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ON THE COVER “Wellness has officially moved from the Land of Woo Woo to mainstream …” writes Rebekah Kelley in this issue’s cover story. “Wellness is self-care, the complex solution of good mental, physical and nutritional habits, as well as the ability to adjust to life’s inevitable ups and downs.” Photo by Angie Myers.

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UP & COMING

February Events Calendar DIVERSITY DIALOGUE CONFERENCE

Georgetown Aspiring Minority Business Leaders & Entrepreneurs, a minority student business organization at Georgetown University, hosts its annual Diversity Dialogue Conference in partnership with the undergraduate office of the McDonough School of Business. Tickets are $5. For details, visit gamblediversitydialogue.strikingly.com. Rafik B. Hariri Building, Georgetown University, 3700 O St. NW.

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LUNCH TALK: POLICE FOR TOMORROW At this event, two Georgetown Law professors, Rosa Brooks and Christy Lopez, will talk about the Police for Tomorrow Fellowship project — its initial promise and potential — and the future of policing. Admission to this Lab@DC event is free. For details, visit thelab. dc.gov. John A Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.

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This semi-formal event, an annual fundraiser for the St. Luke Serbian Orthodox Church, will include a doxology by Bishop Irinej, followed by a cocktail reception, a sit-down dinner and a program. Tickets are $100. For details, visit serbianchurch.org. 10660 River Road, Potomac, Maryland.

The Watergate Hotel hosts a “Wedding Etiquette for the Modern Bride” class, part of a new series taught by modern etiquette coach Maggie Oldham. Engaged couples, family members and wedding planners will learn about proper etiquette from the first engagement announcement to the honeymoon departure. Tickets are $50. For details, visit thewatergatehotel.com. 2650 Virginia Ave. NW.

FEBRUARY 10 NEW ORCHESTRA OF WASHINGTON

This concert by New Orchestra of Washington will feature Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” arranged for two pianos and five percussionists and selections from “American Song Books” by George Crumb. Tickets are $30 ($15 for students and ages 12-18, under 12 free). For details, visit neworchestraofwashington.org. First Congregational United Church of Christ, 945 G St. NW.

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The Choral Arts Chorus and the Washington Performing Arts Gospel Choirs come together in this 30th annual tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. During this performance, the 2018 Choral Arts Humanitarian Award will be presented to Lonnie G. Bunch III. Tickets are $25. For details, visit kennedy-center. org. Kennedy Center, 2700 F St. NW.

Studio Xfinity, Comcast’s retail experience, hosts a free celebration of the Year of the Dog, including dragon dancers, Chinese calligraphy and a fortune cookie bar. Admission is free. For details, visit lunarnewyearatstudioxfinity. splashthat.com. 715 7th St. NW.

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COOKING CLASS AT HERITAGE INDIA At this International Club event, the chef at Heritage India, one of the most celebrated Indian restaurants in D.C., will demonstrate how easy it is to prepare a complete Indian meal with dessert at home. The demonstration will be followed by lunch. Tickets are $55. For details, visit internationalclubdc.com. 3238 Wisconsin Ave. NW.

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NAZI-ERA RELIEF AND RESCUE WORKERS Who were the Americans who traveled around the globe to rescue and offer relief to those targeted by Nazi Germany and its allies? And what did they accomplish? In this free talk, “Saints and Liars,” Debórah Dwork of Clark University will open a window on the derring-do and the daily grind of their efforts. For details, visit ushmm.org. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW.

FEBRUARY 23, 24 AND 25 AMERICAN CRAFT SHOW IN BALTIMORE

The nation’s largest juried indoor craft show, showcasing the work of more than 650 of the country’s leading contemporary artists, returns to the Baltimore Convention Center. Passes are $14 (one day) and $34 (three days). For details, visit craftcouncil.org. 1 W. Pratt St., Baltimore, Maryland.

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This event, an evening for young professionals to socialize, dance and enjoy specialty cocktails, raises funds for the Children’s Inn at NIH, which provides free lodging and supportive services to children with rare and critical illnesses, allowing them to participate in clinical trials. Tickets are $125. For details, visit childrensinn.org. Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. For more events, visit Georgetowner.com

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NEWS

BY PEG GY SA NDS A N D R O B E RT D E VA N E Y

The Next Big Thing: Stormwater Retention

Resident Survey Turns Up Surprises

DC Water Green Infrastructure Challenge.

Martin’s Tavern most cited by Georgetowners as their favorite place.

The biggest project coming down the pike — or perhaps the drain — in Georgetown isn’t new traffic patterns or parking regulations, a streetcar line or a gondola, according to Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Rick Murphy. “The biggie is the stormwater retention project,” said Murphy at the Jan. 29 meeting of ANC 2E. “The Potomac in a hurricane could easily have two-to-three-foot waves, meaning the levee, which is slated to protect the city against a Potomac flood that rises 19 feet above sea level, would actually only be capable of protecting the city against something more along the lines of a 15-foot flood,” wrote Justin Nobel in his Sept. 21, 2017, Rolling Stone article, “What Happens When a Superstorm Hits D.C.?” “Most residents of Washington, D.C., and the American public at large, remain frightfully unaware of the risks their capital city faces,” Nobel wrote. “No government agency has authority on this. The disaster will not be the result of a lack of knowledge; rather a tangle of bureaucracy and a culture of neglect will be what dooms America’s capital.” That’s not all quite true. “D.C. has been under a court order for more than 15 years to reduce the amount of times sewage gets dumped into the Potomac River and Rock Creek due to heavy rains,” Murphy told The Georgetowner. “For years, city officials and concerned citizens have been meeting to consider solutions focused on expanding

Green infrastructure would use permeable street and sidewalk pavement to direct heavy stormwater runoffs into small reservoirs under streets, sidewalks and other paved areas.

the old sewage tunnels under major thoroughfares, the Mall and the Georgetown waterfront,” he said. “But lately an entirely new solution is emerging,” said Murphy, who has followed this issue closely. “It’s called the green infrastructure.” Green infrastructure would use permeable street and sidewalk pavement to direct heavy stormwater runoffs into small reservoirs under streets, sidewalks and other paved areas. Demonstration projects could be built in Burleith and Glover Park alleys in the next few months, according to Murphy. Homeowners agreed to it because, not only will the new reservoirs direct the water flow, they will get their alleys newly paved and monitored. The project is now in the early stages of community input.

Last October, some 4,000 Georgetown residents were mailed a postcard and urged via social media to participate in an open survey to answer a simple question: What do Georgetowners want? Jamie Scott, economic development director at the Georgetown Business Improvement District, presented the findings at the Jan. 29 meeting of the Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission. The most requested want? More cuttingedge new restaurants, as well as better “neighborhood” eateries. Respondents also said they wanted more boutique hardware and kitchen-supply stores and more small, highquality grocery markets. But the survey, which Scott said had a “robust response from a broad Georgetown demographic,” also revealed a lot about Georgetowners’ current shopping habits. For instance, almost 64 percent of the respondents indicated that they could “find the products I need” right in Georgetown. Just under a quarter — 23.5 percent — said

they would prefer to dine and shop in other neighborhoods. Nearly all — 94 percent — said that they felt safe shopping and dining in Georgetown. Slightly less than half — 48 percent — said that they shop for non-food items at least once a week in Georgetown, while more than a third — 37 percent — said they shopped for such purchases outside of Georgetown. Again, almost half — about 47 percent — said they made non-food purchases online at least once a week. The top 10 favorite places to dine and shop in Georgetown, based on Georgetowners’ responses to the survey, included seven eateries, the Apple store and two clothing stores. Martin’s Tavern was most often cited as a Georgetown favorite. The other nine spots in the top 10 were: T.J. Maxx, Via Umbria, Chez Billy Sud, Apple, Baked & Wired, Fiola Mare, Il Canale, Boulangerie Christophe and J.Crew.

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TOWN TOPICS

Airplane Noise Gets Federal Hearing

Review of Old Georgetown Board

There has been some progress in the legal battle between the Federal Aviation Administration and the DC Fair Skies Coalition about the noticeable increase of noise from airplanes flying directly over Georgetown and adjacent neighborhoods. On Jan. 11, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia heard oral arguments from both sides in the dispute. No one knows when a ruling will be made. It could be weeks or months. “But at least it’s been heard,” said Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Rick Murphy. “It’s progress. For sure a decision is pending — sometime in the future.” In 2015, the FAA changed the flight paths of planes flying over the Potomac River to land or take off from Reagan National Airport. There were community meetings. Charts seemed to show the flight paths were only slightly changed, with a minimal increase in the time over the Georgetown area. Some groups questioned the change. Once the FAA approved it, however, many residents complained that they indeed experienced a significant increase in noise. Over the past two years, Georgetown and Palisades residents formed the DC Fair Skies Coalition, a loosely organized group under

Georgetown community members and government officials are being invited to join a working group to examine the operations of the Old Georgetown Board, a congressionally chartered architectural review board charged with evaluating and ruling on proposed exterior alterations, demolition and construction in the area. Just about anyone who plans residential or commercial construction work in Georgetown has to go through a review process that includes the Old Georgetown Board. District agencies traditionally do not issue permits without OGB approval. “However, we’ve heard from many of our members that the OGB review process can be inconsistent, time-consuming and difficult to navigate,” said Jamie Scott, economic development director at the Georgetown Business Improvement District. On Jan. 23, the BID released a “white paper” analyzing the OGB’s review process. It states: “This paper seeks to better understand the process and identify possible improvements to the review process without sacrificing desirable historic preservation outcomes.” Issues explored in the white paper include: the number of times projects are reviewed, the burden on staff and board

the Citizens Association of Georgetown. At the hearing, the coalition’s position was that the FAA failed to inform residents about the change and in some cases may even have misled them and their elected representatives. It was found that in an “oversight,” a contractor was responsible for the lack of mailings in D.C. about the change. The FAA argues that they did more than the usual outreach to communities before approving the flight paths, which are part of a new system called NextGen. While saving the airlines time and fuel, the new flight paths are more concentrated over certain neighborhoods, which therefore experience more noise.

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National Building Museum is where the Old Georgetown Board meetings are held. members, how to provide applicants with better and more consistent guidance, how to simplify the process for small projects and how to improve public access to information. The white paper is based on conversations with more than two dozen Georgetown architects, business owners and building owners, as well as with Historic Preservation Office staff, Commission of Fine Arts staff, former OGB members and others familiar with the process. The BID is seeking community comments on the white paper, which is available on the BID’s website: georgetowndc.com.

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Evans Optimistic on Metro Funding D.C.’s Metro needs $500 million a year more than it presently gets to ensure the safety and reliability of the regional transit system, according to General Manager Paul Wiedefeld. Jack Evans, who represents Ward 2 on the District Council and chairs the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority board, has been fighting for at least two years to have the governors of Maryland and Virginia help provide dedicated funding for Metro, presumably from state tax sources. But last year, even as Terry McAuliffe, Virginia’s outgoing Democratic governor, promised to come up with a tax to fund Metro if Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, would match it, the negotiations fell apart. There was even a hue and cry for Evans to resign. To make matters worse, some analysts say the federal budget passed by the Republicandominated Congress omits the final installment of a $1.5-billion transit grant that has gone toward repairs to D.C.’s Metro system. All seems dire indeed for the system’s future. Yet, on Feb. 4, Evans told The Georgetowner: “I’ve never been more optimistic that we’ll get matching funds for the Metro from Virginia, Maryland and the District.

“Both states have bills on their legislators’ floor that are being considered to fund the Metro at $125 million each annually,” Evans explained. “Virginia is expected to vote positively on the proposal in March. That would propel Maryland to follow suit in April. Then the District would definitely provide matching funds. While that would not get us completely to the needed $500 million, it would be close. “We’ve never had a better opportunity, been so close to the solution,” Evans said happily at the annual Winter Glogg party of the Burleith Citizens Association. A key to the new effort is flexibility, according to a Jan. 8 article in the Washington Post. But Evans said: “I have to give myself a pat on the back for the change. I have been pushing this for the past two years and I’ve been successful in doing a little shaming for it.” As for the Metro funding cut from the federal budget, Evans smiled. “Oh, we’ll get that. Congress would never let that drop.” The Washington Metro is the only major transit system in the country that does not receive a significant part of its funding from a tax or another dedicated source of revenue, a shortcoming that has been identified as a weakness as far back as 1979.

Daisy Peebles Sewell, 1920-2018 Known as Ms. Daisy, Daisy Peebles Sewell died Jan. 13 at her P Street home, surrounded by her friends and her home health caregiver. Born May 10, 1920, in Washington, D.C., Sewell, the only child of Frank and Ethel Kent Peebles, was a Georgetown resident for close to a century. She had a son, Peebles Gregory Sewell, with husband Benjamin Sewell and worked for decades at the Industrial Bank of Washington. Daisy Sewell was a devoted member of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Foggy Bottom, where she leaves a legacy of 75-plus years of service in all areas of parish life. She was the first woman to serve on the church vestry. She is survived by two cousins, Linda Nwosu of Jonesborough, Tennessee, and Lana Lu Love of Washington, D.C. — and by a host of neighbors and friends. A Mass of Resurrection celebrating her life was held at St. Mary’s Parish on Jan. 27.

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EDITORIAL / OPINION

Jack Evans Report

Thinking Spring, Thanks to Potomac Phil BY JAC K EVAN S

Love and Balance During this month of love — and black history — not long after the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, we recall King’s words of 1967, in a speech titled “Where Do We Go From Here?”: “And I say to you, I have also decided to stick with love, for I know that love is ultimately the only answer.” In fact, this year gives us a perfect (or perfectly ironic) love lesson. Feb. 14 is both St. Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday. At the root of our annual commercial romance fest is the love of a martyr, an appropriate start for the season of Lent, a period for many of prayer and penance. In this Georgetowner, we make the case for wellness, in the broadest sense and in its eight dimensions: social, emotional, spiritual, environmental, occupational, financial, intellectual and physical. The key to a better life through wellness, it turns out, is maintaining one’s balance. This balance feels hard to achieve these days. Times seemed simpler a while back, even 10 years ago. (Maybe even a year and

a half ago.) Part of this comes from the saturation bombing we all endure, willingly and addictively, from our screens. And part of it comes from an environment that has become increasingly accusatory. Our message? It’s time for balance. We can advocate for what we believe; we can work to uncover corruption, racism, sexual harassment, you name it; we can build a better country and a better world, step by determined step, without dehumanizing others and, ultimately, ourselves. Perhaps 2018 will wind up like 2017, only more so. More argumentative, more chaotic. But we hope, starting now, by making sure that love is in the mix, that it will be more creative, more rewarding. Let’s all let ourselves breathe freely again. Let’s learn new exercises, physical or otherwise. And let’s remember that others, and our complicated interactions with them, teach us about ourselves. We suspect that’s what love is all about. This month, and this year, let’s stick with it.

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The seventh annual Groundhog Day in Washington, D.C., was one of the coldest in recent memory, but the festive event went on, complete with hot chocolate, coffee and groundhog-shaped cookies. Residents with top hats stood at the base of the Dupont Circle fountain holding signs celebrating Potomac Phil and chanting: “In Phil We Trust.” A crowd formed early and (after consultation with the White House) this year’s event was certified as the largest Groundhog Day gathering in the history of the District. As the program got underway, Aaron DeNu, chair of Dupont Festival, greeted the crowd and Henrique Ozur Bass — cantor of Congregation Har Shalom in Potomac, Maryland — read a blessing. Potomac Phil, the District’s most famous weatherman, was perched front and center with a corncob in his paw. He had just woken up from hibernation and he seemed very cold. The top hat-clad crowd leaned toward Potomac Phil to hear his weather proclamation, hoping that spring was near. Rising from the huddle, I took the scroll and announced to the masses that there will be six more weeks of winter — and six more months of political gridlock in Congress. This event has quickly turned into a city tradition. I want to thank all the organizers and marmot meteorologist enthusiasts who come out early in the morning to watch. Thankfully,

we know that spring and summer are around the corner, whether or not Potomac Phil saw his shadow. We can all agree that winter needs to end and warmer weather arrive. In the Council, I’m working with my colleagues to pass the “Pools without Penalties Act.” I introduced this bill along with Ward 7 representative Vincent Gray to keep residential building owners and residents from being burdened by recently passed Department of Health regulations. There are many condominium buildings and apartment buildings in Ward 2 (as well as in other wards) with swimming pools. These semiprivate pools are used by building residents and their guests. Recent DOH regulations would require all of these pools to have lifeguards, separate bathrooms and eye-washing stations, among other requirements. These are not pools open to the public. Some pools had to close early last summer after DOH began enforcing the new regulations. We want to make sure that all are able to open as soon as it’s warm. Working on this legislation only reminds me how close we are to warmer days and swimming pool season. I want to end by thanking Potomac Phil. Because of him, we can see light at the end of the cold, cold tunnel. Jack Evans is the District Council member for Ward 2, representing Georgetown and other neighborhoods since 1991.

Love and the Olympics BY PEGGY SAN D S On Thursday night, Feb. 8, at 8 p.m. EST, the Winter Olympic Games in South Korea will officially open. Some Georgetowners may be excited. Others very well may groan and worry. The contentious, even threatening, politics between North and South Korea the past year are (to put it nicely) disconcerting. So have been the serious cases of Olympic coach sexual harassment and prescription drug abuse that have been reported recently. So has evidence of corruption in some national and international sports associations, like bicycling, gymnastics and soccer. Then there’s the politics and scandals before the games. Remember how former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Republican candidate for president in 2012, stepped in to save the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City? In 1984, I was a director of National Olympic Committee services for the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. We suffered through the boycott of the Soviet Union teams and the outrage of the Greeks when they learned we were selling every mile that volunteers carried the torch across the country. Almost until the games opened in L.A., “Angelians” were hostile about hosting the Olympics, which they believed would further jam their already horrendous traffic situation. South Koreans felt the same way in

1988 (both settled the situation by imposing enforced restrictions on driving during the games). But tensions inevitably rise as the opening ceremony approaches. No matter how ready or not the sports venues, transportation, hospitality and dozens of other elements are, there is no postponing the opening date. What’s done is done. Everyone works long hours and there is urgency and stress about everything. And then … magic happens! The athletes arrive. And we all fall in love. They are the most beautiful young people in the world: dedicated, focused, trained athletes who have devoted their lives to the sport they love and what they can achieve in it. They live the Olympic motto: Citius, Altius, Fortius (swifter, higher, stronger). They compete with each other equally — their countrymen and all the athletes in their sport from around the world. They are as awestruck as anyone to see what can happen when once every four years they and their fellow athletes push themselves to the limit to record the best the human body can do. All other problems are diminished. We cheer. We cry. We are thrilled. The Olympic athletes bring love of humankind. Enjoy!

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GBA NETWORKING MEETING The Georgetown Business Association will hold its monthly reception at 6:30 p.m. at a location TBD. For details, visit georgetownbusiness.org.

THURS., FEBRUARY 22 HISTORIC PRESERVATION REVIEW BOARD

The District’s Historic Preservation Review Board will meet at 9 a.m. at 441 4th St. NW in Room 220 South. For details, visit planning.dc.gov.

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BURLEITH CITIZENS ASSOCIATION MISSION STATEMENT The purpose of the BCA is the promotion of the common good and general welfare of the people of Burleith through activities designed to bring about civic betterment and social improvement. It will not in any way engage in any political campaign for any candidate for public office. Burleith is included in Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E, represented by commissioner Ed Solomon. It is also part of the Georgetown Community Partnership.

BCA OFFICERS Eric Langenbacher, President Nan Bell, Vice President Francine Steininger, Treasurer Brian Garback Co-recording Secretary Robert Russell Co-recording Secretary Linda Brooks Corresponding Secretary

BURLEITH CITIZENS ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 32262 Calvert Station 2336 Wisconsin Ave. NW Washington, DC 20007 bca@burleith.org The BCA also maintains Facebook and Twitter accounts and a Yahoo Groups listserv.

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BCA: Promoting Civic Betterment in Burleith B Y P E G GY SAN D S For almost 45 years, the Burleith Citizens Association has represented the interests of homeowners just north of Georgetown in a small but distinct neighborhood that calls itself “the Village in the City.” The boundaries of Burleith are 35th Street to 39th Street, Reservoir Road to Whitehaven Park. It boasts no commercial enterprises, not even a corner grocery store, but is home to two adjacent schools: the recently reopened Duke Ellington School of the Arts, a dualcurriculum public high school, and the primary school of the private Washington International School. Burleith is bordered by Georgetown University, the French Embassy and the Glover Park neighborhood. “Burleith has always had its own sense of community,” said Eric Langenbacher, BCA president for the past four years. “It was developed in the 1920s as a planned neighborhood of small affordable homes meant for the buyer of modest means but good taste,” he explained. Of the 535 homes in the area, 430 of them were built in the 1920s. After buying the vacant land from the Huidekoper family in 1922, Shannon & Luchs, Inc., began residential development. In most of the area, the two-story homes with sloping roofs on one side of the block exactly mirror the ones across the street, while the larger homes with peaked roofs at the ends of each block are bisymmetric, with front doors at the corner facing the ones across the street. The BCA was founded in 1973. Before joining the board five years ago, Langenbacher had been an active volunteer for years. “Our most popular event is the annual summer picnic at the Green Lot on Whitehaven and 37th Streets,” he said. “It always features a live band, lots of food including Rocklands barbecue and activities like a petting zoo for kids.” Other events include spring and fall clean-up days and holiday programs throughout the year. On Feb. 4, the BCA held its seventh annual Winter Glogg Party at the home of Linda Brooks and Ross Schipper, co-author of a history book on Burleith. The association also supports special interest groups that meet regularly, including a book club and groups that get together for history discussions, movies and dining. In 2008, the Burleith Community Fund, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, was launched. To date, the BCF has funded the landscaping of Ellington Field and the restoration and rededication of the Daniel Boone monument on the grounds of Duke Ellington School. In addition, it has organized neighborhood walking tours. Langenbacher and his wife bought their home in 1997, when he was in graduate school at Georgetown University, where he is now an associate teaching professor in the government department and managing editor of “German Politics and Society,” based in the BMW Center for German and European Studies. They have raised two sons in Burleith. “It was supposed to be a starter home,” he said. “But we’ve stayed and recently have done much-needed renovations.” That’s the biggest issue in the community: How much renovation should be allowed in Burleith? Already, a very

“Burleith has always had its own sense of community. It was developed in the 1920s as a planned neighborhood of small affordable homes meant for the buyer of modest means but good taste.” -Eric Langenbacher Nan Bell and Eric Langenbacher. contemporary glass home sits on R Street, and expansion projects pop homes up to three stories or down below ground level. All need permits. How many zoning restrictions should there be? Despite its significant student population, Burleith appears to have more families with small children moving in, as in Georgetown, Langenbacher said. The BCA has had a number of lively meetings on “managing change” in the area. This year marks the 95th anniversary of Burleith’s creation, which Langenbacher

wants to celebrate with a party. This focus on history leads to the question of whether or not Burleith should seek designation as a historic district, a question debated for a good decade, Langenbacher said. If possible, he would like to see the issue decided this year. “Zoning and historic designation decisions will impact how Burleith develops and looks in the future,” he said. “I don’t want my grandkids asking 20 years from now: ‘How did this ever happen?’ — without being able to say: ‘We made that decision, for better or worse, in 2018.’ “

LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

Anonymous Writer Gets It Wrong I write in regards to a Jan. 24 Letter to the Editor, headlined “Burleith Hypocrisy.” There are numerous issues that need to be corrected and missing context. The Burleith Citizens Association has recently started to email BCA members and members of our community listserve whenever there is a request for a special exception or variance to 2016 zoning regulations. This information is publicized by the D.C. government but is not always known by community members. All neighbors have the opportunity to respond in whatever way they choose either to the relevant agency directly or to the Advisory Neighborhood Commission. Here is the relevant formulation from the email: “Residents wishing to express support or opposition to the special exception request should share their views with the Board of Zoning Adjustment...” The BCA does not take a position on any request for special exception. Every interested person can show up and speak at the ANC meeting. Our process is fair, informative and transparent. Thus, it is erroneous to say that some people were not given the chance to express their opinion. The writer also omits to mention that the request is for the current zoning rules not to apply to this property. For the record, no one who attended the ANC meeting on Jan. 3 spoke in favor of the special exception request. Second, it is a false dichotomy to state that the choice is between student housing and tearing down or replacing existing

houses. Every single person I’ve talked to in Burleith is supportive of renovating houses. What is in dispute is how the houses will be renovated. Let’s not forget that the issue here is not whether a third floor pop-up is desirable or not, whether the style fits into architectural context, whether high-quality materials are being used, how neighbors’ property rights and quality of life are being affected by a redeveloped property, or how a property owner exercises her or his rights. Burleith residents hold many different opinions on all of these matters. The specific issue here is the request for an exception to the existing zoning rules and regulations — again that this developer wants the rule not to apply. Third, the tone of this letter is not very neighborly. No one “runs the neighborhood.” Rather, we have a community association with elected volunteers, who, for the record, do indeed look in the mirror multiple times daily. The discussions we have about development issues are not always easy, but they are honest and respectful. I would be glad to discuss these matters in greater length with the writer of the letter. Alas, she or he and the editors of the Georgetowner have opted for secret speech. I, in contrast, am proud to identify myself. — Eric Langenbacher, Burleith Citizens Association

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Coming Soon: South Moon Under It’s surprising to find a business able to afford such a large space near the end of Wisconsin Avenue, but you may have noticed the sign on 1065 Wisconsin Ave. NW announcing that South Moon Under is coming this spring — or, to be more specific, March 1. The store, which started in Ocean City, Maryland, in 1968, specializes in “upscale casual” for both men and women. Currently, the nearest South Moon Under stores are in Bethesda, Maryland, and Arlington, Virginia.

Chef Robert Wiedmaier. Courtesy Marcel’s.

Reopened: Marcel’s by Robert Wiedmaier When the weather was really cold in multiple locations around the country in early January, one common issue that people had to deal with was pipes bursting. That’s what happened at Marcel’s, at 2401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Robert Wiedmaier’s acclaimed restaurant, described as French with a Belgian twist, closed on Jan. 7 due to flooding, but reopened Feb. 1.

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Coming Soon: Own Your Wonder Kristina Han, owner of the former pop-up business Wonder Beauty Bar, at 3210 Grace St. NW, recently signed a lease for space at 1659 Wisconsin Ave. NW. The former pop-up called itself D.C.’s “only full-service makeup bar.” The business invites customers to Own Your Wonder. “We welcome all races, faiths, and gender identities,” says the website.

In: The Wink Hotel Though the Wink opened Jan. 11, you would think upon observing the lobby area that this hotel, at 1143 New Hampshire Ave. NW, has not completed its makeover. That observation would be correct. Managed by Marriott when the property was a Renaissance hotel, it is now under the management of Intrigue Hotels & Resorts by Interstate, based in Arlington, Virginia. Not much has changed as of now, but modifications will be made soon and more extensive renovations will follow in 2019. Courtesy The Wink Hotel.

SAVE THE DATE Friday, March 2 6 - 9 p.m. House of Sweden 2900 K Street NW Join the Georgetown Community as we celebrate and thank retiring Officer Antonial Atkins for his 28 years of service to Washington, D.C. and 10+ years of dedication to Georgetown. For questions and to RSVP, please email: atkinscelebration2018@yahoo.com.

Recap: More Spring Debuts Other soon-to-open spots include: Amazon Books at 3040 M St. NW, Bluestone Lane coffee (next to Frye Boots, across the street from South Moon Under), Capital One Cafe at Wisconsin Avenue and M Street NW, Church restaurant in the Georgetown Park retail complex, Guapo’s Mexican restaurant at Washington Harbour, Insomnia Cookies at 3204 O St. NW and Reverie restaurant at 3210 Grace St. NW (with the Wine Outlet in the same building).

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Hatch is 2018 ‘Bark Tank’ Winner Taking inspiration from the show “Shark Tank,” in which entrepreneurs seek investments from successful businesspeople, Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business held a “Bark Tank” pitch competition Jan. 16. Eight finalists competed for the Leonsis Family Entrepreneurship Prize, which provides funding and mentorship. The winner? The people behind Hatch Workspace, JP Coakley and Kelsey Lents, who want to provide an environment for other working parents. Currently, Hatch has a wait-list for interested clients.

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Checking Up on Dr. Fattahi BY SEL MA K HENISS I When you enter the waiting room of Dr. Tirdad Fattahi on MacArthur Boulevard NW, you notice the multiple awards that honor this dentist. One of those awards came from his peers. Many of the others are based on the opinions of patients, who are interviewed about their experiences, Fattahi explains. For all of his popularity, Fattahi did not have an easy journey to get to this point. He and his parents left Iran in 1979, a few months before the hostage crisis shuttered the doors of the American embassy there. Having started 10th grade in the United States not knowing English, he had to take special English classes for half of the day. It also didn’t help that his peers didn’t really accept him at the high school he attended. “It was a bit tough at that time,” he said. The lack of friends did not stop him from making something of himself, however. “I really wanted to move forward,” he recalled. Fattahi’s parents created a supportive home for him and his younger siblings here. Before the family left Iran, his father was a retired military man and his mother a high school teacher. When they moved to the U.S., they had to take a variety of jobs that weren’t in their previous fields. His father worked in a shipping company and as a taxi cab

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driver; his mother worked in hair salons. Both parents taught him a set of values that stays with him today, including patience, respect, honesty and forgiveness. Fattahi graduated from high school one year early and attended Howard University, where he received scholarships for his undergraduate studies and for dental school.

Because the scholarships, especially for dental school, did not cover all his financial needs, his parents provided the rest. Fattahi completed the combined academic program in six years, then found work as an assistant to a dentist. When that dentist retired, Fattahi decided to open his own practice.

After taking out a start-up loan from his bank, Fattahi found that it took around two or three years before patients were coming back on a regular basis. “All of that took time,” he said. Fattahi encourages what he calls “home care,” which means brushing and flossing one’s teeth regularly. He also says to stay away from processed foods — especially sweet ones — as much as possible, as hard as that can be to do. “We have an affinity for sugar,” he said. Regular checkups are essential, according to Fattahi, because an unhealthy mouth can lead to all kinds of problems, including gum disease, heart problems, bacteria, cavities, autoimmune disorders, diabetes, high blood pressure and problems for the unborn fetuses of pregnant women. One of the signs in his office space reads: “Each one of us has our own smile.” And that’s just what Fattahi has been helping his patients achieve painlessly for many decades.

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Wellness GET HAPPY, GET HEALTHY BY RE BE KAH KE LLE Y

Here at The Georgetowner, we are committed to bringing you resources, ideas, scientific research and breakthroughs to improve your life and help get you happy. This wellness issue will help to set the baseline for a “Better Me” in all of us. We will continue to provide stories, inspiration and resources to keep you on the happy, healthy wellness path.

Wellness has officially moved from the Land of Woo Woo to mainstream in 2018. So what should you know about wellness? Should you give it your limited attention? Should you really care? The long and short of it is: Yes. Wellness means to live in a state of optimal health, well-being and vitality — and to invest money, time and energy in the things that help achieve it. Wellness is self-care, the complex solution of good mental, physical and nutritional habits, as well as the ability to adjust to life’s inevitable ups and downs. Wellness means cultivating a lifestyle that moves and feels good, helping us keep up with the pace of life and supporting everything we do, wherever we do it. Learning ways to reduce stress, live within our means and live joyfully is key to a successful life.

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Actively becoming aware of and making choices leading toward a healthy and fulfilling life are things that are accessible to everyone. Yet everyone’s path is different and unique. And this path can shift and change during different stages of life. Wellness is being clear to yourself what makes you happy and healthy and doing it. So, if a path looks frightful to you, then that just means it isn’t your path. Your path is going to look different.

Wellness isn’t just focusing on the right things, but also actively limiting factors that could compromise this state of optimum joy. Don’t be afraid to say no, because wellness isn’t just about what you do, it is also what you don’t do. That means consciously weeding out things and relationships that do not support us, and especially the ones that do us harm. Limit the use of unhealthy foods and avoid excessive caffeine and alcohol consumption. It means managing against financial stress, which repeatedly has been found to be a common source of stress, anxiety and fear. By actively managing finances, living within our means and appreciating and being grateful for what we have, we craft a life full of satisfaction. And, of course, we need to protect ourselves from environmental threats, including air pollution, ultraviolet radiation in sunlight, chemicals, noise, water pollution and second-hand smoke.

Finding Balance: Between Ourselves, Family and Time Away Depending on the stage of life people are in, certain areas will be more balanced than others. At different points in our lives, our attention will focus on varying aspects of wellness, which is completely natural and to be expected. For example, snowbirds — seasonal travelers who “migrate” to warmer climates during the winter months — take time away from the snow and cold, but return home to family and friends for the rest of the year. In this way, they find balance between connection to family and time away in a warm environment.

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Wellness Tools and Resources How “well” are you? Start your wellness journey by assessing where you are and taking steps to start living a life full of personal responsibility, being proactive for your entire well-being. Self-Guided Evaluation: The first step to wellness is to measure current activities against goals. My favorite tool to monitor my own wellness is a free online quiz called Clean Sweep. This list of 100 questions in four categories — physical environment, well-being, relationship and money — keeps me focused on my road to personal freedom. I have a printed copy that I keep with my important paperwork and I use different colored pens for each time I retake the quiz to evaluate my progress. Access this list at betterme. com/cleansweep. Professional Support: There are all-inclusive wellness retreat and spa experiences to help develop a healthy lifestyle. The support includes: spa cuisine that emphasizes whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables and nutritional education; a full program of fitness and stress reduction classes; therapeutic spa treatments including massage; and educational lectures that teach you how to develop and maintain wellness habits back home. Remember: the goal is to create and maintain a strong, clear and “enjoyable” self-care practice. You might just find yourself with a deep well of energy, passion and joy of life, which goes beyond being healthy, but fully and truly alive and well.

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INTELLECTUAL An intellectually well person cherishes mental growth and stimulation by reading, exploring, creating and trying something new.

What wellness aspects should be considered? There are eight dimensions of wellness to evaluate for a complete happy and healthy life.

OCCUPATIONAL The average American spends nine hours a day working, so it makes sense to create wellness in this major area of life, and find a balance between work and leisure. This includes finding our calling, our unique contribution to the world, our place — and a way to use our gifts, skills and talents to achieve personal satisfaction and enrichment.

EMOTIONAL The ability to successfully handle life’s stresses and adapt to change and difficult times are crucial to overall well-being. To feel optimistic and content most of the time, we need to embrace our positive and negative feelings — to own and honor them. This includes being able to say no (and not feel guilty) and the ability to grow and evolve from experiences.

Wellness is an active process of making choices leading toward a healthy and fulfilling life. Wellness is being clear about what makes us happy and doing it. Everyone’s journey to wellness looks different.

SOCIAL We are social creatures and wellness includes building healthy, nurturing, supporting relationships with genuine connection. Relationships offer support during difficult times, and everyone goes through difficult times.

ENVIRONMENTAL Our overall well-being is impacted by the health of our environment, as well as by living a lifestyle in harmony with our surroundings, our homes, our communities and our planet

SPIRITUAL We need to discover a sense of meaningfulness in our lives and know that we have a personal purpose to fulfill, to embrace our self-worth, to find inner peace and self-acceptance and to honor our personal beliefs. This may include worship, prayer or meditation.

FINANCIAL The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau lists the four elements of personal well-being: feeling in control, the capacity to absorb financial shock, being on track to meet goals and the flexibility to make choices.

PHYSICAL Proper care of our bodies is essential for optimal health and functioning. This means keeping our bodies in top cardiovascular shape and enhancing strength and flexibility, pursuing fitness, sleeping and eating well and maintaining hygiene.

New Owners for Aveda Georgetown Natural skin care and organic beauty products continue to gain fans and market share. Aveda was founded in 1978, based on the ancient practice of Ayurveda. It is one of the business leaders of the natural beauty and skin care movement, inspiring a cultlike following that has helped fuel this ongoing trend. The Aveda Georgetown Lifestyle Salon & Spa at 1325 Wisconsin Ave. NW was recently acquired by new owners. Adrienne Anthony, one of the owners,

says that her first goal is to create a new environment that invites the community into the store. Every member of the family — including the four-footed kind — is welcome. Anthony’s vision is already starting to evolve, blending the historic exterior with an updated interior: modern, yet warm and peaceful. Aveda will remain open during the changes, so, she says, feel free to stop in and schedule some time for beauty and wellness.

The quest to make a life that you love. Wellness is a conscious, self-directed and evolving process of achieving one’s full potential.

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BONHAMS “A Throne for Two Kings” Gonçalo Mabunda (b. 1975) Estimate: $14,000 – $21,000 Auction Date: February 28

SOTHEBY’S “String of Perils,” 1991 John Chamberlain (1927–2011) Estimate: $60,000 – $80,000 Auction Date: February 21-March 6

Two years after Mozambique gained independence in 1972, civil war broke out. By the end of the war, in 1992, the country was littered with weapons. Many stockpiles were destroyed, but some were handed over to an artists’ collective, an initiative that launched Mabunda’s career, among others. Part of Bonhams’ Africa Now Auction, “A Throne for Two Kings” has been constructed from bullet casings and gun parts. Three faces are visible, lending an element of levity and hope to a piece born out of violence.

This superb John Chamberlain sculpture is part of the upcoming Contemporary Art Online auction, at which Sotheby’s will offer paintings, drawings and sculptures from names such as Andy Warhol, Alexander Calder and Tom Wesselmann, as well as from previously overlooked talents such as street artist Richard Hambleton and Op artist Julian Stanczak. There is a range of price points, made more attractive by the recent elimination by Sotheby’s of the buyer’s premium for online-only auctions.

Bringing the Hammer Down F IN A L S E LLI N G P R I C E S F O R LAST M ON TH ’ S F E AT U R E D A U C T I O N B LO C K ITEM S

CHRISTIE’S “World’s Fair, New York City,” 1964 (printed 1981) Garry Winogrand (1928–1984) Auction Date: January 16-25 Estimate: $8,000-$12,000 Final Selling Price: $16,250

CHRISTIE’S Tibeto-Chinese Gilt-Copper Repoussé Figure, 18th c. Estimate: $20,000 – $30,000 Auction Date: February 13 (online February 7–14)

DOYLE NEW YORK Diamond, Gem-Set and Carved Stone Clip-Brooch Perez Sanz Estimate: $2,000 – $3,000 Auction Date: February 21

This Christie’s sale celebrates more than 40 years of tastemaking by Shanghai-born, Los Angeles-based antiques dealer JF Chen. In the furniture category are works by blue-chip artists and designers such as Calder, Perriand and Henningsen and by contemporary masters such as Boontje, Novakova and Mozer. Also from Chen’s eclectic collection is this beautiful figure of a robed lama, seated in dhyanasana on a double lotus base with both hands in dharmachakra mudra.

Doyle’s Fine Jewelry auction will showcase glittering creations — including many signed pieces — set with diamonds, colored stones and pearls, as well as gold jewelry, fine watches for ladies and gentlemen and gentlemen’s accessories. This colorful gold bouquet brooch by father and son Julio and Luciano Perez Sanz sparkles with diamonds, sapphires and carved gemstones. Another choice lot, a chic pair of gold flower earclips by Ilias Lalaounis, forecasts the blooms of spring.

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SOTHEBY’S “Samson Captured by the Philistines” Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Il Guercino (1591–1666) Auction Date: January 31 Estimate: $80,000 – $100,000 Final Selling Price: $300,000

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New Bar at 1789 BY TR AVIS M ITC H EL L Georgetown’s 1789 Restaurant, at 1226 36th St. NW, has introduced a new bar area for guests looking for a craft cocktail or a draft beer in a historic Washington setting. The final phase of the restaurant’s 19-month renovation, the Sidecar Bar & Lounge opened in January, replacing F. Scott’s, the former art-deco nightclub and event space. About 50 new seats have been added in total, a welcome supplement to what was previously just a fiveseat bar in the main restaurant. “We’ve been wanting to do this renovation for a while,” said Tom Meyer, president of Clyde’s Restaurant Group, which purchased the restaurant in 1985. The Sidecar offers a more casual and vibrant atmosphere than the main dining room, where jackets are part of the recommended dress code. That’s not to say it’s not an upscale place to meet for an evening drink. The long mahogany bar, wooden columns and leather seating in the surrounding lounge fit the cozy, old-school atmosphere. The lower level was designed with elements like a mirror with a handcrafted frame and exposed painted-brick walls for a more contemporary feel. The new space has allowed for an expanded liquor selection. Drinks (priced between $12 and $15) are rooted in the classics but adapted to modern sensibilities. Among the options are the Irish old fashioned, with Jameson Black Barrel whiskey and Bénédictine, and the winter paloma, a mix of Tromba Blanco Tequila, Campari, grapefruit and hopped grapefruit bitters. Or sip on the namesake spiced pear sidecar, made with St. George spiced pear liqueur, brandy, triple sec and lemon. There are also four taps for draft beer, previously unavailable. The Sidecar Bar also serves a bar menu with dishes such as bucatini with black truffle and yellowfin tuna tartare. The full 1789 dinner menu is available à la carte as well. On top

“It’s kind of the perfect spot for Georgetowners to wander into.” -Tom Meyer

of expanding the food and beverage options, the renovation introduced another long-awaited amenity: ground floor bathrooms for dinner guests. According to Meyer, the neighborhood reception has been positive since the launch, with Georgetowners appreciating a gathering spot away from the bustle of shoppers on M Street and Wisconsin Avenue. “It’s kind of the perfect spot for Georgetowners to wander into,” he said.

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BY JODY KURA S H The Winter Olympics are back, this year coming from South Korea, the country that gave the world kimchi, “Gangnam Style,” K-pop and the Samsung Galaxy. Team USA is sending 242 athletes to PyeongChang, the largest roster any nation has ever sent to the Olympic Games. Veterans like snowboarder Shaun White and skier Lindsey Vonn will team up with promising newcomers such as snowboarder Chloe Kim and figure skater Nathan Chen, hoping to bring home the gold. As for the host team, in a striking token of reconciliation, North and South Korean athletes will walk under a reunification flag at the opening ceremony and enter a joint women’s ice hockey team. How the U.S. and Korean teams will fare is still up in air, but one thing is certain. If selling liquor were an Olympic sport, the Koreans would snag the gold medal in a win more convincing than Alex Ovechkin body checking a pee-wee league player. The top-selling liquor brand in the world is Jinro, a brand of Korean soju. Jinro has regularly outsold U.S. global brands such as Jack Daniel’s, Captain Morgan and Smirnoff. And it’s not even a close margin. Online magazine Slate reported that, in 2013, Jinro sold 60 million cases of soju and Smirnoff sold about 25 million cases of vodka. And sales keep growing, According to the Korean Times, Jinro was the numberone-selling spirit brand in 2016, with 73.9 million cases sold. It’s been in that spot for 17 years. If you’re not familiar with it, soju is a rice liquor uniquely identifiable with Korea. The clear liquid has a smooth, crisp and slightly bitter flavor. While most soju ranges in the 20-to-25-percent range for alcohol content, its potency can vary from 10 percent up to 45 percent. Fruit-flavored sojus appeal to younger drinkers and cocktails featuring soju mixed with fresh fruit juice are fashionable as well. Soju has been compared to vodka, but, according to Jinro, “the nose, flavor, feel and finish are considerably more complex, giving it unlimited potential for creating unique and exciting cocktails.” In Korea, drinking is a social art and soju is serious business. It’s enjoyed in groups at business dinners, family celebrations and nightclubs. When people get together they often will join in for a bottle (or several) of soju. Drinking soju — typically served in small shot-sized glasses — requires both etiquette and endurance. There are strict rules to be followed and it’s considered impolite to turn down a drink if it’s offered to you. If you are receiving a shot, hold your glass with two hands. The same rule applies if you are pouring. The most senior person generally pours the first round. However, it’s considered bad manners to pour your own. You are expected to down at least the first glass in one shot. Most likely, the glass will be quickly refilled. An empty glass is considered a bad thing.

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The company that runs the Discovery Channel will vacate its headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, probably in 2019. Many employees will move to a new New York City headquarters, while others may relocate to Knoxville, Tennessee, the home of Scripps Networks. Last July, the company announced it would buy Scripps for almost $12 billion. Discovery plans to make the Knoxville campus its operational headquarters.

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Mardi Gras Extravaganza will return to Dock 5 at Union Market on Tuesday, Feb. 13, from 6 to 10 p.m. Featuring chefs like Gina Chersevani, David Guas, Spike Mendelsohn and Spike’s sister Micheline, the event will benefit the New Orleans-based Roots of Music and D.C. Central Kitchen. Get ready for a wild Mardi Gras costume contest, a vodka ice luge and a Hurricane cocktail-making competition. Guests can get 20 percent off Lyft when done partying.

According to Commercial Café, the average office rent in the center of the District is $76.50 per square foot, putting it in the nation’s top 10 most expensive office markets. Unsurprisingly, midtown Manhattan is on top and San Jose, California, is number two. But downtown D.C. is not even in the top 30 most expensive globally. The world’s priciest office rents are (believe it or not) three-and-a-half times as high as ours.

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Approximately 300 volunteers carried out a survey of D.C.’s homeless on the night of Wednesday, Jan. 24. The survey’s results will be released in May. Although the 2017 homeless population of 7,473 was 11 percent lower than in 2016, it was still higher than in 2015 and 7.4 percent higher than in 2012. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s administration hopes to use the 2018 results, part of the nationwide “Point in Time” survey, as a benchmark for the mayor’s policy goal of making homelessness rare in D.C.

The District’s Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, DCRA for short, has tried over the past year to streamline its processes. But it may be too little, too late. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson came up with a bill to split the agency into two separate departments: the Department of Buildings and the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection. With eight Council members having signed the bill, passage is almost certain.

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Soju is never meant to be drunk alone. This is where the perseverance comes in. If one of your companions wants to continue drinking, you are obliged to join him or her. Imbibing together is a show of solidarity. If you’re looking to sample soju in D.C., the best place to go is one of the area’s noted Korean restaurants. Mandu, with outposts in Dupont Circle and Mount Vernon Triangle, offers four types of soju, as well as a soju bloody Mary and fruit cocktails. Bar manager Phil Anova reports that the favored brand is Charm, which he describes as “very smooth with small citrus notes.” Mandu also does seasonal infusions; on deck now is one with kiwi, ginger and sesame leaf. In Adams Morgan, the hip eatery Bul serves six types of soju. GM Sophie Shin says the top seller is Chumchurum, which means “like the first time” in Korean. The most popular cocktail is a showstopping watermelon soju — a combination of soju, Sprite and fresh watermelon — served in a personal-sized carved-out fruit, topped with scooped watermelon balls. A more demure choice at Bul is the lemon soju made with homemade lemonade, a refreshing tipple balanced with a little pulp. If you wish to cheer on your favorite athlete, Shin recommends a soju and beer bomb shot. She explains: “Fill up a glass with beer about two-thirds full, then drop a shot glass of soju into the beer glass. And then, bottoms up!” The proper expression for a toast in Korean is “geonbae,” which literally means “empty glass.” Let’s go Team USA!

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Palm Beach has been the winter escape for Georgetowners for generations, and the fact that it’s the home of the “Winter White House” isn’t keeping us at bay, even if there’s a little more traffic — and tweeting — getting in the way. We caught up with some Palm Beach regulars to set the current scene for us. The most notable exclusion from this winter’s social whirl is the Red Cross Ball, a favorite for the city’s upwardly nouveau, held at Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s “second home” and weekend getaway (when there isn’t a government shutdown). Last August, the Red Cross announced that it wouldn’t hold the ball in 2018, in response, it appeared, to the president’s comments on the Charlottesville riots. “The American Red Cross has decided we cannot host our annual fundraising event at Mar-a-Lago, as it has increasingly become a source of controversy and pain for many of our volunteers, employees and supporters,“ the organization explained in a press release.

This decision doesn’t sit well with Piper Quinn, who grew up in Georgetown and has lived in Palm Beach for years. “It’s disappointing that people are choosing their venues on politics. If you’re serious about philanthropy, it shouldn’t be an issue,” Quinn said, adding that he has respect for the presidency as a “proud American.” This sentiment seems to be prevalent among the Palm Beach locals, who don’t let their famous neighbors’ poll numbers interrupt life in one of the world’s most fabulous cities. The Palm Beach Daily News reported that about 750 protesters marched near Mar-aLago on Jan. 20, the anniversary of Trump’s inauguration. The protesters who were interviewed were not from Palm Beach, but from surrounding cities. Meanwhile, inside Mar-a-Lago, it was Palm Beach at its best that Saturday night: a $100,000-a-couple fundraiser for the Trump Victory Fund. The president was represented by his son, Eric, a graduate of Georgetown University.

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Quinn said that Trump’s presence as president “has always been welcome. There may be more D.C. people here now, and more traffic near Mar-a-Lago,” but locals have figured out how to work around it. The “D.C. people” infiltrating Palm Beach are more than your usual Georgetown snowbirds. There are traveling journalists, cabinet members and White House staff, who are experiencing Palm Beach’s charms for the first time. Quinn’s restaurant Buccan on South County Road is proving to be a favorite, thanks to its “unpretentious and approachable” food and wine selections. It’s something of a Cafe Milano for the Palm Beach set. Gerry Harrington, a government-affairs consultant who retreats to his home in Palm Beach when Congress is out of session, is a Buccan regular, but also recommends Green’s Pharmacy, a no-frills diner, for breakfast and the duck tacos at Imoto, an Asian fusion eatery. Duggan likes Renato’s Worth Avenue for elegant dining on the patio. For the Palm Beach version of a pizza joint, he suggests Pizza al Fresco on South County Road. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your politics), you won’t run into the president at any of the city’s hot spots. He prefers to stay home, playing golf and eating at his club.

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o spark some much-needed love and reconciliation in the nation’s capital — where Republicans and Democrats are acting like Montagues and Capulets — the Washington Ballet is presenting “Romeo & Juliet” at the Kennedy Center Opera House on Valentine’s Day and over the following weekend, Feb. 14 to 18. Performances are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday at 1:30 p.m. This “Romeo & Juliet,” choreographed by John Cranko, premiered in 1962 in Stuttgart, in what was then West Germany. The fully staged, three-act ballet, a company premiere, will be danced in period costume to a live performance of Sergei Prokofiev’s score by the Washington Ballet Orchestra, conducted by Beatrice Affron, Pennsylvania Ballet’s music director. The presentation of a story ballet — in this case, a modern classic — with full orchestra is a natural choice for Julie Kent, the celebrated American Ballet Theatre principal dancer who became the Washington Ballet’s artistic director in 2016. “These characters played a special role in my career, and I’m excited to share them with new audiences here in Washington,” she said.

Juliet was the last role that Kent performed with ABT, in 2015, though in Kenneth MacMillan’s version. Matching the drama of Shakespeare’s play in condensed form, Prokofiev’s score was composed in 1935 for the Kirov (now the Mariinsky) Ballet in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). Political and critical controversy — in the initial version of the ballet, Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers managed to work things out instead of (spoiler alert) killing themselves — caused the premiere to be delayed until 1940. Both Cranko and MacMillan were first inspired to set the ballet after seeing the Bolshoi Ballet’s touring production in 1956 at London’s Covent Garden, with the original choreography by Leonid Lavrovsky and the original Juliet, Galina Ulanova. A South African-born dancer who moved to London in 1945, John Cranko became resident choreographer for Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet in 1950 in his early 20s. In 1961 (in part due to his arrest for “persistently importuning men for an immoral purpose” two years earlier), he left England to become founding director of the modern Stuttgart Ballet, helping to make the company an international standout.

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EunWon Lee and Gian Carlo Perez in “Romeo & Juliet.” Photo by Theo Kossenas. Courtesy Washington Ballet. In Stuttgart, he choreographed “Romeo & Juliet” for his soon-to-be muse, Marcia Haydée, then two other story ballets considered masterpieces, “Onegin” and “The Taming of the Shrew.” Cranko died in 1973 on a flight back to Stuttgart from Philadelphia, where the company had performed at the Academy of Music, fatally choking after taking a sleeping pill. The Brazilian-born Haydée took over as director until 1995; she now, at 80, leads the Santiago Ballet in Chile. Prior to Cranko’s version, in 1955, Frederick Ashton choreographed a “Romeo & Juliet” for the Royal Danish Ballet. MacMillan’s was created for a 1965 production by the Royal Ballet (the British one), danced by Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev. Other choreographers

who have taken on the colorful, ominous, unmistakably Russian music (portions will be familiar from orchestral performances) include Nureyev in 1977, with himself as Romeo; Peter Martins in 2007; Mark Morris in 2008; and Alexei Ratmansky in 2011. Cranko was a master of pas de deux, which will be danced in the Washington Ballet production by four Romeo-and-Juliet pairs: Brooklyn Mack — who partnered Misty Copeland in the Washington Ballet’s 2015 “Swan Lake” — and Maki Onuki (Wednesday and Saturday evening); EunWon Lee and Gian Carlo Perez (Thursday and Saturday matinee); Corey Landolt and Venus Villa (Friday); and Jonathan Jordan and Ayano Kimura (Sunday matinee).

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Paul Klee was one of those rare artistic innovators whose inf luence, like an undercurrent, can be difficult to gauge from the surface but should not be underestimated. Born in Switzerland in 1879, Klee’s work from throughout the 1930s foretold a number of artistic trends that would galvanize the American art scene two decades later, ushering in the Abstract Expressionist era that radically altered the fine art landscape. From Mark Rothko to Saul Steinberg, Klee had a profound influence on a diverse set of America’s greatest midcentury artistic minds. However, his influence — unlike that of other avantgarde trailblazers like Picasso, Kandinsky and Miró — is often forgotten. “Ten Americans: After Paul Klee,” at the Phillips Collection through May 6, orients Klee within the epicenter of this history for audiences who might well be unfamiliar with the artist’s legacy. The exhibition features Klee’s work in dialogue with William Baziotes, Gene Davis, Adolph Gottlieb, Norman Lewis, Robert Motherwell, Kenneth Noland, Theodoros Stamos, Mark Tobey, Bradley Walker Tomlin and Jackson Pollock — all midcentury American artists who drew upon Klee’s art and ideology in various ways. With more than 60 works from collections in the United States and Klee’s native Switzerland, the exhibition sheds new light on these important figures in Abstract Expressionist and Color Field painting, and on the general exchange between America and Europe in the decades after World War II. It is a deeply enjoyable, fulfilling exhibition, and a well-deserved moment of recognition for one of the most original painters of the 20th century. At first glance, Klee’s work might not seem categorically distinguishable from the tenets of Surrealism or Cubism, both European art movements from Klee’s time and place that had obvious, prominent and lasting influence on Western art. As with Surrealism, Klee drew upon the power of symbolic language, Jungian methods of working from the unconscious

“Young Moe,” 1938. Paul Klee. Courtesy Phillips Collection. and an interest in probing nature’s invisible forces. Like Cubism, he drew inspiration freely from the art of indigenous African and Asian cultures and fostered an aesthetically progressive, unorthodox synthesis of line and color to create a bold new look about his art. The distinction seems to be just how unique, diverse, whimsical and captivating Klee’s work is. As progressive abstraction goes, his drawings and paintings are brilliantly understated, naturalistic and exploratory, profound with but the lightest touch. It is the kind of work that inevitably causes one to bestow such unfortunate commendations upon its maker as “an artist’s artist.” Klee was also an inspirational teacher at the experimental Bauhaus School and the Düsseldorf Academy of Art, writing and lecturing extensively on modern art. But, in

1933, the Nazis purged his work — along with other work deemed “degenerate” — from Germany’s state-owned museums. Many of Klee’s artistic compatriots fled Europe for New York, but Klee returned to Bern, Switzerland, where he remained until his death from illness in 1940. It was in Bern that Klee created the prolific body of mature work for which he is known today. Although Klee never traveled to the United States, his works crossed the Atlantic in great numbers and were quickly embraced by a group of emerging American abstract painters. In Klee, they found a liberating example of an artist who drew upon a number of styles and ideas gaining currency in the international avant-garde. Particularly influential were his facility with hieroglyphic-like symbols as a language bridging visual and historical

concepts and his almost architectural exploration of the unconscious mind. Of the “Ten Americans,” Gottlieb and Tomlin are probably the most synonymous with the use of archaic signs and symbols that float within fields of color. They assimilated Klee’s practice of free association to generate a personal idiom of signs with unfixed, often mysterious meaning. One artist that could be easily overlooked in this conversation is Jackson Pollock. But to see his inkbrush sketchbook doodles, as well as his etchings and drypoints, is to connect with almost a new artist altogether, whose mischievous, arcane and vaguely sexual hieroglyphics are almost Calder-like — although it’s impossible to mistake Pollock’s raw, mark-making energy. The runaway star of the show might be Mark Tobey, whose all-over visual rhythms mirror Islamic geometric patterns — designed to extend indefinitely and suggest infinity — and the polyphonic effect of music, with multiple voices playing out simultaneously inside a single composition. Tobey’s lines and color work together in meticulous, meditative syncopation, much like Klee and his fellow Bauhaus instructor Wassily Kandinsky, who championed the rich parallels between the spheres of art and music. In works of the 1950s like “Forest Cathedral” and “Suburbia,” there is also a sense that the paintings were completely born of Tobey’s subconscious, reminiscent of Willem de Kooning’s 1950 masterpiece, “Excavation.” The freedom of Paul Klee’s non-didactic, stylistically open-ended work — whether abstract or figurative, transcendent or banal in subject — provided an inspiring example that helped stimulate new directions in postwar American art. What is incredible is that Klee’s work feels like a peculiarly American language. I only say this because it reminds me of so much American art I have seen — thus proving the point of this exhibition. Influence is a funny thing.

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The nominations for TheatreWashington’s Helen Hayes Awards were announced Feb. 5. Nominated for Outstanding Production in a Play in the Hayes (mostly Equity actors) division were: “A Raisin in the Sun” at Arena; “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” at Ford’s; “Or,” at Round House; “Twelfth Night” at Shakespeare; and “The Father” and “Skeleton Crew” at Studio. The gala presentation will take place on Monday, May 14.

Portraits of former President Barack Obama, by Kehinde Wiley, and former first lady Michelle Obama, by Amy Sherald, will be unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery, F Street between 7th and 9th Streets NW, on Monday, Feb. 12, at a private ceremony with the artists and the subjects on hand. The Michelle Obama portrait will be on view through November; Wiley’s portrait of Barack Obama will be on permanent display.

The National Park Service will kick off a yearlong bicentennial commemoration of Frederick Douglass on Saturday, Feb. 17, and Sunday, Feb. 18, at the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, 1411 W St. SE. Speakers will include Douglass’s third great-grandson (Saturday) and historians David Blight (both days) and Leigh Fought (Sunday). Admission is free, with a free shuttle between the site and the Anacostia Metro station.

Georgetown Media Group has arranged for the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s performance of “Hamlet” on Thursday, March 1, to be designated Georgetown Night. A block of seats has been reserved in the grand tier orchestra section of Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW. Georgetowners can use the code GEORGETOWNER55 to purchase $55 tickets, while they last, at shakespearetheatre.org or by calling 202-547-1122.

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Blue Moon Beguiles Earthly Friends The Friends of the National Arboretum gathered to hike under the moonlight Jan. 31, the second full moon of January — hence, the blue moon over the Anacostia.

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Annemarie Ryan, Arboretum director Richard Olsen, Cathy Kerkam of FONA and former astronaut Scott Altman. Photo by Robert Devaney.

An app shows the position of the moon in the sky, relative to the zodiac. Courtesy of Marty Sherr.

A Real ‘Book of Lists’ The Washington Business Journal celebrated its annual “Book of Lists” issue — which ranks various businesses in their categories — and invited hundreds of its closest friends and colleagues to Arena Stage Jan. 25. The building’s cavernous lobby space was more than enough to accommodate the supersized networking reception with special drinks and light fare.

Under the patronage of Ambassador of Italy Armando Varricchio and Micaela Varrichio, The Women’s Committee of the Washington Ballet will present its annual Wine Tasting. Guests will enjoy a multi-course Italian meal featuring inspired wine pairings. The evening will celebrate the upcoming performance of John Cranko’s “Romeo & Juliet,” which will be performed during Valentine’s Day week at the Kennedy Center. Embassy of Italy. Call 202362-3606 or email info@washingtonballet.org.

S.O.M.E. YOUNG PROFESSIONALS WINTER BALL

The So Others Might Eat Young Professionals Winter Ball is an evening of cocktails and dancing for young professionals. Proceeds from the event support affordable housing programs for homeless and very low-income families. The National Museum of Women in the Arts. Contact Ingrid Feigenbaum at 202 797-8806, ext. 1129 or at ifeigenbaum@ some.org.

FEBRUARY 10 VALENTINE’S BALL AT THE EMBASSY OF ITALY

Eric Rivers, Ana Chapa and James MacGregor, publisher of the Washington Business Journal. Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan.

Rev. Dr. George E. Holmes of Howard University and Vincent Orange, president and CEO of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce. Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan.

Guests will experience an evening filled with Italian food, open bar, live orchestra, late night DJ, dancing, opera and film. An optional VIP reception includes early admission, champagne reception and a special dinner menu. A portion of the event’s proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society. Embassy of Italy. Call 301-519-8030 or email info@ thingstodoDC.com.

FEBRUARY 15 HILLWOOD’S VALENTINE DAY Hillwood celebrates its newest exhibition, “The Artistic Table,” with cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, art and silent auction. Interior designers and Hillwood curators take inspiration from Marjorie Merriweather Post and history’s finest table settings to create a feast for the eyes. Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens. Contact Allison Kingery at 202243-3974 or akingery@HillwoodMuseum.org.

FEBRUARY 21 ST. JUDE GOURMET GALA

The 19th St. Jude Gourmet Gala will be a evening featuring tastings from D.C.’s top restaurants, a live auction and silent auction. Last year’s event raised more than $1.16M for the kids of St. Jude. Learn about the lifesaving mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. National Building Museum. Contact Alexis Fedora at 703-650-4515 or alexis. fedora@stjude.org

TEACH FOR AMERICA GALA

An evening to support Teach for America’s teachers and alumni leaders who champion education equity for all children in the Washington region. Rep. John Delaney and April Delaney are keynote speakers. The Washington Ritz-Carlton. Contact Elizabeth Wraase at 202 552-2400, ext. 21208 or elizabeth.wrasse@teachamerica.org.

Correction: Photos from the Washington Winter Show Lecture & Luncheon were incorrectly identified in the Jan. 24 Georgetowner. Here are the corrected photos.

Christine Hill of National Veterans Legal Services Program, Jennifer Nycz-Conner, of the Washington Business Journal and Erran Carmel of American University. Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan.

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Nina McLemore, Leslie Greene Bowman, president of Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello, and Camilla McCaslin. Photo by Mary Bird.

Washington Winter Show Admissions Chair Ed McAllister and Executive Director Jonathan Willen. Photo by Mary Bird.

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