Georgetowner April 20, 2016 by The Georgetowner

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ALEXANDRIA $3,500,000 One of the finest and most historic homes in Old Town. This stately four level townhouse is sited on two lots with towering trees and tranquil gardens.This exceptional property offers a grand foyer, 5 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, tall ceilings and exquisite moldings. Four off-street parking spaces. JEANNE WARNER +1 703 980 9106

OBSERVATORY CIRCLE $2,999,000 Sensational 5 BR 5.5 BA colonial in sought-after Observatory Circle! Fantastic floor plan with sun-filled rooms, wonderful entertaining spaces, gourmet kitchen, formal DR, two family rooms, expansive master suite with large balcony, library/ office, wet bar, three fireplaces, gorgeous professional landscaping, and 2-car garage. Pristine condition!

GEORGETOWN $2,495,000 This important offering has been painstakingly maintained on all four finished levels. Features include a dramatic living room with 13’ ceilings, an open English style kitchen with exposed beams, and an exceptionally deep garden with sweeping views of Northwest Washington. One off-street parking space conveys.

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KENT $3,995,000 Sited on a private lot, this elegant residence was built with exceptional craftsmanship and detail by a noted builder. Boasting over 9,000 square feet, the home features high ceilings, treetop views, and exquisite finishes throughout. There are six bedrooms, all with en-suite baths, six fireplaces, and an elevator.

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GEORGETOWN $3,200,000 Volta place is a historic landmark in the heart of Georgetown that features an elevator, high ceilings, hardwood floors, and elegant moldings throughout. There is an attached guesthouse with a bedroom and full bath. Garage parking.

GEORGETOWN $1,195,000 Enchanting and rich in architectural details, this Federal style home is one of Georgetown’s oldest, circa 1765. Featuring a wood-burning fireplace with built-ins, original wood floors, classically renovated kitchen and baths, and light-filled rooms. The owner’s suite encompasses the third floor, incorporating an en-suite bath, dressing area and walk-in closet.

GEORGETOWN $2,500,000 The Church Residences at Alexander Hall are now available. All three units have been finished to the highest grade, including Wolf appliances, Duravit fixtures, smart home technology, and custom details throughout. Each sale conveys with three years of garage parking and fitness and spa membership at the Four Seasons Hotel.

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Filmfest DC Is Up and Rolling

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Gala Guide, Bidens & Wilde Laud Kors 31 Disco at Studio 36, Kicking It Old School and more

Georgetown Professor Speaks About University’s History With Slavery By Juliana Zovak

Professor Adam Rothman’s talk on the slave trade was made even more moving by comments from the audience.

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Campaign 2016: The Day After . . . Again By Gary Tischler

The newspaper’s veteran writer continues to drag himself through this year’s incredible campaign. Which trend will he explain this time?

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UP & COMING APRIL 22 Smithsonian Craft Show The Smithsonian Craft Show is considered the country’s most prestigious juried show and sale of fine American craft. Worldrenowned glass artists Dale Chihuly and Toots Zynsky will headline the list of more than 75 outstanding artists who donated works to this year’s online auction. For details, visit smithsoniancraftshow.org. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW.

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APRIL 23 ‘Gardens of Georgetown’ Book Signing The Georgetown Garden Club will host a book-signing party for “Gardens of Georgetown,” which offers an inside look at some of the most beautiful gardens in Georgetown. Proceeds from the sale will benefit Georgetown’s parks and public spaces. Tickets for the May 9 Garden Tour will also be available for purchase. For details, visit georgetowngardenclubdc.org. Lou Lou, 1304 Wisconsin Ave. NW.

C&O Canal Pride Days Georgetowner readers are invited to volunteer for a day of restoration, revitalization and fun during one of the C&O Canal Trust’s Canal Pride Days. Groups, families, individuals and businesses are all welcome and encouraged to participate. To sign up, visit canaltrust.org/programs/canal-pride-days. C&O Canal National Historical Park, 11710 MacArthur Blvd., Potomac, Maryland.

Spanish Conversation Club at the Library

ornamental grasses and perennials to create living tapestries requiring relatively little maintenance. National Building Museum staff members and Oehme, van Sweden principals will lead a bike tour of the firm’s major D.C. projects, including Pershing Park and the Virginia Avenue Gardens. Tickets are $35. For details, visit nbm.org. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW.

Those looking to grow, revive or begin to develop their Spanish skills can take part in weekly casual conversation hours led by instructor Luz Verost at the Georgetown branch of the D.C. Public Library. For details, email julia.strusienski@dc.gov. Georgetown Neighborhood Library, 3260 R St. NW.

Thos. Moser Book Signing Manufacturer of fine, handmade American furniture Thos. Moser will debut Tom Moser’s latest book, “Moser Legacy in Wood,” during an open house at the D.C. showroom. From 1 to 4 p.m., Tom Moser will be signing complimentary copies. There will also be a chance to win an Auburn chair, a new piece. For details, visit thosmoser.com. 1028 33rd St. NW.

Pink & Blue Yoga, Zumba and Dance Party Men Against Breast Cancer hosts the Pink & Blue Yoga, Zumba and Dance Party, an annual evening of fun, inspiration and motivation. Guests may don their best active wear gear or create a team theme. Tickets are $10 and $20. For details, visit eventbrite.com. L2 Lounge, 3315 Cady’s Alley NW.

APRIL 24 Rita Wilson at Wolf Trap Wolf Trap hosts the Hollywood star turned singer, who brings her poppy tunes and poignant torch songs to venues across the country. Wilson’s debut at the Barns will feature songs from her forthcoming, self-titled

Walking Tour: African American Georgetown Rita Wilson will perform at Wolf Trap on Sunday, April 24. album. Tickets are $35 and $40. For details, visit wolftrap.org. The Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna, Virginia.

APRIL 28 Adult Coloring at the Library The Georgetown branch of the D.C. Public Library is hosting a monthly springtime series of relaxed coloring sessions on Thursday evenings. Coloring sheets and colored pencils will be provided, though personal supplies are welcome. For details, email julia.strusienski@dc.gov. Georgetown Neighborhood Library, 3260 R St. NW.

Book Talk: ‘All the Presidents’ Gardens’ Garden historian Marta McDowell will speak about her book “All the Presidents’ Gardens: Madison’s Cabbages to Kennedy’s Roses, How the White House Grounds Have Grown with America.” Attendees will learn how the White House grounds are a reflection of America’s enthusiasms, from George Washington’s obsession with collecting trees to Michelle Obama’s kitchen garden. A reception and book signing will follow. Tickets are $35. For details, visit dumbartonhouse.org. 2715 Q St. NW.

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The Russian Chamber Art Society presents the last concert of its season, with soprano Zhanna Alkhazova, mezzo-soprano Susana Poretsky and tenor Viktor Antipenko singing Russian art songs by Glinka, Arensky, Taneyev and Rachmaninov, accompanied by RCAS founder and Artistic Director Vera Danchenko-Stern. Tickets are $55, including a wine and dessert reception. For tickets, visit thercas.com. Embassy of Austria, 3524 International Court NW.

APRIL 29 AND 30 Arboretum Garden Fair and Plant Sale The Friends of the National Arboretum’s 26th annual Garden Fair and Plant Sale will take place in the heart of the Arboretum by the National Capitol Columns, Azalea Collection and Grove of State Trees. Visitors can shop for traditional favorites and rare plants from nurseries across the country, including perennials, annuals and heirloom vegetables. For details, visit fona.org/gardenfair. U.S. National Arboretum, 3501 New York Ave. NE.

APRIL 30 Bike Tour: Landscapes of Oehme, van Sweden The D.C.-based firm of Oehme, van Sweden & Associates revolutionized modern American landscape architecture through the use of

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Participants will learn about Georgetown’s African American communities past and present, beginning with Herring Hill, a thriving village that was a center for both enslaved and freed blacks. The tour will cover the churches and schools established by African American Georgetowners in the 1800s and share stories of the Underground Railroad and the ill-fated voyage of the Pearl. Tickets are $15. For details, visit dumbartonhouse. org. 2715 Q St. NW.

Bowen McCauley Dance’s Move Me Festival This family-friendly celebration of arts and culture will feature live performances and interactive demonstrations. Bowen McCauley Dance’s local arts partners will take festivalgoers on a poetic adventure through dance, theatre, music, fitness and the language arts. The afternoon includes arts-and-crafts activities, theater games, singing, storytelling, world dance, yoga and Pilates. For details, visit bmdc.org. Kenmore Middle School, 200 S. Carlin Springs Road, Arlington, Virginia.

MAY 1 Jackson Art Center Open Studios More than 30 art studios will be open to the public at this free event with food, drink and live music. The historic Jackson School, which opened in 1890, has provided space to local artists since the mid-1980s. For details, visit jacksonartcenter.com. Jackson Art Center, 3050 R St. NW.

MAY 3 Tudor Toppers Hat Show and Sale Tudor Place will host the third annual spring show of Georgetown designer Melissa Vap’s locally designed and Paris-made millinery creations. The show is an opportunity to pick out the perfect topper to wear to Tudor Place’s Bicentennial Garden Party and other spring and summer events. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Tudor Place Annual Fund. For details, visit tudorplace. org. 1644 31st St. NW.

MAY 4 Elie Wiesel Award at Holocaust Museum The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will confer its highest honor, the Elie Wiesel Award, on Representative John Lewis (D-Ga.), one of the “Big Six” leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. As a university student, he organized sit-ins at segregated lunch counters, participated in Freedom Rides and led the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on “Bloody Sunday,” March 7, 1965. Tickets are $450. For details, visit ushmm. org. Washington Marriott Wardman Park, 2660 Woodley Road NW. Want to get your event listed? Visit Georgetowner.com and list your event on our calendar.

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C&O Canal Set for 18-Month Restoration, Limiting Access With a goal of replacing the (replica) canal boat and making things happen along the C&O Canal in Georgetown, the National Park Service revealed it has pegged $5.5 million to fund the repairs to Lock 3, set to begin in October and end in April 2018. The 18-month reconstruction will require an unusual scale of disruption, and the canal boat tourist attraction will still require an additional $1 million of less-intrusive repairs to Lock 4, as yet unfunded. The canal will need to be drained east of Lock 5 and access, including the sidewalks and towpaths between 30th and Thomas Jefferson Streets, will be limited. Salvageable material from the canal will be stored on adjacent NPS property and used to restore the canal to its original condition, with a few modern improvements to the structure.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20 GBA Board of Directors Meeting The Georgetown Business Association will hold its monthly board of directors meeting at 5:30 p.m. at Carr Workplaces, 1050 30th St. NW. A networking reception follows at 6:30 p.m. with vegan tacos at Chai, 3207 Grace St. NW.

Georgetown House Tour Patrons’ Party The Patrons’ Party for the 2016 Georgetown House Tour will be at Bill Dean’s residence from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. 2819 P St. NW. GeorgetownHouseTour.com.

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At the April 4 meeting of the GeorgetownBurleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission, C&O Canal National Historical Park superintendent Kevin Brandt said that customers trying to access businesses with their main entrances near Lock 4 will still be able to get through. He pointed out that many of the leaks into residential property along the canal will be reduced. As restoration of the canal has been a top priority for the commissioners, they unanimously supported the project, though it still must be approved by the Old Georgetown Board. Brandt said he is working with the Georgetown Business Improvement District to temporarily offset some of the disruption by planting wildflowers along the canal bed.

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The 2016 Georgetown House Tour, now in its 85th year, runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The tour begins at St. John’s Episcopal Church, where tea will be served between 2 and 5 p.m. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit GeorgetownHouseTour.com. 3240 O St. NW.

SATURDAY, APRIL 30 ‘Revolutionary War Encampment: The First Oval Office’ at Tudor Place

SUNDAY, MAY 22 Citizens Association of Georgetown’s Summer Concerts in the Parks

Tudor Place displays a reproduction of George Washington’s camp tent, which served as his Revolutionary headquarters and the first Oval Office. See and experience how America’s future first President slept, ate and strategized during critical moments of the Revolutionary War. Free with advance registration, $5 per person at door. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. tudorplace.org/programs.

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The 88th Georgetown Garden Tour will feature some of Georgetown’s most intriguing gardens, featuring a wide variety of gardens from spacious sweeping lawns and majestic trees to intimate outside rooms. Afternoon tea is included in ticket price. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are $40 ($35 before May 1). Christ Church, 31st and O Street NW. georgetowngardenclubdc.org.

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Task Force Urges Deferment of DC Water Projects Concern from Georgetown businesses, residents and neighborhood civic associations over DC Water’s extensive proposed projects across the neighborhood may bring to bear Section 106, the law giving the Commission of Fine Arts’ Old Georgetown Board final approval of all construction in the historic district. In effect, this would pit one federal agency against another, the Environmental Protection Agency, which is instigating DC Water’s green infrastructure projects. In order to fulfill a major consent order from the EPA, DC Water has proposed a number of projects across the District to address its aged combined-sewer system (built before there were requirements to separate storm water runoff from sewage) and reduce the overflow of raw sewage into the Potomac River, the Anacostia River and Rock Creek during heavy rainfalls. For Georgetown, a massive tunnel from the waterfront to a water processing plant in Anacostia was originally proposed. After objections to the proposal by Georgetown civic groups, the major consent order was changed and a less disruptive tunnel was announced, along with significant green infrastructure projects to lessen the runoff.

These green infrastructure projects include installing pervious pavement in alleys, building storage reservoirs underneath parking lanes, installing pervious pavers at intersections and diverting storm water from the sewer system into rain barrels installed on private and public buildings for temporary water storage. At a Feb. 29 meeting, a task force of Advisory Neighborhood Commission members and representatives from the Citizens Association of Georgetown, the Georgetown Business Improvement District and the Georgetown Business Association met with DC Water officials to provide comments and recommendations on its proposals, according to an article by Walter Groszyk in CAG’s Georgetown Citizens newsletter. Also discussed was the applicability of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, which the CFA maintains applies to any proposed green infrastructure in Georgetown. The section requires federal agencies to assess the effects of federal actions on historic properties. Because the projects proposed for Georgetown, a National Historic Landmark historic district, would be so disruptive its historic character, including extensive excavation of Georgetown’s public ways and, potentially, archaeological surveys and investigations prior to excavation, the task force recommended that DC Water’s projects be moved north of Georgetown or deferred altogether.

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Tensions Rise at G.U. With Visit by Planned Parenthood Head Administrators at Georgetown University, a Catholic institution, have repeatedly refused to prohibit the president of Planned Parenthood, Cecile Richards, from speaking on campus. The speech is set to take place April 20. The Georgetown University Right to Life group condemned the invitation, extended by the Lecture Fund, a nonpartisan studentrun organization, as contrary to the school’s Catholic values. Planned Parenthood is the largest abortion provider in the country. As a reaction to Richards’s much publicized visit, another student-run organization, Georgetown Right to Life, has invited a speaker from the opposing side. Abby Johnson, an anti-abortion activist, is scheduled to speak from the pulpit in the university’s Dahlgren Chapel the same day. Johnson is a former Planned Parenthood clinic director, who won “Employee of the Year” in 2008 from the organization. She abandoned her pro-choice views after reportedly observing an ultrasound of an abortion in 2009, during which she witnessed what she interpreted as the fetus squirming in reaction to the procedure. Michael Khan, president of Georgetown Right to Life, has denounced the university “for allowing Cecile Richards to speak unchallenged.” He said he hopes that Johnson will illuminate “Planned Parenthood’s careless disregard for human life,” with her “lifeaffirming message.” In addition to Johnson’s talk, Georgetown Right to Life will be hosting “Flag Day” on April 20. Members of the group plan to plant 3,600 miniature flags on Copley Lawn to represent the number of fetuses terminated daily in the United States. H*yas for Choice [sic, see below], Georgetown’s unofficial and unrecognized pro-choice group, has admitted its disappointment at the protest and invitation of Johnson. H*yas for Choice President Sophia Kleyman stated that the “dialogue in opposition to Planned Parenthood is not only factually incorrect but also damaging and triggering to people who have sought their services.” The university refuses to recognize the group due to its un-Catholic mission. The word, “Hoyas,” is a register trademark

of the university and as such cannot be used by the group. Georgetown University President John DeGioia has trod a moderate path in reaction to the recent tension on campus over the issue of abortion. He has simultaneously affirmed Georgetown’s commitment to “academic freedom and freedom of speech” and to the importance of the dignity of life. On April 12, the university hosted a panel event, entitled “Resisting the ‘Throwaway Culture’: Protecting Human Life and Dignity.”

Body Found in C&O Canal Identified

First thought to be a backpack floating in the C&O Canal, it was discovered to be a body that had been in the water for a few days. A body found floating in the C&O Canal near 31st Street Tuesday morning, April 12, has been identified, according to D.C. police. Osbaldo Lemus Bernal, 51, of Arlington, Virginia, was found in the canal around 7:30 a.m. by construction workers, who took a photo from the canal towpath near the Sea Catch Restaurant of the backpack floating above the man’s body. The Metropolitan Police Department indicated that the death might not be suspicious, although homicide units were on the scene the morning the body was discovered. Parts of 31st Street and South Street were blocked off for a time. According to informed sources, the body had been in the water for more than a day. The deceased worked at a business less than one block away.

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Expansion of DC Circulator Suspended Expansion of the popular DC Circulator, including a proposed extension of the Rosslyn– Georgetown line to the U Street corridor (which Georgetown business have pushed for), has been suspended following two embarrassing audits of the bus system, formerly thought to be in good shape. Safety, maintenance and financial problems were first discovered in August 2015 by an independent consulting firm commissioned by the D.C. Department of Transportation. Their audits revealed an average 2.9 critical defects, deemed “unacceptable by any standard,” and 22 overall defects per bus in a sample of 44 of the Circulator’s 67 buses. A second audit in January 2016 showed improvement, 0.5 critical and nine overall defects per bus, but that audit sampled only 22 buses and noted that “15-20 buses are consistently down on any given day for repairs.” DDOT owns the buses, but pays $750,000 to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to manage them. WMATA outsources operations of the system to First Transit, which has a two-year $41.6 million contract.

Visitation Prep Students Mugged Friday Afternoon

D.C. police officers at the cordoned-off entrance to Pomander Walk on April 15 after a daytime mugging. Two Georgetown Visitation Prep students were mugged around 3:30 p.m., Friday, April 15, in Pomander Walk along the 3300 block of Volta Place. The two female students were grabbed by a boy and pushed into the alley of small townhouses off Volta Place, where they were mugged by two girls. The assailants stole a phone and ran away when a neighbor observing the crime came on the scene. The visibly shaken students, who were uninjured, remained on a Volta Place corner to speak with police and school officials as commuter traffic idled on 34th Street. According to the Metropolitan Police, the suspects — two of whom were wearing Guy Fawkes mask on top of their heads — are black, 14 to 18 years old and averaging fivefoot-seven or five-feet-eight with thin or medium builds.

Georgetown Liquor License Moratorium Finally Gone

Farewell to Jose Antonio Salinas? Or Picketting &pizza?

As of April 11, D.C.’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Board has opened the liquor license application process for restaurants in Georgetown. Since Georgetown’s 27-year-old liquor license moratorium expired April 9, there is no longer a limit on the number of restaurant licenses that can be issued in the neighborhood. Businesses can start the application process online by visiting abra.dc.gov/node/676542. Interested candidates must first complete the application with the necessary documentation, then submit it for approval. The process could take several months from start to finish. While Georgetown’s moratorium has ended, tavern and nightclub licenses in the neighborhood are still limited by a separate law. There remain four moratorium zones in the District. Adams Morgan has restrictions that severely limit the number of licenses for taverns and restrict them entirely for nightclubs within the moratorium zone (restaurants and hotels are exempt). The East Dupont moratorium zone specifies two licenses for taverns and no licenses for nightclubs. In the West Dupont zone, no nightclubs can be issued licenses. Set to expire May 3, the Glover Park moratorium zone has several limits on new retailer’s licenses.

One of Georgetown’s most distinctive smiling faces may soon be fading from the neighborhood. Jose Antonio Salinas, a Bolivianborn man, who operates the stand outside the former Five Guys burger outlet, at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Dumbarton Street, has been a feature of the neighborhood for more than 15 years. His stall sells necessities, such as hats, watches, scarves and sunglasses. He told The Georgetowner that before his tenure on the corner, his table had been held by a woman who handed it over to him. He speculates that the table itself has been there for around 30 years. However, the building behind Salinas’s stall, which is currently empty, has recently changed hands, and moves have been made to eject Salinas by April 30. Some neighbors told The Georgetowner that they are thinking of picketing the new business planning to open there, &pizza. When asked about this news, the longtime Georgetown business owner simply said, “This place, it doesn’t really belong to me.” Salinas has watched different stores come and go over the last decade and a half from his unique vantage point. Come rain or shine, he’s been at his corner to watch the neighborhood evolve. Nobody knows the area better than he.

Jose Antonio Salinas at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Dumbarton Street NW. The permanent residents of Georgetown, he says, have gotten used to his familiar face. “I know them. They know me.” The people of Georgetown to some extent owe a debt to Salinas, who in the past has been known to intervene to stop crimes. He cited his good relationship with the police in the neighborhood. “I always do whatever I can do,” Salinas modestly declared. When asked about the prospect of finding a new way to earn a living, should he have to, the 68 year-old Salinas said he was considering retiring or returning part-time to his previous job as a cook. Reflecting on his favorite aspect of his time in the neighborhood, Salinas said he had enjoyed meeting and talking with people from all over the world from behind his table. When asked how he felt about the possibility of leaving his spot, he nostalgically murmured that “15 years is 15 years.”

D.C. Real Estate Marketing Firm Joins Long & Foster Urban Pace, a D.C.-based firm that provides real estate developers with sales, marketing and advisory services on new residential projects, will become part of the Long & Foster group. The partnership, representing an investment in Urban Pace by the Long & Foster Companies — the parent of Long & Foster Real Estate, the nation’s largest privately owned real estate firm — was announced last week. “In regions like Washington, D.C., urban developments — whether they’re high-rise or townhouse-style condos — are thriving, and our team at Long & Foster recognized the opportunities for our company’s and our agents’ growth by partnering with a firm like Urban Pace,” said Jeffrey S. Detwiler, president and COO of the Long & Foster Companies. “In addition to our base office in Washington, D.C., we now operate in New York City and Philadelphia as well,” said newly appointed CEO of Urban Pace Lynn Hackney, previously the firm’s president. “We’ve noticed that several successful firms using our business model — working directly with real estate developers — have been strengthened substantially by their affiliations with large residential real estate brokerage firms.” Urban Pace will continue to operate under its same brand and team at the current office location at 1919 14th St. NW.

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D.C. Statehood Is Back

n the minds of many D.C. residents, the idea, if not the reality, of statehood, has never really left. Almost every person who’s been elected mayor of the District of Columbia has picked up the statehood flag and vowed to work hard to make it happen. “What do we want?” “Statehood!” “When do we want it?” “Now!” That rallying cry has been heard often over many years. It got some new urgency recently when Mayor Muriel Bowser picked up the banner by way of the District’s $13-billion Fiscal 2017 budget, which will be sent to Congress this year. When that happens, the city has promised not to ask the federal government for permission to spend its money the way it wants to. That could mean a showdown with Congress, which routinely folds the District’s budget into the federal budget, retaining the right of approval. This challenge to Congress, according to the mayor, is another step toward the ultimate goal of statehood for the District of Columbia. This is always a popular choice for mayors engaging in a fight with the federal government. We have one representative in Congress, who can deliberate but cannot vote. And the committee with oversight duties has had a historic and at times notorious penchant for disrespecting both elected District officials and legislation that they have been passed, including gun laws. Even if you’re not a big fan of statehood — it can sound and feel better as an idea than as a practical reality — Congressional committee members have often acted in ways that make you want to march down the avenue and get thrown in jail in protest. Consider the recent House subcommittee hearing on the difficulties surrounding Metro. Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans, who now chairs the Metro board, asked the government for $300 million from Congress. “Do you want there to be safety? You want this to be reliable? Or do you just want to leave here and do nothing?” Evans said. But here comes Rep. John L. Mica (R-Fla.), self-presumed to have amazing individual powers. “I’m not going to bail you out,” he said. Then, turning to Metro General Manager Paul J. Wiedefeld, he said, “You need to get in there and fire people and get that place in order.” That kind of language historically has been common, especially from little-known members of Congress trying to flex their muscles in public. It’s enough to make you yell back: “Statehood now!”

Not Digging the Digging

pring is also the season of a lot of bloomin’ construction, which unfortunately coincides with increased outdoor activity by Georgetown residents and visitors. Between green infrastructure projects, M Street sidewalk expansions, Potholepalooza and miscellaneous tree removal and road repairs, our charming village has become an obstacle course. We understand (or at least trust) that this is necessary work — and provides jobs — but the sudden closing of lanes and entire streets makes everyone’s lives more difficult and does no good for our retail economy. Communication is key, and The Georgetowner is stepping up its effort to get the word out, both in the paper and online. For DIY types, here are some resources: For alerts and breaking news from DC Water: dcwater.com/news/alert_ form.cfm For current DC Water work zones and projects: dcwater.com/workzones/default.cfm DDOT’s website (for traffic advisories and alerts): ddot.dc.gov DDOT’s Twitter feed: twitter.com/DDOTDC

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BY JACK EVANS

I testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee last week about the state of our regional Metro system, laying out in stark terms the problems facing Metro. The system has $18 billion in deferred maintenance, a $2.5-billion unfunded pension liability and a $150-million operating budget shortfall next year (after balancing this year’s budget on one-time money). I also made clear that the federal government, which — with four board members — has an equal role in governing the system, needs to contribute $300 million per year to the operating budget, just like Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, the entity created by the federal government to operate the Metro system, has gone from a shining example of regional cooperation and a futuristic plan for public transit to the mediocre system we have today. This is the system of the National Capital Region of the United States of

America. A system used by many of the region’s 22 million annual visitors from across the country and around the world. A system that transports more than 50 percent of the federal workforce every day. A system that — despite billions of dollars in investment — has been undermaintained for decades, as have our national parks, our highways and essentially every other transit system in the U.S. I have put the region on notice that we need to come together to create a dedicated funding source for Metro that produces approximately $1 billion per year. I have also begun meeting with regional leaders to assess the different options for a regional funding source. In 2006, I sponsored — and the District Council passed — legislation that would have dedicated 0.5 percent of our sales tax to Metro, but Maryland and Virginia did not implement a similar dedicated funding source. If we again fail to act on a dedicated funding source, in 10 years it will be much more expensive and perhaps too late to save Metro. Given Metro’s recent performance and continued loss of ridership, we cannot raise fares and expect anything other than more riders leaving the

system. Metro is the economic backbone of the region, and we need to make it our highest priority infrastructure investment. WMATA General Manager Paul Wiedefeld is putting together a plan to reform the agency and begin addressing the deferred maintenance and safety recommendations from the Federal Transit Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board. The agency is also putting together a complete, detailed and prioritized capital-needs inventory to get the system back to the world-class system that the region deserves. While Metro gets its house in order and develops a roadmap for its revival, the governments, business and citizens of the region — D.C., Maryland, Virginia and the federal government — need to come together to fund these plans. Otherwise, we will be left with the mostly safe, somewhat reliable, mediocre system we have today. Jack Evans is the District Council member for Ward 2, representing Georgetown and other neighborhoods since 1991.

Georgetown’s Sinful Past — and Present

his week, Georgetown University faces two of the greatest issues in America’s story, past and present: slavery and abortion. “Georgetown Confronts Its Role in Nation’s Slave Trade,” headlined the New York Times on its April 17 front page. It is a story, previously reported here and elsewhere, the details of which many at the school and in town learned about only fairly recently. The next day, Adam Rothman, a professor with Georgetown University’s Working Group on Slavery, Memory & Reconciliation, spoke at a symposium — previously scheduled in honor of D.C. Emancipation Day — about the college’s shameful story in connection with the Jesuits’ sale of 272 slaves in 1838. With promises broken, families were truly “sold down the river.” The news was that descendants had been located from this heart-wrenching business. “It seems to me that the story of Georgetown and slavery is a microcosm of the whole history of slavery,” said Rothman, who stressed that the first step

of truth and reconciliation is truth. All of this occurred in a Christian institution, directly answerable to the Catholic Church, which could no longer look the other way in terms of slavery in the New World. Yes, some kind of memorial should be erected on the campus. Yes, scholarships should be offered. Is it enough? Of course not. Yes, Georgetown sinned, but forgiveness is possible. In an ironic and hopeful twist of fate, the university’s president in the 1870s was Rev. Patrick Healy, S.J. Healy was born in Georgia of a mixed-race mother and an Irish father, who owned slaves. He was referred to in his day as Irish and perhaps a little Spanish. After the 1970s, Georgetown embraced him as a black man. Regardless of the out-of-time hypocrisy, Healy is known and honored for putting the school on the path to becoming a major university. He was the first black American to earn a Ph.D. and become a Jesuit priest. His landmark building dominates the sky of this town and the federal city. Meanwhile, the national abortion

debate has erupted anew on the university’s main campus. Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood, has been invited by a student group to speak on campus on the afternoon of April 20. (Planned Parenthood is the nation’s largest abortion provider.) University officials have defended Richards’s right to speak. Opponents argue that Jesuit Georgetown is betraying — even mocking — its Catholic identity and mission. In essence, it is sinning. A student group called Georgetown Right to Life has invited Abby Johnson, an anti-abortion activist, to speak later the same day in the main campus’s Dahlgren Chapel. Cardinal Donald Wuerl will celebrate a Mass for Life at 7:30 p.m., April 21, at Epiphany Catholic Church on Dumbation Street in Georgetown. The Georgetowner assigned these stories to Georgetown University students, our interns Juliana Zovak and Percy Metcalfe. Such national issues and debates are why they — and most of us — are here in the nation’s capital.

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Business Ins & Outs BY CHUCK BALDWIN AND ROBERT DEVANEY with murderer Charles Manson. Joynt currently writes a Washington column for New York Social Diary and since 2001 has hosted a TV interview program, “The Q&A Cafe.” She was the owner of the famed Nathans, now closed, after the sudden death of her husband, J. Howard Joynt III. Her restaurant experience and financial problems (due to her husband’s actions) led to her writing “Innocent Spouse.”

IN: Marriott Acquires Starwood, Finally At a Nathans reunion at Martin’s Tavern in March: Billy Martin, Carol Joynt and Greg Doherty, former manager of Nathans.

In: Carol Joynt Bounces to ‘Hardball’ Author, journalist, Georgetowner and businesswoman Carol Ross Joynt has landed on her feet yet again. Last month, she joined MSNBC’s “Hardball” as a guest producer for Chris Matthews. Joynt has worked for CBS News, NBC News, Larry King and other programs, as well as for Washingtonian magazine. She and Charlie Rose won an Emmy for an interview

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Following a last-minute bidding war with a consortium of investors led by Chinese-based Anbang, which pulled out at the end of March, Bethesda-based Marriott International finally sealed its deal to acquire Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, making it the world’s largest hotel chain with more than a million rooms. Marriott had been in a tentative agreement to acquire Starwood for $12.2 billion when the consortium upped its offer to $14 billion, forcing Marriott to raise their bid to $13.6 billion before the consortium withdrew. The stock-based deal fluctuated from $13.6 billion, when struck, back to $12.2 billion. Marriott and Starwood shareholders voted on April 8 to approve the deal, in which Marriott will pay about $13.3 billion, or $77.94 per Starwood share.

Moved: Chichie’s Grooming Spa Chichie’s Grooming Spa, hand-coiffing canine clients for over 35 years, has moved to 1742 Wisconsin Ave. NW from its longtime P Street location. Many Washington residents have taken their dogs there. Clients have included the Obamas’ Portuguese water dog, Bo. “Our canine clients are ethically groomed,” reports the spa. Look for an upcoming profile in The Georgetowner.

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The Obamas’ Portuguese Water Dog, Bo Diddley. Courtesy The White House.

Out: After Peacock Room Shuttered The little restaurant that seemed like it could — and even got a “good-to-excellent” review from the Washington Post’s food critic Tom Sietsema — could not. Opened in 2014, the local favorite at 2622 P St. NW, After Peacock Room, never reopened after its Christmas break. The restaurant was named after Whistler’s Peacock Room, now closed for renovations, at the Freer Gallery of Art. It remains available for small private events; email info@afterpeacockroom.com.

Delayed: EagleBank Relocation to N Street The Georgetown branch of EagleBank at 1050 Wisconsin Ave. NW, near Grace Street, will close at 2 p.m. on Friday, April 29. The new Georgetown location at 3143 N St. NW, set to open the following Monday, has been delayed. The nearest EagleBank is at 2001 K St. NW. Check EagleBankCorp.com for updates about the new N Street location. Branch Manager Philomina Gomes can be reached at 202-4817012 or PGomes@EagleBankCorp.com.

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annchi, Georgetown’s new Korean restaurant, was a long time coming for owner Eunjung Kim, though she hadn’t always planned for it. Her family owns a chain of restaurants in Korea, and that experience helped her successfully launch Zannchi, which opened March 29. Growing up with the family business — and having spent many years in New York with its rich food scene — Kim, an MBA student at Georgetown University, was surprised to find that Korean restaurants were scarce in the District, especially in the Georgetown neighborhood. “I think there’s a high demand, but the supply of the food scene was not meeting expectations,” she said. Kim realized that, given her family background, she was well equipped to fill that void. And so Zannchi was born. She partnered with fellow MBA student Brian Yu and received guidance from the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Club advisors, who answered the many questions she had about starting a business. Located on Wisconsin Avenue between Volta and Q Streets, Zannchi definitely has the look of a Georgetown restaurant. Part of the wall is made up of exposed brick original to the building. The rest of the interior is a dark wood, with bright lanterns strung overhead. The combination gives the restaurant a rustic and natural feel with a modern twist. Zannchi’s specialty is bibimbap bowls, rice topped with vegetables, meat and eggs, with the spicy pork the most popular dish so far. Tapas-style items like dumplings and bulgogi (barbecued beef) are also on the menu. Everything is prepared fresh in the restaurant; Kim suggests that diners share the bachan (tapas) before ordering their own bibimbap bowls. The food, and its freshness, is definitely a hit. Though the restaurant opened only recently, Kim said they have already seen neighbors returning and have had a line out the door for dinner. It’s a nice addition to the Georgetown dining scene. One neighbor came in during lunch to grab a menu, expressing excitement

about Zannchi and promising to return soon for a meal. Kim looks forward to seeing Zannchi grow as people become familiar with it. She even hopes to expand in the future, though she is not looking too far ahead, preferring to focus for now on graduating from Georgetown with her MBA next month. “It’s a lot of work. I’m glad it finally took off,” she said.

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New Broker Rule: Trading Smoke for Mosquitoes? BY J OHN E. GIROUAR D

Dear Friends, Family, Clients & fellow Washingtonians, I am incredibly honored to share that I have been nominated by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) as a candidate for their 2016 Man of the Year. My goal over the next several weeks is to raise $250,000 to support their mission. Cancer can strike anyone, at any age, at any time. I believe that LLS’s cutting-edge research and mission can and will put an end to the needless suffering that affects so many of us. Life isn’t always about numbers, but sometimes it is. In my family alone, we have lost 5 loved ones to blood cancers.

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ears ago, the Peace Corps sent its workers to remote Third World villages to install stoves in primitive huts to alleviate the constant smoke from indoor cooking fires. Then the incidence of malaria shot up. It turned out that the smoke had been keeping the mosquitoes away. Something like that may be about to happen in the investing world. Eight years after the Big Meltdown of 2008, the Department of Labor has finally published new rules for brokers and financial advisors. These are intended to save investors money by reducing fees and hidden costs. Beginning in January of 2018, financial advisors will be forced to charge clients a fee based on a percentage of their assets, instead of earning commissions on the sale of financial products. Additionally, fees cannot be any higher than the fees in their 401(k) plans, unless the advisor can certify that the higher fees are in the best interests of the client. The new rules are meant to eliminate conflicts of interest, that is, to discourage brokers from only recommending investment products that offer them the biggest commissions. As a financial advisor for the past three decades, I agree that reform is overdue. People deserve to know the cost of the financial advice they are getting, they should have the information they need to make good choices and there should be consequences for advisors who take advantage of their clients. But the unintended consequence

JOIN US IN THE FIGHT! may be to deny honest, astute advice to millions of those who need it most. Many financial advisors have always operated under their own fiduciary standard, putting their clients first. But under the new rule conditions may change. What is truly in a client’s best interests — investing in real estate, putting money in an insurance policy or making a large tax-deductible charitable contribution — may no longer be in the best interests of the advisor. Specifically, a financial advisor might instead be incentivized to keep a client’s money under his or her own management, thus continuing to earn a fee on those assets. So, by fixing one conflict of interest, the rule creates a new one. I agree with eliminating bad advice and placing the clients’ best interests first, and this rule goes a long way toward protecting clients. But the root of the problem is that the financial industry has purposefully made it hard for clients to see the cost of financial advice. The new rules may make some things clearer, but there is still a lot of work to be done. For now, it’s a choice between smoke and mosquitoes. John E. Girouard (CFP, ChFC, CLU, CFS), author of “Take Back Your Money” and “The Ten Truths of Wealth Creation,” is a registered principal of Cambridge Investment Research and an Investment Advisor Representative of Capital Investment Advisors in Bethesda, Maryland.

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charged Maurice Bellamy with Washington’s murder. Police have promised to step up patrols at the Metro station.

New Metro Chief Safety Officer appointed The General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of Metro, Paul J. Wiedefeld, announced on April 12 that Patrick Lavin has been hired as Metro’s new Chief Safety Officer. Lavin’s

previous position was at the New York City Transit where he was the second in command of the Office of System Safety. One of Lavin’s previous positions in New York Transit involved managing signal system reconstruction after the attacks on September 11, 2001. With over 30 years of experience in transit safety, Lavin remarked in a press conference “I look forward to making a difference in Washington,” and with the shutdowns, delays, and malfunctions that have been occurring in recent months, change is something D.C. desperately needs.

Nobody really knows why things like this get so popular, but it is, in a big way. It all began when Maryland sophomore basketball player Jared Nickens posted an Instagram video of himself and teammate Jaylen Brantley dancing to “My Boo,” a song that came out in 1995. The Terrapins performed this song and dance in the locker room, in an office, on the street and even in a convenience store. Now players from schools like Villanova, Marquette, Seton Hall and Virginia Tech have picked up on the trend. Internet denizens will likely be pummeled with dozens of “My Boo” videos.

900 Arrested So Far in Democracy Spring Protests

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Last week protesters from D.C. and every corner of the country marched on Capitol Hill and were peacefully arrested with the aim of getting money out of politics. From the beginning of the protests, on April 11, to the end of the week, on April 16, over 900 people were cuffed and charged. Police spokeswoman Eva Malecki said the protesters arrested were charged with violating a D.C. statute prohibiting “crowding, obstructing or incommoding.” On their second day of protesting the police had to stop arresting the protesters sitting in front of the Capitol because they ran out of space to put them. Those arrested are only detained for a brief time and levied a $50 fine, unless they cause damage or act violently. The fine is paid in order to waive the right to a trial and cover administrative costs. It makes the process of being arrested easy for everyone.

Jonathan Bank’s Battle for D.C. Statehood Folks watching the AMC hit series “Better Call Saul” have probably seen the D.C. Statehood commercials that play during the show. The initiative, intended to reach the program’s national audience, was in part the product of D.C.-native Jonathan Banks. Banks plays Mike Ehrmantraut, a terrifyingly stoic enforcer who works occasionally as a “fixer” for the show’s main character, Saul Goodman. Banks has been working closely with D.C.’s shadow senator Paul Strauss for quite some time now. The D.C. Statehood delegation went to Iowa to push D.C. statehood as an issue to be included in caucus voting. Two commercials starring Jonathan Banks played in Iowa during the caucus urging viewers to contact their congressman and demand a change.

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Second 15-year-old Murdered at Deanwood Metro in Two Weeks The day after a stabbing at Deanwood Metro Station on April 12, police arrested 18-year-old Javonte Hall in connection with the incident. The victim, John Rufus Evans III, 15, was the second killing at the Deanwood Metro in two weeks. On the Saturday before Easter, Davonte Washington, also 15, was fatally shot while standing on the Metro platform. Police have

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At right, actress Rosario Dawson stands with friends during a Democracy Spring protest on the east side of the U.S. Capitol. She and other demonstrators were arrested on Capitol Hill April 15.

An all-day festival to listen to music and get educated on the topic of weed is coming on April 23. Festivities begin at noon and last until 8 p.m. Music performers include Jesse Royal, Congo Sanchez, Backyard Band and Nappy Riddem, with the hip-hop trio De La Soul headlining. There will be food and drinks, games and educational talks. The festival was established at the beginning of 2015 by business owners, policy advocates and enthusiasts in order to recognize the spirit of the marijuana movement and the organizations who fought for the cause. Tickets for the event are $35 and you must be 21 or older to get in.

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Sona Creamery closed its doors on April 11 after three years serving wine and cheese in D.C. Courtesy Sona Creamery.

OUT - Sona Creamery Sona Creamery opened three years ago and was D.C.’s first commercial cheese creamery. They were also the first to bring raw milk into the District since 1952. Sona Creamery won the 2015 Slow Food Award and was the runner up for best new restaurant and business on the Hill in 2014. They offered a wine bar, as well as classes and tastings, but closed April 11. “We are grateful for the memories and wonderful people we met along this journey. Thank you for all of your support,” said a note on their website.

OUT - Dinner Lab Dinner Lab, a members-only supper club from New Orleans that opened a location in D.C. has abruptly closed. According to an article from the Washingtonian, Dinner Lab members paid $175 per membership in addition to their meal and drinks, but membership fees were later dropped. Club members were notified in an email of the shutdown, which has also been displayed on the restaurant’s website. “Three-and-a half years ago a few of us came up with a novel idea; bring together random people, in an unconventional location, and give an up-and-coming chef a chance,” the message says on their website. “It is with a very heavy heart that we have to tell you, but effective immediately, Dinner Lab will be suspending operations and halting events.”

IN - Starbucks Now Serving Alcohol Beginning April 12, five Starbucks locations in D.C. began serving alcohol after 2 p.m. The “Evenings” menu includes wine, craft beer and several sharable-sized dishes like mac ’n’ cheese, flatbreads and chicken skewers. The locations, which can serve alcohol until 11 p.m., include Wisconsin and Idaho Avenues NW, the Grand Hyatt at 1000 H St. NW, 237 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, 1801 Columbia Road NW and 815 O St. NW. The Seattle-based coffee chain is making an effort to keep their coffee shops open after traditional hours.

customers were lured by their fire-pit-equipped courtyard. The patio is closing on April 25 and Poste will end their restaurant service on May 31. The closing is planned in order to make room for a new restaurant. The patio will also get renovations to increase seating for the new eatery.

IN - Pineapples and Pearls Pineapples and Pearls, located on Capitol Hill, serves dinners at a fixed price of $250 per person. Chef Aaron Silverman’s new restaurant is the latest line in his resume, after stints at David Chang’s Momofuku Noodle Bar in New York City and Sean Brock’s McCrady’s in Charleston, South Carolina. Half of the $250 price tag is charged during your reservation, 48 hours before the dining experience. The restaurant brings diners a 10- to 14-course tastingmenu and is served with drinks both alcoholic and non-alcoholic. The name, Pineapples and Pearls, is meant to describe the restaurant’s warm and modern feel. Pineapples are a symbol of hospitality in the South, and pearls are a symbol of elegance.

IN - Alta Strada Restaurateur Michael Schlow established himself in D.C. with two popular restaurants, Tico and Riggsby. Now he’s come with his newest location, Alta Strada, at 475 K St. NW. The restaurant is a casual Italian-style eatery seating up to 75 diners. Alta Strada’s dishes are described as “unfussy” and draw their inspiration from regions of Italy, such as Piedmont and Campania. Wine drinkers can find a list that exclusively comes from Italy.

OUT - Poste Poste Moderne Brasserie first opened in the Hotel Monaco in 2002. The restaurant was one of D.C.’s favorite outdoor hangout spots, where

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Spicy Fried Chicken Sandwich. Courtesy Pineapples and Pearls.

Volunteers with DCSafetyNet, Gregor Young, Chander Jayaraman, Rev. Kelli Jareaux, Will Saetren and the Mayor’s Ward 6 Liaison Edward Doxen outside the Potomac Avenue Metro stop during their evening SafeRoutes campaign. Courtesy DCSafetyNet.

group of concerned D.C. residents have come together to start an organization that they hope, with any luck, won’t be around in five years. DCSafetyNet is working to raise awareness and to suggest and try out solutions and tactics to keep residents safe. The acting co-chair of DCSafetyNet, Richard Lukas, said that even though D.C. seems to have an interest group for everything imaginable, there was not one dedicated solely to the safety of its residents. “We feel as citizen advocates, we are able to be flexible in trying things out that our government is not,” he said. “We feel by just putting out numbers about how much crime is happening, we are playing an accountable role for D.C. government.” The Metropolitan Police Department reports that between the 2008 and 2012 homicide rates steadily decreased, but they began to rise again, with a 54 percent spike, between 2014 and 2015. The total number of violent crimes between 2014 and 2015 have seen a 2 percent increase, as well. Wards 7 and 8, especially, have experienced an increase in violent crimes, including homicides, assaults with a dangerous weapon, robberies with a gun and theft. While D.C. officials have suggested several possible reasons for the 2015 increases, 2016 is on track to be just as violent. Lukas said that since Metro adopted a policy to allow D.C. school children to ride for free, the Metro has become a “playground” for youth. In the past two weeks alone, two 15-year-old boys were killed at the Deanwood Metro station by other young males. “Others have said many crimes are becoming more brazen,” Lukas said. “There are more daylight robberies, assaults and homicides, by youth, especially. They are taking up violence as the first way to resolve conflict.” DCSafetyNet set up a pilot program called SafeRoutes, where volunteers wore

bright green vests and carried whistles in case they witnessed crime happening. They were stationed outside the Potomac Avenue Metro stop between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. to put more “eyes and ears” in the community. The goal was to make people feel safer while commuting. During the two-week pilot program, Lukas said volunteers heard from many concerned neighbors that the SafeRoutes program instilled greater confidence in their ability to walk about their community safely. “We have learned many valuable lessons,” he said. “This exercise allowed us to measure the community’s support for it, to hear how people feel about their neighborhood’s public safety and to learn what it takes to sustain such an initiative.” Lukas said that if DCSafetyNet receives a commitment from 40 or more people to volunteer for one to two hours a month, a SafeRoute program can be set up at the Potomac Avenue Metro station. “If there is enough community support for such an activity, we have a system in place that would allow us to continue the SafeRoutes program, including an IT framework for volunteers to sign-up and a stock of vests and personal safety alarms,” he said. The SafeRoutes program is not the only resource DCSafetyNet offers to community members. They also promote neighborhood watch and self-defense trainings, in addition to advocating for more evenly distributed policing efforts in the District. Although DCSafetyNet has not taken a stance on any policy issues thus far, Lukas said that in February a group of people within DCSafetyNet was launched to begin getting legislation passed. Lukas hopes crime rates in D.C. decrease so DCSafetyNet will not be necessary five years from now. “We want people to have confidence to walk around their neighborhoods,” he said. “We want people to have a happy and positive experience with DCSafetyNet.”

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2016 Georgetown House Tour Launches April 23 With 10 Houses to Check  The 85th Georgetown House Tour lifts off April 23 under the direction of chairs Jill and Scott Altman and with help from many volunteers. With 10 houses around town, it will be a busy Saturday, east side to west side. The tour benefits the work and ministries of St. John’s Church on O Street NW in Georgetown. TTR Sotheby is this year’s platinum sponsor for the tour with Long and Foster Georgetown and Glass Construction as silver and bronze sponsors, respectively.

36th Street between O & P This unique “double house” belongs to Georgetown University. This property was once two separate buildings. The charming “tiny brick house” was constructed in 1887, and the larger house next door was built three years later. Both houses, currently below grade, were originally at street level, but the street was raised to its current grade when the District installed a sewer line in the early 1900s. The entry foyer (which houses a hidden wet bar) leads into the high-ceilinged living room and the spacious dining room where the owners entertain university colleagues and other guests.

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32rd Street near Q This lovely Federal Revival-style house, built in 1937, replaced the remains of an 1887 structure that included a shed and stable. The property has undergone several reincarnations before emerging as the single home it is today. The current owners purchased this home in 1998 following disjoining of the merged property. The owners spent the next eight years transforming their “new” property, accepting the good design improvements of the former owners, and retrofitting other elements to fit their sensibilities and needs. The rear garden patio was designed by Osamu Shimizu in the mid-1980s when the two houses were merged.

This annual event graciously opens historic 18th and 19th century homes in Georgetown to Tour attendees. Tickets are $50 per person online in advance, or $55 per person on the day of the Tour. Ticket includes a Parish Tea at St. John’s from 2-5 pm. Group prices are available. For more information and to purchase tickets online, please visit www.georgetownhousetour.com.

28th Street near Q This Regency-style brick house was originally owned by Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot. Mr. Cabot served as a U.S. Ambassador to four countries (Sweden, Columbia, Brazil and Poland) during the Eisenhower and Kennedy Administrations after serving as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs. The Cabots subsequently endowed chairs at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Harvard University Art Museums. The current owner purchased the property in 1991 and had it architecturally updated by Georgetown designer Frank Babb Randolph, who reconfigured the kitchen to give the owner a better working environment. As Randolph says, “This home is all about easy elegance.”

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t comes but once a year, one of Georgetown’s peak experiences, when homes open up on an April day. Every year, some wonder how it will all come together. Who will agree to put their place on the tour? Who will host the popular Patrons’ Party — founded by the tour’s heart and soul, 100-year-old Frida Burling? From the co-chairs to the docents, work on this single Georgetown Saturday involves hundreds (not counting the visitors). Reviewing this newspaper’s pages on the house tour over the years, one reads a living scrapbook of past and present, of people and place. Called “the glue that holds Georgetown together,” the tour provides a living record of the republic’s architecture: Federal, Georgian, Classic,

Revival, Victorian and Modern. Founded in 1931, and thought to be the nation’s oldest such event, the Georgetown House Tour & Tea is a love affair with this town. The 2016 tour, the 85th, will feature 10 private homes on Saturday, April 23. In fact, this year — with co-chairs Jill and Scott Altman — it looks like the sky’s the limit. Scott is a former NASA astronaut and Jill is an astronaut’s wife. “It’s an exciting year with Jill and Scott Altman leading our mission!” says Reverend Gini Gerbasi, rector at St. John’s Church on O Street. “The Georgetown House Tour provides vital funding for St. John’s ministries that support the needy in our community. We are grateful to the Altmans and every St.

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John’s member, friend and sponsor who contributes to this celebrated Georgetown tradition.” “The thing I love most about Georgetown is being able to walk everywhere,” Jill says. “I am a gardener and look forward to spring because we have an explosion of bulbs everywhere. During the blizzard, we joined friends almost every evening for dinner. I also love that we are so close to all that D.C. has to offer. There is a real sense of community here. The house tour is special to me because it is a tremendous labor of love.” Scott says his favorite thing “about Washington, and especially about Georgetown, is just walking around and breathing in all the history and stories that have taken place here. I love knowing that both Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln visited soldiers in hospitals here in Georgetown and that there is a continuity in this town that will continue after we are gone.” Each year, the tour co-chairs work overtime to coordinate all the parts of the show, and each year their own life stories reveal a part of Georgetown — and add to its story.

Jill and Scott Altman met in San Diego at a friend’s engagement party. He was a Navy aviator and she, a college senior. “Are you one of those jet jocks?” Jill asked Scott, who was stationed at nearby Naval Air Station Miramar, known then as “Fightertown, USA.” She knew how haughty fighter pilots were. “You think you’re Prince Charming?” she parried, after he took her shoe, drank champagne out of it and kept the shoe — ensuring a date the next day at the Old Globe theater in Balboa Park. Within months, the two — each with Midwestern roots — were engaged. They married in 1984. As a F-14 pilot in the Weapons School program, Scott acted as a stunt double and flew his plane in the 1986 film “Top Gun” starring Tom Cruise. For the movie, he buzzed the station’s control tower — an insane maneuver in real life. He also got to flip the bird, so to speak, to a MiG pilot flying alongside his jet. He was shown upside down. (Yes, some tricks of the camera were used, and the rumors are true: a “Top Gun 2” is planned.)

“There is a real sense of community here. The house tour is special to me because it is a tremendous labor of love.” — Jill Altman Next up for the Altmans was Monterey and Naval Postgraduate School, with Scott as an F-14D test pilot. Later on, there was an assignment in this area at Naval Air Station Patuxent River — as well as months in the Indian Ocean. At the time, Jill worked for Pacific Southwest Airlines and could readily fly to ports where PHOTOs left to right:

the supercarrier USS Carl Vinson docked. After medal-earning missions over Iraq’s no-fly zone in the 1990s, the Navy captain got the call from NASA. He had been rejected two years earlier. At six-foot-four, he was able to become a naval aviator (he was too tall for the Air Force). At the end of his second consideration, he told the NASA interviewers in Houston that his grandmother already thought he was an astronaut. He became one in 1995. Scott had seen the Apollo 11 lunar landing on live television as a ten-year-old in Pekin, Illinois, next to Peoria. His love of flight was egged on by the “Sky King” TV series. Today, there is an elementary school named after him in Pekin. He was also honored by his alma mater, the University of Illinois at Urbana– Champaign, with a bust of his likeness. And about 10 years ago, he met his hero, astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon. For her part, Jill — originally from Tucson, Arizona — was happy to hold down the home front, raising three boys and playing her part as an astronaut’s wife during 15 years in Houston, home to the Johnson Space Center. “NASA took good care of us,” Jill says. She recalls walking past the space shuttle at the Kennedy Space Center launch pad in Florida. “It was amazing to be that close. You could almost touch the shuttle. Astronaut wives were usually relieved when MECO [main engine cut off] was announced, but Columbia showed us that danger continued throughout the mission.” (Shuttle Columbia burned up in the atmosphere during its descent in February of 2003.) Her husband — known as Scooter and considered NASA’s tallest astronaut — went on four shuttle missions as pilot or commander, logging more than 40 days in space. His last time up was as commander of Atlantis, STS125, in May of 2009. It was the last service mission for the Hubble Space Telescope, itself a singular achievement.

“I love knowing that both Walt Whitman and Abraham Lincoln visited soldiers in hospitals here in Georgetown and that there is a continuity in this town that will continue after we are gone.” — Scott Altman During his first time in space, Scott glimpsed his hometown in Illinois. “It was an incredible feeling to look down and see the place where I grew up, where so many of my friends and family still live,” he says. “It was an emotional rush for me that put the whole spaceflight in a human perspective. “I also felt that way as we flew over the Holy Land. It is amazing to look down on that part of our planet and think of how much impact that land and the people who lived there long ago are still having on us today. “On my last mission, after having so many struggles with the repairs to Hubble, but finally being able to release the telescope with all our repairs completed, it felt good to set Hubble free to continue its voyage of discovery of our incredible universe.” In 2010, with the U.S. manned space program on hiatus, Scott retired as an astronaut and the Altmans moved to Georgetown. Scott works for Arctic Slope Regional Corp. as a vice president in its Engineering and Aerospace Solutions section in Beltsville, Maryland. The firm provides federal services, including those that assist the Orion program, NASA’s next manned project, and works with engineers at the Goddard Space Center. Among her charities, Jill is on the board of directors of the Georgetown Senior Center and the Salvation Army Grate Patrol. The two are members of St. John’s Church. Scott gave a stirring homily on God, science

and faith — with an image from the Hubble Telescope shown above the altar — during a service at St. John’s last year. His faith in God got him through very tough basic training, he says, adding, “It’s hard to imagine an atheist in the cockpit of the space shuttle.” The Altmans have three grown sons: Daniel, Alexander and Michael. Mom and Dad live on 36th Street with their little white coton named Roxie. Neighbors include Georgetown College Dean Chester Gillis, real estate agent Michelle Galler, Robin and Jeff Jones — who is an advisory neighborhood commissioner and an airline pilot — and two 90-year-old nuns. Jack the Bulldog, the sports mascot for Georgetown University, lives across the street. Scott likes that Mike Lackey, whose O Street house is on the tour, also flew F-14s. While we wonder if Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer will indeed fly again in the movies, we know that Scott Altman would like to return to space. “I’ve had a fun ride,” he says. “I stood on the shoulders of giants. I like to imagine that someone I’ve talked to will become the first person to walk on Mars.” As participants in the Georgetown House Tour experience on a small scale, the houses, the people, the stories collectively reveal this extraordinary neighborhood in the nation’s capital. One might even say that Scott has taken the ultimate house tour: he has orbited our home planet — with Jill keeping it all together on the good earth.

Former NASA astronaut Scott Altman and Jill Altman shown in one of the residences on P Street in a Christian Zapatka-designed addition that is on the 2016 Georgetown House Tour. Photo by Angie Myers. An image of the Carina Nebula — 6,500 to 10,000 light years from Earth — as taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. Courtesy NASA. During its last service mission the Hubble Space Telescope was released from the Shuttle Atlantis, in May 2009. Photo by Scott Altman/NASA. A view of the Sinai Peninsula from the Shuttle Atlantis, in May 2009. Photo by Scott Altman/NASA. NASA astronaut Scott Altman flew four times into space as shuttle pilot or commander. As a U.S. Navy captain, Scott Altman flew F-14s and was a stunt double in the movie, “Top Gun.” Courtesy NASA.

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he 13th annual French Market, along the boutique-and-gallery-filled Book Hill section of Wisconsin Avenue, will run for three days instead of two, Friday, April 29, through Sunday, May 1. Organized by the Georgetown Business Improvement District and sponsored by TD Bank, the French Market isn’t strictly French,

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but as you sample a croissant, sip Sancerre and sidewalk-shop, you may feel that you’re spending the afternoon in Paris (or, at least, Europe). The blocks between P Street and Reservoir Road, where Book Hill Park begins, will be enlivened with music, street performers and activities for kids on Saturday and Sunday. The Saturday music line-up includes Swing Guitars DC with Daisy Castro, Bitter Dose Combo and Mary Alouette and the Crew. On Sunday, Laissez Foure (how clever can you get?) will perform. The French Market is not only kid-friendly, but dog-friendly. On Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., visitors can have their picture taken with their dog(s) at the Parisian Pup Photo Booth, courtesy of A-list Photo Booths. Unleashed by Petco is providing treats. Also on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Revolution Cycles and DC Bike Ride are offering free bicycle spot checks in the parking lot at Wisconsin and P Street. The first 100 bicyclists who stop by Patisserie Poupon’s booth in the same lot will receive a free gift bag. Speaking of bags, on Sunday between noon and 3 p.m. in the TD Bank parking lot at Wisconsin and Q Street, a limited-edition Georgetown French Market tote bag will be screen-printed by Soul & Ink before your very eyes for $10 (while they last). Friday and Saturday hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday hours are noon to 5 p.m. About

three dozen shops and cafes are offering French Market discounts of up to 75 percent. Here is the list (or, as they say in French, la liste), adapted from the Georgetown BID website, georgetowndc.com: A MANO, 1677 Wisconsin: Clearance, up to 75 percent off. Appalachian Spring, 1455 Wisconsin: Broken Hearts Sale, up to 50 percent off. Artist’s Proof, 1533 Wisconsin: Spring art collection, prints by Carol Rowan, John Stango and others, 20 percent off coffee-table art books by Phaidon and Taschen. Bacchus Wine Cellar, 1635 Wisconsin: Six-pack of wines in a canvas tote for $50, samples offered for tasting prior to purchase, 15 percent off all French wines. Cafe Bonaparte, 1522 Wisconsin: Sweet and savory crepe stand, $5 per crepe. Cross MacKenzie Gallery, 1675 Wisconsin: Discounts on all artwork in the gallery and affordable functional ceramic pieces outside. Egg by Susan Lazar, 1661 Wisconsin: Sample sale items, 20 percent off everything full price. Ella Rue, 3231 P: In-store basement sale and sidewalk sale, $30- and $20-and-under racks, 50 percent off jewelry on Wisconsin in front of Carine’s, Steals & Deals 50 to 75 percent off. Georgetown Lutheran Church, 1556

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ON BOOK HILL Wisconsin: Church and garden open to visitors, free treats. Georgetown Olive Oil Co., 1524 Wisconsin: Free small bottle of Champagne wine vinegar with purchase, 15 to 30 percent off select items, French-inspired variety packs and gifts. Illusions Salon of Georgetown, 1629 Wisconsin: Parisian-inspired hair show, Kerasilk launch party hosted by Goldwell, giveaways, beauty tips from the Illusions Team, complimentary makeup applications by a Jane Iredale artist, discounts on selected items. Jaco Juice & Taco Bar, 1614 Wisconsin: 15 percent off regular-menu items, special limited tasting menu, fresh juices and smoothies. Jaryam, 1531 Wisconsin: 70 percent off select clothing. LiLi The First, 1419 Wisconsin: 15 percent off regular-price items and 50 percent off sale items. Little Birdies Boutique, 1526 Wisconsin: 50 percent off past-season styles and headbands and bows, newborn to size 10 designer clothing on sale including French children’s clothing lines Baby Dior, Petite Plume, Petite Annette and Petite Bateau, French-inspired baby plates, sippy cups, bowls, utensils. Lynn Louisa, 1631 Wisconsin: Up to 70 percent off, including Parisian designer brands Margaux Lonnberg and Gat Rimon apparel, Adeline Affre jewelry.

Manny and Olga’s Pizza, 1641 Wisconsin: $3 fresh pizza slices, $1 drinks. Marston Luce, 1651 Wisconsin: Selection of 18th-, 19th- and 20th-century French and Swedish furniture and accessories, carefully chosen jewelry. Matt Camron Rugs, 1651 Wisconsin: Rugs and textiles. Maurine Littleton Gallery, 1667 Wisconsin: 20 percent off SwitchWood bow ties, 10 percent off monogrammed cuff links. Moss & Co., 1657 Wisconsin: Up to 75 percent off, assortment of home accessories, antiques (including French antiques), furniture, garden items, jewelry. Patisserie Poupon, 1645 Wisconsin: Illy coffee station, French pastries including croissants, kouign amman, eclairs, tarts and macarons, grilled specialties including merguez, flank steak, chicken and toulouse sausage, French tablecloths, linens and handmade baskets. Pho Viet & Grille, 1639 Wisconsin: 30 to 40 percent off Vietnamese sandwiches, Viet salad and Viet coffee drink. Pretty Chic, 1671 Wisconsin: 60 percent off throughout the entire store excluding consignment items, Secret Garden Special with $5, $10 and $20 racks. Reddz Trading, 1413 Wisconsin: 20 percent off everything in the store excluding Chanel and Hermès.

Sherman Pickey, 1647 Wisconsin: 20 percent off everything in the store excluding Chanel and Hermès. Susan Calloway Fine Arts, 1643 Wisconsin: Classic modern designs inspired by Chinese ceramics by Georgetown-based Middle Kingdom Ceramics at street level, 40 percent off antique and vintage French paintings inside. TD Bank, 1611Wisconsin: Portraits by caricature artist on Saturday. The Bean Counter, 1665 Wisconsin: 10 percent off sandwiches. The Phoenix, 1514 Wisconsin: 20 percent off jewelry by French designer Selen, 20 to 50 percent off spring and fall clothing from Eileen Fisher, Oska, White + Warren. Via Umbria, 1525 Wisconsin: Discounted Italian olive oils, foods and ceramics, French cooking class and dinner with chef-sommelier Vickie Reh on Friday at 7:30 p.m. Washington Printmakers Gallery, 1641 Wisconsin: Friday from 1 to 3 p.m., “Make and Take” prints for children 3-12. Zannchi, 1529 Wisconsin: Special Kimbap (rolls) and tea.

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FOOD & WINE

Chef Mina Cooks Up Something New BY CO L L EEN EVANS

ecently, I had the pleasure of interviewing one of America’s great chefs at his Washington, D.C., restaurant: Bourbon Steak, located in the Four Seasons Hotel. Michael Mina was in town to try out some pop-up recipes and menu items for a new restaurant concept on the West Coast: Middle’terranea, a passion project of Mina and chef-partner Adam Sobel. The pop-ups on the Bourbon Steak menu will include dishes inspired by the background of each of the chefs. Mina was born in Egypt and Sobel has roots on both sides of the Mediterranean. With a strong desire to explore that heritage while cooking food that is close to their hearts, the duo is looking to combine the flavors of Israeli, Turkish, Egyptian and Lebanese cuisine with California’s farm-to-table approach. With this new concept, Mina is going back to his roots. Though he left Egypt for Ellensburg, Washington, at an early age, Mina learned — from his mother’s cooking and from family meals — all about traditional dishes, especially the importance of the spices used in her recipes. “My mother cooked Middle Eastern dishes using locally sourced ingredients, products that were fresh and authentically healthy,”

recalls Mina. “Early on in my career I followed my mother’s lead to support local farms, local ingredients and fresh, sustainable food.” Two dishes currently on Bourbon Steak’s menu are Brokaw avocado with pickled hot peppers, summer vegetables, fried walnuts, kataifi (a sweet pastry), schug (a green sauce) and fried cauliflower and crispy chicken-skin hummus, roasted garlic, dried cherries and fresh marjoram. Two new Middle’terranea dishes will be introduced in the coming weeks, replacing the previous menu choices. To find out more about particular menu items and their availability, call Bourbon Steak at 202944-2026. Chef Michael Mina with his chef-partner Adam Sobel. Photo courtesy Adam Sobel

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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.

DAS ETHIOPIAN 1201 28TH ST., NW

202–333–4710 dasethiopian.com DAS Ethiopian offers you a cozy twostory setting, with rare outside dining views and al fresco patio dining. DAS is located at the eclectically brilliant historic corner of the internationally renowned shopping district of Georgetown. A tent under which all come to feast is the very Amharic deﬁnition of DAS. From neighborhood diners, nearby students and journalists to international visitors and performers, all enjoy the casual but reﬁned atmosphere that serves up the freshest Ethiopian dishes from local and sustainable food sources.

BISTRO FRANCAIS 3124-28 M ST., NW 202–338–3830 bistrofrancaisdc.com

A friendly French bistro in the heart of historic Georgetown since 1975. Executive chef and owner Gerard Cabrol came to Washington, D.C., 32 years ago, bringing with him home recipes from southwestern France. In addition to daily specials, our specialties include our famous Poulet Bistro (tarragon rotisserie chicken), Minute Steak Maitre d’Hotel (steak and pomme frites), Steak Tartare, freshly prepared seafood, veal, lamb and duck dishes and the best Eggs Benedict in town.

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

Tucked up along the historic C&O Canal, a national park that threads through the Georgetown neighborhood, The Grill Room at Capella Washington, D.C., specializes in hand-cut, bone-in, artisan meats, bracingly fresh seafood and tableside preparations. Framed with a wall of floor-to-ceiling windows and fluid geometric lines, the ambiance is one of relaxed refinement. Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Brunch Sat.-Sun. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

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Visit ENO Wine Bar and enjoy wine ﬂights, charcuterie, cheese, chocolate & seasonal small plates. ENO offers 100 bottles under $50 & 45 wines by the glass starting at $9. The Cellar is an intimate lounge perfect for a date night or private events. Monthly ENOversity: Sunday Wine Classes $50 & Wednesday meet local producers for free tastings. Happy Hours: Sun-Thur from 5pm7pm with a extended hour on Sunday starting at 4 pm along with nibbles and select wines on tap for $5 Mon-Thursday 5pm-11pm , Fri-Sat4pm-12 am, Sunday 4pm-11pm

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

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CAFE BONAPARTE

1522 WISCONSIN AVE., NW 202–333–8830 cafebonaparte.com Captivating customers since 2003, Cafe Bonaparte has been dubbed the “quintessential” European café, featuring award-winning crepes and arguably the “best” coffee in D.C.! Other can't-miss attractions are the famous weekend brunch every Saturday and Sunday until 3 p.m. and our late-night weekend hours serving sweet and savory crepes until 1 a.m. We look forward to calling you a “regular” soon!

CLYDE’S OF GEORGETOWN 3236 M ST., NW 202–333–9180 clydes.com

This animated tavern, in the heart of Georgetown, popularized saloon food and practically invented Sunday brunch. Clyde’s is the People’s Choice for bacon cheeseburgers, steaks, fresh seafood, grilled chicken salads, fresh pastas and desserts.

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

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

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1264 WISCONSIN AVE., NW 202-333-7370 martinstavern.com Fifth generation Lauren Martin learns about the family business from her dad, Billy Martin, Jr. Since 1933, the warm atmosphere of Martin’s Tavern has welcomed neighbors and world travelers looking for great food, service and years of history within it’s walls. Fourth generation owner Billy Martin. Jr. continues the tradition of Washington’s oldest family owned restaurant. Serving Brunch until 4pm 7 days a week!

SEA CATCH RESTAURANT

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Overlooking the historic C&O Canal, we offer fresh seafood simply prepared in a relaxed atmosphere. Outdoor dining available.

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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The Sea Catch will be open on Sundays, serving Brunch and dinner. Sunday Brunch 11:30 - 3:00 Sunday Dinner 5:00 - 8:00 Lunch / Monday- Saturday 11:30 - 3:00 Dinner/ Monday- Saturday 5:30 - 10:00 Happy Hour Monday- Friday 5:00 - 7:00 3 Hours FREE Parking

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Lunch Mon.–Fri. 11:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Dinner Mon.–Thu. 5–10 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 5–11 p.m., Sun. 5–9 p.m.

TOWN HALL

2340 WISCONSIN AVE., NW 202-333-5640 townhalldc.com Situated just north of Georgetown on Wisconsin Ave, Town Hall has been a neighborhood mainstay in Glover Park since 2005. Whether you’re popping in for dinner, drinks, or weekend brunch, Town Hall is the spot you’ll want to call home to Gulp, Gather & Grub. Free parking is available nightly after 7PM, and during warmer months, our outdoor courtyard is one of DC’s best kept secrets.

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Haute and Cool Off to the Races By Pamela Burns

Heading to a local track with some friends is not only a great way to spend a day tailgating and enjoying the weather. It’s a great excuse to dress up. The Royal Ascot, one of Britain’s oldest formal races, has a strict dress code. Perfect! Let’s use those guidelines to help us decide what to wear to horse races here in the Colonies. For gentlemen, a suit with shirt and tie is required, naturally. For ladies, a hat, headpiece or fascinator should be worn at all times. Strapless and sheer dresses are not permitted (as if there could be any question about that). Here are two looks that will keep you fashion-forward while hewing to traditional guidelines.

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IN COUNTRY & GETAWAYS APRIL 23-30 Historic Garden Week Historic Garden Week, an 8-day statewide event, offers visitors a unique opportunity to see unforgettable gardens and houses sparkling with flower arrangements created by Garden Club of Virginia members. Tickets range from $15 to $50 per tour. For details, visit vagardenweek.org.

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APRIL 29 Middleburg Hunt Night at the National Sporting Library Northern Virginia bluegrass band Ashby Run will kick off the National Sporting Library and Museum’s Open Late series, one Friday of every month from April to August. The concerts and museum admission are free, with local wine and Virginia craft beer available. For more information or to volunteer, contact Alexandra McKay at 540687-6542, ext. 24, or amckay@nsl.org. 102 The Plains Road, Middleburg, Virginia.

most beautiful courses in the nation. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the gate; parking is $5 in advance, $10 at the gate. For details, visit middleburghunt.com. Glenwood Park, Middleburg, Virginia.

Following the class, participants can extend the zen with tea and treats. Tickets are $90 per person and reservations are required. To reserve, call 540-326-4060. Salamander Resort, 500 N. Pendleton St., Middleburg, Virginia.

MAY 7 Virginia Gold Cup

MAY 14 Twilight Polo at Great Meadow

The Virginia Gold Cup Association hosts two of the hottest steeplechase races in Virginia, including the Virginia Gold Cup Races on the first Saturday in May at Great Meadow. General admission car passes (vehicle and six passengers) to the north general parking area are $85. For details, visit vagoldcup.com. 5089 Old Tavern Road, The Plains, Virginia.

At these evening events in Virginia horse country, visitors can watch two polo matches, picnic, watch the kids play tug o’ war and dance the night away. Passes, $35 per carload, are tax-deductible, with the proceeds

benefitting the Great Meadow Foundation. For details, visit greatmeadow.org. 5089 Old Tavern Road, The Plains, Virginia.

MAY 30 Polo at King Family Vineyards Polo matches are held at the vineyards on Sundays from Memorial Day weekend through mid-October, weather and field conditions permitting. Admission to the matches, which begin at 1 p.m., is free. For details, visit kingfamilyvineyards.com. 6550 Roseland Farm, Crozet, Virginia.

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Dear Stacy, I am work-colleagues with a really incredible woman who is in a bad marriage. For financial and health reasons (her husband has major health issues and she is the breadwinner), she will not get divorced. She and I have feelings for one another. I think she might be my soul mate and we want to spend time together outside of work. I honestly don’t think this would even qualify as an affair, because there is no intimacy between her and her husband. Their relationship is purely platonic. We have been playing the will-they or won’tthey game for several months and I am ready to take that next step. There is just a small voice in my head saying this isn’t right and I am wondering what you think we should do. – Ready to Move Forward Dear Ready: Short answer to what I think you should do: Wait. Long answer: Read below. I am so very sorry that Soul Mate is married to someone else. But I’m not going to say it’s okay to “take that next step” (read: have sex with her) because she says her relationship with Husband is platonic. If that indeed is the case, then she should feel comfortable introducing you to him, and the three of you should feel comfortable setting up an agreement whereby you will spend time with Soul Mate. Sound comfortable? No? Then, yes, this is an affair. And let me tell you what the result of an affair is (always): pain and regret. I’m not

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saying that more conventional relationships do not also carry their own share of pain and regret, but it’s guaranteed in this situation. You need to head into this with your eyes open. Even in the rare instances when the affairpartners have amicable divorces then marry one another, pain and regret are always a part of the story — because the beginning of the relationship was rooted in them. If Soul Mate really is your soul mate, then it’s your responsibility to take excellent care of her. For starters, that means you owe her the opportunity to begin this relationship with you on a better footing. She needs to be separated. Husband needs to know the deal. And you need to “come out” as a couple at the office.

If all of that sounds like too much work, if you just can’t control yourselves and waiting that long seems impossible, then you have to admit that this is about sex and not about soul mates. And my advice remains the same: Wait. Because anything that starts with such fireworks is likely to end in a flameout. Stacy Notaras Murphy is a licensed professional counselor in Georgetown. Visit her on the web at stacymurphyLPC.com. This column is meant for entertainment only and should not be considered a substitute for professional counseling. Send your confidential question to stacymurphyLPC@gmail.com.

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Here are five of the most common ways we lose the motivation to work out: Confusing inspiration with motivation. Most people who do not work out consistently will tell you, “I’m not motivated.” What they actually mean is, “I don’t feel sufficiently inspired.” Inspiration feels great, but is fleeting. If you only showed up to work on the days you were inspired, you’d be unemployed and flat broke. Motivation is something else entirely. Relying on external motivation. External motivation is pressure from events or people, such as an upcoming wedding or an individual who judges you. Brides are often very motivated to get into the best shape of their lives for the big day. But if their appearance on the big day is their primary motivation, they almost always let themselves go starting on day one of the honeymoon. Actively cultivating your internal motivation is the key to a lifetime of health and fitness (versus riding the perpetual diet roller coaster). Examples of internal motivation are working out because it helps you manage stress or makes you feel better, sleep better or feel strong. Many fear that taking their focus off their appearance means they won’t change it. The truth is, we will only change how we

look by changing how we behave. Internal motivation is far more powerful in changing how we behave long term. Thinking that all it takes is motivation. Motivation alone will not get you far for very long. To borrow Chip and Dan Heath’s metaphor from “Switch,” getting yourself to change is like riding an elephant. You need both the large, powerful elephant (motivation) and the rider (your logical self) to provide consistent and meaningful direction. We’ve got to break our desires into specific things to do: How many workouts? For how long? What will you do? Do those activities match your goals? Confusing traits and skills. In upgrading your lifestyle, it’s important to remember that a healthy lifestyle is built from skills, not traits. Eating healthy is about being skilled at planning for the week, prepping and cooking. Consistent exercise is about being skilled at time management and at saying “no” to the inevitable obstacles to following through on your plans. These are skills — like learning to drive a stick shift — not traits like height or eye color. Everyone can develop these skills, and everyone develops skills the same way. It’s a struggle, requiring time and effort, making mistakes and learning how to fix them. Ignoring your environment. The cliché is true: we actually are products of our

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‘Luminous Landscapes’ at the National Building Museum BY A R I P O ST

here is a stirring tranquility in the architectural landscape photography of Alan Ward that causes me great human envy. As his work shepherds the viewer through the great parks, gardens, graveyards and winding mountain roadways of America, the photographs become living documents which evince that unalienable right so judiciously promised by Mr. Jefferson so long ago: the pursuit of happiness. Ward’s photographs exhibit an encompassing soundness embedded in the foundation of our very earth. It is an emotional sensation disparate from the roiling charade of political

demarcation and career spectacle that governs our daily lives, and it drives me nearly mad to know that someone out there has not only traversed this divine presence for a living but also captured it. At the National Building Museum through Sept. 5, “Luminous Landscapes: Photographs by Alan Ward” is a sublime escape into the backyard of America, where you can unlace your shoes or roll down the window of your car, let the thick air wash over your face and know that the feeling is real. “Successful works of landscape architecture have a certain resonance with us,” Ward said in

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a recent conversation with The Georgetowner. “After all, we are connected to land, humans always have been. And exceptional landscape designs express our relationship with the land. So when you see these images you see that it’s possible to design and build in harmony with the land.” To that end (and among other things), “Luminous Landscapes” is a road trip. The exhibition journeys from the grassy tidewaters of the Deep South, over the rolling hills of the Piedmont and New England’s groves of academe, across Appalachia and into the sunflecked nape of the Midwest, all the way up to the mossy shadows and old growth majesty of the Pacific Northwest. Taken throughout Ward’s 40-year career, these photographs become a sort of domestic passport, documenting the expansion and evolution of our country. Through his lens, we get to see and understand the impact of the most significant designs in American landscape architecture; each site is either itself a landmark or emblematic of a pivotal transition point in landscape design. At Middleton Place in Charleston, South Carolina, one of the oldest surviving designed landscapes in America (dating to the 1740s), earthen terraces descend in long steps from the main house to the river. The plantation owner, Henry Middleton, relied on European precedents to achieve the vantage needed to oversee farming in the pre-Civil War era. (All that aside, Ward’s photograph of a venerable, hulking oak tree at Middleton Place — framing the distant landscape with its branches as it cranes almost horizontally over a flooded rice field — is one of the most satisfying compositions one could ever hope to see.) About 140 years later in Bratenahl, Ohio, the architect Charles Platt put a popularized Italianate influence to work on Gwinn, a distinctly American estate on the shores of Lake Erie that masterfully integrated ornate architecture in a billowing landscape. A spacious pergola is built into the hillside; the formal garden flanks the entry drive like an extension of the rooms in the house. Through Ward’s lens, the stonework seems to grow out of the surrounding environment, all the way down to

the slick steps that break the seawall and invite us into the water. By the 1970s, the Bloedel Reserve in the state of Washington pared away the ornamentation of previous generations of landscape architecture and explored architecture’s relationship to ecology through a design involving the forest, meadows and water. Here, the way that Ward portrays the walking paths, hedgerows and stonework that move in and out of natural streams, one can barely discern what is naturally occurring and what was manufactured. What is so lovely and engaging about the way that Ward photographs these natural subjects is that he offers viewers the experience of standing on these very grounds, as if moving naturally through the landscape. By way of comparison, Ansel Adams famously elevated his camera beyond the foreground, achieving a heroic, mythical quality in his sweeping landscape photography. Ward does almost the opposite, connecting the environment to the human scale and putting the viewer within the landscape. “Ansel Adams was trying to transcend the human experience,” he said. “What I am trying to do is create an experience of a place, to draw you through it. These places were designed to walk through, for instance, so many of my photos are on paths. “After Adams, and even at the same time, there started to be more of a critique of the landscape and the built landscape,” Ward continued. “So much landscape photography is highly critical, showing us how we’ve despoiled the earth and how development has overtaken natural landscapes. But I am trying to show that we can build wisely and in harmony with the natural landscape, and I want to find places where land and culture have come together to forge these beautiful, inspiring places.” With these works, Ward has developed a resounding and poetic argument, and contributed significantly to the dialogue about modern society’s relationship with the natural world. Who knew that it was possible to bottle transcendence?

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Filmfest DC Is Up and Rolling BY G A RY T I S C H L E R

Kate Winslet in “The Dressmaker,” opened Filmfest DC, the Washington, DC International Film Festival. Courtesy Filmfest DC.

ilmfest DC, the Washington, DC International Film Festival, may not be as big as it once was, but it’s still pretty big — still capable of generating various kinds of film buzz, still a rich array of special programs and, most important, still full of opportunities to see unusual films from far, far away that you otherwise might not. Headed by Tony Gittens, founder and director, and Shirin Ghareeb, deputy director, Filmfest is marking its 30th anniversary this year. It opened April 14 with two nearlegendary performers — Kate Winslet and Judy Davis — starring in Australian director Jocelyn Moorhouse’s witty drama-comedy “The Dressmaker,” about a once despised resident of a small Aussie town coming home to care for her mother. The festival closes April 24 at AMC Mazza Gallerie with Philippe Falardeau’s “My Internship in Canada,” a satirical sendup of politics, after which there will be a last-night party. Along the way, there’s a journey of 75 films from 45 countries over 11 days, with quite a few original and unusual choices remaining. As always, there are categories, prizes, special events and series. This year’s special categories include The Lighter Side, with comedies from all over, including France’s “21 Nights With Pattie”; Denmark’s “Men and

Chicken”; another film from Canada, “No Men Beyond This Point”; “How to Tell You’re a Douchebag,” an edgy American entry; and the optimistically titled (all things considered) “Sweet Smell of Spring” from Tunisia. There’s a series of noir, spy, crime and thriller moves called Trust No One, including “The People vs. Fritz Bauer” from Germany, about the man who prosecuted Adolf Eichmann; “The Last King” from Norway; “A Patch of Fog” from the U.K.; and “600 Miles” from the U.S. Fittingly, there’s a triad of films called Cine Cuban or Films on Cuba, a Justice Matters series sponsored by the D.C.-based CrossCurrents Foundation. There is a series of films on music, something of a tradition with the festival, called Rhythms On and Off the Screen. And there are awards: the Circle Award, the Filmfest DC Audience Award and the Signis Award. Arch Campbell, the city’s longest-running writer, critic and commentator on film, heads “An Evening with Arch Campbell and Friends,” April 21 at Landmark’s E Street Cinema, with fellow critics Jane Horwitz of the Washington Post, Travis Hopson of WETA Around Town and Jason Fraley of WTOP Radio. Here are some highlights of the remainder of the festival, many of them speaking to the collaborative power of contemporary filmmakers.

“21 Nights With Pattie” is a French film, directed by Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu, about a woman who travels to her hometown for her mother’s funeral. Unfortunately, the corpse is missing (April 22, AMC Mazza Gallerie). “3000 Nights,” which has the participation of film makers from France, Palestine, Qatar, Jordan, the UAE and Lebanon, is a fictional film by documentarian Mai Masri on the subject of the condition of Palestinian

women in Israeli prisons (April 21, Landmark’s E Street Cinema, and April 23, AMC Mazza Gallerie). “The Brand New Testament,” from France, Belgium and Luxembourg, posits the question: “What if God were one of us?” (April 21 and 22, AMC Mazza Gallerie). “Dough,” directed by John Goldschmidt, is a U.K. entry with character actor and star Jonathan Pryce as a Grinchy Jewish baker trying to keep his family business together (April 20, AMC Mazza Gallerie). “The Last King” is a Norwegian movie set in medieval times (1204) about men trying to keep the heir to the throne safe from powerful bishops (April 21 and 22, Landmark’s E Street Cinema). “Nina” is a movie biography about the highly dramatic, emotional and brilliant American vocalist Nina Simone (April 20, Landmark’s E Street Cinema). “Notfilm/Film” is a U.S./U.K. film about the making of “Film,” the silent movie clown Buster Keaton’s film based on a screenplay by the famously elliptical playwright Samuel Beckett (April 24, National Gallery of Art). “Belgian Rhapsody” is a musical from — you guessed it — Belgium about rival jazz bands (April 23, Landmark’s E Street Cinema). For cinemaniacs, there’s “Rebel Citizen,” a documentary about famed cinematographer Haskell Wexler directed by Pamela Yates (April 22 and 23, Landmark’s E Street Cinema). For the complete schedule, summaries and ticket information, visit filmfestdc.org.

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8-9:30 a.m. Capella Washington, D.C., Georgetown 1050 31st St. NW Amy Austin, former publisher of Washington City Paper and new leader of Theatre Washington, will talk about what’s ahead for the organization, which represents and supports all sectors of D.C.’s theater community and recognizes excellence through the annual Helen Hayes Awards. $25 To RSVP, email richard@georgetowner.com or call 202-338-4833. Sponsored by Long and Foster Real Estate

“My Internship in Canada” is part of Filmfest DC’s popular international comedy series and is the closing night feature. Courtesy Filmfest DC.

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SOCIAL SCENE

Bidens, Wilde Laud Kors in World Hunger Fight BY R OBE RT DEVANEY “I can’t define what fashion is, but I know when I see it,” said Vice President Joe Biden, after speaking lovingly of his Senate days and Senators George McGovern and Bob Dole. The veep and his son Hunter Biden, board chair of World Food Program USA, presented the McGovern-Dole Leadership Award to designer Michael Kors for

his work against hunger and initiatives, such as “Watch Hunger Stop,” at the Organization of American States on 17th Street NW April 12. Raised in Georgetown, actress Olivia Wilde said, “I'm glad to be back in my hometown.” For his part, Kors said he was “awestruck” and “humbled” by the recognition.

Hunter Biden, board chair of World Food Program USA, Michael Kors and Vice President Joe Biden. Courtesy Getty Images for WFP USA.

The great room of the Organization of American States awash in cherry blossoms and spring colors. Photo by Getty Images for WFP USA.

Kathleen Biden and designer Michael Kors at the World Food Program USA’s Annual McGovern-Dole Leadership Award Ceremony. Photo by Teresa Kroeger/Getty Images for WFP USA.

Brian Maillian and model Beverly Johnson. Photo by Robert Devaney.

Actress Olivia Wilde lit up the room. Courtesy Getty Images for WFP USA.

Stephanie Greene, Maria and Fabio Trabocchi and Michelle Freeman. Photo by Robert Devaney.

GALA GUIDE 2016

Upcoming Events and a Peek at Spring

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National Museum of Women in the Arts Spring Gala

The Washington Ballet’s Bowie Ball

The awards ceremony and celebration honors individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary leadership and commitment to humanitarian action. This year’s highest humanitarian award will be presented to Sir Richard Branson as a leader in global efforts to end conflict, address complex global issues, and establish sustainable healthcare models in underdeveloped countries. Mellon Auditorium. Contact events@refugeesinternational.org.

More than 100 participating restaurants in DC, Maryland and Virginia will donate 25 to 110 percent of sales to Food & Friends' life-saving services. Food & Friends is the only nonprofit organization in the area providing no-cost daily, home-delivered, specialized meals, groceries and nutrition counseling to individuals who are battling HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-challenging illnesses. Contact Lisa Jourdan at 202-269-6826 or email ljourdan@foodandfriends.org.

The Spring Gala is the museum’s major fundraising event for patrons, members and friends. Proceeds support the exhibitions and programs dedicated to celebrating the achievements of women in the visual, performing and literary arts. The evening highlights “She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World.ˮ Contact Gabrielle Kaufman at gkaufman@nmwa.org or call 202-266-2815.

The Bowie Ball benefits the Washington Ballet’s community engagement and education programs. This year honors Artistic Director Septime Webre and his 17 years of leadership. Company dancers and special guests including honorary chair and newly appointed Artistic Director Julie Kent and choreographer Trey McIntrye, will attend. Mellon Auditorium. Contact Elissa Staley, at 202-274-4518.

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Dining Out for Life Benefiting Food & Friends

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Georgetown Village Annual Benefit This evening honors Bob vom Eigen, 6 to 8 p.m. at Washington Harbour on the rooftop of Foley & Lardner, LLP. Georgetown Village is a nonprofit membership organization providing services and programs in the Georgetown, Burleith and nearby neighborhoods so older residents can live better and longer in their homes. Contact lynn@ georgetown-village.org or call 202999-8988..

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Trinity Parents Go Disco at Studio 36 BY R OBE RT DEVANEY

“This is groovy,” said Rev. Kevin Gillespie, S.J., rector of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, at his blessing of the temporary discotheque at Holy Trinity School on 36th Street. At Studio 36 (not 54), the April 9 disco inferno of more than 200 parents — many dressed a la 1970s and ’80s — raised more than $100,000 for the school, with help from auctioneer Martin Gammon. Edward Reno won best male costume; Kerry Myers, best female costume. Thanks to event chairs Teresa Dolan, Melissa Giuffrida and Jennifer Touchette, it was the first major fundraiser on school property in years.

Citizens Kick It Old School at Vinyl Lounge BY R OBERT D EVAN EY

Concerts in the Park supporters found their way through Gypsy Sally’s to the Vinyl Lounge down at the Georgetown waterfront April 14 to chill with classic tunes, bar food, beer and the music of singer-guitarist Steve Siekkinen. “More cowbell,“ announced the T-shirt of John Rentzepis,

the public safety chair of the Citizens Association of Georgetown. Concerts in the Park is a CAG program — with these summer dates: May 22, June 19 (Fathers’ Day) and July 10.

Hannah Isles, chair of Concerts in the Park, Paul Maysak, Amy Looney and Erin Mullan.

Steve Siekkinen, Tess Finnegan and Michelle Korsmo.

Edward Reno, reviving his John Travolta moves, with Trinity School Principal Charlie Hennessy.

Funkytowners Leslie Maysak and Melissa and Dale Overmyer.

Elizabeth Miller, Jennifer Altemus Romm, Alison Cooley and Richard and Tara Sakraida Parker.

Gala Evening for Young Concert Artists of Washington

BY M ARY B IRD, P HOTO S B Y TO N Y P O W E LL Under the patronage of Hungarian Ambassador Réka Szemerkényi, Mary Mochary and Aniko Gaal Schott co-chaired an elegant gala evening April 8 at the embassy, featuring pianist George Li to benefit the nonprofit Young Concert Artists of Washington. For 37 years, the Young Concert Artists Series at the Kennedy Center has presented the Washington debuts of extraordinary young musicians. George Li, in his sophomore year in the Harvard University-New England Conservatory joint program, captured the Silver Medal at the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.

Levik Sahakian, Jenny Bilfield, Annie Totah and Joel Friedman.

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