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Washington, DC $950,000VERY UNUSUAL! Gracious Victorian plus AMAZING Carriage House offers fabulous opportunity and flexibility. Restore or convert to condos or B&B, with 11 bedrooms and 3 baths. Beautiful original staircase. Currently zoned commercial. Park 6 or more cars.Chevy Chase Sales 202.363.9700(O)

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Body and Soul columnist Katherine Tallmadge is nationally recognized and respected in the nu-trition and weight loss field. She is also prized and sought after by the media for her expertise, which is why her name or face may be familiar to so many of you. Author of “Diet Simple” and media spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association, she regularly appears on CNN, Fox News, ABC Nightly News and NBC’s Today Show, and has been featured on Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show, The Emeril Lagasse Show and the Diane Rehm Show. She is also an award-win-ning journalist and has written columns for The Washington Post, Shape Magazine, Vegetarian Times, Eating Well and Politico. She has been named the best nutritionist by The Washington Post and Harpers’ Bazaar. Katherine, based in Georgetown’s East Village, is passionate about helping people transform their health and their lives, prides herself on keeping up with scientific research in the nutrition and weight loss fields and has been sharing her insights through coun-seling, corporate wellness programs, speaking engagements and the media for 20+ years. Page 24.

A native of D.C., John Blee has written for Art/World in New York and teaches at UDC. As a painter he has shown in several local galleries, New York and Paris. His work is in the collec-tion of museums in New York, Los Angeles and the Museum of Modern Art, Yerevan, Armenia. He thrives on the richness and diversity of mu-seums and galleries in D.C., as well as living in one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the U.S. Page 17.

Jack Evans, councilmember for Ward 2, was first elected to the Council of the District of Co-lumbia in a 1991 special election and has been re-elected ever since. When not working on balancing D.C.’s budget or approving legisla-tion, Jack spends his time addressing the dozens of goals and challenges which arise daily in the 13 distinct neighborhoods of Ward 2. Jack and his children (the triplets Katherine, John and Christine – age 13) live in Georgetown with their golden retriever Kelly. [Editor’s note: We’d like to congratulate Jack on his recent engagement to interior designer Michele Seiver!] Page 9.

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In a neighborhood known for vociferous protection by its residents, it seemed only natural that tensions would run high at the

Citizens Association of Georgetown’s April meeting, which took the first steps at tackling an ambitious challenge facing neighbors — Georgetown University’s 10-Year Campus Plan, the school’s road map to the expansive changes it has in store for the next decade. And while the proceedings remained civil, judging by the turnout and impassioned dia-logue among residents and CAG committee members, emotions were certainly heightened. Georgetowners filed into St. John’s Church, CAG’s usual haunt, on April 19 for the long-heralded town hall-style meeting. It had been several months since the association met at the church, due to efforts by President Jennifer Al-temus to host themed meetings at different lo-cations around the neighborhood. This month’s gathering, however, was all business, and when the evening began residents were presented with a slideshow on CAG’s response to the plan by University relations committee members Cyn-thia Pantazis and Gianluca Pivato. The pair began by quoting the District’s zon-ing ordinance, which dictates university expan-sion must not “become objectionable to neigh-boring property.” “Objectionable” is hardly objective, though, and as each side asserts its needs, deciding what constitutes acceptable community expansion is the crux of the debate. That the University — especially its under-graduate students — often runs afoul of the neighbors is nothing new, but this time around residents are particularly concerned about re-

ceiving what they see as another raw deal from the University. The 2000 campus plan, which expires at the end of this year, was heavily criti-cized for its inaccurate representation of student body growth and failure to mitigate noise and traffic congestion that the residents consider se-rious neighborhood problems. Similar concerns were expressed for the 2010 plan, which, despite a cap on undergraduate enrollment, anticipates a jump in the graduate student body by 3,205 students. Neighbors be-lieve this will relegate most of the new student arrivals to off-campus housing, which they cite as a major source of noise violations and disor-derly conduct. The University’s plan for dormi-tory expansion currently calls for just under 200 additional beds for both faculty and graduate students. “We obviously want more student housing to be on the traditional campus,” Pantazis said, re-calling a pledge made by the University to work toward housing 100 percent of its undergradu-ate students on campus. Incidents seemed largely restricted to the West Village. Pivato’s presentation included a map showing the physical distribution of 911 calls for disorderly conduct in the fall of 2009. Major hotspots include the intersection of 35th and O Streets, known as a locus of student row housing, a handful of intersections in Burleith and the 1200 block of Potomac Street, where Philly Pizza held court before it was shut down in February. Residents were alarmed too by plans to build on the 1200 block of 36th Street, where the restaurant 1789 and popular student bar The

Tombs now stand. The University plan calls for the building of retail facility for students — which will include the usual coffee shops and other college hangouts — and a 180-bed dor-mitory. In addition to the potential for further noise problems, neighbors worry the additions will detract from the historic and aesthetic ap-peal of the block. Pivato and Pantazis also revealed a Univer-sity plan to build an 83-foot smoke stack for its heating and cooling infrastructure, a revelation met with exasperation by the audience. Pivato said the facility would only burn natural gas and a low-emission sulfur compound, but said “we don’t know emissions will not go up.” The structure would replace a far less conspicuous 10-foot stack currently in use. But in an email the next day, the University’s Andy Pino, who has been closely involved with the development of the plan and its impact on the surrounding cityscape, said the communi-ty’s voice is not going unheard. “We appreci-ate the time put into this effort by our neigh-bors and community leaders who since 2008 have attended meetings, raised questions, and provided input ... On April 26, [the University] will be sharing updated information about our plan, including data on our graduate students and improvements to our off-campus program, which we hope will be viewed as responsive to the community’s requests.” By the end of the presentation, hands of anx-ious residents shot up throughout the audience, vying for a chance to offer their input and ask pressing questions. Some volunteered as block captains to whip petition signatures. Others

GeorGetown plans its next 10 yearsurged CAG to launch a coordinated political effort that would exploit possible intervention by the mayor during the election year. One lo-cal in the back reminded the audience that CAG and ANC 2E did not vote in unison during the 2000 campus plan approval, and urged a greater degree of cooperation between the two orga-nizations. Representatives from the Burleith Citizens Association were also on hand to lend support and offer suggestions to apply effective political pressure.

A public forum to discuss the campus plan will be hosted by the University at Georgetown Visi-tation (35th and Volta) on April 26 at 6:30 p.m.

east Meets west: the latest on Georgetown park Mall

Battles are fought on the latitude of a com-pass rose. First there was Greece and Persia, then pope and patriarch. Then

L.A. and New York hip-hop. In its own way, Georgetown has the battle between Western Development and EastBanc. And it’s heating up. The Washington Post re-ported this week that the long-standing feud be-tween Herbert Miller and Anthony Lanier may reach a critical development on May 5 when the Georgetown Park Mall is offered up at auction after Western, headed up by Miller, defaulted on a loan once held by Capmark Financial Group, the now-defunct financial backer of the mall. The brass at Western, apparently, blames La-

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Lanier. Miller has held the prime M Street property for over a decade, though keeping tenants at the mall has proved problematic — around half of the vendor spaces are currently vacant. Miller had hoped to turn that around last year by en-ticing flashy clothier Bloomingdale’s to set up shop as an anchor tenant. The deal fell through. Though the mall takes its share of flak for its, ahem, eclectic décor, it seems tenants are spooked mainly by the legal war between Mill-er and Lanier’s EastBanc, dating back to when Miller purchased the property. He and Lanier

had agreed to go in together on the property in 1998, before Miller decided to simply buy it himself. A miffed Lanier filed legal proceedings soon afterward. The EastBanc exec may have the last laugh, however. If he is able to secure the property at auction, he will likely bring to it his trademark European flair. An Austrian native, Lanier is widely credited with turning around the dingy Cady’s Alley into a clean-cut, modern European marketplace, home to trendy design and furni-ture shops. Is that in the cards for Georgetown Park? We’ll find out next month.

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Teresa and Tony Velazquez, owners of Baked and Wired, a Georgetown favorite, celebrated their 4,200,000-minute (approximately eight-year) anniversary on 4.20.2010.

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The Georgetown Safeway is two weeks away from its grand opening and plans to celebrate with their gala reception on May 5 (by invitation only). During another sneak peak, we learned the 24 hour store will be offering services in the pharmacy, the deli, the bakery and much more.Outdoor eating space will include a fire place (see copper hood above) and a broad view of Wisconsin Avenue.


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culture, people, sights and essence of D.C. My first day on the job, I was immediately swept up in the craziness that defines deadline. Proofing, copy editing and finding pictures like there was no tomorrow, by the end of the day I was already right at home in the second-story converted house office. But it wasn’t until my second day that I started to realize exactly what I had gotten myself into. Expecting a call for coffee, I sat down at an editorial meeting (my first) and got my assignment. Cover story. Re-search classes that are offered in the area; cook-ing, art, language. Talk about jumping in with both feet; there really was no turning back, and so with an excited apprehension I started re-searching right away, finding local classes and weeding through the information to pick out the best and brightest. But those first two weeks were just the be-ginning. Taken under the wing of all the GMG staffers, soon I was attending my first event, a book signing in Bethesda. The book, “The Overnight Socialite,” certainly drew an inter-esting crowd. I weaved my way through a maze of legs clad in leather pants, encountering the blonde, buxom and Botoxed, all the while tak-ing pictures and recording names for the paper. “Champagne? Cheese?” the hostess offered. Certainly a contrast from the granola-crunchers we love in Vermont.Cultural differences aside, D.C. presented to me a mecca for all things artistic and theatrical and, best of all, affordable on my nonexistent stu-dent/intern’s budget. Perusing a free publication at a Metro stop, I was soon overwhelmed with the variety of local free events. Ah, the choices!

With a pocketbook that was light at best, the free events and performances held a special place in my heart. I selected one, a dance group that was performing at Sydney Harman Hall for one of my first ven-tures to the d o w n t o w n area. Feel-ing quite in-dependent, I walked down the street in my new Steve Mad-den boots, hopped on a bus and then took the red line Metro to the Ve-rizon Center, all the while inwardly ex-tolling the virtues of public trans-portation. Speaking of public trans-portation, I must admit that I have fallen hard, first figuratively and then literally. Head over heels, I admired Wash-ington’s bikers from afar at first, from my safe vantage point on the curb, with an expression of awe. Then, gaining confidence on my own bike,

I proceeded to attempt a curb-hop that ended in disaster (and a dazed phone call home that scared my mother more than she would admit), but also to the detriment of a certain unsuspect-

ing med student who had the misfortune to jump out from behind a parked car, right into my projected trajectory. Giv-en these biking fiascos, I have adopted a more cautious stance, banishing my dare-devil bik-er to the back seat. Now I play it safe on the C&O Ca-nal, the Capi-tal Crescent Trail and wide, wide sidewalks (plenty of room for walkers to pass un-harmed). But working

for the paper, I have gotten to know the city not only from the seat of a bike, but the seat of a delivery van. “Oh no!” you may be thinking. Ohh yes. With the publisher behind the wheel, we set out in our rented van with two pallet-

fuls of papers in the process of “revamping” the paper route. No street corner was left unturned, no coffee shop without its allotted bundle of Georgetowners or Downtowners. With papers quite literally hot off the press, every other week delivery time came; I laced up my running shoes, and proceeded to help deliver a distribu-tion of over 40,000 papers. Many a surprised business owner gave me a quizzical glance, re-marking “You don’t look like the usual deliv-ery man!” Far from it. From close scrapes with the rental van, to delivering the up-and-coming Southwest waterfront, to exploring the haunts of Bethesda, we have done and seen it all. Oh, and expect us again in two weeks.Delivery incidents aside, through my semester at The Georgetowner I have gotten to know Washington inside and out (Sonya, the publish-er, is a self-proclaimed “alley queen,” after all), learned the innermost workings of a newspaper and found half a dozen of the most devoted, in-spiring people that make the paper what it is. Call them crazy for working at a paper in this day and age (Internet, blogs, Kindle, oh my!), but they love what they do and they do it like no one else can, 26 times a year with fresh content and a devoted following. Recently, Siobhan, the publisher’s assistant (and all-around George-towner guru) smiled at me, laughing as she told me “Amanda, I feel just like a proud parent!” But just because I’ll be leaving them next year for college, doesn’t mean I won’t consider The Georgetowner a sort of home, the birthplace of my involvement in the publishing world, a place unlike any other.


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GU CampUs plan a Joint Effort

After April 19’s rather turbulent CAG meeting to discuss Georgetown University’s 10-Year Campus Plan,

Jennifer Altemus, a Georgetown alumna whose staunch opposition to the plan has earned her the (too often excessive) vitu-peration of University students across cam-pus, seemed to have the most even-handed approach of the night. “I just hope we can reach a compromise,” she said. It seems like the obvious solution, but in a dispute where passions tend to rule the day, it was a refreshing break from the usual back-and-forth finger pointing. Joining a long tradition of town-and-gown clashes, the campus plan debate, which has raged since the University released their tentative draft

last fall, threatens to widen the already tender schism between students and neighbors. It’s an ugly and, we believe, unnecessary reality. Part of the allure of Georgetown is its incredible proximity to a top-notch university and the up-and-coming cosmopolitan center of the country. To be tangled in such a fractious dispute cheapens that magic. Which is why, despite the valiant efforts of both sides to advance their claims, they must make reasonable concessions. The University should take its cue here. As the entity in this dispute with the most funding, the scrappiest legal team and, arguably, the bulk of public favor outside Georgetown, it has the upper hand in the matter and, therefore, the responsibility to account for the needs of residents more than it has done in the past. The school’s half-hearted attempts to provide more on-campus housing have seemed perfunctory at best, which will inevitably lead to greater congestion within the neighborhood as the graduate student count rises. As for polic-ing efforts, the University should step up and pitch in to Georgetown’s successful reimburs-

by Gray, neither Fenty nor budget officials could answer exactly where the numbers for the teacher pay raises were coming from. But the following day, Chancellor Rhee did: “I have good news,” she told the council. “There is a surplus.” You’d think good news like that would make people happy. But the figure — arrived at by an apparent error in estimating the average teacher’s salary — had the exact opposite effect and ignited a firestorm that still spitting out ash like an Iceland volcano. It’s still hard to completely say with confidence that the teacher’s contract, still to be ratified by the union and then the council, will actually fly. The figure of the surplus — anywhere from $34 to $40 million — seemed to angry teachers to be right around the figure saved by the firing of nearly 300 teachers in the fall reduction in force, a mass firing disputed then by the union, which unsuccessfully sued. That bitterness spilled out all over again. Worse confusion followed: Gandhi returned to announce, with some chiding of Rhee to boot, that the surplus wasn’t there, which resulted in a lot of e-mail and press back and forth over the issue. Rhee insisted later that she had found additional sources of funding for the pay raises to the tune of $29 million. The union now has re-filed a suit to re-instate the fired teachers, as Gray and others have also urged, even while pursuing the contract agree-ment. One thing’s certain: Nobody seems with any certainty exact fund-ing numbers and sources at this writing.The final outcome of the contract, the raises, the numbers are, of course, all weighted heavily in terms of the politics of the results, even as the phrase “for the children” pours from every-one’s mouths. Fenty and Rhee most obviously have a lot at stake in the successful conclusion to the contract negotiations as another illustra-

By gary Tischler

Tip O’Neill, the late and leg-endary Speaker of the House of Representatives from

Massachusetts, once said “all poli-tics is local,” a phrase that every man and woman running for office has remembered as holy writ ever since. A slightly different version of the phrase is operative in Washington in 2010: “everything that happens locally becomes automatically politi-cal.” This is the year when Mayor Adrian Fenty is running for re-election and is being challenged by Vincent Gray, the chairman of the D.C. city council. The two biggest local events on the public stage interact like cousins who shouldn’t be kissing. That would be the FY 2011 budget, a $5.3 billion little packet presenting the ways and means to address a $523 million deficit. Just two days before Fenty presented the budget to the council, Gray at long last made his announcement to run for mayor, which instantly gave them the dual roles of electoral rivals as they sat across from each other, meeting for the first time in months. When Fenty presented his budget, it included the possibility of social service cuts, over 300 D.C. government job cuts and increases in parking fees, among many other proposals. Fenty also told the press that the budget would have sufficient funds to cover District schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s propos-als in the still-unresolved contract negotia-tions with District teachers. On April 6, the other shoe dropped. Fenty and Rhee gathered together with Washington Teachers’ Union President George Parker and

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National Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten triumphantly announced a tentative agreement after two years of heated, tough and often bitter negotiations. The package included a 20 percent pay raise package for the teachers spread over five years, some of which would include private financing. Rhee would get greater latitude in hiring and firing teachers in case of declining enrollment or budget deficits, although Rhee had already exercised quite a bit of that lati-tude last fall when nearly 300 teachers were fired because of “budget pressures.” The proposed contract resolution was not good news for Gray, whose critique of Fenty’s management style was rooted in the mayor’s and the chancellor’s high-handed, bypass-the-council method of operations. Fenty has always placed most of his political capital on improving educa-tion in the city, an all-in gamble that seems to be paying off with higher test scores and the appear-ance of overall improvement. But wait, as they say on local news, the news doesn’t stop here. Only days later, prodded hard

tion of validation of their straight-ahead reform efforts. Gray, who’s acknowledged the trickier aspects of his position, will have to tread care-fully through this new budget-school thicket. The union is in the midst of an election, too, with Doug Sanders challenging Parker for the president’s job. The stronger and longer the fallout from these confusions and controversies, the more of a national political issue the budget and schools become, especially for the Obama administra-tion, which has promoted school reform efforts similar to those initiated by Rhee nationally. Round and round it goes, to the point that in Washington, the adage may end up being turned on its head: all local politics eventually become national.

To the editor:

This morning walking the footpath leading from Foxhall Road into Georgetown I observed a variety of

wildlife making use of the canal: a great blue heron, a mallard, a duck with its ducklings and fish all in the polluted water of the canal. To the naked eye it seems the canal is pol-luted by aluminum cans, bottles and oil. The footpath is not equipped with trash cans. I recommend that the city install waste cans (better yet, recycling cans) every several hundred feet along the footpath to encour-age proper disposal of waste, and positively impact the environment for these lovely ani-mals to live healthier. Needless to say, it was sad, and I believe that would be a good start.

Taylor CowlesFoxhall Village

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able detail program, which will benefit students and neighbors alike — especially given the recent string of robberies in the West Village — and will allow for more thorough policing where University DPS officers have limited jurisdiction. That said, residents must learn to better steel themselves to the realities of living in an urban center near a college campus. There will be noise, and there will always be noise, and demanding that students be arrested or escorted home from bars, as several advocated Monday night, is an excessive measure that will incite further bad blood. Nobody expects neighbors to put up with another Philly Pizza, but rowdiness has been the touchstone of the college experi-ence throughout the history of universities worldwide, and students, though they should be held accountable for their actions, should not be presumed criminals. We urge residents to participate in the University’s forum on April 25. We urge stu-dents to join the discussion. And yes, we urge the University to listen. In the end, it’s a team effort.

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Long before I ever knew I would encoun-ter her wearing a blinding red gown in an Oscar Wilde play at the Shakespeare

Theater Company, I first experienced Dixie Carter on the hit and somewhat high-minded television sitcom “Designing Women,” on which she shared star billing with two other female stars.

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The D.C. Public School system and Chancellor Michelle Rhee’s deci-sion back last September to fire

266 teachers and administrators in order to close a budget shortfall has been back in the news. As background, the teacher’s union and DCPS have been negotiating a new contract for over three years. The crux of the issue is that Chancellor Rhee wants to reward good teachers with more pay and get rid of ineffective teachers. The mecha-nism focuses on tenure and giving up a guarantee of job security for more money. After years of discussions, an agreement was reached two weeks ago. As part of the new agreement, all teachers would receive a salary increase of 3 percent and more over five years. Since the 2011 budget had already been submitted to the Council, the question was how we afford the additional $140 million needed to finance the teacher raises. At a city council meeting with Chancellor Rhee last Tuesday morning, following an eight-hour hearing the day before, Chancellor Rhee reported that the raises were covered in the 2010 and 2011 budgets because there was a $34 million surplus as a result of a miscalculation by the CFO’s office when the financials were switched from the old SOAR system to the new PeopleSoft. The question then arose as to when this information was known, because back in September 2009 the Chancellor was told by the CFO that DCPS had a shortfall of approximately $40 million. As a result, 266 teachers were dismissed. The conten-tion is that if there was no shortfall, the teachers should not have been let go. To further complicate matters, the CFO is asserting that DCPS has a current $30 million shortfall and as such, there is still no surplus. My observation is that all par-ties are acting in good faith and there is no attempt to mislead here. The only question is how much additional money, if any, needs to be added to the 2011 budget to pay for the proposed contract. I am hopeful that this latest flap does not undo the agreement. I feel we are once again losing focus on what is the goal. The goal is to improve the education of our children. We must keep the focus on doing what is best for our kids. The contract must first be approved by the union and then by the city council before becoming final.

The author is a city councilmember repre-senting District Ward 2.

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There was never a question that she was the star of this series, which aired during the Clinton era and was directed by the president’s friend Linda Bloodworth Thomson. The series centered around the lives of four woman, all part of an Atlanta interior design company, and Carter played Julia Sugarbaker, who ran the company. Julia was a delicious part, a regal, liberal and liberated modern Southern woman

who skewered bigots, sexists, racists, most men and magnolia ladies of the South with the imperiousness of an Old South aristocrat. Of course, this kind of overweening self-confidence was continually deflated by the down-to-earth, more populist problems of her partners in Southern womanhood, which was the fun of the show, never mind its bleeding heart worn on every sleeve. The role also served Carter well for her occasional forays to the theater — her real love — and especially her two appearances at the Washington Shakespeare Theater Company, where she played two Oscar Wilde heroines in “Lady Windermere’s Fan” and “A Woman of No Importance.” She was scheduled to play the title role in “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” by George Bernard Shaw here in June, but dropped out due to ill-ness. Last week came the news that she had died of cancer at the age of 70. Michael Kahn, the artistic director of the Shakespeare Theater Company, said that “We mourn the loss of a brilliant performer and wonderful friend. Dixie was not only a brilliant portrayer of the plays of Oscar Wilde, but a warm, witty and dedicated person. She made every encounter a personal delight. Our hearts and prayers are with Hal and the family during this sad time.” Elizabeth Ashley, who starred in “The Little Foxes” and “Sweet Bird of Youth” at the Shakespeare Theater Company, will take over the role of Mrs. Warren. - GT

By gary Tischler

To many, it seemed that the history of the Civil Rights movement was all about the 1960s, the marches

down South, freedom riders and confron-tations in Selma, and Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech on the National Mall in front of thousands. But all along, we had a civil rights giant

in our midst right here in Washington, often working in glorious obscurity, but always present, always strong, always moving forward.Sadly, that’s no longer true. Dr. Dorothy

L. Height, the former president of the National Council of Negro Women and the founder of the Black Family Reunions, died Tuesday of unspecified causes at the age of 98. She had been ill for the last two months.Dr. Height sat on the dais with King on

the day of his famous speech. She did not speak that day because women speak-ers were not on the agenda, but she was there, as she was present at all of the key moments and events of the Civil Rights movement, even long before the move-ment had a name. She marched with King, with Farmer, with the Rev. Lurie, with all the male leaders in those dra-

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matic days in the South, every bit as strong and important as her male counterparts.The National Council of Negro Women,

founded by her mentor and role model Mary McLeod Bethune, has worked for equal rights since 1935. Even before that, Height, a Richmond, Virginia native, pro-tested against lynching in the 1920s. She led the fight to integrate the YWCA, and was also a leader in the fight against pov-erty and drug abuse.The Black Family Reunion remains a sin-

gular legacy of Height’s work. The annual events became a vehicle for promoting health, nutrition, and most importantly, the black family as the center for African American life. “The black family in the future,” she said, “will foster our lib-eration, enhance our self-esteem and shape our ideas and goals.”One civil rights activist said that Rosa

Parks was the mother of the civil rights movement and Height was the queen.This writer had the good fortune of

interviewing her twice in person before and once on the phone after the election of Barack Obama, to which, like many African Americans of her generation and experience, she reacted with joyful, mea-sured pride and some astonishment, saying

that she “never thought I would live to see the day.”In her presence, there was a tremendous

strength and awesome grace, as she was ever mindful, meticulously putting herself together for a striking effect. She was famous for wearing large, primary color hats, complimented by graceful strands of pearls. Height was awarded the Presidential

Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton in 1994 and was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 1993.She once said that “I want to be remem-

bered as someone who used herself and anything she could touch to work for justice and freedom…I want to be remem-bered as one who tried.”She did more than try. Often in the

shadows, without much fanfare, she achieved and tirelessly worked for African American women, and African Americans and women. All of us were the beneficia-ries of her achievements and her spirit. Even now, the belief remains that she “keeps on keeping on” and moving for-ward, as the preacher said.Washington is lessened by her passing,

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“I can tell you standards and best practices, I can tell you what’s work-ing for my other clients, but you’ve gotta test it with your audience. And it has to fit in with your brand.” This goes twofold for small busi-nesses. “It’s the quirky stuff. It’s the fact that you’re real. It’s the person-ality. And that’s the thing we all love about the local places.” As expansive as the internet is, Jennings observes, it has become a major resource for hyperlocal activ-ity. Hyperlocal is the idea of creat-ing websites that are focused on a very small geographic area. “And I love it because it’s the idea of using the Internet, which is this big, huge, international thing, to make connec-tions next door.” It is always helpful to know peo-ple in your community. The beauty of social networking sites like Fa-cebook is the ease in which one can build relationships with a large audi-ence. A simple status update is guar-anteed to reach the relative masses. Marketing through online social me-dia allows a business to build per-sonal relationships and experiences wherein a brand and personality gets across, which was previously only possible through commercial adver-tising. However, as these networks are

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No question about it: “Fiddler on the Roof,” the Jerome Robbins master musical now nearly a

half a century old, is invincible. It has survived time, new trends in Broadway musicals, the arrival of Disney, rock and roll, hip hop and sundry other in-vasions of the new to remain mysteri-ously affecting, emotionally powerful and mightily entertaining, a sure bet to be both a staple of regional, local, din-ner and high school theater groups and a candidate for revival. The current production of the Broad-way classic now at the National Theater is no exception. It even manages to survive the fre-quent forays into hamming and mugging by star Harvey Fierstein, who trudges in the heavy footpaths made by previous actors, assaying the role of the much-put-upon Tevye the milkman in a small Jewish shtetl in Russia at the turn of the 20th century. There is a mystery to this particular survival of this particular show, even a revolutionary qual-ity to it all. That a musical based on folk tales by the Jewish writer Sholem Aleichem has become a universal smash hit, one that goes on and on and stays in the mind like the location of a safe place, is a mystery. There is nothing like shtetl life in anti-Semetic Czarist Russia, with its hard-scrabble existence, its emphasis on tradition, its cultural knick-knacks. Today, you’re not likely to meet Tevye the milkman, his daughters, Wolfe the butcher, the match-making Yente, the meek tailor. Yet “Fiddler” has succeeded in making these char-acters universal and treasured, in ways Ale-ichem never imagined, and in ways that other enduring works of the musical stage have not managed to do. There’s something to be said for familiarity, of course, in a time when attention must be paid to the next new thing during the run-time of a new YouTube entry. “Fiddler” delivers the goods because no one has fiddled with it. You can’t. It still takes in the Anavetka, the small village were Tevye, his wife and five daughters live with their fellow villagers of mostly tradition-al Jews. They still scrap to make a living and survive, and Tevye milk-horse still goes lame, and the threat of displacement and pogroms hangs heavy over them. Tevye is still buffeted by change in the form of his three daughters who don’t follow traditions in their romantic and marital choices. And the show is still full of great songs and music, (“Tradition,” “If I Were a Rich Man,” “Sunrise, Sunset,” “To Life”) most of which flows organically from the story. Is it the greatest “Fiddler on the Roof” ever? Probably not, especially for those lucky enough to see Zero Mostel in the original. But it will more than do. I don’t mean to knock Fierstein, but he’s limited by two things: a scratchy (and familiar) bass voice that, when encountered, gives you the feeling that you’ve found a door to the basement in the cellar, and by his pen-chant for over-clowning the henpecked aspects of Tevye. There is real anguish in Tevye’s life, especially his estrangement from one of the daughters who’s gone and married a Russian, and getting a laugh in a moving moment isn’t the best choice.

This “Fiddler” is marked by a vivid setting, by enthusiastic playing and by a believability that there are human hearts beating up there on the stage. Knowing what we know of history, we still see ourselves in the citizens of Anat-evka as they trudge toward an uncertain future. “Fiddler on the Roof” runs through May 9 at the National Theatre. Scena Theater, one of Washington’s more in-teresting, and still roving theater groups, brings a touch of the Irish, a touch of Jimmy Cagney and a touch of Shakespearean actor Kenneth Branagh to the H Street Playhouse at 1365 H Street N.E., now through May 16. That would be Scena director Robert McNa-mara’s production of Branagh’s play “Pub-lic Enemy,” a very Irish-Troubles take on the famed 1930s Warner Brothers gangster movie that made Cagney a star. Branagh’s play is set in Belfast and centers on Tommy Black, a young man with a dangerous gift for imitating Cag-ney’s “you dirty rat you” gangster mannerism. It’s a coup for Scena, mainly since acclaimed Irish stage and screen actor Barry McEvoy will star. Included in the run are “Speakeasy Sat-urdays” and “Thirsty Thursdays (is this Irish or what?). For more information, go to www.scenatheater.org.

To Be, Or Not to Be, it’s Hamlet Everywhere

First off, there’s a major Hamlet festival at the Folger Theatre, where a production of “Ham-let” will wrap up the season there and will run through June 6. The production is part of a Folger Hamfest, a series of programs complementing the play. Included are: “Hamlet: Now I Am Alone,” with actress Kate Eastwood Norris present-ing her one-woman workshop performance of “Hamlet” May 17 and 24; “Maidens Who Don’t Float” on May 21, with Sarah Schmelling, au-thor of “Ophelia Joined the Group Maidens Who Don’t Float,” discussing her book, inspired by Facebook; “Hamlet in Voice and Verse” on May 25, in which actors from Folger’s produc-tion and singers from the Washington Opera production of the opera “Hamlet” are on hand; and “Discovering Hamlet” on June 17, in which famed actors Derek Jacobi and Richard Clifford talk with filmmaker Mark Olshaker about his documentary “Discovering Hamlet.” If that’s not enough, there’s Ambroise Thom-as’s “Hamlet” to be performed by the Wash-ington National Opera May 19 to June 4 at the Kennedy Center, directed by Thaddeus Strass-berger, with Diana Damrayu as Ophelia and Liam Bonner and Michael Chioldi sharing the title role.


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The ArT of CrAfTs AT The smiThsoniAn CrAfT show By John Blee

The 28th annual Smith-sonian Craft Show is coming to Wash-

ington, perceived by many in the field to be the most prestigious in the country. The venue of the show is the National Building Mu-seum, modeled after the Palazzo Farnese, where the selected pieces will be dis-played April 22 through 25. Over 1,300 artists applied and 120 juried in, all of whom work in diverse categories including basketry, ceramics, decorative fiber, furniture, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, pa-per, wearable art and wood. The eminent jury included Michael W. Monroe, former curator at the Renwick Gallery. Quality speaks in many tongues at the craft show, and to get a preview of what will be featured, the Web site of the show fea-tures amazing fare. I was able to speak to several of the artists on display and all stressed it was an honor to be in the show, and how exciting the show is. One of the artists is Mi-chael Puryear, who grew up in Washington, D.C. alongside six siblings. Mi-chael recalls his family all taking advantage of the free museums on the mall, including the “Mellon Gallery.” It’s a real Wash-ingtonian who refers by that name to the National Gallery. But that’s where his brother, Martin Puryear, exhibited his amazing ret-rospective in 2008! Michael Puryear is a fantastic furniture maker now living in New York’s Catskill region. He had trained in cultural anthro-pology and moved to New York City to pursue photog-raphy. He got a serendipi-tous start in his field when a contractor in Brooklyn asked him to build cabinets. “I don’t fit into any neat style, but I like what is simple and elegant,” says Puryear. “The rela-tion of elements to one another is critical in my work.” There’s a very strong Japanese influence on his work and he has a great sense of flow, using color and the contrasts of finishes. Pur-year’s work is diverse, but it holds together with its elegance and refinement. He will be part of a panel, “Making Conversations,” discussing process and inspiration on April 23 with Dr. Di-ana N’Diaye. Another artist who combines East and West is

Ani Kasten, who creates her ceramics in Tako-ma Park, MD. Kasten’s work stands out not just for purity of form, but also its highly articulated sensitivity to surface. She spent five years in Ne-

pal developing a line of ceramics now produced by Nepali artists. Kasten’s ceramics are often described as minimal, but they have a complex-ity that goes well beyond that label. She mostly works with the wheel, but has recently started doing larger pieces that are hand built and she formulates her own glazes. Her work sells into the thousands of dollars, but she will have some tea bowls in the show for a few hundred. Recycling is becoming part of the medium

of art, and the beauti-ful glasswork of Alison Sigethy starts with that premise. Sigethy trav-eled to the Arctic and fell in love with ice and the dramatic starkness of the northern landscape. Her work has the appearance of that landscape and, perhaps, snow flower-ing. Sigethy melts down the

glass and forms it without using molds. Color is added to the glass by abrading the surface and applying it on top. Some of her paperweights will be on sale at the show at twenty dollars, a real bargain. Sigethy works at her studio in Alexandria, VA. Admission to the Smithsonian Craft Show is $15, seniors $12. Hours are Thursday and Fri-day, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Proceeds from the craft show are distributed annually by the all-volunteer Smithsonian Women’s Committee to support education, out-reach and research at the Smithsonian Institu-tion.

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Mother’s Day Dining

Want to treat mom but have an aversion to the kitchen? With all the dining specials available this Mother’s Day, a special brunch or dinner is the perfect way to cel-ebrate and show mom how much you care.

Get your fill of French food and take advantage of the Mother’s Day special at Bistrot Lepic and Wine Bar. A five-course menu, starting at $49.50, will be offered for both lunch and dinner. And don’t worry about buying flowers; a rose for mom is included! (1736 Wisconsin Ave.)

With an array of Mother’s Day cocktails and their contemporary American cuisine, Bourbon Steak will have a three-course special menu from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Reservations encouraged! (2800 Pennsylvania Ave.)

For upscale Italian cuisine, check out the Italian buffet brunch at Café milano this Mother’s Day. Offered from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. $90 adults (sparkling wine included), $25 children ages 6-12.

Looking for classic, hearty fare? morton’s Steakhouse will offer a special three course menu this Mother’s Day for $59. Or choose from a variety of steak and seafood dishes on their full dinner menu.

Enjoy the spring weather and fine American cuisine at Peacock Café, where brunch for mom will be served every day until 4. Patio seating available! (Café Milano, Morton’s and Peacock are all located at 3251 Prospect St.)

By Amanda gokee

S pring is in the air, the flowers are in full bloom, the cherry blossoms have already come and gone, and a feeling of rejuvenation and rebirth is setting in just in time for this year’s Mother’s Day celebration. With the record setting snow-storms of last winter (hard to believe that the “snowpocalypse” was a little over 2 months ago), there is no better time to be thankful, both for the beautiful spring weather and the beautiful moth-

ers in our lives. Without them, spring would certainly lose some of its sweetness; no one knows how to brighten a room like mom (and it’s a little frightening to think about home without her springtime cleaning!).

In fact, it is traditions like spring cleaning that seem to stay with us from year to year. Moth-ers have a way of incorporating these traditions so seamlessly that sometimes it just escapes our notice and is taken for granted. Steaming hot coffee that’s always ready in the morning? Laundry that seems to magically do itself, folded, pressed and ironed? The most devoted (and yes, also the loudest) fan at any sporting event? Let’s take this Mother’s Day to appreciate and love our mothers for all of the things they do so well, the traditions that they uphold year after year, however big or small.

Here at The Georgetowner, we have kept with another tradition: our annual Mother’s Day photo shoot, honoring the mothers of Georgetown and their children. Hosted in the beautiful retail and lifestyle shop, M29, Georgetown mothers gathered for cupcakes and photo ops with their children, and we got a chance to hear from these amazing women about the trials and the joys of being a mother. When asked about the challenges of motherhood, Kara Elias coyly remarked that she struggled with “sleep deprivation and temper tantrums (his, not mine!).” Challenges and all, mothers are always an inspiration, so be sure to take this Mother’s Day to celebrate the ones in your life.

Georgetown’s MoMs 2010

(Moms & Children left to right) Back row: Avery Gardiner with daughter Caroline; Andrea Rutherfurd with son Henry Front row: Katie Barchas Egender with daughter Natalie & son Dominic; Prescott Baier with daughters Spencer & Logan; Sherry Cox Farrell with daughter Nancy Charline; Kara Elias with son George. Photos By Tom Wolff

Sherry Cox FArreLLChild Name/Age: Nancy Charline Farrell, 6 months

What is the most joyful thing about being a mom?“Everything- being a new mom is great! Each day there is something new- lots of learning and exploring!”

What is your favorite thing to do in george-town with your kids?“Going to Montrose Park and strolling around the neighborhood.”

Katie Barchas egenderChilds Name/Age: Dominic/3.5, Natalie/2

What is the most joyful thing about being a mom?“Watching as my children discover something new. One of my fondest memories was taking my son to the Natural History Museum for the first time and witnessing his awe and wonder.”

Are you a working mom? If so, where? If not, where did you work before?Yes, but I have the privilege of working re-motely from home, which gives me more face time with my little ones.

PreSCott BAIerChildren/Ages: Spencer Novak/ 2.5, Logan

Novak/6 months

What is the most joyful thing about being a mom?

“Seeing them laugh and falling asleep with them in my arms.”

What is your favorite thing to do in george-town with your kids?

“We love just walking with them, the park and a nice lunch outside at Martin’s or Paolo’s.”

What sage advice do you have for future moms?

“Remember that their childhood slips away so fast- it’s like sand through your fingers. Make

time each day (even if it’s just a moment) to do something special and fun with them. It

doesn’t have to be big- just a walk to look at the flowers. Make time for a conscience mo-

ment of joy each day!”

Avery gArdINerChild/Age: Caroline, 3 months

What is the most challenging part about being a mom?

“Babies are unpredictable- and that is a chal-lenge for a lawyer mom.”

Are you a working mom? If so, where? If not, where did you work before?

“Yes, lawyer at Wilmer Hale.”


“Smiles from my baby and admiring strang-ers.”

KArA eLIASChild/Age: George Elias, 4 years

What is the most joyful thing about being a mom?“Watching my son experience things for the first time.”

What is your favorite thing to do in georgetown with your kids?“We like to take walks and visit parks and the waterfront.”

What sage advice do you have for future moms?“When your child is an infant: sleep when the baby sleeps!When your child is a toddler: everything they do that makes you crazy is a phase- it will end!When your child is a pre-schooler: choose your battles- you can’t possibly fight them all.”

KAtIe BArChAS egeNderChilds Name/Age: Dominic/3.5,

Natalie/2


“Watching as my children discover some-thing new. One of my fondest memories was taking my son to the Natural History Museum for the first time and witnessing

his awe and wonder.”

Are you a working mom? If so, where? If not, where did you work before?

Yes, but I have the privilege of working remotely from home, which gives me

more face time with my little ones.

ANdreA rutherFurdChild/Age: Henry Whelan Rutherfurd, 2.5 months

Are you a working mom? If so, where? If not, where did you work before?“Yes, Georgetown Hospital (internal medicine nurse practitioner).”

What is your favorite thing to do in george-town with your kids?“Going for walks”

What sage advice do you have for future moms?“Get your rest now!”


By Kathy Corrigall

Anna Jarvis’ passion and perseverance paid off. After her mother passed away in 1905, she took on the tireless chal-

lenge of pursuing her mother’s dream to create a nationally recognized day in appreciation of mothers that would bring families together and honor peace, which was particularly important after the country had been so divided during the Civil War just 40 years earlier. Anna petitioned state governments, prominent business leaders, and any other organization she thought would support her effort. The dream became a reality when President Woodrow Wilson declared May 9, 1914 as the first Mother’s Day. Shortly there-after, Congress signed legislation designating Mother’s Day as a national holiday. Today, Mother’s Day is observed in over 40 countries at various times throughout the year. In the United States, the second Sunday in May is the day that’s all about Mom, and one of the many ways we try to make her day special is by giving her a break from the daily routine and treating her to a delicious outing in a relaxing atmosphere. In Virginia’s hunt country, there is no shortage of great places to pamper Mom.

Brunch in Historic middleburg For a truly unique dining experience, plan to surprise Mom with Mother’s Day brunch in the village of Middleburg at the Red Fox Inn. Built

in 1728 and on the National Register of Historic Places, the Red Fox Inn exudes the understated elegance of Virginia’s hunt country. As you step through the front door at the Red Fox, you’ll be drawn to its extraordinary ambience. Low ceilings with hand-hewn beams, fieldstone walls and original fireplaces take you back to another time. You can almost feel the history — if the walls of this beautiful old structure could talk, what a story they would tell. First known as Chinn’s Ordinary, the tavern was originally a mid-way stopping point for weary travelers making their way from Alexandria to Win-chester. During the Civil War, the Confederates used it for not only their headquarters, but also as a hospital to care for wounded soldiers. After

the war, it became the Beveridge House, Middleburg Inn. Then in 1937, a local res-ident saved it from demolition and turned it into the Red Fox Inn. The inn offers contemporary American cuisine that varies with the season and often includes locally produced ingredi-

ents. This year, the inn will be serving a two-course Mother’s Day brunch from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., featuring country favorites such as eggs Chesa-peake and smoked trout crepes. If you prefer to dine a bit later, make a reservation for their three-course dinner that eve-ning, where you’ll have the dif-ficult task of choosing between their scrumptious Red Fox crab cakes or chicken cordon bleu. While in Middleburg, be sure to

take some time and stroll through the village where you’ll find exceptional shopping oppor-tunities, from upscale clothiers and home acces-sory boutiques to that special little something that will make a perfect gift for Mom.

Brunch in England Located just a few minutes west of Middleburg in the town of Upperville, Hunter’s Head Tav-ern is an out-of-the-ordinary English-style pub serving up food that is not only delicious, but

prepared with ingredients that were raised and cultivated with a reverence for Mother Earth. Dating to 1750, the charming old Carr House is home to the tavern. While it was purchased in a state of extreme disrepair, it has been care-fully restored, and today its original log cabin walls, mantels, and fireplaces grace the main dining areas of the restaurant, along with period furniture that make this a truly remarkable place to dine. The outdoor spaces are just as lovely as the interior, so if weather permits, you may want to consider dining in their courtyard garden. Affiliated with nearby Ayrshire Farm, one of the region’s most prominent organic farms spe-cializing in rare breeds of livestock and heirloom varieties of fruits and vegetables, Hunter’s Head

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Tavern was the first restaurant in the United States to be certified organic and humane. Tra-ditional pub fare as well as full-course dinners are available, with numerous dishes suitable for vegetarians. On Mother’s Day, Hunter’s Head will be serving Sunday brunch from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., pub fare from 3 to 5 p.m. and dinner from 5 to 9:30 p.m.

Brunch in Ireland Also in Upperville, and situated upon 45 em-erald acres at the foot of the Blue Ridge Moun-tains, the luck of the Irish awaits you at the

Blackthorne Inn and Restaurant. Once owned by George Washington, this 250-year-old stone house is the perfect place to relax, enjoy the views from the main dining room overlooking the pond and gazebo, and partake in some de-licious classic Irish fare. This year, a Mother’s Day brunch buffet will be available from 11:30

a.m. to 4 p.m. If you happen to make your way downstairs, you’ll find yourself in a cozy, intimate tap room, Wolftone’s Pub. This is the perfect place to grab a bite to eat, have a pint of ale, and hang out with family and friends — and on most Friday evenings, there is great musical entertainment for all to enjoy. On fair weather days, you’ll definitely want to snag a spot outside on the back patio. Brunch in Paris How about going to Paris for Mother’s Day?

Yes, you can do it, and it doesn’t even require airfare. Just hop in the car and head west from D.C. and you’ll be there in just over an hour. While you won’t end up in Paris, France, you will arrive in Paris, Virginia, a town with fewer than 100 residents and, according to many, often more charming than its sister city in Europe.

In a dwelling that dates to 1829, The Ashby Inn and Restaurant is nothing short of enchanting, and the perfect place to indulge Mom with a de-licious meal. Meticulously manicured grounds that seem to go on forever, flowering gardens of every color, and one of the coziest outdoor dining patios you’ll ever find await you — not to mention a dining experience that will have you planning your next visit before you finish dessert. Serving brunch from noon until 5 p.m. on Mother’s Day, with a menu that draws its in-spiration from the freshest seasonal ingredients

sourced from the lo-cal farmers in the re-gion, the Ashby Inn and Restaurant is sure to make the day a memorable one.

Decisions, Deci-sions So how will you decide? With so many great places to take Mom, the only solution is to pick one, call for a res-ervation, and then plan to visit the oth-ers sometime in the

near future. For it is imporant to remember that, although there is only one “official” Mother’s Day, that doesn’t mean you can’t indulge Mom numerous times throughout the year.

make Your Reservations!

Book that special day with Mom in the beautiful Virginia countryside before your venue of choice fills up. The fol-

lowing are just a few of the many taverns and restaurants offering up fine fare for this very special occasion.

Red Fox Inn and Tavern2 East Washington Street, Middleburg540-687-6301www.redfox.com

Blackthorne Inn and Restaurant10087 John Mosby Highway, Upperville540-592-3848www.blackthorne-inn.com

Hunter’s Head Tavern9048 John Mosby Highway, Upperville540-592-9020www.huntersheadtavern.com

Ashby Inn and Restaurant692 Federal Street, Paris540-592-3900www.ashbyinn.com


1789 RESTAURANT1226 36th St, NW

With the ambiance of an elegant country inn, 1789 features clas-sically based American cuisine – the finest regional game, fish

and produce available.

Open seven nights a week.

Jackets required.

Complimentary valet parking.

www.1789restaurant.com

(202) 965-1789

BANGKOK BISTRO3251Prospect St, NW

Come and enjoy contemporary Thai cuisine & Sushi bar deli-ciously prepared at Bangkok Bistro. The restaurant’s decor matches its peppery cuisine, vibrant in both color and flavor. Enthusiasts say we offer pro-fessional, prompt and friendly service. Experience outdoor sidewalk dining in the heart of

Georgetown.

Open for lunch and dinner.Sun.-Thurs.11:30am - 10:30pm

Fri.-Sat. 11:30am - 11:30pm

www.bangkokbistrodc.com

(202) 337-2424

BANGKOK JOE’S3000 K St NW

(One block from Georgetown Lowe’s theatres)

Georgetown introduces Wash-ington’s first “Dumpling Bar” featuring more than 12 varieties. Come and enjoy the new exotic Thai cuisine inspired by French cooking techniques. Bangkok Joe’s is upscale, colorful and refined. Absolutely the perfect place for lunch or dinner or just

a private gathering.

www.bangkokjoes.com

(202) 333-4422

BISTRO FRANCAIS3124-28 M St NW

A friendly French Bistro in the heart of historic Georgetown since 1975. Executive chef and owner Gerard Cabrol came to Washington, D.C. 32 years ago, bringing with him home recipes from southwestern France. Our specialties include our famous Poulet Bistro (tarragon rotisserie chicken); Minute steak Maitre d’Hotel (steak and pomme frit¬es); Steak Tartare, freshly pre¬pared seafood, veal, lamb and duck dishes; and the best Eggs Benedict in town. In addi-

tion to varying daily specials,www.bistrofrancaisdc.com

(202) 338-3830

BISTROT LEPIC &WINE BAR

1736 Wisconsin Ave., NW

Come and see for yourself why Bistrot Lepic, with its classical, regional and contemporary cui-sine, has been voted best bistro in D.C. by the Zagat Guide. And now with its Wine bar, you can enjoy “appeteasers”, full bar service, complimentary wine tasting every Tuesday and a new Private Room. The regu-lar menu is always available.

Open everyday. Lunch & dinner.

Reservations suggested.www.bistrotlepic.com

(202) 333-0111

CAFE BONAPARTE1522 Wisconsin Ave

Captivating customers since 2003 Café Bonaparte has been dubbed the “quintes-sential” European café featuring award winning crepes & arguably the “best” coffee in D.C! Located in sophisticated Georgetown, our café brings a touch of Paris “je ne sais quoi” to the neigh-borhood making it an ideal romantic destination. Other can’t miss attributes are; the famous weekend brunch every Sat and Sun until 3pm, our late night weekend hours serving sweet & savory crepes until 1 am Fri-Sat evenings & the alluring sounds of the Syssi & Marc jazz duo every other Wed. at 7:30. We look forward to calling you a “regular” soon!

www.cafebonaparte.com

(202) 333-8830

CAFE MILANO3251 Prospect St. NW

Cafe Milano specializes in set-ting up your private party in our exclusive dining rooms. Our de-tail-oriented staff also will cater your corporate meetings & spe-cial events at your office, home or other locations. Check out our website for booking information or call 202-965-8990, ext. 135. Cafe Milano is high on the res-taurant critics’ charts with excel-lent Italian cuisine & attention to service. Fresh pastas, steaks, fish dishes, & authentic Italian special-ties. Lunch & dinner. Late night

dining & bar service.

www.Cafemilano.net

(202) 333-6183

CHADWICKS3205 K St, NW (est.1967)

A Georgetown tradition for over 40 years, this friendly neighborhood restaurant/saloon features fresh seafood, burgers, award-winning ribs, & specialty salads & sandwich-es. Casual dining & a lively bar. Daily lunch & dinner specials. Late night dining (until midnight Sun.-Thu., 1A.M. Fri-Sat) Champagne brunch served Sat. & Sun. until 4P.M. Open Mon-Thu 11:30A.M.-2-A.M. Fri-Sat 11:30A.M.-3A.M.Sun 11A.M.-2A.M.Kids’ Menu Avail-able. Located ½ block from the georgetown movie theatres, over-

looking the new georgetown Waterfront Park

ChadwicksRestaurants.com

(202) 333.2565

HASHI RESTAURANT1073 Wisconsin Ave., NW

Hashi Sushi Bar(Georgetown Chopsticks)

Our Special 3 Rolls $10.95monday- Friday 12-5Pm

All rolls are seaweed outside! (any kind of combienation)

Tuna Roll Salmon RollShrimp Roll Avocado RollCucumber Roll Asparagus RollWhite Tuna Roll Kanikama Roll

Spicy Tuna RollSpicy Salmon Roll

(No Substitution, togo, or extra sauce)

Mon-Thur & Sun noon-10:30PMFri & Sat Noon-11:00PM

(202) 338-6161

CIRCLE BISTROOne Washington Circle, NW

Washington, DC 22037

Circle Bistro presents artfulfavorites that reflect our adventur-

ous and sophisticated kitchen.

Featuring Happy Hour weekdays from 5pm-7pm, live music every Saturday from 8pm-12midnight, and an a la carte Sunday Brunch

from 11:30am-2:30pm.

Open dailyfor breakfast, lunch and dinner.

www.circlebistro.com

(202) 293-5390

CITRONELLE(The Latham Hotel)

3000 M St, NW

Internationally renowned chef and restaurateur

Michel Richard creates magic with fresh

and innovative American-French Cuisine, an

exceptional wine list and stylish ambiance.

Open for Dinner.

Valet parking.

www.citronelledc.com

(202) 625-2150

CLYDE’S OF GEORGETOWN

3236 M St, NW

This animated tavern, in the heart of Georgetown, popular-ized saloon food and practically

invented Sunday brunch.

Clyde’s is the People’s Choice for bacon cheeseburgers, steaks, fresh seafood, grilled chicken

salads, fresh pastas and desserts.

www.clydes.com

(202) 333-9180

DAILY GRILL1310 Wisconsin Ave., NW

Reminiscent of the classicAmerican Grills, Daily Grill is best known for its large portions of fresh seasonal fare including

Steaks & Chops, Cobb Salad, Meatloaf and Warm

Berry Cobbler.

Open for Breakfast,Lunch and Dinner.Visit our other locations at 18th & M Sts NW

and Tysons Corner.

www.dailygrill.com

(202) 337-4900

CAFé LA RUCHE1039 31st Street, NW

Take a stroll down memory lane. Serving Georgetown for more than

35 years - Since 1974

Chef Jean-Claude CauderlierA bit of Paris on the Potomac.Great Selection of Fine Wines Fresh Meat, Seafood & Poultry Chicken

Cordon-Bleu *Duck Salmon, & SteaksVoted Best Dessert-Pastry in

town, The Washingtonian Magazine

FULL BAR Open Daily from 11:30 a.m. Open

Late ‘til 1 am on Friday & Saturday night

“Outdoor Dining Available” www.cafelaruche.com

(202) 965-2684

FILOMENA RISTORANTE

1063 Wisconsin Ave., NW

One of Washington’s most cel-ebrated restaurants, Filomena is a Georgetown landmark that has endured the test of time for almost a quarter of a century. Our old-world cooking styles & recipes brought to America by the early Italian immigrants, alongside the culinary cutting edge creations of Italy’s foods of today, executed by our award winning Italian Chef. Try our spectacular Lunch buffet on Fri. & Saturdays or our Sunday Brunch, Open 7 days a

week for lunch & dinner. www.filomena.com

(202) 338-8800

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La Chaumiere 2813 m St. Northwest, Washington, DC 20007

Whether it’s a romantic dinner or a business lunch, enjoy wonder-ful Boudin Blanc, Fresh Dover Sole meunière, Cassoulet or Pike Quenelles by the fireplace in this unique “Country inn”. Chef Pat-rick Orange serves his award Winning Cuisine in a rustic atmo-sphere, where locals and celebrities alike gather. La Chaumiere also of-fers 2 private dining rooms with a prix-fixe menu and an affordable

wine list. Washingtonian’s Best 100

restaurant 28 years in a row.www.lachaumieredc.com

FahreNheiT Georgetown 3100 South St, NW

restaurant & Degrees Bar & Lounge The ritz-Carlton,

as featured on the cover of De-cember 2007’s Washingtonian magazine, Degrees Bar and Lounge is Georgetown’s hidden hot spot. Warm up by the wood burning fireplace with our signa-ture “Fahrenheit 5” cocktail, ignite your business lunch with a $25.00 four-course express lunch, or make your special occasion memorable with an epicurean delight with the

fire inspired American regional cuisine.

www.fahrenheitdc.com

202.912.4110

JeTTieS1609 Foxhall Road,

intersection Foxhall & Reservoir

Jetties serves freshly-made sand-wiches, and houses a salad bar. Indoor & outdoor seating. Open every day of the week, Jetties is a

great for lunch and dinner.

Jetties serves 25 flavors of ice cream. Freshly made coffee is

served, too.

Parking Available on Foxhall Mon.-Fri. 11am-9pm.Sat & Sun 9am-9pm.

www.jettiesdc.com

(202) 965-FOOD(202) 965-3663

Sea CaTCh1054 31st St, NW

Lovers of history and seafood can always find something to tempt the palette at the Sea Catch Restaurant & raw Bar. Sea Catch offers fresh sea-food “simply prepared” in a relaxed atmosphere. Overlooking the historic C&O Canal, we offer seasonal fire-side and outdoor dining. Private party

space available for 15 - 300 Complimentary parking

Lunch monday - Saturday 11:30am - 3:00pm

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m Street Bar & Grill, in the St. Greg-ory hotel has a new Brunch menu by Chef Christopher Williams Fea-turing Live Jazz, Champagne, Mi-mosas and Bellini’s. For entertain-ing, small groups of 12 to 25 people wishing a dining room experience we are featuring Prix Fixe Menus: $27.00 Lunch and $34.00 Dinner.

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PeaCOCk CaFe3251 Prospect St. NW

established in 1991, Peacock Cafe is a tradition in Georgetown life.

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By Ari Post

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cocktail of the week

By miss Dixie

While it is no surprise that Miami’s dazzling South Beach is one of the hottest spots in the land, with sum-

mer temperatures year round, I was interested to learn that one Miami nightspot is home to one of the coldest cocktails in the world. Barton G’s, one of the most unique and flamboyant spots in town, offers cocktails in-fused with liquid nitrogen, a cryogenic fluid with a temperature of -320 degrees Fahrenheit that causes alcohol to freeze. The frozen slush effervesces with a captivatingly mysterious fog as other ingredients are added and begin to melt the frozen spirits.

A visit to Barton G’s starts off unassumingly. The nightspot is the brainchild of Barton G. Weiss, who is one of Miami’s best known and most lavish event planners. The restaurant is set away from the glamorous Ocean Drive, tucked away like a speakeasy on a residential street on the western side of the island. One could easily miss the entrance. Once inside, diners are transported into a beautiful oasis of style. Tables are decked out with fresh orchids surrounded by a décor of elegant wood, luxurious fabrics, and warming golden hues. Outdoor diners are pampered in a tropical garden with private tents for alfresco meals.

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Barton G’s food has garnered rave reviews for its innovative presentation. My lobster poptarts were served in a retro toaster and my mahi mahi entrée was whimsically arranged on skewers to resemble a playful sculpture of a swimming goldfish. While the unique dining options earn priase from diners, the restaurant’s over-the-top- nitrogen cocktails steal the show. The waiter arrived with my cocktail, looking like a mad scientist from a science fiction movie. Steam poured out of the oversized martini glass, creating an impressive cloud that floated across the table. As the fog began to clear, I got a closer look at my drink, the Pink Elephant Nitro-tini, which featured a frozen Absolut Red vodka pop-sicle swirling in a mixture of ruby red grapefruit juice and fresh grapefruit segments. Upon first sip, the flavors were difficult to make out due to the ice-cold temperature, but like a typical martini, the drink loosened up. One big difference with the nitrogen cocktails is that the alcohol is the cooling agent as opposed to ice, which dilutes a drink. So as the alcohol melts, the drink gets stronger. According to Barton G’s website, since their 2006 debut the Below Zero Nitro Bar cocktails have become a hallmark. They come in many forms and flavors. The classic Nitro-tini sports vodka garnished by a nitrogenized vermouth swizzle stick, as well as frozen olive and blue cheese pearls, while the Zen-tini consists of Ab-solut raspberry vodka, triple sec and fresh ber-ries. The Diamonds Are Forever is a concoction of Grey Goose Citron vodka, triple sec and lem-onade with a vodka popsicle and sugar stick for a swizzle.

While the drinks provide an over-the-top and multi-sensory experience, they ring up at over $30 a pop — enough to be included on the Forbes.com list of the world’s most deca-dent cocktails. To make reservations, visit Barton G’s Web site at www.bartong.com.


body & soul

By Katherine Tallmadge, m.A., R.D.

During occasional moments of frustra-tion, mothers the world over sometimes wonder if they have any influence over

their children on any issue. But we all know from our personal experiences how important our moms (and dads) are. They profoundly in-fluence what we think, what we do, what we enjoy, what we dislike, whom we date, and how we live our lives.

Moms particularly influence what and how much we eat and, more broadly, how we regard food. Even children agree: moms have a powerful

effect on their behavior, including their eat-ing habits. Parents - with mom being number one - outranked sports celebrities as the person children aged 8 to 17 “would like to be most,” according to the Family Nutrition and Physical Activity survey conducted by the American Di-etetic Association Foundation. “Like mother, like daughter,” is a phrase with

deeper meaning than we appreciate. Studies show daughters copy their mother’s eating hab-its — whether they like it or not.Early in life, children learn about eating and

foods. Mom provides most of the information absorbed by the child concerning what to eat, when to eat and when to stop. Problems occur when Mom gives faulty signals, often inad-vertently, possibly because she has eating and weight problems of her own, which create eat-ing and weight problems in her children, par-ticularly daughters. Parents, typically mothers, provide the struc-

ture, choose the food and reinforce certain eat-ing practices, either by reinforcement or through modeling. The mother’s dieting and weight con-trol experience influences the children in ways they may not even realize. Moms who eat in re-sponse to the external cues of, for instance, the presence of tasty foods, as opposed to hunger, have children who do the same and are often overweight. Weight problems are on the rise and so are

behaviors such as dieting, restricting, bingeing and eating disorders. Not only is rigid dieting harmful to the mother, it can be dangerous for children and could effect their eating habits and weight in a negative way. These behaviors start as early as preschool. Researchers recently dis-covered that half of five-year-old girls know all about dieting. And when researchers look fur-ther, they find it’s easy to predict which girls are diet-savvy. They’re the ones with mothers who are dieting. Several things can influence your child’s eat-

ing and weight. For instance, when Mom tries to control intake by restricting a food which is available in the home, that food becomes more desirable to the daughter and can cause her to binge — followed by feelings of remorse and negative self-image. When Mom tries to have too much control over a child’s eating, this pre-vents the child from understanding naturally when to eat and when to stop.Moms who have weight problems tend to try

to control or restrict inappropriately, thus set-

Like Mother, Like Daughter ting up eating and weight problems in their children. It’s ironic, because Mom actually fos-ters the very problem she is trying to prevent because of her over-control, which limits the child’s natural abilities for self-control or self-regulation.How you reinforce your children can under-

mine their ability to self-regulate, for instance, encouraging them to “clean the plate,” to eat at certain times, to eat in response to feelings and emotions, or rewarding them with sweets and tasty food. These patterns start the child on a course of life long eating habits which will serve her well — or not.In studies conducted at Pennsylvania State

University, kids’ fat preferences and fat intakes were linked to parental fatness, so the heavier parents had kids who preferred and ate diets that were higher in fat, said Leann Birch, pro-fessor and head of the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State. Parents modeling healthful dietary behaviors is associated with lower fat eating patterns and lower dietary fat intake in their children.“Kids really will learn to prefer calorie-dense

foods, and this could in fact be one of the fac-tors that contribute to diets that are too high in calories and too high in fat,” said Birch.Studies also demonstrate the strong influence

of modeling. If parents don’t eat vegetables, children don’t. If parent don’t drink milk and drink sodas instead, children replace milk with sodas. Even if parents try to encourage their children to eat healthier than they do, the stud-ies clearly find that children do not respond by eating healthfully, unless their parents actually do it themselves. “Do as I say, not as I do,” is not effective at

shaping healthy eating habits in children. What moms eat and make available in the home shapes food preferences and eating habits from the womb until adulthood.Women who eat

a wider variety of foods dur-ing pregnancy or breast feed-ing give birth to children who are more accepting of new foods. One study found that women who drank large amounts of carrot juice while pregnant gave birth to babies who responded more positively to carrots!Fruit and vegetable eating is a behavior often

studied because science has found people who eat more fruits and vegetables are significantly healthier. Scientists want to learn what behav-ior will help children love fruits and vegetables naturally.What they have discovered is remarkably

simple. “Children choose to eat the foods they are

served most often and they tend to prefer to eat the foods which are available in the home,” says Theresa Nicklas, professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine.Moms who regularly eat vegetables and offer

vegetables to their daughters have daughters who prefer vegetables. If, on the other hand, Mom encourages eating vegetables but doesn’t personally model the behavior, those daughters will not prefer vegetables. Also, it can backfire if you induce your child to eat fruits and vege-tables because they are good for them. The only factor which will convince kids — or adults for that matter — to eat anything, is taste. You will be most effective if you simply eat and enjoy fruits and vegetables, convincing your child

that they are absolutely yummy, and make them easily available to your children.These studies have been repeated with vari-

ous eating behaviors. Since childhood milk drinking is predictive of calcium intake and bone mineralization in girls and bone frac-tures in older women, it has been studied ex-tensively. Scientists have found if Mom drinks milk, daughters drink and prefer milk. But if Mom drinks soda instead, the daughter prefers soda, meaning she gets less calcium and suffers lower bone density. Interestingly, if Mom en-courages the daughter to drink milk and drinks soda instead, it doesn’t fly. The daughter will still prefer and drink sodas.With the strong practical and emotional sup-

port from Mom and the whole family, it is very possible for children to live in a balanced, nu-tritionally sound and healthy way. But without it, it’s close to impossible to do so. The fam-ily environment Mom creates is a very power-ful force that fosters early habits, shapes daily routines, and molds lifelong expectations. The family unit is where good things can happen and where you can build a strong foundation for good health and good food that will allow your family to overcome the negative influ-ences of the outside world.Harness your considerable power to help your

children love eating healthfully:1.Children eat what is available to them and

learn to prefer vegetables and healthy, whole-some foods if they are frequently and positively offered and enjoyed by the whole family. Stud-ies show children sample new foods more of-ten when they observe their parents (and peers) eating it, especially if coupled with parental at-tention and encouragement.

2.Regardless of your weight, if you model healthy eating behavior, this will have a positive effect on your child’s eating and weight.3.Never put your

child on a diet, never tell her she is overweight, never restrict her access to any foods in your house. Don’t single her out or treat her differ-ently than anyone else in your fam-ily. This backfires and could make what may be a

temporary phase of chubbiness in your child’s life to a serious weight problem.4.Instead of restricting access to unhealthy or

high calorie foods, get rid of them! Children learn to love foods that are available, and if there are only healthy foods available, no re-striction will be necessary.5.The solution to your child’s weight problem

is to make subtle changes your child won’t no-tice: change your eating habits, slowly change what’s available in the home to where only healthy food is around (except for the occasion-al Sunday night dessert offered to everyone), and make eating a positive experience. For a child to lose weight, it involves the entire fam-ily’s participation; everyone needs to change a little bit and there has to be some compro-mises.

Katherine Tallmadge, M.A., R.D. will custom-ize an easy, enjoyable nutrition, weight loss, athletic or medical nutrition therapy program for you, your family or your company. She is the author of “Diet Simple: 192 Mental Tricks, Substitutions, Habits & Inspirations,” and Na-tional Spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association. Contact her at [email protected] or 202-833-0353.


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April 25th United States Navy’s Sea ChantersThe Sea Chanters is the official chorus of the United States Navy and are one of the preeminent professional choral ensembles in the country to-day The Sea Chanters will appear in concert on Sunday, April 25, 2010 – beginning at 4 pm, free admission.Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church3401 Nebraska Avenue. 202-363-4900.

April 26th georgetown University Campus Plan Spring 2010 Community meetingFinal Plan Community Meeting will meet Mon-day, April 26 from 6:30 to 9pm at Georgetown Visitation Heritage Room. The purpose of the meeting will be to overview the final plan, share information that we’ve gathered as a result of community comments/requests, and discuss the anticipated filing schedule. Georgetown Visitation Heritage Room first building on the left, 2nd floor, 1524 35th StreetWashington DcIf you have questions or comments, please email [email protected].

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Lax Questions His FaitH, But not His FriendsA book-signing party for Eric Lax and his memoir, “Faith, Interrupted: A Spiritual Journey,” was hosted by Edward and Sheila Rabb Weidenfeld, by Cathy Sulzberger and Joe Perpich and by Joanne Leedom-Ackerman and Peter Ackerman at the Weidenfeld’s Q Street home, April 9. Son of an Epis-copal priest, Lax re-examines his life and relation to his faith in God, once so strong, slowly ebbing away and now lost, as he remains neither total unbeliever nor believer. —Robert Devaney

Jesus Daniel Hernandez, who served with the U.S. Army in Irag, and now a tenor in the Washington Opera’s Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program, serenaded the crowd

Author Eric Lax, embraced by hosts Ed and Sheila Weidenfeld

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Mae’s Millinery Shop in Philadelphia will one day be on view at the Smithsonian Museum for a future fashion exhibit. In the l930’s, Mae Reeves secured a $500 loan to launch her de-signs. On Apr. 14, the still vital 97-year-old was celebrated by her daughter Donna Limer-ick Pitsenberger, who gathered friends at the George Town Club for a reception and fashion extravaganza of vintage elegance. Mrs. Reeves was delighted at the news that the Smithsonian will acquire much of her collection thereby al-lowing others to learn about millinery design as “Mae’s Millinery Shop will be preserved for history.” — MB

Left: Donna Pitsenberger in a Mae creation

On April 8 Rugby in Georgetown hosted a benefit for Nest, a nonprofit organization that empowers women artisans around the world.


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Nicholls. Thus, what ultimately inspired him in his succulent pursuit was seeing the vanilla bean itself. “When Carolyn showed me the beans, I thought I’d seen beans in stores before. And there’s a lot of good vanilla extract makers, but when you see the beans, they’re not very inviting looking, or they look like little dried-

“I’ve been using the product for 15 years,” says Nicholls. As an old friend of Carolyn Lochhead, whose family founded Cook’s Va-nilla in 1918 and still owns the small company, Nicholls is a long-time customer. And having traversed every corner of the globe in search of the world’s finest foods and ingredients, few understand quality cuisine as extensively as

up twigs. But when I saw these,” he says with a naked enthusiasm, un-veiling a redolent bushel of plump vanilla beans, “I thought I could re-ally excite people with these … and immediately people responded.” Even in just a few short weeks on the job, the client list speaks for it-

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self. “These beans are more plump and fragrant as compared with other beans in the past,” says Amanda Cook (no relation to Cook’s Vanilla), the pastry chef for the Mandarin Oriental’s Cit-yZen and Sou-Wester. “You go to most grocery stores and even just look at the beans, and you can see how leathery and dried out they look.” Cook uses her beans copiously in crème brulee and house-made ice cream, drying and grinding up the used beans for vanilla sugar and syrup for the bar. Ruth Poupon, of Wisconsin Avenue’s Patis-serie Poupon, is a fellow enthusiast and client. “We’re picky,” she says. “We’ve been in busi-ness 25 years. We look for the best product. If we say it’s good stuff, it’s good.” Georgetown Cupcake has also jumped on the bandwagon, using Cook’s vanilla in their artfully crafted treats. Clients further include the restaurants of Robert Wiedmaier, Baked & Wired, Buzz Bakery, Kendall’s Cakes and Cen-tral Coffee Roasters. Popular as vanilla is among bakers and pastry chefs, it has become a long-term goal of Nich-olls to pioneer vanilla as more than just a con-fectionary supplement. He submits that vanilla has near as much potential to be savory as it does sweet. “I’d like to see them used as skew-ers,” he says for example. “I would love to see someone make a fish dish with perhaps chunks of fish on the skewer, or maybe baked right into a product.” Laura Bonino at The Griffin Market, where Nicholls’ vanilla beans are available in chic glass vials, is among those working out solu-tions. Stop by and ask for her vanilla rhubarb soup recipe. Chef Robert Wiedmaier has sub-mitted a coriander- and fennel-encrusted wild Alaskan salmon in a vanilla citrus emulsion (www.walternicholls.com has the recipe). Swayed by Nicholls’ enthusiasm, and gra-ciously gifted with a handful of vanilla beans, I decided to take it upon myself to feature vanilla in a three-course meal. To start: arugula salad with manchego, oranges and candied walnuts, in a vanilla vinaigrette. Followed by broiled butternut squash brushed with brown sugar and vanilla extract, tossed with slivered almonds. Then, braised chicken thighs with rosemary and a vanilla bean, seeded and diced, simmered in a chardonnay reduction. It was good. Very good. We pass the torch to you, folks. Cook Flavoring Company’s vanilla extract, puree, and beans are available at Griffin Market (1425 P St.), Lebanese Taverna Market, (4400 Old Dominion Dr., Arlington) and R.H. Ballard, (307 Main St., Washington, VA). Coming soon to Butcher’s Block (1600 King St., Alexandria).


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Four-Footer FashionistasCutting edge styles on the runway extended to canine companions, who paraded like polished pros amid deafening sound, flashing cameras and popping corks at the Italian Embassy on Apr. 10 at the Fashion for Paws Runway Show. Me-dia personalities Pamela Brown, Nikki Burdine, Steve Chenevey, Angie Goff, Carol Joynt and Will Thomas were on the catwalk (excuse the expression) as were Philippe Cousteau, Joseph E. Robert III and Ashley Taylor. Amanda Polk served as F4P Chair with Pamela Sorensen as Mistress of Ceremonies at an event which has mushroomed over four years under F4P Execu-tive Director Tara de Nicolas, raising close to $350,00 for the Washington Humane Society—bow bow! -MB

Bolero(+)The Washington Ballet was at the Harman Center for its latest program of dance. Artistic Direc-tor Septime Webre expressed appreciation to Rick Kasten, who underwrote the world premiere of Brahms of Edge. At the reception following the Apr. 15 performance, Ballet Board Chair Sylvia de Leon said “tonight belongs to our dancers.” She thanked Septime for “being at the peak.”- MB

Anna and Scott St. John, Randy Brater, Erik Barnes

Maryanne and David ForwardLarry Skantze, Mayra Addison, Septime Webre, Pat Skantze

Sylvia de Leon, dancers Morgann Frederick, Jack Hakstock, Maki Onuki

leading Friends Back JackIt has been a memorable month for Ward 2 member Jack Evans. He announced that he would seek the chairmanship of the D.C. Council, and it was first reported in the Washington Post, two weeks ago, that he is engaged to Michele Seiver, an interior designer. (Evans’s wife, Noel Soderberg Evans, died of cancer in 2003.) Meanwhile, he is still looking after his constituents. Swanky F.Scott’s -- part of 1789 Restaurant and the Tombs -- was the scene for an April 7 fundraiser by Evans and his staff for its constituent services fund, which assists D.C. and Ward 2 citizens in paying for medicines, rent and even funeral bills. (It was noted that Ward 2 contains most of the hotels and upscale restaurants in the District.)-- Robert Devaney

Surrounding Jack Evans: Emily Durso, president, Hotel Association of Washington, Georgetown Business Association president Joe Giannino, general manager of The Latham Hotel, the Clyde’s Restaurant Group’s Ginger Laytham and Lynn Breaux, president of the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington.

o, have You heard? our neighBor kittY has a new Book out“Thank God for the Internet,” Kitty Kelley said at the end of the first week promoting her latest revelation, “Oprah: A Biography,” released April 13 by Crown Publishers. The famous and feared Georgetown author was referring to various media shunning her because of Oprah Winfrey’s influ-ence. “If I had to rely on the mainstream media . . .” said Kelley, who added she considers talk show phenomenon Oprah “the most powerful woman on the planet” and really admires her. Kelley was among supportive local media and business types at an April 16 book party at the Palisades home of her publicist Marina Ein. “She has tackled fearlessly” her literary subjects, Ein said of the unstoppa-ble biographer. A truly friendly and charming neighbor, Kelley will also be signing books on Sunday afternoon, April 25, at the parish hall of St. John’s Church on O Street.-- Robert Devaney

Sister Carol Keehan (Daughters of Charity), presi-dent and CEO of Catholic Health Association, with her close friend Kitty.

Susan and Stephen Porter hail the book and author

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“No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow” an ancient phi-losopher once said, and

with the spirit of the arrival of this enjoyable season, The Ritz Carlton, Georgetown is celebrating. As the warm summer sun goes down and evening sets in, we invite you to join us for a complimentary cone of our Signature S’more gelato. Similar to rocky road ice cream, this rich combi-nation of chocolate gelato and homemade marshmal-low garnished with graham cracker cookie topping will be scooped into mini cones and butler-passed every evening from 7 to 7:30 p.m. Tasty, revitalizing mini S’more-tinis, chocolate martinis garnished with marshmallow then lit on fire (optional) in distinctive tasting glasses will be pre-sented to adult lobby guests, who wish to enjoy a unique taste of The Ritz-Carlton, Georgetown as a special start to their evening. As well, the hotel’s famed S’more-me-lier will be at your service to recommend wine and cock-tail pairings throughout the summer months. The S’more gelato and the S’more-tini are also available to order from the lobby menu at any time throughout the day.

As Mother’s Day is just around the corner, I want to wish all Mother’s a very Happy Moth-er’s Day. Fathers and children, you can treat Mom to a special day with a three-course prix fixe Mother’s Day brunch with dessert buffet from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in our Fahrenheit res-taurant. Or give Mom the gift of relaxation and beauty with one of our Spa Gift Cards.

Beginning April 30th ‘alfresco dining’ will be offered in the courtyard area off the main lobby. This intimate Medi-terranean-style patio easily seats up to 20 people, and will present light bites such as Quesadillas, Sliders and Mini Crabcakes. We welcome you to enjoy an afternoon or eve-ning reprieve with an array of refreshing summer cocktails including Sangria, Mojito, and the classic Margarita.

I hope you will join me as we celebrate the onset of sunny days, beautiful blooms and tranquil evenings during spring 2010!

Best wishes,Grant DipmanGeneral Manager

3100 South Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20007 202.912.4100www.ritzcarlton.com/en/Properties/Georgetown

2010 CorCoran Ball Fashion For Paws

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Kathleen Callahan, Griff Jenkins and Kathleen Jenkins

Jack Quinn and Susanna Quinn Politico’s Fred Ryan Washington Redskin, Clinton Portis with WUSA’s Angie Goff

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