Two new Web sites serving the District — Down4Lunch.com and GrubWithUs.com — believe they offer better ways to get users offline and into meaningful relationships.

Rappahannock River Oysters debut Merroir, which refers to the flavors imparted by the different areas of the sea.

Where everybody knows your name.

A Tuscan villa tucked away in Cleveland Park.

A spicy taste of the subcontinent.

Exploring the shroomtastic imagination of Brooklyn-via-Baltimore art-pop collective Yeasayer.

Tracy Utley’s husband asked her what she wanted as a Mother’s Day gift, and she started having visions of beautiful flours.

The Bravo reality star on realizing that chefs don’t care how you look and the tattoos that epiphany inspired.