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THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2020 “The race in Ward 2 has attracted the most attention...the best choice is Brooke Pinto, a former assistant D.C. attorney general who would give Ward 2 a needed new start. She performed valuable work on tax matters and policy issues such as hate crimes and consumer fraud. Unlike some candidates promising the sky under the banner of progressive justice, she is steeped in reality and would hit the ground running with grit and smarts.”

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Jack dedicated his life to raising his children and serving Georgetown and Ward 2 residents on H Supported Volta Park and Rose Park renovations. the Council.

H Saved and preserved Jackson Arts Center for residents to have a community arts space.

H Worked to invest in Ellington, Hardy, and Hyde Addison renovations for residents to have world class neighborhood schools.

H Advocated to successfully keep the Georgetown Department of Motor Vehicles location.

H Secured funding for infrastructure projects such as fixing manhole covers along M Street and Wisconsin Avenue, renovating of bridges over the canal, and creating the Georgetown Waterfront Park.

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ABOUT THE COVER

Photo — “Small Toys on Woman’s Eyebrow” — by Jessica Gaudioso.

PUBLISHER Sonya Bernhardt

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FEATURES EDITORS COPY EDITOR Ari Post Richard Selden FASHION & BEAUTY SENIOR DIRECTOR CORRESPONDENT Lauretta McCoy Peggy Sands

NEWS · 6 - 7

Town Topics Ward 2 Candidates Q&A

GRAPHIC DESIGN Troy Riemer

EDITORIAL/OPINION · 8

PHOTOGRAPHERS Philip Bermingham Jeff Malet

Editorial CAG Update Brooke Pinto Opinion Jack Evans Opinion

ADVERTISING & MARKETING Kate Sprague Richard Selden Kelly Sullivan

GEORGETOWNER · 9 New Georgetowner Stakeholders

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CONTRIBUTORS Mary Bird Susan Bodiker Allyson Burkhardt Evan Caplan Didi Cutler Donna Evers Michelle Galler Stephanie Green Amos Gelb Wally Greeves Kitty Kelley Rebekah Kelley Jody Kurash Shelia Moses Kate Oczypok Linda Roth Alison Schafer Mary Ann Treger

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BUSINESS · 11

The Potomac River Tunnel project extends from Georgetown to the Anacostia River. Photo by Wally Greeves.

Ins & Outs

COVER · 12 - 13 Mane-Taining My Sanity Pandemic Pivot: How Businesses Are Adapting

GEORGETOWN MAIN STREET AWARDS GRANTS

CLASSIFIEDS · 14

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BOOK CLUB · 15

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The Blue Angels fly past the Washington Monument on May 2. Photo by Jeff Malet.

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ANC, and have been impressed with the qualities I’ve observed: he is practical, collaborative, and committed to creating achievable solutions. His ability, intellect, and understanding of the issues are why I support Patrick Kennedy and urge others to do the same.”

Patrick Kennedy, we will have a fifth-generation Georgetowner, I know “ With “ AsPatrick a councilmember who understands Kennedy will be an outstanding Councilmember. He knows the issues of our Ward and has extensive knowledge of how to get things accomplished in this City. Patrick is a hard-working candidate you can trust.”

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TOWN TOPICS

Mayor Enlists Big Names to ReOpen DC

BY R OBE RT DEVA NEY Mayor Muriel Bowser announced on April 27 that the ReOpen DC Advisory Group, tasked with formulating the District’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, will be headed by Secretary Michael Chertoff and Ambassador Susan Rice. Bowser also enlisted former first lady Michelle Obama as a spokesperson in D.C. government ads that encourage testing.

As of May 4, the District had reported 5,322 cases of COVID-19, with 264 District residents having lost their lives from the disease, caused by the novel coronavirus.

Michelle Obama The goal of this special group is to “develop recommendations on reopening the District safely and sustainably through a plan based in science and tailored to the needs of the community,” Bowser said. The advisory group will recommend a plan that “proposes how to reopen D.C. toward its values and priorities, recommends deployment of the best approaches and innovations from D.C. residents and from around the country and globe and proposes a phased reopening with mitigation guidelines by sector to ensure a safe and responsive process.”

The group’s report is due on May 11.

ReOpen DC held a virtual town hall on April 29. A survey was posted on its website on April 28, with residents and businesses encouraged to provide feedback.

The Johns Hopkins Center for Health

Security will advise the ReOpen DC group, according to Bowser. The group will have 12 committees, whose work will be guided by the center’s report, “Public Health Principles for a Phased Reopening During COVID-19: Guidance for Governors.”

Additional ReOpen DC co-chairpersons are: D.C. CFO Jeffrey DeWitt, former Mayor Adrian Fenty, former HHS Assistant Secretary Nicole Lurie, District Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, the mayor’s Senior Advisor Beverly Perry and former Mayor Anthony Williams. The six will chair two committees each.

The group’s 12 committees are: Equity, Disparity Reduction, Vulnerable Populations; Public Health Innovation and Workforce; Transportation and Infrastructure; Open Spaces and Recreation; Education and Childcare; Government Operations, Public Safety and Criminal Justice; Faith, Arts, Culture, Hotels, Entertainment and Sports; Restaurants and Food Retailers; Retail and Small Business; Human Services, Social Services and Health; and Real Estate and Construction.

Chertoff served as President George W. Bush’s secretary of homeland security. Rice was national security advisor under President Barack Obama. Bowser said both are D.C. residents and that she asked them to help the city in these temporary roles, calling Rice “a hometown D.C. leader” and saying that Chertoff “has helped me before.”

At the same press briefing, Bowser announced that the Department of Health Care Finance has awarded $25 million in grants to 10 hospitals to support and prepare for the District’s medical surge in response to the coronavirus public health emergency.

“Eligible hospitals applied to receive funding based on the number of beds the hospital is able to provide to address the anticipated surge,” Bowser added. “Each hospital received an award based on this allocation and funding will be distributed to hospitals on May 1.”

Among others, George Washington

University Hospital will receive a little more than $5 million, Howard more than $4 million and MedStar Georgetown a little more than $1 million.

The District and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are converting the Walter E. Washington Convention Center into an

alternate care facility with 500 beds for any medical surge, if necessary. It will be ready by early May. More information is available at coronavirus.dc.gov/reopendc.

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was treated for exposure and hypothermia but declined medical attention.

Brassy 80th Birthday for Mom Betsy Rackley, who turned 80 on April 24, was saluted by family and friends — properly distanced — and serenaded by the Crush Funk Brass band in front of her 34th Street home. The late-afternoon musical interlude delighted the Volta Park neighborhood.

Submerge Ahead: Car Meets Canal It’s becoming an annual tradition.

Following inaccurate GPS guidance, a motorist drove into the C&O Canal last week.

The driver, on Water Street, had headed west onto the Capital Crescent Trail. A report of a car submerged in the canal drew D.C. Fire & EMS to the scene shortly after 8 p.m. on April 30. No individuals were in the car or encountered during a search of the surrounding area. Found hours later walking along the Clara Barton Parkway, the driver

COVID-19 in D.C. Weeks Earlier?

A woman in her 50s returned from skiing in Italy in mid-February with flu-like symptoms. After tests came back negative, her doctor thought it was just a false negative for flu, the Washington Post reported. But once she recovered, she tested positive for coronavirus antibodies, contradicting the theory that the Rev. Tim Cole, rector of Christ Church, Georgetown, was D.C.’s “patient zero” in early March.

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Ward 2 Candidates Q&A CO MPILE D BY ROB E RT D E VA N E Y The primary election for the District of Columbia will be held on Tuesday, June 2.

One of the most contested races on the D.C. ballot is for Ward 2 representative on the District Council, for a four-year term. There are nine candidates — eight Democrats and one Republican. Comprising a range of backgrounds and experience, all have been community activists in one way or another.

The candidates are (in alphabetical order): • Jack Evans, former Ward 2 Council member • John Fanning, Logan Circle Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner • Jordan Grossman, Medicaid, housing and homeless services coordinator • Daniel Hernandez, former Marine employed by Microsoft • Patrick Kennedy, Foggy Bottom Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner • Brooke Pinto, former D.C. Assistant Attorney General • Kishan Putta, GeorgetownBurleith Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner • Katherine Venice (Republican), selfdescribed reformer of capitalism • Yilin Zhang, health business executive

In this Part 2 of our Q&A, The Georgetowner asked: What measures are most important before reopening D.C.?

(Answers have been edited for brevity.)

In the May 20 issue, The Georgetowner will run Part 3 of our Q&A — as well as a selection of specific answers by the candidates. Visit georgetowner.com for expanded questions and answers, leading up to election day.

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WHAT MEASURES ARE MOST IMPORTANT BEFORE REOPENING D.C.?

under control, to prevent another peak from overwhelming our health care system, we have to be able to detect and trace future cases.

Evans: We should utilize technology and moderate social distancing until a vaccine is produced.

Kennedy: We must base our decision on the best public health information to ensure the safety of our teachers, employers and workers. We have to dramatically scale up testing to get this crisis under control as fast as possible to reopen Georgetown and D.C.

Fanning: We must see a reduction in the number of new infections and hospitalizations, have equitable rapid-testing available and a robust contact-tracing system to prevent secondary outbreaks.

Grossman: We need further action to support restaurant, retail and other workers who have lost their jobs, educators and parents and families and businesses struggling with rent and mortgage payments.

Hernandez: Once community spread is

Pinto: COVID-19 testing must be widely available so that we have the data we need.

New health regulations are also needed, such as permitting businesses to refuse service to customers not wearing masks and temperature checks and crowd/density control.

Putta: I have over 15 years of health care experience in D.C., six years helping

D.C. small businesses, and understand their concerns. Widespread testing and PPE availability are needed.

Venice: Plan B means how else restaurants and small shops can open safely — using distancing, restricting numbers of customers, plexiglass, masks, gloves, etc. Only if scientists drive the resumption of activity will parents and customers feel confident enough to return.

Zhang: Reopening needs to be phased.

We need to continue to expand access to testing and resources to check in with residents. Especially for residents living alone, physical distancing can feel socially isolating. Economically, D.C. could have extended property and Q1 estimated tax deadlines, and unemployment benefits need to be distributed in a timely way.

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EDITORIAL/OPINION

We Cannot Afford to Get This Wrong

BY BR OOKE PIN TO Send Your Feedback, Questions or Concerns, Tips and Suggestions to editorial@georgetowner.com or call 202-338-4833

Businesses Can’t Reopen Until Schools Do There has been some encouraging news in the District since March 16, when Mayor Muriel Bowser issued a stay-athome order and closed all schools, parks and “nonessential” businesses. We are now seeing an exponential increase in the capacity to test and care for cases of the coronavirus disease, COVID-19.

While the number of persons testing positive has increased — to 5,016 as of May 2 — the total is not nearly as high as initially predicted. According to Mayor Bowser, every hospital in D.C. has empty beds and ICU units with ventilators, along with sufficient trained personnel. Social distancing, wearing face coverings and staying at home seems to have worked.

What is also true, unfortunately, is that the local economy is in shambles. According to the mayor, “The District’s unprecedented response to the pandemic has shuttered vibrant businesses, driven over 70,000 D.C. workers to file for unemployment and has created a $700-million revenue gap in the District’s current 2020 budget and into 2021.”

Aware that the D.C. economy needs to be reopened safely in the weeks ahead, Bowser introduced on April 27 a team and a structure to coordinate it, the ReOpen DC Advisory Group, with high-profile names chairing its committees.

There is one gut-wrenching conundrum, however.

It is estimated that some 40 percent of employees have school-age children, and many of their 3-to-5-year-olds attend preschool. As New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo stated in mid-April: “You can’t

restart the economy fully without restarting schools. Schools provide not just education but also in many ways child care for people.”

CAG UPDATE

to this community. Support local restaurants by purchasing takeout meals, keep up to date with neighbors on the Citizens Association of Georgetown’s Georgetown Forum, go on a Georgetown safari and thank the neighbors who made it possible, support the Georgetown Business Improvement District’s efforts to help local workers and reach out to neighbors who may need a hand with groceries or other needs.

We hope you are enjoying the weekly oral history interviews that CAG is distributing to members — also available on CAG’s website at cagtown.org — which deepen our understanding and appreciation of Georgetown’s long and proud history.

This crisis, too, shall pass. We will get through it together and our community will no doubt come out of the pandemic as strong as ever.

BY CH ERY L GRAY Life probably seems strange for most of us these days, sequestered in our homes and interacting with friends and family only through our screens or occasional talks at a distance. No doubt many of us miss things we have always taken for granted, including the ability to shop in local stores, eat in great restaurants, visit our wonderful museums and enjoy the myriad entertainment opportunities that D.C. offers.

This pandemic has led to a lot of pain for many people, particularly those experiencing the virus firsthand and those who have lost jobs or loved ones as a result of the virus. But, at least for me, it has led to some insights that I hope will last, including greater appreciation of all those things I used to take for granted and a realization that a simpler life with more unscheduled time can bring its own rewards.

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Obviously, no one wants to put a single child at risk. But as data about the disease accrues, it is becoming clear that, while the novel coronavirus appears to be highly contagious, many of those infected have mild or no symptoms. This is especially true for children.

In the District today, only three percent of those who tested positive are under the age of 18. There is a case to be made that the risk of children becoming ill with COVID-19, especially those in pre-K and kindergarten, is very low. Some states are considering allowing that population to return to school and to child care centers; their parents could then return to work.

Problem is, this could put the teachers and the adults who care for them at risk.

“Little children are the most active carriers of disease,” one pre-K teacher told The Georgetowner. “They touch everything, put everything in their mouths and pass it on. It’s impossible to get them to social distance in school unless classroom sizes — now 20 and more — go down to four or five.”

Here’s the question: If the effort to revive our economy depends on children going back to school, is that a risk worth taking? Should the opening of schools be among the District’s first priorities in restoring commerce? Must we ask our school teachers — like nurses, doctors and first responders — to be the next front line of coronavirus heroes?

Cheryl Gray is president of the Citizens Association of Georgetown.

The Citizens Association of Georgetown mourns the passing of The Georgetowner’s veteran writer Gary Tischler. Read CAG’s oral history interview at cagtown.org/ tischler-gary.

How the Mayor Bowser and the D.C. Council respond to the economic crisis in the weeks ahead will shape the long-term path towards the District’s prosperity for a generation. We cannot afford to get this wrong.

COV I D -19 has delivered a debilitating exogenous shock to the Dist r ict’s economy. Thousands of small business owners and working families are headed towards an economic precipice. The tr ue scale of this challenge was highlighted by the District’s Chief Financial Officer, Jeffer y DeWit t. Revised revenue estimates for f iscal years 2020 to 2023 now project a budget shortfall of $721.8 million (8.5 percent of the locally raised dollars in our annual budget) in 2020. That’s set to worsen in 2021 with continued losses in the outer years. The shortfalls are driven by an unexpected erosion in the real property tax base due to business failures and a depressed residential property market.

Of the 40 percent of restaurants that have already closed across the District, DeWitt predicts that 20 percent may never reopen and that it may take up to five years for the hotel industry to recover to its pre-pandemic position.

Those who argue that the solution is simply to drain the $1.4 billion “rainy day” reserves fund illustrate an

absence of long-term planning, such as the negative impact it would likely have on the District’s bond rating.

Fur ther more, when other calamities befall us, for example, a second wave of the virus in the fall, it would leave us more vulnerable and unable to respond effectively. DeWitt’s estimated revenue shortfalls are conservative and assume our economy will reopen by the fall.

Our current budget also does not take into consideration the cost of contact tracing and testing, which experts agree are crucial to a controlled recovery.

But those measures are expensive and would require additional funding even if we depleted our “rainy day” fund.

Read more of this opinion piece at Georgetowner.com.

Brooke Pinto is the former Assistant Attorney General for Policy and Legislative Affairs at the D.C. Office of the Attorney General where she represented the D.C. Council and many of the District agencies and worked closely on the District’s annual budget.

She formerly served as a tax attorney representing the D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue. Pinto is running to represent Ward 2 on the District Council.

Facing a Two-Front Crisis

BY JAC K EVAN S The District is facing a two-front exigent crisis. At one front, a health crisis with the potential to cripple the city’s health system, with thousands sick and many potential deaths; at the other front, a financial crisis that could set the city back and potentially bring back federal control. The Council will soon have to look at where the city collects funds, how it spends funds and how and when we can replenish our reserves.

The coronavirus crisis will create at least a $1-billion shortfall between now and the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. Of the taxes collected, the city will lose nearly $700 million in sales taxes this year alone. We will also lose another $300 million from property taxes and income taxes.

We’re better positioned to take a financial hit than any other American city. This is due to the fact that the city has four reserve funds — two federally mandated funds and two local funds — totaling $1.4 billion.

The city cannot touch the federal reserves without congressional approval, but we regularly use the local reserve funds to make payments throughout the year, until tax revenue is deposited and the city replenishes them. The local reserves of over $1 billion provide cash flow to pay our bills. This amount is roughly the same as the shortfall the city will face due to the coronavirus.

There is one catch, however.

By law, the reserves must be paid back

over the next two years. The fiscal year 2021 budget must be at least $1 billion less than our current budget, and that may be a best-case scenario. Once the health crisis ends, our citizens and our businesses will need substantial support from the local government, for which there are no line items in the budget. Any reductions and reallocations in spending will be difficult and painful, but necessary to balance our budget and prioritize essential services.

Raising taxes to cover the $1 billion loss in this environment would be a real mistake — and, frankly, not feasible. It would make life more difficult for residents trying to meet expenses and businesses trying to survive.

The challenges threatening the District’s economic footing are immediate and enormous. Residents should feel healthy and safe, just as they should feel confident in their employment.

We could be reeling from the effects of this pandemic for months and we may not fully recover financially for years. In 1995, the District government failed to fully acknowledge and decisively act upon the magnitude of its budgetary problem. It cannot afford to fail again.

Jack Evans is the former Ward 2 representative on the District Council. Guest columns by other candidates for the Ward 2 Council seat will appear in future issues.

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COMING: TACQUERIA IN DEAN & DELUCA SPACE

District Bodega, a tacqueria serving fresh Mexican cuisine, is planning to move into the former D.C. home of Dean & DeLuca at 3276 M St. NW, with seating on part of the ground floor, the mezzanine level and outdoors. It will also sell sundries and household items found in bodegas. The Artists & Fleas multiple-vendor market, announced previously, will occupy the rest of the space. Maximum capacity, seated and standing, will be 100 inside and, in summer, 100 outside. The restaurant’s liquor license application was recently approved (with the customary protest) by the GeorgetownBurleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission.

IN: CAFE AMA - WITH MOTHER’S DAY SPECIAL

Angelique Sina recently opened Cafe Ama at 1101 30th St. NW, selling coffee from Puerto Rico. President of Friends of Puerto Rico, Sina is eager to get to know her neighbors. Here is her Mother’s Day special: “Mia Isabella is an 11-year-old student entrepreneur from Aibonito that designed Mother’s Day cards to inspire all of us that might not be able to hug our mothers on their day. Mia is a student from our SEEDS youth entrepreneurship program and she gains skills as a pathway out of

BUSINESS poverty through our coffee. She has created a Mother’s Day edition with her cards and a Café Ama bag.” All sales will support the SEEDS program for women and children in Puerto Rico.

FILING FOR BANKRUPTCY: J. CREW, NEIMAN MARCUS

Preppy apparel chain J.Crew has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Under the terms of the filing, its main creditors are set to take control of the group in exchange for canceling debts of $1.65 billion, the BBC reported. J.Crew’s 500 stores are temporarily closed, but many may never reopen.

Prepping for bankruptcy protection, famed Dallas-based retailer Neiman Marcus has been forced to close its 43 locations, plus 24 Last Call and two Bergdorf Goodman stores, according to Reuters. Having furloughed thousands of employees, the 113-year-old company is working on the final phases of negotiating a loan with creditors.

OUT: STARBUCKS AT 3122 M

The Starbucks coffee shop at 3122 M St. NW has permanently closed (the HäagenDazs ice cream store remains open next door). Alternative locations: 3347 M St. NW, 1810 Wisconsin Ave. NW, on the Georgetown University campus and in the Georgetown Safeway.

A Tip of the Hat to Proper Topper

BY STEPH AN IE GR EEN In its 30th year, Proper Topper is more than a hat shop; it’s become a sorority of sorts.

As she plans the store’s anniversary year, Anna Fuhrman, who founded the original in Union Station, says she’s most looking forward to celebrating “the friendships that were sparked.”

After store closures, store openings and a current chemotherapy regime, Fuhrman is still propping and topping — no small feat in the turbulent world of Northwest D.C. commercial real estate.

Back in 1990, Fuhrman was an Oklahoma native who had landed a job with Amtrak after graduating f r o m Georgetow n Law. From the cozy environs of her Cathedral Commons location, she reflects on how different Union Station was back then, a bustling hub of tourists and commuters eager for retail opportunities.

Today there’s everything from H&M to Magnolia Bakery, but three decades ago she saw an opening at the station, particularly for women. She conceived of a fun hat shop

project and the first Proper Topper was born, followed by a Georgetown location near her home on P Street.

Today, Proper Topper operates out of Dupont Circle and its latest iteration at Cathedral Commons, where Fuhrman relies on her network of National Cathedral School parents and students. Young women whose mothers once worked for the shop are regulars now.

“We used to sell scrunchies, and now the kids are looking for them,” she says.

As for hats, you can still find the perfect cloche or garden-party variety, but the shop is a girlygirl’s paradise, with candles, jewelry, headbands and plants — the gift shop that keeps on giving you gift ideas.

Fuhrman explains that, with online shopping edging out small businesses, she leans into her senses when creating the shopping environment.

The shop has a “secret garden” feel, complete with such touches as inspirational quotes on the windows and French jazz. It’s a “feels nice, smells nice” way to shop, she says. In other words: the anti-Amazon.

She’s also proud of the merchandise she’s developed for her adopted hometown, like the “I Heart My Swamp” T-shirts and other pieces advocating D.C. statehood.

Fuhrman’s dream is to one day be back in Georgetown, which she still calls home. We are looking forward to welcoming her — and even the scrunchies — back with open arms.

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Going virtual is tough enough for shops and restaurants, but a good number have made a pandemic pivot, taking orders online and delivering right to homebound customers’ doorsteps.

For local businesses offering personal services, however, the situation is dire. Hair styling in a hazmat suit? Robotic eyebrow threading? Video dental exams?

Meanwhile, our hair keeps on growing (and reverting to its natural color). For a stopgap, we can take matters into our own hands, as some of us have done with cooking and, especially, baking. But if we want our favorite neighborhood salons, dentists and other personal care providers to still be around post-quarantine, we — and they — need to get creative.

MANE-TAINING MY SANITY

BY KAR EN R OL L O M U R PH Y My mother often did it in the afternoon.

There she would be, in shorts and just her bra, with an old towel wrapped around her shoulders, clipped in the middle by a wooden clothespin.

I should have remembered that part earlier. Madison Reed knew what she was doing, placing that Facebook ad in front of me just when I had occasionally started seeing my grays reflecting on the screen.

The day before I was to have my hair colored by my wonderful hairdresser, the salon owner called to say they we were closing for two weeks. Evidently a patron had been exposed to the COVID-19 virus.

When I asked him for a recommendation elsewhere, he said the local salons met and they were all closing for safety.

I started calculating hair growing rates.

Did I hear once that it grew faster in summer? Whew, it is March, maybe keep the heat in the house down. Then I thought, “Okay, calm down, only your husband will see for the next two weeks, you can wait.”

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when I waited one week too many to stretch out things, but what he was about to witness was a full-on Rip Van Winkle situation.

Did I even want to find out I am old and gray in the middle of a scary time — or, worse yet, end up in the hospital with a halfand-half, letting-myself-go look? There, I said it. Yep, vanity thy name be mine.

(Please don’t judge me, I am an optimist, so hope springs eternal that this will be over before everyone is infected. I am praying everyone can stay put and stave this off.)

Madison and her clever come-ons about “ease and nontoxic perfect color” wore me down. Three more ads and I ordered it online, but not before having to determine: “Am I golden brown, light brown or medium brown?” Don’t ask me why I don’t know what color my hair is; it is just the color Erika puts on my head. Geez, it was harder than I thought. Desperate times … so I chose light brown.

The box arrived four days later. Now nine days out, I had to take measures into my own hands. I had run out of combing camouflage strategies. Come on, if my mother could

color her own hair — in the ’60s, in her kitchen, from a box purchased at the Pic ’n Save — I could do this! After all, I have an MBA and Madison Reed has promised me it will be so easy. How tough can this be? Also, I had watched someone else do it to my head for 20 years. Piece of cake.

The box had many tools I have never owned. A brush with a rat comb end, four large clips, a plastic bowl with weird measurements, a tube of stuff, a squirt bottle with more stuff, something frightening called “barrier cream” and an instruction card with large print.

Hiding from my husband in the bathroom, I took a deep breath and followed the instructions. “This is easy,” I said, clipping my hair in sections and then putting on the included gloves. The mixing part got tougher, and by the time I dropped the container onto our fancy, very large bathroom rug, I realized Mom knew the kitchen floor was a very scrubbable surface.

Then, I guess while bending down, I flicked some color on my favorite workout top. (Which I, of course, chose to wear to

do this, learning nothing from Mom, who is now even more of a saint to me. And don’t get me started about how easy it was for her to throw her head down in the kitchen sink, using the spray arm with one hand and massaging her head with the other.) In the shower, I was convinced color would be blinding me as I chose the head-back method — and, again, being shallow in times of trouble, hoping our expensive travertine would not be hair-colored after this exercise.

Finally, out of the shower, towel removed from head (to my relief, no color on the “good” towel I chose), I moussed, I started to blow out … wow, it actually looked normal. No, really, it looked like my hair!

Yeah, I saw a few grays that I had missed, trying to be conservative, but, overall, not bad — although one ear was a little brown and required major scrubbing. “I can live with this,” I said, admiring my work, albeit almost an hour later (followed by an attempt to OxiClean and soak the workout top and rug).

Erika should not worry about my loyalty.

When this is over, her tips will be huge.

Masks for sale by Ike Behar on ikebehar.com.

Co-owners Shahab Farivar and Maziar Farivar of Peacock Cafe.

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PANDEMIC PIVOT: HOW BUSINESSES ARE ADAPTING

BY KAT E OCZ Y P OK Many local businesses are turning to creative ways to stay afloat during the coronavirus restrictions — even as they know their percentage of sales is way down and they apply for various government assistance programs.

As for this writer, my other work is teaching piano. I have gone online, with all my students remaining except one. Others have turned to the internet and gotten creative, too.

While many businesses can carry on with their employees working from home, others — like retail stores and restaurants — operate by moving people through close quarters. Requiring a defined place to serve customers, they now must do things differently. Their businesses have been turned upside down.

Optimistic Georgetown stalwarts like Peacock Cafe on Prospect Street have never completely closed; they remain active with takeout and delivery while helping out the nonprofit Feed the Fight. Co-owners Shahab Farivar and chef Maziar Farivar said they very much “appreciate our loyal neighborhood customers.” They are offering specials but admit business is around 15 percent of what it was before the health emergency. “There’s no problem parking,” Maziar joked.

With its store closed temporarily, EllaRue on P Street has been selling through its Instagram account and is launching its e-commerce website — ella-rue.com — this week. “We were working on it but were pushed to finish it,” Krista Johnson said.

“Still, we cannot wait to open safely. Each type of business will have to open safely in its own way.”

At Ella-Rue, which Johnson runs with her sister Alexa, there will be a limit of two customers at any given time, with face coverings required, when reopening comes.

The shop will have shorter hours because of cleaning work, she added. Johnson said she knows the new normal will be difficult.

“Nothing compares to sales like open doors,” she said. “We’re just trying to get the ball rolling.”

Grateful that its landlord asked for no April rent, Ike Behar on M Street is now selling stylish face coverings along with its men’s fashions, donating one mask to charity for each sold. Alan Behar arranged with Eileen McGrath a donation of 100 face coverings to Georgetown Ministry Center.

Rachel Shank, executive director of Georgetown Main Street, shared with us how other Georgetown businesses are working to stay alive with lots of creative options.

Chaia Tacos is transitioning to an enchilada supper club on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with ready-to-eat, piping hot enchiladas to pick up and devour at home.

Chaia also has a marketplace where guests can pick up necessities like corn tortillas and margaritas in Mason jars — because, in times like these, a margarita is, in fact, a necessity.

Jenn Cravato’s 1310 Kitchen & Bar at the Georgetown Inn is now offering prepackaged meals and its famous chicken pot pie. Also on Wisconsin Avenue, neighborhood landmark Martin’s Tavern has partly reopened and is offering grocery items like yeast, along with takeout. The tavern’s comfort food is perfect for our current situation. And Café Georgetown on N Street has just reopened for grab-and-go.

Part of the Tony and Joe’s Seafood Place

family, Profish — which usually provides seafood for local restaurants — is sending trucks out for direct sales during the pandemic. For those interested, orders are by the pound and wholesale pricing is currently being extended to consumers. Patrons can pick up orders at Meet the Truck locations around the city. Direct delivery is available in a dozen or so zip codes for $15.

Carine’s Bridal Atelier has virtual bridal appointments and try-on-at-home options. The store is also leading an effort in Georgetown to make face masks for hospital staff.

Georgetown Massage and Bodywork is selling gift certificates to use at a later date. There are also gift box options with items like tea, candles and essential oils to help Georgetowners stay calm during this uncertain period.

Fitness Together on N Street is offering live, one-on-one, virtual personal training.

Interested parties can request an initial consultation on the Fitness Together website. And makeup bar Own Your Wonder is hosting virtual Sip ’n Glows, makeup tutorials to watch while you sip a cocktail at home. Topics include evening makeup and Desk-to-Dinner.

Supplies for Shop Made in DC’s new virtual classes are mailed to interested participants’ homes. Upcoming classes include a Virtual Cocktail Class on Thursday, May 7, with Tory Pratt, founder of Pratt Standard Cocktail Company, and Intro to Drawing on Friday, May 15. The company is also selling DIY gift boxes.

On Massachusetts Avenue, John Tsaknis, DDS, is giving tele-dental visits in light of the pandemic. Individuals can get

a dental exam without leaving their homes.

All patients need to do is go online and fill out some forms. A member of Tsaknis’s office will visit to take X-rays and photos of your mouth. Within three days, you will receive a preliminary treatment plan.

Restaurateur Geoff Tracy (aka Chef Geoff) is offering lots of incentives to get guests to grab some of his fare, like juicy burgers and cheesy pizza. Most recently, his guest services team is offering exterior car washes Monday through Saturday for those picking up food. There is also a neighborhood pantry selling grocery essentials out of his New Mexico Avenue location. All pantry proceeds will go to his staff.

Dupont comedy club DC Improv is hosting virtual comedy shows. “Pun DMV,” a Zoom video conferencing show featuring Dana Fleitman, is set for Thursday, May 7, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5. Ticketholders are sent an email half an hour before the show on how to log in. The show is the Improv’s pun competition, so get ready for plenty of groans and laughter, with an eye roll or two thrown in.

DC Cidery ANXO Cider has launched a weekly vegan CSA box for $50. Boxes include fresh, local, ethically sourced produce and other groceries. The boxes have become so popular that there is a waiting list for May. In order to meet demand, ANXO Cider is asking that individuals join their membership clubs (memberships autorenew weekly and biweekly, but there is an option to skip a week each month).

There are many more business owners out there pivoting to adapt to the pandemic.

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Stout’s name will resonate with Georgetowners who remember his family from when they lived, as he writes, in the “7,000-square-foot mansion … that was a hundred years old” at 31st and P Streets. His parents partied with Washington’s nouveau riche society from the ’70s to the ’90s,

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His father, Anthony Carder Stout, known as Tony, founded National Journal, then established a foundation to build a memorial in France honoring Americans who served in World War II. The $4 million he raised from veterans for the memorial mysteriously disappeared, and Stout was forced off his own board. “He conned the vets,” writes his son. Following a report of mismanagement by the General Accounting Office, the Internal Revenue Service began investigating, which led to an expose by “60 Minutes.” Then the FBI moved in, and Tony Stout fled town.

His mother, Julie Jeppson Stout Park, known as Muffy, was an heiress of Norton Company of Worcester, Massachusetts.

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Stout paints a lacerating portrait of his parents, particularly his father, who was never around while he was growing up.

“I didn’t know where my dad was most of the time. There were always bags in the hallway, and I didn’t know if he was coming or going. When he was there, he got mad a lot and when he yelled, it felt like the whole house shook.” He recalls his father as “a small man with a big opinion of himself … [he’d] find a lady and run off somewhere and leave his kids behind.”

While Stout is unsparing when he writes about his parents, he’s equally unflinching about himself, first as an adolescent: “the stealing, the eating disorder, the cheating on girlfriends, the lies, the betrayals, the evil wishes and the time I wore girls’ underpants to school in the second grade.” Then, as an adult, a crippling addiction to crack cocaine took him “to the other side … I was dead.”

He describes “one botched suicide attempt” when he “ingested an entire bottle of Advil PM with a fifth of bourbon and a heroin chaser. I ended up sleeping for thirty hours.”

You can’t get more of a cliché than a trust-fund baby neglected by rich parents, loved only by the family’s black maid, who tumbles into drug addiction, stealing and selling family heirlooms to support his habit as he careens towards self-destruction. But Stout elevates the cliché to a colorful saga

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Carder Stout now lives his happilyever-after life in Southern California with a wife and two young children. As he relates at the end of his book, he is a practicing psychologist, treating “a clientele that includes Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Grammy winners.” He opens his memoir with a ringing endorsement from Gwyneth Paltrow, followed by praise from actors Will Arnett and Billy Crudup. You then understand why Stout’s main drug dealer called him “Hollywood.”

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CHEVY CHASE $3,195,000 4909 Fallstone Ave., chevy chase, MD Nate Guggenheim 202-333-5905 Mary Grover Ehrgood 202-274-4694

GEORGETOWN $3,195,000 3011 P street nW, Washington, Dc Eileen McGrath 202-253-2226

GEORGETOWN $2,195,000 3017 P street, nW, Washington, Dc Eileen McGrath 202-253-2226

POTOMAC $1,928,000 11104 s. glen rd, Potomac, MD Anne Killeen 301-706-0067

ARLINGTON $1,895,000 2914 24th rd n, Arlington, VA W. Ted Gossett 703-625-5656 Margot Wilson 202-549-2100

RIVER CREEK $1,689,000 18278 riviera Way, Leesburg, VA Debbie Meighan 571-439-4027

EDGEMOOR $1,595,000 4821 Montgomery Ln #406, Bethesda, MD Anne Killeen 301-706-0067

GREAT FALLS $1,149,000 11640 Blue ridge Lane, great Falls, VA Piper Yerks 703-963-1363 Penny Yerks 703-760-0744

BRAMBLETON $698,000 42250 Marble canyon terrace, Brambleton, VA Joe O’Hara 703-350-1234

UNDER CONTRACT WATERFORD $1,389,000 14774 Milltown rd, Waterford, VA Joe O’Hara 703-350-1234

GEORGETOWN $1,325,000 2617 o street nW, Washington, Dc Nate Guggenheim 202-333-5905

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