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MAYOR ADDRESSES BUDGET QUESTIONS AT ROUNDTABLE

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Mayor Muriel Bowser flanked by Office of Budget and Management Performance Director Jenny Reed and City Administrator Rashad Young on March 27. Georgetowner photo.

BID TO EXPAND OUTDOOR SEATING

BY PEGGY SAN D S

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FASHION · 17

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GETAWAYS · 18 - 19 Service Directory

CLASSIFIEDS · 20 Service Directory

FOOD & WINE · 21 Dining Guide Cocktail of the Month The Latest Dish

BOOK CLUB · 22

Kitty Kelley Book Club

GOOD WORKS & GOOD TIMES · 23 Social Scene Events

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REAL ESTATE · 14 - 15

ART · 16

COPY EDITOR Richard Selden

Model Leslie Wilcox

Downtown News

March Real Estate Sales Prepare for Spring

ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Charlene Louis

CREATIVE DIRECTOR/GRAPHIC DESIGN Aidah Fontenot

DOWNTOWNER · 11

Why Edward Weidenfeld Turned Over a New Leaf Celebrating Earth Day in D.C.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Robert Devaney

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PUBLISHER Sonya Bernhardt

MUSIC, JUGGLING AT CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL KICKOFF (PHOTOS)

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Events Calendar APRIL 5

‘SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS’

Based on the classic film, “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” is an authentic piece of Americana. Bringing the raucous Oregon frontier to life onstage, this Georgetown Visitation production also has contemporary relevance. Tickets are $15, $10 for seniors and students. For details, visit visi.org or call 202337-3350. Nolan Center for the Performing Arts, 1524 35th St. NW.

APRIL 6 ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT AT HALCYON Girls Who Start is a D.C.-based nonprofit dedicated to inspiring young women to become entrepreneurs and leaders. At the first-ever Girls Who Start Entrepreneurship Summit, female students of all ages will hear from leading female entrepreneurs, including keynote speaker Elle Macpherson. Admission is free, but preregistration is required. For details, visit girlswhostart.org. Halcyon, 3400 Prospect St. NW.

BOTANICAL ART SHOW AT GLEN ECHO HARLEM QUARTET “All Nature Is But Art” at Glen Echo Park features artwork by the Botanical Art Society of the National Capital Region. Responding to the current renewed interest in native flora, the exhibition showcases the kinds of plants that 19th-century English author Frances Trollope might have encountered in the United States.

For details, visit glenechopark.org. 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Maryland.

GLEN ECHO RENTALS OPEN HOUSE At this open house, those planning a wedding, bat or bar mitzvah, gala, fundraiser, corporate event or birthday party can learn about Glen Echo Park’s venues, view table settings in the Bumper Car Pavilion, sample caterers’ specialties and meet vendors in the Spanish Ballroom. Admission is free with RSVP. For details, visit glenechopark.org. 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Maryland.

NEW BEER’S EVE Beer production became legal again in the U.S. on April 7, 1933, signaling the imminent end of Prohibition. New Beer’s Eve marks the anniversary of this milestone, offering tastings of a wide variety of local beers, ciders and snacks, with beer historians Lost Lagers on hand. For details, visit dumbartonhouse. org. Tickets are $50. Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW.

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Breast Cancer Alliance, in partnership with D.C.-area medical experts, will present a symposium, “Hot Topics in Breast Cancer,” featuring a panel of leaders in the field discussing new advances that can play a significant role in improving risk assessment, prevention and treatment. For details, visit breastcanceralliance.org. The Hay-Adams, 800 16th St. NW.

APRIL 13 TUDOR PLACE EGGSTRAVAGANZA! This event kicks off with a lively egg hunt and egg roll on the South Lawn of Tudor Place. Kids can then decorate a festive animal magnet, make a jumbo egg hanging decoration, play traditional games and have their picture taken with the Easter Bunny. Tickets are $15 for children and $5 for accompanying adults. For details, visit tudorplace.org. 1644 31st St. NW.

Participants, who should bring their own mats, can reflect on a work in the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Luce Foundation Center before unwinding with a one-hour vinyasa yoga session led by a credentialed instructor from Flow Yoga Center. Tickets are $10. For details, visit americanart.si.edu.

Smithsonian American Art Museum, F and 8th Streets NW.

APRIL 24 SMITHSONIAN CRAFT SHOW PREVIEW NIGHT Guests at the Preview Night for the 37th annual Smithsonian Craft Show will be the first to see and buy this year’s fine crafts, mingling with the artists in a fun, intimate setting with a cocktail buffet. At the event, the 2019 Smithsonian Visionary Award will be presented to Joyce J. Scott by the secretary of the Smithsonian. Tickets are $250. For details, visit smithsoniancraftshow.org. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW.

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Mapping Georgetown’s Stories

that she conducts walking tours that include Rock Creek Park and other favorite spots.

The project is modeled after “Mapping Manhattan,” a storybook of maps drawn by 75 New Yorkers.

The map card will be available in several Georgetown shops, such as Ella Rue and Stachowski Market. For a blank map to fill in, contact Butler at mappinggeorgetown@gmail.com.

government, notes: “The Palisades and communities along MacArthur Boulevard have limited transit options, with only periodic service from the D5 and D6 buses.

At the same time, parking and traffic are continual problems in Georgetown.”

Young points out that, due to its lower elevation in this area, the Capital Crescent Trail along the C&O Canal towpath doesn’t easily connect to the neighborhoods along the way, and ends down below the Whitehurst Freeway. The trolley trail, instead, would stop one block from the top of the Exorcist Steps, next to Georgetown University.

The DDOT study is to be completed in August. Then the community discussion will begin about the fate of the trail and the trestle bridge. Should they be nurtured with public resources to become a safe and viable part of the pedestrian and bicycle network into and out of Georgetown? Or should the District leave nature alone?

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“The Trail Is Great In Its Natural State” reads the message posted on a few signs along a 3.1mile grassy trail with wide views overlooking the Potomac River between St. Mary’s Place and Galena Place in Georgetown and the Palisades.

That is the opinion of opponents to a possible project to pave a section of the former Palisades Trolley Trail, turning it into a multiuse pathway for biking, running and walking.

The project would also rebuild the abandoned, collapsing Foundry Branch Trestle Bridge in historic Glover-Archbold Park at Canal Road. All this was once an essential part of the old Glen Echo trolley line; the bridge was the largest of four along the line.

According to the District Department of Transportation, a planned study will explore “topography, utilities, site conditions, and historic resources” along the trail.

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Georgetown resident Marilyn Butler wants your help. She is working on a Georgetown history project and collecting Georgetown stories, written or drawn onto maps of the town. The finished work will be archived in the Peabody Room of the Georgetown Public Library.

“A picture is worth a thousand words,” says Butler, who wants neighbors and visitors to fill in their stories on a card on a map of the town. “It’s like a love story.”

“Please use the map of Georgetown inside to make your mark and tell your story,” Butler says. “Share your favorite memories, people, places and things. Reach for your pen, markers, crayons and imagination. Decorate your map to your heart’s content, or not. You can use words, pictures, vignettes, doodles and anecdotes.”

After her children moved to D.C. for college and then stayed to start their own families, Butler and her husband left Cleveland and moved to the nation’s capital. Retired from AT&T, Butler fell in love with Georgetown and the surrounding neighborhoods — so much so

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31st St. Bridge to Be Closed, Replaced A “Notice to Proceed” on a year-and-ahalf-long project to replace the structurally deficient, weight-limited bridge over the C&O Canal on 31st Street in Georgetown was issued by the District Department of Transportation to the Fort Myer Construction Corporation on March 18. It’s the first step of many to restructure the busy one-way bridge over the historic and now partly refurbished canal.

Built in 1867, the bridge has a multicolumn pier of cast iron, which will be removed, restored and reset, and masonry abutment walls.

“Lots of things now need to be done before the bridge is closed to through traffic, including the building of a temporary pedestrian bridge which will maintain foottraffic access across the canal at all times,” Dawn Dekker, public outreach manager for engineering consultant Volkert, told The Georgetowner. “We will give ample, ample notice before any construction starts.”

All changes to traffic patterns will be announced in advance throughout the course of the project, according to DDOT. Plans now include closing off 31st Street from the bridge south to South Street and north to M Street. Only residential parking will be available on the rest of 31st Street during the closure period.

A detour plan for vehicular traffic during the bridge closure and the disruptive impact to businesses and residents were discussed at a public meeting on March 14 at Grace Episcopal Church.

“Residents wanted to get as much information as possible,” reported former Georgetown Advisory Neighborhood

Rendering of planned 31st Street Bridge.

Courtesy DDOT. Commissioner Bill Starrels. “We know it will be disruptive to the many residents, restaurants, a newly renovated hotel and a parking garage. But it has to be done.” Starrels noted that the bridge “is the final vehicular bridge in Georgetown crossing the historic canal to be replaced.”

Besides installing a new bridge and resetting the supporting pier, the project will also provide lateral supports for the canal’s existing walls, new railings and ADAcompliant sidewalks and ramps.

Construction during the anticipated 530 days of the project is to take place between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., Monday through Friday, and between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Saturday (except for holidays). The expected date of completion is Aug. 28, 2020.

“The public can keep up with all the latest developments and post questions about the project through our website, which I manage,” said Dekker, who can be reached by phone at 703-307-4646.

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The Old Georgetown Board–Commission of Fine Arts will meet at 9 a.m. at 401 F St. NW, Suite 312. For details, visit cfa.gov.

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The Friends of Volta Park will host a lively egg hunt from 10 a.m. to noon at Volta Park, Volta Place and 34th Street. Children can decorate eggs, play traditional games and have their picture taken with the Easter Bunny. For details, visit voltapark.org.

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Friends of community leader Ray Kukulski, who died in January, will gather at Tudor Place, 1644 31st St. NW, between 3 and 6 p.m.

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according to a November article in USA Today. Some cities are limiting the number of scooters and where they can be ridden and parked.

“In the District, dockless operators are required to inform their customers that the vehicles are prohibited on sidewalks in the Central Business District. And they are encouraged to provide tutorials on safe street-riding and proper parking,” DDOT told The Georgetowner. “DDOT also encourages dockless operators to provide helmets to riders upon request.”

Last year through July, dockless vehicles were involved in 30 crashes that were reported, according to D.C. police. In September of 2018, a scooter rider was fatally struck by a car in Dupont Circle.

In January of this year, a 75-year-old pedestrian tripped over a Bird scooter left lying in the middle of a sidewalk. He shattered his knee in four places. “Unable to walk, the formerly active senior’s health rapidly deteriorated after the accident when he was forced to move from his home to an assisted living facility. He died two months after his fall,” according to his daughter, Robin Miskel, who said the family is considering suing the company for reckless practices.

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A surge of cashless, dockless, electric motorized scooters is expected in D.C.— scooting between cars and weaving among pedestrians on sidewalks and cyclists on bikeways—as warm weather evolves, especially in Wards 2 (that’s us), 1 and 6.

According to a 2018 year-end report by the District Department of Transportation: “Electric-scooters dramatically increased the growth in dockless vehicle ridership in 2018. This could help explain why the majority of the applications for 2019 dockless vehicle permits that the District has received are for scooters.”

“Five dockless scooter-share companies operate in DC now,” according to DDOT: “Skip, Spin, Bird, Lime, and Lyft. There is only one dockless bikeshare company (Jump) and one dock-based bikeshare company owned by the District of Columbia Department of Transportation (Capital Bikeshare).

Each company must operate a minimum of 100 vehicles and a maximum of 600.”

In cities across the country, the increasing number of scooters is causing concern. Dockless scooters — meaning you ride them and leave them anywhere — are quickly becoming a scourge to municipal leaders worried about safety,

Georgetown Heritage and the National Park Service invite area residents to a workshop to give feedback on the Georgetown Canal Plan, which will be used to revitalize Georgetown’s one-mile section of the C&O Canal. The workshop will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Canal Overlook Room in the Georgetown Park complex, 3276 M St. NW, next to Dean & DeLuca. For details, visit georgetownheritage.org.

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Kathryn Keane’s talk will focus on the recently opened blockbuster show “Queens of Egypt,” which covers 15 centuries, from the reign of the first queen of the New Kingdom through that of the final pharaoh of the Ptolemaic dynasty, Cleopatra.

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The next Citizens Association of Georgetown meeting will feature Maurice Jackson, Georgetown University professor and author of “DC Jazz: Stories of Jazz Music in Washington, DC,” in conversation with jazz greats Blair Ruble, Bridget Arnwine and Rusty Hassan. The 7 p.m. program will follow a 6:30 p.m. reception at Mt. Zion Methodist Church, 1334 29th St. NW. For details, visit cagtown.org.

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The next Citizens Association of Georgetown meeting will feature Maurice Jackson, Georgetown University professor and author of “DC Jazz: Stories of Jazz Music in Washington, DC,” in conversation with jazz greats Blair Ruble, Bridget Arnwine and Rusty Hassan. The 7 p.m. program will follow a 6:30 p.m. reception at Mt. Zion Methodist Church, 1334 29th St. NW. For details, visit cagtown.org.

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GU Petition Wants Falsely Admitted Students Expelled More than 50 college admissions consultants, athletic coaches and parents have been charged with involvement in illegal attempts, starting in 2011, to influence admissions decisions at several elite universities, including Georgetown University.

The investigation, nicknamed Operation Varsity Blues, has uncovered bribes of up to half a million dollars, fraudulent test-taking and false claims of athletic prowess. Those convicted are likely to receive substantial fines and in some cases jail time.

But outraged Georgetown students and alumni want to go further. An online petition calling for the university to revoke the degrees of former students who were involved in the scheme and expel those still attending had garnered almost 17,000 signatures by March 21.

One of the March 12 federal indictments charged former Georgetown tennis coach Gordon Ernst with accepting $2.7 million in bribes for fraudulently recruiting 12 applicants for competitive tennis teams. Five Georgetown parents were also named. Two of the students involved still attend the university.

“The university should remove these students from Georgetown. Failing to do so would signal acceptance of this illegal behavior and reward fraudulents [sic] with spots never meant to belong to them,” a March 21 editorial in campus newspaper The Hoya states.

“Although Georgetown parents had bribed Ernst, both students were involved in the fraud. One of the current students participated in the scheme by writing a personal email to Ernst claiming he played

Historic Healy Building on Georgetown University’s main campus. Courtesy Georgetown University. competitive tennis, even though he did not play the sport. The other student gloated with her proctor after cheating on the SAT. In total, the students and their families spent $950,000 to gain entrance to the university.

“Unlike other students mentioned in the indictment who were unaware of their parents’ backdoor deeds, both Georgetown students were active participants.”

The Georgetown petition came after the University of Southern California rescinded the admission of six students implicated in the federal indictments.

“While losing connections may be painful, any discipline besides expulsion would not adequately address these students’ admission under false pretenses. Students are expected to be honest in all dealings with the university, as per definition 27 of the Code of Student Conduct. Though they were not students at the time of writing their applications, their actions still show a disregard for the spirit of university conduct. Only by expelling the two implicated students can Georgetown start rebuilding integrity and trust in the admissions process,” the editorial concludes.

“We are reviewing the details of the indictment, examining our records, and will be taking appropriate action,” Georgetown University’s Senior Director of Strategic Communications Rachel Pugh wrote The Georgetowner. “Georgetown refrains from commenting on individual students in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).” Note: FERPA is a federal law that protects the confidentiality of student education records.

Survey Calls for Broader Programming at Jelleff DC Parks and Recreation budgeted $7 million to renovate and upgrade the facilities at Georgetown’s Jelleff Community Center, tucked off of S Street next to the Wisconsin Avenue Safeway. The center hosts dozens of basketball teams year-round on its one indoor court. Now, the results are in from a survey about what Jelleff supporters and users want done with the money.

“More than 50% of the 400 respondents wanted Jelleff to include Yoga, fitness and other exercise classes and spaces,” states a press release from Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners Elizabeth Miller and Kishan Putta.

“Just over 30% expressed strong support for basketball and soccer facilities. 20% wanted more general community related programming ranging from photography to art classes to movie screenings and senior wellness.”

This would represent a big change in the usage and composition of the current space — a “rebranding,” as one survey respondent noted. More than 400 residents completed the online Survey Monkey survey, almost all in the 20007 zip code.

“If we take a close look at the survey, it is clear that we should be thinking more broadly about exercise, fitness and community programming as a way to serve the most residents and make Jelleff as vibrant as possible,” wrote Miller.

“The Georgetown community deserves a modernized rec center and seems to want a multipurpose space that serves residents of

all ages,” added Putta.

“We plan to release the results over the next week or so, meet with DPR next week to fill them in on everything we learned and then come back to our respondents and potentially ask a few follow-up questions,” Miller told The Georgetowner, A public meeting with DPR officials to update residents about the renovation plans is scheduled for Wednesday, May 8, at 6:30 p.m. at the Georgetown Public Library.

The renewal of DPR’s contract with the Maret School regarding its use of the Jelleff Center will also be discussed at the meeting. Currently, the private K-12 international school at 3000 Cathedral Ave. NW has exclusive use of Jelleff’s playing fields during the late afternoon of every school day in spring and fall. In 2009, Maret agreed to pay for the total refurbishment of the fields and most of the upkeep in exchange for this exclusiveuse arrangement. The contract allows for a 10-year extension starting in 2020.

But in the past five years, the Georgetown area has experienced a rapid increase in school-age children and in the need for more playing fields for Hardy Middle School — less than a block away at 1819 35th St. NW — and for youth sport leagues. At the March 1 ANC meeting, several residents called for transparency and for a reconsideration of Maret’s contract with DPR.

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Seize the Day...

...But Not My Stuff

Those with a classical bent will know a fellow by the name of Horace, a Roman lyrical poet, who wrote or sang in 23 B.C.: “Carpe diem.” Translated from the Latin, Horace admonishes us to seize the day—or, if you are of a slightly different mind, pluck the day.

After these famous words of advice, Horace concludes: “quam minimum credula postero” — put little trust in tomorrow. His ode is about spring and the shortness of life.

Lately we, too, feel like shouting: Seize the day! “Go for it” is another expression of the same theme, a little less officious but all the more energetic. Take risks. YOLO. Live in the moment. Forget the chatter of Twitter, the doings of them other people.

Nature has its ways, if you pay attention.

We are living in the days, if not times, of the cherry blossoms, gifts of nature and the Japanese, right here in our backyard.

True, we have made fetish of the blossoms, whether pink, white or otherwise. They are nature’s idea of a gift freely, s p e c t a c u l a r l y, gaily and tenderly given, because the blossoms, decorating our monuments by way of their alignment and light, are fragile, short-lived, ephemeral, the sorts of qualities noticed by poets, showering them with inspiration.

Many walk among the blossoms and seem better for the process. This past weekend, we observed them, thousands, maybe millions of singular blossoms, some already in the wind, among the kites and a particular blue, blue sky.

Carpe diem. Keep your eyes open. Have you see the first robin of spring? We spotted him on Sunday while on an errand. Perhaps also on an errand, he eyed us suspiciously, stuck his orange-brown belly out and flew away.

Seize the day. Pet the dog, smile at the baby, ignore a few of your phone’s endless dings, say hello to a neighbor not seen for a time, hug your wife, husband, daughter, father, mother, son. Hug a poet (ask first).

Poems, too, require seizing. They’ll last you forever. So, for now, until the last one drops, carpe diem, seize those blossoms.

On April Fools’ Day, during the monthly Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission meeting, Second District Commander Duncan Bedlion of the Metropolitan Police Department reported that thefts from autos had doubled in D.C. in the past year, from 60 to 122.

The Second District has the secondhighest number of such thefts in the city, particularly in the tight streets and alleyways between 32nd and 28th Streets and from K Street to O, he added.

Bedlion said the grabs are quicker, and increasingly coming from thieves in cars who jump out, check the car, open it in seconds, grab the purse or whatever and flee in their own vehicles. The police showed a video of one thief grabbing a purse and hopping into a getaway car in about 10 seconds.

To counteract this, starting April 2, a number of officers on bicycles will be assigned to patrol in the target area at certain hours. The commander asked residents to greet them, talk to them, get to know them.

Bedlion also said that videos have been exceedingly helpful in tracking down thieves— not only surveillance cameras on houses but the new motion-activated cameras that owners place in their cars.

Videos not only can completely record a theft — capturing a clear picture of the thief’s face, as in the video shown at the meeting — but also record a car sideswiping another vehicle. There are a number of these cameras on the market.

In the past month, officers have noticed a decline in valuables left in plain sight on car seats, possibly due to warnings left on windshields by MPD, asking motorists to keep possessions out of sight or locked in the truck.

Theft from autos is one crime we, the citizens, can seriously take a bite out of by remembering to remove all items and lock our car doors, and then to check again. Yes, it is springtime and everyone is more active.

Seize the day, yes, but not my stuff.

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On Wednesday, March 20, Mayor Bowser presented her fiscal year 2020 budget to the D.C. Council in a meeting that addressed multiple funding proposals. I’m proud to say that several Ward 2 priorities were included in the budget. In addition, there are investments in initiatives focusing on affordable housing, transportation and other important issues.

For many years, I have worked with my colleagues to expand Schedule H funding, which allows for low-income D.C. residents to apply for rent and property tax assistance. The fiscal year 2020 budget also added funding for the Housing Production Trust Fund, Workforce Housing and Homeward DC. These programs aim to preserve and produce affordable housing and end chronic homelessness.

One of my priorities, shared by many of my constituents, is boosting efforts to improve transportation, fix infrastructure and support the city’s Vision Zero strategy. I’m happy to see that there are significant investments in the DC Circulator, which is now available to riders at no charge. There’s also $65 million to improve roadways,

intersections, bike lanes and trails.

To reiterate what I’ve said before, the District is a generous city. We know that, not because of how much we spend, but because of the programs in which we invest.

But I also have a broader observation on the city’s high-spending budget in the midst of a slowing economy.

The mayor’s proposed budget is $15.5 billion, an increase of $1 billion from FY 2019.

It is the largest budget in the District’s history.

The economy is also expected to slow down next year, and I’m concerned about spending more than the city collects in taxes The District’s bottom line has always been something I’ve kept in mind during my time on the Council. Being smart with our finances is how we’ve earned and kept our AAA bond rating, which is a symbol that our finances are strong.

We have a lot of work to do as we set out to accomplish our budget priorities. I want to thank the mayor for following through on commitments to fund multiple fiscal year 2020 priorities for Ward 2 and I look forward to a discussion and an exchange of ideas at the budget hearings in the coming weeks.

Jack Evans is the District Council member for Ward 2, representing Georgetown and other neighborhoods since 1991.

CAG Report: Our Busy Spring

BY PAM L A M OOR E There is so much going on in Georgetown during April and May, I am glad that The Georgetowner, which covers our community so well, also has a robust website, georgetowner.com, where one can subscribe to its twice-weekly newsletter. It is a news source all of us rely upon and read.

T h e Cit i z e n s A s so ciat ion of Georgetown is part of this busy time. I hope you were one of the Georgetowners who attended our last community meeting on historic preservation in our community.

It was an opportunity to hear from representatives of the Old Georgetown Board, the D.C. Historic Preservation Office, an ANC 2E commissioner and a local architect.

They spent the evening walking us through the “process” for project approval. It is valuable to hear firsthand how best to have the project plans for your home or business move forward. It was a full house, and CAG will continue to offer these informative meetings.

CAG’s next community meeting will be on Wednesday, April 17, at 6:30 p.m. at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, 1334 29th St. NW. What better way to celebrate jazz month than a conversation with and about D.C. jazz greats?

I was walking across north-south streets on the east side of Georgetown recently and traffic was severely backed

up trying to get to M Street and beyond. As I write this, I do not know the cause, but it reminded me to bring to your attention the 31st Street Bridge replacement work over the C&O Canal.

When it begins, it will not be pleasant for our neighborhood streets any time of day, but particularly during morning and afternoon rush hour. There is no doubt that the bridge needs to be replaced, but we hope the project is completed in record time.

With traffic in mind, do you know the DC Circulator bus is now free? When we can, we should hop on the bus and encourage others to do the same. Hopefully, as word about this free service gets out, some drivers will leave their cars home and try public transportation.

These busy months also see our tree canopy begin to return to our streets. I read the District has set a goal of 40-percent tree canopy coverage by 2032. Georgetowners can help achieve this goal by watering new trees each week and making sure our tree boxes are clear of plants or bushes that take water from the young tree. I have noticed too many tree boxes recently that need the nearby homeowner to bag up junk left in the box.

Spring is here, and the House Tour and Garden Tour are coming soon. Let’s take a bit of time and some plastic bags and make our sidewalks add to the beauty of Georgetown.

Pamla Moore is president of the Citizens Association of Georgetown.

THE VILLAGE

A Busy Summer Ahead for Rose Park

BY PEGGY SA NDS

“I’ve got four news items for you—four!”

Friends of Rose Park President Dave Dunning was filled with enthusiasm at a March 25 chat with The Georgetowner at a nearby café.

Dunning had just gotten back from a long meeting with officials from the District Department of Parks and Recreation and the National Park Service. The two agencies both manage sections of the nearly five-acre park that stretches between M and P Streets along the west side of Rock Creek Parkway.

In just a few weeks, a city project to realign and pave park pathways will begin at the M Street entrance to Rose Park, according to Dunning.

That will be accompanied by beautification of the hillside bordering the parkway, which runs along the park’s west side. “Cherry trees and more daffodils and other plants will be added to the hillside to help prevent erosion,” Dunning said.

The chain-link fencing between the pathway and the slope will then be replaced by a more attractive wood barrier to prevent balls and bicyclists (and children!) from rolling down the steep slope.

Finally, the flower beds throughout the park will be reworked with help from the landscapers who designed Georgetown Waterfront Park’s plantings of natural Potomac river plants, according to Dunning. This project, like the hillside beautification, involves volunteer efforts by members of the Friends of Rose Park, the Georgetown Garden Club and the Georgetown BID, as well as expert help from the U.S. Forest Service’s Urban & Community Forestry Program.

In addition to these projects, the Friends are also planning to bring back for a month or more this summer the popular art installation of outdoor panels by Kiril Jeliazkov, who displayed 81 pieces of his large and colorful series last year.

Throughout the year, the park also hosts concerts, movies and children’s holiday events, such as a fall Halloween parade and fair and a Christmas parade. An outdoor market takes place on Wednesday afternoons through much of daylight-saving season, this year starting on May 1. Tennis and sports tournaments are organized periodically.

All this is done by a Friends of Rose

ROSE PARK BOARD MEMBERS David Dunning, President Russell Bridges, Treasurer Temporarily Vacant, Secretary David Abrams Kathryn Battle Gail Daubert Eric Dickman John Donvan Robert Hetem Yuri Horowitz Ricardo Jimenez Katie Oehmen Bill Weldon Rose Park is managed both by the District Department of Parks and Recreation and the National Park Service.

Park volunteer board of 15 members. The annual fundraiser—usually at a historic home in the Rose Park area—brings in around $25,000. “Those funds are used for landscaping and park maintenance projects only,” said Dunning, the organization’s third president after David Abrams and Pam Moore.

The Friends of Rose Park began in 1997 with a neighborhood survey to determine the park’s priority needs. The new organization established monthly Saturdays for mowing, collecting garbage, clipping bushes, painting and sweeping, also contracting to aerate, fertilize and seed the grounds.

Later, the Friends adopted by-laws and began paperwork to incorporate as a 501(c)(3). It convinced the Park Service to seed and fertilize the land it owned and organized volunteers and contractors to remove dead trees, plant new one and remove overgrown bushes.

Rose Park was established in 1918 to serve African American children. Acquired by the District in 1922 as a “colored” facility, it was unofficially one of D.C.’s few integrated parks during the years of segregation. In 2015, the tennis courts were dedicated to Margaret Peters and Roumania Peters Walker, African American sisters who lived nearby, played on the courts and became trailblazers for black women in professional tennis.

To hold an event on Rose Park’s Department of Parks and Recreationmanaged land (the softball field, basketball cour t, tennis cour ts, recreation center and playground areas at 26th and O and Dumbarton Streets), contact: Permits Office, Department of Parks and Recreation, 3149 16th St. NW, Washington, DC 20016. Visit dpr.dc.gov or call 202-673-7647.

To hold an event on Rose Park’s National Park Service-owned land (the north lawn along P Street down to Rock Creek Parkway and the south lawn along 27th Street between Dumbarton and M Streets), contact: Office of the Superintendent, Rock Creek Park, National Park Service, 3545 Williamsburg Lane NW, Washington, DC 20008. Visit nps.gov/rocr or call 202-895-6000.

Also in recent years, the two children’s playgrounds, the recreation building, the tennis courts, the playing fields and the outdoor sitting and picnic areas have been completely renovated.

The Friends of Rose Park has no paid staff.

Volunteers do the calls, plug the events by

word of mouth and sometimes post notices at the park. But Dunning credits most of the turnout and success of activities to the “mommy network” of Rose Park, who continually (along with some daddies) use the renovated playgrounds.

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BY KATE OCZ Y P OK

EAGLEBANK’S RON PAUL RETIRES

Ron Paul, CEO, chairman and co-founder of Eagle Bancorp, Inc., parent company of EagleBank, announced his immediate retirement due to health issues on March 21. In 1998, with others, Paul founded EagleBank, which held $8.4 billion in assets as of Dec. 31, 2018.

“I am very disappointed to have to make this decision, but I do not believe it would be fair to the Company, its employees, customers and shareholders when my health prevents me from devoting my full attention to helping them develop and prosper,” Paul said in a statement from the corporation, which did not elaborate on Paul’s health issues.

First diagnosed with kidney disease at the age of 26, Paul has had two kidney transplants. The bank named Norman Pozez, current vice chair, as his successor.

In the meantime, Executive Vice President and COO Susan Riel, who has been with the bank for more than 20 years, is serving as interim president and CEO. Active in philanthropy, Paul and his wife Joy opened the Ron & Joy Paul Kidney Center at the George Washington University Hospital four years ago.

IN: COMPASS COFFEE

Local chain Compass Coffee has finally opened in the former Georgetown Theater property at 1351 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Compass Coffee opened in Shaw in 2014 because two marines wanted “real good coffee.” Founders Michael Haft and Harrison Suarez hail from the Washington area and served together in Afghanistan. Haft’s family has run drugstores and bookstores.

After zoning approvals, Compass opened with 112 seats at the Georgetown site, which was once a jewelry center and, before that, a movie house that showed “Caligula” as one of its last feature presentations. Why the compass in the name? As Marines, they used compasses to navigate through unfamiliar terrain. And a compass, like coffee, “helps you get your bearings and … points you in the right direction.”

Compass Coffee opens in the former Georgetown Theater.

IN: DENT PLACE MARKET

Ron Paul.

The Deli Corner Store replacement, Dent Place Market, is open after about a month’s delay. With a mission of “redefining the local corner market,” the store will cater to the morning crowd with Bullfrog Bagels and Compass Coffee without forgetting the post-work crew — also selling wine and local craft beer. Located on the west side at 1643 34th St. NW, Dent Place Market intends to “honor the spirit of Georgetown.”

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The Jonathan Adler store which opened in Georgetown in 2012 will close at the end of Easter Sunday.

“I’m sure stories like this are a dime a dozen lately, but our store at 1267 Wisconsin Ave. NW is closing,” Alex Sceery, store manager of Jonathan Adler, told The Georgetowner. “Our last day of business will be April 21st. I am selling off everything in the showroom at 30 percent off ... want to give everyone a chance to come in and say goodbye to our wonderful store and team.”

The maker and purveyor of ceramics, pillows, accessories and furniture — with a sophisticated design attitude — is located at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and N Street, across from Martin’s Tavern.

The Adler whimsy and practicality was put on full display throughout the large store, which shows off a Washington bust of sorts and D.C. pillows. Designer and potter Jonathan Adler opened his stores — which will soon number one fewer than 17 — in the late 1990s.

NEW MANAGER AT L&F’S GEORGETOWN OFFICE

Nikolas A. Mercado was named sales manager of Long and Foster Real Estate’s Georgetown office at 1680 Wisconsin Ave. NW. He succeeds Theresa Nielson, who is now managing broker at Long and Foster’s Bethesda Gateway office.

Originally from South Lake Tahoe, California, Mercado came to D.C. after attending James Madison University. He told The Georgetowner: “After developing a successful track in real estate I dove into management with a passion to help agents build successful businesses. I have lived in Adams Morgan, Kalorama, Georgetown and Logan Circle. Georgetown is handsdown my favorite neighborhood. I am an avid skier and have traveled to some of the world’s best winter resorts. When I am not working or in the mountains, you can find me at the gym or emerged in the D.C. food scene. As a self-proclaimed foodie, I enjoy cooking and shopping for fresh ingredients at local farmers markets.”

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Inside Jonathan Adler.

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GU EXPANDS ON CAPITOL HILL

Georgetown University has finalized the purchase of a building at 500 First St. NW, expanding the university’s presence on Capitol Hill. Adding the new acquisition to the existing Georgetown University Law Center, GU will own an entire city block. The building will provide space for Georgetown Law and for other university activities.

LEONSIS: BETTING PLANNED AT GREEN TURTLE SITE

The popular Greene Turtle restaurant in Capital One Arena will close and become a sports-betting location, according to Monumental Sports owner Ted Leonsis.

Leonsis made the announcement at the American Gaming Association’s Sports Betting Executive Summit, held March 27 and 28 at National Harbor. Mayor Bowser signed the bill legalizing sports betting in January.

Bryan and Michael Voltaggio.

LGBTQ BAR FINED, CLOSED FOR A WEEK

The Green Turtle.

Aerial photo of RFK Stadium.

NEW BILL WOULD HAVE RFK SOLD TO D.C.

On March 26, Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) introduced a bill that would have the federal government sell RFK Stadium to the District. Once D.C. acquires the 190-acre property, it could develop it without restrictions. Local officials have long expressed interest in the stadium property, one of the last large undeveloped areas in the District.

EVANS SPEAKS AT PENN QUARTER BREAKFAST

On March 21, Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans spoke at a Penn Quarter Neighborhood Association breakfast meeting held at Metro Center clothing store Peruvian Connection. Evans brought members up to date on the financial state of D.C., current Council legislation and other news that could affect Penn Quarter residents and businesses.

RACINE SUES 7, CITING RESIDENCY FRAUD

Originally announced as Wednesday, April 3, the peak-bloom prediction for D.C.’s cherry blossoms was moved up to Monday, April 1. Due to the 70-plusdegree temperatures over the weekend, the blooms came out a bit earlier than expected, according to the National Park Service.

Peak bloom is when 70 percent of the Tidal Basin blossoms are open.

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Seven people in three Maryland families are being sued for more than $700,000 for saying they lived in D.C. so their children could attend District public schools free of charge. D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine is seeking unpaid tuition — usually between $10,000 and $14,000 annually — plus fines and damages. Of the seven, two are employed by public charter schools in D.C. and one is a former DC Public Schools employee.

VOLTAGGIO BROTHERS OPEN RESTAURANT IN CONRAD HOTEL

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D.C.’s largest and oldest LGBTQ bar, the DC Eagle at 3701 Benning Road NE, was fined $2,000 and had its liquor license suspended from March 23 to 29. The penalties resulted from an alleged assault by an Eagle bouncer on Council member Vincent Gray, who was attending an Art All Night event in September of 2018. Gray was said to have failed to provide proper identification.

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The Most Endangered Species According to Earth Day Network, which issued this year’s theme of “Protect Our Species,” the most endangered on the list are bees, coral reefs, elephants, giraffes, insects, whales and more. Still, according to Earth Day Network: “The good news is that the rate of extinctions can still be slowed, and many of our declining, threatened and endangered species can still recover if we work together now to build a united global movement of consumers, voters, educators, faith leaders and scientists to demand immediate action.”

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Earth Day in D.C.

BY KATE OCZ Y P OK I remember visiting Washington, D.C., with my family when I was in eighth grade.

I was so excited that we were there around Earth Day. Leonardo DiCaprio — fresh off “Titanic” fame — was going to be on the National Mall for a rally to get people excited about saving our planet.

Twenty years later, I’m now a resident of the DMV myself and excited to see just how much the annual celebration has changed, both here and around the world. This year’s theme is “Protecting Our Species.” People are not just rallying around the cause; they are actively participating in cleanups and teaching the next generation in programs in and out of the classroom.

Around the D.C. metropolitan area, there are plenty of activities and events for those young, old and in between.

The Anacostia Watershed Society’s 2019 Earth Day Cleanup will be Saturday, April 13, at RFK Stadium’s Lot 8. Those who attend will be continuing the cause of the group: to protect and restore the Anacostia River. For details, visit anacostiaws.org.

At the National Zoo, children and

families can attend the Easter Monday & Earth Optimism Celebration on Monday, April 22. There will be opportunities to meet with Smithsonian scientists and conservation partners who protect wildlife around the world, as well as animal demonstrations perfect for the next generation of conservationists. For details, visit nationalzoo.si.edu.

If celebrating Earth Day with a bit more artistic flair is your cup of tea, there will be an Earth Day Umbrella Stroll on Saturday, April 20, beginning at Andromeda Transcultural Health, 1400 Decatur St. NW. The art-filled stroll will end at Upshur Park and include decorated umbrellas, live music and art stations. There will be prizes for the best umbrellas, including Most Sustainable/Earth Friendly Umbrella and Best Community Umbrella. For details, visit eventbrite.com.

The first Earth Day happened on April 22, 1970. Millions protested the negative impacts of industrial development. Issues like smog, pesticides and other pollutants were discussed. Now, Earth Day is a global event, an event in which more than a billion

Original Earth Day Leaders in 1970.

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people in almost 200 countries participate.

It is known as the largest civic-focused day of action in the world.

13-year-olds today don’t just get excited about seeing Leonardo DiCaprio at a rally.

They plant trees, clean up their cities, learn about recycling and more. Earth Day is just as much doing as it is saying. For more information on how to get involved, visit earthday.org.

It is estimated that the current Africa-wide giraffe population is approximately 111,000.

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Ronald Reagan and Edward Weidenfeld.

he said. “I asked my neurologist, who was skeptical but steered me toward the right direction. I use medical cannabis myself.

And while I have regular medication, cannabis addresses and augments things that medicine can’t treat.”

Weidenfeld’s resume reads somewhat like a definition of how a man can embody public service, can reveal himself in a series of titles and policy challenges, during the course of working for six presidents over the years, from Gerald Ford to Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan. Famous for his “war on drugs,” Reagan was a man for whom Weidenfeld still feels great affection and admiration, personally and politically.

He was general counsel to Reagan’s 1980 presidential campaign.

the Democracy Project, which structured the National Endowment for Democracy.

He negotiated the first free exchange between the U.S. media and the Soviet news agency Novosti. He represented the government of South Africa following the election of Nelson Mandela. Not to mention that, in 1999, he helped facilitate the return of Major League Baseball to Cuba.

Sheila Weidenfeld, his wife of 51 years, was press secretary to former first lady Betty Ford and hosted the television show “Panorama.” They have lived in Georgetown since 1971.

“All of that, I suppose, that’s not bad for a guy that grew up in a small town in the Midwest, in Akron,” he said.

At 75, he is still going strong, and the

Why Edward Weidenfeld Turned Over a New Leaf

BY GARY T IS CHL ER “Life throws you challenges. And with something like this your whole life and how you live it changes. You do things differently, your world shrinks, but it also expands. It motivates you.”

This from the man described in headlines like these: “How a Reagan Veteran Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Weed Business.”

(Daily Beast) “During the ‘war on drugs’ he was a Reagan lawyer; now he owns a marijuana farm.” (Reuters) “Septuagenarian Entrepreneur Navigates Challenges to Bring Quality Medical Cannabis to East Coast.” (New Cannabis Ventures) The cultural irony of the turn taken by highly regarded Washington attorney and political player Edward Weidenfeld is almost irresistible on the headline level. But its seeds, if you will, lie a little deeper — in Weidenfeld’s personality and career history, as well as in the needs and necessities of the life he leads now.

If you glanced only at the headlines, and at his resume, you might think that an establishment pillar had somehow and of a sudden morphed into a successful dude of the burgeoning marijuana industry.

After all, even though cannabis — in its medicinal or recreational form or both — is becoming legalized in more and more states, it retains a certain kind of stigma on the purely recreational level, not to mention that its sale and use remain a crime in other states.

For Weidenfeld, the apparent about-face was neither sudden nor, in fact, opposed to how he had conducted his life up to that point. “I want to be clear that what we deal with here is cannabis for medicinal use, not the recreational or mind-altering sort,” he said in an interview. “I want to make that distinction, because there is a need for this product, to help people deal with various diseases, ailments and conditions.”

Weidenfeld is co-founder and co-manager of Phyto Management, LLC,

a licensed medical cannabis cultivator, and of Maryland Cultivation and Processing in Washington, D.C. That is to say, he is co-owner of a marijuana farm and a warehouse in Northeast Washington, growing and selling medical marijuana to registered dispensaries in the city.

His partner in Phyto Management is Andras Kirschner, who holds a degree in sustainable agriculture.

Weidenfeld’s journey, which ended up with a business enterprise, was highly personal. His particular ailment, condition and medical issue is Parkinson’s disease. He was diagnosed seven years ago, and it was then that medical marijuana, about which he readily admits he knew very little, came to his attention as one of the possibilities for alleviating some of the symptoms associated with Parkinson’s — issues with speaking and tremors and painful anxiety.

“I started exploring, asking questions,”

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Founder of the Weidenfeld Law Firm, P.C., and a practicing attorney specializing in estate and asset protection law, Weidenfeld has had a career studded with accomplishments on the national and international level. He held advisory positions on the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships and the Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States. He served as co-counsel to

company is considered a financial success.

“It came about because of what happened,” he said. “My belief that everybody should be able to receive the beneficial effects of what my business provides has been strengthened. It’s like a lot of things, the challenges, how it allows you to think in terms of the greater good. I’ve been able to do these things, personally, in all my work with this company.”

Parkinson’s, like many life-threatening or debilitating medical conditions, is a relentless opponent. “This has allowed me to be sharp, to think sharply, to move forward. It’s like Voltaire’s Candide, who at the end of all of his tragedies says it’s time to cultivate and make your garden grow.“ Weidenfeld’s voice is affected by Parkinson’s, but in a phone conversation, there is a memorable strength there, a quality that demands to be noticed and moved. Commonalities come up in the course of plainly speaking, and our subject matter ranged widely: Voltaire, Mark Twain’s allusions to politicians, Reagan, the absence of civil dialogue.

“I’m an optimist. I see a lot of studies that are being done … I hope I will see some of the results.”

Through the company he co-founded and co-owns, you might say that Weidenfeld is tending his garden, making things grow for everyone. Having dug a bit deeper, one uncovers not an irony but an affirmation.

Edward Weidenfeld today.

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ALSO ONSITE: Market • Guest Rooms • Dry Cleaners • Library • Hair Salons • Exercise Facility

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Prepare for Spring With These Home Maintenance Tips

BY TER E S A X . NGUY E N As winter slowly starts to fade away, now is a good time to start thinking about how the snow and rain may have affected your home. Doing seasonal checks around your house will ensure everything is in working order and prevent you from receiving a nasty surprise later.

For this season’s home maintenance tips, two of our Home Service Connections partners contributed helpful advice on how to make your home look and feel its best.

Mark Elias, vice president of Mina Enterprises, Inc., recommends “taking a walk around your home to look for siding that’s pulled off, shingles that may be missing, shutters that may need repainting or anything that seems broken.” Another tip he has is to always call a contractor for an estimate before calling your insurance company. Sometimes a small mishap can be easily fixed at a small cost without involving your insurance company.

Checking both the inside and the outside of the house is a good idea, mentions Ron Jacques, general manager of T.R. Young Services. One area that may need addressing is the patio. He points out that “patios may start to settle due to the weather.” Settling is when the stones become uneven and start to sink. Having someone come to address this can prevent additional settlement and water erosion, he explains.

Jacques also reveals that power-washing and painting the exterior of your house is a wonderful way to maintain your home’s appearance. This includes cleaning your deck, windows, patio and siding. This does not need to be done every year. It depends on your home’s exposure to the elements, as well as how long it’s been since it’s been cleaned. However, it’s always a good idea to check the condition at least once a year, if not seasonally.

Cleaning out your gutters and downspouts is an essential part of springtime maintenance. “The weight of snow and ice can pull screws, so making sure your gutters are secure against the house will prevent leaks,” Elias says. In addition, downspouts can cause flooding if they are not extended out at least five to six feet from the house.

It’s also important to examine your hose bibs or spigots. When water is still in your pipes, it can sometimes freeze over and create pinhole leaks, so be sure to turn on your water a bit and check for any leaks.

Several other appliances to check this time of year include your gas furnace and/ or fireplace, water heater, HVAC system, air filters, water filters and refrigerator purifiers. Whether you’re maintaining, updating or planning a total renovation, check Long & Foster’s Home Service Connections website to find a trusted contractor in your area.

Teresa X. Nguyen is marketing and communications coordinator at Long & Foster Marketing.

A down spout renewed with a beautiful copper replacement.

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37 Years and 121 Artists - Smithsonian Craft Show Each spring, some 8,000 visitors from across the country flock to the National Building Museum for the Smithsonian Craft Show, one of the most prestigious juried exhibitions and sales of fine studio arts and crafts in the United States.

This year, the 37th annual Smithsonian Craft Show will feature works by 121 artists representing all facets of contemporary craft and design: basketry, ceramics, decorative fiber, furniture, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, paper, wearable art and wood.

The pieces on view will be for sale. Collectors and visitors will find one-of-a-kind works of art in a variety of price ranges.

Following the Preview Night benefit on Wednesday, April 24, the show and sale will take place Thursday, April 25, through Sunday, April 28, at the museum, 401 F St. NW. Show hours are 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday; 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday; and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

Preview Night tickets are $250. Show admission is $20 at the door, with discounted tickets available in advance at smithsoniancraftshow.org. Visitors to Thursday’s “Friends Night Out” from 5 to 8 p.m. can take advantage of extended shopping hours, snacks and a cash bar at the general admission price.

Among the international talent represented at the show, a number of local artists are generating buzz for their sensational new work.

An innovative new basketry artist based in Washington, D.C., Tenisha Dotstry recently burst onto the craft scene. Her pieces are made by simultaneously coiling and handforming unbleached cotton rope while sewing them with colored threads. A recent piece,

Ceramics by Gillian Parke.

Ring by Melissa Finelli.

Basket by Tenisha Dotstry.

titled “Life is a Basket of Cherry Blossoms,” has been appropriately garnering a lot of attention in local news.

North Carolina-based ceramicist Gillian Parke’s vibrant and eye-catching work explores the fusion of rough and fine textures and surfaces. The roughness is embodied in the Japanese aesthetic of wabisabi, which finds beauty in the natural imperfections that arise when throwing and firing clay. The fineness emanates from traditional Western manufactured porcelain ceramics. She also incorporates open-stock decals and metallic lusters, which have often been overlooked by modern studio potters as feminine hobby materials.

Jewelry artist Melissa “Melle” Finelli finds something satisfying about moving metal. Through fabrication and forging, she manipulates the metal to create form and

space, capturing movement in solid form.

Like small, intimate and wearable sculptures, her jewelry luxuriates in delicate feats of engineering. According to Finelli, she loses herself in the obsessive process of creating these minute compositions, all the while seeking a balance of precision and chaos in each design.

Also during Thursday’s “Friends Night Out,” the Craft Show’s “Convo With the Visionary” at 7 p.m. will feature this year’s Smithsonian Visionary Artist Award recipient, Joyce J. Scott.

Born in Baltimore, Scott uses off-loom hand-threaded beads and blown glass to create beautiful and arresting jewelry, as well as figurative sculptures and wall hangings. She

will be in conversation with Stephanie Stebich, director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, then take part in an audience Q&A. “Convo” tickets are $45, which includes allday admission on Thursday to the Craft Show and one complimentary drink.

The Smithsonian Craft Show offers D.C. residents and visitors the chance to enjoy a dazzling exhibition of creativity, innovation and technical mastery while meeting artists who represent the finest contemporary American crafts and design. It’s also a truly rare opportunity to walk into a Smithsonianbranded art exhibition and buy the art. Good luck trying that at the Renwick!

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Anacostia Museum Closed for Now

New Cathedral Choral Executive Director

On March 15, the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum closed for a $3.5-million renovation project, to include lighting and HVAC upgrades, improvements to the entrance and parking lot and construction of a plaza and a community garden. Satellite versions of the exhibition “A Right to the City” will be on view in library branches in Shaw, Mt. Pleasant, Woodridge, Anacostia and Southwest and at a Chinatown location.

The museum is expected to reopen in mid-October.

Christopher Eanes, currently artistic director and CEO of the Cincinnati Boychoir, will become executive director of the Cathedral Choral Society, resident symphonic chor us of Washington National Cathedral, on July 1. Conductor of Collegium Cincinnati, an early and modern choral and orchestral ensemble based at the city’s Christ Church Cathedral, Eanes has a bachelor’s degree from Occidental College and master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Southern California.

Studio Theatre to Modernize on 14th St. Studio Theatre, now in its 40th season, is planning to modernize and expand its four-theater complex, located in a former automobile showroom at 1501 14th St. NW. The architect is Georgetown-based Hickok Cole. As part of the project, a reimagining of the theater’s public spaces, the Studio Acting Conservatory, three years older than the presenting organization, is being spun off. The conservatory is expected to relocate this fall under co-founder Joy Zinoman, Studio’s artistic director until 2010.

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A rush down the rabbit hole blooming with vivid colors, pastels and plenty of experimentation, with poppy prints and patterns to match the energy of spring!

The HATTER is holding up the looking glass for you to choose a style this season that will mirror your deepest fashion fantasy.

This Spring the runways show polka dots, and florals, and neon that lead the way to fashion wonderland.

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The 99th Annual

MIDDLEBURG SPRING RACES Saturday, April 20, 2019 Glenwood Park Racecourse Middleburg, Virginia Post Time 1:00 PM Races run rain or shine.

Sanctioned by The National Steeplechase Association

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The Piedmont’s Country Inns

BY EM ILY C H IL D R ESS AN D WILL SCARING Whether you’re looking for a wonderful weekend escape or ideas for where family and friends can stay while visiting, you’ve come to the right place. The Piedmont is filled with charming country inns that leave guests feeling refreshed and relaxed. What follows are just a few of our favorites. Why not pick one and make a reservation? And while you’re visiting, do try the restaurants, wineries, and boutiques mentioned in the “While you’re there” section that follows the description of each inn. They’re a few of our favorites, too!

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INN AT EVERGREEN

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BENNETT HOUSE BED & BREAKFAST

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9252 Bennett Dr., Manassas Virginia-BennettHouse.com Bennett House Bed & Breakfast is located in the historic district of Old Town Manassas and is the perfect place for business travelers, tourists, or locals looking to change things up. A 100-year-old house that’s been a B&B for the past 15 years, Bennett House offers hospitable and antique elegance with modern amenities and a convenient location to all that Old Town Manassas has to offer.

It’s within walking distance to restaurants and the Prince William County Courthouse complex, and is within striking distance of the Washington, D.C. area. Everything about Bennett House is unique and inviting, from the country-style breakfasts to the comfortable accommodations.

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CARMELLO’S

9108 Center St., Manassas Carmellos.com This family-owned restaurant features American dishes infused with Portuguese and Mediterranean influences. The result is an unforgettable fine dining event.

DRINK MONZA

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9405 Battle St., Manassas eatmonza.com Named after the biggest event in the Formula One Italian racing Grand Prix circuit, Monza offers a high-energy and exciting sports bar experience.

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9406 Grant Ave., Manassas ManassasOliveOil.com Did you know olive oil tasting can be as complex and delicious as wine tasting? Experience it for yourself at Manassas Olive Oil Company where you can simply do a tasting, or even take a painting class while you sample the store’s incredible selection.

HAYMARKET STAY

15890 Berkeley Dr., Haymarket InnAtEvergreen.com A former Civil War Era mansion, this 11 bedroom inn offers the perfect mix of modern amenities and historic charm.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places and completely restored two years ago, this charming bed and breakfast serves as the centerpiece of the Evergreen Country Club. Whether you want to relax by the pool, play tennis, or enjoy a round of golf in the rolling hills of Northern Virginia, the Inn at Evergreen has you covered.

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HIDDEN JULLES CAFE

14950 Washington St., Haymarket HiddenJullesCafe.com For a locally-sourced and organic treat, stop

by Hidden Julles Cafe. It offers everything from juices to sandwiches to coffee, making it perfect for breakfast or lunch.

DRINK

WINERY AT LAGRANGE

4970 Antioch Rd., Haymarket WineryAtLaGrange.com With a gorgeous vineyard and tasting room, the Winery at LaGrange is a lovely destination for a day out. Order some of the gourmet snacks available to guests and enjoy with a bottle of one of the winery’s award-winning wines.

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DETAILS FOR THE HOME

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Mountain Top Estate delightful and unique clothing, jewelry, and household items and accessories, and its attentive and helpful staff make it an allaround great shopping experience.

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THE ROOMS UP THERE

8393 West Main St., Marshall TheRoomsUpThere.com The Rooms Up There offers guests three luxurious king-size suites with a private entrance, foyer, courtyard, and commons.

Two of the suites are located above the original stone storehouse built on the property in 1800, while the third occupies the second floor of an addition built in the 1820s. Each suite includes a marble bathroom with handcrafted Italian faucetry, and guests receive complimentary breakfast at the famous Red Truck Bakery just steps away on Main Street.

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FIELD & MAIN

8369 West Main St., Marshall FieldAndMainRestaurant.com Named one of the D.C. area’s best restaurants

by The Washington Post, this charming upscale eatery serves Southern-inspired fare and fine wine in a rustic-chic setting.

Pop in for a drink at the bar, or reserve a spot overlooking the kitchen and watch the magic happen.

DRINK

views of the nearby Blue Ridge Mountains and surrounding countryside

3623 Grove Ln., Delaplane BarrelOak.com Barrel Oak Winery is a dog-friendly winery started by real people with a real passion for real Virginia wine. There’s always something going on — live music, kids’ activities, and more — so check it out.

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3 HENS’ TREASURES

8362 West Main St., Marshall Facebook @3HensTreasures Discover a treasure trove of antiques and collectibles, gifts and home furnishings at this terrific little shop just a stone’s throw from The Rooms Up There.

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THE GOODSTONE INN

36205 Snake Hill Rd., Middleburg Goodstone.com The Goodstone Inn prides itself on its awardwinning French restaurant and its location in Virginia’s wine and hunt country, with six historic guest houses designed in English and French country décor. Besides that, there are 18 guest rooms and suites available on the expansive 265-acre estate, ensuring that there is plenty of space available. Guests are able to enjoy the comfort of their rooms or set out and explore to see the breathtaking

a 340-acre equestrian estate in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The interiors are elegant and airy, yet there is a certain whimsicality, evidenced in the life-size chess set that stands on the back lawn. The resort – open since August 2013 – has 168 rooms, a world-class 23,000-square-foot spa, a private dining facility in a 150-year-old stallion barn, the Gold Cup Wine Bar, a full service equestrian center with instructional classes available and an attractive Virginia-themed restaurant called Harrimans.

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RED FOX INN AND RESTAURANT

2 East Washington St., Middleburg RedFox.com Dedicated to sourcing its menu from the Virginia’s Piedmont region, the Red Fox Inn and Restaurant combines cooking techniques with appropriate seasonality of ingredients, and pairs that with a large selection of local beverages from all over Virginia. If you’re looking for a romantic atmosphere for your dinner, this is the place to go

The jaw-dropping views from this fabulous have-it-all estate in the relaxing countryside is the retreat you've been looking for.

BOULDER CREST ESTATE: Set on 134 acres in the Blue Ridge mountains with views that reach DC. Take advantage of birdwatching, basketball & tennis courts, hiking trails, heated pool, full gym, 3 covered vegetable gardens, chicken coop/run, & Hartley Greenhouse.

Hunt on 100 private acres with custom furnished cabin & shooting range. Comfortable home has many preserved early 1900s touches. You'll love the wine cellar, oversized dining room & custom kitchen. The possibilities are endless. Use as a B&B, retreat, conference center, or hunting lodge. Main house + 2 cottages can sleep 12-16. Appointment only!

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PROPERTIES IN HUNT COUNTRY

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Middleburg ~ Magnificent Estate on 100 acres. The stone house boasts 22 elegant rooms, 9 fireplaces, high ceilings, all superbly detailed and beautifully appointed. Brilliant gardens surround the heated pool. Fabulous 11 stall stone stable with 2 staff apartments.

Riding ring, green house all in pristine condition. Additional 227 acres are available. $8,495,000

HIDDEN TRAIL

The Plains ~ Magnificent horse property in the midst of the serene countryside. From the picturesque Young Road two driveways access the 107 acres of Hidden Trail Farm. The first leads to one of the finest indoor arenas surrounded by exquisite ride out. The second is the graceful, park-like drive, which parallels a creek and then gently curves up to the elegant manor home. $5,000,000

FOX FORD FARM

Jeffersonton ~ Unique 4 BR country house with pool and outbuildings. One and 1/2 mile of Rappahannock river frontage. Open, rolling fields. Investment, horse farm, brewery, B&B, farming or winery potential. All around views, flowering gardens, privacy and peace. 15 minutes to Warrenton. $1,991,000 on 239+acres or $1,443,000 on 142 acres

Berryville ~ 255 acres of rolling land in Virginia horse country. In 2 parcels: 82 acres home to well known, income producing, cross country training course for 3 day event riders; 173 acres includes a 1 mile gallop, paddocks, sand arena, land equipment building, stable with income producing equine vet hospital. Stable now has 6 stalls and can be easily expanded. Includes small apartment plus 2500 sq ft of living space, now being used as office. Both parcels have lovely home sites.

255 acres: $1,750,00 or 173+ acres: $1,200,000 and 82+ acres: $600,000

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Paris ~ Circa 1770, Lovely Stone and Stucco Farm house sits at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, 20+ acres surrounded

by Protected Lands, Spectacular protected views of Paris valley, Meticulous exterior renovations include Re-Pointed Stonework, Metal Roof, 2 Large additions, Covered Porch, Basement, Buried Electric, well and Septic, Fully Fenced, Mature Trees, Boxwoods, Ready for all your interior finishes. $1,300,000

WINDY RIDGE

Berryville ~ Renovated 1880’s 4 bedroom, 3 bath farm house on 82 secluded acres. Interior details include original heart pine floors, high ceilings, 3 fireplaces, large wrap around porch, new eat-in kitchen and appliances in 2015, 2 offices with built-ins, library, large dining room, living room, Master bedroom with bath.

Custom wood siding. 4400 sq.ft. of living space. 45 min to Dulles.

1 DUR $1,095,000

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Rixeyville ~ 23 acre horse property. New center aisle stable with rubber tiles in center aisle & 4 matted stalls, wash stall & tack room. Big new arena. Two Story 4 BR colonial with new Kitchen appliances, new HVAC & waterfall feature at swimming pool.

Stone flooring in First Floor master suite. Hardwood through out Living room, Dining room & Kitchen. $875,000

CAMPBELL ESTATES

Custom built Colonial located between villages of Marshall & The Plains. Open and light filled floor plan. This family home has 4 BR and 3.5 BA on two finished levels. Hardwood floors on the main level with new carpeting upstairs. Gourmet Kitchen with stainless steel appliances and a separate Breakfast Room. Additional features - Stone fireplace, solarium, game room and wrap around deck. This house is move in ready! $649,000

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Cocktail of the Month

Flavors of Pho

BY J ODY KURA S H

In the culinary universe, Vietnam and pho go hand in hand. The fragrant noodle soup is Vietnam’s edible masterpiece. Anthony Bourdain once said that he would “chuck a rusty butter knife across his best friend’s throat” for a bowl of pho.

The symphony of flavors starts with a bone broth infused with a plethora of spices, including star anise, cardamom, cinnamon, ginger and peppercorn. This cauldron of goodness is supplemented with homemade noodles, vegetables and a variety of cuts of meat. Its perfume-like aroma creates a heavenly steam cloud over your bowl. And because pho is served with chili paste, red peppers, garlic, coriander and mint leaves on the side, you can add personal touches to this national treasure.

Pho can be found all over the D.C. area, The pho-inspired cocktail. Photos by Jody Kurash. including Georgetown mainstay Miss Saigon on M Street and at the strip mall restaurants at Next, bartender Khanh (one name only) Eden Center in Falls Church, Virginia. brings out a pitcher of gin and Cointreau, And, yes, after living in Vietnam for which he heats with a torch, then sets on fire. five months, I can easily say that I’ve eaten Once the flames start, he pours the mixture hundreds of bowls of absolute deliciousness through the first cup of spices and it trickles Recently, I discovered that, in addition down to the second, then third and then into to filling my hungry belly, I could also get a little tipsy in the head … from a pho- another pitcher.

As the liquid tumbles through each tier, inspired cocktail. a brilliant burst of blue flames is ignited The Unicorn Pub in Hanoi’s Old Quarter while toasting the spices into the liquor. The has concocted a showstopping tipple using fireworks continue as the liquid is passed the flavors of pho as inspiration. The through again and again, until the bar is quintessential spices are stepped into gin permeated with the sweet-smelling scent of and Cointreau to bring the character of this a pho stand. delectable dish into a cocktail.

The final mixture is strained and served “We want to bring the culture to our customers,” says owner Trinh Xuan Dieu. over ice in a rocks glass. It’s topped off with a homemade sweet-and-sour mixture, garnished “We want them to take a taste of Vietnam. The with a cinnamon stick and a whole toasted food is part of the culture. The drinks taste star anise and served with the traditional like the food and capture its essence.” accompaniments (chili, coriander, lime).

While infusing spices into liquor is nothing My first sip is light and refreshing with new, the way this is done at the Unicorn Pub a citrus twang, but then I am instructed by is quite a spectacle.

Khanh to submerge my straw deep into the First, a nearly three-foot-tall metal stand resembling a candleholder is brought out to “broth” mixture. I’m rewarded with a hearty soothing flavor that tingles my tongue with the bar. It’s divided into three layers, each its titillating taste. holding a cup of spices: anise, cinnamon The Unicorn Pub also has a direct and cardamom.

Washington connection. The pub marked the occasion of the recent Kim-Trump summit in Hanoi with a special “Rock it Man” cocktail.

It was forged from bourbon to represent the U.S.A., soju in honor of North Korea and Fireball whiskey and bitters to represent the personalities of Kim and Trump.

Dieu, who had her fingernails custompolished with flags of both nations, said she created the drink to wish them both luck.

Pho is not the only foodie cocktail on the menu. Other choices include the “O Mai,” inspired by a sweet tart treat, a sour clam drink and the bun cha cocktail, based on the pork dish Bourdain shared with thenPresident Obama in Hanoi in 2016.

After trying a few more drinks, including one named after Hanoi’s crazy traffic, I started to feel like I’d been hit by a taxi.

This brought to mind another of Bourdain’s descriptions of pho, which could apply to either soup or cocktail: “A big bowl of pho will always make me happy and take me Unicorn Pub bartender Khanh at work. Photos

by Jody Kurash.. to that special place where everything is beautiful and nothing will hurt you.”

Dining Guide

WASHINGTON DC’S FINEST RESTAURANTS

CLYDE’S OF GEORGETOWN 3236 M ST., NW 202-333-9180 | clydes.com

This animated tavern, in the heart of Georgetown, popularized 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.

ENO WINE BAR

2810 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., NW 202–295–2826 | enowinerooms.com HAPPY HOUR: Offered nightly Tuesday - Thursday from 5 - 7 PM & Sunday from 4 - 7 PM. Enjoy select $7 wines on tap. Join us on Wednesday’s for College Nights from 9 - 11 PM and Sunday’s for 30% off bottles. Our delightful wines are best enjoyed with local charcuterie, cheese and small plates.

THE OCEANAIRE SEAFOOD ROOM 1201 F ST., NW 202–347–2277 | theoceanaire.com

The Oceanaire blends a sophisticated atmosphere with simple, seasonal and regionally-inspired cuisine – the result is “the ultra-fresh seafood experience”. From our wines and cocktails to our seafood, steak and desserts, our commitment to sustainable and locally-sourced ingredients is apparent in everything we do. Reserve your table today for an extraordinary dining experience.

FILOMENA RISTORANTE

1063 WISCONSIN AVE., NW 202–338–8800 | filomena.com A Georgetown landmark for over 30 years featuring styles and recipes passed through generations. Balanced cuttingedge culinary creations of modern Italy using the fresh ingredients and made-from-scratch sauces and pastas.

Seen on The Travel Channel, Award-winning Filomena is a favorite of U.S. Presidents, celebrities, sports legends, political leaders. “Don’t miss their bakery’s incredible desserts” - Best in D.C.

ROCKLANDS BARBEQUE

2418 WISCONSIN AVE., NW 202-333-2558 | rocklands.com This original location has served barbecue since 1990.

We now have more space for you to sit down with family and friends at our new dining room Driving or walking up Wisconsin Avenue, you ask “mmmm, what’s that aroma??” That’s pork, beef and chicken coming out of our wood-only smoker, falling off the bone and ready for a dousing with our Original Barbeque Sauce.

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1522 WISCONSIN AVE., NW 202–333–8830 | cafebonaparte.com

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1264 WISCONSIN AVE., NW 202-333-7370 | martinstavern.com Fifth generation Lauren Martin learns the family business from her dad, Billy Martin, Jr. Since 1933, the warm atmosphere of Martin’s Tavern has welcomed neighbors and travelers looking for great food, service and years of history within it’s walls. Fourth generation owner Billy Martin. Jr. continues the tradition of Washington’s oldest family-owned restaurant.

Captivating customers since 2003, Cafe Bonaparte has been dubbed the “quintessential” European café, featuring award-winning crepes and arguably the “best” coffee in D.C.! Other can't-miss attractions are the famous weekend brunch every Saturday and Sunday until 3 p.m. and our late-night weekend hours serving sweet and savory crepes until 1 a.m.

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‘Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup’ WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A NEFARIOUS STARTUP PLAYS GAMES WITH PEOPLE’S HEALTH? R EVIEWE D BY KIT T Y K E LLE Y As a little girl, Elizabeth Anne Holmes was asked what she wanted to be when she grew up.

“I want to be a billionaire,” she said.

“Wouldn’t you rather be president?”

“No,” she said. “The president will marry me because I have a billion dollars.”

This youngster knew what she wanted, and she got it. By the time she was 30, she was worth $4.6 billion. She dropped out of Stanford after two years to start her own company and, by 2014, as CEO and founder of Theranos — her combination of “therapy” and “diagnosis” — Holmes was hailed by Forbes as “the youngest woman to become a self-made billionaire.”

She had announced that she’d devised technology to test blood with a painless pinprick rather than the painful needle in the arm that had been used for years. Her company slogan: “One tiny drop changes everything.”

Her technology promised to provide a complete blood workup for at least 100 tests, including glucose tolerance, electrolytes, diabetes, kidney function, herpes, HIV, Zika, Ebola and all types of cancer. She said her technology could diagnose heart disease and impending strokes — all with a quick and easy fingerstick.

This scientific breakthrough promised to revolutionize health care. Walgreens and Safeway signed up to provide Theranos’s service to their customers, while the Department of Defense wanted it for servicemembers around the world. By transforming lab testing with innovative technology, Holmes seemed to have discovered the holy grail of microfluidics, which had bedeviled research laboratories for decades.

Fortune canonized her on its cover because she pledged that her health care company would do good and help humanity.

The Wall Street Journal described her as “the next Steve Jobs or Bill Gates.” High praise

Elizabeth Holmes in 2014. Photo by Max Morse for TechCrunch

followed from the New York Times and the New Yorker, along with a fawning Charlie Rose interview on PBS. Holmes gave massively popular TED talks and was bolstered by an impressive board of directors that included two former secretaries of State: George Shultz, who hosted her 30th birthday party, and Henry Kissinger, who tried to fix her up with dates. Other members included former Georgia Democratic Sen. Sam Nunn, former Tennessee Republican Sen. Bill Frist, former Navy Adm. Gary Roughead and former Secretary of Defense James Mattis — all older men, but none with a background in bioscience.

The fact that Holmes was a young woman in the male-dominated world of Silicon Valley played to her advantage, which makes it interesting to note that she did not choose one woman to sit on her board.

That board of prestigious men made Theranos a magnet for multimillionaire investors like Betsy DeVos and Rupert Murdoch. By 2017, Holmes’s private company was valued at $9 billion — that’s b-for-boy billion. In the parlance of Silicon Valley, Theranos was a “unicorn,” a privately held startup valued at over $1 billion. The ridehailing app Uber is the poster child for unicorns.

Today, Elizabeth Holmes is the poster child for corr uption, the epitome of degradation. Her company has cratered under the staggering weight of her deceit, all of which is documented in riveting detail by John Carreyrou in “Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup,” soon to be a motion picture starring Jennifer Lawrence.

Holmes and her business partner, Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, also her lover, have been indicted for criminal fraud and could face up to 20 years in prison.

Carreyrou, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter for the Wall Street Journal, charts the rise and fall of Holmes as a hungry young woman who saw herself as Marie Curie, the only female scientist to win two Nobel Prizes. A zealot, Holmes told employees she was building a religion; if they did not believe, they had to leave.

Many did, but those who were fired or retired were forced to sign life-shackling nondisclosure agreements, swearing never to reveal anything about their employment or employer. Holmes retained David Boies, one of the country’s most famous lawyers, to enforce those contracts, which, for years, shielded what was going on at Theranos — how the company threatened employees, cheated on proficiency tests, diluted blood samples, misled inspectors, masked malfunctions, reported inaccurate readings, used nonfunctional devices and ignored quality-control failures.

The company even built a fake laboratory in 2015 to impress then-Vice President Joe Biden, who later raved to the press that Theranos was “the laboratory of the future.”

As Carreyrou emphasizes, people’s lives were at stake because most physicians rely on blood tests for diagnosis. If healthy individuals are misdiagnosed, they can be subjected to costly and precarious treatments; if individuals with life-threatening diseases go undiagnosed, they can die.

If you believe in whistleblowers, as I do, and genuflect to the First Amendment, you’ll applaud John Carreyrou and “Bad Blood “ for turning over a slimy log in Silicon Valley and showing us what slithered out.

Georgetown resident Kitty Kelley has written several number-one New York Times best-sellers, including “The Family: The Real Story Behind the Bush Dynast y.”

Her most recent books include “Capturing Camelot: Stanley Tretick’s Iconic Images of the Kennedys” and “Let Freedom Ring: Stanley Tretick’s Iconic Images of the March on Washington.”

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Proceeds support the Musician Scholarship Program, which enables 80 exceptional musicians from across the Americas to participate in a six-week orchestra academy. The evening includes silent and live auctions. Four Seasons Hotel. Email jrodriguez@orchestraofthemericas.org.

APRIL 6 MAKE-A-WISH MID-ATLANTIC’S EVENING OF WISHES This annual event helps Make-A-Wish MidAtlantic fulfill its mission of creating lifechanging wishes for children with critical illness.

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. Contact Megan Homa at 301-9629474 or mhoma@midatlantic.wish.org.

The city’s finest chefs, sommeliers and mixologists provide a memorable night of dining in support of No Kid Hungry’s work to end childhood hunger in America.

National Building Museum. Visit ce.nokidhungry.org/dc.

APRIL 12 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS SPRING GALA Proceeds from the museum’s largest fundraiser — with dinner, dancing and a silent auction — support special exhibitions, education prog rams and audience engagement initiatives. National Museum of Women in the Arts. Contact Fiona Murray at 202-266-2815 or fmurray@nmwa.org.

The Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington presents “Eyes Hockey,” with John Guzik, board member and member of USA Hockey’s Blind Hockey national team, as master of ceremonies. Cocktails and a silent auction will be followed by dinner, a live auction and dancing. Omni Shoreham Hotel. Call 202234-1010 or email events@youreyes.com.

CHILDREN’S BALL This event, an evening of cocktails, dinner and dancing, provides critical support for the mission of the Children’s National Health System, including medical care, research and child advocacy. The Anthem.

Contact Jen Fleming at 301-565-8530 or jbfleming2@childrensnational.org.

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The evening celebrates the Folger Shakespeare Library’s commitment to driving discovery, transforming education and creating experiences. There will be receptions in the Folger’s Great Hall, entertainment in the Elizabethan Theatre and a black-tie dinner in the Reading Room. Call 202-675-0349, email amckiterick@folger.edu or visit folger.edu/gala.

APRIL 24 GEORGETOWN HOUSE TOUR PATRONS PARTY The Patrons Party for this year’s April 27 Georgetown House Tour, co-chaired by Hannah B. Isles and Kelly D. Stavish, will be held at a historic Georgetown house. Call St. John’s Church at 202-333-1796 or email georgetownhousetour@gmail.com.

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Inaugural Meet Your Neighbors at Café Georgetown

BY RO BE RT DEVA NEY While traffic for some was horrendous March 28, the inaugural Meet Your Neighbors — presented by Long & Foster-Christie’s International Real Estate, and hosted by Emel Bayrak of Café Georgetown, Sonya Bernhardt of The Georgetowner and David Dunning of the Friends of Rose Park — proved a cool, happy gathering at the N Street coffee house that brought smiles to all.

Turkish TV (TRT Türk) White House Correspondent Emel Bayrak, owner-founder of Café Georgetown, Long and Foster’s Michael McGreevy and Jim Adduci, Bayrak’s husband.

D.C. Springs to Pink…

BY C H R ISTIN E WAR N KE Spring arrived March 20, but those in Washington, D.C., welcomed its arrival differently — with the Pink Tie Party at the International Ronald Reagan Trade Center March 22, kicking off the National Cherry Blossom Festival. Partygoers indulged in various delicacies and cordials throughout the hall adorned in Japanese-themed decorations centered around D.C.’s famous cherry blossoms.

Long & Foster’s veteran real estate agent Donna Evers with Nikolas Mercado, sales manager of its Georgetown office.

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Sarah Asterbadi and Hope Palmer on a party swing. Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan

Joe Lutz and Gloria D’Molina at the party.

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Players and their spouses — along with many supporters — rocked the Anthem March 26 before the home opener to benefit the Washington Nationals Dream Foundation. Emceed by local and national sports personality Lindsay Czarniak , the event raised more than $1 million for the nonprofit’s initiatives focused on academics, the arts, nutrition and sports for children and teens in the Washington, D.C., region.

Max Scherzer and Erica May-Scherzer — both were pitchers on their college teams.

Stephen Strasburg and his wife Rachel — they met at San Diego State.

Andrew Gelfuso, vice president of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center chats with Naami Wagner, performance artist on the Skylark Bike. Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan.

WPA’s ‘Sizzle & Swing’

BY M ARY BIR D The Washington Performing Arts Gala harmonized the National Building Museum March 30, while applauding the presence of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg and the birthday of WPA President Emeritus Douglas Wheeler. WPA President and CEO Jenny Bilfield and emcee Tamara Tunie presented the Children of the Gospel Choir and an evening of musical treasures. The many guests included Virginia Johnson of Dance Theatre of Harlem, Nina Totenberg and the family of Rep. Adam Clayton Powell (D-N.Y.).

Ryan and Heather Zimmerman do the red carpet in front of the Anthem at the Wharf.

Emcee Tamara Tunie and Washington Performing Arts President Jenny Bilfield.Photo by David Claypool/Kalorama Photography.

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RITZ CARLTON, WASHINGTON, DC Completely renovated South facing two bedroom, two and a half bath! Over 1,800 square feet, chef’s kitchen, top of the line finishes, 2 balconies, 2 garage spaces. $1,750,000 Traudel Lange 301-765-8334

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GEORGETOWN, WASHINGTON, DC Sunny, brick federal in Georgetown’s East Village. Two bedrooms, two and a half baths. Spacious living room and library, entry level kitchen with updated appliances, separate DR, and sitting/sun room. $1,395,000 Nancy Taylor Bubes 202-386-7813

HILLANDALE, WASHINGTON, DC Sunny corner townhome in Hillandale. 4BR/3.5A, fireplace & elevator. 1-car garage + driveway off street for 2 cars. East/West exposure and close to pedestrian gate for easy walk to Georgetown. $1,375,000 Cynthia Howar 202-297-6000

TURNBERRY TOWER, ARLINGTON, VA Spacious 2BR/2.5BA with heated floors, private elevator, garage parking and two balconies with views of Rosslyn, Georgetown and the Potomac. Represented the buyer. Close price: $1,275,000 Chris Itteilag 301-633-8182

CRESTWOOD, WASHINGTON, DC Magnificent 6BR/3.5BA home, built in 1930. Authentic Tudor architecture w/ stone & brick exterior, custom trim and plaster moldings, stained-glass windows & curved staircase w/wrought iron railings. $1,199,000 Danielle Perl 202-826-7024

CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND NEW LISTING! Picture perfect 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath on pretty block. Idyllic location in village of North Chevy Chase. New windows, spacious kitchen & HWF. Finished LL w/ additional BR & BA. Driveway parking. $769,000 Kay McGrath 202-276-1235

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