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New construction 5BR, 4.5BA, open floor plan, hardwood floors, custom millwork, chef’s kitchen, rec room and fitness studio. Upstairs lounge and screened porch with views over the reservoir. $2,550,000 | ttrsir.com/id/DC8256075

Newly priced charming 3BR, 3BA semi-detached Federal in one of the East Village’s quietest blocks. Features master suite with sunlit sitting room, finished lower level, private garden and garage parking. $1,599,000

Brand new luxury row house with soaring ceilings, state-of-the-art kitchen and adjacent family room. Private garden, elevator to four main levels, 2-car private underground garage. $5,250,000 | ttrsir.com/id/DC8288744

Stunning Victorian semi-detached home on coveted block features expansive living and entertaining spaces and offers 5 BRs and 3.5 BAs. $2,295,000

New home with open plan, 3BR, 2BA, powder room, 2 balconies overlooking front garden. Rear private parking, optional roof deck with Monument views. Four blocks to Metro. $1,025,000 | ttrsir.com/id/DC8191735

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Town Topics

I N C OU N TRY 22

Artisanal Foods

WA N D ERGOLF

8 Editorial/Opinion

Get a Grip

D I R E C T ORY 26

RE A L E S TAT E 10

Sales

Featured Property

Auction Block

Le Decor

BODY & SOUL 27

ART

COV E R S T OR Y 14

“Play Ball!”

Dining Guide

Easter Brunch

What’s Cooking, Neighbor?

Six Wines for Spring

Murphy’s Love Carter and “Camp David”

29 “Gravity’s

Edge” at the Hirshhorn

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Outfielder Jayson Werth, first baseman Adam LaRoche, third baseman Ryan Zimmerman and shortstop Ian Desmond hold their caps over their hearts during the singing of the National Anthem on opening day, April 4. Photo by Patrick G. Ryan

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UP & COMING

APRIL 10-13

Smithsonian Craft Show The Smithsonian Craft Show is an exhibition of works in basketry, ceramics, decorative fiber, furniture, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, paper, wearable art and wood by 120 craft artists. Purchase items from the most prestigious exhibition of contemporary American crafts in the nation. Tickets are $15 (free for children 12 and younger). For details, visit smithsoniancraftshow.com. National Building Museum, 401 F St., NW.

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National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade The National Cherry Blossom Parade draws nearly 100,000 spectators from around the world. The parade starts at 10 a.m. and runs along Constitution Avenue, NW, from 7th Street to 17th Street. WUSA 9 will air the parade locally in a delayed telecast from noon to 2 p.m. Following the parade, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., is the Sakura Matsuri Japanese Street Festival, the biggest Japanese street party in the nation.

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Forms of the Blues Celebrate Smithsonian Jazz Appreciation Month with a concert by the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra marking 100 years since the publication of W. C. Handy’s “Saint Louis Blues.” The 7:30 p.m. concert, featuring large and combo ensembles, will focus on the evolution of the blues from the early 20th century to its present-day “jazz ensemble” styling. Tickets are $25. For details, visit SmithsonianAssociates.org. National Museum of Natural History, 10th St. and Constitution Ave., NW.

APRIL 21 White House Easter Egg Roll The First Family will host the 136th annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn. This year’s theme is Hop into Healthy, Swing into Shape. The event will feature live music, sports courts, cooking stations, storytelling and, the main event, Easter egg rolling. You can follow the Easter Egg Roll on Twitter with the hashtag #EasterEggRoll and watch live on WhiteHouse.gov/live.

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Charity Off the Hook ProFish will host a star-studded benefit for its charitable arm, “Charity Off the Hook,” at Tony and Joe’s at Georgetown’s Washington Harbour. The event will feature local seafood prepared by local chefs and special celebrity guest John Riggins, Redskins Super Bowl MVP, NFL Hall of Famer and host and star of “Riggo on the Range.” The event includes a cocktail reception with local beer and wine, live local oyster shucking stations, celebrated chef creations passed throughout the evening, local seafood, live entertainment, a silent auction and more. 6:30-10 p.m. Tickets are $75. Tony and Joe’s, 3000 K St., NW.

Spring Beer Festival Celebrating 21 years of brewing more than 200 different styles of beer, Capitol City Brewing Company will host its inaugural Spring Beer Festival at The Village at Shirlington in Arlington from noon to 7 p.m. Beer enthusiasts can enjoy live music spun by DJ Julius as they sample select handcrafted beers from more than 45 breweries and cuisine from a variety of Shirlington Village eateries and local vendors. Admission is $30 and includes a wristband, official tasting glass and 10 drink tickets. The event is free for non-drinkers and children. The Spring Beer Festival will be held rain or shine with tickets sold at the event. For details, visit CapCityBrew. com.

APRIL 23 STYLECABLE Pop Up Party Celebrate the launch of STYLECABLE.com, D.C.’s newest shopping experience, featuring emerging fashion designers. Discover the inspirational designers on the site and try on their pieces in person. Shop a modern and edgy selection of the designer’s jewelry, handbags and apparel with an exclusive promotional discount just for the Pop Up Shop. Enjoy an open bar, treats from local vendors, a lip bar and lash bar from Nival, a live DJ, a photobooth and an exclusive VIP gift bag of products from luxury lifestyle brands. For details, visit STYLECABLE.com.

APRIL 28 – MAY 3 9th Annual DC Yoga Week The DC Community of Yoga is hosting the 9th Annual DC Yoga Week and Yoga on the Mall. Throughout the week, participating studios will offer free and reduced-cost classes daily. The week culminates on Saturday, May 3, with Yoga on the Mall from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. For details, visit DCCY.org.

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DC Bacon and Beer Festival The first annual DC Bacon and Beer Festival will feature bacon-inspired dishes and snacks from a variety of local restaurants, as well as local and regional craft beers on tap. The event will benefit Food & Friends, a D.C.-based organization that provides free, home-delivered meals, groceries and nutrition counseling to people with life-challenging illnesses. Tickets are $45 and $60. Penn Social, 801 E St., NW.

TOWN TOPICS

Town Topics BY LIS A GIL L ES P IE and Restaurant. New bites include sweet and sour wings, veggie lasagna, braised short ribs and spinach and arugula salad. Peet’s Coffee and Tea is coming to D.C., opening 23 stores this year. The flagship store will be at 1701 Pennsylvania Ave. This is the California-based roaster’s first time venturing to the East Coast and D.C. will be it’s second-largest market. It is also now the official coffee of the Washington Nationals, and will feature dedicated store space to student tutoring sessions.

be located in the heart of Adams Morgan at 18th Street and California Ave. NW. Movies will include “The Incredible,” “Up,” and “Despicable Me 2.”

Building Museum Creates Scale Maze The National Building Museum is opening a large-scale maze for the Museum’s historic home, which will reach over 18 feet high and will offer a series of twists and turns for visitors to weave through and explore. The maze opens July 4 and runs until Sept. 1. The maze will be located in the West Court of the Museum’s historic Great Hall.

New Director of Planning Selected Restaurant, Shop Happenings World Market is coming to Chinatown as part of the Bed Bath and Beyond store at 709 7th St. NW, and will open in May. Penn Commons, an American tavern-style restaurant, is coming to Chinatown in the previously planned Townhouse Kitchen and Bar space by the Verizon Center. CBRE has arranged a long-term 8,324 square-foot lease for a new American tavern-style restaurant at 700 6th St. NW. Opening is slated for late summer. The restaurant and bar will be similar to the group’s already successful District Commons restaurant at 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW. Silo, a new restaurant at 917 5th St. NW, brings on new head chef Michael Walters, who is the morning chef at Barcelona Wine Bar

Ellen McCarthy is the new Director of the D.C. Office of Planning, replacing Harriet Tregoning, who resigned in February to join the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. McCarthy has more than 40 years of experience in the planning field, including serving as director of planning and land use at two major law firms, assisting clients in obtaining development entitlements and advising on possible locations for developers, cultural institutions and sports facilities. McCarthy previously served as in the same position in 2004. Adams Morgan Summer Movie Series The Adams Morgan Partnership BID and the Marie Reed Parent Teacher Association present Adams Morgan Movie Nights, which will

independent bike shop. The Bike Rack has a current location at 1412 Q Street NW. Filter Coffeehouse and Espresso Bar currently has locations in Dupont Circle and Foggy Bottom, and coffee comes from Annapolis roaster Ceremony Coffee.

Volunteers Needed for Columbia Heights Marketplace Brookland Gains Bike and Coffee Shop Rasheed Jabr, owner of Filter Coffee, and Chuck Harney owner of the Bike Rack, have leased space on the Arts Walk of the Monroe Street Market development in Brookland to open the Bike Rack and Filter Coffee, a bike shop/coffee shop concept. The shop is expected to open later this summer. The space is inside a 2,546-square-foot building in the Brookland Works building, located along Monroe Street NE between Michigan Avenue and 7th Street NE. The Bike Rack will be a full-service,

The Columbia Heights Marketplace is looking for volunteers to work the 2014 season, which starts mid-April. Market volunteers will spend the majority of their time administering matching dollars program for recipients of SNAP, WIC and other federal nutrition programs, matching up to $10. Volunteers are asked to commit to one or more three hour shifts, either 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. or 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., per month. Organizers are especially looking for Spanish speakers.

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TOWN TOPICS The Mt. Pleasant Farmer’s Market is also gearing up, running from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each Saturday. Pleasant Pops will be back for its fifth year, and the People’s Bao, which offers Chinese steamed edamame buns with slowroasted free range pork or duck. Quaker Valley Orchards also comes back with popping corn, honey and tomato sauce.

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Councilmembers Introduce Amendment to Medical Marijuana Law Councilmembers Yvette Alexander (D-Ward 7) and David Grosso (I-At Large), along with co-introducers Tommy Wells (D-Ward 6), Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4), David Catania (I-At Large), Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5), Anita Bonds (D-At Large) and Marion Barry (D-Ward 8), introduced an amendment to D.C.’s medical marijuana law that would remove the list of qualifying conditions to receive a medical marijuana prescription and allow physicians to prescribe based on judgement. The amendment states that it would “expand the definition of a qualifying medical condition to allow phy-

sicians to determine whether a patient would benefit from medical marijuana treatment.” Current law only allows those with HIV/AIDS, cancer, glaucoma or severe muscle spasms to be able to receive medical marijuana.

6 p.m. on April 26 and will take place at the Convention Center. D.C. Office of Planning Announces Playable Art DC International Design Competition

Digital Dispatches May Effect Cab Fares The Transportation Network Services Innovation Act of 2014, introduced by Councilmembers Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) and David Grosso (I-At Large), would allow cabs dispatched through digital services like Hailo to break free from the traditional fare structure and use financial structures more like Uber or Lyft. If the digital dispatch service connects a customer to a taxicab, the fare would be calculated in accordance with the taxicab fare structure established by the Commission through an approved taxicab meter system or through a time and distance charge set by the digital dispatch service. Currently, taxicabs in the District that are dispatched through mobile applications like Uber and Hailo do not have flexibility as to how their fares are set.

The Playable Art DC international design competition has launched to bring art-based play spaces to underserved neighborhoods in the District. The D.C. Office of Planning is currently requesting applications for three neighborhood sites and community partners to host playable artworks in DC neighborhoods that lack access to play. The initiative builds on a multi-year citywide play space proj-

USA Science and Engineering Festival Comes to D.C. The nation’s largest celebration of science and engineering, the USA Science & Engineering Festival is returning to D.C. this spring. The event is hosted by Lockheed Martin and is focused on the next generation of engineers, scientists and technologists will include live performances, a book fair, a career pavilion and celebrities. The event runs from 9 a.m. to

ect to evaluate and improve the playgrounds in the District’s Department of Parks and Recreation inventory. The application deadline is Thursday, April 24.

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BUSINESS

From Government Energy Policy to Classic Italian Design – and Opening an Amina Rubinacci Boutique BY N ICOL E CUSICK Merribel Ayres, a seasoned professional in Washington’s energy and environmental policy community, is spreading her wings on the Georgetown retail scene. Ayres opened an Amina Rubinacci boutique this month on Pennsylvania Avenue, a few doors down from the Four Seasons. Her passion for the designs of Amina Rubinacci began 12 years ago, when Ayres was in Rome for a business trip and wandered into a boutique selling some of the designer’s line. “I instantly was fascinated by the fit and fabric of her clothes and wondered why there was not a greater presence of these Italian heritage family brands in the U.S,” said Ayres as she sat in her simple corner office on the second floor of the boutique. The boutique is all white and very airy. The narrow floors of the Georgetown row house are filled with natural light, allowing the clothes – which are simply displayed on long racks along the wall – to be the main feature in each of the rooms. Amina Rubinacci began creating her collections in Naples in the 1970s. She is often referred to in the Italian fashion community

MERRIBEL AYRES In front of her Amina Rubinacci Boutique 2822 Pennsylvania Ave., NW in Georgetown

as “the queen of wool” for her knowledge and use of the fabric. Her designs are well known in Italy and France as well as in the U.S., where there are three other boutiques: in Palm Beach, Charlotte and Greenwich. After spending 36 years in D.C., Ayres knows quite a bit about its residents’ fashion preferences. She believes that Rubinacci’s attention to detail regarding color, cut and fabric supports the needs of the Washington woman, who often wears many hats – in a single day having to be a wife, a mother, a businesswoman, a philanthropist and many other things. Rubinacci’s designs are appropriate for several different types of occasions, according to Ayres. Ayres is also the president of Lighthouse Consulting Group, which she founded in 1996 to put her government experience to use. Lighthouse provides knowledge-based government and public affairs services to clients focused on energy and environmental policy issues. After spending more than three decades in that world, Ayres felt it was the right time to explore a new – and very different – business. Since October 2013, the boutique has become nearly a fulltime job and a major investment for her.

“I am lucky to be able to share my love and passion of Italian design with local Washingtonians and visitors from around the world,” said Ayres, noting how varied the customer base has been in the few weeks the boutique has been open. She has seen students, professional women and men buying gifts for their wives coming in and discovering Rubinacci’s designs. Personally, Ayres loves Rubinacci’s jackets and her sweaters trimmed with linen. They are just

some of her go-to pieces when getting herself ready for the day. She is very pleased with the store’s initial reception and looks forward to integrating herself into the Georgetown business community, having already joining several neighborhood and business associations. The Amina Rubinacci boutique in Georgetown is located at 2822 Pennsylvania Ave., NW. The store is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 6 p.m.

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EDITORIAL/ OPINON

Blue Skies At Last Spring is the season of the charlatans, it’s the season of the seducer and sales pitch, the prediction and prophecy. It’s the season of the street corner: who’s gonna win the Series, who’s going to win the election, repent, the apocalypse is here, go to the end of the world to seek your fortune. Spring is the season of the sure thing, though not the one in November or at the Derby, or at the end of The Hit List, but the one right on the ground: it’s the season of the robin and spatzie building nests, singing songs. It’s the season of the baby carriage, the puppies, the blue skies at last. It’s the season dancing the something or other, just dancing, or the season of celebrating beauty.

Jack Evans Report: A Crucial Time in the City’s Financial Life

In the spring in Washington, it’s the world of bicycles that have multiplied faster than rabbits can even dream of multiplying, but must be trying anyway.

BY JACK EVANS

Spring when it works properly is always nothing but blue skies from now on until. . . . It’s about being born again in that season, every year through time. For sure the baby thinks so, and the new-job-I-just-got guy thinks so, and everyone in love thinks so and some of us older who should know better think so. Spring and its blossom end suddenly, unforgettably, but the music and its memory don’t end at all. It inspires because as E. E. Cummings noted:

Spring is the eternal do-over, the start-over. It’s the season of fresh things growing straight up out of the ground, the blessing without disguise. It’s (finally) spring, and we think it may be here to stay, hopefully without rushing shortly after Wednesday into endless summer. Summer and winter: the bearers of severe and extreme temperatures and climate, storms and sturm and drang.

in Justspring when the world is mudluscious the little lame balloonman whistles

far

and wee

and eddieandbill come running from marbles and piracies and it’s spring

Spring is making things: houses, gardens, nests high in the tree, love and babies. Look how it is: a toddler in a carriage who’s never seen you before smiles at you nonetheless, knowing none of your secrets or habits.

when the world is puddle-wonderful. . .

How Bowser Won: By the Numbers BY MARK PL OT K IN

ne perceptive observer of the D.C. political scene commented on the winner of the Democratic primary for mayor: “Muriel Bowser – most of the voters in Ward 2 and Ward 3 couldn’t pick her out of a police line-up.” This is not mean or vindictive. It’s the truth. Bowser won because she became the “anti-Gray” candidate. She evolved into the clear alternative to the incumbent. Yes, she was known in her home ward, Ward 4. But in the wards with overwhelmingly white populations – Wards 1, 2 and 3 – she was no more than a name. A name that was not Vince Gray. That was good enough. She piled up huge margins in those wards. In Ward 3, she received 7,836 votes, an astounding 64 percent of the vote. In Ward 2, she got 50 percent of the vote (3,396 votes). Next in line was Ward 2 councilmember Jack Evans, who has served for 23 years and got only 17 percent of the vote (1,190 votes). In Ward 1, Bowser got 45 percent of the vote (4,654 votes). Vince Gray did better

there, but still got only 24 percent of the vote (2,396 votes). Four years ago, Vince Gray won Ward 4. This time, he lost it by 14 percentage points. Gray did win Wards 5, 7 and 8. But the story there is reduction: in voter turnout and in his totals. Four years ago, Democratic turnout in Ward 5 was 39 percent; this time it was 22 percent. Four years ago, Ward 7 turnout was 36 percent; this time, it was 16 percent. Four years ago, Ward 8 turnout was 31 percent; this time, 11 percent. Even more important – the key factor – was the total vote Gray got in the wards he won. In Ward 5 four years ago, Gray got 14,160 votes or 74 percent. This time, he got 5,221 votes or 47 percent. In Ward 7, the same story. Four years ago, he got 17,889 votes or 82 percent; this time, only 4,831 votes or 60 percent. Finally, in Ward 8: 12,993 votes or 82 percent four years ago; a mere 3,058 votes or 58 percent this time. (These figures do not include absentee or provisional ballots.) Two major events propelled the vote PUBLISHER

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to Bowser. The first was the March 10 indictment of “shadow campaign” fixer and financier Jeff Thompson. Gray was not indicted, but he was perceived to have been. Second, two polls and the early Washington Post endorsement of Bowser made it a two-person race. Jack Evans, in my opinion, was by far the most experienced and qualified candidate. He never caught on. Tommy Wells hoped to parlay the clean ethical mantle. That did not work either. When Bowser, Evans and Wells were bunched in the early polls, Gray looked like the winner. Once Bowser broke out and started climbing in the polls, the momentum and the election went to her. There is plenty of time before November to talk about Bowser versus Catania. I have plenty to say about each. I promise you it will be blunt, and I will predict the next chapter. Mark Plotkin is a political analyst and contributor to the BBC on American politics.

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It is now time to consider the fiscal year 2015 budget, which will be the District’s 18th consecutive balanced budget. As I write this, I am still reviewing the mayor’s proposal, but I will discuss a few key items I have already seen. First, the mayor’s budget proposal includes much that I agree is important. For example, the mayor is committed to fully funding 4,000 sworn police officers, a critical item on which I introduced legislation several years ago. I also support many of the mayor’s transportation initiatives and full funding of the Housing Production Trust Fund at $100 million. Overshadowing many of these good ideas, however, is the list of things that are not in the budget. In each year of the economic recovery, the mayor and the Council have created a contingency list – known as the “wish list” – of items we want to fund but have not been able to put in the budget. Then, as revised revenue projections show more income, we have moved some of them from the list to the budget. Relating to tax policy, our Tax Revision Commission identified several areas of potential reform that are on the wish list rather than in the budget. My top priority is to recouple the District’s estate-tax level to the federal level, which adjusts with inflation every year. This change is particularly important for our seniors, many of whom cross the District’s threshold simply by owning a home here. Several other items of particular importance to me are additions to the Earned Income Tax Credit, which helps working families, and business tax relief, which helps encourage businesses to locate in our city, expanding our tax base. I also hoped the mayor would fund expansions to the personal exemption and standard deduction. On the positive side, the mayor has funded a new tax bracket of 7.5 percent for individual income between $40,000 and $60,000. Though the change targets middle-income earners, it actually will reduce taxes for anyone making over $40,000 (because of the incremental way that state income taxes are calculated). The budget also includes a proposal to lower the business franchise tax rate from 9.975 percent to 9.4 percent. Finally, the budget includes allocations for projects of importance to Ward 2, such as $38 million for Garrison Elementary School. Also in need of our attention is enhanced funding for the arts. Last year, I established a dedicated funding mechanism for the arts, tied to the sales tax. Due to our balanced budget requirements, it will not become fully effective until fiscal year 2018. This year, the mayor has proposed an operating budget of $16 million for the arts, along with $10 million on the wish list. I support this funding level, but believe the extra $10 million should be included in the fully funded budget to ensure that our arts community continues to benefit the District both educationally and economically. This is a crucial time in the financial life of our city, particularly in light of the recent transition to a new chief financial officer. I will continue to review the budget proposal in the coming weeks. Please share your views with me and with my colleagues.

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DCEMANCIPATION EMANCIPATION

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1 FREEMAN’S Henri Matisse (1869–1954) “Odalisque étendue” Auction Date: May 4 Estimate: $100,000 to $150,000 As part of their sale of Modern & Contemporary Works of Art, which will include works by Andy Warhol, Richard Pousette-Dart and Sam Francis, Freeman’s will offer this drawing by Henri Matisse. Matisse’s series of odalisque pictures were made in the 1920s, after he relocated to the French Riviera, and are representative of a softening of the artist’s approach following World War I.

3 2 BONHAMS NEW YORK Peter Beard (b. 1938) “Orphaned Cheetah Cubs in Mweiga nr. Nyeri, Kenya, 1968” Auction Date: April 29 Estimate: $30,000 to $50,000 Bonhams will host a Fine Photographs auction, featuring more than 100 works from photographic masters including Ansel Adams, Jan Dibbets, Nan Goldin and Sally Mann. A highlight of the sale will be selections of animal photography, including Peter Beard’s “Orphaned Cheetah Cubs in Mweiga nr. Nyeri, Kenya,” from 1968. Beard, a prominent photographer and cultural icon, is known for his pictures of African wildlife, as well as his good looks and playboy impulses.

3 SOTHEBY’S Henri Matisse (1869-1954) “La Séance du matin” Oil on canvas  Auction Date: May 7 Estimate: $20 million to $30 million

Bright, classic and fresh-to-market works by Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and Fernand Léger from a private American collection will lead Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art. The three paintings are important examples from a key phase in each artist’s career. “La Séance du matin” is one of Matisse’s celebrated works, painted in Nice in the 1920s It depicts his studio assistant Henriette Darricarrère, to whom he offered painting lessons during their time working together.

4 POTOMACK COMPANY Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) “Letter to Wang Jiyuan,” 1967 Auction Date: May 3  Estimate: $6,000 to $9,000

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This one-page letter, in ink on paper, was inscribed by the internationally renowned 20th-century Chinese artist Zhang Daqian to his friend and colleague Wang Jiyuan. The two artists held a joint exhibition at the Smithsonian in 1971. Daqian wrote this letter from Sao Paolo, Brazil, in 1967, beginning his salutation warmly: “Jiyuan, my dearest brother, and to those you are closest to....” The letter is one of several Zhang Daqian letters featured in Potomack’s May sale.

POTOMACK COMPANY Qi Baishi, “Rat Eating Loquat and Two Gourds,” 1924 Ink on paper on scroll Auction Date: Feb. 22  Estimate: $60,000 to $90,000 Final Selling Price: $194,000

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FREEMAN’S Child Hassam, “The Norwegian Cottage,” 1909 Oil on canvas  Auction Date: March 30 Estimate: $200,000 to $300,000 Final Selling Price: $242,500    SOTHEBY’S  John James Audubon and John Bachman , “The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,” 1845/48 3 vols., hand-colored lithographs Auction Date: April 1 Estimate: $200,000 to $400,000 Final Selling Price: $245,000

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You know how I can tell it’s spring? Oh, sure, whole bunches of Washington trees are budding pink, white and bright – although we await with dignity the first budding of the cherry blossoms. The squirrels in the neighborhood are running around like millennials without their bicycles. The robins look straight at you. Baby carriages seem particularly piquant on a Sunday morning in the neighborhood. There will be house tours, garden tours and Bao Bao will be going outside. That’s swell, but here’s how I know. This morning, I turned to pages D4 and D5 of the Washington Post and there they were. The best reading material there is, as good as a racing form at the track, cast bios at a theater debut, the menu at the best restaurant in town, the roll call at a confirmation hearing. Better, actually, if you happen to be a baseball fan, that particularly retro species of mankind carrying around the debris of baseball seasons past. I would holler out ‘Play ball!’ except that train left the station last week. The 2014 Major League Baseball season has began its annual 160-game rollercoaster ride of elation and torture, joy and grief, hope and depression, pride and worry in 30 cities – 29 of them in the United States of America, another in a place called Toronto in Canada. Washingtonians witnessed the longed-for return of baseball to the city in 2005. (Can you believe how long we’ve already suffered without a World Series?) The town is once again singing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” – or “We Will Rock You” for all we 14

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know – and eating Ben’s Chili Bowl fare at Nationals Park, stunned at how the area around said stadium is changing as rapidly as a gold rush town. I turn to the baseball page(s) for the materials that contain the secrets of the baseball universe: the National and American League Standings, the scores and schedules (with scheduled pitchers) and the blessed and holy box scores. These materials, especially the box scores, in small type, full of numbers and abbreviations that would defy deciphering by baseball infidels and nonbelievers, contain all you need to know during the season and beyond. The standings tell where your team stands: how far behind, how far to go. Of course, in the opening days and weeks of the season no one is too far behind, hope still springs – if not eternal then for a long time more. Nothing is clinched, all things can be prophesied. For the record, the Nats are tied for second place in the National League East Division with their nemesis the Atlanta Braves, the defending champions, with a W4, L2 record. Ensconced in first are the Miami Marlins, who changed their name from the Florida Marlins at some point and finished far behind last year. You won’t find Matt Williams listed in the box scores, but his shadow looms as big as any player in the hopes, dreams and nightmares of fans, players and owners. Williams is the new manager and his color portrait graced the March 30 special section of the Post, simply titled: The Nationals. He is, as it says in the text right below him, a “first-time major league skipper,” which doesn’t mean he’s a baseball novice. If any man short of a Pete Rose or a Casey Stengel looked like a classic baller, it’s Williams. With that succinct name, Williams has the look of every manager that can trace his ancestry to Leo Durocher or John McGraw. He stands there legs crossed, just this side of home plate, leaning on a bat that’s wrapped in a glove, wearing the red number 9, and looking all at once like someone scowling, serious and in the

It gets simple at some point: Adam LaRoche at first base (unless Zimmerman ends up there because his playing at third base will continue to decline), good hitter-fielder Anthony Rendon at second, Ian Desmond at third, Harper in left, Denard Span in center, the often inspiring Jayson Werth in right. Now catching, a rookie named Sandy Leon.

midst of an act of challenge. He looks a little like a down-to-earth tough guy, in the bigs after a career of ball playing as a third baseman and several coaching gigs. He looks as if he could stand the strain of being at the helm of a team that’s once again favored to be a World Series contender. The team, like the areas surrounding the stadium, has come a long way to be in that company. Two years ago, the Nationals, under another loveable, curmudgeon-like veteran of baseball history, Davy Johnson, surprised everyone by racing into the playoffs behind veteran Ryan Zimmerman; the phenoms, Stephen Strasburg, coming back from Tommy John surgery, hat-flying Bryce Harper and bearded Jayson Werth; and a host of others. (They came within one heartbreaking out of going to the NL Championship game before losing to the Cardinals.) Last year, with Johnson going “World Series or bust,” the Nationals more or less busted – failing to make the playoffs, watching the Braves run away with the division and not quite ever righting themselves. This is what baseball does to you when you hope. It breaks your heart. I remember last year’s opening day. It was perfection. Strasburg pitched a shutout, Harper hit two home runs, the Nats beat the Marlins 2-0. In retrospect, that may have been the best game they played all year. This year, the Nats are, if not identical, pretty close. They traded for a righthanded pitcher named Doug Fister, who at the moment is out with an injury. Which is why in addition to the intent Strasburg (0-1 so far), reliable Jordan Zimmermann and often fabulous Gio Gonzalez, you are also seeing Tanner Roark and Taylor Jordan, two righties. Speaking of curses, catcher Wilson Ramos been injured just about every year, and kidnapped once, too. He is out with an injury.

Feeling nervous already? Don’t be. It’s baseball. Baseball is confounding. It is, more than any other sport, steeped in its legend and literature. Ernie Banks, the perennially happy Cub, saying “Let’s play two.” Lou Gehrig just about delivering his own eulogy at Yankee Stadium and doing it again as Gary Cooper in “Pride of the Yankees.” Willie Mays, say hey, and the Bambino and poor Bill Buckner. “Doesn’t anybody know how to play the game here?” said Casey, taking over the Mets. Years ago, when I lived in the Bay Area, I saw the Oakland A’s win three World Series, heard Stengel, old then, mouth what one reporter called “pure Stengalese” in an elevator and watched Willie Mays in his last year in the outfield. And the box score is the record of it all, the record and account of a day’s work. Sure, it’s hard to romanticize things sometimes, what with steroids, collective hubris, the ticket prices, absurd hundred-million-dollar long-term contracts. And then you get guys like Banks, like Cal Ripken, Jr. and the moment when Joan Jett gifted him her guitar, and you forget that. Boston – so proud of being strong – had help from the Red Sox to remain so. And there’s this: This line that runs across a box score for hitters: AB R H BI BB SO AVG Gibberish? To some. The hidden code to a baseball fan’s heart that can’t be hacked. Last score: Nationals 2, Braves 1.

Photos Left to Right: National Anthem performed by the United States Navy Band Sea Chanters. Photo by Robert Devaney Nationals owner Mark Lerner. Photo by Tim Riethmiller Ceremonial first pitch thrown by Captain Chip Zawislak accompanied by Jennifer Bennett,

Michael Jackson and Makonnen Eyob, survivors of the Navy Yard tragedy. Photo by Robert Devaney First baseman Adam LaRoche on opening day. Photo by Patrick G. Ryan Lineup card delivered by Cathy Lanier, chief of the Metropolitan Police Department with Vice Admiral William Hilarides. Photo by Robert Devaney

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Stylish duplex condo - 1 bedroom/1 bathroom. Flooded with light, wooden floors, stainless steel appliances and granite counters. Concierge, outdoor pool, and rental parking. Maragaret Heimbold 202-812-2750 Georgetown Office 202-944-8400

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Classic mansion on 17,045 sf lot adjacent to the Naval Observatory grounds & Vice President’s residence. Approximately 10,000 sf of interior space. 2 car garage w/ living quarters above. Prime location! Terri Robinson/ Denise warner 202-607-7737/ 202-487-5162 Georgetown Office 202-944-8400

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Stately 1917 Manor House w/commanding views of the Cathedral. Renovated maintaining its historic integrity. Dramatic interior rms. Jeanne Livingston 202-321-2600 Susan Stead Daves 202-236-5958 Georgetown Office 202-944 8400

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3-Level 2 BR Townhome w/ fabulous space. Original charm. Many upgrandes-2 fireplaces, eat-in kit, walled flagstone patio in back. Carol McNiff 301-938-8008 Miler Bethesda Office 201-229-4000

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FOOD & WINE

Easter Brunching at Its Best BY C ORRIE DYK E

If Washingtonians could go pro in one thing it would be brunching. With the Easter holiday around the corner, D.C. chefs and restaurants are offering up their best mix of mid-day eats. From family friendly meals with the Easter bunny to quiet waterside venues, there’s an appealing menu for every appetite. 1789 Easter brunch at iconic 1789 includes a table side appearance of the Easter Bunny and a two-course Easter brunch menu including an asparagus and bacon tartlet with smokey blue cheese, caramelized spring onions and vincotto as a first course option and a main course selection of leg of lamb with fennel spiced yogurt, crispy chickpeas and pea shoots. Entree prices range from $28-40. 1226 36th Street NW, 202-965-1789 Billy Martin’s Tavern Washington’s oldest family-owned restaurant, Billy Martin’s Tavern, is serving up a spinoff of their house brunch favorites. Appearing on the Easter menu is caramelized banana French toast served with brandy macerated berry compote and applewood bacon, ham or link sausage as well as Chef’s eggs benedict - a fried green tomato, topped jumbo lump crab and two poached eggs covered with hollandaise. 1264 Wisconsin Ave. NW, 202-333-7370

Brasserie Beck Only at a Belgian restaurant are waffles a side order. Brasserie Beck’s brunch boasts traditional favorites like chicken and waffles with jalapeno maple syrup or Quiche Lorraine with farm egg custard, bacon lardons, petite green salad and sherry vinaigrette. And if waffles with a side of waffles is too much for you, try the caramelized Brussels sprouts with smoked bacon and poached pear. Entrees $14-28. 1101 K Street NW, 202-408-1717

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Fiola Mare Georgetown’s newest upscale seafood spot will be featuring a number of brunch specialties including their dangerously delicious morning pastry basket. Served with fresh fruit jams, chocolate hazelnut sauce and local honey this brunch starter will fill your carb quota for the

month. A unique twist on eggs benedict is the uova in camicia – homemade biscuits topped with two poached eggs, smoked salmon and rosemary hollandaise. Enjoy the house Bellini to top off this brunch. Entrees $16-28. 3050 K Street NW, 202-628-0065 Teddy & The Bully Bar Teddy’s Easter brunch is full of locally sourced foods from Pennsylvania and Maryland farms. Two courses, endless carving and omelet and stations, homemade ice cream cone bar and endless sides fill the menu. First course starts with the choice of fresh berries, a variety of flatbreads or grilled romaine salad. Feed your sweet tooth prior to dessert with a main course brioche s’more French toast with cinnamon French toast, melted chocolate and marshmallow fluff. $55 per person, 12 years and younger $21. 1200 19th St NW, 202-872-8700 Tony & Joe’s Seafood Place Tony & Joe’s Seafood Place at Georgetown’s Washington Harbor will be serving up a live jazz brunch on Easter Sunday featuring the Red Velvet Trio and a seafood-filled spread complete with freshly shucked oysters and clams, poached salmon and a carving station for the land lovers. $35 per person or $45 with bottomless mimosas. 3000 K Street NW, 202-944-4545

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Malmaison Easter brunch at Malmaison will feature foods across the board from salads to savory crepes to eggs served up a variety of ways with sautéed duck fat potatoes. One of the creative brunch cocktail is the Bubbly Bun – cinnamon infused whiskey, maple syrup, champagne and flamed orange. Entrees $12.95-25.95 3401 K Street NW, 202-817-3340

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Food & wine directions In a small bowl, dissolve the yeast in two tablespoons of warm water and let stand for five minutes. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, combine the flour, water and yeast and mix at slow speed for ten minutes. Add the olive oil and thyme and mix for five minutes at medium speed. Add the salt and mix for two minutes at medium speed. Cover with a damp cloth and let rest in a warm spot for two hours. The dough should double in volume.

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SEBASTIEN ARCHAMBAULT, BLUE DUCK TAVERN By Walt er Nichol l s Since taking over the top toque position at Blue Duck Tavern in late 2011, executive chef Sebastien Archambault has fine-tuned this venerable West End destination in the Park Hyatt Washington, introducing new pleasures and tweaking time-tested favorites at every turn. From the sweet and savory tea service to the cheese and charcuterie display and the not-to-be-missed menu spotlighting local farms, his eye for detail is evident. This native of the town of Le Bugue in southwestern France, the son of restaurateurs, wants to please everyone. He doesn't miss his mark. "It's still Americana and farm-to-table, but I put my touch, my twist on it," says Archambault. We were in the airy lounge, the perfect spot for a light lunch, cocktails or a late-night nosh. "I bring more French techniques, more vegetables and salads, all lighter than before." Vegetarians take note. In February, he expanded the breakfast menu, adding housemade low-sugar marmalades and egg-white dishes such as a frittata with potato, charred onion and kale. Keeping pace with the growing interest in all things wheat-free, Blue Duck bakers produce gluten-free scones, muffins and coffee cake, as well as pancakes and waffles. In the first month, nearly 15 percent of the restaurant’s customers chose gluten-free options. "People are so happy to find them," he says. Glorious, fork-tender suckling pig, slow-roasted for 12 hours, is the top-selling entree. But diners should also consider what the chef calls his "spontaneous menu" of dishes, available when his purveyors surprise him. "Some farmers have just a little of something, say goose eggs or unique game birds," he says. "We can present to one group, one table, a beautiful, unusual fish." This season, he has partnered with a Maryland farmer who is planting the chef's favored European varieties of greens and legumes and lots of heirloom tomatoes. Tired of root vegetables after a nasty winter, Archambault can't wait to get his hands on the first local morel mushrooms, ramps and rhubarb. As part of the farm project, his kitchen staff works in the fields – "so they will understand to respect the products." That way, he says, "You feel the love on your plate from A to Z." For a first course or a passed appetizer, one of Archambault's favorite presentations is pissaladière, a French twist on a traditional bruschetta, popular in both Italy and southern France. His recipe calls for piment d'Espelette – a smoky-sweet chili powder from France made with mild red peppers (available at Dean & DeLuca). A pinch of red chili pepper flakes may be substituted. But flavorwise, he says, "It's not the same thing."

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PISSALADIÈRE 4 servings

Ingredients For the Dough 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup cold water 1/4 ounce packet dried yeast 1/2 cup olive oil 2 thin thyme stems, chopped 3 teaspoons salt

For the Topping 6 white onions, peeled and thinly sliced 1/4 cup olive oil 2 thyme stems 4 garlic cloves, mashed Salt to taste 1 teaspoon piment d'Espelette red pepper powder 8 white anchovies 1/2 cup small Niçoise olives, pitted 24 fresh oregano leaves 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated

Heat the oil in a large pan over medium-low heat. Add the onions, thyme, garlic and salt and sauté over medium heat, stirring, until the onions are very soft and golden brown. Then add the red pepper powder. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Roll out the dough on a floured surface until 1/4 inch thick and transfer to an oiled sheet pan. Spread the cooked onions evenly over the dough, then add the anchovies, olives and oregano. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, depending on your preference for crunch. Add the cheese, then put back in the oven for two minutes to allow the cheese to melt. Slice and serve with an arugula salad dressed with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. What's Cooking, Neighbor? visits with wine, food and entertaining professionals who work in the Georgetown area. Georgetowner dining columnist Walter Nicholls is the food critic for Arlington Magazine and a former staff writer for The Washington Post Food section.

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Alsatian Spring: Six Delicious White Wines for the Season

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BY SHA RI SHEF F IE L D The seconds are literally counting down to spring as I write this. . .tick, tick, tick. Washington is sitting on the edge of its seat, waiting for the new season to usher in warm breezes and sunny weather. Washingtonians have been dreaming of the day when the weather will break, allowing for the leisurely enjoyment of a delicious glass of white wine. Spring always makes me think of fragrant and luscious white wines. Specifically, Gewürztraminer and Riesling from the Alsace region of France come to mind. Below are my annual Wines for Spring recommendations, featuring the off-dry to dry Alsatian Gewürztraminer and Riesling. Enjoy a glass and toast the end of Washington’s “Winter of Discontent” – whenever that happy day arrives. Cheers!

HUGEL & FILS GEWÜRZTRAMINER 2010 $22 This white wine from Alsace, France, will display a slight green tinge in the glass. Only in Alsace will you experience the true heights and expressiveness of this grape varietal. This Gewürztraminer is a fine entry-level example of a spicy, dry and well-balanced wine of the region.

HUGEL & FILS GEWÜRZTRAMINER 2010 $25 Look for pale yellow colors with flecks of green once you pour this in your glass. This wine, from older vines than the first Gewürztraminer on the list, is made under stricter standards. Consequently, it shows more elegance and finesse. Upon tasting, you might experience flavors that remind you of orange peel and mango. It is highly

aromatic with lots of floral scents emanating from your glass. See if you can catch hints of rose and orange blooms. Though it is a dry wine, its lushness and acidity make it refreshing. Drink this wine young or let it sit for a year or two. Drink it alone, as an aperitif or (if you wish to pair it with food) with lobster tail or tandoori chicken. varietal. This Gewürztraminer is a fine entry-level example of a spicy, dry and well-balanced wine of the region.

DOMAINES SCHLUMBERGER GEWÜRZTRAMINER KESSLER GRAND CRU 2008 $30 Domaines Schlumberger has been familyowned and family-run since 1810. Biodynamic and sustainable farming practices have been employed in this premier cru.

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One thing you will definitely notice is this dry wine’s body, meaning its weight in your mouth. It has more substance then most of the wines listed here and could never be called thin. The richness of the fruit balances well with its acidity.

DOMAINES SCHLUMBERGER GEWÜRZTRAMINER KESSLER GRAND CRU 2008 $28 Minerals and citrus fruit flavors abound in this Riesling. This wine is a beautiful golden color. It is dry, but expresses nice fruit flavors. Drink now and through 2015.

DOMAINE WEINBACH GEWÜRZTRAMINER CUVÉE 2011 $45 Thoughts of spice, apricots, banana and candied orange rind come to mind when tasting this off-dry Gewürztraminer. Aromas of lychee and caramel will draw you into your glass. You might experience a slight oily or petrol impression, but these are classic notes in Alsatian wine, adding to its complexity. This wine can be drunk now or held for up to five years in your cellar.

TRIMBACH RIESLING CUVÉE FREDERIC EMILE 2009 $62 No list of Alsatian Riesling recommendations would be complete without a mention of wines from one of the most prestigious houses: the family-owned Trimbach. While known for Rieslings (there are four), the house also produces Gewürztraminer. The Rieslings are classically dry with apricot, pineapple and mineral flavors. I recommend any of the bottlings. Explore, but do try the Cuvée Frederic Emile. It is an elegant, expressive, steely Riesling, a wonderful example of what the house – and region – produces. Shari Sheffield is a wine, food and lifestyle writer as well as a Wine Educator and speaker. She can be reached at shari@sharisheffield.com or via her website: www.sharisheffield.com.

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Artisanal Foods and Products Await in Virginia BY PAUL INA P HEL PS

With its sprawling countryside and 46,000 farms, Virginia is home to dozens of shops filled with local and organic products. These country stores are tucked away on the quaint main streets of small-town Virginia, offering fresh, homegrown foods to those in the know. Here are a few shops in Northern Virginia offering artisanal cheeses, meats and sweets: Back Creek Farms has been making pure maple syrup in Monterey since 1838. The family-owned farm got its name from its traditional production process of collecting sugar water from the trees that line the surrounding creeks. Buckets and open pans are used to make syrup, along with modern pumps. Back Creek’s products are sold throughout Virginia at stores such as the Little House Green Grocery in Richmond and the Monticello Gift Shop and Virginia Made Shop in the Shenandoah Valley. Considered a go-to in Middleburg, The Home Farm Store is Ayrshire Farm's butcher shop and grocery store, selling a variety of products made by Virginia artisans and others. Among the store’s many weekend events are “Sips and Snacks” on Friday evenings and cooking demonstrations on Saturday afternoons. Down the road, The Whole Ox is an artisanal butcher located in The Plains. Derek and

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Amanda Luhowiak opened the shop, housed in an old trading depot, in 2011. Prior to opening The Whole Ox, the couple owned and operated Local 647, a food truck that traveled all over Northern Virginia. The truck was famous for its half-pound grass-fed burger, featured on the Today Show. Today, The Whole Ox sells ethically produced products, the majority of which are sourced from Virginia. The shop’s mulberry vinegar comes from Lindera Farms in Linden. Ol’ Red Eye hot sauce is made from smoked habanero peppers aged in oak barrels from Marshall.

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Located in the heart of fox hunting country • 3 miles from Middleburg • 49 acres • Elegant 1940’s brick colonial home • Stable • Cottage • Apartment • Pool • Tennis court • Mature trees and sweeping lawn to Goose Creek which surrounds most of the property.

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Millwood, Virginia • $2,600,000

Understated elegance • Finely appointed 5600+ sq. ft. home built in 1997 on 75 acres in a private and secluded setting • 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, 2 half baths • 10 stall barn • 224 ft. x 128 ft. blue stone ring • Excellent horse facility and ride-out.

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Out west, Polyface Farms is another pasturebased meat and dairy producer in Swoope. Since 1961, this multi-generational business has provided top-quality non-industrial foods, including beef, pork, poultry, and rabbits. The farm’s objective is to heal unethical practices

SIGNAL MOUNTAIN The Plains, Virginia • $1,950,000

160 acres terracing the Bull Run Mtns. • Stone walls through property • Views across the entire region • Stone & cedar carriage house with 3 bay garage and top of the line finishes • 1/2 acre pond • Gated entrance • Complete privacy • Rare find- great escape.

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Mountain top retreat with 60 mile panoramic views of the Shenandoah Valley • 215 acres • 1/3 pasture • Main house circa 1787 • 3 BR • 1 BA • 2 FP • Random width pine floors • 2 BR,1 BA guest cottage • Stone & frame barn circa 1787 • Remnants of formal garden • Old cemetery, spring fed pond • Gazebo.

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PRICE REDUCED! • 109 mountain top acres • Unbelievable western views • Hunters’ paradise • Over 2.5 miles of walking, hiking and/or ATV trials • 3 bedrooms • 2 fireplaces • Updated gourmet kitchen • 3 car garage • Energy efficient.

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Heading southwest, The Market at Grelen in Somerset boasts a full community calendar, complete with lunch series, dinner and concert combos and workshops. Grelen has a seasonal farm market, garden shop and café offering a variety of treats made from local ingredients. Favorites include molasses cookies, Grelen ice cream and sorbet made with Grelen fruit and local cream and local cheeses from Caromont Farm in Esmont.

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OAKFIELD Upperville, Virginia • $4,900,000

Stone manor house in spectacular setting • 86.81 acres • Highly protected area in prime Piedmont Hunt • Gourmet kitchen • Wonderful detail throughout • 5 BR • 5 BA • 3 half BA • 3 fireplaces, classic pine paneled library • Tenant house • Stable • Riding ring • Heated saltwater pool • Pergola • Full house generator.

One of the all-homemade sausages is the “Sammy Davis,” made with juniper, coriander, bay leaf and pork.

Just outside of Charlottesville in Free Union, farmers (and couple) Erica Hellen and Joel Slezak started Free Union Grass Farm on Slezak’s family land in 2010. According to their farming philosophy, “Free Union Grass Farm is a holistic livestock operation that utilizes modern techniques as well as pre-industrial, timeless ecological principles to produce nourishing food for our community.” The farm’s products are sold mainly in Charlottesville and Richmond, but there are plans to expand. “Having a presence in D.C. is definitely a goal for the near future,” Slezak said.

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Beautiful farm on 55.24 acres • Lovely views • Contemporary home with 4 bedrooms • 2 1/2 baths • 3 fireplaces • 2 car garage, very private• European style stable with 6 stalls • Tack room • Office, wash stall & apartment • Owner licensed real estate broker in Virginia.

Paul MacMahon

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Just west of Middleburg • Shows like a new home but built like an old house • 3 to 4 bedrooms • Updated kitchen • 3 full baths • Open living room w/ wood burning fireplace • Hickory floors • Lower level is fully finished w/ a family room, space for 4th bedroom & full bath.

Helen MacMahon

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COUNTRY LIVING IN VIRGINIA WHITE HORSE FARM Southern charm on 278 acres in the desirable Blenheim area of Albemarle County with four board fencing and seven paddocks with lush pastures ideal for horses. About 95 acres are open with the balance in woodland. White Horse Farm represents an exceptional opportunity for a fine estate in the Virginia countryside within 30 minutes of Charlottesville. White Horse is surrounded by large parcels of land and enjoys a very protected setting with frontage on two state routes. $2,950,000

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Custom built home on 50 acres with gorgeous Mountain views. A European country feel with traditional Virginia details. Stucco, 3 Fireplaces, metal roof and flagstone porches. Open floor plan includes Main Floor Master Bedroom, Chef ’s Kitchen, Sunroom, 3 bedrooms on 2nd level and full walk-out basement. Heated pool, two-car garage with one bedroom apartment above. $2,799,000

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Wandergolf GETTING A GRIP By Wally Gre e v e s

The last false start to the end of miserably wretched seasonal affectation disorders that have prohibited Washingtonians from golfing may finally be water under the bridge. While Mother Nature's final green light to swap out the snow shovel for the sand wedge may mean the season is ready for you, are you ready for the season? Consideration of the age-old basics, a little cash, some good karma and a new tuna recipe may be just what you need to break into the seventies this season. So here we go: Size matters and flash inspires. Have someone industry-knowledgeable confirm you are using the right clubs. It makes a difference. Buy a shiny new bag, sporty new shoes, some Pro V1's with a picture of your dog on them and replace cadaver-ready golf gloves. Replace the nine iron you cleaned the gutters with, and ditch whatever you were hiding in your golf bag all winter in the garage. Bust a move. Exercise will ensure a safe couch-to-course transition, and low poundage correlates to low golf scores. Walk, do push-ups, ride to work, do backyard tai chi in your underwear, but do something. Pre-golf movement will spike your moods and help

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with injury avoidance. Want birdies, eat bird food. Stop eating poor bratwurst imitations and buffet tacos at the clubhouse. Go to the bulk food section at Whole Foods and design your own nut and berry mix for the season. Google spicy Asian tuna fish on the internet, and finally use that insulated pocket on your bag for something other than warm beer. Have wasabi-flavored almonds for a snack after the seventh hole. "Wax on, wax off." Seek out wise and enlightened counsel to design a three-lesson plan that smooths out some rough edges in your game and gives you some direction for practice time. The cost of a few lessons is probably a hundredth of what you spent on the game last season and will pay dividends. Know a 97 from a 79. The rules of golf read like a 33-part real estate transaction between three generations of four non-NATO participating countries, but there are crib notes available almost everywhere, and you should read them and know them. You do not have to always play by them but you should know how to. When you do shoot a 70s game, it will mean something. Home on the range, home on the course. You are what you do, so squeeze in meaningful range time. Sequentially practice shots that mirror your favorite golf holes, and spend equal amounts of time on the putting and chipping greens. Sometimes take only two clubs to the range. Putt for quarters. Have the humility

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and diligence to play a par three course to work on your short game, but make it a competition. Carrier pigeons are obsolete. Embrace technology and computerize a list of all the people you know that play golf, complete with phone

numbers and emails, then send it to every one of them. This says you are open for business. Pulling off the Tuesday afternoon ad-hoc game becomes an easy reality. Having a co-conspirator on the fly will diminish "helpful suggestions" from others about how you spend your valuable free time.

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you. This is a very common dynamic and I want to offer some insights from your potential future selves – the selves I often see in my office for couples counseling. Potential Future You is awash in anger. She has no other choice. She has allowed the situation to take over her life and has lost her ability to lay down her defenses and be vulnerable. (CHEAT SHEET: Vulnerability is where we connect to other people. Period.) Potential Future Him is also angry – mostly at himself, but it looks like anger toward you. The regular arguments have eroded the intimacy and now the only way you spend real time together is during battle. When I prescribe regular intimacy interventions (e.g., date night, calendar appointments for sex, intentional dialogues), you each wait for the other one to go first and then nothing happens, building resentment. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. The good news is that you are not yet Potential Future You. Instead, you are you today, recognizing that your marriage is struggling and seeking advice. The first step is to gain some

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ART

Emotional Premiere: Carter and ‘Camp David’ BY G A RY T ISCHL ER

Only in Washington. You go to see a play and you’re in the middle of a historic moment about history itself. History in the flesh. That’s about the only way you can describe what happened when Arena Stage hosted the April 3 “red carpet” world premiere of “Camp David.” The play, by Pulitzer Prize-winner Lawrence Wright, is a two-hour dramatization of the 13 days in September 1978 that gave painful birth to the first and only peace treaty between an Arab state and Israel. Unexpected, unprecedented, the treaty was probably the signal achievement of the administration of President Jimmy Carter. It’s hard to look at the production – which began haltingly, then kicked into gear with humor and power – as a critic. It had already been in previews leading up to this premiere, and it will continue through May 4. However, there will be no staging that resembles this one. This night, with the audience in the Kreeger Theater on its feet clapping, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, who had been the centerpiece of what amounted to a theatrical state dinner, settled into their seats, and the staging of the play became something beyond itself.

knitting together the nights and days of difficult negotiations that would end in the words “Habemus Pacem” (“We have peace”): Richard Thomas, once John-Boy on “The Waltons,” but now a seasoned 55-year-old portraying Carter; veteran actor Ron Rifkin, inhabiting the part of Israel’s Prime Minister Menachem Begin like a rumpled suit; Tony Award-nominee Hallie Foote bringing sharp and gentle humor as Rosalynn Carter; Egyptian actor and activist Khaled Nabawy, matching the charisma that was part of the soul of Egypt’s President Anwar Sadat. It took decades for Gerald Rafshoon, a television and film producer who was director of White House communications in the Carter Administration, to bring it to the stage. Arena Stage Artistic Director Molly Smith directed. The emotion that accumulated during the course of the drama on stage achieved its peak when the Carters – Jimmy Carter, now 90 years old, and Rosalynn Carter, 85 – slowly came up to the stage to meet the actors during the curtain call, to the applause of audience and cast. They were joined by Jehan Sadat, 80, the widow of Anwar Sadat, who was assassinated in 1981. “That was a moment,” someone remarked.

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actors Hallie Foote and Richard Thomas flank Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter.

The four actors all inhabited their parts with the passions and quirks of real persons. Who knew, for instance, that Carter frequently prayed to and even railed against God? Thomas lets us see the whole man, insistent and unwilling to give up. Nabawy and Rifkin shine the most when, as Sadat and Begin, they are trying hardest to find common ground, especially when they share their experiences of time spent in prison. We saw it all up close, thanks to full, warm performances by Thomas, Foote, Rifkin and

Nabawy. That’s all to the credit of the actors, directors, writer and producer. On this night, we got to see and feel a lot more than that. That’s theater, but that’s also Washington. We woke up to read a story about the difficulties encountered by Secretary of State John Kerry in the Middle East: “With peace talks at impasse, Kerry’s image may be at risk.” The last words of “Camp David,” like a pungent reproach, still echo from the night before: “We have peace.”

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Skirting Gravity’s Edge At The Hirshhorn BY ARI P OS T

It is mesmerizing to walk into a room occupied by raw, pure and simple color. In the same way that the smell of the ocean pulls us in and triggers a deep connection to our natural surroundings, there is a sensation in seeing plain color, unrefined and unadulterated by subject matter or concepts, that brings us closer to the very state of our senses. It is almost involuntary the way it attracts us—color is fundamental to the way we experience the world and so we cannot help but react to it. Over centuries, artists have fought with it, innovating new modes of thinking and creation in pursuit of its depiction. Particularly over the past century, from the groundbreaking early 20th century works of Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, to the color fields of Mark Rothko and the austere minimalism of Ellsworth Kelly, painters have developed brilliant and intoxicating approaches to communicating in the language color. With Gravity’s Edge, on view through June 15, The Hirshhorn shines light on a time between 1959 and 1978 that signaled a shift in the way leading contemporary artists began approaching and perceiving color and abstraction. While throughout the 1950s the Abstract Expressionists focused on projecting personal ideologies and exploring their inner psychology through color and shape (greatly inspired by the writings of psychologist Carl Jung), this new generation of abstract painters moved

away from these notions, giving prominence to and inspiring renewed emphasis on materials and technical processes. Led by artists Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland, these artists began exploring the space of a painting in new ways, using both the force of gravity and the edge of the canvas as means of challenging the spatial and perceptual limits of their work. They experimented with the way the paint bled down their untreated linen canvases, tilting it at different angles and letting the paint run out to the edge. They focused more intently on the edge in general, often painting around the canvas in the corners and along the perimeters, leaving the center empty and unpainted, which created illusions of both strict containment and endless expansion. These effects, however, are very subtle, and the paintings generally feel quite simple. This is not to generalize or shrug off the more difficult, esoteric responsibilities of criticism, or to lazily thumb a nose at the frequent weariness and skepticism with which many viewers meet certain paintings such as these. This is just to say that despite and also in consideration of these perhaps lofty ideas, I believe that these paintings are meant to be approached simply and from the heart.

PAUL JENKINS Phenomena Reverse Spell, 1963. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.

Along the walls of this exhibit, color and form are given the chance to radiate. The curved, diagonal lines in the paintings of Morris Louis, brightly hued and loose-edged, are soothing and playful. Helen Frankenthaler’s coarse layering of colors in messy blocks are wonderfully childlike in the way they search and explore such simple shapes and colors with thorough but spontaneous vitality. The graceful, organic outbursts of Paul Jenkins’ color washes are like flowers blooming with the explosive energy and immediacy of a firework.

content (which is far from a denouncement but nevertheless quite prevalent), this is a show of art for the sake of art. It is for those of us who want to sit in front of a painting and let it wash over us. Frankly, it is a wonderful departure from the oversaturation of media and information that pervades our computers and trickles inevitably into our thoughts. Gravity’s Edge is a chance to lift that burden for a brief while, ignore the typical gnawing of time constraints and justification, and revel in something indefinably satisfying.

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Women Doctors Take Over Women’s Arts Museum

BY R OBE RT DEVANEY As the American Medical Women’s Association met for its national conference, it also celebrated its 99th annual gala at the National Museum of Women in the Arts March 15 to salute awardees Patricia Allen, M.D., Gayatri Devi, M.D., and Arianna Huffington. The evening was quite the scene with female brainpower and all those doctors. The ANWA functions at the local, national and international level to advance women in medicine and improve women’s health. ★

Wilhelmina Holladay, founder of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, with awardee Arianna Huffington, author of just published “Thrive.”

Gloria Bowles Johnson and Lynt Johnson, surgeon at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, flank Eleni Tousimis, chief of breast surgery at Georgetown Hospital and past president of AMWA.

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Kickoff Luncheon for ‘Celebrazione della Cura’ BY M ARY B IRD The Washington Home and Community Hospices will celebrate the 125th anniversary of providing healthcare services for aging, chronically and terminally ill area residents at the Embassy of Italy on April 26. In anticipation, a kickoff luncheon was held at the George Town Club. CEO Tim Cox welcomed guests and acknowledged club president Sharon Casey. The only in-patient hospice facility in D.C. gives “people the opportunity to make memories until the very end.” Guests shared their personal experiences and raised a glass to Tandy and Wyatt Dickerson, who were celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary, as well as to the birthday of photographer Neshan Naltchayan. ★

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George Town Club President Sharon Casey and Washington Home & Community Hospices CEO Tim Cox. Photo by Neshan Naltchayan

‘Night of Vision’ BY M ARY BIR D The Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington, the nation’s largest local prevention of blindness agency, hosted its 28th Annual Night of Vision gala on March 29 at the Four Seasons. Doreen Gentzler of NBC News4 emceed. Ophthalmologist Richard A Garfinkel received the 2014 Professional Service Award, and American Girl series author Valerie Tripp received the 2014 Community Service Award. The event’s theme, “Celebrity Sightings,” combined Hollywood décor and an auction that included over 100 celebrity-related items such as athletic memorabilia, autographed photos and celebrity eyeglasses. A live auction featured luxury travel and group dinners at the residences of the ambassadors of the Philippines and Egypt.★

Daniel Pluznik, M.D., and Christina Johnson enjoy the music of Retrospect. Photo by Neshan Naltchayan.

Event chair Sally Ann Pilkerton and her husband Raymond Pilkerton, M.D., enjoy the dance floor. Photo by Neshan Naltchayan.

Board president Jan David Brown (far left) and executive director Michele Hartlove (far right) congratulate the evening’s honorees, Community Service Award recipient Valerie Tripp and Professional Service Award recipient Richard Garfinkel, M.D. Photo by Neshan Naltchayan.

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BY M ARY BIR D Hope Connections for Cancer Support’s annual Celebration of Hope Gala, chaired by Sharon Glickman and Jamie Kogod Levin at the Park Hyatt, raised more than $200,000 to help support its free programs of emotional support, education, wellness and hope for people with cancer and their loved ones. The event included the presentation of the Celebration of Hope Award to Patricia Payne of Payne & Associates and Hope Connections’ Partnership Award to LAZ Parking. Breast cancer survivor and author Madhulika Sikka stepped in at the last moment to replace journalist Jennifer Griffin, who was unable to attend due to breaking news on the missing Malaysian airplane.★

Judge Nancy Firestone and gala co-chair Sharon Glickman. Photo by Kevin Eakin

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