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The Chi of D.C.

From the windows of her Watergate condo, the woman has a view of the gently flowing Potomac River. She’s a successful writer, wife of a high-profile man and a client of Carol Olmstead. The woman’s prosperity, according to Olmstead, comes as no surprise thanks to her home’s perfect “wind-water” location (the literal translation of feng shui). Another client, however, has been plagued by health problems and difficulties with her career and love life. Her living space? A converted loft in Georgetown where Whitehurst Freeway traffic aims directly at...