community leaders

Nine, and we are keeping it that way. Fewer categories keeps it easy to browse, and easy for us to keep current.

Everywhere on this list
is somewhere we would
happily take a friend.

HONESTLY, THAT IS THE WHOLE TEST

HOW IT WORKS

How a business ends up here.

i

We go and see for ourselves.

We eat there, shop there, get our hair cut there. Then we write about it in our own words, with our own photographs, the way we would tell a friend about it.

ii

A few at a time.

We add slowly, so every business gets a real story instead of a line in a list. If your county looks quiet right now, that is just us taking our time.

iii

We stay in touch.

Once somewhere is here we keep up with them — new hours, new faces, new things worth knowing. The list is meant to be alive, not a plaque on a wall.

The Index opens with The
Capital Edit, Volume One.

UNTIL THEN, TWO LOVELY WAYS TO BE PART OF IT

TELL US ABOUT SOMEWHERE

Know a place we would love?

Half the places we have written about, we found

because somebody told us. If you have a spot you are

quietly proud of, send us there.

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