The Georgetowner: July 24, 2019 Issue

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Owner of the Washington Kastles and manager of Citi Open, Mark Ein stands at the Kastles stadium on the rooftop of Union Market. Photo by Fritz Blakey and Fritzphotographics.

Downtown News

Editorials Jack Evans Report Letter to the Editor

STERLING TUCKER: A FOUNDING FATHER OF MODERN D.C.

BY GARY TISC H L ER

BUSINESS · 12 Ins & Outs

Sandal Season

IN COUNTRY · 14 - 15 Step Off the Grid with a Wellness Getaway

APOLLO 11 ROCKET PROJECTED ON WASHINGTON MONUMENT (PHOTOS)

BY JEFF M AL ET

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CLASSIFIEDS · 16 Service Directory

FOOD & WINE · 17 Cocktail of the Month Dining Guide

KASTLES ELEVATE THEIR GAME

BY EVAN C APL AN

The Kastles play atop Union Market this season.

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BOOK CLUB · 18

Kitty Kelley Book Club

FEATURES EDITORS Ari Post Gary Tischler

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HAUTE & COOL · 13

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EDITORIAL/OPINION · 8

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GEORGETOWN AFTER DARK In May of 1962, the sale of hard liquor was made legal in D.C. for the first time since 1917. Georgetown’s nightlife exploded with countless new bars. Dwane Starlin, member of the Guild of Professional Tour Guides, will lead a walking tour focusing on the neighborhood’s “after dark” history. Tickets are $20. For details, visit dumbartonhouse. org. Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW.

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JANE AUSTEN FILM FESTIVAL

Salsa band Rafael & El Tumbao Urbano will give the first of free daily lunchtime performances on Wilson Plaza, with plenty of outdoor seating. For details, visit itcdc.com. Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.

Now in its eighth year, the Jane Austen Film Festival, screening films at sunset under the stars in Dumbarton House’s historic garden, will conclude with “Pride and Prejudice,” starring Keira Knightley. Tickets are $6.

For details, visit dumbartonhouse.org.

Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW.

At this year’s Citi Taste of Tennis DC, the official player party for the Citi Open, guests will sample fine food, sip signature cocktails and mingle with their favorite tennis players. Tickets are $200. For details, visit tasteoftennis.com. The Hamilton Live, 600 14th St. NW.

AUGUST 3

‘I DO’ WEDDING EVENT For prospective brides and grooms, Georgetown Main Street will present a free curated afternoon of events and discounts from Georgetown businesses along Wisconsin Avenue. Those registering in advance will receive a welcome bag full of gifts and special deals. For details, visit georgetownmainstreet.com.

Bright Faces, a nonprofit dedicated to providing cleft lip and cleft palate surgery to children around the world, will hold its second annual Charity Golf Tournament at Raspberry Falls Golf & Hunt Club, a Gary Player Signature Course and one of the top 10 courses in Virginia. Individual golfer registration is $500. For details, visit brightfacesgolftournment.com. 40601 Raspberry Drive, Leesburg, Virginia.

AUGUST 5 TO 9

WATER LANTERN FESTIVAL

SUMMER CAMP AT TUDOR PLACE

As the sun begins to set, festival-goers will watch their unique lanterns, adorned with letters of love, hope and dreams, drift out onto the water. There will also be food, games and music. Tickets are $40 ($35 in advance).

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Great Garden Adventure is a hands-on summer camp for ages 4 to 6. With bright colors, cool haunts, broad lawns and amazing plants, campers will dig deep into nature in the Tudor Place garden. Tuition is $175. For details, visit tudorplace.org. 1644 31st St. NW.

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ANC Meeting Heats Up Over Jelleff Field

BY PEGGY SA NDS The Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission’s monthly meetings are usually, and notably, civil affairs, with a calm chairperson, currently Rick Murphy, efficiently pushing through a multipaged agenda of speakers, announcements and PowerPoint presentations. So it was unusual that about 15 minutes into the meeting the tone and tension suddenly heated up.

A few hours earlier, District Department of Parks and Recreation Chief of Staff Ely Ross had been asked to speak on an unannounced agenda item. Murphy said he had just heard at 4 p.m. about a seemingly innocuous bureaucratic decision

by DC Public Schools to transfer to DPR its administrative oversight of the little known, presumably lightly maintained and relatively unused playing field at 38th and S Streets NW. The field officially belongs to the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, located about five blocks away at 37th Street and Reservoir Road.

The Duke Ellington field is also used as the home ground of the local rugby team the Washington D.C. Slayers.

“Is it a done deal?” Murphy demanded.

“Did you even try to reach out to tell the ANC about it? Have funds been transferred?

Have any plans been made for the field that will impact all the neighbors around it?”

“It is an administrative change,” said Ross.

“It has been agreed to but not yet signed.”

“With no input from the ANC?” asked Murphy again.

“Yes,” answered Ross. “It’s just administrative. No changes. No plans are made — yet.”

“I am extremely, profoundly concerned,” Murphy responded. “The very reason why the ANCs were formed is to make its views and recommendations on just such matters known to city agencies and taken seriously.”

Ross dutifully apologized for the ANC having been left out, but commissioners Joe Gibbins, Elizabeth Miller and Kishan Putta — who lives just a block away from the field and uses the park daily — continued to ask, why the rush?

When Ross didn’t respond, Murphy said angrily: “We know why. It’s because of Jelleff.” That opened the Pandora’s Box. The playing fields at the Jelleff Recreation Center at 3265 S St. NW are controlled by DPR. It is half a block from Wisconsin Avenue and Hardy Middle School, which

Jelleff Recreation Center, located at 3265 S St. NW. has petitioned for more use of Jelleff’s fields on weekdays. But the manicured fields were built in 2009 and maintained for the past 10 years under an exclusive prime-timeuse contract with the private K-12 Maret School, located at 3000 Cathedral Ave. NW. That contract is up for renewal for another 10 years at the end of this year.

“The ANC voted not to extend the contract between the private Maret School and the city on Jelleff field and asks [DPR] to stop negotiating behind closed doors and make public their proposal process,” Commissioner Miller wrote DPR Director Delano Hunter on July 3.

In a resolution passed unanimously at its July 1 meeting, the ANC demanded that DPR “make public the criteria that will drive their decision-making and to have a transparent proposal process that allows more than one school at the table.

To date, ten schools and the Boys and Girls Club have expressed interest in access to the Jelleff field during the most in-demand hours. Now with late word that the Duke Ellington field may be part of the negotiations regarding Jelleff … without a single word to our ANC or any public input — the confusion has reached CODE RED.” Georgetown’s beleaguered Council member Jack Evans also was drawn into the fray. His administrative aide, Ruth Werner, demurred when asked if she knew of the memo transferring administrative jurisdiction from DPS to DPR. It could be a touchy question. One of Evans’s triplets is believed to have attended Maret School at the time, two ANC members told The Georgetowner (separately). But Maret Head of School Marjo Talbott said that was not the case. “I can say categorically that no Evans child was at the school before or during the contract negotiations,” Talbott told The Georgetowner. In her position for 25 years, Talbott was a key person in the

talks between DPR and Jelleff.

At the time, the decision was welcomed.

The District claimed then, as it does now, that it does not have the funds to maintain the fields that Maret School built at the Jelleff Center 10 years ago.

“DPR came to us with a 20-year deal to rebuild the club, the pool and curated fields with lights, giving us prime use,” Talbott said. “We did it even though the school does not even use the pool nor the lit field at night,” she added.

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CARS LOSE AGAIN, THIS TIME IN CADY’S ALLEY

BY RO BE RT DEVA NEY, P E G G Y S A N D S A N D K AT E O CZYPOK

In another decision to limit where cars can and cannot drive and park in Georgetown, the Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission at its July 1 meeting unanimously approved the closure of Cady’s Alley to through vehicular traffic and parking during the weekend — probably beginning in September. An stone and brick alley, it runs parallel to the C&O Canal and M Street, accessed on the west by steep 34th Street and on the east by narrow 33rd.

Facing Cady Alley are several high-end design, fashion and furniture stores, along with District Donuts, Leopold’s Kafe and a small fountain courtyard, giving the place a European feel. Still, motorists seeking a detour off M Street traffic routinely use the alley. “Starting in September, that will no longer be possible,” said Philippe Lanier of EastBanc, the developer behind the alley’s transformation, which started in 2000.

KERFUFFLE OVER C&O CANAL PLANS

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE IN MARTIN’S DUGOUT

Crews repair Canal Road. Courtesy DDOT.

NEWS BYTES A debate over the restoration plans for the Georgetown section (one mile) of the C&O Canal played out in the opinions pages of the Washington Post, when on June 28 Stephen Hansen, chair of the Committee of 100 on the Federal City, the District’s oldest, nonprofit planning advocacy organization, wrote: “The National Park Service is shopping a plan, masterminded by the Georgetown Business Improvement District, around town to turn the familiar canal segment between Rock Creek and the Key Bridge into what is arguably a glorified ‘tot lot’ — a D.C. version of the wildly popular Manhattan High Line.

“Not even the historic towpath (along which countless generations of mules lumbered) is safe. Shopping-mall-quality paving of the 190-year-old dirt paths is now proposed. The BID and Park Service’s purported rationale is increasing public access, visitation and enjoyment of the one-mile segment ... But what is imagined is so over-the-top and out of character with the canal that the current proposal must be dialed back — significantly.”

Hansen’s essay was headlined: “Don’t ‘High Line’ Georgetown’s C&O Canal.”

Last Friday, Jennifer Romm, chair of Georgetown Heritage, the Park Service friends group coordinating the revitalization planning for the canal’s Georgetown segment, responded to Hansen in the Post.

Her letter was headlined: “The C&O Canal in Georgetown is not in danger of being ‘High Lined.’”

“The assumption that the plan to save the canal would produce another High Line is just guilt by association. Landscape architect James Corner Field Operations has extensive experience balancing nature and urban environments on unique projects.”

Her response continued: “Not ‘masterminded by the Georgetown Business Improvement District,’ this rehabilitation plan has been a multiyear effort led by the National Park Service and Georgetown Heritage, a nonprofit group consisting almost entirely of Georgetown residents. We have included preservationists, historians, archaeologists, educators and cultural 6 JULY 24, 2019

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resource specialists … The Georgetown section of the C&O Canal is a treasure, and the plan seeks to keep it that way. We aim to provide opportunities for people to learn its stories and enjoy its beauty. The canal is not being turned into a ‘tot lot.’”

Glad to know that one of Georgetown’s crown jewels continues to inspire dialogue.

Fifteen midshipmen who were in the Dugout section of Martin’s Tavern got a history lesson from Chrissy Gardner last week. The Naval Academy students wanted to hear a bit about the spy history of the Georgetown’s restaurant. They were

Gen. William “Wild Bill” Donovan. Courtesy OSS. particularly keen on hearing about Gen. William “Wild Bill” Donovan, who met with colleagues in the back room in January of 1942 to start the Office of Strategic Services, initiated by FDR. The men were all interested in going into Navy intelligence post-graduation.

Some Washingtonians may remember that Wild Bill owned the Beall-Washington House at 2920 R St. NW before the Grahams purchased it. Today, it is owned by Mark Ein, owner of the Washington Kastles tennis team and manager of the Citi Open. As of now, there is no tennis court in the backyard.

CRIME & SAFETY STABBING AT WISCONSIN & O

THEFT: JULY 15 — 3100 BLOCK OF M STREET NW. THEFT: JULY 15 — 3200 BLOCK OF M STREET NW. THEFT: JULY 15 — 3100 BLOCK OF SOUTH STREET NW. THEFT: JULY 15 — 1200 BLOCK OF WISCONSIN AVENUE NW. THEFT: JULY 15 — 3600 BLOCK OF S STREET NW.

THEFT: JULY 21 — 1000 BLOCK OF THOMAS JEFFERSON STREET NW. THEFT: JULY 21 — 3000 BLOCK OF M STREET NW. THEFT: JULY 20 — 3000 BLOCK OF M STREET NW. THEFT: JULY 20 — 3100 BLOCK OF M STREET NW. THEFT: JULY 20 — 1000 BLOCK OF 29TH STREET NW. THEFT: JULY 19 — 3200 BLOCK OF M STREET NW. THEFT: JULY 19 — 3600 BLOCK OF O STREET NW. THEFT: JULY 19 — 900 BLOCK OF 26TH STREET NW.

DDOT FIXES SINKHOLE ON CANAL ROAD

A stabbing occurred July 18 around 10:15 p.m. at the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and O Street NW. The known suspect was stopped by police, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

Injuries were not life-threatening.

The following is partial list of recent crimes in or near Georgetown, as provided

by MPD.

Jeh Johnson, former Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Courtesy DHS.

FORMER DHS SECRETARY LOVES GEORGETOWN

Once a Georgetowner, always a Georgetowner. Jeh Johnson, who served as the secretary of Homeland Security from 2013 to 2017, often returns to Georgetown, where he and his wife Susan lived during the Obama administration. On July 10, Johnson met with colleagues and former neighbors during a reception at the Avery on P Street.

His former Georgetown home at 27th and O Streets is up for sale again at $2,250,000.

Johnson has been mentioned as a possible Democratic vice presidential candidate.

THEFT: JULY 18 — 1700 BLOCK OF WISCONSIN AVENUE NW. THEFT: JULY 18 — 2100 BLOCK OF P STREET NW. THEFT: JULY 15 — 1000 BLOCK OF 31ST STREET NW. THEFT: JULY 15 — 2900 BLOCK OF M STREET NW.

The District Department of Transportation reopened Canal Road NW July 15, after completion of sinkhole repairs. There had been a week of closures of Canal Road from Arizona Avenue to Foxhall Road. On July 8, the District experienced heavy rains and flash flooding causing portions of Canal Road to be closed temporarily to allow floodwaters to recede. Additional structural damage — a sinkhole — from the flooding event created a hazard for residents and commuters caused the road to be closed again on July 10.

After a full inspection of the roadway, DDOT determined that emergency repairs were necessary and might take approximately one week to complete.

The repairs were completed earlier than expected. According to DDOT, additional work may be necessary for the long-term stability of the roadway.

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A new fence for the White House is under construction. Fence pictured is not representative of the actual design.

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D GRADE FOR D.C. BUSES

The Metrobus system barely made a passing grade on the first-ever D.C. bus report card. The Coalition for Smarter Growth and MetroHero gave the system a D. MetroHero analyzed the performance of 34 of the District’s busiest bus routes, focusing on three factors: abiding by designated headways, scheduled arrival times and average travel speed.

Jennifer Hill, lead researcher at MetroHero, said their analysis showed the hurdles Metrobus riders have to deal with every day, including speeds of less than 10 mph. The data confirmed that bus speeds across the whole system have been declining every year. Cheryl Cort, policy director for the Coalition for Smarter Growth, said the speed issue and lack of reliability are contributing factors in declining ridership. Metro and D.C. government are working on improvements to service, including bus lanes and trafficsignal priority.

NEW WHITE HOUSE FENCE

Construction of a new White House fence started earlier this month and is expected to last at least two years. The Secret Service and the National Park Service have been working for five years to create a barrier that will keep the White House visible and accessible to the general public while making sure the historic building and its occupants are safe. Construction will happen in phases, beginning with the northwest corner of the White House.

safety advocates who organized the vigil encouraged attendees to wear red if they knew a victim of traffic violence and, if not, to wear white.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC HQ RENOVATIONS

National Geographic is hoping to get historic preservation approval for renovations to make its headquarters building flow better and create a more welcoming streetscape, Urban Turf reported. The campus, in the 1600 block of M Street NW, will have a new public plaza and a new entrance pavilion housing an event space.

HOPKINS D.C. PLANS ANNOUNCED

Earlier this year, Johns Hopkins University announced plans to buy 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, which opened in 2008 as the Newseum. The university recently unveiled an early peek at plans for the building, to be called Hopkins D.C. The intent is to turn the former First Amendment museum into a light-filled structure for learning, public engagement and research. The Newseum will remain open through the end of this year.

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VIGIL FOR 2 KILLED IN D.C. PARK

A community vigil for two men killed earlier this month in James Monroe Park, on Pennsylvania Avenue at I Street NW, was held on July 18. The driver of an SUV drove through the area and smashed into trees and benches, including one where the two men were sitting. The street-

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EDITORIAL

OPINION JACK EVANS REPORT

Handling Extreme Summer Heat

BY JAC K EVAN S Send Your Feedback, Questions or Concerns, Tips and Suggestions to editorial@georgetowner.com or call 202-338-4833

A Council Member, and a Neighbor, Under Fire Over a grueling past few weeks, we’ve all watched the trials and tribulations of Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans. Evans has come under fire for his dealings with clients of his private businesses vis-a-vis his roles on the District Council and the board of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

In the end, Evans gave up his role as chairman of Metro’s board — voluntarily, he said — after an investigation and a detailed report by a law firm. More recently, the Council held a sometimes abrasive hearing at which Evans had promised to give his side of the story.

He did not appear to satisfy the concerns of the Council. A week later, he was stripped of his chairmanship of the finance committee, although the Council did not oust him from the committee itself, or from membership on any other committees.

During the course of all this, there were numerous stor ies in the media about the various strands of the Evans controversies. And we saw an FBI team with a warrant raid Evans’s home in the early hours of the morning — a very public and surely embarrassing event. A number of possible candidates for his seat on the Council have emerged, and there is a movement afoot to hold a recall election.

All of this is very distressing for the body politic and local governance. Evans himself, who had gone out of way not to comment on what was happening, finally addressed the issues to a limited degree in his newsletter for the first time. In particular, he said that “although I do not agree with the actions the Council took this week to establish a committee to investigate allegations made against me to remove me as the Chairman of the Finance and Revenue, I accept the Council’s actions with sadness and humility.”

We think both the humility and sadness are warranted, especially for observers in Georgetown. While Evans represents the large and multifaceted Ward 2, Georgetown residents have had, and continue to have, a special connection to him that began when he won election to the seat some 30 years ago.

By moving to Georgetown, and then raising his three children here, he became something more than an elected official to Georgetown residents. He became a member of a community, and a neighbor who was very much present, attending countless meetings

of the Citizens Association of Georgetown, the Advisory Neighborhood Commission, business groups and charitable organizations, not to mention the celebratory events of daily life that occur in this historic setting.

The residents of Georgetown and the rest of Ward 2 are the core constituents of Jack Evans. In Georgetown, we feel a connection to him, whatever opinions we may hold about the current scandal (and it is a scandal).

The connection is personal. It has meant being part of the triumphs and tragedies of his life, including the loss of his first wife, Noel, a much admired and politically savvy woman who succumbed to cancer in 1994.

Georgetowners feel that they know not just Council member Jack Evans, but Jack.

In many ways, the Evans saga is an American success story, the rise of a man with small-town origins to prominence in the nation’s capital. Evans can take considerable credit for the rise of the District of Columbia as an economically stable, successful city within the framework of its non-state status. He failed to win election as mayor twice, but most saw that as a political reality, not as a verdict on his abilities and accomplishments.

But any elected official, from president to town alderman, is at bottom responsible for his record, and for communicating with pride and truth about his accomplishments and with honesty about his failures and mistakes.

Subpoenas have been issued.

Investigations — including one by the Council — are underway. But no charges have been made and no definitive answers about the many and complicated issues, including conflicts of interest, have yet been obtained.

People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.

An opportunity, maybe even a necessity, exists for Evans in relationship to his peers, his constituents and especially the residents of Georgetown. But we must wait for such face-to-face conversations until the investigations are completed. In America, we believe a man is innocent until proven guilty.

We can name local and national leaders, once under investigation, but never charged, whose reputations never quite recovered.

The truth is out there — we don’t profess to have it — but it should be heard, clearly and without the intervening weight of politics or animosity. Meanwhile, we wait.

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We a l l k n o w t h a t Washington gets hot and humid in the summer.

Unfortunately, summers seem to be getting hotter every year. If the recent heat wave proved anything, it’s that longterm exposure to intense heat can cause health risks for everyone.

The basic precautions still apply if you’re heading outside for long periods of time. Drink plenty of water, apply sunscreen and wear light-fitting clothing.

Limit your time exercising outside and make sure your dog’s paws are protected from the hot sidewalks — since these surfaces can get much hotter than the air.

Simple planning for these hot days can make tolerating them a bit easier.

M u l t i p l e d a y s of 10 0 - d e g r e e temperatures are over for now, but it’s important to highlight the many services the city provides when the temperature approaches 95 degrees and higher.

The Homeland Secu r it y and Emergency Management Agency will activate the Heat Emergency Plan whenever the heat index reaches 95 degrees. When this happens, recreation centers, public libraries and senior wellness centers will open to the public and act as cooling centers. Take advantage of these resources, especially if there are power outages or if your air conditioning is not working. HSEMA sends text alerts and emails when the Heat Emergency

Plan activates. To sign up for alerts, visit ready.dc.gov.

The heat also affects many of the services provided by the District Department of Public Works. Many of the jobs DPW staff members perform every day take place outside. Trash collection, parking enforcement and other tasks might be delayed due to extreme heat.

DPW will start trash and recycling collection an hour earlier — at 6 a.m. — and customers can put their bins on the curb at 6:30 p.m. the evening before pickup. Parking enforcement will continue on their usual schedule, with time for extra breaks.

In response to the excessive heat, the Department of Parks and Recreation extended public pool hours to 9 p.m. throughout the District. This was a temporary extension, but extended hours may be reinstituted if temperatures rise to the levels we felt last week and over the weekend. The Ward 2 pools in this program are Francis Pool and Jelleff Pool.

Thank goodness we’re getting a break from this month’s extreme heat, but it’s likely to return. Check on your neighbors, especially those with special needs and those who are seniors. Call 911 for a medical emergency and call 311 if there’s an issue that the city needs to be aware of. My office and staff are ready to assist you as well.

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

Letters to the Editor ‘FAIRNESS, HONESTY . . . REGARDING CONTRACTS’ I saw and appreciated The 10-year term. The District has no such Georgetowner’s thoughtful editorial in its obligation of which I am aware. The contract July 10th issue in which your publication between Maret and District says the District’s called for transparency in the District consent to an “[E]xtension Request ... may be Department of Parks and Recreation’s withheld or conditioned in the sole discretion handling of the possible extension of the of the District.”

Maret School’s contract for the use of the In short, between now and the end of the field at the Jelleff Recreation Center. year, Maret can ask for an extension, but the Speaking only for myself and not for District is under no obligation to grant one, the other members of ANC 2E (who may regardless of whether Maret has fulfilled its have different views), I could imagine obligations under the existing contract. This that it might be in the best interest of is as it should be. Much has changed in all stakeholders for Maret to continue to the last 10 years. While interested parties have access to the field at Jelleff under may disagree about whether it would make terms that differ materially from the sense to allow Maret to extend the contract, existing arrangement, but I wholeheartedly the process of deciding whether or not an agree with The Georgetowner’s statement extension should be granted must take the that the Depar tment of Parks and changed circumstances into account, and Recreation (and other District agencies) must be fair, honest and transparent. It has should act with fairness, honesty and … not been thus far. transparency regarding contracts,” such as the Maret-Jelleff contract.

— Rick Murphy, Chair, Georgetown, Burleith Also, I was surprised by the suggestion and Hillandale Advisory Neighborhood in the editorial that representatives of Commission (ANC 2E) Maret contend that the current contract obligates the District to grant Maret’s request to renew the contract for another

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Forest Bathing: A Natural Way to Disconnect

BY ALISON SCHA F ER

My 88-year-old mother was very worried about taking her clothes off in February in the woods behind Dumbarton Oaks. Not so much about getting arrested, but about the cold. We’d signed up for “forest bathing,” and it turned out that you can keep your clothes on for it.

It was a blustery day, and she and I joined several others for forest bathing, a Japanese health practice that, according to its adherents, brings both physical and mental benefits.

We were led by Alexandra Graubert, a Georgetowner and certified forest therapy g uide. “Emphasis on the g uide,” she says. “The forest does the therapy. I’m just leading them. I’m just giving them invitations, suggestions.”

Forest bathing, or shinrin-yoku, became popular in Japan in the 1980s. It is catching on in the United States as part of a broader focus on both nature or eco-therapy and preventative health care. The idea here is that there are physical and mental health benefits to simply being outside (emphasis on “simply,” “being” and “outside”).

Mary Beth Ray joined one of Graubert’s bathing sessions in mid-May and says she felt better almost instantly. “The longer we were immersed in the outdoors, with our cell phones off, the more our senses became keener and our blood pressure lowered. A lot of people are lashed to their desks, cell phones and laptops, and the idea of this becoming more mainstream and less hippydippy is good for all of us.”

Forest bathing asks participants to slow down. Stand still. Listen to the wind. Look — look hard — at a tree, a leaf. Be a part of nature, instead of in opposition to it.

“Usually when we go into nature we’re hiking, we’re looking for birds, we’re not slowing down and really communing with nature. We’re usually doing something else,” Graubert says. “I think people are surprised at how different their experiences are — even people who already like nature and know about it are surprised at what a different experience it is.”

After a short walk with a focus on

Dumbarton Oaks Park. Photo by Smallbones. stopping, listening and being quiet, forest bathers come together to sit outside for tea and more observation. The mood is reflective, and the city and its anxieties seem farther than just up the hill.

Some of the forest bathers come because they’re curious. Some come with their mothers. Others come because their doctors have prescribed time in nature as a treatment for fighting illness. And, in fact, a broad range of studies of adults and children show

that there are marked health benefits to being in nature. Children with ADHD show signs of better focus after unstructured time outdoors.

Adults have lower blood pressure and report reduced stress, a better mood, improved sleep and higher energy.

Thin k of the potential for legions of Wa sh i ng t on ia n s. T he o p p r e s s e d schoolchildren worried about math tests. The lawyers whose lives roll by in six-minute billing increments. The journalists, ever

anxious about that next presidential tweet and a schedule thrown out the window. The angry commuter, stuck in traffic. Forest bathing is an antidote to an increasingly connected, machine-driven world.

Disconnect. It’s good for you.

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Due to the church closing for restorations, our summer Sunday Mass schedule will be as follows through September 1: Trinity Hall: Vigil, 7:30am, 9:30am, 11:30am, 1:15pm, 5:30pm Dahlgren Chapel: 9:30am Photo: Courtesy of the South Tyrol Tourist Board.

Confessions will take place in the small parlor adjacent to the Chapel of St. Ignatius.

See our “In Country” section on p. 14 for a great forest bathing location!

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American Tennis player Sloane Stephens at the 2018 Citi Open. Photo by Jeff Malet.

“We are raising the level of every event and experience,” Mark Ein — now the manager of the 50-year-old Citi Open tennis tournament — told The Georgetowner in an exclusive interview last week. “We want the tournament at Rock Creek Park Tennis Center to be the place everyone wants to be every night from July 27 through August 4.”

Ein’s sports company has just taken over management of the tournament, which annually draws more than 75,000 fans and benefits the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation, founded by Arthur Ashe. Now Ein expects the tournament to grow in substantial and exciting ways.

Almost every week this month, the direct and energetic Ein, who loves journalism and rescued Washington City Paper last year, has made headlines himself with breaking news

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about the games.

In June, he announced that the tournament would again be part of the prestigious ATP Open Series for the first time since 2014. That alone brings better players and prestige to the D.C. event, the fifth-largest in the U.S. and the only ATP Tour 500 tournament in the country.

On July 18, Ein announced that tennis’ most exciting new star, Cori “Coco” Gauff, will be coming to D.C. to play and participate.

Gauff, 15, became a sensation at Wimbledon when, as the youngest player ever, she beat out the oldest player, her childhood idol Venus Williams, in the first round.

Earlier in the week, Ein announced a partnership with high-profile D.C. chef José Andrés to provide his innovative culinary fare at two new venues in the tennis center.

The Market Square is a fully-enclosed, air-conditioned tent that will be open to all fans free of charge, along with music, entertainment and front-row seats at the tournament’s practice courts. The Moët & Chandon Stadium Club, overlooking the 7,500-seat stadium, is an exclusive, newly built and air-conditioned courtside hospitality suite offering indoor and outdoor seating for just 40 guests.

The culinary lineup includes Andrés’s Pepe, Beefsteak and Butterf ly Taco Y Tortas, as well as pizza prepared in Marra Forni custom ovens, Shake Shack, Dolcezza Gelato, Ice Cream Jubilee, Compass Coffee and OakBerry Acai Bowls. “It will be the most talked-about dining scene in Washington, D.C., this summer,” Ein said.

“We’ve also upgraded all the tournament merchandise,” he added, showing The Georgetowner photos on his phone of the tournament’s new and colorful T-shirts. “The clothes are year-round fashionable cool,” Ein said with a sparkling grin. He went on to describe plans to enhance the extensive tournament grounds and to bring music and entertainment — including interactive

Katie Boulter at the 2018 Citi Open. Photo By Jeff Malet. interviews with players — to the Market Place stage.

Ein loves tennis. It is often cited — he even says it himself with some amazement — that he went from ball boy to owner and founder of D.C.’s champion professional tennis team, the Kastles (named after his highly successful Kastle security systems company), then to board member and vice president of the United States Tennis Association. Now, driven by his genuine love for the game and its power to influence, he is manager and potential owner of the Citi Open.

Ein was captain of the tennis team at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School. For years, he eagerly attended what was then called the Washington Open, even dreaming at one point of becoming a pro player — “though that dream quickly disappeared with reality,” he said with a laugh. But the turning point in his lifelong passion for the

game happened while he was a ball boy at the D.C. tournament.

“Just being that close to those dedicated top athletes was inspiring,” Ein said. “They taught me how much pro athletes could really connect to people, how much being close to the players and the matches could touch and inspire kids and fans to do their all-out best.”

A goal of the improvements Ein wants to make is to do more for the players. He has increased concierge and recovery services and made available more practice times and courts, including at Sidwell Friends School.

He has upgraded parking at the venue and transportation for players, their families and fans to engage with D.C.’s sights and attractions.

Being in the nation’s capital is a huge plus for the tournament, Eins firmly believes.

It’s one reason he decided to take on the management of the tournament, with a fiveyear option to buy the ATP sanction. There

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Tennis Holds Court in Georgetown

BY PEGGY SA NDS All the excitement about D.C.’s Citi Open has a personal feel in Georgetown, where tennis has been a popular sport for all ages for decades.

Three of Georgetown’s public parks have tennis courts. The two courts at Volta Park and the three at Rose Park were completely refurbished in the past five years; the classic courts next to the gazebo in Montrose Park are scheduled to be realigned, then resurfaced, in the coming year.

Tennis lessons and camps for children

and adults are offered at several area private schools, including Georgetown Visitation and St. Albans (note: the outdoor courts at Georgetown University no longer exist).

There is no country club or tennis club per se in Georgetown. Georgetown players seeking to find regular games, hang around tennis players and talk tennis over cold drinks — and perhaps even compete in some organized competitions — have long had their desires met at Rose Park, which has courts at 27th and O Streets.

Tennistar offers a variety of camps and clinics for tennis, field hockey, girls’ lacrosse and soccer.

In October 2015, Mayor Muriel Bowser and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson along with Peters family members, friends and officials unveiled the Peters plaque for the tennis courts at Rose Park. Photo by Robert Devaney.

were other offers for the tournament, particularly from buyers from overseas, where tennis is currently more popular. “Thanks to a lot of people, we all wanted to make sure this tournament didn’t just leave here now, but that it’s going to be here forever,” Ein said at a press conference last week.

Under the new management deal, Ein will pay a takeover fee to the former managers, the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation, which owns the ATP sanction conveying the right to stage the tournament on the top men’s tour. Ein assumed all financial risk and committed to continue financial support of the foundation. He also agreed to continue to include a women’s tournament that was launched in 2012. In addition, he has increased contracts with sports broadcasters.

There are special challenges to managing this tournament, notably restrictions imposed on any new construction in the park, since it actually belongs to the National Park Service. But Ein is working closely with community park organizations and the Rock Creek Park NPS office to make sure all contingencies are known and met.

He knows well the complications of dealing with property restrictions after buying the famous former home of Katharine Graham on R Street in Georgetown in 2002.

He and his wife Sally were married there that year. “We really had hoped to live there,” he said with a sigh, “but we’ve been turned down four times by the architectural review board to make changes to the property.”

Ei n’s i n f luence on D.C. ten n is is

“It’s the best pick-up court for tennis in D.C.,” said David Dunning, an avid tennis player and president of the Friends of Rose Park. For over 30 years, Clarence Lyons voluntarily organized the regulars and the newcomers, mediated disputes over court times, kept the courts tidy and helped coordinate the fall tennis tournaments that brought together amateur tennis players — college students and housewives, lawyers and lobbyists, former diplomats and international players, teachers and politicians — from all parts of the District.

Rose Park played a significant role in African American tennis history. Tennis stars and sisters Margaret Peters and Roumania Peters Walker lived across the street and learned to play tennis there. They won the doubles crown of the American Tennis Association for 15 years during the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s and, in later years, taught thousands of District children and adults to play. There is even an iconic photo of Margaret playing tennis with movie star Gene Kelly at Rose Park.

In October of 2015, the Peters sisters were honored with a permanent commemorative plaque, dedicated at a ceremony attended

by Mayor Muriel Bowser and Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, at the time a Georgetown resident. The sisters grew up in the era of segregation in the South, but Georgetown was integrated, with a population about 35 percent African American, mostly middle-class government bureaucrats and professionals.

The only real tennis club-like venue in Georgetown for organized play for adults is the Georgetown Visitation Tennis Club. Members can set up informal games or play in leagues from May to October on the four hilltop courts of the school, with bird’seye views of the neighborhood and almost always a little breeze.

“Many of the some four dozen members have played here for decades,” said organizer Mary Anne O’Donnell, a strong player who has been involved with the club since its establishment. During the winter, many play together at Haines Point and elsewhere.

Mischa Zverev at the 2018 Citi Open. photo

by Jeff Malet. unquestionably growing. Some call him the Michael Kahn of tennis, after the justretired Shakespeare Theatre Company artistic director, who changed the cultural life of D.C. But Ein’s contribution to the game almost pales next to the long list of successful businesses and philanthropies he runs (too numerous to describe here).

Still, one has to wonder if Ein’s dedication, hard work and success in business and philanthropy all started by being a ball boy years ago at the Washington Open.

Architect and tennis player Maeva Michiels who lives across from the Rose Park courts on O Street was married courtside at the net.

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BUSINESS tofu on a stick and shrimp teriyaki. Myint is also looking forward to bringing a dish called “hoi jor” to the menu. The food, made with crab and minced pork or chicken, fried and wrapped in dried bean curd, was all Myint’s daughter would eat when she was younger. Also, hoping to get a bit whimsical when it comes to sushi, he is planning to pierce sushi rolls.

In April, Myint brought Georgetown a Burmese salad spot, Bandoola Bowl, located at 1069 Wisconsin Ave. NW, several blocks south of the Sticx address.

INS & OUTS

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DEAN & DELUCA TO CLOSE AUG. 1

Upscale grocery store Dean & DeLuca, which opened its doors in 1993 at 3276 M St. NW, will close Aug. 1.

The Georgetown location was the third Dean & DeLuca store — and its first outside New York City, where the company was founded in SoHo in 1977.

For Washingtonians who love specialty and gourmet foods, it was epicurean heaven. A corporate representative confirmed the date with the restaurant blog, DC Eater.

Headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, after years of expansion and an ownership change to Pace Development, a Thai luxury development company, Dean & DeLuca took on debt and missed paying its bills.

Stores started to close a few years ago.

The legendary food purveyor’s fall — part from mismanagement, part because it has passed its prime — is the subject of stories in the New York Times, the Washington Post and elsewhere.

Today, aside from Asian locations, there are five Dean & DeLuca locations in the U.S.: two in New York, two in Honolulu and one in D.C. The Georgetown location

WHOLE FOODS ASKS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT The Dean & DeLuca on M Street NW has fallen on hard times. Georgetowner photo. has been the site of a market of one sort or another for about 200 years. Owned by the District government, the property must, by law, remain a food market.

Dean & DeLuca was once famous for its coffee and wine selections, its butchery, its cheeses, its pâtés, its delicious excesses. Last week, even the special sushi counter was no more. The coffee and bagel spot remained open for business, as did the sandwich line.

But for anyone who frequented the M Street spot in the ’90s or “aughts,” the place was a sorry state of affairs to behold.

The day before the official announcement that surprised no one, an M Street employee said, “We’re doing the best we can.”

IN: TRADER JOE’S GLOVER PARK

On Friday, July 19, a Trader Joe’s opened at 2101 Wisconsin Ave. NW, near Whitehaven Street and one block north of the Georgetown Safeway. After a brief ribbon cutting, smiling Trader Joe’s fans — waiting in a long line up the street — received leis, shopping bags and sampled food. Store Captain Tom Senior, a 15-year veteran of the company, and his staff welcomed customers to the Glover Park store, which has murals depicting local landmarks, such as the National Cathedral and the Naval Observatory.

The 15,000-square-foot grocery, part of the redevelopment by JBG Smith Properties of what was the Georgetown Holiday Inn, is centered around a luxe condo, the Glover House, opening later this year. This is the fifth Trader Joe’s in D.C. The Californiabased company boasts more than 485 stores.

COMING: STICX ON WISCONSIN

If you’re a fan of skewers or s’mores, you may soon be a fan of one of D.C.’s newest eateries, arriving this fall. Sticx is set to open at 1728 Wisconsin Ave. NW, in the former Mail Boxes Etc. space. Aung Myint’s 2,220-square-foot Georgetown restaurant, serving food on sticks, will be open for both lunch and dinner with 20 seats at a communal table.

Expect to see such items as chicken meatballs, grilled and skewered veggies,

THE WORLD FAMOUS

The long-stalemated conflict between Whole Foods and its former Glover Park landlord saw some movement a couple of weeks ago. Whole Foods has taken a shot at ending the debate over the issues of its lawsuit with Wical LP over the closure of its store at 2323 Wisconsin Ave. NW by seeking to get Judge Royce Lamberth to agree to a summary judgment on the key points of the lawsuit. As reported on the website gloverparkdc.com: “Remember that the trial hasn’t even started yet. Whole Foods has asked the judge to rule on five key points prior to the trial: 1) that its lease with Wical is valid and binding; 2) that the store closure over 60 days was excused; 3) that Wical breached the lease over refusal to allow permits and by attempting to extract additional rent; 4) Whole Foods has a right to terminate the lease retroactively to May 2017 and is entitled to recovery of all rents paid, lost profits, upkeep costs, interest and attorney fees; and 5) Wical is required to consent to permits to rebuild the store. This would give Whole Foods the sole authority to walk away with no obligation, or stay and rebuild.

Which will it be?

“In effect, Whole Foods is attempting to make the trial about how much money they are entitled to, rather than about the issues. If it works, the trial is essentially over before it starts, and Wical would be all but forced into a settlement; but if it fails, the judge will have signaled that their lawsuit is no slam dunk and Whole Foods is in for a battle … As you would expect, Wical followed with its own terse summary judgment motion, asking the judge to rule in its favor on all points and award them attorney fees and all rent held in escrow.”

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Step Off the Grid With a Wellness Getaway

BY MARY ANN T RE GE R You don’t have to go far to go deep. When you need to step off the grid and focus on invigorating body and mind, several nearby destinations offer a myriad of antidotes.

Boar’s Head Resort. Courtesy Boar’s Head.

BOAR’S HEAD RESORT, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA Charlottesville’s most famous son, Thomas Jefferson, believed a spa lifestyle using plants and herbs was essential to well-being. The Spa at Boar’s Head uses some of the same plants he used for respiratory health — rosemary, myrtle, orange blossoms — but with updated technology. Blueberries and raspberries, indigenous to the Virginia mountains, create a health scrub. Trouble sleeping? Settle scattered energies with an essential oil treatment with acupressure. Chakras out of sync? A Crystal Chakra Balancing Massage infuses crystals with oils tuned to your chakra’s vibrational energy. Or, head outdoors and go “forest bathing.”

The Japanese call it shinrin-yoku. It simply means spending time in the forest for the health benefits it brings: increased immune function, lower blood pressure, reduced stress. An indoor version: A Forest Bathing Massage with all the benefits of the forest’s riches without those pesky mosquitos.

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Relax in a recliner, listen to soothing music and simply breathe during your 45-minute salt cave session. Afterwards, get immersed in a float tank filled with warm silky water saturated with 900 pounds of Epsom salt, said to help sufferers of back or neck pain, fibromyalgia or arthritis. Instead of the usual hot stone massage, try a salt rock massage.

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SALAMANDER RESORT AND SPA, MIDDLEBURG, VA The location alone is a stress reducer. Situated on 340 acres, Salamander Spa is rooted in the heart of historic Middleburg horse country. Improve coordination and de-stress simultaneously during a leisurely horseback ride along the edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains while connecting with your horse — and yourself. Elevate your confidence by zip lining through 20 pristine acres. Afterwards, celebrate your achievement (and bravery) with a holistic spa treatment using frankincense, eucalyptus, pine, grapefruit and ylang ylang, or loll in the restorative whirlpool, steam shower and infinity-edge pool. Coming soon: an 80-minute Ayurveda rebalancing treatment to perk up circulation, calm the mind, energize the lungs, stimulate the scalp and invigorate the feet.

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EUPEPSIA WELLNESS CENTER, BLAND, VA In the heart of the Appalachian Mountains on 256 acres of farmland and gentle rolling hills, Eupepsia is the East Coast’s newest wellness sanctuary. It centers around sound sleep, detox, clean eating, health, fitness and yoga therapies. Founded on the holistic philosophy of balancing body, mind and spirit, programs are individualized for each guest according to personal goals. Choices include a sense-deprivation float room, a hydrotherapy pool, hydro bikes, a halotherapy Himalayan salt chalet and simply hiking the Appalachian Trail. A traditional Ayurveda treatment involves herbal oils poured over the forehead with rhythmic movement. A more contemporary choice: a high-frequency ultrasound face-lift (noninvasive skin tightening that activates collagen). Who needs Botox?

THE INN AT PERRY CABIN, ST. MICHAELS, MD Take a yoga or chi gung class along the Miles River and focus on the life energy (chi) in your body while increasing flexibility, reducing stress and aiding joint and immune functions.

Spa wellness treatments include Himalayan Salt Stone and Compass Energy Balancing and a decadent Foot Beauty Ritual to help focus on being in the moment. Tranquility reigns on a kayak or sunset paddle adventure or immersion in the resort’s 26 acres of forest and farmland.

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COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH: THE LOKI

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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.

Borovička is a Slovak alcoholic beverage flavored with juniper berries.

BY JUD Y KURA S H Bratislava, Slovakia, is a little-known jewel in Central Europe. It’s often overshadowed by its glitzy Austrian neighbor, Vienna, roughly an hour by train to the west, or its enchanting cousin, Prague, in the Czech Republic.

The cobblestone streets, quaint buildings and steeples are far less crowded than most European capitals, encouraging guests to take their time and wander through the compact center, admiring the old-world charm while soaking up the enticing scents from restaurants and bars.

One of the most enamoring views of city can be found at the Lemontree & Sky Bar Restaurant, which has a summer terrace with a breathtaking panorama of the historical center of the old town.

It was here that I got a chance to sample local spirits and food all in one glass. A cocktail called the Loki caught my eye. It was described on the menu as “Slovakian borovička in harmony with Slovakian Bentianna, local sheep cheese and orange.”

Borovička is a Slovak alcoholic beverage flavored with juniper berries. I asked if it tasted similar to gin, but the flavor is actually closer to genever, the traditional juniper liquor from the Netherlands and Belgium, from which gin evolved.

According to a Slovak dictionary, borovička derives its name from the Slovak word for juniper, borievka.

Bentianna is a specialty herbal liquor, similar to a honey wine, hailing from Bratislava. It’s forged from several different kinds of honey, juice from muscat and furmint grapes and Tokay wine.

Some of the herbs included in the mix are gentian, echinacea, lemon balm and mother-of-thyme. Great yellow gentian dates as far back as ancient Egypt, where it was believed to have magical effects.

Bartender Michal Dojak called the Loki an experimental drink. It’s something the other bars don’t have. He spoke with pride as he described it.

“Sheep cheese is like a Slovakian national treasure,” he said. “Borovička is the national drink of Slovakia. It’s a way to combine cocktails and gastronomy to show people

from abroad the best of Slovakia. We want to give our guests a really nice feeling.”

The sheep cheese is incorporated in two ways. First, it is infused into the Bentianna in the restaurant’s kitchen using a sousvide technique, which transforms it into something Dojak describes as “our own vermouth or syrup.” Second, it’s presented as a garnish, served in little dollops on a crisp potato cracker, which is balanced across the glass.

The drink’s moniker comes from the Marvel comic book universe, where Loki is the god of illusions.

“Illusion is what describes Loki [the drink] best,” Dojak said. “You think at first that it doesn’t go together, cheese in a spirit, but yet we find a way. It’s an illusion. You think you’re not going to like it, but it’s actually a pretty nice drink.”

Personally, I was quite impressed. It was fruit-forward on the nose — mostly from the Bentianna, but there was also a hint of orange from the borovička — with a whiff of earthiness from the cheese. Taste-wise, it was sweet up-front, followed by dryness from the juniper and a robust sensation from the cheese.

When I combined it with the appetizer garnish, I was greeted with a burst of saltiness followed by a creamy umami of cheese, which led nicely into the herbaceous taste of the cocktail — creating the full circle of flavor (salty, umami, sweet, dry/bitter).

If you wish to make a Loki at home, borovička and Bentianna can be ordered online — or check with some of D.C.’s larger liquor stores. While the infusion process is quite complicated, you can still add that layer of flavor by serving your cocktail with a sheep cheese and crackers on the side. The mixing ratio is two parts Bentianna to one part borovička.

However, a much better idea is to hop on a plane to Slovakia so that you can explore this hidden treasure of a city before it’s overtaken by masses of tourists. Spend a sunny afternoon at the Lemontree and gaze at the graceful scenery in front of you.

You’ll be glad you did.

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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.

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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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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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‘The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy’ THIS SLIM RECOLLECTION OF AMERICA’S FIRST FAMILY SUFFERS FROM A LACK OF FRESH MATERIAL. R EVIEWED BY KITTY KEL L EY

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With hundreds of Kennedy books bending library shelves (I’ve written two: “Jackie Oh!” and “Capturing Camelot: Stanley Tretick’s Iconic Images of the Kennedys”), another seems like one more shamrock in Ireland — not needed for greening the landscape.

But a memoir by 89-year-old Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving member of that storied family, might prove as irresistible as one more chocolate during a binge. So why not?

Caveat emptor: Don’t expect startling revelations or piercing insights. Reading “The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy” is like sitting down with your greatgrandmother to look at a scrapbook of old photographs taken with a Brownie camera loaded with Kodak film — a relic from a bygone era, sweetly nostalgic.

You begin by already knowing the popular lore. The “nine” are Joe, Jack, Rosemary, Kathleen (aka “Kick”), Eunice, Pat, Jean, ghostwritten, but, as no other writer is named, Bobby and Teddy — the four sons and five perhaps not. Still, I agonized for whoever did daughters born to Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and the writing; the poor soul seemed to have no his wife, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, who lived access to fresh material — no personal diaries, to see the pinnacle of their most cherished fulsome letters or unpublished photographs.

Instead, the writer had to plunder the aspirations when their second-born son, public record, cribbing a great deal from John Fitzgerald Kennedy, became the first Catholic president of the United States, and “The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy” by Irish Catholic at that.

David Nasaw; Rose Kennedy’s memoir, This thin reverie of a book underscores the Irish Catholic heritage that produced the nine “Times to Remember”; and “Hostage to Kennedy children who grew up in the 1920s, Fortune: The Letters of Joseph P. Kennedy,” edited by Amanda Smith.

1930s and 1940s, the pre-Vatican II era of As the first journalist to reveal the Latin Masses every Sunday, meatless Fridays, grace before meals and evening prayers. prefrontal lobotomy performed on Rosemary Kennedy, I have always been impressed by Growing up in the 1950s, I, too, was taught by nuns to memorize, memorize, memorize — how the family used that tragedy to support their commitment to mental health. “The the Baltimore Catechism, not the world atlas. I can hardly locate Afghanistan on a map, but Nine of Us” does not ignore the experimental surgery, which Jean Kennedy Smith writes, I’m still able to recite why God made me: “to know, love and serve him in this world and “went tragically wrong … Rosemary lost most of her ability to walk and communicate,” be happy with him in the next.” All by way of explaining why I might be more tolerant than adding that her father, who had sanctioned the procedure, “remained heartbroken over most of Smith’s tendency to render verbatim the the tragic outcome … for the rest of his life.” prayers and poems of her childhood, as well as Yet Smith omits revealing her mother’s the Beatitudes from the Gospel of St. Matthew.

Smith recalls the visit Cardinal Eugenio bitterness about what her father had done without consulting her or anyone else in the Pacelli, later Pope Pius XII, made to their family. In her book “The Fitzgeralds and home in Bronxville, New York, where he sat on the sofa and held 4-year-old Teddy on the Kennedys: An American Saga,” Doris Kearns Goodwin quotes Rose Kennedy his knee. Rose Kennedy later had a plaque at age 90: “He thought it would help made and mounted on the back of the sofa to commemorate the event. The author also [Rosemary]. But it made her go all the way relates her mother’s executive organizational back. It erased all those years of effort I had put into her. All along I had continued to skills in handling various childhood illnesses like measles, mumps and chicken pox. believe that she could have lived her life as a “Why spend the year cycling child after Kennedy girl, just a little slower.” child through the flu … If one of us came Such a sin of omission — and there are many throughout the book — mars this memoir and down with a contagious illness, it simply made sense to her that the rest of us should keeps it from being more than superficial. come down with it too … So as soon as the doctor stepped from the room of a sibling Georgetown resident to report an infectious disease, the rest of Kitty Kelley has written us were hustled inside by Mother to play … several number-one New Within a week the sickness was out of the York Times best-sellers, including “The Family: house for good.”

The Real Story Behind In previous books, Rose Kennedy has been dismissed as priggish, pious and humorless, th e B u sh D y n a st y.”

Her most recent books but her youngest daughter also shows her to inclu de “Capt ur ing be devoted to continual self-improvement, for her children as well as for herself. Even Camelot: Stanley Tretick’s Iconic Images of the Kennedys” and “Let Freedom Ring: into her 90s, she was still trying to master a second foreign language. She lived to be 104. Stanley Tretick’s Iconic Images of the March on Washington.”

At first, I assumed this slight book was

GOOD WORKS & GOOD TIMES

Oak Hill Honors History, Donors

Clifton Celebrates 14th Street Vibe

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D.C.’s influencers celebrated the grand opening of the Clifton, the newest residence in the 14th Street Corridor July 11. The Aria Development Group welcomed the stars of Bravo’s hit Summer House, Lindsay Hubbard and Carl Radke, as well as local tastemakers and VIPs to the opening event. Guests enjoyed sips and bites from Maydan, Sakerum, Milk Bar, Stellina Pizzeria and Left Door. From its Peloton-equipped gym, designed by Homage Fitness, to the rooftop pizza oven, the 156-unit Clifton sees itself as a leader in millennial luxury.

There’s a first time for anything at a place for your last stop on Earth. Oak Hill Cemetery held its first annual donor reception June 23 as part of its strategic plan, including grounds improvements and other upgrades. Founded in 1848, the historic Victorian-style cemetery on R Street tells the story of America and of Georgetown — with those buried there. Too numerous to list, they include: Willie Lincoln (temporarily interred and the inspiration for the novel, “Lincoln in the Bardo”), Herman Hollerith (of IBM tributes), Dean Acheson, Phil and Katharine Graham, Ben Bradlee and Ray Kukulski.

Selena Weaver and Michael Weaver. Photo by Patrick G. Ryan.

Dave Jackson, Oak Hill superintendent, with board member Rick Fischer at the Renwick Chapel. Photo by Patrick G. Ryan.

Bravo “Summer House” stars Carl Radke and Lindsay Hubbard at the Clifton opening. Photo

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Justin Schuble of @dcfoodporn and Jenn Rogers.

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Andy Seferlis and Debbie Sipola. Photo by Patrick G. Ryan.

Nepal Offers Support to Young Scholars

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David Arditi and Joshua Benaim of Aria Development Group with Ryan Johnson of Homage Fitness and Timothy Gordon of Aria Development Group. Photo by John Robinson.

Ambassador of Nepal Arjun Kumar Karki and his wife Gauree Thakuri welcomed supporters of The Young Musical Scholars Foundation to their residence June 20. Guests viewed a video, “Visit Nepal 2020: Dream, Dwell, Discover,” before enjoying music by virtuoso violist Kinga Augustyn and then dinner. YMSF supports young talent with financial needs in the fields of music, arts, performing arts and international cultural exchange activities, with an all-volunteer staff.

Nicaraguan Ambassador Francisco Obadiah Campbell Hooker, Latvian Ambassador Andris Teikmanis, violinist Kinga Augustyn, Nepali Ambassador Arjun Kumar Karki, Young Musical Scholars Foundation President Sandy Taylor. Photo by Jane Pennewell.

Shell Peterson, left, Barnette Holston, Yasmine Nashed at the Clifton grand opening party. Photo by John Robinson.

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