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Om for The Holidays

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Kennedy Center Honors

Theatre Shorts 29 Holiday Gift Guide

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UP & COMING seasonal films, Mars Chocolate demonstrations, family holiday photo opportunities, trunk shows featuring apparel, jewelry and art, book signings and festive food. There will also be fift-wrapping at the National Air and Space Museum, National Museum of American History & National Museum of Natural History. The Smithsonian Holiday Shuttle will loop the National Mall every ten minutes. Festival will run Dec. 6 - 7. Visit www.si.edu to learn more.

Dec. 4

Cottage Conversation with Michael Beschloss and Chris DeRose Legal historian Chris DeRose, author of “The Presidents’ War: Six American Presidents” and “The Civil War That Divided Them,” speaks about his newest work with presidential historian Michael Beschloss.

The program begins at 6:00 p.m. with a reception that includes food and drinks. The conversation will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Emancipation Room at President Lincoln’s Cottage. Entry costs $10. Visit lincolncottage.org to learn more. President Lincoln’s Cottage at 140 Rock Creek Church Road NW.

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Winter Wonderland at Bethesda Row

The first-annual holiday festival, Winter Wonderland on Bethesda Lane, will turn Bethesda Row into an outdoor street bazaar.

A holiday market will pop up along the lane, complete with festive tents to carry unprecedented deals on fashion, food, housewares, beauty items and more. Additionally, other entertainment will be on-site including ice carvers, face painters, balloon artists and a photo booth. Visit bethesdarow. com to learn more. Bethesda Row at 4950 Elm Street; Bethesda MD 20814.

Dec. 7 Holiday Zoo Lights at the National Zoo.

“Tchaikovsky is Forever” at Austrian Embassy The Russian Chamber Art Society’s holiday concert is a festive prelude to Tchaikovsky’s 175th anniversary year. Arias and romances will be sung in Russian by rising young vocalists and instrumental works will be performed by Peabody Conservatory faculty members Victor Danchenko on violin and Alexander Shtarkman on piano. Tickets, including a wine and dessert reception, cost $50. For tickets, visit thercas.com. Embassy of Austria at 3524 International Court NW.

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Santa will arrive from the North Pole on Fire Engine Number 5 with treats for kids of all ages. The Holy Trinity School Choir will fill the air with Christmas carols and attendees will enjoy complimentary treats and refreshments. For more information, visit www.friendsofvoltapark.org.

December 10

Winternational The world’s embassies invite you to the 3rd annual Winternational celebration at the Ronal Reagan Building. We invite you and your family, friends and colleagues to experience the holiday traditions from around

the globe. Free and open to the public, this event will feature embassy exhibitors and artisans, gingerbread cookie decorating station, sampling of global bites, and cultural performances. Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center at 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.

Dec. 12

Meet the Artists Reception The Gallery at Iona invites you to join in celebrating its artist in residence, impressionist painter Penny Smith, and Special Guest Artists Diana and Dale Feuer, who work in glass and jewelery, respectively. Enjoy live music, refreshments, and dynamic works by the artists. Visit www.iona.org to learn more. Iona Senior Services at 4125 Albemarle Street NW.

Dec. 13

Family Joy! Be a part of a special family tradition in the magnificent Washington National Cathedral. This 60-minute program includes the procession of the advent wreath, Christmas favorites and a kids-only sing-along.

The Cathedral Choral Society is joined by Washington Symphonic Brass and the C.D. Hylton High School Troubadours. Visit www.cathedralchoralsociety.org to learn more. Washington National Cathedral at 3101 Wisconsin Ave. NW.

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BY R OBE RT DEVANEY l P H O TO S B Y E R I N S C H A F F The D.C. Ferguson protest movement again marched through Georgetown Nov. 29, stopping traffic, to protest the grand jury’s decision not to indict a Ferguson, Mo., police officer for killing 18-yearold Michael Brown on Aug. 9. About 200 marchers met at the Foggy Bottom Metro stop around noon and proceeded west to Georgetown to make shoppers, visitors and residents aware that “black lives matter,” seeing Brown’s death as “police brutality” and asking observers to condemn racial profiling and racial bias. The peaceful protesters blocked the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and M Street – the center of Georgetown’s retail district – for more than 20 minutes. Driving south, cars were blocked on Wisconsin Avenue. On M Street, cars traveling from Virginia idled on Key Bridge.

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Marion Barry Services Planned Thursday Through Saturday The life of Marion S. Barry, Jr., will be celebrated by city starting Dec. 4, when his casket will be moved to the Wilson Building at 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. The following day, his body will be moved to the Temple of Praise at 700 Southern Ave. SE, where a musical and video tribute will be held starting at 3 p.m. A community memorial service will follow at 6 p.m. On Saturday, Dec. 6 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, a memorial service will be open to thousands from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., with a private burial afterwards.

Almost from the moment he arrived in Washington, D.C., as a young, firebrand civil rights activist, Barry captured the imagination of the city, as he made headlines and news, for better and worse. He was mayor of D.C. for four terms – 1979 to 1991; 1995 to 1999 -- and dubbed “Mayor for Life.”

He was at the center of a political firestorm in the infamous 1990 drug bust at a downtown D.C. hotel room. He went to prison and returned in a kind of triumph to become mayor again. He would rise again to become Ward 8 City Council member, and time and time again, through sickness and health, a censure by the District Council, and most recently, a controversial autobiography, Barry made news. He was admired and loved and often when spoke, he outraged more than a lot of people. He was a

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The July 2014 Downtowner cover featured Marion Barry and his biography. Cover by Paul Simkin. seemingly endless fodder for stories and headlines.

Barry, who had entered the hospital over the weekend, died in the early hours of Nov. 23, after being released to his home. He had been battling various illnesses for a number of years.

The last time we saw Barry, we interviewed him during lunch at the Fours Seasons Hotel in June about his autobiography, “Mayor for Life: The Incredible Life of Marion Barry Jr.” It is a book which proved revealing about his Southern upbringing that forged his politics and thinking.

It also provides some shocking details about that 1990 sting operation that led to his prison term.

If ever there was a person who met the recurring challenges—two and then at last three battles with cancer—that life brought to her with bravery and courage, then it was Michele Conley. In some ways, these battles for life became opportunities to help others who had faced and continue to face the same fights.

She fought back by knowing the enemy, by embracing her life and by founding Living in Pink in 2003, her own independent and nonprofit organization which supports research to further the prevention and treatment of breast cancer. It was a year-round effort, with a highlight each year being the annual Living in Pink Luncheon and Boutique.

Conley founded Living in Pink after watching her own mother battle breast cancer. She then battled the disease herself, twice. She had opted for radical surgery, a double mastectomy and hysterectomy.

She said last year, “We celebrate women that are living, surviving and thriving.”

She fought the great battle against cancer for one last time. This time, the result was not the same. Michele Conley passed away Nov. 28.

We remember her as a friend here at The Georgetowner, where we were strong supporters of Living in Pink and Michele. Her daughter Brooke worked at the newspaper.

What we remember is her sense of pragmatic optimism. She was, it seemed, always realistic about the dangers posed by cancer, but she was also actively hopeful that progress could be made. She burned up energy right in

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Georgetown Law Student Crime & Safety Report According to the Metropolitan Police Sues University, Synagogue Department, there was a robbery on the 2800 A student at Georgetown University Law Center is suing the university, Kesher Israel and National Capital Mikvah, according to NBC4, over the alleged actions of Rabbi Barry Freundel, who is said to have recorded women during a ritual bath in the synagogue.

The female student, NBC4 reported, “was taking Rabbi Barry Freundel’s Jewish studies class at Georgetown when he suggested she write her research paper on the mikvah ritual and required her to participate in the immersion.”

The plaintiff’s statement accuses that those named in the suit “turned a blind eye to Freundel’s increasingly bizarre behavior, ignoring bright red flags,” according to WJLA. Meanwhile, Kesher Israel, the Orthodox Jewish synagogue at 28th and N Streets, NW, formally fired Freundel, who also must move out of his home – owned by the synagogue -- on the 3000 block of O Street NW in less than a month.

“We are horrified by the behavior reported to have taken place at the mikvah,” a statement from Georgetown University read. “The university is . . . conducting its own investigation of Rabbi Freundel’s conduct.”

The following is part of the synagogue’s termination statement on Freundel: “The alleged acts leading to this step were a gross violation of law, privacy, halakha, and trust. . . . Our collective heart breaks for the consequences, both seen and unseen . . .”

block of O Street NW, last week.

Armed robberies have risen near the university campus over the past few weeks, prompting a campus-wide email from Georgetown University Police Department Chief of Police Jay Gruber, who alerted students to crimes. “There have been a few armed robberies around Georgetown. Two of those armed robberies involved our students,” Gruber told the student newspaper, the Hoya. “According to the 2014 Annual Crime Statistics report, there were no robberies, two aggravated assaults and 24 burglaries, which do not involve force, in 2013.”

The Hoya continued: “According to Public Safety Alerts sent to the university community, on Nov. 7, two students were assaulted and robbed at the corner of 34th and N streets at 11:40 p.m., and on Oct. 31, a group of male and female subjects assaulted a student in an attempt to steal the student’s purse. In addition to the assaults, there have been four other off-campus burglaries that did not result in violence and two other on-campus burglaries this month alone.”

Multiple-Assailant Sexual Assault at G.W.

Three suspects allegedly sexually assaulted a female student at George Washington University in an alleyway near the intersection of 24th

and I streets NW on Saturday, Nov. 22, according to the GW Hatchet. D.C. and university police are asking members of the community for help in identifying the suspects, who have been described as “white males in their 20s” by police. One alleged assailant was about 6’3”, wearing a shirt that said “Fitch.” Another was shorter and wore a dark-colored, short-sleeve v-neck shirt and a black Nike fuel wristband.

Jogger Hurt at 28th & Q

A car struck and seriously injured a pedestrian around 4 p.m. on Nov. 26 at 28th and Q streets NW, according to police. The man, who was jogging at the time, was pinned under the car for almost an hour. D.C. Fire officials removed the man from under the car and brought him to the hospital. He is in critical condition following the accident.

Woman, Dog Pulled From C&O Canal

A woman and her dog were rescued from the C&O Canal near 31st and M Streets NW on Nov. 21, according to NBC4 News. It is unclear how and why the woman and the dog were in the water, with temperatures hovering above freezing. They likely fell in the water on a morning walk, around 8:30 a.m. Neither the woman nor her dog was injured.

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EDITORIAL

Taking Back Our Land Council member Jack Evans appears to be gearing up for a fight to take back from the Federal Government some of the city’s most valuable assets, including many of its parks, squares, and Georgetown waterfront. In his column in the Nov. 19 Georgetowner, Evans writes of the District’s desire for a measure of self-determination: “From the Georgetown Waterfront to Franklin Square to Pennsylvania Avenue, local control of parks and roads in the District is a win-win for the District and Federal governments. The Republican Congress can shrink the size of the Federal Government, and the District can more appropriately utilize those spaces for city residents.”

The council member’s thoughts appear to be well in-line with many in the city who are frustrated by the imposed infantilization of the community at the hands of the federal government. Examples of our lack of control abound.

The National Park Service controls about 637 parcels of land in the District for a total of 6,776 acres, with 425 of those parcels tiny at an acre or less. Little money or care is spent by the NPS in maintaining those spaces and they are generally desolate, empty and sad.

The city made what many now see as a deal with the devil when it ceded control of most of the Georgetown waterfront to the NPS in the 1980s. The arrangement was structured in large

Georgetown waterfront near 34th and K Streets NW. measure to avoid the associated maintenance costs and a real fear among some in the Council that the area would be forever lost to developers as a quick, but shortsighted way to help fill the city’s empty coffers.

The chickens have now come home to roost, and the true downside of the deal is glaringly apparent. While the NPS could become a true partner with the people of Georgetown, it appears to have its own plans and private agenda as to how to use the most valuable property in

the District. We have seen recently how the federal agency is tone-deaf to local wishes, as it repeatedly bungled the waterfront for boaters from Thompson Boat Center down to Fletcher’s Boathouse. This indifference was brought to light in 2012 during the Jack’s Boathouse debacle when, despite a huge outcry by thousands of citizens, civic leaders and city political leaders, the NPS threw out long-time local operators to place Boston-based concessionaires in the spot.

The NPS’s curious indifference for local

Bring Justice to Ferguson, Mo. Ferguson, Mo., was a warzone the night of Nov. 24, after local prosecutor Robert P. McCulloch announced that a St. Louis County grand jury decided not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown.

The police chief called the scene, “Worse than the worst night we had in August.” Viewers tuned to cable news to see cop cars and buildings on fire, hear gunshots and tear gas canisters explode and witness heavily armed police officers marching in line like an infantry against protesters. But this occupying army (as it appeared) let the city burn.

McCulloch, seemingly the army’s leader, announced the no-indictment decision at night, giving cover to some that he should have known from past experience would incite violence. He triggered more anger by making a case for Wilson’s innocence at the press conference. It is worth asking whether McCulloch and his office intended to fan the flames of unrest or are just flat-out incompetent.

The next day, we learned that McCulloch took a hands-off approach during the entire process, essentially guaranteeing that Wilson would not be indicted. He never ordered Wilson’s arrest, and he relinquished the traditional role of the prosecution, dumping all of the evidence on the grand jury rather than presenting

an argument for indictment. Hence, Wilson’s och and St. Louis County’s grand jury procedures. story – which contradicted those of numerous eyewitnesses in its narrative of Brown’s alleged There are still many steps that need to be taken to improve race relations and minimize attacks on Wilson – was not cross-examined. police brutality in the U.S. Whether or not the The grand jury was given little to no guidance.

Protesters assembled on Nov. 25 in every Justice Department acts on Ferguson, we hope major American city, chanting, “Black lives matter” and “No justice, no peace” – not only because they thought Wilson should be charged for Brown’s death, but also because it became more and more clear that McCulloch gave Wilson special treatment during the grand jury process.

There is still hope for justice, though. The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division has the opportunity to bring criminal charges against Wilson and to overhaul the Ferguson Police Department’s training with regard to racial profiling and use of force. We urge the Justice Department to hasten their investigations in the hope that this will alleviate the violence and heartbreak in Ferguson. But we also insist that the Civil Rights Division expand the scope of its investigation to McCull- Ferguson demonstrators in Georgetown Nov. 29. Photo by Erin Schaff.

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needs was detailed in a Washington Post article, headlined, “The Grand Canyon or Logan Circle? It’s all the same to the Park Service.” The Post story frames the problem as, “A bureaucratic mentality at the National Park Service that insists on applying the same regulations at the Grand Canyon and Logan Circle, without recognizing the vastly different role that parks play in urban settings.” The Post goes on to opine: “The Park Service throws up obstacles to new ideas rather than work with local communities to find solutions, even when doing so would advance the agency’s mission of preserving national resources for the enjoyment of all.” There is no argument that the District has an important national interest that surely needs consideration, but that’s not happening as well as it could be. Beyond the national concerns and politics, D.C. is the home of more than 600,000 citizens, who are in a far better position to decide, protect, promote and pay for the kind of neighborhood public spaces they deserve without having to beg for the morsels tossed from the federal government.

Perhaps we’re grasping at straws by reading too much into the few words that Evans wrote, but we’re hoping it means that getting our land back is a priority for him and the city. If that’s the case, we look forward to hearing about the next steps to make it happen.

that protesters around the country continue to air their grievances peacefully and that police do not encroach on Americans’ right to assemble.

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The District of Columbia lost one of its founding fathers last week when Marion Barry, Civil Rights leader, mayor, council member, passed away at the age of 78.

During my time in D.C. and in local government, we have experienced an incredible amount of change as a city, but there has always been one constant: Marion Barry.

From my earliest days in the District, I’ve always known a city with Marion Barry. I moved to Washington in September 1978 and started working as an attorney at the Securities and Exchange Commission on a Monday. The next day, Marion won the Democratic primary for the Mayor of Washington, D.C. He truly was my “Mayor for Life.”

For the last 10 years, I’ve had the office right next door to Marion. Serving on the Council together was like having an historical figure right within your reach. I had the opportunity to travel with him around the country and the world, and no matter where we were everyone always came up to him and wanted to take their picture with him. From Las Vegas to South Africa, people loved Marion Barry.

In the 35 years I knew him, he never backed down from his belief that Washington, D.C. should do more, should be more, for every person who lives here. Marion looked out for people who were down and out and he should always be remembered for that.

Most people know that Marion Barry served as Mayor of Washington, D.C. longer than anyone else in history, and everyone knows of his infamous struggles, but many people are unaware of how integral a role Marion played in the Civil Rights movement.

Marion participated in the Nashville sit-ins in 1960 as a student at Fisk University. Later that same year, he was elected the first chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the most important groups of the Civil Rights movement. It was through SNCC that he first came to Washington, D.C. During those early years in Washington, he helped to organize boycotts and peaceful demonstrations. He fought for District home rule.

He went to the federal government and won funding to establish Pride, Inc., a jobs training program for unemployed black men.

Helping people find jobs became a passion for Marion, and he made it his life’s work. As mayor, he created the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program, which has provided summer jobs to nearly every young Washingtonian over the last 25 years, including my triplets, and through his final days on the Council, he kept fighting for “the last, the lost, the least,” as he would say.

While Marion is gone, his belief in a better District for all residents lives on. It’s now for the rest of us to continue to make it so.

My thoughts and prayers continue to be with his wife, Cora, his son, Christopher, and the hundreds of thousands of Washingtonians who loved Marion Barry.

Jack Evans is the Ward 2 Councilmember, representing Georgetown since 1991.

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over and began his reign as mayor.

In 1982, Barry was supposed to face a formidable foe: former cabinet secretary and ambassador Patricia Roberts Harris. The story is told that while Harris was testing the waters for her potential run, she ventured out to Anacostia.

After giving a speech, she felt quite satisfied, thinking she had connected with the crowd.

She sat down. Seated next to her was Barry. He leaned over and whispered in her ear, “I’m going to kick your ass.”

And that’s exactly what he did. He cleaned her clock, winning seven of eight wards. I dare you to name his 1986 opponent.

To those who did not want D.C. to have more home rule, congressional representation and ultimately statehood, Barry was the perfect justification for saying, “No.” His personal life, the bloated government payroll and corruption by close aides and friends all combined to hold D.C. back. We, the citizens of D.C., suffered.

We suffer even today.

As a person, Barry was not vindictive or mean-spirited. He once told me that there was only one person in this city he would not speak to. Barry played the race card when needed. But more than anything he was a big-city mayor in the mold of Richard J. Daley, Boss Tweed, Boss Crump and James Michael Curley. That’s the way I believe he wanted to be remembered.

Mark Plotkin is a political analyst and contributor to the BBC on American politics.

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He never really left the stage. And now he’s gone.

For nearly 50 years, Marion Barry was a force to be reckoned with. There were those who idolized him and saw him as their only champion.

Others detested him and viewed him as an odious, destructive presence.

One thing that cannot be taken away from Barry: he was a very successful politician. He was elected mayor of the District of Columbia four times. The last time was truly amazing. He had been in prison for six months just a few years before, but came back in 1994 and reclaimed the highest office.

Even hobbled by poor health during his last days, he was still an elected official, representing Ward 8 on the District Council. He could have served there forever.

A self-proclaimed “situationist,” Barry formulated himself to fit each and every situation.

In 1974, when he was first elected to the D.C. Council, he was a dashiki-clad militant activist.

The at-large position required him to win citywide. Four years later, he needed to moderate his image. So he became a pinstriped politician who romanced Georgetown and Cleveland Park residents in their living rooms. He won them

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ANC Applauds Hyde-Addison Design, Canal Dock; Opposes G’town Theater Addition

At the Dec. 1 meeting for the Georgetown-Burleith advisory neighborhood commission (ANC2E), commissioners supported the contemporary design of the addition between Hyde and Addison Elementary Schools, although a special look at fenestration was stressed. The unique terracottaoutlined structure would increase the schools’ total square footage to 73,000.

The commissioners found the proposed dock at the C&O Canal near 34th Street “cool” and “terrific.” With the National Park Service, the Georgetown Business Improvement District is taking the lead on the project, which the BID says could be ready for summer.

Concerning the proposed addition to the rear of the property of the former Georgetown Theater at 1351 Wisconsin Ave. NW, commissioners opposed the zoning variance for an addition in the back near the already standing carriage house.

In Town: Jeb Bush,

At the Four Seasons Hotel Dec. 1 during a Wall Street Journal forum, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush commented on the 2016 presidential election: “I kind of know how a Republican can win, whether it’s me or somebody else -- and it has to be much more uplifting, much more positive, much more wiling to be, ‘lose the primary to win the general’ without violating your principles. It’s not an easy task, to be honest with you.”

The proposed C&O Canal Kayak and Canoe Dock. Illustration courtesy of Georgetown Bid. Drawn by Make Architects.

In Town: Tim Cook of Apple

Apple CEO Tim Cook makes a surprise visit to Georgetown Apple store on Dec. 1 He was at the store for World AIDS Day and touted the company’s support of the non-profit, known as “(RED),” which helps to provide a sustainable flow of money from the private sector to fight AIDS. The Apple logo was colored red for the day along with Apple store employees wearing red t-shirts.

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• The Georgetown Business Association will hold its annual holiday party, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 12, at the Embassy of Ukraine at 3350 M St. NW. It requires a government-issued ID at the door and an RSVP by 5 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 9. The party will offer a cultural experience with native dishes, cocktails and music provided by Gerdan. The event is free for GBA members and $50 for guests. Tickets can be purchased at http://gtownbusiness.com/Events.html.

GBA notes that the RSVP is required per embassy rules – RSVP@GtownBusiness. com.

• The Old Georgetown Board will hold its monthly meeting, 9:15 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 4, at 401 F St. NW. An agenda for the meeting can be found at www.cfa.gov.

• The Swedish Women’s Educational Association continues its annual holiday bazaar at the House of Sweden, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6. This event gathers artisans and vendors to offer everything from gifts, crafts, textiles, books and homemade bread to Kosta Boda and Orrefors glassware. www.swea.org/washingtondc.

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Neam’s Property Under Contract to Roadside Development Known for its mindful remaking of historic properties, Roadside Development has the old Neam’s Market property at 3215-3217 P St. NW, also known as the Marvelous Market property, under contract.

Roadside has listed the property on its website as part of its portfolio: “Prime Georgetown Retail space available. Ideally situated at the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue, NW and P Street, NW, this marquee corner location has 13 dedicated retail parking spaces. The site offers tremendous branding, visibility and unparalleled accessibility.” According to Roadside, the building space is 5,873 square feet.

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IN: Ledbury Pop-up Shop Ledbury Clothing Store, headquartered in Richmond, Va., popped up again for Christmas shopping in Georgetown this season in the same location – 1254 Wisconsin Ave. – as last season.

The store opened on Nov. 22 and closes Dec. 22.

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BY R OBERT D EVAN EY With the artistic talents of designer Sheila Bridges from New York and the marketing reach of American Express, selected shops on the 3200 block of P Street got their doors and window fronts lit up and prettied up with a reindeer theme. The lights and displays went up on Nov. 29, Small Business Saturday, and will remain through 2014. Said designer Bridges: “Every business here complements the other. It is amazing. They have a great sense of pride.” Word on the streets persisted that President Obama had planned to make a stop at P Street for Small Business Saturday but nixed the idea because of the Ferguson protest march on M Street.

Mid-level women’s clothier Francesca’s has signed a lease to open a store at 3128 M Street NW. The new store will mark Francesca’s second in the District, and will act as a flagship for the retailer in the mid-Atlantic, according to Geoff Mackler of H& R Retail. Francesca’s also operates stores in Bethesda and Pentagon City. Francesca’s is known for selling affordable fashion, with dresses ranging from $50 to $150 and handbags starting around $30.

COMING: Mashburn at G’town Court

CrossFit Balance Georgetown is now open at 1251 Wisconsin Ave. NW., at the Reebok FitHub Georgetown store. The fitness trend has expanded across D.C., with new studios popping up in almost all of the District’s neighborhoods.

Mashburn, a clothing store out of Atlanta, will be coming in 2015 to 3206 N St., NW, which is part of the Georgetown Court complex and in the former space of Neyla Restaurant and the long-closed The store will stretch from Prospect to N Street with a women’s and men’s side. There will also be a coffee shop on the west side of the store, facing the courtyard. “Think L.L. Bean meets Starsbuck’s,” said the architect, who showed plans at the Dec. 1 meeting for the Georgetown-Burleith advisory neighborhood commission (ANC2E).

Designer Sheila Bridges with Carolyn and Nick Wasylczuk (with their pup Misty) of Just Paper, Alexa Johnson of Ella-Rue, Lisa Brown of P Street Gallerie, Ed and Geri Solomon of Anthony’s Tuxedo and Wedding Creations and Shanlee Johnson of Little Birdies Boutique. Photo by Robert Devaney.

Vincent Orange to Host Small Business Summit, Dec. 12

BY M A RILYN T HOMPS O N

At-large District Councilmember Vincent Orange was one of

At-large Councilmember Vincent Orange in front of the Wilson Building.

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the leaders of a recent rally cry of “Where’s the $1 Billion?,” referencing the amount that he and others say was not spent on small businesses in the District as required by law.

Orange contends that, of the $1.4 billion that D.C. agencies were supposed to spend on programs for Small Business Enterprises (or SBEs) by the end of fiscal years 2011, 2012 and 2013, only $400 million was actually spent. Orange wants to know why the agencies can’t comply with the law, and he is determined to make them more accountable.

The council member is a man who knows the numbers and can effortlessly quote budgets and expenditures. His bottom line is that the money needs to circulate within the 1,200-strong SBE community so that the community can thrive and contribute to the overall economy. To that end, Orange has chaired three recent hearings which led to the passage of emergency legislation demanding the agencies must be in compliance, held a rally with 300 people, asking, “Where’s the $1 Billion?,” which garnered lots of attention from six media outlets, including the Washington Post, and has been instrumental in seeking a special “SBE Expendable Budget” audit by the District’s CFO for fiscal 2014.

Orange says that local business owners are outraged to hear about the shortage but are glad someone is looking into it.

The lack of small business support in the District is only one part of the picture, though. Orange lights up as he lists the reasons D.C. is the hottest market in the country, including a thousand new residents a month and 63 active projects, as well as some recently completed or in the works. He highlighted projects like the $7 billion Union Station development, the 11th Street Bridge project, a $2 billion Southwest Waterfront Project, the redevelopment of Walter Reed Hospital, the building of a new professional soccer stadium, and more.

But Orange brings everything back to the SBE shortfall issue by saying that – although the city provides a basis for tremendous economic success – small businesses must be brought along as well. When the money flows to small businesses, they contribute back to the economy by hiring D.C. residents and adding to D.C.’s tax coffers.

As the chair of the Committee on Business, Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, Orange has spearheaded a series of annual small business conferences. This year’s conference is being called the Small Business and Economic Development Summit III and will take place, 7:30 a.m., Friday, Dec. 12.

The day will begin with breakfast at the Hamilton Restaurant, followed by morning and afternoon workshops at the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, with a break for lunch at the Hamilton with keynote speaker Andrew Altman, CEO of Olympic Park Legacy Company, who was responsible for the master development of the 600-acre Olympic Park in London, England. Altman was also D.C.’s City Planner under Mayor Anthony Williams. He will discuss business opportunities, tourism and enhanced branding of District of Columbia and the Washington Metropolitan Region. The event will also include workshops on D.C.’s Olympic 2024 bid, bringing “Hollywood” to the District, procuring local and federal government contracts and economic development in the District more broadly.

The cost of attending the Summit is $75, and you can register with the Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce at www.gwhcc.org.

Marilyn Thompson is the marketing/events director of the Georgetown Business Association.

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Could Banking’s Past Become Its Future?

BY JOHN E. GIROUA R D

Whenever I pass the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and M Street, I am reminded of my father, a banker in my hometown for 35 years. Anyone who visits Georgetown knows the beautiful, gold-domed building with a marble facade that, once upon a time, was home to a local institution, Farmers and Mechanics National Bank, later a branch of Riggs Bank, and today a branch of PNC, as evidenced by the sign bolted over the door.

If (and when) PNC is taken over by an even larger bank, this will make it easier for the next owner to unscrew the old sign and attach a new one. It’s an apt metaphor for what we’ve learned during the past five or so years: you can’t bank on financial institutions that are too-big-to-fail and too-big-to-care. At first look, it would appear the local banks my father worked for are now a relic of the past, where bankers understood both banking and their customers—and where you went to the same church, supported the same charities, shopped at the same local stores, and your kids were on the same sports team.

My father’s experience—before the revolving door mergers began in the 1990s—was that the core profit for his bank depended on the community’s trust.

During the 1960s, like many cities across the country, our community was devastated by

Today in developing economies micro financing is thriving not because the customers are tycoons but because they know their customers.

I’m not condemning growth and change, but for far too many global public banks it has become a faceless game of risk-reward, where underwriting is simply

in his passion for giving back to the community and his personal policy includes buying suits from a local tailor and dining at locally-owned restaurants, instead of chains.

Other community banks include Bank of Georgetown and Cardinal Bank, which provide services to small businesses including construction loans and contribute to local charities. They are known in the community and they know us, too.

Today, buying produce from a local farm, meat from a local butcher and carrying it home in an eco-friendly reusable bag is considered “trendy.” So, why don’t we consider banking local?

It might be worth examining the institutions we give our business to, and whether our bank is supporting our community. The definition of capitalism is increasing cooperation between strangers. Maybe it’s how we define “stranger” that is really the threat of “too-big-to-fail.”

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While the bank my father worked for is history, I see signs of hope for the type of banking he practiced. Looking in our own neighborhood, you can see local institutions that operate on principles like those of one of the District’s most notable bankers, Robert P. Pincus, vice chairman of EagleBank. His success is rooted

John E. Girouard, CFP, ChFC, CLU, CFS, is the author of “Take Back Your Money” and “The Ten Truths of Wealth Creation.”

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A scene at the Bailey Building & Loan building from the beloved Christmas movie, “It’s a Wondeful Life,” with Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey and Thomas Mitchell as Uncle Billy.

riots. But what I remember the most was how my father walked down the street to all his local customers, whose businesses had been damaged, and offered them on-the-spot loans to rebuild. He likes to say that every loan was repaid and those customers remained loyal— until the bank was taken over by a bigger bank and my father was forced into retirement.

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Chevy Chase, Washington, DC

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Spacious 3BR, 2FB, 2HB Cape Cod with over 2,400 sq. ft. on 3 finished levels! Sun-filled rooms inside and out perfect for entertaining or comfortable living. White kitchen, with Butler’s pantry, open to the family room.

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Wesley Heights, Washington, DC

$485,000

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Columbia Heights, Washington, DC

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DOWN DOG

YOGA’S

OWNERS

GO WITH THE FLOW

BY CARRINGTON C. TARR PHOTOS BY ERIN SCHAFF When Patty Ivey opened Down Dog Yoga in 2003, her intention was to leave the teaching to her partner, yoga instructor Cathy Cox. But less than a year later, after Cox’s sudden relocation, she found herself in a roomful of sweating yogis, cue card in hand, calling out: “Step your right foot forward, warrior one.”

“I had no interest in teaching,” she recalled recently, sitting cross-legged on a yoga mat in her Georgetown studio. “I just wanted to run a business. I learned very quickly that that’s not how this works. Yoga is not a business. It is something very separate that then supports a business. It is spirited by the community.”

Today, with a $2 million business and an estimated 75,000 people having rolled out their mats in the flagship studio, she has come a long way from the days of teaching yoga with a cheat sheet.

With dark, straight bangs falling over brown eyes, she looks a decade younger than her 61 years. No doubt this is due in part to her daily practice of the heated vinyasa power yoga (also called “flow” yoga) offered at Down Dog, in which temperatures reach 90-95 degrees.

Along with her husband Scott Ivey, 62, she now owns studios in Bethesda and Herndon.

There are plans to open a fourth in Clarendon in January. Around the same time, they hope to move into their new Georgetown space at the corner of Prospect and 34th Streets, Govinda Gallery’s home for 35 years. (Down Dog’s current location, by Dean & DeLuca, will be used to train teachers.)

Acknowledging the changes ahead, she said, “I didn’t plan it that way. But I’ve just got to jump into the flow.” She laughed. “That’s what vinyasa is, right? Absence of resistance.”

She looked at husband, seated nearby on a yoga block, who also laughed. With no official title — “We call him our director of smiles” — he is literally the happy face of the business, an enthusiastic student who can often be found on his mat alongside college students, professionals and carpool moms and dads.

The key to their successful partnership, he says, is that there’s only one boss. “It’s her baby, it’s her vision and she’s very good at it. So, why would I interfere? I just do my part.”

“He’s great at quietly supporting me and my vision, in the background,” she said. “But I work for myself because I don’t want to be told what to do.” She paused. “I’m the boss.”

They laughed again.

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FRIENDS FIRST Patty may like being the boss, but she never dreamed she would one day own a yoga studio. In the 1980s, she owned retail bakeries called The Cookie Lady, but sold them in the early 1990s when her mother became ill. Needing a job with flexibility, she talked the manager of The Palm Restaurant into hiring her with no experience. That’s how she met Scott, the waiter assigned to train her.

“Scott gave me twenty bucks and said, ‘Don’t bother me,’” recalled Patty, looking squarely at Scott, who has short, graying hair. “That was the start of our relationship: not good. He called me an airhead. Isn’t that funny?”

“True,” Scott admitted, laughing.

Undaunted, Patty became good enough at her job to consistently win the wine-selling contest. She also started walking to work with Scott, who lived three blocks from her in Adams Morgan. Both divorced, they walked and talked together every day, gradually getting to know one another.

“He was just very aware, always a good listener,” Patty said, as Scott listened with a smile. “He never tried to fix anything. That’s what attracted me to Scott and his sensitive soul.”

Having given herself two years to figure out her next move, Patty attended massage school while waiting tables at The Palm. She then worked at The Four Seasons as a massage therapist for a year before starting a private practice. In 1998, she and Scott married and moved into the top-floor rental space of a large home at 29th and Q Streets.

A year later they moved to Dent Place, where they still live today with a cat and two shelter dogs: Elijah, a retriever-chow mix, and Coco, a chocolate lab. (They work actively with Lucky Dog Animal Rescue, started by one of their students, to help find dogs homes.) They picked Georgetown as their studio location because they wanted to walk to work and because — a recurrent theme — “community mattered to me,” said Patty.

BAPTISTE-INSPIRED Yoga wasn’t something she actively sought out. But when a doctor suggested it as a way to rehab an injured knee, she found it healed more than her physical ailments. She had been through some emotionally rough years, including her divorce and the death of her mother.

“I had suffered from an eating disorder and had a pretty damaged sense of self,” she wrote in an email.

“My yoga practice brought me back to feeling whole and complete.”

Her yoga teacher was Cox, who became her friend and then suggested they buy a yoga studio together.

But though she felt the familiar entrepreneurial itch, she hesitated until Cox took her to a class at the studios of Baron Baptiste, a pioneer of power vinyasa yoga. Teaching the class that day was none other than Baptiste himself. It was life-changing.

“After that class I looked at her and said, ‘I’m in.’ I walked up to Baron and said, ‘What is your business model? Are you planning on opening studios?’”

That was in December 2002. Down Dog Yoga opened as the first Baptiste affiliate four months later.

UPS AND DOWNS Defying expectations, the studio made money from the start. Leslie Morgan Steiner, an author and Georgetown resident who has been going to Down Dog since 2005, said it paved the way for future studios in the neighborhood. “Patty showed that you could make money — and have a very good business — off of a Georgetown-based exercise studio, even a small one.”

Rolf Gates, a yoga teacher and former Baptiste partner whom Patty calls a mentor, goes as far as to say that Patty belongs to a generation of yoga teachers who pioneered modern yoga in America.

“They will go on a short list of people who entrepreneurially took a risk and opened a studio when yoga was practiced by a million people, and had the vision to bring it into a place today where yoga is practiced by 25 million people,” said Gates. “It’s impossible to calculate the impact of Down Dog.” He also speaks admiringly of her and Scott’s “backbone and courage” through the ups and downs. As other studios — yoga, Pilates and even barre — opened in Georgetown, Scott and Patty’s biggest challenge came from within their own business: they were sued by a now former partner.

“The legal process was three years, and we came close to losing the company,” Patty said. “It would have been a lot easier to close down and start up again, and it would have cost a lot less money, but I wanted to keep this community together.”

It was during this time, she said, that she realized the importance of her yoga practice, which not only deepened and strengthened her personally, but ultimately strengthened her vision for the company.

“My yoga mat has become my best friend and my place that I come to do my inquiry work, the practice of who I’m being as a human being in my life,” she said. “How did I get here? How am I taking action? It takes us out of blame and brings us into our accountabilities.”

That self-awareness and accountability is what Patty tries to bring out in her students. She is considered by some to be a tough teacher. She said she doesn’t see her classes as hard, but she does ask that students “show up.”

“Many people aren’t used to that. They’re on auto-pilot. My request is, let’s actually show up and go through this with presence. It sometimes makes my classes feel more challenging.”

Dr. Jay Greenstein, a sports chiropractor who has taken Patty’s classes, says he is impressed by two aspects of her teaching: how she ensures her students’ safety by being a stickler for the mechanics, and how she emphasizes the mind-body connection. “People take for granted the mind component of the practice of yoga and how everything going on between the ears plays a role with your overall health,” he said.

Steiner says Patty has such high standards for herself and her students because she passionately believes in the power of yoga to change not just one’s body but one’s life. “She’s really into self-empowerment," Steiner said. "She’s got such a big heart.”

Maybe more than anything, it’s that heart that pulses through Down Dog Yoga. What started out as a business venture for Patty has become her and Scott’s mission — one that has required persistence, faith, going with the flow and more than a few drops of sweat along the way. Their hope is that their students feel that, too, and — more importantly — find connection.

“The way I was trained through Baron is that when you’re standing up in front of that room, you’re teaching to a sea of humanity,” Patty said. “We know everyone in that room has something going on in their lives.

We don’t know what, but we just need them to know we understand them. We’ve been there too.”

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IN COUNTRY

You Haven’t Skied Until You’ve Skied Vail

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ome to some of the most legendary back bowls in the United States, Vail, Colo., is a must-visit for the skiing enthusiasts in your family. While the quiet town does not have quite the grandeur of Aspen, locals brag that it has the best actual skiing of any resort in the country.

Vail is the nation’s single largest resort, with nearly 5,300 acres of skiable terrain, 10,000-plus-foot-tall peaks and the most groomed slopes of any resort in the world. It is no wonder that those who know say, “you haven’t skied until you’ve skied Vail.”

When arriving in Vail, you will notice the distinct Germanic feel embraced by the town.

Many of the buildings have a Bavarian, chaletlike feel and embody a warm and welcoming atmosphere. Though, as in Aspen, you will

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find five-star restaurants, clothing boutiques and over 100,000 square feet of spa services spread across Vail’s Lionshead and Vail Village, you will also encounter a community that truly puts skiing first. Vail is a place where Olympic champions are bred and trained.

Stamped with European sentiment, Vail is the closest you can get to the Alps. But there’s an added bonus: Colorado Champagne Powder. The fluffy goodness will provide an extra cushion as you charge down the mountain through trees, over steep rock faces and into the immense backside. Though it takes some time getting used to, it will surely subdue your fear of careening down icy faces.

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In early February 2015, Vail and its sister resort, Beaver Creek, will host the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships. This will be the third time the two have hosted the celebrated event, and only the fourth time it has been held in the United States. Held every two years, the event only plays second fiddle to the Olympics.

Racers will compete in the downhill, alpine combined, giant slalom and slalom. Olympic gold medalists Mikaela Shiffrin and Lindsey Vonn, both Vail’s own, are slated to compete alongside 600 athletes from 70 nations.

If you are looking to take your ski passion to the next level, and rub shoulders with the best in the business, keep Vail in mind.

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Christmas in Middleburg, Va.

December Biz Buzz at Emmanuel Parish House

Middleburg’s Christmas festival features a milelong parade filled with floats, more animals than a circus and a wine crawl at the end of the day. At 11 a.m., the famous Middleburg Hunt Review rides down main street, hounds and all. For details, visit christmasinmiddleburg.org.

The Middleburg Business and Professional Association’s December holiday mixer will include a 10-minute Biz Buzz to bring attendees up to date, plus the MBPA Awards presentation and holiday music. RSVP by email to info@visitmiddleburgva. com. Emmanuel Parish House, 105 E. Washington St., Middleburg, Va.

Christmas Zip Lining Empower Adventures will run a full day of hourlong Tree Top Zip Tours during Christmas in Middleburg. There will be five different zip lines, ranging from 275 to 670 feet. For details, visit empoweradventures.com. 500 N. Pendleton St., Middleburg, Va.

Whiskey Talk and Tasting at Oatlands Catoctin Creek Distilling Company in Purcellville is the first legal distillery in Loudoun County since Prohibition. A certified organic and kosher microdistillery, Catoctin Creek produces brandy, rye whiskey and gin from local fruit, grain and Virginia wine. Owner Scott Harris will talk about distilling during a sampling of spirits at Oatlands Historic House and Gardens. For details, call 703-7773174, ext. 103. 20850 Oatlands Plantation Lane, Leesburg, Va.

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December 11 Holiday Tea & Tour at the Marshall House A tour of the festively decorated Marshall House, the former home of General George C. Marshall, will be followed by a traditional English tea served in the dining room. For details, visit georgecmarshall.org. 217 Edwards Ferry Rd. NE, Leesburg, Va.

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FOOD & WINE

Chef Robert Wiedmaier Revamps Marcel’s

BY SALL IE L EW IS

M

arcel’s, the haute French flagship owned and operated by chef Robert Wiedmaier had been a big in 2014.

Having celebrated the restaurant’s 15th anniversary in March, Wiedmaier completed a major dining room refurbishment last month. Since its opening in 1999 at 2401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Marcel’s has been redesigned in a succession of renovations.

This year, revamping the dining room has been the primary focus. Its completion brings a fresh facelift to one of the District’s favorite dining destinations.

“It has a European look with a lot of American sensibilities,” said Wiedmaier about the space. “It’s very comfortable and spartan at the same time.” He added that the look is a flirtation of classic and modern elements, without being too modern.

From contemporary chandeliers and angular sconces to fresh china, providing “a bigger canvas to play on and paint on,” these modern appointments have beautifully updated the ambiance at Marcel’s. In addition, chef Wiedmaier hired Doyle Mueser of New York to create tailor-made, bespoke suits for the entire front-of-house staff. From top to bottom, this revamped look augments the first-class dining experience at Marcel’s and signals the beginning of a reinvigorated presentation.

In an age when casual dining and dressing

Robert Wiedmaier in the lounge at Marcel's. Photo by Scott Suchman.

down are pervasive, an evening at Marcel’s is a welcome change. “We’ve always pushed the pedal on fine dining and we’re going to continue to push the pedal harder,” said Wiedmaier, who attributes his success to a steadfast focus on fine dining, even while it was diminishing in popularity.

“The look is very elegant, but my staff

exudes friendliness and unpretentiousness,” he said. “It’s a great combination.”

At Marcel’s, the objective is to make patrons feel special from the moment they walk through the door. Fostering this welcoming feeling are Marcel’s hard-working team and staff, which Wiedmaier created and has sustained over the years. In fact, from the

dishwashers to the waiters, almost his entire crew has been with him since the restaurant’s conception – in today’s marketplace a virtually unheard-of distinction.

At the heart of this welcoming service and elegant experience are the gastronomic talents of chef Wiedmaier himself.

Born in Wiesbaden, Germany, to an American mother and a Belgian father, Wiedmaier went to culinary school in the Netherlands, then worked in Belgium before coming to Washington.

Along with his Belgian grandmother, Wiedmaier credits his mother for instilling the culinary calling. “My mom was always a great cook, always in the kitchen, always in the markets. And I was always tagging along with her,” he said.

Growing up, he worked at the surrounding farms, learning how to hunt, fish and live off the land. Hunting and fishing would become a lifelong interest, particularly as they pertained to cooking. Wiedmaier practices whole-animal butchery, conserving the entire animal, using each piece with no waste.

This regard for nature and sense of responsibility about using food respectfully make Wiedmaier a standout chef in D.C., where he has worked for 30 years.

“I knew what I wanted to do from a very young age,” he said. “I stuck with what I loved and never looked back.”

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FOOD & WINE

Cocktail of the Month: Peep Show

BY JODY K URA S H

3251 Prospect St. NW. Washington, DC 20007

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olks who arrived in Washington within the last decade would find it hard to imagine what 14th Street looked like years ago. Today this thoroughfare is D.C.’s mecca for stylish dining, trendy bars and fashionable interior design stores.

Only a generation ago, this street was a seedy offshoot of U Street, dotted with ratty storefronts, questionable establishments and ladies of ill repute. Now it seems that hardly a month goes by without the opening of another chic restaurant. The “in” crowd keeps pouring in.

On the corner of R Street, a sublime nightspot with a welcoming patio pays homage to the corridor’s past. Red Light opened earlier this year with craft cocktails and decadent desserts made by an in-house pastry chef. It quickly became the dessert destination of choice for discerning diners looking for something potable with their sweets.

Making a good thing even better, Red Light recently added a new menu of savory nibbles and plates.

Whether you visit Red Light for something sweet, savory or both, the cocktails are not to be missed. As owner Aaron Gordon gleefully says, “It’s more fun to eat in a bar than drink in a restaurant.”

The sleek interior, with its restrained lighting, gives it a seductive feel. Gordon calls it “subtly risqué.” A local artist made the light fixtures. Meanwhile, the outdoor patio with its pots of fresh lavender gives the joint a European flair: perfect for relaxing and watching the modish clientele of 14th Street stroll by.

Acknowledging the area’s sordid past, many of Red Light’s cocktails have such amusing names as Street Corner Girl, Dirty Shirley and the Madame. In fact, the menu jovially lists them as “burlesque” cocktails.

If you’re looking for a drink that knows how to make an entrance, I suggest you order Peep Show. This delicious concoction arrives at the table with a flaming garnish of fresh rosemary, lighting up the patio and eliciting oohs and ahs from nearby tables. Fortunately, this tipple has the substance to match its flamboyant style.

The Peep Show cocktail combines ginger beer, bourbon, lemon and Pimm’s No. 1 Cup liqueur to create a supreme mixture with an

Red Light's bartender lights a Peep Show

herbal twist. Pimm's is a mahogany-colored gin-based spirit made from liqueur, fruit and spices.

The sweet bourbon mingles well with the spicy ginger beer, while the Pimm’s and lemon give the drink an extra herbal edge. Peep Show is garnished with a rosemary stick and cucumber, a twist on the traditional serving style for a Pimm’s and lemonade cocktail – with a slice of cucumber or a sprig of mint. The rosemary is seared to help pop its fresh flavor.

The concoction is served in a metal cup, paying homage to the Moscow Mule, a classic ginger-beer cocktail served in copper mugs.

While Peep Show is the most popular cocktail at Red Light, do not overlook the other choices. Gypsy Eyes is a delicate effervescent mixture of vodka, crème de violette, lemon and Prosecco. A more hearty choice is the Mata Hari, a spicy combination of vindalooinfused whiskey and fruity apricot liqueur.

With a drinks menu as varied as the menu of snacks and sweets, Red Light offers cocktails for every taste.

Peep Show 1.5 ounces Pimm's 1.5 ounces bourbon 1 ounce lemon juice 1/2 ounce ginger syrup Muddled cucumber Dash Angostura bitters Top with ginger beer and garnish with a sprig of burnt rosemary.

Readers can sample the Peep Show and other cocktails at Red Light, 1401 R St. NW (on the corner of 14th Street).

Five Peep Shows in metal cups.

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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.

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.

MALMAISON

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

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.

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.

MARTINS 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!

BISTROT LEPIC & WINE BAR

1736 WISCONSIN AVE., NW 202–333–0111 bistrotlepic.com

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

Come and see for yourself why Bistrot Lepic, with its classical, regional and contemporary cuisine, has been voted best bistro in D.C. by the Zagat Guide.

And now, with its Wine Bar, you can enjoy “appeteasers,” full bar service, complimentary wine tasting every Tuesday and a new private room.

The regular menu is always available.

Open every day for lunch and dinner.

Now serving brunch Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m.–3 p.m.

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.

Reservations suggested.

ENO WINE BAR

2810 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., NW 202–333–4710 enowinerooms.com Visit ENO Wine Bar and enjoy wine flights, charcuterie, cheese, chocolate & small plates. ENO offers 100 bottles under $50 & 30 wines by the glass starting at $9. The ENO Experience is perfect for a pre-theater meal or try our dessert wine & chocolate flights after. Outdoor seating available.

Enjoy select bottles of wine 50% OFF Sunday & Monday WINE DOWN Sun –Thurs from 5 pm -7 pm & sip wines on tap for $5.

Mon- Thurs 5 pm - 12 am Fri & Sat 4 pm – 1 am Sun 4 pm - 11pm

PIER 2934

2934 M ST., NW 202–337–4536 pier2934.com Pier 2934 is a family owned establishment that wants to share with the Nation’s Capital the same values we hold: having fun, eating good food, and bringing people together. So come in and enjoy a Cajun boil on a warm summer night with the family on our spacious, yet cozy patio, or meet up with friends at the bar for happy hour and some fried finger food and oysters.

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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'tmiss 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!

FILOMENA RISTORANTE

I-THAI RESTAURANT AND SUSHI BAR

Filomena is a Georgetown landmark that has endured the test of time and is now celebrating 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 award-winning Italian chef. Try our spectacular lunch buffet on Friday and Saturday or our Sunday Brunch.

I-Thai Restaurant and Sushi Bar offers a taste of authentic Thai cuisine and Thai noodle dishes, where quality is never compromised. Using only the freshest ingredients, each dish is carefully prepared by our talented house chefs. With their extensive knowledge and expertise they are able to transform each dish with the perfect blend of herbs and spices into a delightful experience with the boldest and most genuine flavors possible.

1063 WISCONSIN AVE., NW 202–338–8800 filomena.com

3003 M ST., NW 202–580–8852

Open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner.

Sun.–Thu. 11:30 a.m .–10:30 p.m.

Fri.–Sat. 11:30 a.m.–11 p.m.

SEA CATCH RESTAURANT

THE OCEANAIRE

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. Outdoor dinning available.

Join us for Happy Hour, Mon.-Fri. from 5 to 7 pm, featuring $1 oysters and half-priced drinks

Lunch Mon.–Sat. 11:30 a.m.–3 p.m.

Dinner Mon.–Sat. 5–10 p.m.

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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.

BODY & SOUL

Murphy’s Love: Dealing with a Partner's Past Abuse

BY STA CY NOTA RAS M U R P H Y

empowered to change the story with our own kids. Similarly, when we become aware of what worked in our childhood, like when we felt most loved, or the ways we felt validated when we expressed ourselves, we are more inclined to value those moments with our own children So, going back to your situation, we know that Husband had a tough childhood. He may not be aware of how it influences the decisions he’s making about raising your kids, but I’ll guess he will be less defensive about looking at all of that if you gently approach him with a little curiosity about your own history. This can’t be a lecture about how his screwed-up childhood is harming your babies. That is not going to work. This needs to be a partnership process, and taking your turn first can make it easier for him to let down his guard.

Dear Watching: Thank you for writing this and giving me the chance to remind all of us–I’m talking to myself here, too–that our childhoods absolutely do impact how we treat our own children.

They do. Now, I’m not at all sure that’s what is happening in your home, but I want to reiterate that our childhoods impact how we parent.

I’m sorry that you are concerned about how Husband is disciplining your kids. That can be very frustrating, at the very least, and

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Dear Stacy: My husband has a history of trauma. I won’t give specifics, but he had a rough childhood filled with all kinds of abuse. For the most part, this doesn’t affect him and our daily life, but I am starting to worry about how he disciplines our kids. He is really hard on them, especially our boys, when they do things that most boys do, like roughhousing and being aggressive about certain things. I want us to talk about our parenting and I know that we will have to talk about how his history is impacting our kids, but I worry about bringing it up. It’s not really something we’ve discussed very much and I don’t think he’s dealt with it much on his own. But when I see him get so angry with our kids, I worry that he might lose some control in the way he experienced as a kid. I don’t know what to do to prevent this.

–Worried and Watching

Stacy Notaras Murphy (www.stacymurphyLPC.com) is a licensed professional counselor and certified Imago Relationship therapist practicing in Georgetown. 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.

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ART

Georgetown Gallery Guide

BY ARI POST

light and darkness and just enough geometric rigor to control the composition. Her forms are more abstract, but the effect is equally moving.

Jane Haslem Gallery “New Drawings & Paintings by Tom Edwards” Through January 2015 2025 Hillyer Place NW www.JaneHaslemGallery.com

Cross Mackenzie Gallery “Memoire de l’eau” By Rafael Torres

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aintings and sculptures carry us through time. They stay with us through generations, encouraging us to think and to feel, offering us perspective and peppering our lives with beauty. To find a connection with a work of art is a unique, remarkable experience; and while it has the potential to function as an appreciable investment, a work of art should, foremost, be acquired out of love, connection and passion for the piece itself.

This season, Georgetown and Dupont galleries are filled with a wide and brilliant variety of artwork. Seeing what’s out there – from new local talent to renowned glasswork and historic maps – is well worth a Saturday afternoon.

Washington’s gallery scene is very much like the city itself: friendly and intelligent, beautiful and resonant, contemporary but historic. And with the holidays just around the corner, no gift is more powerful or more personal than a work of art.

Here are a handful of gallery highlights, representing the best our city has to offer this holiday season: Cross Mackenzie Gallery “Paintings by Rafael Torres: A Dialogue with Landscape” Dec. 2 – Jan. 3 1675 Wisconsin Ave. NW www.CrossMackenzie.com Rafael Torres Correa creates lyrical universes in his large abstract canvases. The surfaces are reminiscent of radiantly glazed ancient ceramics: rich planes of glazed blue and turquoise, deeply resonant of the sea, punctuated with coppery flashes of bright colors like reflective sunlight. This mesmerizing depth and movement in the work is realized through overlaying washes, drips, dabs and splashes of paint.

Torres’s paintings evoke sense and memory, not dissimilar from the meditative, contemplative abstractions of Rothko, conjuring sensations of floating islands shifting in and out of focus from above. As uncertain shapes emerge, the viewer can almost perceive the contour of a distant land – perhaps a haunt-

After 55 years in operation, Jane Haslem Gallery, long renowned for its representation of American print innovators, is hosting its last formal exhibition. Featured are the sprawling forest scenes of Tom Edwards. An installation of drawings and paintings in a variety of media – including pencils, ink, oil paint, ball point pen, even tea and coffee washes, carved into wet

ing gesture of the artist’s Cuban roots and his family’s journey to the United States. These landscapes are transitory territories and shifting metaphors, a state that parallels the artist’s own migrations and cultural identity.

Susan Calloway Fine Art “Paris Rêvé: Nurieh Mozaffari” Through Dec. 30 1643 Wisconsin Ave. NW www.CallowayArt.com As a young art student in Tehran, Nurieh Mozaffari dreamed of seeing Paris, the birthplace of some of the most significant artistic movements of the 20th century. But growing up during the revolution in Iran, she faced European tourist visa restrictions which prevented her from traveling to the place she most wanted to visit. In 1998, Mozaffari immigrated to Canada and could finally realize her dream of seeing Paris.

“Paris Rêvé” is an exhibition that represents Mozaffari’s 30-year love affair with the City of Light. Her use of gold leaf evokes the Baroque domes of 17th-century Paris, and her colors captures the famous “gris” of the Paris sky and the sparkling atmosphere of the immortally romantic city. Much like the Impressionism that challenged the Parisian artistic elite in the late 19th century, her canvases evoke an all-over sensation of densely laden atmosphere, punctuated with bursts of sharp focus, deeply affecting

Jane Haslem Gallery “Path Triptych” By Tom Edwards

gesso mounted on panels and etchings – offers deep reflections into the intricate minutiae and consuming tranquility of the woodland brush.

To look at one of Edwards’s works is to stare into a dense and endless landscape, where branches tangle into dense and shadowed eaves.

Their mysteries offer the same awe-stricken, sometimes eerie feeling of insatiable curiosity that the creeks and bushes hold for any children first venturing out to explore the wilderness beyond their back doors.

All We Art “Navidad: Holiday Show” Through Jan. 10 1666 33rd St. NW www.AllWeArtStudio.com All We Art is hosting a ‘ChristmArts’ holiday special exhibition, featuring affordable, tasteful (and occasionally adorable) fine art gifts for loved ones of any preference or style. From paintings, drawings and sculptures to jewels, bags, wooden artifacts and handmade indigenous wickerwork, there is something for everyone. With All We Art’s warm atmosphere and festive spirit, this is a seasonal event to relish.

Theater Shorts

BY GARY TISCHLER As You Like It Directed by Michael Attenborough, with Zoe Waites as Rosalind, the best and smartest of all of Shakespeare’s female characters, and Derek Smith as Jacques, who gets to deal with the “Seven Ages of Man” speech. Extended at the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Lansburgh Theatre through Dec. 14.

The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With a Key to the Scriptures When Tony Kushner writes, you always have to pay attention. The author of “Angels in America” always has something to say. In this production of a new play by Kushner, directed by John Vreeke, a longshoreman and lifelong Communist confronts his offspring. At Theater J through Dec. 21.

Five Guys Named Moe A paean to the music of Louis Jordan, king of the jukebox, with a modern feel—all rolling out at the Funky Butt Club with tunes like “Let the Good Times Roll.” At Arena Stage’s Kreeger Theater through Dec. 28.

The Gift of Nothing At the Kennedy Center’s Theater for Young Audiences, a world-premiere pro-

duction of a play conceived and written

by Patrick McDonnell, Aaron Posner and Erin Weaver with music and lyrics by Andy Milton. Directed by Posner, based on the book by Patrick McDonnell. Based also on characters from the comic strip “Mutts” (Mooch, the tuxedo kitty, and his pal Earl, the small mutt with a big heart).

At the Kennedy Center’s Family Theater through Dec. 28.

The Nutcracker The 10th anniversary production of Washington Ballet Artistic Director Septime Webre’s version of the Tchaikovsky favorite, with American themes, set in Victorian Georgetown. At the Warner Theatre through Dec. 28.

A Christmas Carol The annual rendition of the Charles Dickens classic, once again featuring stellar Washington stage star Edward Gero in the role of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge.

At Ford’s Theatre through Jan. 1.

Tiny Tim’s Christmas Carol A adaptation by prolific playwright Ken Ludwig (with Jack Ludwig) of Dickens’s tale of Scrooge and Tiny Tim, directed

by Jerry Whiddon. At Adventure Theater through Jan. 1.

Susan Calloway Fine Art “Paris” By Nurieh Mozaffari

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PERFORMANCE

Two Originals: Jordan & O’Hara

BY GARY T IS CHL ER

Kennedy Center Honors

BY GARY TISC H LER In 1978, the first Kennedy Center honorees were contralto Marian Anderson, dancer Fred Astaire, choreographer George Balanchine, composer Richard Rodgers and pianist Arthur Rubinstein.

Here’s a look at the recipients of the 37th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, who will be feted Sunday, Dec. 7:

AL GREEN Son of Arkansas sharecropper parents, he started out singing gospel and ended up selling 20-millionplus records and winning 11 Grammy Awards.

Rolling Stone named this pop and soul star (and pastor) one of the 100 greatest singers of all time.

Think “I’m So Tired of Being Alone,” “Let’s Stay Together,” “Take Me To the River.”

Photo by Christian Lantry.

T OM HANKS He went from sitcoms to rom-coms, notably “Sleepless in Seattle” and “You’ve Got Mail” with Meg Ryan. Back-to-back Oscars for “Philadelphia” and “Forrest Gump” followed. Then he produced the World War II epic series “Band of Brothers” and starred in “Saving Private Ryan,” never displaying an ego, flaming or otherwise.

Parix Nix, Travis Porchia, Jobari Parker-Namdar, Sheldon Henry and Clinton Roane in “Five Guys Named Moe” at Arena

Washington theatergoers who like to take a little walk on the wild and Woolly (as in Woolly Mammoth) side are probably familiar with the playwright and director Robert O’Hara.

Two of his plays – “Antebellum” and “Bootycandy,” which he also directed – were presented at Woolly Mammoth Theatre, which O’Hara considers a natural home for his work.

“Antebellum” won a Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play.

Sex, race, politics and power and the very dark and deep old South are recurring themes in his plays, which can be a shade disturbing – and plain unforgettable, too.

But what’s this? O’Hara is directing a musical?

“Sounds funny, I’m sure,” he said. “But it’s really something I’ve always wanted to do.”

O’Hara is the director guiding “Five Guys Named Moe” at Arena Stage (in the Kreeger Theater through Dec. 28). It’s a rollicking re-do of what was already a popular homage to the music of 1940s and ’50s composer and bandleader Louis Jordan.

“When Molly [Arena Stage Artistic Director Molly Smith] said she wanted me to do this, I had to give it some thought, as to how and why,” he said. “I didn’t just want to do the same thing as the original. I didn’t want to recreate the period, some send-up of Jordan and the times. I wanted to respect the music, sure, but I wanted it to matter to our own times and how we live today.”

He wanted to bring a little bit of boy-band style, a little bit of Beyoncé style, a little bit of hip-hop style to a show that’s essentially about the blues.

“Jordan was an original,” O’Hara said.

“That’s what I wanted to do, too. Nobody’s ever asked me to do a musical, although I did rewrite ‘The Wiz’ for a production in California once. This is very different.

“It’s definitely a modern version,” he said.

“We have this guy, down and out and lost, sit-

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ting drinking. He’s lost his girlfriend and he doesn’t know what to do, and he hears these voices coming out of a radio, an old radio.”

And they come to life.

“The music has some edges of hip-hop to it, and the guys, they look jazzy and stylish, they’re contemporary, they’re about to put on a show when they confront this guy. They call him NoMax. And they give him all kinds of advice about his drinking, about his girlfriend, how to treat women and how to behave. It’s meant as a tribute to the music and Jordan, but with a contemporary edge to it. These guys, the Moes, are now.”

Jordan’s songs and music may have looked ahead to rock and roll, but the songs themselves are pungent and authentic, deeply bluesy, raw and full of butt-out, flat-out humor.

Just listen to the titles and you get the idea: “Messy Bessy,” “Pettin’ and Pokin’/Life is So Peculiar,” “Knock Me a Kiss,” “I Like ’Em Fat Like That!,” “Saturday Night Fish Fry,” “What’s the Use of Getting Sober (When You’re Gonna Get Drunk Again),” “Reet, Petite and Gone,” and “Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?”

This is hangover funny, can’t-stop-dancing stuff, late into the next day’s morning, authentic as all get out. They sound a little like O’Hara’s plays: fresh and honest and real.

O’Hara’s new play, “Zombie: The American,” will hit Woolly Mammoth in May, directed by Artistic Director Howard Schalwitz.

“I wanted to respect the music, sure, but I wanted it to matter to our own times and how we live today.”

- Robert O’Hara

Courtesy of the Kennedy Center.

S TING Born Gordon Summer in Wallsend, England, he’s the ultimate Renaissance man: singer, musician, composer, author and actor. Having won 16 Grammy Awards, with the Police and as a solo act, he recently went on a spectacular tour with Paul Simon and currently has a show on Broadway, “The Last Ship.”

Photo by Frank Ockenfels.

LILY T OMLIN One of the most uniquely and originally funny and quirky women dead or alive, she was called a national treasure by none other than Richard Pryor.

Her fame began on “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,” where she created Ernestine and Edith Ann, and grew with her remarkable stage show, “The Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe,” and film roles.

Photo by Greg Gorman.

PATRICIA MCBR IDE A principal dancer with New York City Ballet for 28 years, she danced for five American presidents and worked with some of the greatest choreographers (George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, both of whom created roles for her) and dancers (Edward Villella, Mikhail Baryshnikov and her husband Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux) of her time.

Photo by Jeff Cravotta.

Holiday Gift Guide You Can’t Buy Style…Or Can You?

Tucked away on P Street just across from Rose Park is Georgetown Emporium, where one-of-a-kind treasures await. Scoop up a vintage Hermès tie or scarf and give a true Parisian gift to the Francophile in your life.

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GiGi New York is the ultimate go-to for personalized leather bags, tech accessories, wallets and more. Give yourself the gift of organization with a new 2015 Datebook ($36 to $100), available in a rainbow of colors. Plus, for just $15 you can personalize it and add your initials.

If your loved one enjoys unwinding over a glass of wine, why not give a gift card for a vinotherapy spa day at the Jefferson Hotel?

The Jefferson’s intimate spa utilizes fragrant botanicals and ancient traditions to deliver the ultimate relaxation. Guests can indulge in massages, facials, body treatments and a specialized vinotherapy (reflective of Thomas Jefferson’s passion for wine).

Invest in a new Barbour jacket, right on M St., for him or her.

Traveling this holiday season?

Snatch up this textured leather passport cover and luggage tag set by British favorite, Smythson ($295 at Net-A-Porter). Available in emerald, yellow and fuchsia, the set is artfully decorated with gilded lettering and details.

Layer on style this holiday season with a cozy Vince sweater from CUSP by Neiman Marcus ($425). Made from luxurious yak wool, this new striped sweater will keep your gift recipient chic and warm.

ViaUmbria, a new pop-up shop on Wisconsin Avenue, has a great selection of hand-painted ceramics and fine linens, plus colorful pastas and savory seasonings to dolce up your loved one’s vita.

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SOCIAL SCENE

Billy Joel Gets Gershwin Prize, Rocks the House

BY R OBE RT DEVANEY

The Library of Congress presented Billy Joel with the 2014 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song during a tribute concert at DAR Constitution Hall Nov. 19. At the concert, one heard America -- and a uniquely Washington crowd -- singing his songs, now etched into national memory.

Performers sang one piece each from the singer-songwriter’s songbook: Boyz II Men, LeAnn Rimes, Gavin DeGraw, Josh Groban, Natalie Maines, John Mellencamp and Tony Bennett, who got the biggest applause of the night before the honoree stepped on stage. Kevin Spacey offered opening remarks: “I think even a man like Frank Underwood would be pretty excited about a night like tonight.” The actor -- who can sing, too -- was referring to his character at the Netflix show, “House of Cards.”

Librarian of Congress James Billington congratulates Billy Joel. Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress.

Tony Bennett sings “New York State of Mind.”

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UN Champions of the Earth Celebrated

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The United Nations recognized innovators and policymakers with the organization’s “highest environmental accolade,” the Champions of the Earth Award, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum & National Portrait Gallery. Winners included President Tommy Remengesau, Jr. of Palau, President of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, environmental scientist Robert Watson, founder of the Ocean Clean-up Initiative Boyan Slat, founder of Adeso Fatima Jibrell, conservationist Sylvia Earle, Nobel laureate and ozone scientist Mario Molina and the U.S. Green Building Council. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN Goodwill Ambassador Gisele Bündchen were on sight to congratulate award winners and bring awareness to environmental issues.

Billy Joel on stage with Boys II Men, Josh Groban, Gavin DeGraw and Tony Bennett at DAR Constitution Hall Nov. 19. Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

UN Goodwill Ambassador, Gisele Bündchen hold the President of Palau’s Grandson. President Tommy Remengesau Jr. was one of the one of the honorees.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets Fatima Jibrell, founder of Adeso.

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Rent the Runway Georgetown Debut Bash PHO TOS B Y E RIN S CH A F F

Rent the Runway, the women’s online service that rents luxury gowns, designer dresses and accessories, opened a store at 3336 M St. NW on Nov. 24. Checking out flashy, stylish outfits and sipping wine, influential women of D.C. flooded the 4,354-square-foot Georgetown space that is larger than its New York store.

‘Interstellar’ Gets Glamorous Launch at Air & Space PH OTOS BY ER IN SCHAFF

The science fiction film, “Interstellar,” made its Washington, D.C., premiere -- appropriately enough -- at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum Nov. 5. Directed, co-written and co-produced by Christopher Nolan, known for his Batman movies, “Interstellar” tells the tale of a dying Earth, which humankind must depart for its own survival through a wormhole and find a new home. Actors Matthew McConaughey (elow), Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain (left) along with Director Christopher Nolan and his wife Emma Thomas, greeted fans and media before viewing the film at the museum’s IMAX theater. It opened nationwide Nov. 7.

Rent the Runway Co-founders Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Feiss.

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National Women’s History Museum Living Legacy Awards

BY M ARY B IRD The National Women’s History Museum presented the 2014 Living Legacy Awards at the 4th annual NWHM de Pizan Honors at Arena Stage on Nov. 17. The de Pizan Honors recognizes trailblazing women with an award named for Christine de Pizan, who in 1405 became the first Western woman to write about women’s history and to earn a living as an author. The goal of the nonprofit National Women’s History Museum is to build a permanent museum on or near the National Mall to herald and display the collective history of American women.

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