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Editorial Jack Evans Report Letter to the Editor

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Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners Elizabeth Miller and Kishan Putta. Photo by Jeff Malet.

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TOWN TOPICS

Fire Closes Wolfgang Puck’s Cut at the Rosewood Until December

BY R OB E RT DEVA NEY A fire in the kitchen of the Rosewood Hotel’s Cut Restaurant shut down the entire hotel on Oct. 10. The hotel is back in operation after a brief evacuation because of smoke conditions, but its restaurant and bar will be closed until Dec. 1.

The fire, due to a mechanical failure, was confined to the kitchen, but affected the ducts of the building at 1050 31st St. NW, next to the C&O Canal. No one was injured.

The Rosewood’s restaurant — Cut by Wolfgang Puck — opened to much fanfare at the end of July, after the hotel was renovated.

The following is a statement by Rosewood: “Rosewood Washington D.C.’s kitchen is currently closed for renovation through November 30, 2019. During this

time, CUT Restaurant, Bar and Lounge will be unavailable, including in-room dining.

We are pleased to offer a complimentary Continental Breakfast buffet station daily in the lobby’s Library from 6:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.”

The fire took 90 minutes to knock down as firefighters worked through the kitchen.

The D.C. Fire & EMS Department issued the following alerts on Oct. 10: “Box Alarm 1000 block 31st St NW. Labor intensive operation to expose hidden fire in extensive duct system. Additional Engine, Truck, EMS resources and canteen unit requested to assist.” “Fire under control.

We are providing relief for the first units that operated and sending them to rehab.

Image shows initial smoke conditions when fire first ignited.”

NEWS

2 Found Dead in Apartment Two persons were found “unconscious and not breathing” around 2:46 p.m., Oct. 20, in an apartment on the 1200 block of Wisconsin Avenue NW., according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

Police said that the bodies displayed no signs of foul play and that the incident was not a threat to the public. MPD also said the two were adults and gave no name or age.

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TOWN TOPICS

Ready for 10,000 E-Scooters?

BY PEGGY SA NDS

Scoot. Scoot.

It’s hard to be out on the streets of Georgetown and the District for any length of time without seeing colorful scooters for adults propped up along the sidewalk.

People hover over them, intensely punching at their phones as they look for the right app to connect to their accounts so they can get on and ride. Riders everywhere, standing erect and unafraid (usually without helmets), weave through traffic and on and off sidewalks, causing drivers to honk and pedestrians to scatter.

There are currently eight companies operating officially in Washington, D.C., offering between 600 and 700 e-scooters each. Most of the companies’ contracts with the District Department of Transportation expire in 2020. DDOT reports that the

public is demanding more. In 2020, the city plans to offer four companies contracts for a total of 10,000 e-scooters — almost double the current number.

“The last thing we need — remotecontrolled/autonomous e-scooters! As if our sidewalks and streets are not dangerous enough,” wrote Georgetown resident Ed Segal on a neighborhood blog on Oct. 16.

The city is suggesting new ways to regulate them. Having fewer vendors will help oversight, also reducing the number of apps that customers must search through, according to DDOT. “Curbside parking will be installed at 15 of the most popular locations,” noted Director Jeff Marootian.

Companies will be required to report to DDOT within 24 hours any accidents, public safety issues or criminal activity.

GPS trackers will be installed on a random number of e-scooters for research purposes.

A downward trend in use is possible, however. Among other reasons, prices have increased. “It’s more expensive to rent a little electronic scooter than hire an Uber car. It makes no sense,” one rider complained to the Washington Post.

“They are here to stay,” Scott Ivey responded to Segal online. “But here to stay or not, they don’t belong on sidewalks.”

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Delano Hunter, director of the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation, in front of the Jelleff Center on S Street NW. Courtesy DPR.

Funding Announced for Ellington Field, Rebuilt Jelleff Center

BY PEGGY SAN D S A lively Jack Evans, Georgetown’s Council representative for over 25 years — the longest-serving Council member in D.C. history — dropped two bombs full of money on the neighborhood at an Oct. 7 community meeting. Organized by the Burleith Citizens Association, the meeting focused on the future of the playing field connected with the Duke Ellington School of the Arts — as well as the field at the Jelleff Community Center.

Emerging after months of ongoing investigations into possible conflicts of interest, a re-energized Evans told the crowd gathered at Washington International School, behind the Ellington School: “All you have to do is decide by November what you want to do at Ellington field and how much it will cost, and I can get it in next year’s D.C. budget.”

As for the Jelleff Center, the contentious $7-million plan to bring the building into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act apparently is no more.

Mayor Muriel Bowser has budgeted $25 million to tear down and rebuild the 50-yearold building, which houses the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington and an extremely well-used basketball court, said Evans. He added that it will be reconstructed in accordance with community input.

To many in the room, the news was surprising but welcome. Concerns that the $7 million budgeted to make the aging building ADA compliant have been heating up for over a year. They first surfaced at a contentious town meeting in May of 2018 with the Department of Parks and Recreation, which manages the Jelleff Center. Various community surveys about what residents really wanted done with the building and requests for meetings followed.

A general consensus had been building that Jelleff should be rebuilt as a multipleuse senior, community and athletic center.

Suggested remodeling plans included two

playing courts, modern locker and shower rooms, space for classes and yoga and even a full kitchen for cooking courses and catering. Longtime center manager Bob Stowers has called for the entire building to be torn down and redone as a community center, as had been done in neighborhoods elsewhere in the city.

Georgetown-Burleith Advisor y Neighborhood Commissioner Kishan Putta, who hosted the Burleith town meeting about the Ellington field along with BCA President Eric Langenbacher, said he had heard of the idea this summer. He again urged that the entire planning process for the new Jelleff Center building be completely transparent and involve all community voices and representatives.

At least at this point, the rebuilding of Jelleff is not related directly to the contract between DPR and Maret School for use of the Jelleff playing field. The renewed 10-year contract includes commitment of almost $1 million by Maret to refurbish the playing field and contribute to the center’s renovation. In exchange, Maret, a private school, gets priority scheduling of the field for 20 weeks during prime after-school hours in the fall and spring.

Many in the community think the contract does not consider the increasing need for playing space by nearby and growing Hardy Middle School and community groups. The Georgetown-Burleith ANC passed three resolutions calling for more transparency in the contract proceedings.

On Monday, Oct. 21, at 11 a.m., a roundtable will be held at the John A. Wilson Building to hear public opinion about the contract and access to Jelleff’s playing field. Concerned residents are being encouraged to sign up to speak at the roundtable, organized by the Committee on Recreation and Youth Affairs. “Over 3,000 people have expressed their support of this hearing,” Putta told The Georgetowner.

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The Old Stone House opened in 1765 at 3051 M St. Courtesy National Register of Historic Places.

Old Stone House Goes ‘POSH’

BY PEGGY SA NDS On two sunny and crisp fall days in October, volunteers from various Georgetown organizations could be found doing a Tom Sawyer — that is, whitewashing the front garden gates and fencing of Georgetown’s oldest house, the 229-year-old Old Stone House at 3051 M St. NW. Under the direction of National Park Service landscape architect Michael McMahon, they also were assembling, and painting sage green, five specially ordered colonial-style rose pillars.

“The plans for refurbishing the Old Stone House garden are getting POSH,” Friends of Rose Park President David Dunning told The Georgetowner with a grin. “We are forming a new support group called Patrons of the Old Stone House” — acronym “POSH” — “that under the auspices of the Rock Creek Park Conservancy will provide volunteer support and eventually fundraising for Stone House and garden projects.”

“Casey Trees has agreed to replace a dying dogwood tree in the garden, and we requested that 6 crabapple trees be planted in the Fall as replacements for those that are in poor condition,” McMahon wrote Dunning last July. Pink and yellow double-bloom, THE WORLD FAMOUS

highly fragrant Eden climbing roses — voted the “World’s Favorite Rose” in 2006 by the World Federation of Rose Societies — have been ordered for the four-sided rose pillars, which will be installed in the garden.

McMahon is also restoring three basketweave stone urns with claw feet that once stood in Lincoln Park on Capitol Hill. The jardinieres will crown the terrace entrance to the Stone House lawn.

Planters filled with edible kitchen plants — including cooking herbs, flowering daylilies and serviceberry shrubs, the berries of which some prefer to blueberries — will be placed around the patio as an example of what can be done in small garden spaces, according to McMahon.

Among the volunteers helping out so far, according to Dunning, have been members of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Friends of Rose Park and the Georgetown Garden Club, as well as Georgetown Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Gwen Lohse and her young daughter.

McMahon, who has been with Rock Creek Park for 14 years, was responsible for the landscape design of Georgetown Waterfront Park, which features natural plants of the Potomac.

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No parking receipt? Expect a ticket.

DISPLAY YOUR PARKING RECEIPT OR ELSE

Parking in D.C. spots with a solarpowered, multi-space meter can cost you 66 percent more than at others. Enforcement officers are issuing tickets that say “FAIL DISP MULTI RECPT” when a valid receipt from one of the meters isn’t displayed on the dashboard. As of March 31 of this year, D.C. had issued 656,743 tickets, generating almost $23 million.

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Cemetery. For more information or to purchase a niche, please visit www.holytrinitycolumbarium.org or call (202) 337-2840.

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Capitol File, the D.C. luxury magazine owned by Modern Luxury, is to go digitalonly, as will its West Coast sister magazine, LA Confidential. Modern Luxury DC, a.k.a. DC Magazine, will bring in elements of Capitol File, including its White House Correspondents Dinner after-party. Former DC Magazine Editor-in-Chief Michael McCarthy will return as top editor, replacing Michael Clements.

On Oct. 15, Mayor Muriel Bowser kicked off DC Housing Week by releasing the Mayor’s Housing Equity Report and a Comprehensive Plan Proposal. With this step, D.C. becomes the first U.S. city to set area-specific goals for affordable housing.

The proposal calls for 36,000 new homes, with 12,000 affordable homes for lowincome residents, by 2025.

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The National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW, will close to the public on Dec. 2 for a major renovation project that will replace the current concrete floor with a more modern foundation. After reopening in the spring of 2020, its 40th anniversary year, the museum will feature expanded programming and a new visitor center.

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Mayor Bowser also introduced the 2019 Safer Stronger DC Fall Crime Prevention Initiative, a coordinated effort to reduce violent crime in targeted areas of D.C. The initiative, running from Oct. 14 through Dec. 15, “will engage the community, particularly our young people and their families, to reduce violent crime and save lives,” Bowser said.

AMAZON RETAIL STORE HEADED TO 14TH ST.

Amazon has signed a lease for space at 14th and Riggs Streets NW for one of its retail stores. The move comes at a time of transition in the 14th Street corridor, when longtime local businesses like the Black Cat’s downstairs space, restaurant Masa 14 and home-goods store Home Rule have closed.

Currently, there are Amazon bookstores in Georgetown and in Bethesda, Maryland.

After restoration, the presidential yacht Sequoia will be docked in D.C.

PRESIDENTIAL YACHT SEQUOIA TO BE RESTORED

After a six-year legal battle over the vessel’s rightful ownership, the presidential yacht USS Sequoia — the floating White House for presidents from Herbert Hoover through Gerald Ford — was floated to Belfast, Maine, for restoration. Afterwards, it will be docked at the D.C. waterfront for educational purposes. The yacht, built in 1925, is made of mahogany, teak and yellow pine.

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COMING: DIG (CAN YOU DIG IT?)

Dig Inn - the ghost of Little Tavern is so proud.

INS & OUTS

BY RO B E RT DEVA NEY

IN: MARGAUX POPS IN TILL SPRING

The very comfortable but very fashionable shoe seller Margaux opened at 1251 Wisconsin Ave. NW as a popup through next spring. Founded in New York in 2015 by Alexa Buckley and Sarah Pierson, the made-to-measure women’s footwear brand offers a range of sizes and styles. Shoes are made in Spain. It is their first store in Washington, D.C.

IN: SCILLA + LUNA ON BOOK HILL

Scilla + Luna, a store specializing in fiber arts, will open at 1675 Wisconsin Ave. NW in the former of space of Cross MacKenzie Gallery. Write the owners: “We are a mother-daughter owned business by the name of Scilla and Luna, a textile loving collaboration.” The business “combines all the things we love and want to share with people who desire and appreciate high quality handmade goods that are unique and even one of a kind.”

IN: NYC’S TAÏM FALAFEL ON WISCONSIN AVE.

Founded in New York City 14 years ago

by Einat Admony and Stefan Nafziger, Taïm Falafel opened its first location outside the Big Apple in Washington, D.C. — specifically at 1065 Wisconsin Ave. NW — on Aug. 31.

Meaning “tasty” in Hebrew, Taïm plans to open three more spots in D.C. in 2020.

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LAST CHANCE: EVERLANE DENIM

The Everlane Denim Counter pop-up will be at 1259 Wisconsin Ave. NW through Oct. 27.

IN: HOT PHO YOU REPLACES SUGAR LAB

Siblings Cathy and Hung Do have changed their sweet shop, which opened last year, into all things pho. Hot Pho You, formerly Sugar Lab, is at 3279 M St. NW. Their enthusiasm is evident on a sign at the eatery, reading “It’s Pho-King Good.” Cathy writes: “The inspiration for Hot Pho You came from witnessing my mother’s love of food.

Growing up, nothing compared to my mother’s warmth other than her homemade spring rolls and Pho! My mother’s motto is ‘Where There is Food, There is Love.’ I hope to share this same feeling with my patrons through my food. Hot Pho You is a quick self-service cafe, specializing in authentic Vietnamese cuisine (Pho) and bubble tea.”

At Wisconsin Avenue and N Street NW, the forlorn corner space — once a Little Tavern hamburger joint and then part of Paolo’s Ristorante — was cut from the property with the arrival of High Street Café last year. It will soon become an eatery again, as first reported by the Washington Business Journal. Shortening its name from Dig Inn, Dig has 32 spots, mostly in New York City.

This will be its first D.C. location. Dig is described as a farm-to-table, fast-casual restaurant, spooning out grains, cauliflower, kale, chicken, meatballs, tofu, etc., into bowls. The ghost of Little Tavern is so proud.

COMING: ORANGETHEORY FITNESS

Yet another gym arrives, and here’s the pitch: “Between the inspirational coaches, mind-blowing science, and cutting-edge technology, it will be unlike any workout you’ve ever experienced before and one you can’t live without.” All about highintensity interval training and 60-minute workouts, Orangetheory will open in the former space of men’s clothier Jos. A. Bank at 1815 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Founded in Boca Raton in 2010, the company has 1,230 locations worldwide.

PEARSON’S SOLD FOR ALMOST $4 MILLION

Pearson’s Wine & Spirits at 2436 Wisconsin Ave. NW was sold to Clearview Partners last month, according to Chris Jones of the Glover Park DC blog. A real estate investment company, Clearview “owns and operates a number of liquor stores and gas stations in the D.C. and suburban Maryland area,” Jones reported.

“They purchased the building for $3.8 million, along with the Pearson’s business and inventory, for an undisclosed amount.”

Former owner Phil Kang will depart. Sergey Nikolaev of Clearview is now managing member of the LLC that owns the business.

The tastings will continue, as will Pearson’s Annual Champagne Tasting at Old Europe Restaurant next door. Also staying: store managers Erick Urbina and Brian Hines.

OUT: ANGELICO PIZZERIA BY YEAR’S END

Angelico Pizzeria — next to Good Guys Club at 2313 Wisconsin Ave NW — will close at the end of this year, according to gloverparkdc.com. Property and business owner Mustafa Misirci has other D.C. Angelico Pizzeria locations in Tenleytown, Brightwood and Mount Pleasant.

OUT: SURFSIDE GONE BY XMAS

Surfside, Bo Blair’s taco stand with all the fixin’s and margaritas, will close at 2444 Wisconsin Ave. NW in December after 12 years there. Another Surfside is slated to open up Wisconsin Avenue at Van Ness Street this month. Blair’s 20-restaurant realm with a Nantucket bent includes Jetties and Millie’s. He also helped with the redo of the George Town Club in 2013.

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EDITORIAL

OPINION JACK EVANS REPORT

D.C. Has Proved That It’s a Baseball Town

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

Crime: Pushing Back, Sharing the Pain The scene and the setting seemed familiar, almost like a movie set or a documentary about a place where something bad had just happened: bright streetlights, what could be a warehouse or a row of apartment buildings, the flashing lights of a police car, the neutral colors of cement.

The reporting was sparse, not quite reaching the depth of shock or the height of tragedy. It had the feel of just the bare facts we’ve heard before.

A woman and a boy were shot on Sunday night in Anacostia. The two, according to an NBC television report, had shown up at a fire station. According to police, the shooting took place two blocks away, in the 1600 block of W Street SE. They were taken to a hospital, conscious and breathing.

No other details were available at the time.

There were worse stories this year, lots of them, many full of clearer descriptions of the pop-pop of gunfire, details of fatalities, wounds, the sound of screaming, yelling and, later, the mournful, sometimes keening sound of grief, as relatives, friends and neighbors were interviewed under the lights of cameras.

Lots of shootings involved cascades of gunfire, multiple shots, multiple wounds, multiple victims. There were 140 people killed in D.C. by violence so far this year, as opposed to 131 last year. The number of violent crimes overall had risen from 3,351 last year to 3,370.

Shootings took place in various parts of the city, with a majority of the killings unsolved.

They ranged from random shootings to the specific end-results of fights, beefs, slights, arguments, a loss of control of emotions. The victims were men and women, old and young, some very young. Most of the victims were African American males.

The uptick in the number of fatal shootings and violent acts was the second in a row. The settings and scenes often resulted in bullet holes in homes and bedroom walls.

Sometimes the victims were casualties of

randomness: wrong place, wrong time.

It’s not like nobody saw what was happening. The D.C. government and police force in particular have fought long and hard to push back what seems like a familiar rising tide. Earlier this month, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the launching of the 2019 Safer Stronger DC Fall Crime Prevention Initiative, described as a coordinated effort “to reduce violent crime in specific areas in the city through strategic prevention and coordinated enforcement.”

The mayor said: “We know that when we focus our policing and resources in our hardest hit areas, we can make our neighborhoods safer.”

All the proposed methodology and resources, the focus on specific areas, the strategies prioritizing repeat offenders, may pay off in the end.

But, it’s fair to say, something remains elusive and missing: the whys, the enormity of the loss in terms of the number of victims and the trauma of survivors, the ready availability of lethal weapons for the young (and their willingness to use them), a general atmosphere of potential violence. All the proposed and apparent solutions don’t appear to include a way or tools to share the pain, to keep the unacceptable from being acceptable.

Those scenes — the yellow police tape, the crying, the shaking heads, the sermons of loss, the instant altars of remembrances on sidewalks, the calling out of names, the marks to stipulate bullet holes and impact, the garish late lights of a neighborhood up past its rest times — begin after a while to appear commonplace, a part of the landscape.

That should be a focus, too: that lost and wounded neighbors, children and other categories of victims, should never become any sort of commonplace, any sort of normal, let alone the “new normal.” Those losses must be mourned in every neighborhood of the city, with solemnity, to be sure, but also with outrage.

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It’s been 15 years since b a s e b a l l r e t u r ne d t o Wa s h i n g t o n , D.C .

During these years, our Washington Nationals have experienced success in advancing to postseason contests and frustration when they ultimately came up short in their pursuit of the National League pennant.

That all changed last Tuesday night, when the Nationals made history and became the National League champions, advancing to the World Series for the first time.

Loyal Nationals fans know that we’ve waited a long time for a chance to prove that D.C. is a baseball town. However, we weren’t always as excited to rally around a baseball team.

One of the most contentious issues that I’ve dealt with in my time serving Ward 2 on the Council was the debate over whether or not we should build and pay for a new baseball stadium. It was hard work to convince people that baseball should come back to D.C. There were many 7-6 votes on legislation passed by the Council and late nights on the dais with then-Chairman Linda Cropp presiding over the debate.

But that’s history now. The Montreal Expos, renamed the Nationals, moved to their temporary home at RFK Stadium as

Nationals Park was being built.

The city has reaped the benefits in more ways than one since the Nationals moved into their new home. First and foremost, the team proved their grit and determination to stay in the fight and win through many seasons. The city earned a team we can be proud of, and, in turn, the team loves their home and fans.

The success of the team and the organization also resulted in massive economic return on the city’s initial investment.

The Navy Yard has transformed since the Nats began playing at Nationals Park.

There’s been a boom in new real estate, new restaurants have opened up and new jobs were created from the stadium and the surrounding businesses. Looking back, I’m happy the Council and then-Mayor Anthony Williams took the risk on baseball in the early 2000s.

With all of their ups and downs, the Nats are now as much a part of Washington, D.C., as go-go, Ben’s Chili Bowl and Martin’s Tavern. Fun fact: Martin’s Tavern was established in 1933, the last time a Washington baseball team became the National League champions.

I’m excited for the next chapter as we start the championship series. Go Nats, and finish the fight!

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

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SPIES LIKE US:

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BY ROBERT DEVANEY

he advantage of obtaining the earliest and best Intelligence of the designs of the Enemy … have induced me to entrust the management of this business to your care.” So wrote Gen. George Washington in 1777 from his headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey, to New York merchant Nathaniel Sackett.

Yes, the father of our country and namesake of our nation’s capital was also America’s original spymaster.

Tales of spies and espionage continue to intrigue the average citizen, perhaps more than ever. To be a spy is to inhabit “a wilderness of mirrors,” a phrase attributed to James Jesus Angleton, oracle of the Central Intelligence Agency. It is to blend in — not at all to be like a James Bond or a Mata Hari.

It is generally agreed that there are more spies in Washington, D.C., than in any other city in the world. The International Spy Museum, now located at L’Enfant Plaza, estimates there are 10,000 spies in D.C. — meaning not just official operators but their numerous associates and various contractors involved with a foreign power The museum’s collection is serious and extensive, but also gives a nod to popular culture; James Bond’s Aston Martin is near the entrance.

Two popular recent TV series, “Turn: Washington’s Spies,” about spy circles in Revolutionary-era Long Island, and “The Americans,” about a Russian spy team acting the part of an American couple during the Cold War, complete the picture.

Today, former spy Amaryllis Fox is on a book tour for her memoir “Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA,” offering her up-to-date version of spycraft in the War on Terror. Fox went to graduate school at Georgetown University while learning CIA techniques in Virginia at the age of 21.

Spies have been around the District since its founding in 1790. Our assignment today — should you choose to accept it — is focused on the oldest D.C. neighborhood, Georgetown. Let’s name some names that walked along the sidewalks and drove down the streets. The list is likely incomplete (which we neither confirm nor deny).

GEORGETOWN’S SPOOKS — FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO THE CYBER AGE

During the Civil War, Georgetown was a hotbed of Southern sympathizers, notably businessman William Corcoran and Britannia Peter Kennon of Tudor Place.

Some homes’ shutters were drawn so as not to view the U.S. flag.

Rose O’Neal Greenhow, who lived downtown, was the Confederates’ most famous spy in D.C., regularly under surveillance by Allan Pinkerton’s guards.

She had some helpers, of course, including Betty Duvall, who rode through Georgetown to Chain Bridge and escaped to Fairfax, Virginia, as well as Ann Lillie Mackall, who transported some notes to the South.

Duvall and Mackall are buried in Oak Hill Cemetery.

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During World War II and the years just before, things heated up. A great guide to spies is the 2017 book “Spy Sites of Washington, DC” by Robert Wallace and H. Keith Melton, published by Georgetown University Press, a source for this article.

One of the biggest names in espionage and counterintelligence was indeed a legend: “Wild Bill” Donovan, head of the Office of Strategic Services, who lived at 2920 R St. NW, later the home of Katharine Graham, publisher of the Washington Post.

“Georgetown was home to some of the most significant figures from OSS and the American intelligence community, most notably Gen. William Donovan, Ambassador David Bruce, William Colby, Desmond Fitzgerald, the Alsop brothers and Frank Wisner,” says Georgetowner Charles Pinck, head of the OSS Society, which preserves and promotes the legacy of the short-lived federal agency.

“OSS not only made a significant contribution to America’s victory in World War II, it was the predecessor to CIA, the U.S. Special Operations Command and the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research. Its greatest contribution to America was best expressed by Gen. Donovan in his 1945 farewell address, when he said that OSS ‘had shown the people of America that only by decisions of national policy based on accurate information do we have the chance of a peace that will endure.’

“This will be one of the most important themes of the National Museum of Intelligence and Special Operations that the OSS Society is building in Loudoun County,” Pinck added.

Future chef Julia Child worked for the OSS and lived at 2706 Olive St. NW with her husband Paul after the war. The home is being extensively renovated.

Smart, sexy Amy Elizabeth Thorpe, who lived at 3327 O St. NW, married a Brit and worked for British intelligence. One of her more audacious capers occurred on Wyoming Avenue at the Vichy France embassy. It involved her wearing only high heels and a necklace to bedazzle a guard, allowing a safecracker in to steal documents. She was having an affair with the ambassador at the time.

Vassar grad and “clever girl” Elizabeth Bentley met her Soviet contacts at the Georgetown Pharmacy (now a 7-Eleven) and Martin’s Tavern during the 1950s.

Amy Elizabeth Thorpe.

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Julia Child and her husband Paul.

Lauchlin Currie, who lived at 3132 O St. NW, was an advisor to President Franklin Roosevelt. He spied for the Soviets, according to Bentley. He denied it but remained in Colombia for the rest of his life.

British spy and bon vivant Ivar Bryce lived on Volta Place and was a friend of Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond novels.

A friend of Oatsie Charles, Fleming visited Georgetown often and was an adviser to the OSS. Through Charles, he met the Kennedys.

Another figure of note during World War II was Brit Roald Dahl, who lived at 1610 34th St. NW. As a spy and romancer, he reportedly bedded Clare Boothe Luce. He later wrote books, including “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”

Alger Hiss, Senate and later State Department employee, spied for the Soviet Union and once hid intel in a pumpkin.

Among other places, he lived on the 3400 block of Volta Place NW, where Prescott Bush lived later on, and then Stuart and Sally Davidson of Clyde’s Restaurant fame.

House hearings on Hiss brought a young California congressman, Richard Nixon, into the national spotlight.

The traitor Duncan Lee, a spy for the Soviets, lived at 1522 P St. NW. He began his service in the OSS as an aide to Donovan.

Attractive “good girl gone bad” Judith Coplon, who lived on Tunlaw Road, was arrested for espionage, prompting sensational press coverage of her trial in 1947.

Allen Dulles, the longest serving CIA

director, lived at 2723 Q St. NW, next to Dumbarton House.

Frank Wisner, who lived at 3327 P St. NW, was originally with the OSS, then moved to the CIA. He upgraded the agency’s work within the popular media.

Philip Agee, who lived on Cherry Hill Lane for a time, stole secrets to pass on to the Cubans and actively worked to reveal names of CIA agents. He wrote a book about it during the 1970s.

CIA officer Eloise Page, nicknamed the “Iron Butterfly,” taught Sunday School at Christ Church. Accomplished in her work, she received recognition later in life.

Double agent Igor Orlov, who lived with his wife briefly at 3301 O St. NW, never told her of his other life. Later, he had an art gallery in Alexandria, Virginia.

The CIA’s Angleton liked to have lunch at Le Niçoise at 1721 Wisconsin Ave. NW. The French restaurant was famous for its rollerskating waiters in the evening.

Another charmer was Jennifer Miles, who lived at 2800 Wisconsin Ave. NW and spied for the Cubans. After her arrest in 1970, she was deported to South Africa.

CIA Director William Colby, who reformed the agency after Watergate, lived at 3028 Dent Place NW for decades. He died mysteriously in 1996 while canoeing by himself on the Chesapeake Bay. Aldrich Ames, whose wife worked at Germaine’s in Glover Park, met his Soviet contact in 1985 at Chadwicks at 3205 K

Lt. Col. William Donovan in France during World War I.

William “Wild Bill” Donovan as OSS Director during World War II.

William Colby, Director of Central Intelligence, 1973-1976.

St. NW (now Mr. Henry’s) with a shopping bag of classified documents weighing about seven pounds. One of Ames’s signal sites was a mailbox at 37th and R Streets NW; it has since been removed. He was arrested in 1994.

One of the best remembered Georgetown spy stories is that of supposed defector Vitaly Yurchenko, who simply walked out of Au Pied de Cochon (now &Pizza) in 1985, leaving his CIA handler at the table as he headed up the street to the Soviet Embassy at 2650 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Traitor Jonathan Jay Pollard met with his Israeli contacts at the Dumbarton Oaks Museum at 32nd and R Streets NW in 1984.

More recently, al-Qaeda recruiter Anwar al-Awlaki, who posed as a moderate imam in Falls Church, Virginia, was known to the FBI for his sexual trysts in hotels, such as the Fairmont, the Melrose and Avenue Suites, two blocks from Georgetown. He left the U.S. in 2002 and was killed in 2011 during a U.S. missile strike in Yemen.

Kendall and Gwendolyn Myers lived at the Westchester and worked for the Cubans.

Their M.O. was exchanging shopping carts at the Georgetown Safeway and the Glover Park Whole Foods. The couple was arrested in 2009; they were in their 70s.

Now you know how likely it is that a spy lives on your street (or perhaps just passed you riding an e-scooter). The mother of the Georgetowner publisher worked for the CIA as a teacher, so she said. This writer’s friend at the college newspaper at Georgetown University was flipped with his Soviet spy father by the FBI. With the truth revealed in 1980, he remains a friend.

Spies are all around — with the added intensity and immediacy of our digital world. A whole new realm of stealth is at work. Behold the hacking of the Democratic National Committee in 2016 and the election interference, which will be difficult to eliminate.

Indeed, write Wallace and Melton in “Spy Sites of Washington, DC”: “Washington would marvel at the satellites and sensors that spy from afar ... marvel at the international cyber battlefield and the army of digital warriors with expertise and weapons that the nation requires for its security.”

And the New York merchant’s budget for spying in 1777? Fifty dollars per month from public funds.

SPECIAL THANKS TO JERRY MCCOY, CHARLES PINCK, DWANE STARLIN — AND ESPECIALLY ROBERT WALLACE AND H. KEITH MELTON, AUTHORS OF “SPY SITES IN WASHINGTON, DC,” FOR ASSISTANCE IN VERIFICATION AND REPORTAGE.

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The Spirit of Louise Nevelson at Theater J

BY GARY T IS CHL ER In days to come, visitors to Theater J’s newly renovated Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater at the Edlavitch Jewish Community Center might feel some disturbances in the field, a persistent, spectral presence trying to come to permanent life.

That’s because the great and powerful American and Jewish sculptor Louise Nevelson will be in the house, in spirit and in the theatrical flesh.

By the time she died in 1988 at age 88, Nevelson had become almost a mythic being — self-created, it should be added. Her body of work, ranging from abstract, epic sculpture to jewelry, alongside haunting and dramatic photographs of herself, made her a potent artistic figure, at once knowable and elusive.

Here in Washington, she is daily with us in the form of several of her works, including her huge “Sky Landscape” at the corner of Vermont Avenue and L Street NW, a large steel sculpture at the National Institutes of Health and pieces in the collections of the National Gallery of Art and the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

From Nov. 7 to Dec. 8, she will also be among us at Theater J, a shadow portrayed, interviewed and interrogated in the play “Occupant.”

And another imposing shadow will be semi-present: that of the great modern American playwright and Nevelson friend Edward Albee, who wrote “Occupant” in 2001. It was first performed in 2008.

T he i nt e r v iewe r/i nt e r r og at or h a s sometimes been seen as a stand-in for Albee

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himself, who was not known for his lack of ego, so that their interaction onstage becomes a kind of struggle with unfinished business.

“Occupant” stars Susan Rome as Nevelson, a gift of a role for a diversely gifted actress well-known in the Washington area. Jonathan David Martin is her questioner.

“I am just eager to tackle this role. It’s tremendously challenging,” Rome said. “I was and am familiar with her work, everybody is, but I’ve spent hours researching. You have to.

It’s an immense life.”

Rome is used to difficult characters. She won a Helen Hayes Award as the mother in “Brighton Beach Memoirs” at Theater J and played Mrs. van Daan in “The Diary of Anne Frank” at Olney Theatre Center. Taking on the life and times of Nevelson, however, also requires a kind of immersion into the artist’s oversized persona and impact.

“It’s acting, really acting. You get to know this woman, but it doesn’t mean you have to be her or that you’re somehow like her or she takes over your life,” Rome said. “She had a remarkable effect on women and their work and how women artists were viewed in the world of abstraction.

“I tend to have a generous view of the characters I play. She’s like a major landscape to explore, but, let’s face it, she was also a narcissist, and someone who in many ways created the story of her life. She invented and reinvented. And in the play, it’s more than an interview, it’s a little bit of combat, as the interviewer tries to get more out of her and she doesn’t want to give up parts of herself.

Bancroft, who became ill. The play finally had its premiere with Mercedes Ruehl in the role.

Aaron Posner, who is directing “Occupant” at Theater J, had a big success tackling “Virginia Woolf” in a powerful production at Ford’s Theatre several years ago. He also wrote the hugely successful “Stupid F-----Bird,” a contemporary, almost jazzy riff on Chekhov’s “The Seagull.”

Posner, too, th i n ks Nevelson was something of a narcissist. “Albee’s plays are filled with the inner workings of complicated, problematic, remarkable human beings.

Nevelson was one of those people.”

Nevelson came from what is now Ukraine, then part of the Russian and Romanov Empire, which always had a literary, even theatrical, costumed aspect to it. She was Leah Berliawsky before she was anything else.

By the time she rose to prominence, she was admired by many women as a feminist artist, something she dodged and rejected. “I Susan Rome will portray sculptor Louise am not a feminist artist,” she said. “I’m an Nevelson in Edward Albee’s “Occupant” at artist who happens to be a woman.”

Theater J. “This isn’t a typical Albee play by any means,” said Posner. “It’s not high-dudgeon “I think Albee is very much present. drama, but an intricate, difficult kind of There’s a part of him in that interviewer duel, almost. She and Albee were friends, role,” Rome said. “He was a giant of a and maybe there was a kind of competition. playwright himself, and they were very They were alike in many ways. He wanted to close friends. know what made his characters tick, probing.

By the late 1960s, Albee had also reached That’s what artists do.” legendary status as the author of such plays as Nevelson and Albee, who died in 2016, “A Delicate Balance,” “The Zoo Story” and, remain as shadows, but Washington of course, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” theatergoers will have a chance this fall to see “Occupant” was meant to star Anne them engage with one another again

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“I really had no choice,” she says with a laugh. “I followed in her footsteps and just fell in love with the business and all the beautiful things in her store.”

In 2005, she moved to Phoenix with her husband, an accomplished equestrian and executive with an international firm, and then, in 2007, to what she calls “the best of all worlds, my lovely and quaint town of Middleburg.”

Three children (and seven horses) later, she’s ready for the next new thing — or “old” thing. This past May, she opened the doors to the Paradise, a collection of antique furnishings (mostly French), colorful textiles from Argentina and folkloric paintings from Uruguay, lovingly curated and displayed to reflect her unique vision and provenance.

Located just minutes from town, the Paradise sits amid rolling hills at the end of a winding road. Next to the store and studio is the family’s home; beyond that are a large stable and fenced-in fields for horses.

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Ariane Carles Solari and a few of her favorite things.

Upstairs, there is a cozy office with a very pretty full bath. Outside, a graveled path featuring garden sculptures leads to a container garden (So. Many. Tomatoes!) and a wisteria-covered pergola.

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CLYDE’S OF GEORGETOWN

COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH: THE BOULEVARDIER

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.

BY J ODY KURA S H One of Woody Allen’s most celebrated films of this century would have to be “Midnight in Paris,” in which a U.S. screenwriter, Gil Pender, travels back in time to the Roaring Twenties every night at midnight, joining the likes of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway as they make their rounds through the nightlife in the city of light.

Wouldn’t it be marvelous to experience life in Paris during the age of the flapper and all those parties?

Many of the famous haunts from the golden age of Paris are still around, and it’s possible to go there and even imbibe in the same cocktails that were served back in the day.

If you decide that a modern-day Paris escapade is in the cards, you don’t have to look far for a guide. Philip Greene, the author of three cocktail books, recently penned “A Drinkable Feast: A Cocktail Companion to 1920s Paris.”

When I stopped for three days in Paris at the beginning of summer, Phil was the first person I contacted. He sent me a fabulous list of recommendations, but his top suggestion was Harry’s New York Bar. During Prohibition, Paris became a hot spot for drink lovers from the U.S., especially with a fantastic exchange rate for U.S. dollars. But the bar’s “New York” moniker didn’t come from its overseas clientele.

In 1911, former American jockey Tod Sloan bought a bistro in Paris near the Opera House, converted it into a bar and named it the New York Bar. Sloan had a partner in the Big Apple who owned a bar in Manhattan, and that bar was torn apart and shipped to Paris. The “Harry’s” part came when its barman Harry MacElhone purchased it in 1923 and added his name.

Harry’s has played host to numerous American celebrities, including Hemingway, Humphrey Bogart, Jack Dempsey and Rita Hayworth. It was at the piano bar in Harry’s that George Gershwin wrote “An American in Paris.”

Even today, the bar exudes Americana, with college pennants decorating the

1 oz. bourbon 1 oz. sweet vermouth 1 oz. Campari Stir all ingredients well with ice in a mixing glass, then strain into a rocks glass containing fresh ice. Garnish with a maraschino cherry. interior. Every four years, a U.S. presidential election straw poll is conducted with patrons from the States.

It’s claimed that a number of famous cocktails were invented at Harry’s, including the Bloody Mary, the French 75 and the Sidecar.

However, on my visit, I had one particular tipple on my mind: the Boulevardier. The drink, introduced in MacElhone’s 1927 cocktail book “Barflies and Cocktails,” is a variation on my favorite cocktail, the Negroni. The Boulevardier uses bourbon instead of gin as its base liquor.

According to Greene, the cocktail “combines the stories of three interesting gents who lived in 1920s Paris: Erskine Gwynne, Arthur Moss, and Jed Miley.”

The three were founding members of a magazine called the Boulevardier. The magazine, Greene writes, modeled on the New Yorker, was designed to appeal to wealthy Anglo-Americans in Paris.

The cocktail is forged from one ounce each of bourbon, sweet vermouth and Campari. I liked the subtly sweet tang and oaky depth that the bourbon added to the multilayered bitterness of the Campari, while complimenting the vermouth. It was a charming American touch to a timeless Italian drink. And after flying all the way from Southeast Asia, it was a delectable anecdote for my jet lag … requiring more than one.

While the flavor of the Boulevardier is complex, it’s not hard to replicate at home.

Its three ingredients are easily findable Stateside.

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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.

FILOMENA RISTORANTE

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

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

ROCKLANDS BARBEQUE

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

We now have more space for you to sit down with family and friends at our new dining room Driving or walking up Wisconsin Avenue, you ask “mmmm, what’s that aroma??”

That’s pork, beef and chicken coming out of our wood-only smoker, falling off the bone and ready for a dousing with our Original Barbeque Sauce.

CAFE BONAPARTE

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

MARTIN’S TAVERN

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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Events Calendar FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25

NIGHT OF THE LIVING ZOO

PAINT THE TOWN RED Paint the Town Red is PULSE DC’s annual “red-tie” gala, attended by 200 young professionals. This year’s event will feature a DJ, dancing, a silent auction, an open bar and tasty bites. Since 2010, Paint the Town Red has raised over $425,000 for the American Heart Association. Tickets are $89. For details, visit savorstrategies.com. WeWork Navy Yard, 80 M St. SE.

Night of the Living Zoo is an adults-only night of curiosities, grotesques and beastly good fun. The dark carnival will arrive at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo to thrill crowds with a sword swallower, a fire eater, living statues, magicians and stilt walkers. Tickets are $40 ($90 VIP). For details, visit fonz.org/ nolz. 3001 Connecticut Ave. NW.

chance to win a prize. Tickets are $20. For details, visit dumbartonhouse.org. The tour begins at Dumbarton House’s East Garden gates at the corner of Q and 27th Streets NW.

TRICK OR TREAT AT TUDOR PLACE At this outdoor event, visitors to Tudor Place can explore the garden, trick or treat throughout the site, decorate their own haunted house, paint their own pumpkin, make a spooky tree craft, play traditional outdoor games and get their face painted.

Costumes are suggested. Tickets are $15 ($5 for adult chaperones). For details, visit tudorplace.org. 1644 31st St. NW.

FALL FROLIC AT GLEN ECHO This family event will feature pumpkin decorating and other crafts, Halloweenthemed temporary tattoos, a costume contest, trick-or-treating in Glen Echo’s resident art studios and galleries and a costume parade.

Admission is free. Pumpkins for decorating (no carving) are $2 each. For details, visit glenechopark.org or call 301-634-2222. 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Maryland.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26 SPIRITS OF GEORGETOWN WALKING TOUR Guide Dwane Starlin will lead a spooky stroll through Georgetown, visiting cemeteries, haunted houses and the Exorcist Steps.

Participants who wear a costume have a

CHAMBER MUSIC AT THE BARNS In celebration of Founder’s Day at Wolf Trap, pianist Wu Han and cellist David Finckel will explore two emotional extremes, joy and sorrow, through the works of Bach, Mendelssohn, Glazunov and Chopin. Tickets are $50. For tickets, visit wolftrap.org. Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna, Virginia.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7 ART EXHIBITION AT DUKE ELLINGTON The Museum Studies Department of the Duke Ellington School for the Arts will open an exhibition of art from the personal collection of co-founder Peggy Cooper Cafritz, who bequeathed the works to the school. The minimum suggested donation is $20. For details, visit ellingtonschool.org.

3500 R St. NW.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9 HAIKU AND ART WORKSHOP This free workshop explores the relationship between haiku, an ancient Japanese poetry for m, and imager y. Par ticipants will experience how art can inspire poetry and vice versa. No prior artistic or poetic experience is needed. Space is limited. To register, visit eventbrite.com. Washington Printmakers Gallery, 1641 Wisconsin Ave. NW.

Kitty Kelley is on vacation.

The Kitty Kelley Book Club will resume upon her return.

GOOD WORKS & GOOD TIMES

OSS Society Salutes Gen. Mattis

Spirited Bret Baier Party at Milano

The OSS Society which honors the work of Office of Strategic Services members during their World War II espionage saluted retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, former Secretary of Defense, Oct. 12 at its Donovan Award Dinner at the Ritz Carlton. Mattis received the William J. Donovan Award. The Hugh Montgomery Award went to Thomas J. Higgins. The Virginia Hall Award went to Shannon Kent, who was killed in Syria. The Peter Ortiz Award went to Warrant Officer One Nicholas Lavery. Georgetowner Carl Colby wrote and directed two films, shown at the dinner: “Operation OVERLORD: OSS and the Battle for France” and “Call Sign CHAOS: Gen. Jim Mattis and the U.S. Marine Corps.” The OSS Society is planning a museum in Loudoun County.

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Charles Pinck, president of the OSS Society, Gen. Norton Schwartz, USAF (Ret.), Gen. James Mattis, USMC (Ret.), Dr. Mike Vickers and Adm. William McCraven, USN (Ret.).

Joe Kent, who served as a Special Forces Chief Warrant Officer, accepting the Virginia Hall Award on behalf of his wife, Shannon Kent, who was killed by a suicide bomber in Syria on Jan. 16.

Introduced by Tripp Donnelly, Bret Baier of Fox News, author of “Three Days at the Brink,” recounted the first meeting of Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin in Tehran, Iran, in 1943, and enjoyed a spirited, bipartisan book signing with friends and family Oct. 18 at Cafe Milano.

Bret Baier of Fox News and his wife Amy. Photo

by Robert Devaney.

CNN’s Brian Stelter and CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell. Photo by Robert Devaney.

Warrant Officer One Nicholas Lavery, USA, accepting the Peter Ortiz Award.

Rose Park Celebrates at Halloween House

Dr. Julia Nesheiwat, Chief Resiliency Officer of Florida, and Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Florida). Photo by Robert Devaney.

BY RO BE RT DEVA NEY The Friends of Rose Park held its fall benefit at Georgetown’s favorite house on Q Street during Halloween season. The group easily scared up some funds for its park maintenance and improvement programs.

White House Social Secretary Rickie Niceta Lloyd with Robert and Capricia Marshall, former U.S. chief of protocol. Photo by Robert Devaney.

Nancy Taylor Bubes, party host, and Friends of Rose Park President David Dunning.

Lorraine Cole and Christ Church Rector Timothy Cole with Ashley Akridge.

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TURKEY RUN $9,500,000 906 Turkey Run Rd, McLean, VA Penny Yerks Piper Yerks 703-760-0744

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GEORGETOWN $8,950,000 1224 30th St. NW, Washington, DC Ben Roth 202-905-7762 Jamie Peva 202-258-5050

GEORGETOWN $4,825,000* 3303 Water St. NW #8H, Washington, DC Chris Itteilag 301-633-8182 Nancy Itteilag 202-905-7762

GEORGETOWN $4,700,000 3319 Prospect St. NW, Washington, DC Nancy ltteilag 202-905-7762 Chris Itteilag 301-633-8182

NEW PRICE GEORGETOWN $4,375,000 3030 Q St. NW, Washington, DC Nancy Taylor Bubes 202-386-7813 Jamie Peva 202-258-5050

GREAT FALLS $3,699,000 10015 High Hill Pl, Great Falls, VA Penny Yerks Piper Yerks 703-760-0744

SPRING VALLEY $2,995,000 5145 Tilden St., NW, Washington, DC Eileen McGrath 202-253-2226 Kay McGrath 202-276-1235

WESLEY HEIGHTS $2,650,000 4338 Forest Ln NW, Washington, DC Nancy ltteilag 202-905-7762 Chris Itteilag 301-633-8182

UNDER CONTRACT GEORGETOWN $1,995,000 3525 Winfield Ln NW, Washington, DC Nancy ltteilag 202-905-7762 Chris Itteilag 301-633-8182

CHEVY CHASE $1,850,000 7014 31st St., NW, Washington, DC HRL Partners 202-243-1620

POTOMAC $1,685,000 10032 Avenel Farm Dr., Potomac, MD Doc Keane 202-441-2343 Marc Bertinelli 202-657-9000

FOREST HILLS $1,649,000 4619 29th Pl, NW, Wasington, DC HRL Partners 202-243-1620

GEORGETOWN $1,550,000 1231 30th St. NW, Washington, DC Nancy Taylor Bubes 202-386-7813

PAEONIAN SPRINGS $1,249,900 16080 Gold Cup Ln, Paeonian Spring, VA Joe O’Hara 703-350-1234

GEORGETOWN $1,195,000 1339 27th St., NW, Washington, DC Eileen McGrath 202-253-2226

GLOVER PARK $734,000 4012 Edmunds St. NW #8, Washington, DC The Morrell-Roth Team 202-465-9636

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