Janet's page is quite an impressive achievement. It includes a lot of graphics and other whimsical touches such as background sounds.

Dorothy Jones

Dorothy's page makes for very interesting reading and gives you good insight into the personality of the author.

Allan Platt

@Platt - Netcafe--This page incorporates a lot of features from the author's "other" home page, but it avoids the "template" look of the Home Page Creator and shows you what is possible with it.

Shannon

Shannon's Don't Worry be HAPPY page--Shannon has a great personality, which shines through in her home page. She has some great advice here.

September 1997
Raft For The Cure

Okay, so it's just a little tacky for us to feature a page that we designed, but it's for a good cause! Raft For The Cure is sponsoring a paddling trip down the middle and lower Youghiogheny River on September 20. The proceeds will benefit the Pediatric AIDS Research Department at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

Ed Boriso

Ed's Site--This is an absolutely fantastic site, chock full of technical wonders. Check out his Dynamic HTML page for neat stuff that you can do with Netscape Communicator, such as jiggle your browser, move pictures on the page, and more. There's lots of other good stuff in this well-designed site.

Andy House

Hedonist Cafe--Satisfy your desires for good food and drink at this site, which contains lots of mouth-savoring recipes and some info on wines.

August 1997
Daria Williams

Daria's page is everything that a personal home page should be. It's entertaining, but it also has many thought-provoking sections and gives you an excellent glimpse into her personality. Her "Stuff I Think About" and "Relationship/Dating Commentary" pages are a must-read.

Robert Raible

Fight Managed Care is dedicated to reining in the power of the managed care industry. It contains an updated journal of health policy news and opinions. The site also has a growing collection of over 175 managed care "horror stories" that it claims are true stories.

Jenn Ranwez

Jenn's Home Page was nominated by Bob Ashley, one of our D.C. Power Brokers from April 1996. As Bob says, "You get to know Jenn through her great personality (which I can relate to myself) and her misunderstood lyric's page is quite humorous."

July 1997
M@Deads Running Page

This site is an excellent resources for all those who are interested in learning about the best places to run in the Washington, DC area. It also has information on local races, links to other local web sites on running, running stories, local trails, and training tips.

June 1997
ClubDC

ClubDC is the definitive guide to the Washington, DC area club scene, with information and ratings.

Over Thirty Singles (OTS)

This is a social club for single people over 30 years old in the Washington, DC area. The page lists the club's activities for each night of the week in Maryland, Virginia, and DC.

Jalon Q. Zimmerman

The World According To Mr. Z--An entertaining site about the adventures of two D.C. Netheads as they venture outside. Contains reviews of various D.C. bars and other hot spots.

May 1997
The Monthly Buzz

This site contains event info for the upcoming month, plus photo coverage and reviews of events. It gives you the scoop on what to do each night of the week.

David Antonacci

Notch's Homepage contains an eclectic mix of sports memorabilia, including pictures and trivia.

April 1997
Christopher G. Cordray

The Rummery is a very sophisticated, graphically rich site that's well worth exploring. Check out the Star Wars section for great sound, graphics, and info about these classic movies. Chris Cordray is a Washington, D.C. IS professional. This site was nominated by Michelle Terwilliger.

Tom Sullivan

Discover Portugal--This is another one of those sites where content is king. Here, you can travel throughout the country of Portugal without ever leaving your computer chair. This site is a must see for anyone considering traveling to Portugal, as it contains detailed descriptions of various travel routes and destinations within the country.

The Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Wall Page

This relatively simple appearing page masks a powerful search engine that contains over 20 pieces of information on all 58,000+ names listed on the Wall. Enter your home town in the search engine and be amazed by the results.

March 1997
The D.C. News?

We've featured them for a while, but until now, we hadn't featured them as a D.C. Power Broker. The D.C. News? publishes humor, satire, news, and opinion. Check out the articles on the Mayor's brain explosion and on AOL'ers. If you aren't laughing out loud after reading these articles, check your pulse.

Mary Shomon

The Reliable Snore of Washingtonians--This is another very well-done political site that will keep you laughing for hours. You must read the "Inside the Barry Budget" article, but there are many other hilarious articles here as well. Washington Post Style section writers may want to stay away.

The Founding Fathers

This site attempts to answer the political questions of our day from the perspective of our nation's founding fathers. According to this site, at least, the founding fathers had a very conservative political bent.

February 1997
Mark Heineke

Nexus is an excellent e-zine that currently contains thought-provoking articles on pop culture and various comic heroes. It also contains very detailed record reviews of REM, Sheryl Crow, and others. It even contains a humorous article proposing a rock-n-roll Hall of Shame and proposes some initial inductees.

Kenya Allmond

Kenya's Home Page is nicely laid out and is very interesting to explore. She has lots of links and information relating to African-American issues, women's issues, and computer science. Plus, she even has an audio greeting.

David Hiles

Economy Seat Legroom on Transatlantic Flights--Sometimes good things can come in very plain packages. This site uses only one graphic and no background colors or graphics at all. But content is king here. The site has lots of information on legroom and fares for flights from Dulles and BWI airports to Europe.

January 1997
Jiunwei Chen

Jiunwei's Homepage--Jiunwei is a very talented young web page designer who goes to the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, VA. His site makes nice use of frames, graphics, and even background MIDI files. Check out his Internet Tips page and his POV-ray page, where he shows off his ray-tracing skills.

Henry Herman

Henry's World--Although this site is graphics intensive (slow modems beware), it's worth the wait. The site is very stylishly done (the 3D "Henry's World" graphics are especially nice) and gives you a good feel for the personality of the author. His list of search engines is useful, and he even has a Real Audio message.

Jamie Berke

Closed Captioning Web--This site is an incredible resource for the deaf and hard of hearing community and for anyone else who is interested in closed captioning. It contains comments by the author as well as legislative updates, information on specific TV programs, movies, and networks, and more.

December 1996
Judy Smith

Judy Smith's Quilting, NeedleArts and Antiques Page--Judy's page is an exhaustive source for links and information on quilting, needlearts, antiques, and more. It's very pretty and stylishly laid out, and she even throws in some D.C. links for good measure.

Frank Monaldo

Frank's Case Book--Whether or not you agree with the conservative positions taken by the author, you'll surely find his discussions of current political issues to be thought-provoking. Frank's Case Book contains new essays each week (and over 50 past essays), along with political and general links.

Alison Plays

Industrial Meditations--Read her section entitled "Apocalyptic Consumerism" for an insightful discussion of the benefits and dangers of modern technology. "A Post Cyberpunk Perspective" contains reviews of cyberpunk books. And don't forget to check out her CyberTV column for reviews of TV shows that focus on computers and the Internet.

November 1996
Author Unknown

Error's Limited Internet--This site spoofs a local ISP in a way that's guaranteed to make you laugh. Read their e-mail to their subscribers and then go to their main home page to see their counter of customers trying to get a refund.

S. Claire Nyland

Capitol City Links--This is a slick page with lots of useful D.C. links and even a musical accompaniment that plays in the background. A good example of how the web is going more multimedia.

Shourya Ray

Java Theater is a great example of the wealth of free help and information that is still available on the Internet. Here, you can not only see some examples of various Java applets, but you can even view the source code and add these to your web site. Along with a brief explanation of Java, Shourya provides some excellent links for more information on the language and for downloadable Java applets.

October 1996
Tracy E. Finifter

finifter.com--One of the hottest trends among personal home pages is the acquisition of personal domain names by the authors, and we've started to see a lot of that over the past few months. At finifter.com, be sure to check out Tracy's ever-evolving ".plans" and her humor page. Her stylish site uses some very artistic backgrounds.

M. DeMichele-Pearce

Scary Mary's Secret House of Horrors--With its dark theme and frequent mentions of the falling leaves, Scary Mary's place had to be a Power Broker in October. There, you can read some depressing poems, learn about the origins of Halloween, check out her jack-o-lantern collection, take a walk through the cemetery, and view some photos.

Bill Tsai

Bill's page is nicely done and contains lots of humor. Check out his "O.S. Beers" page for some laughs at the expense of your favorite operating system. And check out "If Microsoft Made Cars" for some laughs at the expense of Uncle Bill. He also has created some neat animated GIFs and morphing graphics, as well as a sample VRML world.

September 1996
Ben Ziskind

Lem Con One--This is a very impressive site, with custom-made 3D animated graphics, a background music, a huge graphics vault, HTML help, the George Mason High School Class of 1995 e-mail book, and much more. This site's stated goal is to look good and be near the cutting edge of web design, and it delivers.

Malicia

Psychic Departure Lounge--Malicia's page is a very unusual page devoted to Goths. Her page features lots of animated GIFs and very pretty graphics. It also is the type of page that keeps you clicking to find out more, gradually revealing the author's personality.

Rick Esterling

Rick's site features "Rick Esterling's Bookmarks", which is a very large collection of links, as well as background information on himself. If you're into programming, especially on Windows 95 and NT, this page is for you.

August 1996
Seth Berger

BergerMan's Page features JavaChat, the Humor Digest, and the Funny Relationship Page, which is a must see. All of this is done in a nice format that includes the latest features, such as frames and Java.

Andy Maxwell

Andy's page features the AndyCam, which you can use to look around his office. Since his site is running on his own web server, you can also cause a message to pop up on his computer. He also has some interesting articles that he has written.

July 1996
David Jenkins

Dave's web site consists of only one page, and it doesn't have a single link on it, yet it's a fascinating page. Unlike most web sites (including perhaps the Registry), which contain mostly links to other sites and not much content, Dave's page is content-rich. One can glean his philosophy on life by reading this page. He also throws in a few nice photos of himself on kayaking trips.

LeCount D. Briscoe

LeCount's Domain is a perfect example of the possibilities of the Web. The highlight of his site is The Rhythm Section. By visiting this page, you can find out all about D.C.'s home-grown musical style, Go-Go music. At The Rhythm Section, you can even download sound clips of local bands and find out just what the music sounds like. Try doing that with a book. LeCount also has some interesting background information, including a page devoted to his former band, Perfection, and some photos from various gigs.

June 1996
Glenn Manishin

Glenn's Web features a large collection of legal-related links, a nice photo gallery, and more, all in a nicely done frames format.

Garrett P. Nievin

Garrettzilla is an eclectic collection of information that pulls you in, despite the fact that it comes in a plain package and isn't Netscape enhanced (he explains why).

May 1996
Tracy Lee

Overexposed--Take a fascinating journey into someone's life. Check out her bio page and "i am becoming", her online journal. Both of these pages are much more revealing than the typical personal home page.

Pam Lee Middleton

Middleton Genealogy is My Hobby!! should be your first stop if you're doing any genealogy research on the web. Pam may live in sunny Palm Springs, California, but she has lots of genealogy resources for this area, including the famous Middleton Tavern in Annapolis, Maryland.

Lamar Brooks

Nuthin' but Links is a virtual treasure trove of information and resources for webmasters, with links to all kinds of images, tips on HTML, help with background textures, color selectors, frames, Java, CGI, internet tools, and much more.

April 1996
Michèle Krouch Sears

Michèle's Mostly European is a technical tour-de-force. This site includes not only a very nice example of how frames can be used to enhance web sites, but also includes some neat Java applets. There's lots of good information in here too.

Mary Jo Sminkey

The Dogpatch features, as the name implies, all kinds of links for dog lovers. But it also has a lot more, including huge collections of links related to women's issues, games, travel, music, and more.

Richard Gist

Richard Gist's Balto-Wash Theatre Page--This is one of the most complete listing of theatre reviews for the Baltimore-D.C. area to be found anywhere. It also contains lots of links to other theatre pages.

Bob Ashley

House Bowlrz, Inc.--If you're a bowler, this page should be included in your bookmarks. This site also has lots of links related to travel, TV, Redskins, and pets.

March 1996
Doug Thompson

DC ComiX contains many subparts, including Capitol Hill Blue, which has tons of information on Washington politics and is updated daily. If you're a political junkie, add this one to your hotlist.

Eric Bourland

Eric Bourland's Useful Pages is a very eclectic site with a little bit of everything. It includes a large metalist, information on MS-DOS, tips on managing a group house, and much more.

Donald Mark

He's not from the D.C. area, but this page is too good not to add to this list. Take a fascinating journey through 7 decades of a man's life. There's lots of wisdom and valuable life experiences contained in this site.

Dave Berthiaume

Again, although he's not from the D.C. area, this is one of the best pages I've seen, with both excellent content and sophisticated technical enhancements. Dating Horror Stories is a must-read, and those using Netscape 2.0 will like the frames, animation, JavaScripts, and more.

February 1996--Special Political Edition

Bill Clinton

This is the White House Home Page. It's very stylish and contains background information about the President and his family, his State of the Union Address, a White House tour, a library, a guide to federal government services, and more.

Al Gore

Vice President Gore's home page contains video and audio clips, along with information on Mr. Gore's favorite projects, such as his Reinventing Government initiative, the environment, and the "information superhighway." According to this site, V.P. Gore first coined that phrase 17 years ago.

Bob Dole

This very detailed site contains the Republican Response to the President's State of the Union Address. It also contains, among other things, a biography, an interactive map of the United States for campaign information in each state, Dole Interactive (which includes a trivia test, downloadable graphics and screen savers, and more), an electronic mailing list, and the Dole library.

Phil Gramm

Another well done site that includes a neat multimedia archive with photos, video clips, and audio clips. Mr. Gramm's home page also features a biography, his speeches, a mailing list, and more.

Steve Forbes

Not as fancy as some of the other sites, but interesting nonetheless. Steve Forbes' site contains a personal greeting in which he asks for campaign donations (even the rich need money), a biography, his speeches, schedules, and his stands on various issues. There's a lot in here about his flat tax proposal.

Lamar Alexander

Lamar Alexander's home page includes a biography, some movie clips, his quotes on various subjects, his positions on many different issues, campaign information, and more. And, of course, it includes his famous red and black flannel decor, now applied to a home page.

Pat Buchanan would have been pictured and described here as well, except that the Registry was unable to reach his home page, despite many attempts. Perhaps you will have better luck.