Pippa Middleton Gets Engaged; Everlane's Success Story

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Local
Yelp suggests six local businesses for last-minute Christmas shopping [Yelp]
The sky isn't falling for independent bookstores [WaPo]
Michelle Obama rewears white sequined J. Mendel dress [E!]
Le Fini hair salon opens in the Shaw/Truxton Circle area [PoPville]
Teenager robbed in Arlington for his Nike Foamposite shoes [ARLnow]
See the improvements at Westfield Montgomery Mall [Robert Dyer]
Coreblast at Reformation Fitness is a world of pain [Washingtonian]
The road to D.C. for Wal-Mart [WBJ]
Connecticut Avenue's Tiny Jewel Box was David Yurman's first client [ITC]

National
· Eight tips for the perfect workout [GQ]
· How Beyoncé's ultra-sexy Yoncé video came to be [The Cut]
· Designer Marcia Patmos talks inspirations [I Want to Be Her!]
· How Everlane ditched major markups and still found success [Mashable]
· Supreme founder James Jebbia in a rarely-granted interview [HypeBeast]
· Amazing Japanese department store Isetan popping up in NYC [StyleFile]

International
· Pippa Middleton reportedly engaged to banker boyfriend [US]