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UP & Coming Feb. 12-15 Georgetown Arts 2015 The Citizens Association of Georgetown presents its 6th annual art show, showcasing work by local Georgetown residents and artists who have studios in Georgetown. There will be “art talks” at 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 14 and 15, at which chosen artists will discuss their pieces. Most art will be for sale, with the proceeds going to support CAG, which aims to preserve Georgetown’s historic character and quality of life. For details, visit cagtown.org. House of Sweden, 2900 K St. NW.

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Feb. 17 Lunch and Learn with Helga Thomson This program combines lunch and a special workshop with printmaker Helga Thomson.

Born in Argentina, she studied there with German artist W. Dohme and printmakers Pompeyo and Eduardo Audivert. She has received national and regional awards in the United States. Her work was described

by Ann Weinstein in the Virginia Magazine as “poetic and also socially aware.” For details, visit iona.org. Iona Senior Services, 4125 Albemarle St. NW.

Feb. 18 Celebration of Women Chefs The 10th annual Turn Up the Heat: A Celebration of Women Chefs supports the

work of the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance. Attendees enjoy a live auction and a tasting with the top women in the industry, featuring nearly 60 women chefs, restaurant owners and mixologists. Attendees include cancer survivors, supporters of the Alliance, corporations and leaders in business, health care and oncology. Tickets are $275.

For details, visit ovariancancer.org. Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.

Roundtable is an “on background” session designed to foster better communication between area reporters and local union communication staffers and leaders. Space is limited and you must RSVP. For details, visit aflcio.org. AFL-CIO, 815 16th St. NW.

Feb. 20 Labor-Media Breakfast Roundtable Organized by the Metro Washington Council’s Local Labor Communicators Network, the second annual Labor-Media Breakfast

February 24 Lunch and Learn with Norma Schwartz This program combines lunch and a guided tour of the Iona Gallery. Attendees will chat with sculptor Norma Schwartz on her artistic process and the value of individual expression. Schwartz worked as a psychoanalyst, raised a family and participated in many social and political movements. As an artist, she enjoys exploring new materials, creating forms that inhabit a three-dimensional space and playing with light. For details, visit iona.org. Iona Senior Services, 4125 Albemarle St. NW.

Feb. 19 Cultural Leadership Breakfast: Ari Roth Ari Roth, artistic director of Mosaic Theater Company of DC, a new company based at H Street’s Atlas Performing Arts Center, will be the speaker at Georgetown Media Group’s Cultural Leadership Breakfast on Thursday, Feb. 19. Roth spent 18 years as artistic director of Theater J at the D.C. Jewish Community Center, a position he left in December. The event runs from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Admission is $20 ($15 for George Town Club members). To RSVP, email richard@georgetowner.com. George Town Club, 1530 Wisconsin Ave. NW.

follow. For details, visit dtsbdc.org/diplomats-dance-society. Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall Rd. NW.

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Artist’s rendering for a possible Under Armour store at the old Nathans restaurant location.

Under Armour Reconditioning Old Nathans Space At the Feb. 2 Advisory Neighborhood Commission meeting, Anthony Barnes of Barnes Vance Architects showed plans for a rebirth of the building at the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and M Street – 3150 M St. NW and 1083 Wisconsin Ave. NW – most famous for housing Nathans Restaurant.

The building dates to 1860. Plans call for it to be renovated to its 1920s heyday with its box windows, Juliet balconies, re-done corner entry and other historic details. “This was when the building was at its most handsome,” Barnes said.

The Heon family owned the place, where family members lived and worked, for 100 years. It was sold to Under Armour founder and CEO Kevin Plank a year ago for just over $12 million.

The design, which includes center stairs for three levels of retail and a top-floor condo with a roof deck, won approval from the commission. As for Under Armour definitely occupying the space, Barnes said it had not yet been decided.

Rabbi Barry Freundel. Freundel is refusing to leave the home provided to him.

Rabbi Refuses to Vacate Synagogue-owned House The congregation of Kesher Israel synagogue told fired Rabbi Barry Freundel that he needs to vacate the house on O Street provided to him as part of his employment by Jan. 1.

More than a month later, he has not done so.

Kesher Israel’s housing was considered part of Freundel’s pay when the synagogue

employed him for 26 years. However, he was fired in October after being charged with six counts of voyeurism.

Freundel’s attorney Jeffrey Harris claims that the synagogue would revoke Freundel’s back wages and his pension of $100,000 if Freundel chooses to stay in the home until March, according to ABC7 news. Lawyers for Kesher Israel argue that this will give the former rabbi plenty of time to move out of the house, estimated to be worth around $1.5 million.

It is alleged that Freundel filmed women while they undressed and cleansed themselves in the ritual bath at the National Capital Mikvah.

One of the alleged victims was a Georgetown University student who was enrolled in a class that Freundel taught.

The Georgetown to Embark on All Things Media: It’s Not Major Renovation The Georgetown, a 92-unit assisted-living About Brian facility at 2512 Q St. NW, will undergo a multimillion-dollar building renovation, expected to begin in May and take about a year to complete.

According to the facility’s owners, TwentyFive Twelve Q Street Associates, LP, to protect the safety of its residents and to expedite the renovation, The Georgetown will temporarily close and will assist residents and their families in relocation.

Originally an apartment building built in the 1920s, The Georgetown opened as a retirement home in 1978. It was one of the city’s first facilities to address the growing needs of its elderly population, offering both housing and an array of social services.

The renovation will completely transform the interior of the building. Improvements to the common areas include enlarged first-floor amenity spaces, a new fitness center, theater and salon and all new furnishings and fixtures. In addition, individual apartments will be renovated to include enlarged bathrooms with showers instead of tubs, new kitchenettes and new flooring, lighting and electrical upgrades.

Major building systems will also be overhauled, with new heating and ventilation systems and replacement of the boiler and chiller, as well as an elevator modernization.

The Georgetown’s owners have engaged Hord Coplan Macht, a Baltimore-based architectural firm that specializes in housing for seniors.

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MPD Captain Hilton Burton filed a whistleblower lawsuit after he was demoted following a police escort of actor Charlie Sheen nearly four years ago.

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Dorm Rooms Coming to Georgetown University Hotel Georgetown University will begin converting the second and third floors of the Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center, 3800 Reservoir Rd. NW, into student dorms in May. Almost half the rooms in the hotel will be converted. The renovation will provide housing for 140 students.

At the same time, the reconstruction of the former Jesuit Residence on the university’s historic Quadrangle will accommodate 148 students.

Student Kristen Sullivan told the student newspaper, the Hoya, that the rooms, although useful for providing space, may create a fractured campus. “Not only would the hotel be an isolated living space, but more people would filter through the hotel area and the food court,

and I’m not entirely sure how that would impact the hospital crowd,” she said.

According to Vice President for Planning and Facilities Management Robin Morey, the renovation will have minimal impact on the layout and architecture of the hotel. For student safety, they want to minimize the amount of interaction between the hotel guests and their students, he told the Hoya.

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Parents Arrested for Leaving Kids in Car A local couple was arrested and charged with first-degree child cruelty after leaving their children alone in an unheated car while they went to a wine tasting Jan. 31. The two children are both under the age of two.

Parents Jennie Chang, 45, and Christophe Lucas, 41, went to a wine tasting at Ris, a restaurant at 2275 L St. NW in the West End neighborhood, where they were arrested.

The toddlers were alone in the car parked at the corner of 23rd and L Streets NW for about an hour in 28-degree weather. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, a call was placed to MPD around 5:40 p.m. by a person who saw the children in the car. The children are now in the custody of Child Protective Services.

Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center. Two floors of teh hotel will be converted to student housing.

There was a spate of vehicle break-ins on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 1, in Georgetown, according to the Second District of the Metropolitan Police Department. Most notably, there were at least 15 smash-and-grabs on the east side of Georgetown. Lt. John Knutsen of MPD presented the crime report at the Feb. 2 ANC meeting (the officer said that even his car had been broken into recently). Commissioner Ed Solomon said of the thieves: “They are there, constantly roaming.”

-3600 block, S Street NW: sexual assault, Jan. 21.

-3000 block, Dent Place NW: theft, Jan. 20.

-2900 block, Dumbarton Street NW: theft from vehicle, Jan. 26.

-3000 block, M Street NW: theft, Jan. 22, Jan. 27.

-3100 block, M Street NW: theft, Jan. 21.

-3200 block, M Street NW: theft, Jan. 22, Jan. -23, Jan. 24, Jan. 25, Jan. 26, Jan. 27.

-2900 block, N Street NW: theft, Jan. 21.

-3100 block, N Street NW: theft, Jan. 26.

-3600 block, O Street: theft, Jan. 21, Jan. 23.

-3207 O St. NW (sidewalk): assault with dangerous weapon, 10:30 p.m., Jan. 22. Suspect arrested; complainant refused medical treatment.

1738 to 1899 block of Wisconsin Avenue NW (grocery, supermarket): shoplifting, 9 a.m., Jan. 23.

1000 to 1003 block of Thomas Jefferson Street NW (customer area): theft 2nd degree, overnight, Jan. 23.

3200 to 3277 block of M Street NW (customer area): theft 2nd degree, 7:29 p.m., Jan. 23.

Potomac and Prospect Streets NW: robbery, Jan. 24.

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The Hoyas lose two in a row GU lost to its rival, Villanova, 69 to 53 on Feb. 7, following a loss to Providence on Feb. 4.

GU ranks low for sexual health Georgetown ranked 93 out of 140 on the 2014 Sexual Health Report Card put together

by Trojan Brand Condoms. However, it was the highest ranked Catholic university on the list.

Events

Feb. 12-15 ‘The Vagina Monologues’ A show to tell the stories of women and girls from around the world, presented as part of an effort to stop violence against females. Feb. 12-13 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 14-15 at 2 and 8 p.m., Devine Studio Theatre, Davis Performing Arts Center.

Feb. 24 Women Who Would Be Rabbis: A History of the Battle for Women’s Ordination

2 p.m., followed by a demonstration and an opportunity to try-out his work on iPads, 2 to 4 p.m., location to be announced.

Feb. 26 Linguistic Violence and Creative Resistance A panel discussion on Sub-Saharan deaf communities that have minimal access to education, employment or citizenship participation and experience linguistic violence perpetrated by a range of institutions. 12:30 to 2 p.m., Jordan Student Academic Center, Room 1011.

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY News from the Hatchet

Tuition increase to fund mental health resources A 3.4-percent tuition hike for the fall 2015 freshman class was approved by the Board of Trustees. Part of this nearly $4 million increase will help expand mental health resources on campus. This is the first time tuition has been more than $50,000.

The interim fundraising chief, Aristide Collins, has moved to a permanent position. Collins secured about $100 million in donations since the fall, which is greater than the amount obtained in the entire fiscal year of 2013.

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Feb. 19 Storytelling in the Age of Divided Screens Award-winning app developer Erik Loyer will discuss different forms of media,12:45 to

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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY News from the Eagle

Students win grant to send 70 Ugandan girls to school AU’s chapter of She’s the First won a $25,000 grant from the Project for Awesome video competition to help girls attend school in Uganda.

Project for Awesome takes place every December and draws thousands of people to upload videos advocating for their favorite charities.

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Feb. 25 Step Up Bystander Intervention Training A training session promoting sexual assault awareness and encouraging people to speak up when they see potentially dangerous behaviors. 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Abramson Family Founders Room.

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A discussion led by Prof. Pamela S. Nadell about the presence of women in religious hierarchy. 12:00 p.m., Copley Hall, 37th and O St. NW.

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Feb. 21 The Anatomy of the Book: Recovery and Discovery A discussion led by bookbinder and artist Daniel Kelm about the significance of print

Community Meetings Feb. 12, 4:30 p.m. – The DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative will hold a Winter Members Meeting at the Kreeger Museum, 2401 Foxhall Rd. NW, with an education advocacy focus.

Feb. 25, 6:30 p.m. – The Georgetown Business Association will hold a February Networking Reception. For venue details and registration, visit georgetownbusiness. org.

March. 25 - The next Citizens Association of Georgetown meeting will be held at Malmaison, 3401 K St. NW. Representatives from Metro, the District's transportation department and the BID will be on hand to talk about the transportation challenges Georgetown faces and the plans to address them.

March 2, 6:30 p.m. – Georgetown’s Advisory Neighborhood Commission will hold its next monthly review in the Heritage Room at Georgetown Visitation School, 1524 35th St. NW.

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Old School Is Back

BY AMOS GE L B Dear Buzzfeed, Suck it.

So, Mr. I’m-too-sexy-for-the-internet: How does it feel to have a grandma teach you to suck eggs?

Yeah, you. “So what am I going to do with the $50-million infusion of venture capital, and a valuation that puts me somewhere near $850 million, all for cats and stuff.”

Meet the “it” kid in town. The cool thing everyone has been talking about. The one that is so retro it is avant-garde. The one that said nanosecond attention spans be damned.

How about seven hours’ worth? And just people talking?

Oh, baby – old school is back!

Radio. Yes, radio – that medium so old that its college roommate was the dial telephone.

Or, more precisely, radio in the replayable form of podcasting and one series in particular called “Serial”: the eight-part investigation into a Baltimore murder, the young man serving life in prison, the former friend whose testimony put him away and the questions surrounding the case.

It was so popular that 1.5 million people reportedly tuned in each week.

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But more than numbers, it was buzz. Old media – a great story well told without pictures – was a hit, even with the clickbait-addicted generation in their 20s. When asked what he thought, one member of the social media glitterati almost went into a trance: “I binge-listened!” Forget binge-drinking, binge-listening!

For All Things Media, the significance of “Serial” is its defiance of all the woe-be-us punditry condemning the state of media today.

Yes, there is a lot of very poor stuff out there, but there is a lot of imaginative content being created. And radio, the medium that was written off as dead half a century ago, has become

National Public Radio’s Sarah Koenig of “Serial.”

a hotbed for innovation, much of it harkening back to traditions of old.

If you haven’t listened, try NPR’s “TED Radio Hour” or “Radiolab” or “This American Life,” the show that spawned “Serial.”

So while Jimmy Fallon was turning the “Tonight Show” into a late-night goliath string of YouTube segments, the buzz at the end of the year was a good old-fashioned murder mystery, told with sound alone in 30-to-50-minute bites

by Sarah Koenig.

It succeeded very simply because it was worth listening to.

And in the age of free, it turns out people are willing to pay for something that they perceive gives them value. In this case, listeners replied virtually overnight to a request for support by bankrolling season two of “Serial” with donations.

That is nothing new. That is public radio’s model. What was different: the audience includes people who have never even thought of a radio as something they might actually buy.

Why would they? The internet is free, after all.

Now the hard part comes…can Koenig and her team do it again?

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The Congressional Gold Medal was awarded to members of the 1st Special Service Force for their actions in World War II.

King Abdullah II of Jordan at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing.

The Smithsonian American Art Museum, in collaboration with the Washington Ballet, presented a program in the Smithsonian’s Kogod Courtyard on Jan. 31, celebrating the Washington Ballet’s original production of “Sleepy Hollow.”

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) greets members of the 1st Special Service Force, World War II veterans.

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Georgetown-based Bluemercury Acquired for $210 Million The Georgetown-based luxury beauty company Bluemercury will be acquired by Macy’s for $210 million in cash, the company announced Feb. 3.

Macy’s, Inc., has signed an agreement to grow its beauty business and enhance customer offerings in stand-alone Bluemercury specialty locations, in digital channels and in Macy’s stores.

“We are excited to continue our aggressive expansion of Bluemercury, while simultaneously leveraging Macy’s leadership in omnichannel technology, supply chain and retail operations,” said Marla Beck, Bluemercury’s cofounder and CEO. Marla and Barry Beck cofounded Bluemercury in Georgetown in 1999. Bluemercury has been recognized as the largest and fastest-growing luxury beauty products and spa services retailer in the U.S. Beside its online business, the company operates 60 stores in 18 states.

The Becks and their business were profiled in a Sept. 24, 2014, Georgetowner cover story.

Bluemercury products include well-known luxury brands, as well as Marla Beck’s own proprietary skincare brand, M-61, all supported with personalized assistance from a team of beauty experts. Most locations include in-house spas.

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“With the full weight of Macy’s resources, we will be able to accelerate our store penetration across the United States, bringing our specialty store format to urban and suburban markets throughout the country,” said Barry Beck, cofounder and COO. The company will remain headquartered in Georgetown, with the Becks remaining in their executive positions. Its team of approximately 600 associates will remain in their current roles operating the stand-alone Bluemercury locations.

As previously reported in the Jan. 14 Georgetowner, D.C.’s first cat cafe is coming to the neighborhood. Crumbs & Whiskers, owned by Kanchan Singh, has applied for a zoning ruling – “to establish an animal boarding use for cats” – from the Board of Zoning and Adjustment. The feline-focused facility hopes to open this summer in the former Georgetown Clairvoyant Center at 3211 O St. NW. No food will be made at the cafe, which will have food arrangements with nearby eateries.

Crumbs & Whiskers, it promises, “will serve as a foster home for the Washington Humane Society’s shelter cats and as a really fun place to hang out for D.C. residents. The concept is pretty simple. Cats in cages are sad, so we get them out of there. Anyone without a cat is sad (or should be), so we hook them up.

Then, we give everybody desserts and coffee and tea.”

OUT: Kate Spade Spinoff Stores in Georgetown to Close Kate Spade & Co. is closing all Kate Spade Saturday and Jack Spade store locations. These brands feature lower prices than their counterparts.

The Kate Spade Saturday Georgetown location – at 3034 M St. NW – opened recently, on Aug. 16. The store, along with the Jack Spade location at 1250 Wisconsin Ave. NW, is expected to the close in mid-2015.

The Jack Spade brand will continue to be sold online and through other retailers, according to a company statement. Kate Spade & Co. has four other Washington-area stores. Kate Spade New York will remain open in Georgetown, Pentagon City, D.C. City Center and Tysons Galleria.

OUT: Rhino Bar to Close Feb. 28 The legendary Rhino Bar and Pumphouse, popular with Georgetown University students, will close Feb. 28.

Business owner and restaurateur Britt Swan told The Georgetowner the he was willing to go with a new lease that doubled the rent but the owner of the building at 3295 M St. NW declined. “Georgetown has changed,” Swan said. “It’s all about high-end retail.”

There will be a big reunion party and last hurrah for all old timers and past and present staff Sunday, Feb. 22, at Rhino Bar, which opened in 1998.

An insider told The Georgetowner: “From 1953 until this Feb. 28, there has been a longterm lease in place that moved from bar owner to bar owner. As I understand it, this is the first time that the lease will expire after all of these years. Many of us will gather at Rhino on its last Sunday night.”

Known for its collegiate atmosphere and sports bar verve -- along with nicely priced drinks and good food -- the bar was a big fan zone of the Boston Red Sox, often displaying the team’s name in building-wide signage. The place also attracted a clientele of “bros and basics,” according to one Yelp comment.

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Boomer Foster: Pushing Hard at Real Estate’s Goal Lines

BY RO B E RT DEVANEY

“What makes me tick is my family,” says Boomer Foster. “They are why I get up in the morning.”

For Long & Foster’s Larry “Boomer” Foster, who was named president of its general brokerage business three months ago, these words ring true. His uncle is the legendary P. Wesley “Wes” Foster, Jr., who founded the 46-year-old real estate business. “I always wanted to be part of the family business,” says the younger Foster, who started as a real estate agent at the Ashburn office in Loudoun County in 2006. “Wes made me no promises.”

Centered around Washington, D.C. – its headquarters is a huge Chantilly, Va., office building near Route 28 and Dulles Airport – Long & Foster Real Estate is the largest independent residential real estate company in the country. It has more than 11,000 agents, with 180 offices from New Jersey to North Carolina.

Foster works in partnership with Long & Foster Real Estate’s President Gary Scott.

“Appointing an additional president to our general brokerage business is about staying as close to our agents as possible, and that becomes even more critical as we continue to expand,” said Jeffrey Detwiler, president and COO of the Long & Foster Companies.

For Foster, it all began in Jonesboro, Ga., where his family lived for decades. While youngsters his age had sports heroes like Muhammad Ali, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, he says, “Growing up I had two heroes: my dad and my uncle. And my dream was to either practice law with my dad at his office in the suburbs of Atlanta or to go to Northern Virginia for the family business in real estate.”

Since he is a junior, Larry Allen Foster, Jr., has kept the nickname his mother gave him before he was born: “Boomer” (because he kicked around in her womb).

The name made perfect sense for Foster as a tight end on the University of South Carolina football team 20 years ago, when USC won its first bowl game ever. Then, as a trial lawyer in Columbia, S.C., “the judges knew me as Boomer,” says Foster, who was wearing cufflinks resembling USC’s Gamecock mascot the day we interviewed him in his office.

At Long & Foster, the affable 42-year-old president draws on his legal skills of negotiation and strategic thinking, but one can also see his football position as a metaphor for his current position. A tight end can play the role of offen-

Larry “Boomer” Foster at the entrance to Long & Foster’s headquarters building in Chantilly, Va. Photo by Robert Devaney.

sive lineman and wide receiver: big enough to hold the territory, quick enough to expand upfield – just like Long & Foster.

Indeed, with the company’s larger presence in Philadelphia and New Jersey and new offices in Charlottesville and Delaware, it is on the move.

“Over the past couple of years, we’ve enjoyed significant growth along the beaches,” says Foster, explaining that the company has focused on connecting clients in metro areas with shore communities from New Jersey to North Carolina – for investment and vacation properties and rentals. As for Charlottesville, where he and his family live, “We opened three offices last fall in a matter of months . . . around 70 agents.”

“We’ve always grown conservatively,” he says, adding as an aside: “South Carolina is next.”

Like others in the Foster family, he sees the company’s agents as an extension of the family business. It is a business about relationships – caring about the clients and the agents. “It’s not something you can fake,” Foster says.

Whether it is “training, mentoring and coaching,” he adds, “Long & Foster makes sure our people are taken care of . . . When they need us, we’re there. You can call me . . . you can get Wes Foster on the phone this afternoon.”

Foster says the big competitors are franchises, which are predominantly “mom-and-pop shops that pay for the right to put an entity’s name on their door.” He sees Long & Foster as something more: “We’re invested in our people.”

While he says he knows that may sound like a predictable answer, it also sounds authentic coming from Foster. “When somebody tells me, ‘You’re so not corporate,’” he says, “I take that as a compliment.”

To that end, Foster spends a lot of his time in the field – ideally, he says, 80 percent outside, checking firsthand, and 20 percent at headquarters. “Seek first to understand,” he likes to say.

“If we try to run this company in a vacuum, we’re going to fail.”

With Scott directing the other offices – in New Jersey, Philly and the Virginia Tidewater area – Foster covers metro D.C., Montgomery County, Northern Virginia, West Virginia, southern Maryland, Charlottesville and Raleigh.

So, where is the Washington area’s strongest sales neighborhood? “For 2014, D.C. proper fared better than the suburbs,” Foster says. Doing well were upper-bracket-priced properties in the city. The West End and Foggy Bottom stood out as top-performing, with a nearly 18-percent

S e l l i ng

increase in average sale prices in 2014.

Last year, he says, “First-time home buyers were not a big part of our marketplace.”

Nevertheless, he expects that situation to improve for those 34 or younger, the so-called millennials, as mortgage-lending restrictions ease and more credit becomes available. Interest rates, now at such a low, are looking to go up, he adds. “The historically low rates we are enjoying undoubtedly benefit buyers and sellers in the near term.”

Foster is bullish on the company’s Logan Circle office and its environs: “I think there is a ton of opportunity there. Long & Foster can handle the upper-bracket and the condo markets, and everything in between.”

“Our business has changed so much,” he says. “The agent’s role has changed – going from being a keeper of information to becoming a skilled negotiator, market expert and trusted advisor.”

At the end of his workweek, Foster leaves his Leesburg townhome and goes home to Charlottesville to be with wife Kathryne, daughter Mattie and son Larry.

His wife was very supportive of the move from their comfortable life in South Carolina, he says. “We took a leap of faith.”

It looks like it’s turning out all right for his young family – and for the family business.

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GEORGETOWN PROPER FOR 2014 SALES ADDRESS

1645 31ST ST NW

1055 WISCONSIN AVE NW

3325 PROSPECT ST NW

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3007 Q ST NW

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ADVERTISED SUBDIVISION 1645 31ST ST NW GEORGETOWN 2915 O ST NW GEORGETOWN 3303 WATER ST NW #N-8 GEORGETOWN 1055 WISCONSIN AVE GEORGETOWN NW #4-E PENTHOUSE 3325 PROSPECT ST NW GEORGETOWN 1231 31ST ST NW GEORGETOWN 3007 Q ST NW GEORGETOWN 3235 R ST NW GEORGETOWN 3300 NW O ST NW GEORGETOWN 3106 N ST NW GEORGETOWN 1055 WISCONSIN AVE GEORGETOWN NW #2-W 1055 WISCONSIN AVE GEORGETOWN NW #4-W PENTHOUSE 1055 WISCONSIN AVE GEORGETOWN NW #2-E 1055 WISCONSIN AVE GEORGETOWN NW #1-E DUPLEX 1403 30TH ST NW GEORGETOWN 1609 31ST ST NW GEORGETOWN 3265 N ST NW GEORGETOWN 1055 WISCONSIN AVE GEORGETOWN NW #3-W 3043 P ST NW GEORGETOWN 3023 Q ST NW GEORGETOWN 3310 P ST NW GEORGETOWN 3321 PROSPECT ST NW GEORGETOWN 1418 33RD ST NW GEORGETOWN 1633 31ST ST NW GEORGETOWN 1314 30TH ST NW GEORGETOWN 3021 Q ST NW GEORGETOWN 1521 31ST ST NW GEORGETOWN 4115 PARKGLEN CT NW BURLEITH 3025 P ST NW GEORGETOWN 3127 DUMBARTON ST GEORGETOWN NW 1601 35TH ST NW GEORGETOWN 3343 P ST NW GEORGETOWN 5416 SHERIER PL NW PALISADES 700 NEW HAMPSHIRE FOGGY AVE NW #1105/1106 BOTTOM 1242 POTOMAC ST NW GEORGETOWN 3003 O ST NW GEORGETOWN 1525 35TH ST NW GEORGETOWN 1230 27TH ST NW GEORGETOWN 1231 28TH ST NW GEORGETOWN

BEDROOMS BATHS FULL 9 9 8 7 4 4 3 4

BATHS HALF 4 1 1 1

LIST PRICE $16,800,000 $7,750,000 $6,250,000 $5,550,000

CLOSE PRICE $16,100,000 $7,395,000 $6,000,000 $5,600,000

5 5 5 7 7 4 3

5 4 5 5 4 6 3

3 2 1 1 1 0 1

$5,250,000 $5,600,000 $5,450,000 $5,500,000 $5,600,000 $4,995,000 $3,950,000

$5,250,000 $5,200,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $4,920,000 $4,750,000

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$4,550,000

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$4,495,000 $4,500,000 $4,200,000 $4,150,000

$4,500,000 $4,250,000 $4,200,000 $4,175,000

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4 5 5 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 5 5

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$3,490,000 $4,400,000 $3,950,000 $3,995,000 $4,200,000 $3,950,000 $3,495,000 $3,995,000 $2,995,000 $3,600,000 $3,500,000 $3,295,000

$4,000,000 $3,975,000 $3,950,000 $3,895,000 $3,875,000 $3,625,000 $3,495,000 $3,400,000 $3,275,000 $3,250,000 $3,200,000 $3,200,000

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$3,499,999 $2,950,000 $2,995,000 $2,950,000

$3,050,000 $3,000,000 $2,995,000 $2,950,000

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REAL ESTATE ADDRESS 1319 30TH ST NW 3102 P ST NW 3141 O ST NW 3251 PROSPECT ST NW #R-402 3104 Q ST NW 3325 N ST NW 3528 RESERVOIR RD NW 3303 WATER ST NW #E-7 4865 POTOMAC AVE NW 3023 P ST NW 3052 R ST NW #307 3007 P ST NW 2700 VIRGINIA AVE NW #1101 3527 WINFIELD LN NW 3032 O ST NW 4816 HUTCHINS PL NW 1624 29TH ST NW 955 26TH ST NW #801 3320 N ST NW 1537 30TH ST NW #D12 3040 Q ST NW 4524 WESTHALL DR NW 4526 WESTHALL DR NW 1413 RIDGEVIEW WAY NW 1250 31ST ST NW 2502 CHAIN BRIDGE RD NW 3614 PROSPECT ST NW 3323 O ST NW 4806 HUTCHINS PL NW 1411 RIDGEVIEW WAY NW 3114 DUMBARTON ST NW 3336 DENT PL NW 1508 DUMBARTON ROCK CT NW 1347 30TH ST NW 4622 LAVEROCK PL NW 2500 VIRGINIA AVE NW #1401-SOUTH 2815 Q ST NW 1409 RIDGEVIEW WAY NW 2700 VIRGINIA AVE NW #502/503 1506 30TH ST NW

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BEDROOMS BATHS FULL 6 6 4 2 3 3

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LIST PRICE $2,600,000 $2,950,000 $2,495,000

CLOSE PRICE $2,610,000 $2,600,000 $2,520,000

GEORGETOWN

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4 4 5 2 7 4 3 4 3

4 5 4 2 6 3 3 4 3

1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1

$2,485,000 $2,436,150 $2,495,000 $2,400,000 $2,395,000 $2,495,000 $2,390,000 $2,349,000 $2,295,000

$2,485,000 $2,436,150 $2,425,000 $2,400,000 $2,395,000 $2,375,000 $2,350,000 $2,295,000 $2,200,000

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5 4 4 3 3

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$2,350,000 $2,195,000 $2,349,000 $2,295,000 $2,175,000

$2,175,000 $2,150,000 $2,150,000 $2,133,000 $2,100,000

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1 0 1 1 1 1

$2,500,000 $1,949,000 $2,225,000 $1,948,591 $1,945,699 $1,999,711

$2,050,000 $1,979,000 $1,950,000 $1,948,591 $1,945,699 $1,929,425

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3 6

2 5

2 1

$1,995,000 $1,999,000

$1,925,000 $1,920,000

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$1,990,000

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4 3

1 1

$1,895,000 $1,750,000

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3 4 2

4 3 2

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$1,749,000 $1,895,000 $1,999,999

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ANTIQUES ADDICT

Early American Pottery

BY M ICHE L L E GA L L E R

Governor Gooch had a secret.

Virginia Governor William Gooch had good reason to hide the truth in his 1732 annual report to the British Board of Trade. The colonies were forbidden to engage in manufacturing any products in direct competition with those imported from England, except for those that would benefit the mother country.

Yet, he and his government had long encouraged local entrepreneurs, including a Yorktown merchant known as William Rogers.

An enterprising brewer and businessman, Rogers’s pottery was one of Virginia’s most prosperous businesses, producing 23 types of redware and stoneware, which were shipped up and down the East Coast. Since the quality of Rogers’s vessels was comparable to anything imported from England, and clearly posed a conflict, Gooch maintained his deception until the end of the decade.

The most utilitarian pottery available, redware was one of the first necessities that the colonists made themselves. It’s no wonder Governor Gooch was covert about this flourishing industry. Redware pots were used like plastic is used today. They were comparably cheap, plentiful and locally crafted, using clay with high iron content (this is what gives redware its characteristic red or orange hue).

Redware jugs, jars, plates, bowls and tavern ware of various kinds were used throughout 17th- and 18th-century America. If the house-

Redware plate by Edna Smith of Quakertown, Pa., 19th century. Photo courtesy of Crocker Farm.

wife needed it, the potter made it. Unfortunately, the potter, or anyone who regularly used redware vessels, commonly developed nervous disorders, like palsy and tremors, associated with lead poisoning.

There are multitudes of contemporary pieces on the market that are being advertised as antiques. Hence, collectors should educate themselves to be able to discern fakes.

Examine the back of the piece to see if it is blackened, which would indicate that it was used on the hearth and is likely an old piece. Since tallow or fat leaches into clay, smelling the piece for faint remnant odors of either can help determine whether it’s an older item. A glaze with a glassy quality is a sign of a modern piece.

Stoneware was developed due to the fear of poisoning from lead-glazed earthenware. Made of dense, blended clays, salt-glazed and then fired to vitrification, stoneware was imported to the colonies from England and Germany.

Early American redware potters rarely inscribed their names in the soft clay, but stoneware quite often bears the maker’s mark.

Crocks, jugs, butter churns – chiefly utility items – were typically decorated with freehand cobalt decoration of flora, fauna and, occasionally, military motifs. An urn featuring Civil War soldiers recently sold at auction for $350,000.

The mellow, golden-colored ware is a type of stoneware made of fine yellow clay that was found along riverbanks in New Jersey and other Mid-Atlantic states. Since the yellow clay contains a lower level of iron, causing it to vitrify at higher temperatures than red clay, yellow ware items were much harder and more durable for kitchen use.

The collector can determine whether an older piece is American yellow ware by tapping it: American pieces will thud; English yellow ware will ring. It was a popular choice for kitchen use up until the 1940s, when homemakers began to be seduced by pieces made of modern materials.

The south has a wide and diverse 200-year history of pottery, covering multiple states.

Southern redware and stoneware research has made significant strides in the last 25 years.

Entire new schools of pottery have been discovered, uncovering new forms and traditions.

The pottery of the “Great Road” represents some newer discoveries of the southern pottery tradition. The Great Road, considered part of the “Great Wagon Road” initiating in Philadel-

Five gallon stoneware churn, circa 1861, won the highest bid ever recorded for a piece of American stoneware — $350,000. The slip-trailed design depicts four marching, strong-jawed, mustached Union Civil War soldiers in a tightly-formed battle line. Photo courtesy of Crocker Farm.

phia, was the primary route from Roanoke, Va., to eastern Tennessee.

A wonderful piece of antique American folk pottery, whether it is redware, stoneware or yellow ware, has its own distinct past. A potter – who probably dug his own clay, mixed his own glaze recipe and fired his pieces in old woodfired kilns – made each piece, and every piece tells its own unique story.

An antiques dealer for more than 25 years, Michelle Galler owns Antiques, Whimsies & Curiosities, based in Georgetown and in Washington, Va. Contact her at antiques.and. whimsies@gmail.com to suggest a topic for a future column.

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Le Décor: Winter Lighting to Warm the Home

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Good lighting is universally appealing and vital for warding off winter’s gloom. We’ve rounded up a mix of stylish contenders, from classic to whimsical, playful and sophisticated, that will warm up your home in all seasons.

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1. This vintage birdcage chandelier, complete with hand-wrought iron and faceted crystal glass, exudes whimsy and fantasy. Starting at $1,850.

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2. This sculptural Moravian star has gilded iron details and frosted glass, delivering a playful yet stylish sentiment. $1,495. Serena and Lily.

3. This atrium glass lamp is crafted of mouth-blown glass and can be filled with all your favorite objects, from corks to flowers or sea glass. $159$179. Pottery Barn.

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4. The original George Nelson bubble lamps have been a mark of contemporary cool and simplicity since 1947. Starting at $269. Modernica.

5. Evoking fields of golden grain blowing in the breeze, these bundled wheat sconces bring a touch of refined, natural glamor into the home. $395 for the set. Neiman Marcus.

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6. Sleek, sophisticated and masculine, this “grasshopper” lamp is equipped with a powder-coated steel shade, a solid brass frame and a fabric-covered cord. $495. Design Within Reach.

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7. A handmade Wyoming antler chandelier by Russell Johnson Imports is a vintage objet that will hang beautifully above large dining tables, kitchen islands or in libraries adorned with treasures from around the world. $2,879. One Kings Lane.

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Large 1BR offers parquet flrs, open flr plan, wonderful views overlooking Rock Creek Park. Ideally located in the East Village. Convenient to Dupont/West End shopping; dining in Georgetown & Dupont.

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$799,000

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$789,900

Beautiful home, completely renovated, close to Metro, hardwood floors, SS appliances, granite countertops. Attached garage.

Finished basement. Fenced back yard, great for entertaining.

Maria Sanchez 703- 585-5278 Georgetown Office 202-944-8400

Classic Victorian Row House with 2BR, Den & 2BA and modern upgrades including all-new kitchen and steam bath, beautifully restored. Well-maintained, 3 fully finished levels and private back patio and attic space.

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Charming 2BR, 2BA carriage house with kitchen with granite counter, LR-DR area with two-story ceiling leading to second floor bedroom. Garden/courtyard provides combination of city and outdoor living space.

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Congress Heights, Washington, DC

$284,500

1BR, 1BA co-op w/view of National Cathedral on 7th flr. Huge balcony overlooks open lawn. Utilities included. Complimentary outdoor prkg, or garage prkg available. Pets welcome.

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REAL ESTATE

The Auction Block

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Bringing the Hammer Down Final selling prices for last month’s featured Auction Block items.

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Japanesque Tea Caddy, c. 1880 Hammered Sterling Silver and Mixed-Metal Tiffany & Co. Estimate: $12,000 – $18,000 Auction Date: March 4

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Pair of Chinese Cloisonné Elephants, early 20th century Estimate: $70,000 – $90,000 Auction Date: March 16 Part of Doyle’s Asian Works of Art Auction, each elephant stands four-square on a rectangular base, the head held low with the trunk curled under between long, gently curved tusks. They are both set with a saddle and elaborate trappings, supporting a vase with a pearl and flame finial. This beautiful décor looms large: height 72 inches, length 47 ½ inches, width 24 inches.

BONHAMS

Shamrock V, 1995, oil on canvas John Mecray (b. 1939) Auction Date: Jan. 30 Estimate: $60,000 – $80,000 Final Selling Price: $62,500

This wonderful hammered tea caddy, with gilded interior, has a body and cover decorated with applied vines, dragonflies and gourds in copper and gold, along with ‘mokume’ butterflies. It will be part of Bonham’s Auction of Fine Furniture, Silver, Decorative Arts and Clocks.

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Bacchante with Grapes Carried by Two Bacchantes and a Bacchant, dated 1800 Claude Michel, called Clodion (1738-1814) Auction Date: Jan. 29 Estimate: $600,000 – $1,000,000 Final Selling Price: $2,853,000

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18ct Gold Sapphire and Coloured Diamond ‘Chiocciola’ Ring De Grisogono Estimate: $4,000 – $4,600 Auction Date: March 4 This opulent ring is of stylized crossover design, the single terminal set ‘en tremblant’ with briolette-cut yellow and orange sapphires, to a brilliant-cut yellow diamond looped surround and single shoulder. It will be part of Christie’s London’s popular Jewelery Auction.

Theatre Des Errements III, 1963, gouache on paper Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) Estimate: $300,000 – $400,000 Auction Date: March 5 Sotheby’s March 5 Contemporary Curated auction will highlight a diverse range of works from the brightest stars of the post-war and contemporary periods. Examples from the Ab-Ex and Color Field artists will be offered side-by-side with important works from the Pop and Pictures Generation, as well as cutting-edge visionaries of today. This Dubuffet piece is sure to attract a great deal of attention.

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Tete de Chevre de Profil, 1950 Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Auction Date: Feb. 6 Estimate: $3,000 – $4,600 Final Selling Price: $15,310

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Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum and 14ct Rose Gold Spray Brooch Torre Vincent Auction Date: Feb. 9 Estimate: $1,400 – $1,800 Final Selling Price: $1,875 (buyer’s premium included)

DOYLE NEW YORK St. Sebastian, oil on canvas Follower of Jacopo Tintoretto Auction Date: Jan. 28 Estimate: $3,000 – $5,000 Final Selling Price: $16,250 (buyer’s premium included)

Auction ApprAisAl EvEnt American Art Russian Art 19th Century European Paintings February 19-20, Washington DC

Bonhams specialists will be visiting the Washington DC area to provide complimentary estimates with a view to selling at upcoming New York and London auctions.

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Above vAsilii DMitriEvich polEnov (russiAn, 1844-1927) ‘He that is without sin’, 1908 Found in Virginia, sold in London for $6.4 million Left EDwArD hEnry potthAst (AMEricAn, 1857-1927) The Red Bonnet Sold for $149,000 Right GiusEppE DE nittis (itAliAn, 1846-1884) A ride along the Avenue des Champs-Elysées Sold for $1,328,000

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GEORGETOWN’S FUTURE: DREAMS AND REALITIES

BY R OBERT D E VA NE Y, PA UL S I MKIN & GARY TISCHLER

THE MORE THINGS CHANGE . . .

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Photo Credit: Georgetown BID

he Washington watchword is change: change everywhere. Change in Adams Morgan, change in Petworth, Brookland, big changes to the downtown infrastructure and skyline.

And, who knows, maybe someday the blessings of change will reach as far as Wards 7 and 8.

And guess what? Change is coming to Georgetown.

The village known as the place most resistant to change is about to change – if all the buzz about ongoing projects and future vision is any indication.

There’s been a lot of talk – and at least one recent meeting – about the contents of the Georgetown Business Improvement District’s action plan.

The Georgetown 2028 Plan was presented to the public in December of 2013. But, much as a rumor gets around as something brand new, changes in Georgetown are a hot topic these days.

“Georgetown was getting left behind a little bit,” Georgetown BID CEO Joe Sternlieb said. “People weren’t talking about it as much as they had. It wasn’t the only place to go on a Saturday night anymore.”

We’re talking gondolas over the Potomac, a Metro station in Georgetown (somewhere in the near or far future), special lighting under Key Bridge, even the big Kennedy Center renovation, which will better connect the center to the river and to Georgetown.

We’re talking a lot. Georgetown’s reputation for elitist inclination is grounded mostly in the perception of a 1960s rejection of a Metro station (and the fact that the term affordable housing seems to be an alien term). What’s coming – if it happens, and there are a lot of ifs – is not necessarily dramatic, all the high-end goodies aside. The end result may be that Georgetown, and Georgetowners, will be more connected to the rest of the city and its other wards, villages and neighborhoods.

In fact, there’s always been change in Georgetown.

The historic core remains, and probably always will.

That’s the advantage of being a historic district. But the commercial part of Georgetown has always gone through changes. Many of the restaurants and shops and bars from the 1980s are gone, replaced by something different. The flavors change, but the overall image doesn’t.

The proposed changes have to make a grueling journey through all the bureaucracies that the city and village has to offer. Big dreams of shining cities and gondolas are susceptible to change and resistance. Just look at what’s happened to the long-awaited H Street streetcar project, or the hit-and-run zoning battles being waged over pop-ups.

The buzz is likely to be ongoing. It’s a marketing and educational issue as much as anything. Gone are the days (we hope) when residents and commercial interests clashed hysterically and unreasonably.

Thanks to the late Art Schultz – who also helped promote the legislation that led to the creation of BIDs – there’s a more friendly and cooperative attitude in the village, one more receptive to new ideas and newcomers.

In the end, though, here’s a fairly safe prediction: Georgetown will still be Georgetown, recognizable and historic, if a little more wired and connected to the city of which it’s a singular part.

Boat dock near Key Bridge. Photo courtesy of the Georgetown BID.

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CHANGE IS COMING: BID AND OTHERS TAKE ON THE FUTURE

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ondolas and Metro stops and parklets, oh, my.

We are sure about some new buildings and businesses, as well as expanded bus service. And we are fairly sure about a Metrorail station (a question of when) and even a boathouse or two (a question of where).

As far as the imagined aerial gondola from the west side of Georgetown to the Rosslyn Metro stop, it is possible, shall we say, but it is also a great publicity stunt for the village.

Causing all this ruckus and media buzz about the town’s future is the Georgetown Business Improvement District with its “Georgetown 2028 15-Year Action Plan,” presented in December 2013.

The report and the resulting discussion are welcome in a town – founded in 1751 as part of Maryland – where George Washington was a frequent visitor and the likes of Thomas Jefferson and John Kennedy lived. The village has lost some of its commercial mojo and is no longer the nightlife capital of the capital, but that is not point here.

As Ward 2 council member and Georgetown resident Jack Evans likes to say: “Now is the golden age of Georgetown.”

Evans is one of the influencers, ranging from the District government with the advisory neighborhood commission, the Old Georgetown Board (part of the federal Commission of Arts), the Board of Zoning Adjustment and the National Park Service to the Citizens Association of Georgetown, the Georgetown Business Association and Georgetown University, the largest private employer (with Medstar Georgetown University Hospital) in D.C. Center-stage of late: the Georgetown BID, which gets its funding from taxing member property-owners and business tenants. The BID covers commercial M Street down to the river and commercial Wisconsin Avenue up to R Street, along with parts of some side streets.

After years of disagreements, it appears that peace reigns in the land. After all, CAG and Georgetown University reached an agreement on the university’s 2020 Campus Plan in a process that then-Mayor Vincent Gray called “historic.” (Already, three new student dorms are underway.) Before that, the citizens and the merchants came to terms and now almost speak with one voice.

Along the banks of the Potomac, the Georgetown Waterfront

Park has been completed, and the ice skating rink at Washington Luke’s Lobster and Baked & Wired and temporary widenHarbour is a winner. And, now, boathouse proposals by the NPS ing of sidewalks have proved popular and will continue. New are heating up again. small public spaces have been made available. Already set up is The two public schools in the neighborhood, Duke Ellington signage around town – something lacking for decades – pointing School for the Arts and Hyde-Elementary the way to landmarks. There are School, are undergoing significant renovadesigns for large entry signs for tion and reconstruction. On the east side and Georgetown, too. the west side, thanks to Anthony Lanier’s Free Circulator bus service up EastBanc Co., gas station property will Wisconsin Avenue from K Street become condo space. Richard Levy and his to Whitehaven Street is also a partners hope to remake the defunct West quick way to get visitors moving Heating Plant, south of the Four Seasons Hotel, around town. Will streetcars ever into a condominium. Also, architect Robert make it to K Street?

Bell is remaking the old Georgetown Theater As a way to connect to into retail and residential spaces on Wisconsin Metrorail, an attention-grabbing Avenue. Micro apartments are slated for the gondola would cost $20 million former Latham Hotel on M Street. and take about five years to comInto this mix, the Georgetown BID preplete. The BID defines: “A gondola sented its grand scheme after months of meetlift consists of a loop cable between ings with experts and community leaders: two stations with individual cabins “Simply put, the 2028 vision is to build an accommodating anywhere from economically stronger and more sustainable four to 20 passengers…. A gondola Georgetown commercial district while bolsterlift can carry more than 4,000 ing the residential community by preserving passengers in each direction, per what is great about Georgetown, fixing what is hour, similar to light rail transit broken and creating what is missing.” and much larger than a typical Cover of the Georgetown BID 2028 report.

The BID’s strategic plan contains 75 action bus route running at five-minute items, of which the following are highlights: intervals.” The BID has $100,000 First and foremost is the preservation of the C&O Canal, a earmarked for a feasibility study – with more money needed crown jewel of Georgetown. The BID is helping fundraise for a from Arlington Country and others – that will determine if an new canal barge and also wants to put a dock on the canal near aerial gondola ever gets off the ground.

34th Street. It is noted that 2028 is the bicentennial of the canal.

Also proposed is the artistic lighting of the understructure of The new barge and its education programs could cost $3 Key Bridge and Whitehurst Freeway. million. (The dock runs around $40,000 and may be ready this All this was taken up at a Feb. 3 BID annual meeting at the summer). As far as the deterioration of Lock 3 is concerned, the House of Sweden, where the 2028 Plan was discussed and ideas repairs could cost around $5.5 million. taken from residents and businesspersons. The day before the The Georgetown Metro station would be part of a $3.3 meeting, the Washington Post ran a splashy roundup piece about billion expansion of the system. It may be ready by 2040 and is the plan in its Style Section, while other media outlets have been something out of the BID’s control. reporting about the BID’s plans from the get-go.

Quick changes are also looked for. Temporary parklets at Yes, change is coming.

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athletes involved in competitive rowing from the two schools n the next few years, if the dreams of Georgetown was 280, a number they say is too high to be serviced properly and George Washington universities come true, the at the existing Thompson’s space.

Georgetown riverfront will look very different. At a To help the recreational boater, the National Park Service (NPS) public NPS under three of the four plans is “scoping” meeting held on Feb. 5 at the D.C. intending to build sanded “beaches” Palisades Public Library, the agency unveiled from which no-rental recreational plans they intend to make a reality for the hotly paddlers can launch, as opposed to contested Georgetown waterfront – from 34th Street to a parcel of land just upstream of the floating docks.

Washington Canoe Club.

Working under a firm deadline, Peter May, the NPS Regional Director The 1,500 feet of riverfront – not long ago a for Lands, Planning, and Design for vast wasteland of dumps, rendering plants and the National Capital Region, stated sewage runoff areas – is now considered some of the most valuable land in the city, and it is that the public would have until March owned and controlled by the NPS. 5 to weigh in with comments about the proposals presented at the library The NPS push toward new rowing facilimeeting. Under the NPS overall plan, ties is based on the belief that the Thompson additional opportunities for public Boat Center has long been inadequate for the comments will be given later. Only growing needs of rowers. The project to change the area into a center for elite collegiate and unnamed white boxes where structures are planned were shown on scholastic rowers, as well as a place for recthe map renderings displayed at the reational paddlers to launch from, has been meeting. bounced around since the 1970s.

Peter May of the NPS presents options for the When asked by an audience member At the library meeting, the future possibiliGeorgetown waterfront on Feb. 4. ties for the area were limited to four scenarios, Photo by Paul Simkin. what schools were being considered for beginning with a “No Action Alternative,” under each outlined spot, Kevin Brandt, NPS Superintendent for the C&O National Historical Park, stated, which no changes would take place. The other options were “The short answer is that we don’t know. We have not identified labeled low-, medium- and high-density solutions. specific groups or universities or individuals that go with these In determining the necessity for the new boathouses, the white boxes.” When asked when the information would be availNPS relied on its own 2013 Boathouse Zone Feasibility Report.

The report specified that the combined number of college able to the public, Brandt commented, “We think maybe by the

time that we get to the end of this project, we will have a much better idea, but at this point we don’t know.”

The NPS officials, when asked, could not yet state how the project would be funded, nor what criteria would be considered internally at the NPS in making their final decisions.

In the Q&A period of the public meeting, the NPS chose not to answer questions posed by audience members regarding parking, traffic congestion, project timetables or the use of powerboats in the area. Queries relating to the status of the mostly shuttered Washington Canoe Club, as well as the possible impact of the city’s massive Clean Rivers sewage project, were not answered at the meeting by the NPS, which stated that the information will be provided to the public at a later point in the planning phase.

When asked what D.C. officials had been involved in the planning and the determination of the four scenarios, Peter May stated that various city agencies, among them the Department of Transportation and the Office of Planning, were consulted, but he could not provide any specificity as to which officials and their level of involvement. When contacted after the meeting, D.C. Council member Jack Evans stated that his office had not been contacted by the NPS regarding any of the proposed concepts, nor has he been asked by the agency for input. Officials from the Mayor’s office also expressed their surprise about the meeting after being contacted by The Georgetowner.

Following the public comments phase scheduled to end March 5, the NPS will undertake the additional steps mandated under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). These steps are expected to take 18 to 24 months to complete.

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FOOD & WINE

Hoisting Sail at Orange Anchor

BY SALL IE L EW IS

Orange Anchor’s seared East Coast scallops and foie gras with sweet corn puree and a balsamic reduction.

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s winter winds down, the anticipation for warmer weather has never been higher. Soon, spring and summer sailors will be assembling along the Georgetown waterfront.

And there’s a place that’s opening just in time.

Orange Anchor at Washington Harbour is a new, nautical-themed dining destination that caters to seaward-turning lovers of good food.

Owner Reese Gardner – founder of Wooden Nickel Bar Company (Cooperwood Tavern, Irish Whiskey Public House Page_Grill and SecondRoom.pdf State) CAP_DC Ad_Quarter – has been boating all his life and wanted to

create a space inspired by people coming in straight off the boat. The restaurant even has changing rooms and communal sink stations for washing up.

Inside, the decor is a study in primary colors: orange leather trades off with navy blues and white. Anchor-themed wallpaper contrasts with striped fabrics. Decorative accents such as boat cleats, mirrored portholes, stainless handlebars and steel spotlights all add to the nautical experience.

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The bar program is equally impressive, with a selection of more than 40 rum varieties and 10 beers on draft.

Cans of beer are served with a vibrant Orange Anchor koozie.

For the captain looking to get food or ice on the go, Orange Anchor’s boat delivery service will delight.

A peek inside the nautical-inspired dining room at Orange Anchor.

Salads, sandwiches of black-and-white boat photos honor members and bags of ice will be available for delivery of the National Potomac Yacht Club at the to those who dock their boat at Washington Columbia Island Marina.

Harbour. The venue will also have a deckhand The restaurant will specialize in seasonal on call should you be sailing solo and need help American plates, from jumbo lump crab fritters docking. to classic clams casino, caviar tacos and lobster Orange Anchor will officially open Friday, macaroni and cheese with a five-cheese blend.

Feb. 13, with soft openings on Feb. 11 and 12 Patrons can also eat Chincoteague oysters four (those having lunch or dinner on Wednesday different ways: chilled, grilled, fried or on a or Thursday will receive half off their food and half-shell filled with Champagne. Most ingredrink tab). Brunch will be served Saturday and dients are sourced from farmers within three Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. starting Feb. 21. hours of D.C. Orange Anchor will also have The website is OrangeAnchorDC.com. an “oyster hour,” 5 to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, with oysters for $1 each.

FOOD & WINE

Cocktail of the Month

BY JODY K URA S H

The deck of Ku Dé Ta offers a 360-view of Singapore’s city skyline atop Marina Bay Sands.

place in Southeast Asia, I am reminded that Randhem hails from Norway and Denmark, where this flavor is more common. The result is quite remarkable.

“Very refreshing,“ says Mae Ng, Ku Dé Ta’s marketing executive. “It’s a sweet cocktail The storm cooler cocktail at Ku Dé Ta, is served with fresh but not too overbearing.” passionfruit wedges and raw licorice powder.

I couldn’t agree more. While a drink s we kick off a new year, the forged from sweet passion fruit and honey phrase “out with old, in with new” could easily turn into a sugary jumble, the is often heard. I decided to follow Storm Cooler finds a perfect balance with the this advice during my recent piquant licorice powder, which gives it a sassy journey to Singapore. kick.

As a cocktail geek, whenever I’m in This cocktail would be the ideal accomSingapore, I always make a pilgrimage to paniment to watching the sun set from the Raffles, the birthplace of the Singapore sling.

Skybar’s breathtaking patio. It’s served with While Raffles will always have history and a large ice cubes, which melt slowly in the colonial elegance, the Singapore slings have a humid climate, keeping the flavor profile lost a bit of their magic, as throngs of tourists, intact and not watered down. cameras in hand, belly up to the bar for these While the drink’s ingredients combine now mass-produced tipples. flavors of Scandinavia with a tropical flair, It’s time to let go of the past, I thought, and its moniker comes direct from Denmark. It time to find a new cocktail spot in the lion city. is named in honor of a Norwegian sailor A friend sugwho saved a man from gested I try Ku the sea near Denmark.

Dé Ta, a rooftop The sailor later opened hotspot located in a beach hotel, one of the Marina Sands the oldest in Denmark, resort. This ultrawhere Randhem has lux restaurant/ worked during the busy bar/lounge prosummer season. vides stunning The second drink I 360-degree views sample, named after of the city from Christopher Columbus, the 57th floor is a cultured mixture of its waterfront of Tahitian limes, location.

Madagascar vanilla, While the pineapple, Spanish venue was orange, vodka and sage. impressive Given all its exotic indeed, the handflavors, I try to imagine crafted cocktails if Columbus had made made an even his way to Asia – instead more striking of stumbling upon the imprint.

The Americas – if this would menu, created by have been a cocktail he mixologist Knut brought back to Europe.

Randhem, fea- Mixologist Knut Randhem mixes a honey rose daiquiri.

While pineapple is tures a selection usually found in sweet of tropical-tinged coolers, each one light and drinks, this super-cool drink is wonderfully fresh, which pair to perfection with the food tart and brisk, based on a classic cobbler. The and climate. key is the sage, which imparts a zesty tang I start off with their most popular drink, that compliments the tart lime and muddled the Storm Cooler, a mixture of vodka, passion pineapple. fruit, honey and raw Persian licorice powder.

This unique combination was the brainWhile licorice in a drink may seem out of child of Randhem. “Pineapple works well with

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dry flavors like sage,” he says. “It breaks up the sweet fat flavor of the pineapple and opens it up.”

The last drink I try is the Honey Rose Daiquiri. To the customary ingredients of rum and lime, Randhem adds honey and rosewater to give this standard an exceptional spin. I really enjoy this drink, because as in a well-made daiquiri the taste of the rum shines through as the other flavors harmonize perfectly – like the backup girls in a Ray Charles song.

Randhem custom-blends the rum at Ku Dé Ta in order to achieve the desired flavor profile for his cocktails. The daiquiri is typical of many of the cocktails on his menu. “I like to take something that people are used to and present it in a completely different way,” he says. “I like to have lots of fun with odd flavor combinations.”

Randhem’s modern take on cocktails makes for a stimulating experience, just right for a new year. When I return to Singapore in March, I’ll be heading straight to the bay for a delicious liquid treat at Ku Dé Ta.

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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.

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.

BISTROT LEPIC & WINE BAR

THE GRILL ROOM

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) 295-2826 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.

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Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

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

FILOMENA RISTORANTE

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

Open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner.

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!

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).

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

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1054 31ST ST., NW 202–337–8855 seacatchrestaurant.com Overlooking the historic C&O Canal, we offer fresh seafood simply prepared in a relaxed atmosphere. Beautiful fireside dining available Join us for Happy Hour, Mon.-Fri. from 5 to 7 pm, featuring $1 oysters and half-priced drinks Lunch Mon.–Sat. 11:30 a.m.–3 p.m.

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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.

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IN COUNTRY B Y L INNEA K R I S T I A N S S O N

In Country Calendar

As the days get longer and the weather get warmer, we are all looking to get out and about. This calendar highlights some of the best bets for the next couple of months. Keep checking back as we add hot new events and dates.

FEB. 13-15 Chocolate and Wine Pairing at Greenhill Winery “Ducks III” by Gail Guirreri Maslyk, one of the artists participating in Art of the Piedmont Auction.

A sunset polo match in Middleburg. Photo by Erin Schaff.

FEB. 20 Art of the Piedmont Auction

Chocolate and wine pairing.

Friday to Sunday of Valentine’s weekend, Middleburg’s Greenhill Winery and Vineyard hosts an event pairing Greenhill wines with handcrafted chocolates from Choquette, a family owned Guittard chocolate store in Bethesda. Reservations are required for the Club House and for groups of 10 or more in the Tasting Room. For details, visit greenhillvine-yards.com/events. 23595 Winery Lane, Middleburg. Va.

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.

Paul MacMahon

(703) 609-1905

ECHO HILL

The Plains, Virginia • $1,699,000

Stone English country home in top location between Middleburg & The Plains on 13 acres • Large boxwoods & classically planted gardens • 4 BR home with new kitchen & main level master suite • Hardwood floors, built-in book cases, fireplaces & bright open family room • Bluestone terrace overlooks new pool & entertaining area • Separate guest cottage/pool house & garage • Whole-house generator.

Helen MacMahon

(540) 454-1930

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The Middleburg Community Center will host an evening auction of original artwork from select local artists. Proceeds will benefit Middleburg Montessori School. For details, visit middleburgonline.com. 300 West Washington St., Middleburg, Va.

FEB. 13 - 14 Broadway in Annapolis: Fiddler on the Roof Winner of nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, “Fiddler on the Roof” is one of the best-loved musicals ever written. Live Arts Maryland’s Broadway in Annapolis production is a must-see. Friday at 7:30 p.m., Satur-

DAKOTA

Middleburg, Virginia • $4,300,000

87 acres • Fieldstone and stucco house featuring a reclaimed-timber barn transformed into an intimate family room overlooking two expansive ponds • Custom kitchen, antique beams, lovely first floor master suite, 4 bedrooms • Media room, bar, exercise facility, generous storage • 3-car garage, in-law suite, 3-stall barn, generator.

Helen MacMahon

(540) 454-1930

STONEWOOD

Middleburg, Virginia • $970,000

Charming stucco, log and frame home • 10 acres • 3-4 bedrooms • 3 1/2 baths • 2 fireplaces (one in the kitchen with antique brick floor) • Beautiful reclaimed pine flooring • Bright and sunny family room opens to bluestone terrace • Master bedroom opens to private balcony • 2 car garage • 4 stall barn with tack room with 2 paddocks • 2 recorded lots.

Paul MacMahon

www.sheridanmacmahon.com

(703) 609-1905

day at 3 p.m. & 8 p.m. at Live Arts Maryland, 801 Chase St., Annapolis, Md.

FEB. 23-MARCH 1 Annapolis Restaurant Week

FEB. 22 Balls Bluff Remembrance Day

During Annapolis Restaurant Week, Annapolis-area restaurants are offering twocourse fixed-price breakfasts for $12.95, two-course luncheons for $15.95 and

Join the Friends of Ball’s Bluff for their annual fundraising dinner honoring those who fought at the Battle of Ball’s Bluff. Guest speaker Frank O’Reilly will tell the story of units who fought at both Ball’s Bluff and Fredericksburg. Admission is $45. The Woodlands at Algonkian, 47001 Fairway Drive, Sterling, Va.

three-course fixed-price dinners for $32.95. To make a reservation, visit annapolisrestaurantweek.com.

MAR. 7-8 House Mountain Horse Show Named after the Lexington-area mountain, this two-day regional schooling horse show for hunter and jumper riders is owned and

FARAWAY FARM

Middleburg Area • $3,350,000

Solid stone home with copper roof on 70 acres • Original portions dating from the 1700’s • First floor bedroom & 3 additional suites • Original floors • 8 fireplaces • Formal living room • Gourmet kitchen • 2 ponds • Mountain views • Stone walls • Mature gardens • Pool • Log cabin • Piedmont Hunt.

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ELMORE FARM

Markham, Virginia • $895,000

c. 1820’s gracious old Virginia home • 40 acres bound

by Goose Creek • Original floors and stone fireplaces • High ceilings • Huge back porch, 4+ bedrooms and in law suite • Bright and modern kitchen with family room addition for today’s living • Great views, open pasture & pond.

Helen MacMahon

(540) 454-1930

110 East Washington Street, Middleburg, Virginia 20117 (540) 687-5588

SIGNAL MOUNTAIN

The Plains, Virginia • $1,795,000

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.

Helen MacMahon

(540) 454-1930

WASHINGTON STREET

Middleburg, Virginia • $825,000

Classic Virginia colonial • Circa 1926 • Stone and frame construction • 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths • Hardwood floors • High ceilings • Screened side porch on .65 acre in town • 2-car garage with apartment • Beautiful gardens and rear terrace.

Paul MacMahon

(703) 609-1905

IN COUNTRY operated by the Virginia Horse Center Foundation and managed by Keedie Leonard & L. M. �Sandy� Gerald. For details, visit horse-center. org. Anderson Coliseum, Virginia Horse Center, 487 Maury River Rd., Lexington, Va.

MAR. 22 Murder Mystery at 868 Estate Disco is “King� once more in this interactive, leisure suit murder mystery in the Tasting Room at 868 Estate Vineyards. Sleuth out the answers and enjoy a delicious dinner served at intermission.

Theater performance provided by Stage Coach Theater Company. $65 per person. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. 14001 Harpers Ferry Rd., Purcellville, Va.

APR. 15 Luke Wade at Rams Head On Stage Luke Wade of NBC’s �The Voice,� season seven, will appear at Rams Head On Stage in Annapolis. Wade’s writing is always honest and never self-indulgent, creating music that feels as much a part of the listener as the artist. For details, visit www.ramsheadonstage.com. 33 West St., Annapolis, Md.

MAY 9 Twilight Polo Opening Night in Great Meadow At this event, attendees can sip Virginia wine in Virginia horse country while watching the sunset and cheering on their favorite polo teams.

Greenhill Winery will be on site with a selections of wines available for purchase. Tickets are $30. One pass admits a carful of family and friends. For details, visit greatmeadow.org.

Great Meadow Polo Club, 5089 Old Tavern Rd., The Plains, Va.

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Nestled in the heart of Virginia’s renowned “Hunt Country,� Locust Grove encompasses over 250 acres of magnificent woodlands, lush pastures and rolling countryside. A long winding drive, bordered by groves of flowering trees, stone walls, and splitrail fencing, leads to this historic stone residence in a secluded and storybook setting. $2,175,000

Stunning restoration and addition of c.1860’s Virginia Manor Home, yielding approximately 8,000 sq. ft. of beautiful living space. Reclaimed heart pine flooring throughout the main and upper level of home, grand kitchen, 5 bedrooms.

Numerous outbuildings including a spacious tasting room/party room. 50 Acres with the current 7 acres of vines are leased to another vineyard. Land in Open Space Easement. $1,599,000

Marshall~Lovely country house individually designed and arranged over 3 floors. Superb location with privacy and tranquility but minutes from I-66.

Original farmhouse dates to 1910. Beautifully renovated with a sizable addition added in 2003.

Perfect for entertaining, many built in features, separate dining room. Two sun rooms overlooking 26 fenced acres ready for horses. $1,230,000

This charming historic residence, built in 1815, beautifully expanded and updated in 2004, is in a private country setting on 10 acres in the heart of horse country. It has a pond surrounded by pastures, a tree-lined driveway, and mature gardens. The house, tastefully decorated in neutral tones, blends the warmth and charm of an antique home with modern comfort. $1,195,000

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Round Hill ~ Small horse farm on 11+ acres with charming 3 BR, 2 BA Cape Cod style house with new carpet, updated kitchen & baths, fresh paint & all new windows.

1st floor Master, Family Room off Kitchen, Dining Room & Mudroom with Separate entrance. 5 stall center aisle barn with tack room and wash area. Machine shed, Garden Shed, Run-in Shed & fenced paddocks. Deluxe chicken coop. $689,000

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BODY & SOUL

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Dear Stacy, I am pretty frustrated about my living situation. My roommate’s boyfriend practically lives with us and pays no rent. He sleeps in late, so I have to be quiet when I get up in the morning.

He doesn’t contribute to the household utilities and never does any chores – so even when I am doing my half, it feels like he is getting away with something. He’s not my boyfriend. No, he’s not a bad guy, but he’s NOT my boyfriend. I have held my tongue this long, I think, because I imagine that when I have a serious boyfriend, I would like for him to feel welcome in my home as well. But this is too much and I don’t know how to broach the subject with my roommate.

We have a good situation, but this is getting more and more difficult every day. I know this isn’t a relationship issue, exactly, but I’m at the end of my rope.

- Biting my Tongue Dear Biting: Ugh, what an uncomfortable situation. You sound like someone who has put up with a lot.

It’s time to give some voice to your frustrations.

First, a little educatiwon about frustrations.

They are like yeast. If you don’t use them productively – for instance, as a motivator to make

when Future Boyfriend shows up, he will get the same treatment. In therapy, that’s what we call modeling behavior (the rest of the world calls it the Golden Rule).

But let’s follow that thought all the way through to the end. Without some ground rules, wouldn’t Roommate end up feeling like you in that situation?

Why not model a healthy way of confronting the issue instead? This actually is a “relationship issue,” Bevers, a character on the Comedy Central series, “Broad City” overstays his welcome. one that we can use as a practice swing so you can changes – those frustrations grow and grow, build up your self-advocacy skills. until they take up all the space in the room.

Allowing your frustrations about Roommate’s Stacy Notaras Murphy (www.stacymurphyLPC. egregious open-door policy to expand will deficom) is a licensed professional counselor and nitely ruin the “good situation” you have been certified Imago Relationship therapist practicenjoying. It’s time to get your feelings on the ing in Georgetown. This column is meant for table. entertainment only and should not be considI really appreciate your analysis of your ered a substitute for professional counseling. own motivation. It makes sense that if you are Send your confidential question to stacymureminently cool about Not Your Boyfriend’s phyLPC@gmail.com. presence in your home, it stands to reason that

Shape Up To Get Down

BY JOSEF BR AN D EN BURG

With Valentine’s Day approaching, it’s not too late to get your body aligned with your heart.

Consistent smart exercise enhances your sex life at any age. But consistent smart exercise does more than just maintain or improve your cardiovascular function. It also creates and maintains proper hip mobility for what is a hip-centric activity. Additionally, smart exercise keeps you healthy, which maintains desire as you age.

Lastly, taking care of yourself increases confidence, making sex more fun.

The Do’s and Don’ts 1. Do be consistent. The “secret” to success in

7. Do push ups and planks. These exercises create strength, stability and endurance in the muscles that are important for many positions.

8. Don’t push to “failure.” Like working too long, pushing too hard can suppress hormone production, decreasing desire and performance.

2. Don’t be excessive. Training for more than 60 to 90 minutes, as in marathon preparation, can dampen desire by suppressing the production of sex hormones.

9. Do high-intensity interval training. Sex is an anaerobic (relatively intense) activity, and having specific stamina makes things more fun.

Try intense bursts of cycling, jumping rope or running for 30 to 60 seconds, followed by 30 to 60 seconds of recovery. Do five to six minutes of this at the end of your workouts.

4. Don’t be imbalanced. Don’t spend an hour just on strength, or just on endurance or just on flexibility. An hour is enough time to properly address all three.

5. Do deadlift. Deadlifts work your core and pelvic floor and add strength to your hip

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6. Don’t think fitness is about looking “perfect.” Sure, regular exercise helps you look and feel better, but perfection is mostly an illusion created with lighting and Photoshop (and more).

fitness is consistency. Two to 4 days a week and 45 to 60 minutes per day is all it takes to get great results.

3. Do a hip flexor stretch every time you work out – if not every day – for at least 30 seconds. This will improve your ability to do hip extension, which is the most important action in lovemaking.

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extension. Additionally, deadlifting increases or maintains sex hormone production, boosting desire and performance.

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PERFORMANCE

Renée Fleming: The People’s Diva

BY G ARY T ISCHL ER

Renée Fleming. Photo by Decca/Andrew Eccles.

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hen soprano Renée Fleming appears in recital with Russian pianist Olga Kern at the Kennedy Center on Feb. 23, as part of Washington Performing Arts’ Star Series, she’ll be on familiar footing. So will her audience, because in the world of classical music, Fleming, with 50 operas to her credit, is just about the most familiar face that lives, breathes and sings in these times.

You can expect Fleming to be in fine form, performing songs by Schumann, Rachmaninoff and Strauss, not because the music comes easy to her, but because she gives it impassioned attention.

That’s where the love especially exists.

“The Rachmaninoff songs are new to me, but I’ve done the Schumann and Strauss pieces before,” she says, every inch, one way or another, the diva – a description she doesn’t particularly mind. “You can embrace that without thinking of it in terms of high-strung temperament. It’s about the utmost quality in the performance, and doing all the things that are required with being a singer, a performer, at a high level.”

Certainly, she’s the best-known diva. She’s been called “the people’s diva,” because she crosses the boundaries of classical music and leaves the world of her opera roles often, almost with a certain amount of glee.

She can be heard in the “Lord of the Rings” movies singing in Elvish. For the 2010 album “Dark Hope,” Fleming abandoned her familiar soprano tones to take on pop-rock compositions, including Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” and Willy Mason’s “Oxygen,” which Fleming tosses out like a gift of bouncy music.

Blessed with good looks, she remains striking and glamorous. She followed the traditional pathways to musical stardom, more or less: studies in school, graduate studies, a Fulbright scholarship, appearances in small operas companies and, a big leap forward, winning the Metropolitan Opera Auditions at 29 (when she also sang the part of the Countess in “The Marriage of Figaro” at Houston Grand Opera in 1998).

The rest is a prodigious and world-whirlwind success story – singing in pretty much all the major houses, singing many of the major roles to critical and popular acclaim. She became a star, a diva, call it what you will.

But that world – sometimes confined both musically and in terms of lifestyle – changed. If you

became the kind of megawatt star that Fleming has become at 55, the expectations shift. She believes that, for one thing, opera is a world that’s expanding, with brilliant new works from contemporary and modern composers. This belief led her to performing as Blanche DuBois in Andre Previn’s opera, “A Streetcar Named Desire.”

“I don’t think classical music stands still, nor should we rely only on an existing great-works repertoire. We need new music and forms and should embrace them.”

She’s gotten past a divorce after 11 years of marriage, has two daughters, Amelia and Sage, from that marriage and in 2011 remarried after being set up on a blind date by her friend, novelist Ann Patchett (“Bel Canto”).

“We’re very good friends,” she said of Patchett.

“That book is so beautiful, but she modeled the central character, a bel-canto singer and diva, after me.” The two are finishing an opera based on the novel, with a libretto by Cuban-American playwright Nilo Cruz. “We’re hoping to debut in New York at the end of the year or next year,” she said.

She’s also become a consultant for Lyric Opera of Chicago (which commissioned the “Bel Canto” project); hooked up with the Kennedy Center in 2013, heading its American Voices project; sung the “Star-Spangled Banner” at the 2014 Super Bowl; and written a book, “The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer,” among other things. She’s also known for being part of numerous charitable and educational projects.

Which is why she’s recommending a book called “The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload.” “This is important, it really is, because there’s so much going on in everyone’s lives.”

Change begets change. Fleming and her husband, who live in New York, recently bought a home in the Palisades neighborhood near Georgetown.

And oh, yes, she’s taking to the stage in the musical “Living on Love,” based on an unfinished Garson Kanin play, scheduled to open on Broadway in April. She plays a famous – wait for it – diva.

These days, anything can happen. With Fleming, that’s no longer a surprise.

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VISUAL ART

Man Ray at the Phillips: Surrealism and My Discontent

BY ARI POS T I need to get something off my chest.

Surrealism annoys me a little.

It always feels like a cultish charade of midcentury intellectuals: the aggressive anti-rationalism, the unnecessary visual lexicons of the pseudoFreudian subconscious, the exploration of the mind’s mysterious fissures, the creation of new realities that defy constraints of earthly existence… it’s all just a little much for me.

I find its sensibilities much better fitted to a Loony Tunes parody than a deadly serious museum wall (for a good time, Google “Porky in Wackyland,” 1938).

This is not to say Surrealism never had its time or place. An evolutionary offshoot of the Dada movement, it was born in France as a retaliation against the societal trauma caused by World War I. All across Europe cities were leveled, communities were displaced and national currencies were tanked by hyperinflation. A flu epidemic had wiped out nearly six percent of the world, and a generation of European men were lost to the trenches.

The world was no longer rational, so writers and artists determined to dig beyond their rational intellect to decipher it – perhaps in search of deeper meaning, but likely as much an act of defiance and self-preservation. Surrealism was founded in 1924 by the French writer André Breton. He defined it as “Psychic automatism in its pure state, by which one proposes to express...the actual functioning of thought.”

Whatever that’s supposed to mean.

Surrealism rapidly caught on across Europe, and the outset of World War II found many of its leaders taking refuge in New York City. The

wide exposure of their work to American artists was one of the major catalysts in New York’s later development as the epicenter of postwar art and culture.

Though Surrealism broadened the boundaries of art profoundly, its arcane ideologies and strange elitism rendered the movement insular and prohibitive – a perception that fine art has never really overcome, and now seems largely to have embraced. Furthermore, its initial nobility of concept gave way to a hackneyed commercialism by secondrate imitators.

All of this, oddly enough, is to say that I had a damn good time at the Phillips Collection’s latest exhibiMan Ray, “Merry Wives of Windsor” (1948), Private Man Ray, “Julius Caesar” (1948), The Rosalind & Melvin Jacobs tion, “Man Ray – Human Collection, New York. Copyright Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society.

Equations: A Journey from Collection, Courtesy Fondazione Marconi, Milan.

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Mathematics to Shakespeare,” on view through May 10.

A great demonstration of this point is the I experienced frustration, complexity, humor, renewed – if weary – reverence for the accomdisappointment, apathy, interest, excitement and plishments of Surrealism, and particularly those series of “Non-Euclidean Objects” in the corner of the fourth gallery. There is the model itself, occasional moments of great beauty (perhaps not of Man Ray, the only true American Surrealist. dissimilar from a given day inside my head). From Working in Hollywood in the late 1940s, Man a geometric soccer ball of sorts. Then there is a the standpoint of Surrealism, this is a smashing Ray (1890-1976) created a series of paintings photograph of the object, and a drawing of the success. My fundamental conflicts with the subject called the “Shakespearean Equations,” which he object. Even with the object directly before us, matter never waned, but I walked away with considered his defining creative vision. They were its photograph, hanging on the wall behind it, inspired by a series of photographs he had taken is far more powerful. The way Ray manipulates a decade earlier of 19th-century mathematical the gradual value of shadows against the shifting models and sculptures. The Phillips exhibition planes of the object’s surface is stunning. He makes displays the paintings, photographs and models the photograph express what reality does not. I together for the first time in history, along with don’t even remember what the drawing looks like. other paintings, photographs and assemblages by Black-and-white photography was Ray’s the artist. greatest achievement; he saw something truly The show illustrates Ray’s conceptual fixation original through the lens of his camera. Using with human/object interrelation: making people shadows and light, he made images of mundane that look like things and things that look like objects that maintain their essence but exist simulpeople. In many ways it shows how Surrealism taneously as beautiful earthly abstraction. His has affected our visual notions of the subconscious silver prints of an egg beater and photographic as much as the subconscious has affected notions equipment are notably great. of Surrealism.

But this is never more clear than in the final For all his clear ambition, Man Ray was not a gallery, with the “Shakespearean Equations.” The great painter. Unlike Dalí, Giorgio de Chirico or paintings try to wring out its nebulous intrigue like Max Ernst, whose eyes for phantasmagoria were water from a vaguely damp cloth. Meanwhile, on par with their painterly finesse, Ray’s canvases the objects on display are interesting to admire in are tedious and inexpertly rendered. However, his the same way as a Tim Burton movie miniature photographs are stark, lucid and remarkable. They might be; their intricacies and organic geometry hold their own against the best Surrealist work, as look strange and lovely, if not achieving quite the well as any photography from this era. power of a true sculpture.

In Ray’s photographs, the complex interminThen there are the photos of the models, which gling of object and anatomy, light and shadow, transcend the objects themselves. All sense of atmosphere and geometry get distorted both physi- scale, proportion and space are elevated; Ray’s use cally and emotionally. For instance, in two corre- of composition culls an emotive visual vocabusponding plates we see the formal juxtaposition lary of the grandest Roman architecture. They are of a peach and a deceivingly racy perspective of disconcertingly anthropomorphic, too, drawing a woman’s bum, hands and toes. The illusion is us in and pulling us out through their undulating so effective that it takes a moment to understand rhythms of shadows and light. what we are even staring at.

The photographs achieve an internal logic all In his famous “Le Violon d’Ingres,” a model’s their own that never betrays a haunting essence body transforms into a violin, inspired by Ingres’s of the unknowable. Looking at them, we don’t Neoclassical paintings “Valpinçon Bather” and even have to try – they take us ever so naturally “Le Bain turc.” It’s impossible not to appreciate along for the ride. the whimsy.

At its best, this is what the art of Surrealism Consultation To a lesser extent, Ray’s models are clever, but can do: capture our minds and usher us into its & Written Analysis! they feel like carnival games: charming, enjoy- alternate reality. Here, we exist momentarily in a A $340 Value! able, but of little consequence. Ironically, what world we can never truly enter, for it survives like a See back for details. are always more impressive are his photographs flickering candle in the dark recesses of our minds. of these models.

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Supporters and friends of The SEED School of Washington, D.C. and The SEED Foundation gathered Jan. 21 at the home of Brooke and Gina Coburn to welcome new Head of School, Dr. Adrian Manuel, who brings 14 years of experience working in urban school communities. He was recognized for his exceptional leadership by education expert Rick Hess in the book, “CageBusting Leadership.”

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