The Georgetowner's November 18, 2015 Issue

Volume 62 Number 4

November 18 - december 1, 2015

Homest ead at 2 50 Arts Pr eview Renwick Reopens

KALORAMA $5,950,000

Well-sited in Kalorama, this elegant Colonial Revival has been superbly renovated by Jim Gibson. There are light filled rooms with classic period scale and high ceilings, an open kitchen and family room, a master suite with both his and hers baths and dressing rooms, six additional bedrooms and baths, nineperson home theater, elevator, wine cellar, beautiful gardens and pool.

MICHAEL RANKIN +1 202 271 3344

WEST END $2,495,000

Spacious 2 BR + library, 2.5 BA residence with 2,760 sq ft on 1 level, gorgeous wood floors, 10’ ceilings, an expansive kitchen featuring marble counters and Poliform cabinets, and an adjacent breakfast/family room. Stunning master suite with sitting area, 2 garage parking spaces plus storage.

JONATHAN TAYLOR +1 202 276 3344

GEORGETOWN $1,349,000 Charming federal townhouse in the West Village. Steps from Georgetown University. Three bedrooms, two and a half baths, and two fireplaces. The renovated eat-in kitchen has granite counters and a Viking range. Private brick garden perfect for entertaining. English basement.

RUSSELL FIRESTONE III +1 202 271 1701

OBSERVATORY CIRCLE $4,875,000 Understated elegance is the theme of this meticulously restored historical home. Renowned DC Developer Giorgio Furioso’s vision of seamlessly blending classic and modern is executed perfectly in this one-of-a-kind home. Features include 7 bedrooms, 8 baths, formal dining, great room, 2 kitchens, wine cellar, pool, 3-car garage, 2-car parking pad, solar panels, energy-efficient amenities.

GEORGETOWN $2,700,000 Sited steps away from parks, shops, and restaurants, this three bedroom, three bathroom and den contemporarydesign townhouse offers the pinnacle of luxurious and tasteful living. The exacting construction was just completed by renowned architect Rudi.d. The oversized windows and high ceilings offer an abundance of light.

GEORGETOWN $1,695,000 Stunning 2 bedroom, 2 bath plus den Georgetown waterfront condo at the award-winning 3303 Water Street building.

Expansive C&O Canal views, unparalleled European finishes, high ceilings, garage parking, storage, 24/7 concierge, rooftop pool, terrace, and fitness room.

BETHESDA, MD $1,495,000

CHENA BOLTON +1 202 695 4740

GARY WICKS +1 202 486 8393

OBSERVATORY CIRCLE $535,000 Beautifully renovated 1 bedroom, 1.5 bath unit offering 1,222 sq ft of space. Kitchen with breakfast nook, beautiful balcony overlooking greenery. Garage parking and extra storage included. Pool, doormen, front desk, guest parking, gardens, fitness center.

JULIA DIAZ-ASPER +1 202 256 1887

JULIA DIAZ-ASPER +1 202 256 1887 MICHAEL RANKIN +1 202 271 3344

Gorgeous custom-built home, approx. 5,000 finished sq ft, 2003 construction, 6BR, 5.5BA on 4 finished levels. Large rooms, high ceilings, kitchen with breakfast and family rooms, formal living and dining rooms, office on the main level. Huge master suite, lower level rec room, 2-car garage, and driveway.

Lovely yard, beautiful wooded setting.

JONATHAN TAYLOR +1 202 276 3344

GEORGETOWN $16,500/month Located on Cooke’s Row, this residence boasts numerous architectural details including the grand 3-story curved staircase. This home is graced with 13-foot ceilings on the main level, seven bedrooms, five full bathrooms, five fireplaces and off-street parking with garage.

JULIA DIAZ-ASPER +1 202 256 1887

GEORGETOWN BROKERAGE | +1 202 333 1212 DOWNTOWN BROKERAGE | +1 202 234 3344 McLEAN, VA BROKERAGE | +1 703 319 3344 ALEXANDRIA, VA BROKERAGE | +1 703 310 6800 CHEVY CHASE, MD BROKERAGE | +1 301 967 3344

ttrsir.com

2

November 18, 2015 GMG, INC.

©MMXV TTR Sotheby’s International Realty, licensed real estate broker. Sotheby’s International Realty and the Sotheby’s International Realty logo are registered service marks used with permission. Each Office Is Independently Owned And Operated. Equal housing opportunity. All information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Price and availability subject to change. Date Source: MRIS (Sales, 12/1/12+, Legal Subdivision: Georgetown)

I fly Sentient Jet.

8

21 22

Body & Soul

BU S I N ESS 9 10 11

24

Business Ins & Outs Just Paper and Tea Finance

RE A L ESTATE 12 13 18

26 28

Latest Dish

31

Salute to Cole Porter, Knock Out Abuse Choice Awards and Gala, OSS Society Gala, ‘Cosi fan tutte,’ Chris Baker Follow us on twitter

Find us on Facebook

The Georgetowner

volume 62 Number 4

27

30

F ood & Wine

Thegeorgetownr

November 18 - december 1, 2015

Homeste ad at 250 ar Prev renwicts k reoPeiew ns

On t h e cov e r In this issue, The Georgetowner takes readers on a voyage to six destinations, one on every continent except Antarctica. Pictured here in front of a historic map of the world is what Hiram Bingham (perhaps the model for Indiana Jones) called the “Lost City of the Incas”: Machu Picchu. Photo provided by Michele Evans. Photo illustration by Angie Myers.

866.283.9116 sentient.com

‘Wonder’ at the Renwick Museum Exhibitions On Our Holiday Stages Concert Calendar

Social Sc e ne

Winter Travel: Adventure

I fly to seize the moment.

I fly to make the most of my time.

I fly Sentient Jet.

Murphy’s Love Maximize Holiday Weight Gain

A RTS P REV I EW

Featured Property Historic D.C. Antiques Addict

14

20

24

25

C ov er

Holiday Events Homestead’s 250th

2801 M Street, NW Washington, DC 20007 Phone: (202) 338-4833 Fax: (202) 338-4834 www.georgetowner.com The Georgetowner is published every other Wednesday. The opinions of our writers and columnists do not necessarily reflect the editorial and corporate opinions of The Georgetowner newspaper. The Georgetowner accepts no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts or photographs and assumes no liability for products or services advertised herein. The Georgetowner reserves the right to edit, rewrite or refuse material and is not responsible for errors or omissions.

Copyright 2015.

and additional safety standards established by Sentient. (Refer to www.sentient.com/standards for details.)

5

Calendar Town Topics Editorial/Opinion

of charter flights at all times. Flights will be operated by FAR Part 135 direct air carriers that have been certified to provide service for Sentient jet card clients and that meet all FAA safety standards

4

I n C oun try

The Sentient Jet Card is a program of Sentient Jet, LLC (“Sentient”). Sentient arranges flights on behalf of jet card clients with FAR Part 135 direct air carriers that exercise full operational control

n e ws

New York today, L.A. tomorrow, then home to Connecticut... My life is always on the go, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. In my line of work, you can’t afford delays or missed opportunities. Whether getting to my next meeting or making it home to the kids for bedtime, I am confident in my commitments. And for each and every opportunity... I’m there.

Sensible, intelligent private aviation®

GMG, INC. November 18, 2015

3

up & coming November 20 to 22 Washington Ballet’s Sugar Plum Bazaar

through Georgetown, covering the homes and neighborhood spots frequented by John F. and Jacqueline Kennedy during their years in Washington. Participants will see where the couple became engaged, their Georgetown home and where Jackie stayed after the president’s assassination in 1963. Tickets are $15. For details, visit DumbartonHouse.org.

2715 Q St. NW.

Two dozen exclusive vendors including Clair Florence, Four You, Ann Hand and Isabelle K Jewelry participate in the Sugar Plum Bazaar, which benefits the Washington Ballet’s community engagement programs. There will also be food and dancer meet-and-greets.

Tickets are $40. For details, visit washingtonballet.org. 3515 Wisconsin Ave. NW.

November 22 Shostakovich Quartets at the Phillips Collection

November 20 and 22 Charles Ives’ America

Calendar

PostClassical Ensemble presents “Charles Ives’ America,” featuring baritone William Sharp, pianist Steven Mayer and the Georgetown University Orchestra, in two parts. Admission to part one in McNeir Auditorium is free; admission to part two in Gaston Hall is $5. For details, visit postclassical.com.

Georgetown University, 3700 O St. NW.

November 20 Picnic Theatre Company’s ‘The 39 Steps’ Dumbarton House hosts the Picnic Theatre Company’s presentation of Alfred Hitchcock’s melodrama “The 39 Steps.” Wine and refreshments will be available for purchase.

Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door.

For details, visit dumbartonhouse.org. 2715 Q St. NW.

At two afternoon concerts with a break in between, the Carducci Quartet will play the remaining seven string quartets of Dmitri Shostakovich (the Anglo-Irish chamber group played the first eight, flawlessly, last Sunday). Tickets are $55. For tickets, visit phillipscollection.org. 1600 21st Street NW. ManneqART SHOW: Sculptures on Human Form.

ManneqART blurs the boundaries of art and fashion. The show presents the extravagant world of wearable art — the best in imaginative hair, makeup and costuming created from unconventional materials: metals, paper, spray foam, even melted plastic bags.

Tickets are $25 ($15 through Nov. 19). For details, visit artsoiree.com. 3100 South St. NW.

ManneqART SHOW at the Ritz-Carlton

November 21 Walking Tour: The Kennedys’ Georgetown

Showcasing more than 30 incredible creations of designers from around the nation,

Dwane Starlin, a member of the Guild of Professional Tour Guides, will lead this meander

Sneakers: up to $125 per pair.

College savings: as little as $25 per month.

• Federal and D.C. tax benefits for D.C. residents • Enroll online in as little as 15 minutes • A low initial investment amount – as little as $25

November 26 14th Annual Trot for Hunger

D.C.’s only turkey trot, the Trot for Hunger attracts 10,000 runners and walkers to help the homeless on Thanksgiving Day. The Trot begins with a Kids’ One Mile Little Turkey Fun Run, followed by the 5K Run/Walk. All proceeds benefit D.C.-area services provided by SOME (So Others Might Eat). Tickets are $35 for untimed participants, $40 for timed participants (through noon Nov. 25).

For details, visit soome.convio.net. Freedom Plaza, corner of 13th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

November 29 44th Annual Messiah Sing-Along

J. Reilly Lewis leads a full orchestra with harpsichord, organ, guest soloists and the audience in part one of Handel’s Messiah. The program will begin with a brief pre-concert recital and a reception will follow the concert. Admission is free (suggested donation of $20). For details, call Adam Jackson at 703-524-2224 or visit morefaith.org. 606 N. Irving St., Arlington, Virginia.

December 2 Washington Business Hall of Fame

The region’s outstanding business leaders will be recognized at this 28th annual black-tie benefit dinner and induction ceremony, which supports Junior Achievement of Greater Washington’s K–12 programs in financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship. For tickets, sponsorship information and profiles of the 2015 Hall of Fame laureates, visit myja.org/halloffame. National Building Museum, 440 G St. NW.

December 3 Make Merry in the Mansion Tudor Place will sparkle in a holiday installation that blends contemporary design with the traditions of 200 years, highlighting rare artifacts such as the 19th-century goose-feather tree, dripping with ornaments from the earliest days of Christmas trees in America. Seasonal libations and appetizers will be served.

Tickets are $20 (free for members). For details, visit tudorplace.org. 1644 31st St. NW.

JOIN US

GEORGETOWN MEDIA GROUP PRESENTS

CULTURAL LEADERSHIP BREAKFAST SERIES A light breakfast, informal remarks, and a Q&A with the leaders of Washington’s top cultural organizations.

Thursday, December 3

8:00 – 9:30 a.m.

The George Town Club 1530 Wisconsin Avenue, NW.

www.DCCollegeSavings.com 202.529.PLAN (7526) Sponsored by The Government of the District of Columbia ©2015

ENROLL BY DECEMBER 31ST FOR A 2015 D.C. TAX BREAK. For more information on the DC College Savings Plan, please go to DCCollegeSavings.com, call 800.987.4859 (800.541.1524 for Telecommunications Device for the Deaf), or contact your financial advisor. An investor should consider the objectives, risks, charges, and expenses of an investment carefully before investing. The District of Columbia College Savings Trust Program Disclosure Booklet contains this and other information. Read it carefully before you invest or send money. An investor should also consider, before investing, whether the investor’s or designated beneficiary’s home state offers any state tax or other benefits that are only available to residents of that state. An investment in another state’s 529 college savings plan may not offer comparable benefits. The government of the District of Columbia does not guarantee investments in the program. Investment involves risk, including possible loss of principal. The DC College Savings Program is underwritten and distributed by Calvert Investment Distributors, Inc., member FINRA/SIPC, and subsidiary of Calvert Investments, Inc. AD10069-201510F

4

Cal 823 | Downtowner - Sneakers | 4.875x6.125

November 18, 2015 GMG, INC.

READY, SET, OPERA! Francesca Zambello will talk about the company’s approach to risk-taking: from world premieres to the upcoming presentation of the complete “Ring” cycle by Wagner.

$15 for George Town Club members $20 for non-members Sponsored By

FRANCESCA ZAMBELLO Artistic Director Washington National Opera

Please RSVP by November 30 to Richard@Georgetowner.com or call 202–338–4833

TOWN TOPICS

NEWS

BY ROBERT ROBERT DEVANEY DEVANEY AND AND CHUCK CHUCK BALDWIN BALDWIN BY

G.U. Renames Buildings Tied to Slavery Past

After aa Nov. Nov. 12 12 student student demonstration demonstration on on After campus and and aa sit-in sit-in in in front front of of his his office office on on campus Nov. 13 13 and and 14, 14, Georgetown Georgetown University University John John Nov. DeGioia approved approved striking striking the the names names of of two two DeGioia main campus buildings named after two of its main campus buildings named after two of its presidents who who worked worked on on an an 1838 1838 deal deal that that presidents sold 272 272 slaves slaves owned owned by by the the university. university. sold “As a university, we are a place where concon“As a university, we are a place where versations are are convened convened and and dialogue dialogue is is encourencourversations aged, even even on on topics topics that that may may be be difficult,” difficult,” aged, DeGioia wrote wrote in in aa Nov. Nov. 14 14 letter letter to to the the uniuniDeGioia versity. “This “This is is what what we we will will continue continue to to do do at at versity.

Georgetown. We We are are supportive supportive of of our our students students Georgetown. and proud proud of of the the depth depth of of their their engagement engagement in in and these urgent conversations.” these urgent conversations.”

Mulledy Hall Hall was was part part of of the the repurposed repurposed Mulledy buildings for for new new student student dormitory dormitory housing housing at at buildings

the school’s school’s quadrangle. quadrangle. ItIt was was named named for for Rev. Rev. the Thomas F. F. Mulledy, Mulledy, S.J., S.J., the the 17th 17th and and 22th 22th presipresiThomas dent of of Georgetown Georgetown University.

University. He He was was also also the the dent first president of the College of the Holy Cross, first president of the College of the Holy Cross, which also also has has aa building building named named for for him. him. which A small small building building built built in in 1792, 1792, south south of of the the A Ryan and and Gervase Gervase dormitories, dormitories, was was named named for for Ryan the university’s university’s 18th 18th president, president, Rev. Rev. William William the McSherry, S.J., S.J., who who closed closed the the deal deal on on the the slaves, slaves, McSherry, sending them them from from Maryland Maryland to to Louisiana Louisiana as as sending abolitionist protests began to cause devaluation abolitionist protests began to cause devaluation of the the Jesuits’ Jesuits’ plantations plantations in in Maryland.

Maryland. of The name name change change was was proposed proposed the the univeruniverThe sity’s Working Group on Slavery, Memory and sity’s Working Group on Slavery, Memory and Reconciliation — — aa group group charged charged by

by DeGioia DeGioia Reconciliation to discuss discuss the the issue. issue. ItIt offered offered its its take take over over the the to weekend: “Until “Until aa broader broader conversation conversation within within weekend: the community community enables enables us us to to recommend recommend aa the permanent renaming renaming of of these these buildings, buildings, we we permanent propose to to the the entire entire community community that that for for the the propose remainder of of the the academic academic year year we we refer refer to to the the remainder Mulledy Building Building as as ‘Freedom ‘Freedom Hall’ Hall’ and and to to the the Mulledy McSherry Building Building as as ‘Remembrance ‘Remembrance Hall.’

Hall.’ ”” McSherry

SIGN UP AT YOUR NUMBER-ONE SOURCE FOR EVERYTHING GEORGETOWN. KEEP UP ON THE LATEST NEWS BY SUBSCRIBING TO OUR E-NEWSLETTER. ANC Supports Georgetown U.’s Franklin School Proposal

BY PETER MURRAY

Georgetown University’s proposal to redevelop the Franklin School downtown just got a boost from the local Advisory Neighborhood Commission.

Franklin School. Photo by AgnosticPreachersKid.

Washington National Opera: Appomattox

BY GARY TISC H L ER

“A Powerful Opera For Our Times” — Gary Tischler reviews the WNO’s stirring production “Appomattox” which bridges the end of the Civil War to the days of Selma.

Duke Ellington Ellington School School for for the the Arts Arts in in mid-reconstruction. mid-reconstruction. Photo Photo by

by Robert Robert Devaney.

Devaney.

Duke

ANC Report

The Georgetown-Burleith-Hillandale The Georgetown-Burleith-Hillandale Advisory Neighborhood Neighborhood Commission Commission (ANC (ANC 2E) 2E) Advisory held its its monthly monthly meeting meeting Nov. Nov. 2.

2. The The following following held is aa selection selection of of reports reports to to or or decisions decisions by by the the is commissioners at the meeting.

An earlier report commissioners at the meeting. An earlier report on Nov. Nov. 44 covered covered other other topics topics at at the the meeting. meeting. on

G.U. Hospital Expansion Gets Approved

The D.C. D.C. zoning zoning commission commission approved approved The Medstar Georgetown Georgetown University University Hospital’s Hospital’s $560 $560 Medstar million expansion expansion plan plan — — with with aa few few suggestions, suggestions, million such as as building building an an underground underground garage garage with with aa such design that that allows allows for for green green space space on on top. top. The The design commission unanimously unanimously voted voted to to approve approve the the commission hospital’s certificate-of-need certificate-of-need application, application, required required hospital’s for the the project project to to move move forward. forward. Plans Plans call call for for aa for new five-story five-story building building next next to to the the main main hospihospinew tal. Medical Medical center center coordinators coordinators agreed agreed to to better better tal. traffic management and allotting parking during traffic management and allotting parking during construction, as as well well as as having having no no trucks trucks idling idling construction, on streets streets and and helicopters helicopters staying staying on on aa flight flight path path on closer to to the the university. university. “MedStar “MedStar has has made, made, in in closer my view, view, aa very very strong strong case,” case,” said said commission commission my chair Ron Ron Lewis, Lewis, who who later later added added that that he he would would chair like to to see see “green “green space space to to rival rival Healy Healy Lawn.”

Lawn.” like

Duke Ellington School Construction Update

A ‘Cinderella’ for Our Times at National Theatre

The Duke Duke Ellington Ellington School School for for the the Arts Arts has has The completed demolition demolition and and is is ready ready to to go go full full completed tilt with with its its reconstruction. reconstruction. There There will will be be aa live live tilt webcam set up to view the work, said comwebcam set up to view the work, said commissioner Ed Ed Solomon, Solomon, who who lives lives one one block block missioner from the the school. school. Work Work crews crews have have after-hours after-hours from permits that that allow allow work work until until 99 p.m., p.m., SoloSolopermits mon said, said, and and may may involve involve Sunday, Sunday, if if needed. needed. mon Completion of of the the nearly nearly $180 $180 million million project project Completion — itit was was first first proposed proposed at at $71 $71 million million and and has has — prompted aa D.C. D.C. audit audit — — is is expected expected in in the the prompted summer of of 2017.

2017. summer

Change in Student Bus Routes

As part part of of GU’s GU’s 2010 2010 campus campus plan plan to to As minimize neighborhood neighborhood disruption, disruption, four four minimize Georgetown University University Transportation Transportation Shuttle Shuttle Georgetown bus routes routes will will move move off off the the side side streets streets of of bus Georgetown, using using the the main main campus campus access access Georgetown, via Canal Canal Road, Road, and and dropping dropping the the Reservoir Reservoir via Road and and Prospect Prospect Street Street pick-up pick-up points. points. The The Road Wisconsin Avenue Avenue bus bus will will continue continue as as before. before.

Wisconsin Some students students have have expressed expressed displeasure displeasure at at Some the change. change. the

BY G ARY TISCHLER

Kaitlyn Davidson seems perfectly suited for the role that she embraces with unabashed fervor in “Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella.”

Paige Faure and Andy Jones. Photo by Carol Rossgg, Cinderella National Tour.

Downtown D.C. Macy’s Unveils Holiday Windows (photos)

BY JEFF M AL ET

Santa Claus and Snoopy headlined the Downtown-Metro Center Macy’s holiday window unveiling — to celebrate the 50th anniversary of “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”

GMG, INC. INC. November November 18, 18, 2015 2015 GMG,

55

TOWN TOPICS

Crime Report

The following are reports from the Metropolitan Police Department, containing information (with some abridgment) about recent crimes reported in MPD’s Second District, which includes Georgetown, Burleith, Foggy Bottom and the West End and neighborhoods to the north and west.

• Theft second degree (theft From motor vehicle): 2800 block of 29th Street NW; Nov. 15, 4 p.m.

• Burglary One: 3600 block of O Street NW; Nov. 15, 1:40 a.m.

• Theft second degree (all other larceny): 1200 block of Wisconsin Avenue NW (specialty store); Nov. 15, 2:04 p.m.

• Theft second degree (all other larceny): 2900 block of K Street NW (government/public building); Nov. 15, 5 p.m.

• Theft second degree (theft from building): 3200 block of M Street NW (shopping mall); Nov. 15, 9 p.m.

• Theft second degree (all other larceny): 1200 block of 34th Street NW (residence); Nov. 15, 9:45 a.m.

• Burglary One: 3700 block of R Street NW (residence); Nov. 13, 2:30 a.m.

• Theft second degree (theft from building): 1200 block of Wisconsin Avenue NW (specialty store); Nov. 8, 5:27 p.m.

• Theft first degree (all other larceny): 2000 block of Pennsylvania Avenue NW (hotel); Nov 8, 12:50 p.m.

Barney’s Hit With Major Robbery

Clothing retailer Barney’s New York at 3040 M St. NW was hit by a major robbery Nov. 12 at 12:37 p.m., according to reports from the Metropolitan Police Department and other sources. A gun and knife were involved, insiders said, but nobody was hurt. Suspects are three black males — one wearing sunglasses, a green jacket and baseball cap and another a hoodie. The three reportedly took off with thousands of dollars worth of merchandise, according to sources.

Burglaries Prompt More Midnight Patrols

An uptick in burglaries — with occupants within their homes — has been reported in or near the campus of Georgetown University. The Metropolitan Police Department has doubled up its patrols during the midnight hours, according to sources, and is also working with the university police to catch potential burglars, who have become more at ease with casing the neighborhood.

Recent burglaries include: • Nov. 15, 1:30 a.m. — 3700 block of O Street NW. Suspect (s)entered unlocked door took computer equipment. Suspect seen by victim and described as a black male with long dreads.

• Nov. 13, 11:58 a.m. — 3700 block of R Street NW. Suspect(s) entered rear window took computers/cars.

RESTAURANTS

6

November 18, 2015 GMG, INC.

• Oct. 25, 12:52 a.m. — 3500 Block of O Street NW. Suspect(s) entered residence possibly through an unlocked front window. Once inside, the laptop was stolen from bedroom and the video camera. (No suspect info.)

• Oct. 12, 7:46 a.m. — 35th and N Streets NW. Suspect entered through open door stole wallet and later used debit cards. The victim described the suspect leaving the scene as a white male six-foot-two with black hair.

With Daughter Inside, Women’s SUV Attacked

by Youths The Metropolitan Police Department responded to the report Nov. 16 of a women’s SUV, being surrounded by youths, saying that the incident was reported — and listed as “destruction as property” and that MPD were checking CCTV cameras.

The following is what the women from Wesley Heights headlined “Attacked in Georgetown this morning” and posted on social media, including the Georgetown Forum. It is reprinted in its entirety below.

“I want to make everyone aware as I know there are many others with young children in the neighborhood. I took my young daughter to a music class this morning, near the intersection of Wisconsin and Q Street NW. At around 10:30am, I had just gotten her buckled back into her car seat when a group of what seemed to be teenag-

SPECIAL EVENTS

OFFICE

RESIDENTIAL

ers started rushing up on me, trying to surround us and our SUV. We were parked around 33rd St. NW and Wisconsin Ave. NW (close to the A Mano store and Gtwn library). I turned quickly as I saw three additional young men headed quickly towards us and was able to slam the door and lock the car, outmaneuvering them as I raced to the other side. By some miracle I was able to jump into the other side of the car, again locking it behind me and evade one of the teens as he tried to get into the car. As I tried to get out of the parking spot and get away from them, one grabbed what seemed to be a large rock and jumped up on the car and smashed it through my sun roof. Luckily, the cover on the inside of the roof was still closed and none of the glass rained down on us as it would have otherwise.

“I blared on the horn and they all ran off and I was able to get away with my daughter, to safety.

“For those of you that have young children and must buckle them into car seats, please be extra careful and check your surroundings as you do this. I was digging around in the diaper bag looking for snacks when this happened to me, and I’ll never make that mistake again.”

MPD issued the following report on this incident: “C-1 reports while outside the vehicle fastening her child in to her car seat five juveniles approached her vehicle and for unknown reasons one of the juveniles jumped on C-1’s running board with a rock in hand and smashed her sunroof of the listed vehicle. All juveniles fled in an unknown direction. C-1 is unable to give a description of the suspects other than them being African American.” (The police jargon, “C-1,” stands for “complainant or victim.”)

TOWN TOPICS

Community Meetings NOVEMBER 18 FCCA General Meeting The next general meeting of the Foxhall Community Citizens Association will be held at the Hardy Recreation Center, 4500 Q St. NW, at 7 p.m. Topics are to be determined.

NOVEMBER 19 Citizens Association of Georgetown: An Evening with Georgetown Authors Journalist Carol Ross Joynt expertly explores the lives and literary projects of best-selling Georgetown authors, including Cathy Alter, Elaine Williams Crockett, Jane Stanton Hitchcock, Dr. Isabel Sawhill and Leslie Morgan. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 3240 O St. NW.

NOVEMBER 30 ANC2E Advisory Neighborhood Commissions are advisory boards providing official citizen rep-

resentation to other governmental bodies. The commissioners consider a wide range of policies and programs affecting their neighborhoods. For details about this meeting, visit anc2e.com. Georgetown Visitation School, 35th and Volta Place, Heritage Room, 2nd floor.

DECEMBER 1 Palisades Citizens Association General Membership Meeting At PCA’s monthly general membership meeting, attendees will vote on a proposed sidewalk from MacArthur Boulevard to the Capital Crescent Trail along Arizona Avenue. Palisades Recreation Center, 5200 Sherier Place NW.

DECEMBER 9 GBA Annual Holiday Party The Georgetown Business Association will hold its annual holiday party at the George Town Club. To become a GBA Holiday Party Sponsor, call 202-640-1279 for information on 2015 Sponsorship Packages. For details, visit georgetownbusiness.org. George Town Club, 1530 Wisconsin Ave. NW.

Available for Holiday Parties & Corporate Team Building We also offer mobile events for large groups of 50 or more.

JOHN D. RICHARDSON CO., LTD. General Contractor RENOVATION NEW BUILDING DESIGN SERVICES 202-342-7424 1516 34TH ST., N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20007 JOHN@JOHNDRICHARDSONCOMPANY.COM

SINCE 1976

WWW.JOHNDRICHARDSONCOMPANY.COM Richardson_AD.indd 1

10/8/13 11:03 AM

GMG, INC. November 18, 2015

7

EDITORIAL/OPINION

Ready for DC Water’s Big Dig?

I

t hasn’t come in on horses, but there is a Paul Revere-like quality to the warnings from DC Water: “The digging is coming. The digging is coming.”

Representatives of the utility have been reaching out to Georgetown neighborhood groups to spread information about its Clean Rivers Project and Green Infrastructure Plan. At the basis of what is being described as a “massive” undertaking is a 2005 legal agreement between DC Water, the District of Columbia, U.S Department of Justice and EPA to implement a $2.6 billion Clean Rivers Project. In very simple terms, it has to do with reducing combined sewage and storm water overflows to the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers as well as Rock Creek by building of a system of tunnels, diversion sewers and green infrastructures.

Although the Rock Creek portion was modified to eliminate the need for a tunnel, the Anacostia tunnel construction is already underway and the Potomac phase of DC Water’s project will require an underground tunnel capable of holding 30 million gallons of combined storm water and sewage.

An early model of the Potomac tunnel set off major alarms, as it would have required digging up Georgetown Waterfront Park. But that section of the plan seems to have been scrubbed with the construction of permeable pavements to deal with storm water run-off that would seemingly have the most impact on Georgetown. Many streets on the east and west side of the town would have been affected. At this point, DC Water is conducting field surveys and taking soil samples before they finalize any plans for the project with the probable start being sometime in 2017.

The idea of any long-term construction project in Georgetown brings up nightmare scenarios of disruption to dig-weary residents and businesses (faced with noise, parking and traffic disruptions from what seems like an endless amount of projects). Ask the people around 27th and P Streets, already effected by DC Water’s work.

DC Water seems to be doing its best to try to add a spoonful of sugar to the unwelcome news. Besides its initial reaching out to the Georgetown Advisory Neighborhood Commission, Citizens Association of Georgetown, the Georgetown Business Improvement District and the Georgetown Business Association, the utility has arranged a tour in December for representatives from those groups and local media of DC Water’s First Street Tunnel and examples of some green infrastructures.

It will also be conducting a community meeting in January to answer questions and hear any potential objections or input regarding the plan.

There was some tongue-in-cheek speculation, when the project was discussed at a local meeting, that while DC Water is already underground digging the Potomac tunnel perhaps it could also work on adding a Georgetown Metro stop. While it is assumed no one will be laughing when the “big dig” kicks in, we can only hope the lines of communication and cooperation will remain open and the many issues sure to come will be addressed.

Jack Evans Report

Supporting the New Metro Manager

BY JACK EVANS

It has been a difficult year for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, but we will soon have a permanent leader to take the agency into the future.

At Thursday’s Board meeting, we are scheduled to formally appoint Paul Wiedefeld as Metro’s new general manager and chief executive officer.

Wiedefeld has twice served as the CEO of the Baltimore/ Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, overseeing the airport’s international service expansion and growth to become the largest in the Washington metropolitan region.

Prior to leading BWI, Wiedefeld’s career included service as administrator of the Maryland Transit Administration, where he managed day-to-day operations of the nation’s 13th largest transit system, including commuter rail (MARC), subway, light rail, buses, and paratransit services. He also spent a decade in the private sector with extensive experience in engineering project management. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Towson University and a Master’s degree in city and regional planning from Rutgers University.

Wiedefeld has a big job ahead of him to improve reliability, performance and public confidence in the system, but he is a talented leader who understands big transportation operations, working with regional and federal stakeholders, and how to get an entire organization laser focused on improving the customer experience.

The WMATA board and regional leaders need to join with

Wiedefeld to accomplish these goals. The board has already retained McKinsey and Ernest & Young to undertake a deep dive into the efficiency of WMATA’s financial and IT project management, and is also planning to hire a restructuring expert to work with Wiedefeld to achieve our shared vision for a first class system.

Additionally, it’s critical that the board and other politicians allow Wiedefeld to assess WMATA and put together his team to lead the agency. He needs to get the trains to run on time again (among other operational issues), while we as a region need to assess what kind of system we want in five, 10, and 25 years and determine how to fund that vision.

Everyone talked about the Momentum plan five years ago, but when it became clear that the finances were a mess, everyone quietly just moved on.

I became chairman of the WMATA Finance Committee in May and am the first person to have asked for an estimate of how much our safety, state of good repair, and operational costs will cost over the next decade. Just those alone, without the expansion plans of Momentum, will cost $25 billion over the next 10 years.

Creating a safe and reliable system is about more than just instituting recommendations from the FTA. The supporting jurisdictions need to get serious about funding deferred maintenance, infrastructure upgrades and service improvements. Supporting Wiedefeld requires giving him the necessary resources through increased and dedicated regional funding. The vitality of Metro and our region depend on it.

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

Let’s Help Our Small Businesses

BY LOUIS EVERARD As a consumer and entrepreneur for over 60 years I feel qualified to forward my opinion of how small business can thrive in U.S. cities.

Of course, our city is on fire as we experience growth, adding quite a few new dwellers who contribute a lot to our communities. But there are a number of reasons small businesses cannot survive here.

The idea that as one small business closes another is there to fill it, but look at the landscape and see what has actually replaced the recently closed businesses. Often they are not small businesses.

One reason is the rents are exorbitant with no sign of being reduced.

Another is the policy of extending the time that parking

meters operate in response to commuters parking on the street. This policy seems short-sited because Arlington and Bethesda are taking our business into their neighborhoods.

This becomes a lost city for small business to thrive.

As the Feds increasingly telecommute this creates an opportunity for the city to grow much stronger in the coming years. We have an opportunity to reduce the exodus of small businesses in our city.

The point is, if the meters end at 6:30 p.m. we will have a living, walking city. Surely small businesses will benefit and the city will offset the loss from meters, and gain business taxes and more jobs.

Louis Everard, owner of Everard’s Clothing Georgetown

Paris and Us: Tossed But Not Sunk

In front of the French Embassy on Reservoir Road.

Photo by Samuel Tribollet, Press and Communication Office, Embassy of France in Washington, D.C.

The Paris attacks hit at the heart of Western culture, which ISIS and its followers hate. It sent a message of more to come, not just in Paris, but here in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere. Meanwhile, the French, with their American allies, struck back at ISIS. One of the goals of terrorism is not just to make you afraid but to

PUBLISHER

Sonya Bernhardt EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Robert Devaney Please send all submissions of opinions for consideration to: editorial@georgetowner.com

8

November 18, 2015 GMG, INC.

make you give in to your fear and change how you live. Stay away from crowds. Keep your distance from the White House. Don’t go to a concert hall. Speak softly, and don’t carry a stick.

Yet, now is exactly the time not to give in. Doing the things you always do — and traveling is one of those things — can be one of those acts of

Correction

defiance in the face of terrorists, who want you to be very afraid. Within practical limits, you can defy fear.

The motto of Paris, “Fluctuat nec mergitur” — meaning “Tossed but not sunk” — tells us so.

Indeed, we are all French.

Read more commentary at Georgetowner.com.

FEATURES EDITORS

WEB & SOCIAL MEDIA

GRAPHIC DESIGN

CONTRIBUTORS

Peter Murray Ari Post Gary Tischler

Charlene Louis

Esther Abramowicz Angie Myers

Mary Bird Pamela Burns Jack Evans Donna Evers John Fenzel Michelle Galler Amos Gelb Wally Greeves

COPY EDITORS

Charles Baldwin Richard Selden

ADVERTISING

Michael Corrigan Evelyn Keyes Joe Russo Kelly Sullivan Richard Selden

PHOTOGRAPHERS

Philip Bermingham Neshan Naltchayan

In the Nov. 4 Georgetowner article about Terri Upshaw, we referred to her as the daughter of one of the owners of Tadich Grill.

Her father, Steve Buich, was a former owner of Tadich Grill in San Francisco only, and is no longer involved with the restaurant.

Jody Kurash Sallie Lewis Stacy Notaras Murphy Mark Plotkin David Post Linda Roth Alison Schafer Bill Starrels

BUSINESS

Business Ins and Outs

BY RO BERT DEVANE Y

Via Umbria: Spectacular Make-over

The Italian food store Via Umbria returns with its Dolce Vita and is having a soft opening this week with its interior reconstructed in top design style. Along with ceramics, collectibles and all kinds of food from Italy, the emporium at 1525 Wisconsin Ave. NW will offer a wine room, dining space for sandwiches and pasta, chocolates and coffee. On the second floor, a high-end kitchen is set up for demonstration dinners for small groups. Says owners Bill and Suzy Menard: “Our authentic Italian market is dedicated to the bounty of Umbria, the rustic region known as il cuore verde d’Italia, the green heart of Italy. We’ve been immersed in its rich culture for decades and our deep relationships with local artisans and purveyors give us rare access to products of exceptional quality and authenticity.”

IN: Vegetarian Taco Shop Chaia

After years pleasing their customers at farmer’s markets, vegetarian taco maker Chaia is set to open their first shop this week at 3207 Grace St. NW in the old Morris Steinbraker building.

In: Birchbox at Rent the Runway

Five-year-old makeup shop Birchbox has popped up at Rent the Runway at 3336 M St. NW and plans to there for a year. The beauty box business has one store in New York’s Soho and boasts a million subscribers on its online side. Customers may now create their own makeup set as they shop for new clothes.

In: Down Dog Yoga to Flex at 34th & Prospect Via Umbria owners Suzy and Bill Menard.

Down Dog Yoga will soon open its fifth location, at 34th and Prospect Streets in a small retail building that housed Govinda Gallery and Cabellos Hair Salon for decades.

Down Dog’s newest space, at 2,700 square

feet, is larger than, and barely four blocks from, its flagship and original location at 1046 Potomac St. NW, a former garage next to the C&O Canal. Its other spaces are in Arlington, Bethesda and Herndon.

Founded in 2003, the company offers heated vinyasa power yoga studios — which includes pilates — and is the creation of Patty Ivey, who lives on Dent Place with her husband Scott Ivey, who is also part of the business.

To learn more about Down Dog Yoga and Patty and Scott Ivey, read the cover story of the Dec. 4, 2014, Georgetowner, available online in our archives.

In: Madda Fella, Brings Key West Vibe

“Live life now,” proclaims Key West clothing store Madda Fella, which has popped through Christmas Eve up at 3277 M St. NW in the former space of Capitol Prague Restaurant, and before that, Morso. Selling beach and outerwear, the company touts its adventure-driven purpose with shirts, pants and accessories for “living a life full of sunshine, blue water, friends and fishing.” The company’s namesake comes from Caribbean slang that expresses surprise or frustration.

Evoking the spirit of author, adventurer and Key West resident Ernest Hemingway, the writing in its catalogue rivals — because it’s real — that of J. Peterman of “Seinfeld” fame.

M Street store proprietor Grace Louden, originally from Maryland, is part of the

Matt Devine, gallery director Jennie Buehler and James Verbicky. Photos by Robert Devaney. company founder’s family and brought her mascot, 10-week-old golden retriever Ella, to the store for the retail adventure. The store, with its Key West vibe, has kept the back bar, which is used for special events on Saturday afternoon.

DTR Modern Galleries Celebrates Its Artists

DTR Modern Galleries in Georgetown at 2820 Pennsylvania Ave. NW celebrated its inaugural reception of Matt Devine’s sculptural renderings on Nov. 6. Devine’s artwork utilizes different types of metal, the sculptures maintaining conceptual simplicity and lightness that defy the rigidity and physical weight of the materials used. Fellow artist James Verbicky also attended the opening, his vibrant, resincoated works proving a stunning contrast, when displayed alongside Devine’s metal structures.

KEEP YOUR TEETH FOR LIFE! Mention this ad for 10% off.

Washingtonian Magazine Top Dentist 2013-2015

A Real Bookstore

Independent, International, Intelligent 2814 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC (202) 965-5200

Full Mouth Reconstruction Affordable payments plans Emergencies welcome Most insurances welcome

Teeth Whitening with Trays:$200.00 ($300 Value) New Patient: $75.00 ($250.00- $314.00 Value)

Includes Comprehensive Exam, X-rays, cleaning and Fluoride.

(Not valid with other offers, discounts or third party billing.)

CHECK US ON

www.drfattahi.com admin@drfattahi.com

4840 MacArthur Blvd NW Suite 101 Washington, DC 20007

New & CoNsigNmeNt New: Alexis LNA James Jeans AG Denim Hanky Panky One Grey Day Morra Designs Jewelry Mackage Quay Australia

CoNsigNed: Chanel Gucci Christian Louboutin Jimmy Choo Manolo Blahnik Valentino Louis Vuitton Prada

3231 P ST NW Washington, DC, 20007 202.333.1598 | www.ella-rue.com

GMG, INC. November 18, 2015

9

BUSINESS

Just Paper and Tea: a Perfect Marriage

BY CAROLYN L A NDE S

Nick and Carolyn Wasylczuk. Photo by Robert Devaney.

Muralist Aniekan Udofia at work on the exterior wall of Just Paper and Tea. Photo by Robert Devaney.

T

ucked just inside the P Street corridor off Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown is Just Paper and Tea, the quaint specialty shop offering a finely edited array of — you guessed it — paper and tea. Owners Nick and Carolyn Wasylczuk are celebrating the store’s 26th anniversary this month.

The store opened its doors in November 1989. It was then a paint store, specializing in faux finishing. At the height of this art form’s popularity, they serviced a clientele that included the likes of Oprah Winfrey and Andrew Lloyd Webber (during the peak of his “Phantom of the Opera” fame). The couple would be the

first and last contractors working in Webber’s Trump Tower corner duplex, with memories of a bathrobe-clad composer bringing them coffee in the mornings and wine in the evenings.

When asked why the store now specializes in just paper and tea, Nick queries, “Why not?”

Carolyn is a former stationary buyer, and tea is

an integral part of her family background, being of Asian descent. “She does all the printed materials,” says Nick of their work partnership.

“If it were up to me, I’d still be printing the first piece.”

What is it like to work with your spouse?

Carolyn has a quick answer. “I can’t work with anybody else,” she says. “Everything we do, every decision we make, we pass by each other.”

Just Paper and Tea is an American Express Small Business, which encourages cardholders to think big but “shop small.”

Their repertoire of work includes everything from designing wedding invitations for a newly reunited military couple to birthday luncheon invitations for Pope Benedict. “We feel very lucky in that we love what we do,” says Carolyn. “We get to see people at their happiest.”

“In today’s world of evolving technology, the written word is power,” adds Nick. “You can delete an email.” He pauses. “You can throw away a letter — but you won’t.”

Unique, Imaginative and Unsurpassed in Quality & Service

A Holiday Gift for You

20% off Men’s Sport Jackets & Women’s Coats

Since 1955

All alterations done on Premises 1802 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC 202-298-7464 www.everardsclothing.com

10

November 18, 2015 GMG, INC.

1514 Wisconsin Avenue NW Georgetown | (202) 338-4404 | www.thephoenixdc.com

FINANCE

Bank of Georgetown to Merge With United Bank Hitting Delete on Social Security Provisions

O

n Nov. 9, United Bankshares announced that it is buying the 10-year-old Bank of Georgetown, a privately held bank headquartered in Georgetown, for an estimated $269 million, effectively creating the area’s largest community bank.

Bank of Georgetown has $1.2 billion in assets with 11 branches and three business development offices throughout D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia. Bank of Georgetown will merge into UBSI’s Virginia chartered bank, United Bank, the largest community bank headquartered in the D.C. metro region.

According to United Bank, “Upon completion of the deal, United Bank will have assets of approximately $8.5 billion and will hold the #1 deposit market share of all community banks in the Washington, D.C. MSA. UBSI’s assets will grow to approximately $13.8 billion after the transaction.ˮ

LIMITED-TIME OFFER

15-MONTH BUMP-UP CD There’s an UPSIDE to investing today!

There’s no reason to hold back any longer! Our BUMP-UP CD not only starts with a great rate, but also gives you a one-time chance to earn even more if we change our rates in the future!

This is a limited-time offer. Call or visit us today to open your account.

Member FDIC Annual Percentage Yield (APY) is effective as of October 8, 2015 and is subject to change without notice. Minimum opening deposit of $1,000 required; maximum $1,000,000 per customer. Account must be opened with new money not on deposit with Cardinal Bank. The 15-Month Bump-Up CD features the potential of a one-time interest rate bump at any point during the term. Customer must request to update or bump their interest rate by contacting Cardinal Bank. The new interest rate will not be applied retroactively.

Municipalities and existing Cardinal No-Penalty CDs are not eligible. Penalty will be imposed for early withdrawal. One account per tax identification number. Not eligible for Chairman’s or President’s Club preferred rate. Fees could reduce earnings.

www.cardinalbank.com

I

703.584.3400

BY JO HN E. G IRO UARD

T

he Social Security Handbook has 2,728 separate rules governing benefits. But that’s just the handbook. The Social Security Administration operating system has thousands more rules and interpretations, putting to shame the 72,000 pages often cited by political candidates about the Internal Revenue Code.

It’s no wonder that most retirees give up between 20 and 30 percent of the benefits they are entitled to; the rules and guidelines are overwhelming. And it’s no wonder that nearly half of all retirees accept a reduction of between 20 and 25 percent of their full retirement benefit and forgo a whopping 32 percent increase in income by not waiting until age 70.

With help it is extremely difficult to get it right — but getting it right on your own is nearly impossible. A 62-year-old couple has over 100 million combinations of months for each of the two spouses to take retirement benefits, take spousal benefits and decide whether or not to file or suspend retirement benefits. For couples with significant age differences the number of combinations can be even more daunting.

It was just a few years ago that the financial industry doled out advice and recommendations based on a simple, unsophisticated break-even calculation. But ever since a retired SSA employee began writing a weekly column, the general public and the financial services industry have begun to understand what in the past only the rule makers understood. The result of these revelations is that many of the strategies that have been brought to light have become Congress’s most recent victims.

The last major change was during the Reagan Administration, when, in an effort to stem the tide of budget deficits, a bipartisan solution was devised to tax retiree benefits instead of cutting them. This achieved the same result in a more politically expedient manner than an outright reduction.

Now, unlike an IRA that one contributes to before taxes and pays taxes on later, we have to pay taxes both going in and coming out.

In a provision labeled “closure of unintended loopholes,” the recent budget compromise eliminates two popular claiming strategies for those born after January 1, 1954: file and suspend; and filing for a restricted claim of spousal benefits.

For many couples, this strategy translates to a six-figure windfall. For anyone born after 1954, you just lost a great benefit.

The cold hard truth about government money is that you don’t own it and you cannot control it.

But for those of you eligible for Social Security, you should do your homework. For everyone else, Congress still has 2,728 rules and hundreds of thousands of provisions that it can simply hit the delete key on to solve their problems.

Author of “Take Back Your Money” and “The Ten Truths of Wealth Creation,” John E. Girouard is a registered principal of Cambridge Investment Research and an Investment Advisor Representative of Capital Investment Advisors in Bethesda, Maryland.

GMG, INC. November 18, 2015

11

business loans without broken promises A lot of non-bank lenders promise they’ll have your loan fast, but don’t say much about their fees and interest. National Capital Bank does business lending the right way…

we get to know your business and your real needs If you want to expand, re-tool, or buy property – residential, commercial or multi-family - come to us. We’ve been building area businesses with safety and integrity for over 125 years.

Real Estate

Featured Property 1667 35th Street NW

Expert craftsmanship went into the complete renovation, by Camden Construction, of this graceful fivebedroom Victorian home. The home has four bathrooms, two powder rooms, a family room, an au-pair suite, a stunning dining room and a butler’s pantry. The gourmet kitchen is furnished with stainless steel appliances and Carrara countertops. Two working fireplaces provide a cozy ambiance all winter long.

Offered at $2,899,999 Long and Foster Real Estate Adrienne Szabo 202-445-0206 adrienne@adrienneszabo.com

MAIN OFFICE 316 Pennsylvania Avenue SE Washington, DC 20003 (202)546-8000

National Capital Bank

FRIENDSHIP HEIGHTS 5228 44th Street NW Washington, DC 20015 (202)966-2688 www.NationalCapitalBank.com

Live Here. Work Here.

Meet here. Check emails and have a cup of coffee here. Host an event here.

Mention this ad and get one month free on a 12 month contract at our Georgetown WorkCenter.

Fully-equipped work environments, perfect for businesses of all sizes.

Flexible terms, instant scalability and no start-up capital costs.

Private offices, coworking desks, beautiful meeting and event spaces.

All on your terms, in the heart of Georgetown.

12

November 18, 2015 GMG, INC.

Georgetown WorkCenter 202.465.8100 | GeorgetownTeam@carrworkplaces.com 1050 30th Street NW | Washington, DC | 20007 carrworkplaces.com

Real Estate

Reverse Mortgages

The Little Woman Who Started the Big Holiday

By D onna E ve rs

W

hen Abraham Lincoln met Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” he was reported to have said, “So you are the little woman who started the big war.” He fully comprehended the influence of her book — turning the national tide against slavery and making the war inevitable.

Lincoln placed a lot of weight on Stowe’s influence and that of other women who advised him, whether the advice was solicited or not.

Once such female advisor was an 11-year-old girl who wrote him a letter when he was running for president, suggesting he would look a lot better if he had a beard. Lincoln grew a beard, and it did improve his looks.

His wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, advised him during their courtship and throughout their marriage, especially when it came to political matters.

When he won the presidential election in 1860, Abe said, “Mary, Mary, we are elected!”

Another persistent (if unsolicited) female advisor was Sarah Josepha Hale, a remarkable woman who was unrelenting in her drive to make Thanksgiving a national holiday. As it turns out, Thanksgiving was declared a holiday by numerous presidents in various ways, but Lincoln was the first to make it a national holiday by proclamation.

Sarah Josepha Hale was a woman ahead of her time. Her mother insisted that she get a good education through home schooling, since colleges would not accept women at that time. When her brother went to Dartmouth, he shared his textbooks with her. At age 18, she began teaching school. Six years later, she married David Hale, an intellectual who shared her scholarly interests; the two studied and wrote together. When her husband died two weeks before their fifth child was born, she had to figure out how to support herself and her children.

She started a women’s magazine, which she used as a forum for promoting women’s rights, including equal pay and property rights for women. Then she became the editor of “Godey’s Lady’s Book,” keeping that job for 40 years. It had a following of 150,000 — huge for that time.

She also wrote cookbooks, children stories and poems, including “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” She was influential in the founding of Vassar College for women, raising funds to construct the Bunker Hill Monument in Massachusetts and saving George Washington’s estate, Mount Vernon.

Hale’s family had always celebrated Thanksgiving with an elaborate feast and she promoted the holiday in her magazines and in her novel, “Northwood.” When war broke out, she urged both the North and South to cel-

ebrate Thanksgiving. Finally, after many letters to Lincoln, Secretary of State William Seward drafted an official proclamation in October of 1863, assigning the last Thursday of November for the national observation of Thanksgiving. In making the proclamation in the midst of the last year of the Civil War, Lincoln said he hoped this holiday would “heal the wounds of the nation.”

In “Northwood,” Hale described a sumptuous Thanksgiving feast similar to the one she had enjoyed with her own family: “The roasted turkey took precedence … and well did it become its lordly station, sending forth the rich odor of its savory stuffing.” The rest of the meal included “a sirloin of beef, a leg of pork and loin of mutton, gravy and vegetables, a goose and a pair of ducklings, chicken pie, plates of pickles and preserves, wheat bread, sweetmeats, fruits and wine, cider and ginger beer, plum pudding, custards and pies including pumpkin pie.”

Hungry yet? And just think of the leftovers …

Happy Thanksgiving!

2300 Wisconsin Ave., NW Suite 400B Washington, D.C. 20007 Mark Livingstone has over 21 years experience in the mortgage industry.

202-625-1221

Ingleside at Rock Creek is rich in history, deep in culture. It is a community defined by the peace and serenity of the natural beauty of Rock Creek Park, yet just a short distance from the culture of one of the world’s great cities. Ingleside at Rock Creek is a not-for-profit, continuing care retirement community made up of sophisticated, vibrant and engaged residents.

Priority reservations are now being accepted!

For more information call 202-407-9676.

Wouldn’t it make sense to call Coldwell Banker?

copyright 5/22/15

Conveniently Located in Georgetown!

Your opportunity has arrived! Plans are well under way for our upcoming addition, Creekside. The contemporary and stylish residences ranging from 1,000 – 2,200 square feet, will offer all amenities, underground parking and so much more— all with onsite health services.

ü Coldwell Banker pays extra to put its listings at the top of the Internet lists.

Operated by a subsidiary of NRT LLC

We specialize in FHA backed HECM Reverse Mortgages, Home Purchase Loans and Mortgage Refinances

Creekside

ü Coldwell Banker lists its properties on 725 websites across the World- far greater coverage than any other brokerage.

Office: 202-333-6100 3000 K Street, NW, Suite #101 Washington, DC 20007

There is never a risk of losing the home.

The future of sophisticated, urban retirement living awaits you at Ingleside at Rock Creek’s upcoming addition...

ü 92% of all Buyers start with the Internet.

Cell: 202-321-7250 At Home In DC @gmail.com

You do not need income or good credit to qualify. quali

info@cornerstonefirst.com www.cornerstonefirst.com

Selling a Home in DC ?

Ann Goodman, REALTOR®

Homeowners receive access to funds they can use for any purpose.

Owner and broker of the largest womanowned and woman-run real estate firm in the Washington metropolitan area, Donna Evers is the proprietor of Twin Oaks Tavern Winery in Bluemont, Virginia, and a devoted student of Washington-area history. Reach her at devers@ eversco.com.

Harper's Bazaar cover, October 1894. Illustration by Louis J. Rhead.

Teamed with Peter Raia, ranked in the top 6% internationally, to better serve your Washington, DC needs.

A reverse mortgage is a loan available to homeowners ages 62+ who occupy the home as their primary residence.

Artist Rendering An Ingleside Community

3050 Military Road, NW Washington, DC 202-407-9676 • www.ircdc.org GMG, INC. November 18, 2015

13

By Peter M u r r ay an d Staff Hiram Bingham (possibly the inspiration for Indiana Jones) was led there by a local guide, that the world found out about the so-called Lost City of the Incas.

A trip there, even today, is not as much a vacation as it is an endurance test. The gateway to Machu Picchu, Cusco sits at an elevation of 11,152 feet above sea level, so you should plan on spending two days acclimatizing. The actual hike, which takes 4 days, is easier.

While the hike offers stunning views, nothing compares to looking down from Machu Picchu on virgin forest vistas. Note: Peruvian authorities continue to place restrictions on visits to Machu Picchu, so plan your trip sooner rather than later.

inter travel has its advantages.

Aside from the peak holiday-travel dates, airfares are low. You can trade cold and snow for warmth and sun. And even if you choose a place as frosty as where you came from, you’re likely to find yourself in the midst of winter festivities.

For this article, The Georgetowner decided to limit the number of destinations covered to six: one for each continent (not counting Antarctica). As different as they are, the vacation spots we came up with — Alaska, Machu Picchu, Istanbul, Cape Town, Hong Kong and New Zealand — share the qualities that make travel worth the time, expense and occasional inconvenience, even in the troubled times in which we live: natural and cultural riches, unforgettable settings and that “je ne sais quai” that makes you feel more intensely alive.

Machu Picchu. Photo provided by Michele Evans.

South America: Machu Picchu

Nestled high above the Sacred Valley of the Incas, the small settlement of Machu Picchu (in what is now Peru) served as the estate for Inca emperors for roughly a century. Despite its location near Cusco, the Spanish never found it. Reports of a fabulous ruined city in the Andes cloud forest began trickling out as early as the 1870s. But it wasn’t until 1911, when Yale historian

A local family near the Sacred Valley of Peru. Photo provided by Michele Evans.

An approaching glacier near the Tracy Arm fjord in Alaska. Photo by Peter Mulligan via Wikimedia Commons.

Europe: Istanbul

North America: Alaska

The Northern Lights in Alaska are something you never forget witnessing. What starts out possibly being a car-dealership spotlight across town turns into a writhing kaleidoscope of color, leaving those looking upon its beauty speechless. Cruising up the Inside Passage through magnificent glaciers and Gold Rush towns is fascinating; everything is gigantic in a way that makes humans feel downright small. Shoving off from the Homer Spit in a fishing charter isn’t particularly grand, but returning from sea with a cargo hold of halibut — while watching pods of whales, puffins and otters play beneath the snowcapped peaks and glaciers — is absolute magic. And meeting Alaskans is a bonus; the folks who have chosen to make Alaska their home are hearty folk, and they know how to tell stories. You’ll return from this trip with plenty of photos, footage and tall tales to share.

14

November 18, 2015 GMG, INC.

On the journey to Machu Picchu. Photo provided by Michele Evans.

The coast and skyline of Istanbul, Turkey.

On the eastern edge of Europe — Asia is just across the magnificent Bosphorus Strait — the city formerly known as Constantinople is the largest in Turkey. Its incredible history under three empires, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman, is displayed on a grand level. Meanwhile, the city’s modern lifestyle expresses a passion for food, shopping, entertainment

The Hong Kong skyline. Photo by Flickr user kudumomo.

Africa: Cape Town

Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia. Photo by Dennis Jarvis.

and, of course, raki, Turkey’s sambuca-like national drink. First stop, Sultanahmet Square, where a number of obelisks reach for the sky to mark Constantinople’s Hippodrome. A few blocks away are the stunning Blue Mosque, named for the 20,000 Iznik-style tiles that line its interior, and the incomparable Hagia Sophia.

Originally built as a Christian basilica, Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) became a mosque when the Ottoman Turks captured Constantinople in 1453. Other landmarks include the Topkapi Palace, the primary residence for the sultans, and the Basilica Cistern, a location in “From Russian with Love” and the Dan Brown novel “Inferno.”

Oceania: New Zealand

Do you consider yourself an adventure traveler? Then New Zealand’s South Island should be on your bucket list. Queenstown is the island’s main adventure hub, situated on the crystal-clear blue Lake Wakatipu. The town, reminiscent of a skiing village in the United States, has a number of outfits offering skydiving, bungee jumping and other high-adrenalin activities. Scenery bombards the senses on the trip to the island’s west coast, where you can take a cruise around the Milford Sound, ride a helicopter ride to the top of the Franz Josef Glacier or

Pancake Rocks, off the coast of Punakaiki, New Zealand. Photo by Christian Michel.

Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour. Photo by Pasu Au Yeung.

explore breathtaking coastal inlets and otherworldly rock formations in Punakaiki. Farther north, enjoy pristine beaches in Nelson, or hop over to Christchurch, which has come back strongly from a 6.3-magnitude earthquake in February 2011, or Dunedin, which offers not only Victorian and Edwardian architecture but colonies of albatrosses, seals and penguins.

Asia: Hong Kong

One of the most densely populated cities on earth, a human ant farm of more than seven million residents, Hong Kong — officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China — is an ethnic kaleidoscope of hustle and bustle. The tantalizing beat of this urban financial center, the gateway to China, will draw you in and make you a part of it no matter how brief the visit. A trip across the harbor in the Star Ferry, dinner at the Peninsula watching the laser show, having a suit made for you, people-watching in the nightlife district of Lan Kwai Fong — these are just a few of the reasons to jump ship here. Watching the massive octopus-like cranes load and unload the cargo destined for and coming from places around the globe is a mesmerizing reminder of the magnitude of Hong Kong’s port, busiest in the world from 1999 to 2004 (when it was overtaken by Shanghai).

Cape Town is at southern tip of the African continent, cradled by one of the most unique and spectacular mountain vistas in the world, Table Mountain. Visitors can take a gondola up to the flat surface of the mountaintop for an unforgettable view of the entire city and the sea beyond.

A short boat ride from the harbor is Robben Island, the now-defunct prison where Nelson Mandela spent nearly thirty years of his life. Back at the harbor, the best of current-day South Africa is on display, with delicious waterfront cafes and open-air boutique markets. A daytrip out to the quaint Cape Dutch village of Stellenbosch, the center of South Africa’s breathtakingly beautiful and highly underrated wine region, will run down your camera batteries with its views and windswept architecture. Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens is nestled at the eastern foot of Table Mountain, preserving the country's unique flora and cultivating indigenous plants.

Its Boomslang is a footbridge walkway into the tree canopy. South Africa still suffers from a great deal of poverty, so any conscientious traveler would do well to take a guided tour of Khayelitsha, a township that houses nearly 400,000 of the country's displaced and underemployed citizens. The experience, while sobering, is also inspirational.

Additional reporting by Michele Evans, Wally Greeves and Robin Jones.

Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens in Cape Town, South Africa.

Photo courtesy South African Tourism.

GMG, INC. November 18, 2015

15

The world’s most desired homes — brought to you by Long & Foster and Christie’s.

Somerset House, Maryland

$5,500,000

Mass Avenue Heights, Washington, DC

$3,500,000

Kalorama, Washington, DC

$2,750,000

Stunning 3,500 SF Penthouse completely renovated with 3BR, 3FBA, 2HBA. Features gas fireplace, state-of-the-art finishes, paneled library, four garage spaces, and sweeping 900 SF balcony – all in the heart of Chevy Chase.

Nancy Itteilag/Foxhall Office 202-905-7762/202-363-1800

1926 estate in prime location next to the Vice President’s residence on Embassy Row. 5BR, 5FBA, 3HBA. Original details, 2 kitchens, family room, media room, home office. 2-car gar w/apt above. 17,045 SF lot.

Terri Robinson/Denise Warner 202-607-7737/202-487-5162 Georgetown Office 202-944-8400

Custom built Kalorama jewel! Elegant property for the discriminating purchaser. 5BR, 3.5BA. Beautiful living room with fireplace. Huge finished lower level. Private grounds with mature plantings.

Terri Robinson 202-607-7737 Georgetown Office 202-944-8400

Spring Valley, Washington, DC

Kalorama, Washington, DC

Berkley, Washington, DC

$1,825,000

$1,649,000

$1,600,000

Price Reduced! Incredible custom renovation. Total of 5/6 Bedrooms, 5 Full & 2 half Bathrooms, Center Island Kitchen, opens to Breakfast Area & Family Room, terrific lower level Recreation/Media Room & Second Kitchen, spectacular 3rd floor suite. Terrific wooded views.

Miller Spring Valley Office 202-362-1300

Spacious 2BR + den/3rd BR, 4BA condo at the St. Nicholas. Sunken living room w/high ceilings, cove lighting, gas fireplace, & wet bar.

Sunroom & large patio that wraps around to MBR with 2 full bathrooms & walk in closet. All bedrooms ensuite bath.

Ira Hersh/CC Uptown Office 202-237-1340/202-364-1300

Arthur Cotton Moore Classic in Foxhall Crescent. 4BR, 3.5BA. Marble entry, 2 fireplaces, custom built-ins, soaring ceilings and flooded with light.

Patio, garage and large lot.

Janet Whitman 202-321-0110 Georgetown Office 202-944-8400

Logan, Washington, DC

Penn Quarter, Washington, DC

Observatory Circle, Washington, DC

$849,000

Own a piece of history in a unique historic Victorian mansion built in 1877

by Ulysses S. Grant Jr. & converted into 8 luxury condos in 1998 by PN Hoffman. Spacious 2BR, 2BA w/hardwood floors, granite countertop, recessed LED lights & private patio.

Miller Spring Valley Office 202-362-1300

$549,000

Two bedroom, two bath condo located in the midst of shops, restaurants, museums and near Metro. Master bedroom with two walk-in closets, washer/dryer in unit, roof deck with monument views. Rental parking available as well.

Kent Madsen/Foxhall Office 202-255-1739/202-363-1800

$539,000

NEW! ELEGANT 1 bedroom, 1.5 bath unit with 1,276 SF in LUXURY building The Colonnade. Formal dining room, large balcony, wood floors, garage parking, gym, pool, pets, plus double storage and utilities included.

Great location!

Bridgit Fitzgerald/Woodley Park Office 202-812-8281/202-483-6300

RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE • COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE • MORTGAGE • TITLE • INSURANCE • PROPERTY MANAGEMENT • RELOCATION SERVICES

LongandFoster.com 866-677-6937 16

November 18, 2015 GMG, INC.

Find your agent at — www.LongandFoster.com/LuxuryHomes

Your Toy Will Bring Joy to a Needy Tot! Chevy Chase, Maryland

$1,950,000

Cleveland Park, Washington, DC

$1,879,000

Quintessential Chevy Chase Colonial combining the formal rooms of the 1930s with large open spaces for today’s living. This home features 7 bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms.

Nathan Carnes 202-321-9132 Miller Chevy Chase Office 202-966-1400

Enchanting, totally renovated 1912 home with two-story addition. 5BR, 3.5BA. Fabulous open kitchen. French doors to covered side portico.

Huge living room with fireplace. Walls of new Pella windows. Finished lower level w/rec room + 1BR, 1BA. Terri Robinson/Georgetown Office 202-607-7737/202-944-8400

Berkley, Washington, DC

Chevy Chase, Maryland

$1,500,000

Great 4BR, 3.5BA house on a spacious lot with endless potential, in a very desirable part of the city. Over 10,000 SF. Abuts Battery Kemble Park with complete green space. An incredible opportunity to build dream house or add on to existing house.

Judi Cochran/Edina Morse/Georgetown Office 202-415-1510/202-944-8400

$1,139,000

Reduced Price! Wonderful renovated/expanded 5BR, 4.5BA home.

Fabulous Kit/great rm addition, generous MBR suite w/FP + 3 large BR & 2FBA up. Off-street parking, finished lower level w/rec room + BR and BA. Charming rear brick patio and new 2-Zone CAC. Julie Roberts/Chevy Chase Office 202-276-5854/301-986-1001

Deliver Toys by December 12, 2015 Long & Foster ® Real Estate, Inc. is an Official Sponsor. Drop-Off New, Unwrapped Toys to: Springfield, Virginia

$379,000

Beautiful sun-filled brick townhouse newly renovated with sep DR, LR, renovated kitchen with new appliances, granite countertops & breakfast area leading to private deck/patio. Finished lower level with FP, wet bar & full bath. Great location & value!

Friendship Heights Office 301-652-2777

Cathedral Heights, Washington, DC

$325,000

One bedroom with versatile solarium/den, beautifully renovated kitchen and bath, walk-in closet in bedroom. Sunny southern exposure to garden view. Luxury amenities include fitness center, convenience store, barber, dining room, and free on-site parking.

Debora Edwards/Miller Bethesda Office 301-412-9759/301-229-4000

GEORGETOWN OFFICE 1680 Wisconsin Ave, NW Washington, DC 20007

RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE • COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE • MORTGAGE • TITLE • INSURANCE • PROPERTY MANAGEMENT • RELOCATION SERVICES

LongandFoster.com 866-677-6937 GMG, INC. November 18, 2015

17

antiques Addict

Thanksgiving, Old-School Style

By M ic h el l e Gal l er t seems that logistics are as much a part of the Thanksgiving cooking experience as is the cooking itself. Maneuvering the turkey and several side dishes from oven to microwave to warming drawer (if you’re lucky enough to have one), to ensure that everything is fully cooked and still warm by the time it is presented to expectant diners, is a challenge for most modern holiday cooks.

It’s unlikely that our aproned ancestors would pity current-day Thanksgiving cooks.

Cooking in the early colonial period was pretty basic — done over open fires in the fireplace. It wasn’t until the advent of the dome-shaped beehive oven in the early 1700s that pies, breads and cakes could be baked in the hearth.

Imagine trying to make a pumpkin pie without being able to precisely gauge or control the temperature. Our foremothers managed to regulate the cooking temperatures of their beehive ovens by burning the right amount of wood to ash and then sticking their hands inside to test it.

From a cooking perspective, the ingredients of the modern kitchen came together only about 200 years ago. In the early 1800s, the first true cook range appeared — that is, a cast-iron, flattopped heat source combined with an oven to scientifically control heat. It had a single fire source, yet the temperature could be regulated individually for several pots at the same time.

Finally, there was a solution for cooking multiple dishes at once.

Actually, Thanksgiving, as we know it, was not celebrated until the 19th century. It wasn’t until the 1860s or later, during the Colonial Revival period, that the Thanksgiving feast was recreated and widely celebrated across New England and the Midwest, as was the iconic menu of turkey, stuffing, potatoes, cranberries and pumpkins. The Colonial Revival movement lasted into the early 20th century; Americans, reeling from industrialization and urbanization, idealized the Colonial period as an era of selfreliance and living off the land.

In the South, however, a true, old-fashioned Thanksgiving holiday feast was all but unknown for most of the 19th century. To Southerners, Thanksgiving was a Yankee holiday, birthed in New England and adorned with that region’s symbols and traditions. Southerners

I

came late to the Thanksgiving table, and when they finally did, they didn’t lay out down-home spreads of collards, country ham and blackeyed peas, but rather the same Thanksgiving fare being served in Boston or Cincinnati.

By the time that the Thanksgiving feast was becoming more popular in the 1860s, stove manufacturers had turned to gas, made from coal, as a heat source. Electric ovens were available as well, but the technology and distribution of the electricity still needed improvement. By 1896, as gas companies saw their bread-andbutter business nibbled away by electric, they looked to the kitchen as a new market. So, by 1900, American homemakers had their choice of either gas or electric stoves.

Luckily for American cooks, when the Thanksgiving feast became an essential part of the American experience in the early 20thcentury, stoves and ovens had evolved, offering quicker and safer cooking and greater capacity.

By then, juggling the cooking of turkey, stuffing and side dishes was a little more akin to what we experience as we prepare our own Thanksgiving meals.

Today, collectors scour auctions and shops for old or historic kitchen implements, especially those that carry a blacksmith’s mark.

They seek out the forged-iron trammel, which suspended a cooking pot over a fire, its sawtooth edge enabling height adjustments; and the crane, a hinged iron arm attached to one side of the fireplace to hold trammels and hooks from which pots were hung. However, certain items, like skewers and the spit jack, a mechanized spit used for turning meat over a fire, are exceeding rare today and command high prices.

So, as we ponder the effort that goes into creating a delicious feast for our loved ones — and then the lots and lots of dishes to wash — let’s also remember to be thankful for our electric gadgets, our microwaves, our dishwashers and our frost-free refrigerators.

Michelle Galler is an antiques dealer, design consultant and realtor based in Georgetown. Her shop is in Rare Finds, in Washington, Virginia. Reach her at antiques.and.whimsies@ gmail.com.

The kitchen of the 1907 Evans House in California is dominated by a 1926 Smoothtop gas range, promoted for its compact cooking surface. Photo by Douglas Kiester.

18

November 18, 2015 GMG, INC.

Your Dining Guide to Washington DC’s Finest Restaurants

1789 RESTAURANT 1226 36th St., NW 202–965–1789 1789restaurant.com

With the ambiance of an elegant country inn, 1789 features classically-based American cuisine – the finest regional game, fish and produce available.

Open seven nights a week.

Jackets suggested.

Complimentary valet parking.

DAS Ethiopian 1201 28TH ST., NW

202–333–4710 dasethiopian.com DAS Ethiopian offers you a cozy twostory setting, with rare outside dining views and al fresco patio dining. DAS is located at the eclectically brilliant historic corner of the internationally renowned shopping district of Georgetown.

A tent under which all come to feast is the very Amharic definition of DAS. From neighborhood diners, nearby students and journalists to international visitors and performers, all enjoy the casual but refined atmosphere that serves up the freshest Ethiopian dishes from local and sustainable food sources.

Bistro Francais 3124-28 M St., NW 202–338–3830 bistrofrancaisdc.com

A friendly French bistro in the heart of historic Georgetown since 1975.

Executive chef and owner Gerard Cabrol came to Washington, D.C., 32 years ago, bringing with him home recipes from southwestern France. In addition to daily specials, our specialties include our famous Poulet Bistro (tarragon rotisserie chicken), Minute Steak Maitre d’Hotel (steak and pomme frites), Steak Tartare, freshly prepared seafood, veal, lamb and duck dishes and the best Eggs Benedict in town.

THE GRILL ROOM 1050 31ST ST., NW 202-617-2424 thegrillroomdc.com

Tucked up along the historic C&O Canal, a national park that threads through the Georgetown neighborhood, The Grill Room at Capella Washington, D.C., specializes in hand-cut, bone-in, artisan meats, bracingly fresh seafood and tableside preparations. Framed with a wall of floor-to-ceiling windows and fluid geometric lines, the ambiance is one of relaxed refinement.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Brunch Sat.-Sun. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

ENO Wine Bar

Filomena Ristorante

Visit ENO Wine Bar and enjoy wine flights, charcuterie, cheese, chocolate & seasonal small plates. ENO offers 100 bottles under $50 & 45 wines by the glass starting at $9. The Cellar is an intimate lounge perfect for a date night or private events. Monthly ENOversity: Sunday Wine Classes $50 & Wednesday meet local producers for free tastings.

Happy Hours: Sun-Thur from 5pm7pm with a extended hour on Sunday starting at 4 pm along with nibbles and select wines on tap for $5 Mon-Thursday 5pm-11pm , Fri-Sat4pm-12 am, Sunday 4pm-11pm

Filomena is a Georgetown landmark that has endured the test of time for over 30 years. Our old-world cooking styles and recipes brought to America by the early Italian immigrants alongside the culinary cutting-edge creations of Italy’s foods of today executed by our Executive Chef and his team. Open 7 days a week 11:30am11:00pm. Free salad bar with any lunch entrée Mon-Sat and try our spectacular Sunday Brunch Buffet complete with carving stations, pasta stations!

2810 Pennsylvania Ave., NW 202–295–2826 enowinerooms.com

1063 Wisconsin Ave., NW 202–338–8800 filomena.com

CAFE BONAPARTE

1522 Wisconsin Ave., NW 202–333–8830 cafebonaparte.com 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.

We look forward to calling you a “regular” soon!

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.

Grill from Ipanema

Malmaison

Family-owned restaurant serving authentic Brazilian food in Washington, D.C., for more than 23 years. Our Executive Chef, Alcy de Souza, cooks with the heart and soul. Live music on Thursday nights is a romantic blend of bossa nova, jazz, samba, choro and forró.

Malmaison opened in June 2013 and features elegant French dining in Washington D.C’s historic Georgetown waterfront. Housed in a majestically refurbished industrial warehouse reminiscent of NYC’s Meatpacking District, the modern restaurant, pastry shop and event lounge features the culinary talents of legendary 2 Michelin Starred French Chef Gerard Pangaud and Pastry Chef Serge Torres (Le Cirque NYC).

1858 Columbia Road, NW 202-986-0757 thegrillfromipanema.com

Monday – Thursday 4:30 to 10:30 pm Friday 4:30 to 11:30 pm Saturday noon to 11:30 pm (brunch until 4 pm) Sunday noon to 10 pm (brunch until 4 pm) Parking validation available for breakfast, lunch and brunch.

3401 K ST.,NW 202–817–3340 malmaisondc.com

Advertise your dining Martin’s Tavern

1264 Wisconsin Ave., NW 202–333–7370 martinstavern.com Don't let the beer fool you, it's a compliment to your dining experience.

Since 1933, the warm atmosphere of Martin’s Tavern has welcomed neighbors and world travelers looking for great food, service and years of history within its walls. Fourth generation owner Billy Martin, Jr., continues the tradition of Washington’s oldest familyowned restaurant.

Serving Brunch until 4 p .m.

7 days a week!

SEA CATCH Restaurant

1054 31st St., NW 202–337–8855 seacatchrestaurant.com Overlooking the historic C&O Canal, we offer fresh seafood simply prepared in a relaxed atmosphere. beautiful fireside dining available Join us for Happy Hour, Mon.-Fri. from 5 to 7 pm, featuring $1 oysters and halfpriced drinks. Book your holiday parties now. Available for 20-300 people.

Lunch Mon.–Sat. 11:30 a.m.–3 p.m.

Dinner Mon.–Sat. 5–10 p.m.

THE OCEANAIRE 1201 F St., NW 202–347–2277 theoceanaire.com

Ranked one of the most popular seafood restaurants in D.C., “this cosmopolitan” send-up of a vintage supper club that’s styled after a '40’s-era ocean liner is appointed with cherry wood and red leather booths, infused with a “clubby, old money” atmosphere. The menu showcases “intelligently” prepared fish dishes that “recall an earlier time of elegant” dining.

Lunch Mon.–Fri. 11:30 a.m.–5 p.m.

Dinner Mon.–Thu. 5–10 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 5–11 p.m., Sun. 5–9 p.m.

TOWN HALL

2340 Wisconsin Ave., NW 202-333-5640 townhalldc.com Situated just north of Georgetown on Wisconsin Ave, Town Hall has been a neighborhood mainstay in Glover Park since 2005. Whether you’re popping in for dinner, drinks, or weekend brunch, Town Hall is the spot you’ll want to call home to Gulp, Gather & Grub.

Free parking is available nightly after 7PM, and during warmer months, our outdoor courtyard is one of DC’s best kept secrets.

specials in our dining guide Contact:

advertising @ georgetowner.com GMG, INC. November 18, 2015

19

FOOD & WINE

The Latest Dish

BY LI NDA RO T H

Above: The Dabney’s root-vegetable chowder, made with Skinny Dipper oysters, bacon and a side of house-made brioche. Photo courtesy The Dabney.

Left: Indian dish from American Tandoor. Photo courtesy American Tandoor.

T

he dining terrace at Westfield Montgomery Mall continues to diversify, with Asian cuisines for its next two restaurants.

B/BOP/Q Korean Fusion Eatery derives from the traditional Korean bibimbop, but with wraps, tacos and bowls (a la Chipotle

and ShopHouse). This will be its first location in the U.S., with Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and Honolulu also in the works. It will open across from Shanghai 66 Innovation Kitchen on the second level. Both are slated for late 2015 openings.

C-C-Changes: After completing its renovation, BlackSalt in Palisades reopened to a neighborhood eagerly awaiting its return. The bar area now has booths and art that pops …

The Source recently reopened its door after extensive renovation that included both the main level lounge and upper level dining room, and a custom designed hot pot table for four …

Ella’s Wood Fired Pizza, at 610 9th St. NW in Penn Quarter, has also recently renovated its look (by Green Owl Design) and its menu.

Chef and GM Update: Jason Richter has been named general manager of Restaurant Associates at the Kennedy Center, overseeing the Roof Terrace Restaurant and KC Café as well as the foodservice operation for banquets.

This is the organization that serves dinner for 1,800 for the Kennedy Center Honors. Previously, he was director of hotel operations for the Ritz-Carlton, Washington, D.C. … Ryan Ratino is the new chef de cuisine at Masa 14, at 1825 14th St. NW. The Le Corden Bleu graduate served as executive chef at L’Auberge Provencale in White Post, Virginia.

Internationally recognized Japanese restaurant Nobu is slated to open just two blocks

east of Georgetown on M Street in D.C.’s burgeoning West End, on the ground floor of the former American Association of Medical Colleges building, which will be converted to luxury condominiums. … Upstate Tavern is planning to open in 16th Street Heights at 4610-12 14th St. NW. Openings Update: Union Social opened Oct. 23 in NoMa … American Tandoor at Tysons Corner Center opens Oct. 30 … Matchbox at One Loudoun opens Nov. 16 … Chuy’s Tex-Mex restaurant opens in mid-December, where Macaroni Grill on Prince William Parkway in Woodbridge (Potomac Mills) used to be. It will be their third location in the D.C. metro area … Dave & Buster’s eat/drink/play restaurant/bar/arcade opens Dec. 21 at Springfield Town Center … Milk Bar and Momofuku opened on Oct. 23 at CityCenter D.C. … Not Your Average Joe’s plans to open in Reston Town Center by the end of December and in Silver Spring by the end of the first quarter of 2016 … The Dabney is anticipating a late November opening. Ivy City Smokehouse, from Greg Casten and Ronnie Goodman, is aiming to open by December.

Linda Roth is president of Linda Roth Associates, a public relations and marketing firm that specializes in the hospitality industry.

Reach her at Linda@LindaRothPR.com.

iNg Tak s! w o e N rd r o

hAppy thAnksgiVing frOm yOur friends At WAgshAl’s

keswick, virginia 202.390.2323 www.castlehillcider.com events@castlehillcider.com nAturAl seAsOned oven-reaDY turkeYs

cOmplete dinners reAdy tO heAt & serVe

pies, desserts BreAds & rOlls

frOm shenAndOAh VAlley nAturAlly rAised turkeys tO hOmemAde siDes anD Pies, Get all Your thanksGivinG FixinGs FroM WaGshal’s Our fAVOrite hOlidAy speciAls:

• WaGshal’s Crab DiP (serves 5-6) • iberiCo haM • lobster MaCaroni & Cheese

• JuMbo shriMP Platter (25 PCs) • 1 lb. Colossal luMP Crab Meat • 12 Miniature Crab Cakes

Order Online At: wAgshAls.cOm schedule A Pick-uP Or hAve YOur entire Order delivered fOr $14.99 (tO mOst zip cOdes) tAking Orders until nOOn On mOndAy BefOre thAnksgiVing Visit Any Of Our three stOres At: 49th & Mass. avenue, nW, DC • 3201 neW MexiCo avenue, nW, DC 202.363.5698

20

November 18, 2015 GMG, INC.

FOOD & WINE

Holiday Events in Classic Virginia Towns Head to Virginia’s classic towns and ’burgs to get in the right frame of mind for the holiday season. From Thanksgiving Dinners in Old Town Alexandria to Thanksgiving Day football parties in Middleburg, Virginia’s historic villages have many fun, delicious and unique opportunities to shop, eat and enjoy the season.

NOVEMBER 26 – THANKSGIVING Football and Southern Style Comfort Food at Gold Cup Wine Bar Salamander Resort & Spa’s Gold Cup Wine Bar is serving up southern-style comfort

food on Thanksgiving Day to watch football and indulge. Food includes the Dagwood and Loaded Pilgrim sandwiches, and mini pumpkin, apple and pecan pies. No reservations are required. 500 North Pendleton St., Middleburg, Virginia. Call 540-751-3164 or visit salamanderresort.com for more info.

THANKSGIVING TONY AND JOE’S AT

11:00 AM NOV. 26

FEAST

A PLENTY

Adults $45 ~ Kids $25

A French Thanksgiving Bastille, at 606 N. Fayette St., Alexandria, Virginia, is offering a Thanksgiving Day meal with a French twist. The three course prix-fixe menu is $75 per person. To learn more, call 703-519-3776.

Thanksgiving at Brabo Head to Robert Wiedmaier’s restaurant, BRABO, located at the Lorien Hotel & Spa, 1600 King St. Alexandria, Virginia, for a threecourse traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Cost is $75 per person. To learn more or to make a reservation, call 703-894-3440.

A Romantic Thanksgiving Visit the Goodstone Inn & Restaurant at 36205 Snake Hill Road in Middleburg, Virginia, for Thanksgiving in a romantic country inn. The gourmet restaurant will be serving a four-course Thanksgiving meal. Costs are $85 per adult and $45 for children under 12. To learn more, call 540-687-3333.

Thanksgiving Dinner Have Thanksgiving Dinner at the Middleburg Community Center from 6 to 8 p.m. at 300 W. Washington St., Middleburg, Virginia. Cost is $20 per family. Registration is required. Call 540-687-6375.

NOVEMBER 27-29 Turkey Trot Vineyard Treasure Hunt Burn off those Turkey Day calories hunting through the Three Fox Vineyards for hidden coupons for complimentary wine tastings, wine and merchandise discounts. Special coupons will be hidden for children too. For more information call 540-364-6073, or visit threefoxvineyards.com. 10100 three Fox Lane, Delaplane, Virginia.

NOVEMBER 28 ‘Shop Small Saturday’ in Middleburg Shop Middleburg’s 100-plus unique shops and restaurants for a wide range of men’s and women’s fashions, home décor, local market produce and wine. Stop by Market Salamander for a midday coffee or lunch. The knowledgeable folks at our concierge desk offer insider tips for enjoying the day, arrange for your purchases to be shipped home, and provide the schedule for courtesy transportation to and from the village.

DECEMBER 4, 5, 6 Christmas in Middleburg Start the season right with Christmas in Middleburg from December 4 to 6. One of the most fun-filled family festivals of the year in Middleburg the event is flush with activities, special events, great eats, the famous Middleburg Hunt Review riding down Main Street, a mile-long Christmas parade filled with floats, more animals than a circus, and the Wine Crawl at the end of the day. For full schedule and details, visit christmasinmiddleburg.org.

TONYANDJOES.COM

3000 K STREET, NW | GEORGETOWN WATERFRONT WASHINGTON, DC | 202.944.4545

GMG, INC. November 18, 2015

21

WANDERGOLF

Happy 250th Birthday, Homestead

By Wally Gree v e s

America’s first resort, the Omni Homestead in Bath County, Virginia, opened in 1766. Photo courtesy Omni Homestead.

W

ith its birthday celebrating a quarter of a millennium rolling around next year, the Omni Homestead is considered America’s first resort, which began as a lodge in 1766. It makes me feel proud to be an American and a Virginian that it existed before the American Revolution.

Daily and monthly theme-oriented activities involving fireworks, speakers, concerts, historic menus, and a lot of cake will commemorate the year. I am eagerly awaiting some kind

of major ghost activity announcement. I could feel the excitement building on a fall visit this year, as I watched every employee on grounds group together for a fly-over photo.

The Homestead is one of the most timeless places I have ever been, and the drive to Bath County from Washington, D.C., is a sunroof and radio proposition. Showcasing smaller and smaller Virginia settings at progressively slower lifestyles until you finally wind between and amongst the Allegheny Mountains to arrive there, the drive gives you just the right

Weekend Getaway PEACE

LOVE

WELLNESS

Loft Rental

available for a weekend getaway (1 Bedroom, call for rental details)

amount of time to decompress and close down shop before you lose cell coverage, the air thickens, and you make the jump to historical hyperspace.

The main dining room is a trademark affair and should not be missed. Elegant dress, outstanding employees and traditional food greats make a wrong turn unlikely. That being said, on this visit Jefferson’s Restaurant was the culinary hand that just plain smacked me around and left me laughing on the scale the next morning ... twice. A group of us ate one of every appetizer on the menu the first night, and my friend had a mouthwatering steak that was so big that even after he was done they cut it up into two sandwiches for golf the next day.

A visit is not complete without a meal at Sam Snead’s Tavern, just to pay homage to the slamster himself. Stories of Sam Snead’s ability to kick the tops of door frames from a dead stand still, even into his seventies, are fun and factual.

The old saying that there is “something for everyone” has never been more true than at the Homestead. I focused on food, golf, foot massage and exploring creaky hallways, but I could have shot stuff and fished, too. I strongly encourage a tour from the historian on grounds, who entertained us with his present tense accounts of notable guests from different eras. Men and women have kicked off their shoes and had a good time at this place. The period photos really show it, and they are fun to peruse.

The Old Course, designed by Donald Ross, has America’s oldest continuous tee still in use, and many presidents have played it. This course is picturesque against the Homestead, is forgiving, and the perfect round to enjoy with a spouse or friend. The Cascades Course is one of my all-time favorites. I played it three times during this visit. Heralded as perhaps the best mountain course in the country, the fall scenery here is Virginia’s finest. The last round we walked with caddies, and a finer day of golf I have not had. I love Virginia: so walking through the mountains with a friend and playing the game I love would be a win-win, no matter the score. The added bonus of having Bart as my caddy to stop me from tripping over myself was great extra “day enjoyment” insurance.

The people at the Omni Homestead are what make the place special. I was lucky enough to play a round with the recently retired Director of Golf at the Homestead, Don Ryder.

He took the time to introduce me to J.C. Snead, Sam Snead’s nephew and PGA Tour winner,

who happened to be hitting some balls on the range. Retiring after 43 years of service at the Homestead, Don has had over a hundred relatives work at the resort, at last count. His cousin Barry Ryder took over as Director of Golf, while Don will still play a role as Director of Golf Emeritus. Bob Swiger of Raspberry Falls Golf Course, upon my mentioning the round with Don, stated, “A finer ambassador of the game does not exist.”

Don and I were approaching a tee box on the Old Course in separate carts that day, and all of a sudden out of nowhere he roared off down the hill at top speed. I looked around for what I was sure would be poorly behaved guests, or an emergency of some magnitude, only to see Don racing a hedgehog across the valley, through the fairway. Watching him outdistance the hedgehog, and then turn the cart around to block the animal’s forest entry with a series of right and left dance moves, just left me laughing out loud. Upon his return to the tee box, I asked him who won, and he replied, “Just visiting an old friend. I used to just reach down and grab ’em.” What can I say? This kind of catchy enthusiasm, interest, and energy speaks for itself.

I highlight my experience with Don as one example of the quality of people that make the Homestead work. It truly is an exceptional family within this small community in southwest Virginia. Celebrating 250 years is a big deal and is worthy of a place on your calendar in 2016. I always look forward to going there.

The anticipation of a trip there will cause me to take pause when deciding what shirts to pack and what music to bring. I rarely use a cell phone there, and I always take the time to wash and wax the car before the trip. I laugh a lot there. My ghost will hang out there sometimes.

& FACIALS • MICRODERMABRASION • MASSAGE & BODY TREATMENTS MANICURES & PEDICURES • GUIDED HIKES • COUPLES SPA SERVICES

CALL US TODAY to book your appointment & stay: (540) 675-1031 261 Main Street | Washington, VA 22747 | www.littlewashingtonspa.com

22

November 18, 2015 GMG, INC.

Homestead’s Old Course in the fall. Above: Director of Golf Emeritus at the Omni Homestead (and happy hedgehog chaser) Don Ryder, ambassador of Virginia golf. Photos courtesy Omni Homestead.

CLASSIFIEDS/SERVICE DIRECTORY

ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION 2C MONTHLY MEETING MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2015 AT 6:30 P.M. AT MLK MEMORIAL LIBRARY DREAM LAB 901 G STREET WASHINGTON, DC ANC 2C P.O.BOX 51181 WASHINGTON, DC 20091

TUTOR/LESSONS

CLEANING SERVICE

LEASE/RENT

FRENCH LANGUAGE PRIVATE INSTRUCTION

BERTA’S SPRING CLEANING SPECIAL Quality Service! Expert residential cleaning service with more than 20 years of experience.

Excellent references on request.

Free Estimates.

571-501-1312 or 571-298-7860 reyes_berta@ymail.com

Beginner, intermediate, advanced level and conversation classes offered.

Emphasis on composing a customized curriculum and structure of classes to best accommodate students achieve their individual goals. Over 7 years of teaching experience. Washington DC. Contact: getfrench@gmail.com, website: www.getfrench.net. 202-270-2098

COMMERCIAL OFFICE BUILDING

SALE BELGIAN SILVER CHANDELIER FOR REAL CANDLES

LUCAS CUSTOM TAILOR

CARR WORK PLACES Coworking for professionals – directly above the Farragut North metro! Promo code GEORGETOWNER for 1 month free with 12 month contract. 866-436-9214 or FarragutNorthTeam@carrworkplaces.com.

Silver chandelier, 8 arms, for genuine candlelight. A memorable highlight of any dinner, a spectacular addition to a dining room. Can send detailed photos if interested.

Contact Nancy at 301 767 7094 or email nancyinchvychse@aol.com

American University Area.

Across from Wagshal’s Parking and Elevator Buy and Occupy!

Tour By Appointment Only Now Accepting Bids Jconnelly@summitcre.com 202-491-5300

APARTMENT FOR RENT Large 1 bd/1bath apt in the heart of Georgetown with 2 balconies and 1 terrace.

Entire top floor of an iconic bldg, high ceilings, 10 large windows, lots of closet space, original wood flrs with views of the Washington Monument. Unfurnished.

Available immediately. Contact John at johnayersc@aol.com

1520 W�������� A��. N.W. - W���������, DC 20007 T�������� 202-625-7108 - F�� 202-333-3173

G-Land Uniforms, Inc. EMBROIDERY & SCREEN PRINTING

1516 Wisconsin Ave NW. 1516 Wisconsin Ave NW. Washington, Washington, D.C. 20007 D.C. 20007 Tel:202-333-3583 Fax:202-333-3173 Tel:202-333-3583 Fax:202-333-3173

www.g-landuniform.com www.g-landuniform.com g-landinc@hotmail.com G-Land Uniforms, Inc. g-landinc@hotmail.com EMBROIDERY & SCREEN PRINTING

1516 Wisconsin Ave NW. Washington, D.C. 20007

Tel:202-333-3583 Fax:202-333-3173 Your Garments are welcome For Your Garments are welcome For your LOGO or LETTERS, www.g-landuniform.com your LOGO org-landinc@hotmail.com LETTERS,

Welcome the Your Garments are welcome your LOGO or LETTERS, Welcome the small oFr or lsmall arge quantity or large quantity Welcome the small or large quantity

We1997 are since 1997 in cross P st We are since in Georgetown We are since 1997 in Georgetown cross P st Georgetown cross P st

APARTMENT FOR RENT Georgetown 1 bedroom apartment with a fireplace and garden. Available for $2,030 per month.

Please call 202-333-5943.

A Cleaning Service Inc Since 1985

Residential & Commercial Insured, Bonded, Licenced - Serving DC, VA, MD

703.892.8648 - www.acleaningserviceinc.com

GMG, INC. November 18, 2015

23

body & soul

Murphy’s Love

Dating: It’s a Numbers Game

By Sta cy N ota ras M u r p h y

Dear Stacy, I’m 29 and most of my friends are single and dating multiple people. I have had trouble finding a girlfriend, or even someone to date, lately. I am just not into going out to bars and meeting people. I’m really bad in that situation and never feel comfortable. I have friends who always have a lot of people to hang out with on the weekends. I don’t see any major differences between us other than that they like approaching people they don’t know. I’m sure you’re going to suggest online dating, but I have tried it and it wasn’t for me. It seems pretty hopeless that I’m going to find “the one” at this rate.

– Not Into it Dear Not Into it: I am so sorry it’s been difficult dating lately.

It can be easy to assume that your friends are having a great time because it looks so easy from the outside, but the truth may be different.

The bottom line is that dating can be a really difficult experience. I’ve had clients describe it as going on job interview after job interview, while not really being able to talk about one’s skills and never seeing the requirements of the position. Going about it that way sounds like torture, so why would anyone want to try? One approach is to pretend that the end goal (Read:

DentalBug

Five Ways to Maximize Holiday Weight Gain

By Josef Br an d en b urg

Finding A Girlfriend) is off the table — to make dating be about being in the present moment and showing up as yourself.

To this end, I’m not going to just “suggest online dating.” I’m going to suggest online dating, speed dating, group dating, askingabout-your-coworkers’-friends dating, findinga-faith-community dating, etc., etc. In other words, widen your opportunities to meet The One because this truly is a numbers game. One benefit of attacking this on so many fronts is that any one evening doesn’t have to be the “Most Important Night of Your Life.” So you can just be yourself (which your mother and I both agree is when you are the most attractive).

I get it that this may seem like even more work, when showing up at a bar and being “on” felt exhausting in the first place. My advice is to put bar dating lower on the list and focus more on spaces where you already feel comfortable.

Stacy Notaras Murphy is a licensed professional counselor in Georgetown. Visit her on the web at stacymurphyLPC.com. This column is meant for entertainment only and should not be considered a substitute for professional counseling. Send your confidential question to stacymurphyLPC@gmail.com.

Yoga With Attitude

T

he average American gains five pounds between Halloween and New Year’s. But who wants to be average?

Follow these five tips to rack up a higher score.

1. Wait for the perfect time to do the perfect workout. First, make sure you are in the mood and have plenty of free time. Otherwise, why bother? Because only a “complete” workout that hits every single muscle (using separate exercises) is worth doing. By the way, don’t do this long and tedious workout unless you’ve gotten a perfect night’s sleep.

2. “Slash your own tires.” A powerful way to maximize holiday weight gain is to give up when you notice you’ve made a mistake. Suppose you realize that this is the second day this week you’ve indulged in a cookie at work. Do not stop eating the cookie and think about how to prevent this in the future. Instead, tell yourself that you have no willpower, go get the entire cookie platter and finish it at your desk. As a bonus, how about a liter of soda to wash it down?

3. Graze all day. Eating every two to three hours is a strategy bodybuilders have used for decades to help maximize weight gain. The good news is that you don’t have to be a bodybuilder to take advantage of this powerful strategy. It works

ow

N

because it suppresses the hormones that create fullness and help you mobilize body fat. The worst thing you could do would be to go 16 to 20 hours without food before a large holiday meal.

4. Always get seconds. At holidays, we indulge in what scientists call hyperpalatable foods: combinations of sugar, fat and salt that light up our reward centers much like cocaine.

These foods create strong desire, helping you ignore how full you are and motivating you to get seconds and thirds. Forget this fact and there’s nothing between you and all those seconds (they’re really the best part of any holiday feast).

5. Don’t sleep. Sleep as little as you can; less than six hours would be ideal. This will help kill your energy and motivation. Lack of sleep also reduces willpower, pushing you to make poor choices more often. What’s more, sleep deprivation increases concentrations of the hormone ghrelin, which makes you excessively hungry.

(Better yet, do the opposite in each case and you may finish the holiday season at the same or lower weight.)

A best-selling author and fitness expert, Josef Brandenburg owns True 180 Fitness in Georgetown. Information about his 14-Day Personal Training Experience may be found at true180.fitness.

eN

op

Cosmetic, Implants, Sleep Apnea, Sedation CALL TODAY l WEEKENDS l MULTILINGUAL

“We believe we can make the dental experiences better”

1806 Wisconsin ave., NW | Washington, dC 20007 | www.voltageorgetown.com | 202.670.4058 Patient of the Week Lauren Hygienist and Nissa John Tsaknis Jeannette Suh DDS Gunther Heyder DDS Indra Mustapha DMD Maria Hodas DDS, MS DDS

955 L’Enfant Plz SW, PR #325 • Washington, DC 202-628-2177 1221 Mass Ave NW • Washington, DC 202-628-7979 • Free Parking 703 D St. NW • Washington, DC 202-628-1288

24

November 18, 2015 GMG, INC.

Uncover a powerfUl body, a confident mind

and a spirit of freedom

Holiday Gift CertifiCates available!

LIFE TRANSITIONS MATTER

Down Dog Yoga, LLC

If you are in the midst of separation or divorce, do you:

Georgetown 1046 Potomac Street, NW 202.965.9642

· Understand your financial future and have a plan for it?

Bethesda 4733 Elm Street, 4th Floor 301.654.9644

· Act as your best self in the midst of this chaotic and stressful

Herndon Sunrise Valley Dr 703.437.9042

www.downdogyoga.com

· Act as the best parent and co-parent you can be? · Use your attorney effectively to conserve resources for your future? life transition?

Call or email for a free consultation with, Cherie Morris, CDC Certified Divorce Coach at: cmorris@lifetransitions.com 301-928-4695 Cherie Morris, Certified Divorce Coach E: cmorris@lifetransitionsmatter.com

P: 301-928-4695 W: www.lifetransitionsmatter.com

arts Preview

Holiday Arts Preview

Museum Exhibitions Page 26 On Our Holiday Stages Page 27 Concert Calendar Page 28

‘Wonder’ at the Renewed Renwick Gallery

Patrick Dougherty, "Shindig," 2015. Photo by Ron Blunt.

Courtesy Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

By Ar i P os t

L

et’s cut to the chase: “Wonder,” the inaugural exhibition at the Smithsonian's newly reopened Renwick Gallery, is the greatest experience you will have at a Washington museum this year.

Artist Gabriel Dawe's weavings of miles of thread are often mistaken for rays of light. Photo by Jeff Malet.

It is a show about experiencing, about feeling, about living and engaging in the 21st century. Its lifeblood is the sort of here-and-now splendor that is a hallmark of this generation — for better and for worse — and certainly an example of all that is right about those attitudes. So I won’t play the usual game of art historical connect-the-dots, because in this context it really does not matter.

“Wonder” is the kind of cultural event that leaves rapturous feelings and surges of ecstatic words crackling in your mind like Pop Rocks, the kind of exhibition that at once caused my pen to ramble and my words to fail. I want urgently to say something grand, to alert others to share in this experience, but what foams up from my larynx is just a swooning, breathless yawp.

In short, this is a marvelous achievement, a contemporary tour de force of which I don't think any of us figured the Smithsonian was capable. It shines a light into the future of contemporary art in Washington and brings our fair, lumbering city finally into the throws of the cultural conversation.

Walking into the newly renovated Renwick, you are greeted by a grand staircase with a swirl of red carpet that courses through its center like a winding river. Above hangs a new chandelier by Leo Villareal, the light artist who illuminated the moving walkway between the National Gallery’s East and West buildings like an astronomic vortex.

You are tempted to take the stairs, but beyond them — down a narrow corridor and peeking through a small door — there is an enormous twist of reeds that seems to sprout like Jack’s beanstalk through the floorboards.

The Renwick Gallery reopened Nov. 13 after a major two-year, $30-million renovation. Photo by Jeff Malet.

As you approach, the smell hits you before you see it: hemp, earth, the sweet smoke of a wet forest floor. Then you walk into a wonderland.

Tornadoes of sapling branches vault, swirl and contort all around you. The room itself is a forest of monumental, woven woodland spirals, like architectural tumbleweeds or the fantastical aftermath of a Seussical hurricane. Artist Patrick

Dougherty has created a homespun vehicle of imagination and earthly whimsy, as if Andy Goldsworthy constructed the set of a fairytale.

Compared to the rustic tactility of Dougherty’s work, Gabriel Dawe’s installation in the conjoining gallery is ethereal. While made up of floss-thin string, the rainbow structure that vaults overhead in a threaded rainbow from floor to ceiling makes

GMG, INC. November 18, 2015

25

Celebrate the season with music at Washington National Cathedral!

arts Preview you feel caught in the split of a light spectrum.

The installation is so fleeting and divine that it becomes hard to believe it is made of any physical material, as it pleasantly confounds your sense of space and perspective. (Just don’t bump into it.)

Tara Donovan’s Post-it Note stalagmites take the notion of material to the next level, recreating a landscape of the Badlands from office supplies. It takes mass-produced materials and creates some-

Joy of Christmas Saturday, Dec. 12 | 4:00 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 13 | 4:00 p.m.

Tickets starting at $25 | Students $15

Family Joy

Saturday, Dec. 12 | 12:00 p.m.

cathedralchoralsociety.org 202-537-2228 | 877-537-2228

Tara Donovan, "Untitled," 2014. Photo by Ron Blunt.

Courtesy of Pace Gallery and Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

thing undeniably organic.

John Grade’s installation, “Middle Fork (Cascades),” plays similarly with our understanding of what is or isn't natural. A full-sized hemlock tree hangs on its side, floating from suspensions in the middle of the room. However, it is not a real tree, but a tree constructed in a Jacob's-ladder pattern out of small off-cuts of reclaimed old-growth Western cedar. Having made a plaster cast of the original tree, he built this model from the mold. If this is difficult to envision, then you better come revel in it for yourself.

There are too many great works to name them all, but I would be personally remiss if I didn’t make mention of Jennifer Angus's gaspingly lovely “In the Midnight Garden.” It is basically a giant pink room covered with preserved insects that are arranged in patterns like Día de Muertos wallpaper. It is certainly peculiar, but I am curiously hard-pressed to remember anything I have found more beautiful or enchanting. I think Henri Matisse would have loved it.

Utilizing the works of these artists, this exhibition shows us what a contemporary museum should be: fun, beautiful, provocative, searching, mysterious and yet inviting, imploring you to think, explore and experience. It is very exciting to have this in our city.

Art has always had its own language, and a hallmark of modernity — the revelatory force that pushed us into the realm of abstraction — is our recognition and implementation of this phenomenon. Work like that in “Wonder” takes this idea to the next level, creating a bridge to connect the art with the very space we occupy, so that we are not

Chakaia Booker, “Anonymous Donor,” 2015. Photo by Ron Blunt. Courtesy Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

just looking at something, but wrapping ourselves in it, truly existing in and as a part of the work.

The artwork in this exhibition is also extraordinarily attuned to the architectural space of the beautifully renovated galleries. They crawl up the walls, they hang from the ceilings, they spring up around you from the floor, they float.

Perhaps most importantly, this work is of today. Most of these artists would not have been able to conceive their installations without the help of computer design programs and digital renderings, and yet they are all singularly made craft objects built with human hands and using many traditional art processes. It is a seamless braid of digital influence and traditional craft, in many ways a laudable definition of today’s best contemporary art.

And it certainly does provoke a sense of wonder. This is a gut-check of a show. Do yourself a favor and go see it, for it will remind you of what you loved about art in the first place: that it made you feel and it showed you something you could never have imagined.

Museum Exhibitions

R

elatively few museum exhibitions open in the winter months, but here are a few that are taking the polar plunge.

“Frank Sinatra at 100” pays tribute to Ol’ Blue Eyes with an exhibition of photographs, sheet music, album covers, posters, the trench coat he wore in the 1957 film “Pal Joey” and bowties made by his first wife, Nancy, to throw to fans at concerts. National Museum of American History, opens Nov. 20.

“New York City: A Portrait Through Stamp Art” will display 30 pieces of original postal artwork under the headings: Baseball, Broadway, City Life, Icons, Politics and Government and Music. National Postal Museum, opens Dec. 10.

“Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World” will exhibit about 50 sculptures and related works from the Greek-dominated Mediterranean of the fourth to first century B.C., lent by archaeological museums in Europe and the United States. National Gallery of Art, Dec. 13 through March 20.

“Shakespeare: Life of an Icon” assembles books and documents — such as deeds for his real estate purchases and diary entries by audience members — from the Bard’s lifetime,

26

November 18, 2015 GMG, INC.

providing context for his work and a tangible sense of the elusive author and man. Folger Shakespeare Library, Jan. 20 through March 27.

“Renée Stout: Tales of the Conjure Woman” displays work in various genres by this D.C.-based artist, who uses the alter ego Fatima Mayfield, a fictitious herbalist and fortune-teller, in her explorations of personal and social issues. American University Museum at the Katzen Center, Jan. 23 through March 13.

Note: Stout’s work is also on view at Hemphill Fine Arts through Dec. 19 in a solo show called “Wild World.”

Ol’ Blue Eyes. Courtesy NMAH.

arts Preview

On Our Holiday Stages It may be the holidays, but all the world’s a stage. Some of D.C.’s upcoming theater and opera is tied to the spirit of the season, and the rest is there to brighten and deepen our short days and long nights. Here are our top picks.

Appomattox — Washington National Opera presents Philip Glass’s acclaimed opera, a modern American epic which links the Civil War and Civil Rights eras. Solomon Howard plays Martin Luther King and Frederick Douglass.

Kennedy Center, Opera House, through Nov. 22.

Semiramide — Washington Concert Opera takes on Rossini’s rarely performed opera, with coloratura soprano Jessica Pratt and mezzosoprano Vivica Genaux. Maestro Anthony

T U

TU

u

Johannah Easley as Akeelah and Zaria Graham as Georgia in Children’s Theatre Company’s “Akeelah and the Bee.” Photo by Dan Norman.

Walker is back for his 14th season. Lisner Auditorium, Nov. 22.

Pericles — Shakespeare’s adventure tale comes to D.C. from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, directed by Joseph Haj and complete with dazzling projections and live music. Folger Theatre, through Dec. 20.

Akeelah and the Bee — The Children’s Theatre Company’s world premiere of Cheryl L. West’s play based on the film, and directed by Charles Randolph-Wright. Arena Stage, Kreeger Theater, through Dec. 27.

Guys and Dolls — Frank Loesser’s musical about Times Square swells, showgirls and gamblers, directed by Jerry Whiddon. “Luck be a Lady,” indeed. Olney Theatre Center, through Dec. 27.

Kiss Me Kate — This production, directed by the gifted Alan Paul, stars Douglas Sills and Christine Sherrill. Shakespeare Theatre Company, Sidney Harman Hall, through Jan. 3.

Oliver! — Lionel Bart’s smash Broadway musical tale of Dickens’s urchin, directed by Arena Stage Artistic Director Molly Smith, has settled in. Arena Stage, Fichandler Stage, through Jan. 3.

Holiday Memories — Tom Hewitt directed this adaptation of Truman Capote’s memory piece, featuring Christopher Henley. Theatre on the Run, Arlington, Nov. 25–Dec. 20.

Black Nativity — Langston Hughes’s celebration of music, faith and Black identity.

Anacostia Playhouse, Nov. 25–Jan. 3.

Motown The Musical — The story of Berry Gordy, who discovered Diana Ross, the Jacksons, Smokey Robinson and other stars who remade R&B in the 1960s. National Theatre, Dec. 1–Jan. 3.

Stage Kiss — A new play by the incomparable Sarah Ruhl, directed by Aaron Posner.

Round House Theatre, Bethesda, Dec. 2–27.

Bright Star — Love and redemption in the American South of the 1920s and 1940s in a show from Grammy and Emmy award-winner (and movie star) Steve Martin and singersongwriter Edie Brickell. Kennedy Center, Eisenhower Theater, Dec. 2–Jan. 10.

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind — The Chicago-based Neo-Futurists bring back a favorite, but entirely original, mini-play. Not, we understand, for the faint of heart. Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Dec. 7–Jan. 3.

Hansel and Gretel — WNO’s Holiday Family Opera. Kennedy Center, Terrace Theater, Dec. 12–20.

Matilda, The Musical — Based on Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s novel, the show that became a Broadway hit comes to D.C. Kennedy Center, Opera House, Dec. 15–Jan. 10.

Stars of David: Story to Song — Now for something completely different, a musical revue celebrating Jewish public figures from Ruth Bader Ginsberg to Gwyneth Paltrow, directed by Shirley Serotsky, based on the book

by Abigail Pogrebin. Theater J, Dec. 22–27.

Some Nutcrackers, Some Scrooges Ed Gero, who seems to have played every notable character to be seen in Washington, always finds time to be Ebenezer Scrooge at Ford’s Theatre for the last few years, returning this year Nov. 19–Dec. 31. The Keegan Theatre features Cameron Whitman as a wealthy Irish pub owner named David who gets visited by ghosts and such in “An Irish Carol,” Dec. 12–31, and Paul Morella presents his singular version, “A Christmas Carol, A Ghost Story of Christmas,” in the Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab at Olney Theatre Center on Dec. 5.

Washington has its choice of Nutcrackers, with Septime Webre’s own version of the Washington Ballet’s “The Nutcracker,” set in colonial and revolutionary America, a version that’s become a Washington tradition at the THEARC in Southeast, Nov. 28–29, and at the Warner Theatre, Dec. 3–27. At the Kennedy Center, the Joffrey Ballet brings its version of Tchaikovsky’s classic one last time before it is revised and changed for next season, Nov. 25 and 27–29. Strathmore will present the “Hip Hop Nutcracker,” Dec. 3, and Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker, Dec. 21–22. Last but not least, Momentum Dance Theatre will perform its “Jazz Hip Hop Nutcracker,” Dec. 13–14 at Wilson High School and Dec. 19–20 at Stuart Hobson Middle School.

GIVE THE GIFT OF MUSIC ALL YEAR LONG

WOLF TRAP MEMBERS ARE ALREADY PURCHASING SUMMER 2016 TICKETS!

Memberships and Gift Certificates Make the Perfect Holiday Gift Wolf Trap members receive exclusive benefits including access to tickets before the public, VIP lounge and parking, and invitations to private events.

BENEFITS VARY BY MEMBERSHIP LEVEL

INDIVIDUAL AND CORPORATE MEMBERSHIPS AVAILABLE

PHOTO: SCOTT SUCHMAN

WOLFTRAP.ORG/GIFT • 703.255.1900

GET IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT TODAY!

Washington Printmakers Gallery, December 2-27, 2015 1641 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington DC Opening reception Dec. 5th, 3-5pm

GMG, INC. November 18, 2015

27

ofessor dicine, Novel

oanalysis, riorating nger and orienting g China’s he world. choose

pths of e story by the d even portant merica

Concert Calendar

T

he holiday season is so concert-filled that even the listing below can’t cover all the music coming our way between now and the end of 2015.

Nov. 22 • “A Festival of Hymns, Anthems and Readings” at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Georgetown.

Dec. 3 • The National Christmas Tree Lighting.

Dec. 4 • NPR’s “A Jazz Piano Christmas” at the Kennedy Center.

“THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS” at Washington National Cathedral Michael McCarthy, conducting

Sunday, December 20th 3:30 & 7:30 p.m.

H

ear your favorite holiday poems, readings and music of the season performed by the full 16 player WSB and the acclaimed Washington National Cathedral Choir in a fresh new show for the whole family!

Tickets and more info at wsbrass.com

PSYCHOANALYSIS IS BACK RICHARD SELDIN BELOW THE LINE IN BEIJING

• The Christmas Revels at Lisner Auditorium (also Dec. 11, 12 and 13).

Dec. 6 • Lighting Ceremony of the National Chanukah Menorah with the U.S. Marine Band and the “Three Cantors."

• Fiddler Mark O’Connor performs “An Appalachian Christmas” at the National Gallery of Art. • At Wolf Trap: Holiday Sing Along at the Filene Center and German a cappella quartet Calmus at the Barns.

Dec. 6 and 7 • Musica Pacifica with David Greenberg at Dumbarton Oaks.

Dec. 8 • Samovar, a Russian folk group, performs at the U.S. Botanic Garden, which presents music every Tuesday and Thursday in December.

Dec. 9 • “Festival of Light: An Intimate Evening with Matisyahu” at Strathmore.

Dec. 10, 11 and 12 • “The Von Trapps and Stephanie J. Block Family Holiday” at the Kennedy Center with the National Symphony Orchestra Pops.

Dec. 11 • Strathmore presents Michael Feinstein’s tribute to Frank Sinatra on his centennial.

Dec. 12 • Cathedral Choral Society presents “Joy of Christmas” (also Dec. 13) and “Family Joy” at Washington National Cathedral.

• Wynton Marsalis leads the Jazz at Lincoln

Center Orchestra at Strathmore.

Dec. 13 • “A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols” at St. John's Episcopal Church in Georgetown.

• The Choral Arts Society of Washington presents “A Family Christmas” • Sweet Honey in the Rock’s “Celebrating the Holydays” at Strathmore.

Dec. 14 • The Choral Arts Society’s 35th Annual Holiday Concert and Gala.

Dec. 16 • “A Merry Tuba Christmas,” at the Kennedy Center.

Dec. 17, 18, 19 and 20 • The NSO’s performances of Handel’s “Messiah,” along with the annual Messiah Sing Along at the Kennedy Center.

Dec. 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 • The Folger Consort presents “The Season Bids Us” at the Church of the Reformation.

Dec. 19 • Darlene Love performs a holiday concert at the Howard Theatre.

Dec. 20 • A Choral Arts Christmas (also Dec. 24).

• The Washington Symphonic Brass presents the “12 Days of Christmas” at Washington National Cathedral with the Cathedral Choir.

Dec. 21 • Chanukah Family Spectacular at Bethesda Row. Dec. 22 • A holiday step show by Step Afrika! at the Atlas Performing Arts Center.

“This compelling novel will hold you in its grip from beginning to end. Part mystery, part psychological thriller, Below the Line in Beijing is a terrific read and an auspicious debut by a gifted writer.”

—Dr. Theodore Jacobs, psychoanalyst, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and author.

“Readers of Saul Bellow’s literary classics of middle age and diminished powers will quickly appreciate the setting and concerns of this novel. The action in Below the Line in Beijing is largely internal and observational, but excels in its tone and approach. Steeped in the cultural atmosphere of China, the special circumstances of the Olympics, and the unique struggles of an aging man, Below the Line in Beijing is a solid recommendation for any who want a novel packed with introspection and cultural analysis.”

—D. Donovan, Senior eBook Reviewer, Midwest Book Review.

The novel’s plot line is fairly simple, though its structure, which includes dreams and fascinating footnotes, is atypical.

When the book begins the narrator, a 61-year old, Federal Government attorney, awakens next to his wife, Sheryl, with an erection pressed against her thigh. Though initially pleased by his desire—he’s had little sexual interest in her for some time—he discovers it comes packaged with an inability to speak. This peculiarity further confounds him when he finds that, while mute in English, he can communicate in the foreign languages he knows. Although he can only guess at it, he connects the muteness to three unrelated matters: a quirky stuttering problem; powerful fantasies about hookingup with young women; and fortuitously running into his friend, Jim, a philanderer and fashionista, after not having seen him for forty years.

hiatry, China

RICHARD SELDIN

nglish short a trade Rind, many nment tional

• The Dave Koz Christmas Tour at Strathmore.

• The Russian Chamber Art Society’s Tribute to Shostakovich at the Embassy of Austria.

Dec. 5 • Christmas Concert for Charity at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

Dec. 5 and 6 • Handel’s “Messiah” at the National Cathedral with international soloists.

• “A Celtic Christmas” at Dumbarton United Methodist Church in Georgetown (also Dec. 12 and 13).

Join the Washington Symphonic Brass and the National Cathedral Choir in

BELOW THE LINE IN BEIJING

d. Part ic read

arts Preview

RICHARD SELDIN

oks

roup

Richard Seldin packs a lot into his well-written, fast-paced,novelaboutpsychoanalysis,marital love and declining male sexuality. The book’s psychoanalyticorientationteemswithunusual mental states—psychological muteness, an imagined playmate, a womanizing double and mind/body disturbances. In fact, this is one of the best novels about psychoanalysis I’ve ever read, and offers readers the pleasure of following a protagonist who thinks in a psychoanalytic way.

28

November 18, 2015 GMG, INC.

As Freud’s talking cure requires talking and the narrator’s psychoanalyst, Isaac Lutansky, only speaks English, they agree to suspend their work. Soon thereafter the narrator and Jim travel to Beijing for the 2008 Olympics. While the narrator, a proficient Mandarin speaker and expert on things Chinese, expects to dominate their relationship in Beijing, Jim immediately takes over and leads them on a quest for young women.

I won’t give the ending away, but will say that it is marvelously written. While the book’s most poignant erotic scenes might bring to mind Nabokov’s Lolita, its larger influence clearly is Freud. And right out of the Freudian book, the narrator’s story is one of a not-too abnormal mind gone awry and attempting to heal itself, both with and without Lutansky’s help.

For more of the review, see Richard Seldin’s website blog at www.richardseldin.blogspot.com Below the Line in Beijing was published by International Psychoanalytic Books - 256 pp. $19.95, paper; $7.99, Kindle. The book can be purchased at Politics and Prose, www.IPBooks.net, www.amazon.com and most retail bookstores

SĹ?tatsu

making waves Once-in-a-lifetime display of Japanese masterpieces

SĹ?tatsu: Making Waves is co-organized by the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and the Japan Foundation. The exhibition is supported by All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. Special thanks to Tokyo University of the Arts. Additional generous support is provided by the Anne van Biema Endowment Fund.

Through January 31, 2016 asia.si.edu/sotatsu #sotatsu

GMG, INC. November 18, 2015

29

SOCIAL SCENE

A Salute to Cole Porter

Knock Out Abuse Fights for Women

The National Museum of Women in the Arts Fall Benefit Cabaret Evening paid tribute to Cole Porter at the museum on Nov. 5. The reception on the balcony was followed by a set of Porter songs performed by Amy Burton accompanied by pianist John Musto.

Occasions catered the seated dinner. The event supports the museum’s education programs and free performances of Shenson Chamber Music Concerts. Gilan Tocco Corn serves as the artistic director of the series which highlights emerging and established women musicians and composers from around the world.

The 22nd Knock Out Abuse Against Women Gala, held Nov. 5 at the Ritz-Carlton in the West End, offered “An Evening of Florence” and honored Mary Margaret Farren.

The group, which has promoted awareness and raises money to combat domestic abuse, gave its Break the Silence Award to MSNBC's Tamron Hall. Since 1993, Knock Out Abuse has raised more than $8.5 million to aid victims of domestic violence.

BY MARY BIRD

BY ROBERT DEVANEY

Charlotte and Michael Buxton.

Honoree Mary Margaret Farren with Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Virginia first lady Dorothy McAuliffe. Photo by Robert Devaney.

Sophia Schultz, Doris Kloster, Sabina Fogle and museum director Susan Fisher Sterling.

Gala chair Cynthia Vance, Tamron Hall and Knock Out Abuse Against Women co-founder Cheryl Masri. Photo courtesy Knock Out Abuse Against Women.

Annie Totah and Leo Sahakian.

Board member Kathy Springhorn with President Emerita and endowment chair Carol Lascaris.

Shenson Chamber Music Concerts Artistic Director Gilan Tocco Corn with pianist John Musto and soprano Amy Burton.

30

November 18, 2015 GMG, INC.

Women’s Committee president Mary Clark and Jim Clark.

Mayor Muriel Bowser and Clinton Portis, retired Redskins running back. Photo courtesy Knock Out Abuse Against Women.

The evening's emcee and WUSA9 anchor Andrea Roane with Gina Adams of Fed-Ex. Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan.

Knock Out Abuse honoree, domestic violence survivor and advocate Mary Margaret Farren with her family: her mother and father, Rosemary and Bill Scharf, and her husband Greg Pellegrino. Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan.

SOCIAL SCENE

D.C. Chamber Salutes Business Leaders PH OTOS B Y NES HAN N A LT C H AYA N

The 2015 D.C. Chamber of Commerce's Choice Awards and Gala, drew more than 1,000 of Washington’s dignitaries, national political figures, corporate citizens and business owners to celebrate the year’s business and civic successes together at the Marriott Marquis Hotel Oct. 30. Pepco held the title as the event sponsor, and awards were presented to Joe Rigby, chairman of the board of directors as well as president and CEO

of Pepco Holdings, Comcast, George Washington University, Washington Nationals Dream Foundation, Marcella A. Jones and the Washington Area Community Investment Fund. The award show was emceed by Fox5 News-WTTG meteorologist Tucker Barnes and Mary Abbajay of Careerstone Group. Guests enjoyed entertainment from the legendary S.O.S. Band.

Opera Camerata’s ‘Così fan tutte’

BY MARY BIRD On Nov. 6, Opera Camerata of Washington DC presented Mozart’s delightful opera at the Metropolitan Club. The evening began with a champagne reception. No surtitles were required as Robin Phillips engagingly narrated the pitfalls of "fiancée swapping."

Guests enjoyed a dessert party during intermission. The nonprofit provides an intimate opera experience with world-class performances and orchestras in exclusive salon settings as well as offering complimentary opera performances in DC schools throughout the year.

D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and Peggy Cooper Cafritz.

Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) with gala co-chair Christine Warnke.

Mayor Muriel Bowser and Harry Wingo, president & CEO of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce.

OSS Society's Gala Honors Spies, Soldiers

BY R OBE RT DEVANEY

Put on by the OSS Society and its executive director Charles Pinck, Washington's annual night-out to honor spies of a certain age as well as active military presented its William J. Donovan Award to Ambassador Hugh Montgomery Nov. 7 at the Ritz-Carlton. The award, named in honor of the head of the Office of Strategic Services, a World War II precursor to the CIA, honors

those who have protected the U.S. from its enemies. The OSS Society advocates for preserving the OSS headquarters building on 24th Street NW and is planning a National OSS Museum of Intelligence and Special Operations. Past Donovan Award winners include Leon Panetta, Adm. William McRaven, Gen. David Petraeus and President Ronald Reagan.

Opera Camerata Vice President Liz Sara with narrator Robin Phillips.

Redskin Chris Baker Launches Literacy Foundation Del Frisco’s Grille hosted the launch party for the Chris Baker Foundation Nov. 10.

Chris “Swaggy” Baker is a defensive end for the Washington Redskins, and his foundation is focused on increasing child literacy in the Greater Hartford, Connecticut, area and the District of Columbia.

Lynda and William Webster, former CIA director and FBI director. Photo by Robert Devaney.

CIA Director John Brennan presented the Donovan Award to Ambassador Hugh Montgomery, who was in the OSS. Photo courtesy OSS Society.

Georgetowners Susan and Michael Pillsbury, author of “The HundredYear Marathon: China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower,” flank former OSS operative and CIA employee Arthur Reinhardt.

Photo by Robert Devaney.

Awardee Col. Frank Gleason recalled the joy of blowing up 150 bridges in Japan-occupied China. Photo courtesy OSS Society.

LaRhonda Burley, director, Partnership Marketing, Redskins; Chris Baker; Victoria Michael of Victoria Michael PR; Jummy Olabanji of ABC7 News; Maggie Johnson of Lululemon.

Dennis Brant, Tiane Vo and Redskin Chris Baker.

GMG, INC. November 18, 2015

31

32

November 18, 2015 GMG, INC.