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Spring Real Estate Special map and 2017 sales

One-Sided Parking Plan Sparks Debate School Scandal Hits Ellington Old Georgetown Board Rules Cherry Blossom Tastes

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NEWS · 4-7,9 Up & Coming Town Topics Community Calendar In Your Town

ON THE COVER Digital artwork by Aidah Fontenot. The original photograph is of Smith’s Row Built c. 1815 by Col. James Smith.

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EDITORIAL/OPINION · 8 Jack Evans Report Editorials

BUSINESS · 10-11 Ins & Outs Fletcher Gill: A Career Change and a Passion Project

SPECIAL ISSUE REAL ESTATE · 12-20 Laura and Stephen Rodriguez: A Texas Couple in Georgetown Who Lives Here 2017 Real Estate Sales Antiques Addict

FOOD & WINE · 21 Dining Guide Food, Drink Specials Bloom During Festival

ANTIQUES · 22-23 Antiques Addict

Renewed Glory: Jose Andres Coming to M Street BY R OBERT D EVAN EY

Stoneman Douglas Fundraiser at Tony & Joe’s BY PEGGY SAN D S

Marion Barry Statue Dedicated BY JEFF M AL ET

Le Decor: Staging Your House BY C H AR L EN E L OU IS

Finance: Real Estate & Taxes BY JOH N GIR OU AR D

Cocktail of the Month for St. Patrick’s Day BY JOD Y KU R ASH

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March

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NGA EVENING AT THE EDGE After Hours in at thethe This free after-hours program National Gallery of Art National Gallery of Art’s East Building celebrates “Outliers and American Vanguard Art,” an exhibition of more than 250 works, many by self-taught artists. The event will include performances by artist Lonnie Holley, hands-on art-making and pop-up talks, with light fare and drinks available for purchase. To register (required), visit eventbrite.com. 6th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.

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WHITTLE SCHOOL INFORMATION FOR PARENTS Whittle School & Studios invites area parents to learn about its modern approach to education, including language immersion, cross-cultural education and off-campus opportunities in the world’s most influential cities. The Washington, D.C., campus will be the first to open in the fall of 2019. To register, visit whittle0310. splashthat.com. Melrose Hotel, 2430 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.

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‘A FOOL NAMED O’ “O,” a fool of long experience at the Maryland Renaissance Festival, assisted by a few simple objects and no words, will engage the audience in old-world delights. Tickets for this show, presented by the Edge of the University Players 2, are $10. For details, visit universeplayers2.org. The Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh St., Bethesda, Maryland.

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MARCH 15 GREEN TIE AFFAIR

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The U.S. Green Building Council, National Capital Region, hosts its 17th annual Green Tie Affair at District Winery. This gathering of sustainable building advocates will include an open bar and an array of hors d’oeuvres. Proceeds will support the organization’s local education, advocacy and community outreach initiatives. Tickets are $85. For details, visit usgbc.org. District Winery, 385 Water St. SE.

Chief Curator National Air and Space Museum

Thursday, March 8, 2018 8-9:30 a.m. George Town Club, 1530 Wisconsin Ave. N.W.

Chief curator of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Dr. Peter L. Jakab will talk about the staged seven-year renovation of the museum, budgeted at nearly $1 billion with a planned launch this summer. $25 ($20 for George Town Club members) To RSVP, email richard@georgetowner.com or call 202-338-4833.

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The Friday Morning Music Club presents a series of free chamber music concerts on Tuesdays at noon in Dumbarton House’s Belle Vue Room. Seating is on a first-come, firstserved basis. RSVPs are encouraged, but not required. This program includes works by Vivaldi, Albinoni and Stamitz. For details, visit fmmc.org. 2715 Q St. NW.

FILMS ON HOLY LAND CONFLICT The Voices from the Holy Land series presents a free screening of two short films about the Israel-Palestine conflict. “Bethlehem: Hidden from View” is about the walled imprisonment of the town and the impact on the local Christian community. “Gaza: A Gaping Wound” tells the stories of the survivors of the 2014 Israeli military offensive that killed 2,200 people. A moderated discussion will follow. For details, visit voicesfromtheholyland. org. Saint John’s Norwood Episcopal Church, 6701 Wisconsin Ave., Chevy Chase, Maryland.

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MIDNIGHT AT THE MASQUERADE The Experts in Mystery Entertainment will perform an interactive, comedic murdermystery dinner show at Rosa Mexicano National Harbor. Tickets are $90. For details, visit grimprov.com. 153 Waterfront St., Oxon Hill, Maryland.

TOWN TOPICS

NEWS

BY PEGGY S A NDS AN D R O B E RT D E VA N E Y

One-Sided Parking Sparks Lively Debate at ANC The topics of parking and traffic flows have often triggered heated exchanges at Georgetown community meetings. The discussions at such meetings, generally long, rarely result in measurable progress toward a concrete solution. This was again the case at the monthly meeting of Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E on Feb. 26. As someone at the meeting offered during the discussions, such proposals seem like “a solution in search of a problem.” The commission devoted over an hour to two proposals by Commissioners Jim Wilcox and Peter Murphy. The hall at Visitation School was standing room only. At least a dozen Georgetown residents made impassioned remarks. Wilcox had hoped that the meeting would “move the process forward.” His idea was to pass a parking resolution that would be an official notice of intent to the District Department of Transportation. That would then impel DDOT to hold town meetings on specific issues in the notice, leading to written options that could be approved or rejected. Wilcox’s resolution suggested that a program called Enhanced Resident Preferred Parking be implemented in specific sections of Georgetown’s mixed commercial and residential areas. Three parking “sectors” were delineated on a map of Georgetown. Sector one would cover the shopping corridors of M Street and Wisconsin Avenue and one block to either side, where a split parking system would be established. A two-hour paid parking system for everyone would take up one side of the street. On the other, exclusive unlimited parking for Zone 2 resident parking permit holders would be implemented. Sector two would be made up of generally residential streets that lie east and west of Wisconsin Avenue, starting at Prospect and Olive Streets and going up to Dent and Q Streets. This sector would convert from unlimited parking for Zone 2 permit holders — with others able to park for up to two hours — on both sides to having that arrangement on one side only. On the other, parking would be exclusively for permit holders. The rest of Georgetown would be sector three, in which the current parking situation would remain as it is. The split-sided system exists in other parts of the city and has worked very well, according to Wilcox. But it was the piece that received the most heated comments. The problem is that D.C.’s Ward 2 ranges from Georgetown, Dupont Circle, Foggy Bottom, downtown and to parts of Kalorama — even the White House — and from the memorials to Hains Point. People who don’t reside in Georgetown itself would be entitled to use the exclusive unlimited one-side parking for residents. Billy Martin, owner of Martin’s Tavern on the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and N Street,

“There are lots of concerns and controversial questions in it [the Wilcox proposal]. A lot is not there.” — Billy Martin, owner of Martin’s Tavern has seen many parking plans come and go. He was opposed to Wilcox’s notice of intent. “There are lots of concerns and controversial questions in it, a lot is not there,” he said. Debbie Winsor felt the proposal encompassed many “unintentional consequences.” She suggested expanding a community parking coalition that had been meeting for years to address it. “A notice of intent is whatever you want to make of it,” concluded Ron Lewis, a former advisory neighborhood commissioner and member of the original parking coalition. But he seemed to feel that it was a good tool to stimulate intense community discussion. Commissioner Peter Murphy introduced a one-page resolution proposing that the ANC 2E take no position at this time concerning implementation of Wilcox’s proposal. Instead, Murphy requested that DDOT “provide, if reasonably available,” a list of information for the commissioners regarding the parking proposal — mainly numbers. Murphy asked for the estimated number of parking spaces that would be reserved for exclusive use of Zone 2 permit holders if the three sectors were to be implemented. He asked for the estimated number of vehicles that would bear the Zone 2 stickers during the day and how many parking spaces in ANC 2E were currently available for vehicles without Zone 2 stickers. In addition, he asked for an analysis of the impact on certain residential areas. “There are numbers you would think we already had,” Murphy commented to The Georgetowner afterward. Within minutes, the commission voted down Wilcox’s proposed notice of intent and approved of the Murphy resolution.

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TOWN TOPICS

CRIME & SAFETY

Pedestrian Struck at 35th & Prospect A college-age pedestrian was struck by car around 9 a.m., March 6, at the corner of 35th and Prospect Streets NW, according to a neighbor. D.C. fire and police did show up, she said, but the young person appeared unharmed and walked away. This particular corner is often cited for inattentive drivers turning left from 35th onto Prospect Street.

Bank Teller Gets 18 Months Phelon Davis, the bank teller at Wells Fargo branch at 29th and M Streets, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing more than $187,000 out of the Wells Fargo account of Ronnie Witherspoon, a homeless man, who has not spoken to lawyers or anyone else in public, it seems, about the crime. Beginning in 2014, Davis transferred funds to his own accounts until being arrested by the FBI last year. A remorseful Davis pleaded guilty in September to one count of interstate transportation of stolen goods. His time in prison will be followed by six months of home detention. The 60-something Witherspoon was dragging around a bag of cash containing about $40,000 — made from panhandling

and street vending — and wanted to make a deposit when he entered the M Street bank. While his Wells Fargo account was dormant, it still contained thousands of dollars. From the Metropolitan Police Department: Robbery (Snatch) at 4:15 p.m, March 3, in the 3100 block of M St NW. Lookout for W/M, brown hair/short, gray sweatshirt. Robbery (Snatch) at 9:03 a.m., Feb. 26, in the 2000 block of Wisconsin Ave, NW. Lookout for B/M, 25-30 years of age, last seen wearing a black shirt, last seen in the 2000 block of Wisconsin Ave, NW. A woman was accosted by two male juveniles near 3147 Dumbarton St. NW, 6 p.m., Feb. 25. One of them had a brick and demanded one of the two bicycles in her possession. Instead, the woman yelled for her friend (who was a short distance away) to help her, and the juvenile threw his brick at her. The brick narrowly missed her and the juvenile then picked up a rock. He then threw the rock at her approaching friend, which hit him in the head. The juvenile suspect and her male friend then got into a physical struggle. MPD arrived on the scene and arrested the juvenile suspect. The other juvenile fled the scene before the arrival of MPD. The male friend’s head injury was treated by the D.C. Fire & EMS Department. Robbery (Snatch) at 8:19 a.m., Feb. 26, in the 1000 block of 33rd Street, NW. Lookout for B/M, dark complexion, 5’8” tall, 25-30 years of age, last seen wearing a black hoodie, dark pants, last seen N/B in the 1000 block of 33rd Street, NW.

Latest School Scandal Hits Georgetown The D.C. school system saw two resignations in five days last month, following the revelation that Deputy Mayor for Education Jennifer Niles (resignation number one, on Feb. 16) had enabled the daughter of Public Schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson (resignation number two, on Feb. 20) to bypass the fraught DCPS lottery system and obtain an immediate midterm transfer from the Duke Ellington School of the Arts to Woodrow Wilson High School. Former Chancellor Wilson settled for a severance package of six months of his annual salary of $280,000. Now there is another enrollment scandal, this time directly connected to the Duke Ellington School. On Feb. 28, the Office of the State Superintendent of Education reported that more than half of a sample of about 100 Duke Ellington students who claimed to reside in the District actually live outside it. By claiming District residency, they are able to avoid the magnet school’s annual out-ofDistrict tuition of $12,000. D.C. students are given priority for scholarships and admission. Of the school’s

566 enrolled students, about 70 pay the out-ofDistrict tuition. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in back tuition could be due from the families making the false claims, using addresses of relatives or temporary residences in the District as their child’s primary residence. The stunningly renovated and expanded Duke Ellington School, at 35th and R Streets on the edge of Georgetown, serves students from all wards of the city. Students are admitted to one of eight arts majors through an audition and interview process. But since reopening last year, the school has struggled to reach its goal of about 600 students. The state superintendent’s office has promised to review all the applications and stated residences of Duke Ellington students and to try any cases of enrollment fraud. This scandal comes on top of a third that has roiled the District for months. It was found that a large proportion of graduating students at some D.C. high schools had not attended the minimum number of days or failed to meet other requirements for their degrees.

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Dumbarton Oaks Gardens Reopening March 15 After being closed since July of last year, the world-famous gardens at the Dumbarton Oaks estate at 32nd and R Streets in Georgetown will reopen March 15. “There will be no ceremony, no champagne,” said Gail Griffin, director of gardens and grounds for the past 21 years. “You know, we’re very low-key around here. We’ll just be opening the gates.” It will be a day of mixed feelings for Griffin, the day she retires from her job overseeing the care of the historic gardens and related research programs and projects. Succeeding her will be D.C. native Jonathan Kavalier, formerly management and program analyst for the Architect of the Capitol and supervisory horticulturist at the Smithsonian Gardens. The gardens were closed to undertake major restructuring of the water supply and storm water management systems. Miles of pipes have been laid or repaired to provide for irrigation and for the gardens’ ponds, fountains and waterbox spigots. The 10 acres of gardens were designed by Beatrix Farrand, sole female founder of the

American Society of Landscape Architects, along with Mildred Barnes Bliss, who had purchased the 1801 estate in 1920 with her husband, diplomat Robert Woods Bliss. There are some 29 garden “rooms” and such features as an orangery, a box wall, star and pebble gardens, arbor and urn terraces and a lovers’ lane. The Blisses gave what is formally known as Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection to Harvard University in 1940. The collection focuses on Byzantine and PreColumbian art, displayed in a pavilion designed by Philip Johnson. In addition, mixed-media works and works on paper by Martha Jackson Jarvis are current on view. Another exhibition, “Seeing Cherries,” opens in the rare book gallery on March 14. Hungarian pianist Dénes Vàrjon will perform as part of the Music at Dumbarton Oaks concert series on March 18 and 19. A grand opening for the reconstructed gardens is being planned for April, according to Erica Bogese, communications manager.

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Joan Shorey (1926–2018) Joan Burgess Shorey, Chicagoraised, 91 years old, lived in Georgetown since 1984. She was the widow of Ev Shorey, with whom she had shared her life in marriage for 63 years. An artist, she attended Vassar College and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She was an unforgettable presence in the neighborhood, known for her volunteer and charity work and as an

active member of the Citizens Association of Georgetown, which her husband served as president. She was a mother, a grandmother, a warm and keenly intelligent member of the community. Georgetown was and remains known for its history, for an atmosphere of class. Exemplifying that reputation, Ev and Joan Shorey were its standard-bearers, in a way that was without affectation but full of affection. It was always a pleasure to see one or the other or both. Joan Shorey died Feb. 20. A memorial service will be held in early May.

Odette Pantelich (1920–2018) Born in France, Odet te Louise Galmard Pantelich emigrated to the U.S. after World War II. First employed as a domestic by diplomat David K.E. Bruce, she later married Vojislav “Voya” Pantelich, with whom she opened the landmark Chez Odette restaurant in the early 1950s at 3063 M St. NW. In the mid-1970s, the

couple sold the restaurant, which maintained its name and French style until it closed in 1987. They retired to travel and Florida. Voya died in 1981; Odette died Jan. 7 at the Thomas Circle Residences on Massachusetts Avenue NW. A service will be arranged at a later date at the Saint Nicholas Cathedral in Washington, D.C. Memorial contributions may be made in Odette Pantelich’s name to these charities: Sasha Bruce Youthwork, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the Humane Society of the United States.

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Jack Evans Report

Potholes and Cherry Blossoms BY JAC K EVAN S Warm weather is starting to come back to the District and the surrounding region, which is great news for everyone. Even better news in many ways is that “Potholepalooza” is set to start. This is when the District Department of Transportation takes its mobile pothole-filling machine all over the city. Every morning, I leave my home and feel as though I hit potholes at and after every turn. This isn’t just a problem plaguing Georgetown. This is a problem in every neighborhood and on every block across the city. Now that winter is businesspersons need to weigh in. ending, it’s time to take on this scourge upon That’s the point. If you’re going to make BUSINESS our cars. changes, many more discussions and town DDOT will launch this year’s Potholepalooza meetings — highly publicized and as soon and they need your help. There are some transparent as possible — need to occur. simple steps you can take when you see a Commissioner Jim Wilcox’s proposal pothole. You can call 311. Give the operator seemed cumbersome at first glance: a the specific location and you will be issued a sector one along Wisconsin Avenue and service tracking number. below M Street with paid timed parking, Thanks to social media, it’s easier than ever to a sector two that has some paid parking alert DDOT to potholes that need filling on your and a sector three in the northern half of block. Twitter is your best option. First, take Georgetown and Burleith that leaves the a picture of the pothole. Next, open up a new parking arrangement as it is today. [See tweet, add an address or an intersection, attach news story on page 5.] the photo, tag @311DCgov and @DDOTDC At the ANC meeting, it appeared that and hit the “Tweet” button. Your tweet will be most of the audience was opposed to any acknowledged by 311 and DDOT, which will major changes. Noting that Georgetown respond with a service request number. DDOT had been talking about parking for years, Billy Martin of Martin’s Tavern opposed the Wilcox plan: “There are lots of concerns FROM THE and controversial questions in it ... a lot is not there.” Resident Debbie Winsor warned of “unintended consequences.” There’s a lot more to this story — we will be writing in the next issue about the Georgetown parking group, which has been meeting for more than 10 years — and more to discuss and analyze. To do so, we need to line up hard numbers. According to the Georgetown Business Improvement District, the plan as originally proposed would have resulted in up to 2,000 public spaces on the streets becoming unavailable to Georgetown visitors. Of course, we know other disagreeable topics exist in our urban lives, such as crime and rodents, but let’s agree to follow through on this parking mess — before the meter runs out.

Parking in Georgetown: Let’s Line Up the Numbers

As Originally Proposed, Georgetown Could Have Lost Up to 2,000 Visitor Spots In this issue, The Georgetowner celebrates the well-known residents and homes of Georgetown. All things real estate, home décor and architecture are certainly close to most of our neighbors’ hearts. But there is one topic that almost beats them all, uniting resident and visitor alike in endless discussions: parking. The debate began yet again at the Feb. 26 meeting of the Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission, which devoted more than an hour to parking and, not surprisingly, attracted a standing-room-only crowd. Different proposals by commissioners led to an ANC resolution that called for more discussion. The decision was made not to submit to the District Department of Transportation an official notice of intent regarding modifications to Georgetown’s parking regs. For many, who oppose major changes, that was a big “whew!” One of several opinions heard there and elsewhere was that the proposed changes were “a solution in search of a problem.” Business owners are sensitive to any parking revamp that could discourage visitors to Georgetown. All are well aware of the town’s struggle to maintain and attract substantial retail and restaurant brands, local or not, that enhance the quality of life for everyone. Whether the plan is to mandate a splitsided system, in which only residents may park on one side of the street — dubbed Enhanced Resident Preferred Parking by DDOT and in effect in Ward 1 — or to install parking meters or ticket machines in front of homes, residents and

will fill reported potholes within 72 hours. DDOT works around the clock to address many infrastructure issues in the District with both long- and short-term solutions. There will always be potholes, but with your help the agency can act fast in filling them. Another sign that winter is ending is that the Department of Public Works has begun residential street sweeping. This program, which began March 1, will affect neighborhoods across the city. Pay attention to street parking ordinances for specific dates when street sweepers come by. If your car isn’t moved in time, you will receive a $45 ticket. There is a one-week grace period as we all get used to moving our cars again. I attended the kickoff for the National Cherry Blossom Festival last week. Is there anything more quintessentially D.C.? People come from all over the country to see our blossoming cherry trees along the Tidal Basin and the Potomac River. An early bloom is expected this year — possibly by March 18. And if we have cherry blossoms, can baseball be far behind? As always, I’m excited for opening day. Hope to see you there, or walking around the cherry trees. Jack Evans is the District Council member for Ward 2, representing Georgetown and other neighborhoods since 1991.

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At Martin’s Feb. 27: Leslie Morgan Steiner, Sonya Bernhardt, publisher of The Georgetowner, Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans, Nancy Taylor Bubes and Billy Martin, owner of Martin’s Tavern. Photo by Aidah Fontenot.

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After 20 Years, a Day of My Own! My 20th anniversary get together at Martin’s Tavern that turned into “Sonya Bernhardt Day” made me smile and made me feel proud of how I spend my time. I will remember the warmth I felt that Tuesday for a long, long time. Thank you, Nancy and Leslie, for putting it together, and thank you Jack for the ad hoc legislation. Thank you Billy of Martin’s Tavern and how about those lamb chops! Thank you Georgetowner team – writers, photographers, designers – and advertisers.

Thank you readers – residents and business owners alike for providing the colorful stories, the fabric this town is made of.. I look forward to the future and what it holds for Georgetown and The Georgetowner with your continued support. Please always consider me and the paper a member of your team. Thank you again for a wonderful evening and to many more times like this to come. - Sonya Bernhardt

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THE VILLAGE

The Old Georgetown Board: It’s the Law

TUESDAY, MARCH 20

OLD GEORGETOWN BOARD

CAG MONTHLY MEETING

U.S. Commission of Fine Arts 401 F St. NW, Suite 312 Washington, DC 20001-2728 202-504-2200 cfastaff@cfa.gov For Georgetown inquiries, email georgetown@cfa.gov.

The Citizens Association of Georgetown will meet; time and location TBD. For details, visit cagtown.org.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 GBA NETWORKING MEETING

The Georgetown Business Association will hold its monthly reception at 6:30 p.m. Location TBD. For details, visit georgetownbusiness.org.

ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION 2A ANC 2A represents the West End and Foggy Bottom. The monthly meetings begin at 7 p.m. at the West End Library, 2301 L S. NW. For details, visit anc2a.org.

THURSDAY, MARCH 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.

MONDAY, APRIL 2

ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION 2E ANC 2E represents the Burleith, Georgetown and Hillandale neighborhoods and reviews development in the historic district and local liquor licenses. The monthly meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. at Georgetown Visitation Prep, Heritage Room, 2nd floor, 35th Street and Volta Place NW. For details, visit anc2e.com.

THURSDAY, APRIL 5

OLD GEORGETOWN BOARD OGB meetings are held at 9 a.m. on the first Thursday of every month except August at the National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW, Suite 312. For details, visit cfa.org.

THURSDAY, APRIL 12

ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION 3B ANC 3B represents the Glover Park and Cathedral Heights neighborhoods. The monthly meetings begin at 7 p.m. at Stoddert Elementary School, 4001 Calvert St. NW, visit anc3b.org.

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Alan Brangman, AIA; Mary Katherine Lanzillotta, FAIA; and Richard Williams, FAIA. B Y P E G GY SAN D S Any project you dream about that involves the exterior of your house or property in Georgetown must first be reviewed by the Old Georgetown Board. It’s the law: the Old Georgetown Act of 1950. The act designated the boundaries of the Old Georgetown district and directed the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts to appoint an advisory board of architects to conduct design reviews of all Old Georgetown projects. That means on everything — from a complete rebuild to new windows, balconies or doors, façade work, terrace construction, even perhaps the awnings. The appointed advisory board of three architects — currently H. Alan Brangman, AIA; Mary Katherine Lanzillotta, FAIA; and Richard Williams, FAIA — who serve threeyear terms without compensation, meets the first Thursday of every month in offices at the National Building Museum. At these sessions, the board goes minutely over dozens of plans of Georgetown owners and their architects. Attending a review board session — they usually last all day — is seeing architectural design in progress. The advisory architects and at least one, often two, of the board’s staff architects dig into every detail of the proposed work. They indicate features of the projected plans with light pointers and listen intently to the architect, the owner and any neighbor who shows up. They offer suggestions and make side comments. At times, it is lighthearted. A plan rarely gets approved on the first go. “It can take two, three, four, maybe more reviews to finally get a plan approved,” architect Robert Gurney told The Georgetowner. He had just been grilled for half an hour regarding a planned total remodel of the rear of a large P Street home. It was the second time he had presented the plans to the board. “I plan on at least four months for the first review of a plan to be approved,” Gurney said. There is no charge for presenting (and re-presenting) plans to the Old Georgetown Board. Owners can draw up and present the plans themselves. But most owners use architects, preferably ones with Georgetown building experience. And fees can be charged if owners make research requests to the board. Reviews must go through four steps. The

“concept” or “permit” review of proposed site plans and architectural plans is the first. The complete drawings, showing existing conditions and the proposed construction, have to be submitted three weeks prior to an Old Georgetown Board meeting. That’s step two. Step three is for the staff to review the materials. More information may be requested. The case can be denied or postponed until a later date if everything has not been submitted properly. Depending on scope, the project then may be placed directly on the calendar for review at the next meeting or reviewed by staff and placed on the consent calendar. That’s step four. The meetings are public, but no specific times can be scheduled, since the amount of time each submission will be discussed is unknown. Neighbors are encouraged to voice their concerns. Representatives from Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E and from the Citizens Association of Georgetown almost always attend the public meetings. “We have attended these reviews long enough that we can see the evolution of the designs,” ANC Chair Joe Gibbons commented. One of the Citizens Association’s biggest concerns is about how the privacy of neighbors will be affected by design changes, noted Elsa Santoyo, who chairs CAG’s Historic Preservation and Zoning Committee. The Old Georgetown Board does in-depth reviews of some 15 to 20 projects a month at its sessions. But it receives upwards of 40 projects a month for review. “More than half the projects we receive are placed on the appendix for permit action, with maybe just some comments like ‘Replace the type of window proposed,’” said Secretary Thomas Luebke in a phone interview. “But we are unique in the country in that all of our district has been designated as historic.” The board is funded at about $2.5 million from federal monies, since the Old Georgetown Act is federal law (Public Law 81-808). “It’s a tight budget and we’ve been at the $2 million range for almost a decade,” said Luebke. The money comes out of the Interior Department budget although the board is independent (and subject to government shutdowns).

The U.S Commission of Fine Arts is composed of seven members with expertise in the arts. Appointed by the President, members serve four-year terms without compensation. The chairman and vice chairman are elected by the members. The current members are: Chairman Earl A. Powell III; Vice Chairman Elizabeth K. Meyer, FASLA; Edward D. Dunson, Jr., AIA; Liza Gilbert; Toni L. Griffin; Alex Krieger, FAIA; and Mia Lehrer, FASLA. The staff of the Commission of Fine Arts, which also administers the operations of the Old Georgetown Board, consists of 12 full-time civil service employees. The current staff members are: Secretary Thomas Luebke, FAIA Assistant Secretary Frederick J. Lindstrom Sarah Batcheler, AIA, LEED AP, Architect, Shipstead-Luce Act Eve Barsoum, Architectural Historian, Old Georgetown Act Jonathan Mellon, Historic Preservation Specialist, Old Georgetown Act Jessica Stevenson, Historic Preservation Specialist, Old Georgetown Act Tony Simon, Architect and Planner Kay Fanning, Ph.D., Historian Daniel Fox, Public Affairs Specialist Trenice Hall, Administrative Officer Susan M. Raposa, Records Officer/Technical Information Specialist Raksha Patel, Administrative Support Assistant

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At the Genau Group: Greg Tabb, Garland Gill Jr., Adam Collins, Justin Kielsgard, Ebony Saunders, Samantha Kuehne and Fletcher Gill Sr. Photo by Patrick G. Ryan. When a visitor reaches Suite 540 in Georgetown’s Canal Square, the first impression is surprise: how can two organizations have the same location? It turns out that the Genau Group Realty Advisors and the nonprofit Luke’s Wings are both overseen by 41-year-old Fletcher Gill, a man who admits to working as many as 20 hours in one day. Gill’s entry into real estate stemmed from a life crisis. When he reached his early 30s, he wanted to do work that was meaningful. Having done consulting for Deloitte and PwC in New York, then worked on accounting software and auditing in Washington, D.C., he realized in December of 2007 that he needed to change his career trajectory. “I was in a job that I was really just tired of,” he says. As he was searching for a different career, he knew that he didn’t want to go into law, nor did he want to go into medicine. A number of friends who were working in real estate suggested that he go into real estate himself. He believed that he could do it, so he quit his former job and charged ahead. At the same time that he was doing this soulsearching, he was seeking a balance in his life — in other words, doing something in which he would be giving back. He was connected with the Red Cross, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian and the Courage Cup. “I was trying to be as involved as I could,” he

says. However, he felt the need to have his own passion project. During a conversation with a friend, Sarah Wingfield, the topic of wounded warriors at Walter Reed Army Medical Center — including Luke Shirley, who lost an arm and a leg — came up. Gill wanted to provide a service for the loved ones of these wounded warriors, so that the cost of visits wouldn’t be an issue. The result was Luke’s Wings, a title making nods to the names of Shirley and Wingfield. As for his real estate business, Gill comments that, because most people don’t often get involved in real estate deals, they may think that there is no need for a go-between, an intermediary and a negotiator between buyer and seller. He argues otherwise, pointing to his staff, who, he says, bring individual specialties to bear. One person may know Montgomery County, Maryland, residential properties and another multi-family properties, for example, creating a real estate brain trust. Nearly all of the firm’s work is local. “We’re focusing more on D.C. metro,” Gill says. Gill’s endeavors are paying off. Luke’s Wings started to show significant success at the end of 2011. The Genau Group, which will be six years old in May, has now reached a good place, he says. The company team has grown twice in size in the last 12 months and Gill is looking to double the current number over the next year.

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Why We Live Here: Laura and Stephen Rodriguez BY STE PHANIE GREE N When Laura Rodriguez was burning the midnight oil on Wall Street, she dreamed of a quieter life with her husband, Stephen, on a leafy street in Georgetown. One late night in her office, she happened upon an online listing for a Victorian across from Tudor Place and, ever the venture capitalist, seized the opportunity. These days, a few years later, Laura and Stephen have a life that is the perfect Georgetown experience they envisioned, but maybe not as quiet: they now have two toddler children (and their cat, Winston, makes a party of five). Laura runs her venture capital fund from a small office behind her kitchen, in between taking her son, Fletcher, to classes at the Smithsonian and hosting events for the Daughters of the American Revolution. An early American flag flies outside their home’s main entrance, a nod to the history of the neighborhood, which they both romanticize.

“If we were living in a neighborhood in Wyoming, maybe we would fly the standard American flag, but this is Georgetown,” explains Stephen, who completed a master’s degree at Georgetown University and, like his wife, works in finance. Laura has reveled in learning about the previous owners of their house, which was built in 1900, combing through archives in the Georgetown Library’s Peabody Room. Like most millennial couples, they shop online for groceries and order-in meals, but steal away for ice cream at Thomas Sweet and take the odd yoga class at Yoga Del Sol. The two Texans also love being so close to Los Cuates Mexican restaurant on Wisconsin Avenue. This spring, as they gear up for baby Violet’s first Georgetown birthday party, they say they can’t imagine a better community in which to raise a child.

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Want to Live in Georgetown? Plank House Yours for Under $30 Million Kevin, we hardly knew ye. Kevin Plank, CEO of Under Armour, Inc., is removing himself from Georgetown, where he founded his sportswear business in his grandmother’s basement on 35th Street. The Plank house at 1405 34th St. NW — purchased in 2013 for $7.8 million — is on the market at $29.5 million, the highest price right now for a D.C. residence. The historic Federal home, built around 1815, includes seven bedrooms, a gym, a small pool, a marble staircase and a man-cave in the basement with a bar and a giant TV. Plank contracted for extensive renovations in and around the property at 34th and O Streets. Best known as the home of Ambassador David Bruce and his wife, Evangeline Bell, the corner residence was sold to Plank by Debbie Winsor, widow of banker Curtin Winsor III.

Alas, the Planks, who reside in Baltimore, were rarely at home in their Georgetown manse — which was tagged as “Sagamore South.” The place was left to become, more or less, a fancy Airbnb for their best buddies and corporate associates, although the Planks did open up the property to the Georgetown House Tour’s Patrons Party, as well as to the Georgetown Garden Tour. Earlier in the year, Plank’s Under Armour unloaded its business property at M Street and Wisconsin Avenue for more than $50 million after substantial renovations. The corner famed for Nathans Restaurant, now long closed, will soon open as a Capital One Cafe. Washington Fine Properties will handle the sale. The listing agents are Nancy Taylor Bubes, Cailin Monahan and Jamie Peva.

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or our Annual Real Estate Special, The Georgetowner has listed the annual sales figures for 2017, a true keepsake for those who live here. We also list a few of the more famous who live in this remarkable neighborhood, so full of history, so grateful of its present well-to-do situation -- and so hopeful of its future. Those who lived in Georgetown include Thomas Jefferson, William Corcoran, Francis Scott Key, Alexander Graham Bell, Jack and Jackie Kennedy, Bobby and Ethel Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Senators Claiborne Pell and Charles Percy, Averell and Pamela Harriman, Kathrine Graham, Elizabeth Taylor and John Warner, Henry Kissinger, Pierre Salinger, Dean Acheson and Herblock. As we say at the Georgetowner, “Once a Georgetowner, always a Georgetowner.”

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2. Tina Alster and Paul Frazer Great skin doctor, great style, great house and philanthropists, too. 3. Scott and Jill Altman Retired NASA astronaut Scott Altman will be inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame next month. Wife Jill gets it all together and works on several community groups, including the Georgetown House Tour. 4. Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough They went from anchor-desk colleagues on cable news to lovebirds, and favorites among the “Resistance.” Their relationship has been well documented on the president’s Twitter feed — along with a few choice insults. 5. steve and Jean Case The tech entrepreneur and former head of AOL is bucking the trend by expanding Silicon Valley innovation all over the country with his venture capital fund, Revolution LLC. 6. Maureen Dowd This whip-smart redhead isn’t slowing down her pen for the New York Times. The Trump era is rife with possibilities for her column. All you have to do is ask: “Did you read Maureen today?” People know who you mean.

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7. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen From Morris County, New Jersey, this Procter & Gamble heir chased down a pickpocket six years ago, leading to the arrest of an 18-year-old suspect. 8. John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Life has slowed down for the former secretary of State and senator, but he’s spending his glory days with Teresa at their many luxe properties. Georgetown will remain home base, at least to their neighbors, who are proud to call this ultimate power couple their own. 9. luke russert Luke Russert, who retired from NBC News after eight years, lives in a Prospect Street home (with mother Maureen Orth) that overlooks the Potomac and is part of the resident opposition against the condo builder below on M Street.

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1. Madeleine Albright This former secretary of State and longtime friend of Hillary Clinton is known for her vast collection of brooches, the subject of a fun coffee-table book.

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10. Kevin Plank The “sweatiest guy on the football field,” whose business, Under Armour — founded in his grandmother’s house on 35th Street — made him a billionaire. 11. Rep. Francis Rooney He’s got his hands full between fighting for hurricane aid, hosting town halls in the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting and being a GOP congressman in the swing state of Florida. But his time as ambassador to the Vatican put him in good stead. He’s even got a 10-foot snakeskin in his office (ask for the backstory when you bump into him).

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12. Robert and Elena Allbritton Would it be impolitic to say we really like that big Q Street house and will attend the next big party? 13. Elizabeth Bagley She’s a former ambassador to Portugal, known for her support of the Washington Ballet — and the Democratic Party. 14. Calvin and Jane Cafritz Great supporters of the Washington National Opera and many other community groups.

15. Jack Evans This steadfast Georgetowner is the longestserving Council member in D.C. and speaks often about how today is “Georgetown’s golden age.”

16. Wilhelmina Holladay Well into her 90s, this grande dame’s living legacy is the National Museum for Women in the Arts, which she cofounded with her late husband Wallace, donating their collection. In 2006, she was awarded both the National Medal of Arts and France’s Legion of Honor (the collection includes many French works).

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17. Connie Milstein She made over the Jefferson Hotel and cofounded Dog Tag Bakery, which helps wounded vets and their families.

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18. Sally Quinn and Quinn Bradlee Her late husband, Ben Bradlee, is back in vogue thanks to Tom Hanks, who portrayed the former Washington Post editor in “The Post.” Many of the film’s scenes depict Georgetown domestic life in the 1970s. 19. Fred Ryan This former chief of staff to Ronald Reagan during his post-presidency is now publisher of the Washington Post, a favorite “fake news” football that the president kicks around on Twitter. We wonder if Ryan applies Reagan’s “Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican” rule at Georgetown parties when the subject of Trump comes up.

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20. Nancy Pelosi A Trinity gal who married a Hoya guy and lives down by the river. She remains part of the Democratic opposition. What’s not to like? 21. Michael and Susan Pillsbury He’s an acclaimed author and an expert on Asian affairs and national security. She’s a British-born patron of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial to Oscar de la Renta gowns. The two are rare conservatives in a liberal stronghold.

22. Eleni Tousimis and Raphael Thiney She is the renowned breast surgical oncologist and director of the Betty Lou Ourisman Breast Health Center at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Her husband is an early success in the financial and digital world. (Eleni pictured with Wilhemina Holladay in 16).

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23. Ellen Charles Granddaughter of Marjorie Merriweather Post, she transformed the Hillwood estate and is the biggest booster of Tudor Place. Two of her dogs — an American foxhound and a Bichon Frise — won their breed and group categories at the 2013 Westminster show. 24. Bill Dean Formerly known for parties at his historic house, the electrical engineering company CEO joyfully gives back to the community — and has a spectacular weekend house on the Chesapeake, designed by Georgetown’s Dale Overmyer. 25. Mark and Sally Ein High-tech entrepreneur Ein and Sally have not yet moved into the Graham estate on R Street. Still, owner of the City Paper offers the various nonprofits for receptions.

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26. Brent Glass The former director of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History remains active on boards and history projects — from San Francisco to D.C. 27. C. Boyden Gray The former White House counsel can be seen around town and is one of Georgetown’s classic gentlemen.

30. Kitty Kelley She’s been called the ultimate poison pen due to her well-researched and revelatory biographies of the rich and famous, but her Irish charm is never lost on her neighbors. Kitty never meets a stranger. 31. Anthony Lanier The man who transformed M Street retail spaces is still going strong and still has his sense of humor. His son Philippe is also in the development biz.

32. Mark Lerner With a family in the shopping-center business, he also likes to play ball — as in Major League Baseball. Go Nats!

33. Ann Nitze A collector of vintage jewelry, this stylish hostess and benefactor makes the classic cool. 35

34. Michael Saylor He’s the Howard Hughes of Washington: filthy rich, quirky and always fascinating. He likes Washington Harbour, no doubt because of the easy access to his yachts — ready for “The Mobile Wave.” 35. Bob Woodward and Elsa Walsh Watergate, insider stories and still at his Post. His writer wife, with her smart feminist perspective, knows to live fully as a mother, too.

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28. Hugh Newell Jacobsen The works of this architect in the winter of his life are abundant around town, across America and overseas. His son Simon continues his storied legacy.

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29. Katty Kay of BBC News This English journalist is the Katie Couric of the BBC, an author and a champion of working women.

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3050 WEST LANE KEYS NW

$2,100,000

2445 P ST NW

$2,149,000

$2,100,000

3024 Q ST NW

$7,250,000

$6,750,000

3303 WATER ST NW #8F

$7,395,000

$6,500,000

3264 N ST NW

$2,295,000

$2,075,000

1515 31ST ST NW

$4,999,000

$5,600,000

3129 O ST NW

$2,200,000

$2,050,000

1525 29TH ST NW

$5,600,000

$5,250,000

2509 P ST NW

$1,995,000

$2,045,000

3017 N ST NW

166

$6,500,000

$5,250,000

3414 VOLTA PL NW

140

$2,195,000

$2,000,000

3303 WATER ST NW #8H

174

$5,100,000

$4,825,000

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3104 DUMBARTON ST NW

$4,995,000

$4,700,000

1314 28TH ST NW

$4,995,000

$4,600,000

3310 P ST NW

$4,500,000

$4,400,000

2722 O ST NW

$4,395,000

$4,300,000

3329 PROSPECT ST NW #6

275

$4,395,000

$4,250,000

3304 N ST NW

$3,995,000

$4,000,000

3241 R ST NW

$4,500,000

$4,000,000

1514 30TH ST NW

$3,995,000

1339 29TH ST NW

$4,299,000

$3,975,000

3401 N ST NW

159

$4,250,000

$3,950,000

2816 O ST NW

$3,990,000

$3,900,000

3030 K ST NW #PH 106

312

$4,395,000

$3,850,000

3025 P ST NW

$3,650,000

$3,670,000

2703 DUMBARTON ST NW

$3,750,000

3115 O ST NW

3420 P ST NW

3345 Q ST NW

127

$2,095,000

$2,000,000

2819 Q ST NW

$2,195,000

$2,000,000

2802 P ST NW

$2,050,000

$2,000,000

3417 PROSPECT ST NW

105

$2,290,000

$2,000,000

2516 Q ST NW #Q303

$1,999,900

$1,975,000

1413 29TH ST NW

$1,995,000

$1,975,000

1214 30TH ST NW

$1,975,000

$1,950,000

2817 Q ST NW

$1,925,000

1668 AVON PL NW

285

$1,995,000

$1,920,000

2457 P ST NW

119

$1,995,000

$1,900,000

2808 R ST NW

$1,995,000

$1,900,000

2525 P ST NW

$1,895,000

$1,850,000

3713 RESERVOIR RD NW

$1,850,000

$1,800,000

$3,550,000

3416 PROSPECT ST NW

$1,869,000

$1,800,000

$3,650,000

$3,450,000

3011 CAMBRIDGE PL NW

$1,797,000

$3,750,000

$3,350,000

2905 N ST NW

$1,750,000

$1,795,000

1671 34TH ST NW

$3,500,000

$3,300,000

2721 O ST NW

$1,750,000

$1,725,000

3150 SOUTH ST NW #2E

209

$3,450,000

$3,275,000

3011 DUMBARTON ST NW

$1,749,000

$1,695,000

3150 SOUTH ST NW #2F

$3,550,000

$3,200,000

4066 MANSION DR NW

$1,695,000

$1,675,000

3021 P ST NW

339

$2,995,000

$2,857,500

1236 28TH ST NW

156

$1,795,000

$1,675,000

1683 34TH ST NW

$2,895,000

$2,775,000

2447 P ST NW

$1,695,000

$1,662,500

3303 VOLTA PL NW

$2,795,000

$2,710,000

3040 P ST NW

$1,695,000

$1,660,000

3048 N ST NW

$2,495,000

$2,650,000

1517 26TH ST NW

$1,595,000

$1,653,000

2725 N ST NW

$2,750,000

$2,635,000

1605 30TH ST NW

$1,695,000

$1,650,000

3258 O ST NW

$2,775,000

$2,630,000

3052 R ST NW #301

$1,699,000

$1,649,000

3334 N ST NW

$2,675,000

$2,600,000

$1,699,500

$1,640,000

1342 28TH ST NW

122

$2,650,000

$2,600,000

3322 PROSPECT ST NW

3402 R ST NW

$2,595,000

$2,550,000

$1,665,000

$1,630,000

3030 K ST NW #108

124

$2,750,000

$2,500,000

3731 WINFIELD LN NW

1528 31ST ST NW

$2,495,000

$2,475,000

3046 P ST NW

$1,650,000

$1,625,000

2455 P ST NW

$2,495,000

$2,445,000

3303 WATER ST NW #5C

220

$1,695,000

$1,620,000

3303 WATER ST NW #3H

$2,495,000

$2,410,000

3639 SAINT MARYS PL NW

$1,695,000

$1,615,000

1309 35TH ST NW

$2,495,000

$2,395,000

$1,645,000

$1,600,000

3134 P ST NW

$2,350,000

$2,375,000

3711 WINFIELD LN NW

1412 34TH ST NW

$2,395,000

$2,335,000

2449 P ST NW

$1,639,000

$1,600,000

3609 R ST NW

$2,250,000

3629 WINFIELD LN NW

231

$1,600,000

2717 OLIVE ST NW

$2,350,000

$2,225,000

$1,595,000

$2,395,000

$2,225,000

3745 WINFIELD LN NW

1679 31ST ST NW 3030 Q ST NW

$2,495,000

$2,210,000

$1,595,000

$1,580,000

2709 P ST NW

$2,195,000

$2,200,000

3929 HIGHWOOD CT NW

1234 33RD ST NW

$2,495,000

$2,175,000

2707 DUMBARTON ST NW

$1,599,000

$1,575,000

2701 O ST NW

$2,200,000

$2,100,000

3042 DENT PL NW

$1,550,000

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3303 WATER ST NW #8F

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REAL ESTATE 3411 R ST NW

$1,595,000

$1,532,500

1670 34TH ST NW

237

$1,210,000

$1,100,000

3134 O ST NW

$1,420,000

$1,531,000

1237 31ST ST NW

$1,100,000

1077 30TH ST NW #207

$699,000

$680,000

3134 O ST NW

$1,505,000

3250 Q ST NW

$1,099,000

1053 PAPER MILL CT NW #1053

$675,000

3232 O ST NW

$1,495,000

$1,505,000

$1,150,000

$1,072,200

2735 P ST NW

$1,495,000

$1,501,000

1220 POTOMAC ST NW

1318 35TH ST NW #11

$659,999

$659,000

3212 VOLTA PL NW

311

$1,499,000

$1,492,000

3429 Q ST NW

168

$1,199,000

$1,070,000

3225 GRACE ST NW #217

$679,000

$652,500

3620 WINFIELD LN NW

$1,595,000

$1,470,000

1015 33RD ST NW #509

$1,175,000

$1,065,000

1077 30TH ST NW #507

$715,000

$645,000

3284 N ST NW

$1,495,000

$1,460,000

1220 BANKS PL NW

$1,100,000

$1,035,000

3301 DENT PL NW

$995,000

$1,013,000

3024 R ST NW #2

$655,000

$641,500

$1,000,000

1055 PAPER MILL CT NW #1055

$649,000

1527 30TH ST NW #B21

497

$1,150,000

$640,000

1517 30TH ST NW #C22

$990,000

3248 GRACE ST NW #3248

$639,000

2516 Q ST NW #Q-204

$1,025,000

$985,000

1015 33RD ST NW #501

$639,000

2514 MILL RD NW

$999,900

$985,000

3222 CHERRY HILL LN NW #A2

125

$649,000

$634,000

3333 N ST NW #8

$631,000

$632,500

3016 R ST NW #2

$614,000

$625,000

3010 R ST NW #2

$620,000

1517 30TH ST NW #C1

$620,000

$615,000

2500 Q ST NW #533

115

$625,000

$610,000

1236 ETON CT NW #T19

$650,000

$600,000

1023 POTOMAC ST NW #1023P

$599,500

$599,000

3250 N ST NW #2-A

$610,000

$597,500

1657 31ST ST NW #201

107

$600,000

$585,000

1080 WISCONSIN AVE NW #201- W

$590,000

$580,000

3651 WINFIELD LN NW

$1,499,000

$1,455,000

1237 29TH ST NW

$1,495,000

$1,445,000

3216 RESERVOIR RD NW

$1,395,000

$1,411,000

3510 WINFIELD LN NW

$1,450,000

$1,410,000

1561 33RD ST NW

$1,295,000

$1,410,000

1213 35TH ST NW

152

$995,000

$975,000

3318 PROSPECT ST NW

$1,450,000

$1,400,000

1729 34TH ST NW

$950,000

$975,000

3259 O ST NW

$995,000

$967,500

2916 O ST NW

$975,000

$965,000

1613 30TH ST NW #3S

$949,000

$950,000

146

$995,000

$950,000

3217 VOLTA PL NW

$1,375,000

1331 30TH ST NW

$1,390,000

$1,370,000

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1320 30TH ST NW

$1,485,000

$1,360,000

1015 33RD ST NW #707

3220 GRACE ST NW #PH-2

$1,350,000

3303 WATER ST NW #3K

$995,000

$950,000

2913 OLIVE ST NW

$1,399,000

$1,350,000

1338 28TH ST NW

$949,000

3052 R ST NW #302-A

268

$1,349,900

$1,344,900

1524 32ND ST NW

$899,000

$945,000

2912 OLIVE ST NW

$1,475,000

$1,325,000

2724 P ST NW

$995,000

$935,000

3917 GEORGETOWN CT NW

$1,325,000

2735 OLIVE ST NW #10

$949,000

$930,000

1510 34TH ST NW

$1,349,000

$1,325,000

3312 VOLTA PL NW

$949,000

$920,000

1411 33RD ST NW

$1,375,000

$1,325,000

1534 32ND ST NW

$875,000

$911,001

1414 29TH ST NW

$1,499,000

$1,300,000

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3341 P ST NW

133

$1,349,000

$1,290,000

$899,000

$910,000

$1,295,000

$1,290,000

2806 DUMBARTON ST NW

1241 28TH ST NW 1337 27TH ST NW

$1,295,000

$1,280,000

3424 O ST NW

$959,000

$905,000

1218 28TH ST NW

$1,295,000

$1,272,000

1822 35TH ST NW

$924,900

$899,500

1223 POTOMAC ST NW

$1,299,000

$1,270,000

3267 N ST NW #2

$924,000

$897,000

$895,000

$870,000

$1,250,000

$1,265,000

1077 30TH ST NW #209

102

1604 32ND ST NW 1659 WISCONSIN AVE NW

$1,260,000

2735 OLIVE ST NW #9

128

$899,000

$870,000

127

$885,000

$869,350

3238 RESERVOIR RD NW

$1,350,000

$1,240,000

3251 PROSPECT ST NW #316 1045 31ST ST NW #404

$895,000

$865,000

3422 DENT PL NW

145

$1,300,000

$1,240,000

1608 34TH ST NW

$850,000

3244 Q ST NW

$1,240,000

1672 34TH ST NW

225

$895,000

$850,000

3052 R ST NW #303

126

$1,299,000

$1,230,000

176

$885,000

$840,000

3316 RESERVOIR RD NW

$1,250,000

$1,230,000

1015 33RD ST NW #710

$815,000

$1,230,000

1077 30TH ST NW #309

1233 29TH ST NW 1029 30TH ST NW

$1,250,000

$1,222,000

3012 R ST NW #1/2

$829,000

$815,000

3727 WINFIELD LN NW

$1,219,000

3316 P ST NW #REAR

$795,000

$780,000

1531 31ST ST NW #3

$775,000

$780,000

3273 P ST NW

$1,199,000

$1,215,000

$779,000

$770,000

$1,250,000

$1,212,500

1072 PAPER MILL CT NW #1072

2907 OLIVE ST NW 1710 34TH ST NW

$1,195,000

$1,200,000

$699,999

$767,000

1417 36TH ST NW

$1,250,000

$1,185,000

3134 DUMBARTON ST NW

3414 O ST NW

$1,195,000

$1,175,000

1247 35TH ST NW

$749,000

$750,000

1601 CATON PL NW

$1,237,000

$1,175,000

1526 26TH ST NW

$765,000

$745,000

1328 30TH ST NW

$1,295,000

$1,160,000

1531 31ST ST NW #4

$699,000

1619 33RD ST NW

$1,145,000

1028 PAPER MILL CT NW #1028

$695,000

3711 WINFIELD LN NW

$1,100,000

1080 WISCONSIN AVE NW #2005

$695,000

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2170 DUNMORE LN NW

2121 DUNMORE LN NW

1314 28TH ST NW

WASHINGTON DC’S FINEST RESTAURANTS

Food, Drink Specials Bloom During Festival ENO WINE BAR

CLYDE’S OF GEORGETOWN

HAPPY HOUR: Offered nightly Tuesday - Thursday from 5 - 7 PM & Sunday from 4 - 7 PM. Enjoy select $7 wines on tap. Join us on Wednesday’s for College Nights from 9 - 11 PM and Sunday’s for 30% off bottles. Our delightful wines are best enjoyed with local charcuterie, cheese and small plates.

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.

2810 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., NW 202–295–2826 | enowinerooms.com

Spring is mere weeks away, and with its return come the pink, white and purple blossoms of D.C.’s beloved Japanese cherry trees. The National Park Service predicts this year’s peak bloom will occur from March 17 through 20. After a morning of sightseeing and snapping photos around the Tidal Basin, relax at one of the restaurants getting into the festival spirit with food and drink specials. Here are five to bookmark over the coming weeks. Cherry Blossom Pop-Up Bar 1843 7th St. NW popupbardc.com This themed bar is the place to be for all things cherry blossom. Its cocktails and décor blend the flora and colors of the festival with Japanese ingredients and flare. Sip on drinks ($13) made with ingredients like Japanese whiskey and shochu while gazing at a 10-foottall Godzilla robot and rooms adorned with butterflies and paper cranes. The bar — a temporary project from Drink Company, the creative minds behind the popular Game of Thrones and Miracle on Seventh Street bars — will remain open through April 29. District Distilling 1414 U St. NW district-distilling.com Away from the crowds on the National Mall, this U Street distillery is preparing a three-course meal ($45) designed with cherry blossoms in mind. Feast on dishes including baby spring greens with cherries and shaved asparagus and an entrée of crispy skin duck breast. The bar has created accompanying cocktails ($11) using the distillery’s own spirits, such as its Backroom rye whiskey and WildJune gin.

THE OCEANAIRE SEAFOOD ROOM

TOWN HALL

The Oceanaire blends a sophisticated atmosphere with simple, seasonal and regionally-inspired cuisine – the result is “the ultra-fresh seafood experience”. From our wines and cocktails to our seafood, steak and desserts, our commitment to sustainable and locally-sourced ingredients is apparent in everything we do. Reserve your table today for an extraordinary dining experience.

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 7 p.m., and, our outdoor courtyard is one of DC’s best kept secrets.

DAS ETHIOPIAN

FILOMENA RISTORANTE

DAS Ethiopian offers you a cozy two-story setting, with rare outside dining views and al fresco patio dining. DAS is located at the eclectically brilliant historic corner of the shopping district of Georgetown. A tent under which all come to feast is the very Amharic definition of DAS. Enjoy the casual yet refined atmosphere that serves up the freshest Ethiopian dishes from local and sustainable food sources.

A Georgetown landmark for over 30 years featuring styles and recipes passed through generations. Balanced cutting-edge culinary creations of modern Italy using the fresh ingredients and made-from-scratch sauces and pastas. Seen on The Travel Channel, Awardwinning Filomena is a favorite of U.S. Presidents, celebrities, sports legends, political leaders. “Don’t miss their bakery’s incredible desserts” - Best in D.C.

MARTIN’S TAVERN

CAFE BONAPARTE

Fifth generation Lauren Martin learns the family business from her dad, Billy Martin, Jr. Since 1933, the warm atmosphere of Martin’s Tavern has welcomed neighbors and 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.

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.

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Old Town Canoe Co. salesman’s sample sold at auction for a hammer price of $24,000. The 4 foot display model likely dated to the 1920’s. Credit: Guyette & Deeter these miniature goods, known as salesman samples, were easily transportable by traveling salespeople. They allowed dealers to showcase a variety of items that could then be ordered directly from a manufacturer. Once a salesman snagged a buyer, he secured a deposit and placed the order. When the item was made and shipped, the buyer would complete the transaction. Commonly used in the 19th and 20th centuries, salesman samples were exact duplicates of the larger pieces, showing extensive and important details. They fall into two categories: those that work and those that do not. Working samples, more common prior to 1920, can help date a piece. It is easy for a collector to confuse a true salesman sample from a child’s toy. Look for great detail and specific aspects of the product — not what you would find on a small-scale toy. Collectors must be wary. Many of the miniatures sold on eBay as salesman samples are actually toys. For example, the Germans made some very detailed and exacting toy steam engines that look very much like fullsize steam engines, but, indeed, they are toys.

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Wilson’s ‘Two Trains’ at Arena BY G ARY T IS CHL ER Carlton Byrd is back. And so is August Wilson. Actor Carlton Byrd is returning to Washington, where he was last seen in a production of cutting-edge playwright Robert O’Hara’s “Antebellum.” This time, he’s immersed in a strong cast in Arena Stage’s co-production (with Seattle Repertory Theatre) of Pulitzer Prize-winning African American playwright August Wilson’s “Two Trains Running.” Byrd — who was part of the cast of “Two Trains” when it was performed in Seattle, playing the part of Sterling — is excited to return to the play and to Washington, both. “It’s special to be in this play,” the Floridaborn actor said. “It’s special to be back with some of the actors returning to it with me, but also because it’s August Wilson.” Byrd’s appearance in “Antebellum” was at Woolly Mammoth. O’Hara is a controversial playwright of a different kind — witness “An Octoroon,” also at Woolly, a feverish, surreal play about plantation days, theater and race. “‘Antebellum’ was pretty tough and strong and raw,” Byrd said. “My mother came to see it. She’s an elementary-school teacher, and she said, ‘Carlton, you are going to go through this play step by step for me and explain it.’ “This play, though, Wilson, he continually challenges you, and you become a part of the world he creates,” Byrd said. “I know people have called him the Shakespeare of African American playwrights, but it’s more than that.

“Certainly, it’s the language. It’s poetic, lyrical, but also gritty and authentic and real. And as an actor you can embrace it with passion.” With the coming of “Two Trains Running” — rehearsals start mid-month, according to Byrd — Washington theatergoers will see why Wilson’s big epic, “The Pittsburgh Cycle,” is so fluid and appealing to all sorts of audiences. “I could see that in Seattle, with the audiences,” Byrd said. “You had all kinds of people, and it depended on the time of day, literally. There would be young kids, high school age, who could get pretty vocal, because, well, they’re kids. There’d be people who lived through those times, and they were more thoughtful, reticent, but you could see it change through the course of the performance. It was as if they were giving themselves permission to respond.” Wilson, who died in 2005 of liver cancer, certainly belongs in the ranks of America’s major all-at-once poetic, serious and great theater artists. Evidence of that came this past year, when the movie version of “Fences,” about the life of an often bitter former baseball player, played by Denzel Washington, became a critical and commercial hit. A man of no small ambition, Wilson tried and succeeded to transform African American history into theatrical terms, writing a cycle of 10 plays set in and around the Hill District of Pittsburgh at various times over a 100-year period.

Nicole Lewis, Carlton Byrd and Eugene Lee in “Two Trains Running.” Photo by Nate Watters for Seattle Repertory Theatre. Courtesy Arena Stage. There is nothing static or museum-like about any of the plays. They are the epitome of storytelling. This is very much in evidence in “Two Trains Running,” in which every man and woman seems to be at home with a great monologue or two. “The writing and the dialogue in this play are amazing,” Byrd said. “Their talk is storytalk, rich and detailed.” Wilson’s range and influence in these plays is remarkable, from “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” to “Radio Golf” to the intense family play “The Piano Lesson” to “Seven Guitars,” “Jitney,” “Gem of the Ocean,” “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” and “King Hedley II.” Every time a Wilson play is performed in Washington, it’s a kind of homecoming, especially at Arena Stage and Studio Theatre, where this writer saw both “Two Trains” and “Ma Rainey.” Yaphett Katto starred in a production of “Fences” at Arena. Byrd said that Sterling, the character he plays in “Two Trains Running,” is a “man who’s just

been released from prison and wants to rise above that. He wants to succeed, to work, to lead a good life. He’s ambitious. And then he meets a woman and then that’s what he wants.” Wilson’s plays — “Two Trains” is no exception — are acutely both resistant and accommodating, chameleon-like to the passage of time. Rather than dated, they become freighted with time. “Two Trains” takes place in a diner in 1969, a year after Martin Luther King’s death, and while King and Malcolm X are talked about, they are not central to the play. But the conditions of the times are. “Everybody reacts differently,” Byrd said of the audiences. That’s true today, with the dramatic presence of the Black Lives Matter movement adding to the play and pulling it into the here and now. Though set in a single community, Wilson’s plays, filled with authentic and moving voices, speak to the African American — and American — experience as a whole.

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Arts Advocacy Day is March 12-13. On Monday, March 12, the 31st annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy in the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater will be a conversation with Lonnie G. Bunch III and Richard D. Parsons, moderated by Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. Bunch is the founding director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Parsons, a member of the museum’s board, is board chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation. For details, visit americansforthearts.org.

As a benefit for Puerto Rico, GALA Hispanic Theatre, 3333 14th St. NW, will restage an updated version of Ángel Vázquez’s comedy “Hecho en Puelto Rico” [sic] on Friday, March 16, and also present his new piece about domestic violence, “Macho Menos,” on Saturday, March 17. The shows will be performed in Spanish only. Tickets to each show are $30. For tickets, visit galatheatre.org or call 202-234-7174.

Robert Baker, chair of the music department at George Washington University, will speak at a brunch organized by the Guild for Washington Concert Opera on Sunday, March 18, at the Army and Navy Club, 901 17th St. NW. Baker will share stories from his singing career and his thoughts on opera and classical music. A Q&A will follow. Tickets are $55. For tickets, contact Johanna Thompson at jwth36@gmail.com or 301-871-3012.

Theater J’s annual benefit, on Sunday, March 25, at Washington Hebrew Congregation, 3935 Macomb St. NW, will be “An Evening with America’s Favorite Sex Therapist,” with Ruth K. Westheimer in conversation with author and Georgetown University professor Deborah Tannen. Tickets for the event, honoring attorney Hank Schlosberg, are $300 and up. For tickets, visit theaterj.org. The theater’s production of “Becoming Dr. Ruth” runs through March 18.

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‘Outliers’at the National Gallery BY R ICHARD S E L DE N Great art — or, at least, important art — can result from a purely rational process. The precisely delimited, flat-colored paintings of Mondrian and Ellsworth Kelly, for instance. But more often, work that succeeds in capturing an emotional experience in visual terms and transmitting it from artist to viewer has an irrational component, meaning the unconscious mind has come into play. Think of Goya, Redon, van Gogh, Rothko, Pollock, Bourgeois. Sometimes this quality appears in the work of artists who follow their own paths in isolation, perhaps not even thinking of themselves as artists. And, in some cases, influential work (as well as much unsuccessful art) is the product of an altered or a nonconventional mental state. Without trying to sort out the posthumous diagnoses of van Gogh’s condition, it’s fair to say that if he hadn’t been canonized (rightly) as one of the greatest Post-Impressionists, he might have been labeled a folk, naïve, primitive, self-taught or visionary artist. Rather than endorse these pigeonholing adjectives, the major National Gallery of Art exhibition “Outliers and American Vanguard Art,” on view through May 13, seeks to give artistic outsiders the inside track. The show “introduces the term ‘outlier’ in order to propose a new conception of creators at a distance from the aggregate who have agency: that is, their position at a remove is often a preferred location, a place of strength.” (Whether Malcolm Gladwell gave his blessing is unknown.) With a view to eliminating distinctions between the trained and the untrained, the cosmopolitan and the provincial, the agnostic and the religiously inspired, even — in politically incorrect terms — the sane and the insane, the exhibition’s curator, the National Gallery’s Lynne Cooke, has intermingled works by artists of very different backgrounds. The organizing principles for this impressively sprawling show, comprising more than 250 works, are formal and chronological kinship. Cooke — an Australian who received her Ph.D. from the University of London’s Courtauld Institute — has identified “three moments of social, political, and cultural upheaval when the intersection of self-taught artists with the mainstream has been at its most fertile: the interwar years, particularly the aftermath of the Great Depression, through World War II; the ‘long’ decade of the 1970s, in the wake of the civil rights, feminist, gay liberation, and countercultural movements; and a period beginning in the twilight of the twentieth century, when the long-held division between schooled and unschooled makers finally proved untenable.” Traveling to the High Museum in Atlanta and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the exhibition is likely to take its place on a roster of inclusionary projects cited in the

Henry Darger’s scrolls of traced little girls at war in 1997; and Baltimore’s American Visionary Art Museum, which opened in 1995 and expanded in 2004. The very bizarre Darger is here, as are classic “primitives” like Henri Rousseau and increasingly appreciated African American artists such as sculptor William Edmondson and painters Horace Pippin and Sister Gertrude Morgan. There are also works by highly trained and sophisticated artists who were inspired by self-taught artists: Marsden Hartley, Florine Stettheimer, Charles Sheeler, Jacob Lawrence and Betye Saar, for example. In fact, more than 80 artists are represented. Though having so much to see, enjoy and learn from is a plus, at times the abundance seems to muddy rather than clarify a complex topic. It also causes one to ask “Why him (or her)?” and “Why not her (or him)?” But perhaps this stimulating effect was intended.

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The 31st Annual Leukemia Ball — reception and silent auction followed by dinner, a Mercedes-Benz Raffle and dancing — will be emceed by married couple, Allison Starlin of ABC7/WJLA-TV and Peter Alexander of NBC News. Entertainment will be provided by author, radio host and comedian Jeff Foxworthy and song writer and artist Phil Vassar. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is the largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding research, finding cures and ensuring access to treatments for blood cancer patients. Walter E. Convention Center. Visit lls.org.

Colombian Ambassador Camilo Reyes and his wife Gloria Reyes are honorary patrons of the 18th Annual Latino Student Gala that will honor José Andrés and the World Central Kitchen — cocktails, Latin music, a silent auction, followed dinner and a live auction. The Latino Student Fund was founded in 1994 to address educational access for Hispanic students in Washington, D.C., and has served more than 4,000 youths. Organization of American States. Contact Maria Fernanda Borja at mfborja@latinostudentfund.org.

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Under the patronage of British Ambassador Kim Darroch, Opera Camerata will hold its first gala evening with a seated dinner and performance of “The Pirates of Penzance.” The non-profit offers both first-time and long-time opera fans of all ages unique, intimate opera experiences with world-class performers and musicians in elegant settings. Part of its mission in Washington is to present abbreviated performances in D.C. public schools to introduce opera to students as well as assisting children studying performing arts. Residence of the Ambassador of Great Britain. Contact info@operacamerata.org.

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BY C H R ISTIN E WAR N KE Dubbed “Her Deepness” by the New Yorker, Sylvia “Earle received the 2018 Environmental Champion Award from the Environmental Film Festival Feb. 5 at the Embassy of France for all of her work to preserve our global oceans. The evening, hosted by French Ambassador Gérard Araud, drew an illustrious crowd of people committed to preserving our waters and included Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island), Sen. Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) and his wife, Rear Admiral Susan Blumenthal. Araud capped off his introductory remarks by saying, “Make our planet great again,” which drew a hearty round of applause. The film festival runs March 15 through March 25 in various across D.C.

WASHINGTON PERFORMING ARTS GALA

Lonnie G. Bunch III, the Founding Director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, will be honored with the Ambassador of the Arts Award. The honroee embodies the Washington Performing Art motto, “Everybody in, nobody out.” The gala will support WPA’s arts education initiatives and presentation of artists at ten venues each season. National Building Museum. Contact Helen Aberger at 202 5331877 or haberger@washingtonperformingarts. org.

Maryanne Culpepper, Fabien Cousteau, Sylvia Earle, Wendy Benchley and Sen. Ed Markey. Photo by Joy Asico.

Eyes on Broadway at Watergate BY MARY BIRD Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington presented its 2018 Night of Vision “Eyes on Broadway” at the Watergate Hotel March 3. Guests found their table assignments atop miniature yellow New York taxis echoing the theme. Following cocktails and a silent auction, they enjoyed master of ceremonies Topper Shutt, Chief Meteorologist, WUSA9, and presentation of awards to Donna Thiel and Penelope Helfgott. Dinner was followed by a live auction and presentation of the Professional Service Award to Frank S. Ashburn Jr., M.D. Retiring POB Executive Director Michele Hartlove bid an emotional farewell to her colleagues after 19 years of dedicated service. Speakers of the House provided music during dessert and dancing. The society is committed to preventing blindness through aggressive outreach efforts.

Environmental Film Festival honoree, marine biologist Sylvia Earle, called “Hero for the Planet” by Time. Photo by Joy Asico.

Sylvia Earle, National Geographic’s explorer-inresidence, is featured in several films on the state of the oceans. Photo by Joy Asico.

Georgetown’s Cop, Antonial Atkins, Saluted BY R OBERT D EVAN EY Different parts of Georgetown and Washington converged at the House of Sweden to applaud officer Antonial Atkins upon his retirement from the Metropolitan Police Department after 28 years. Residents, business leaders, politicians and family members talked about the innovative policeman: “rocket man,” “epitome of community policing,” “wish I could clone him,” “man of God, great man,” and “knows Georgetown better than most Georgetowners.” Council member Jack Evans presented Atkins with a resolution that proclaimed March 2 “Antonial Atkins Day in the District of Columbia.” There’s more to come for Atkins, who said he will continue some of his work for the D.C. government.

Mohamad Jaafar, M.D., with wife Siwar Jaafar and Melanie Buttross, M.D. Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan.

Emily Chew, M.D. of the National Eye Institute, Caren Forsten, incoming executive director of the POB and Donald Gagliano, M.D., president of the board of trustees of POB. Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan.

Penelope Helfgott, Community Service awardee, Donna Thiel, Community Appreciation awardee, and Frank Ashburn, Jr., M.D., Professional Service awardee, with POB Executive Director Michele Hartlove. Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan.

Retired MPD officer Antonial Atkins and his wife Stacy. Photo by Jemar Atkins.

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MASS AVE HEIGHTS, WASHINGTON, DC Breathtaking Rock Creek Park views in over 10,000 square feet designed by Marshall/Moya. 4/5 bedrooms, 5 baths, media room, pool, sauna, gym, eight car garage. Beyond imagination. $10,750,000 Marilyn Charity 202-427-7553

WEST END, WASHINGTON, DC Best of all worlds! Luxury Penthouse living with 4,000+ SF of outdoor/entertaining space at the Ritz Carlton. Two-levels with 3BR, 5.5BA, meticulously renovated; luxurious and expansive master suite. $7,200,000 Mark McFadden 703-216-1333

ROCKBURN FARM, RECTORTOWN, VA Historic 1828 20-rm manor house on 132 acs in the Piedmont Hunt. Western views to the Blue Ridge & surrounding countryside. 4 tenant houses + stables. $6,850,000 Kevin Keane 540-687-2221 Carole Miller 540-729-7896

MASS AVE HEIGHTS, WASHINGTON, DC Stately residence on private st. surrounded by parkland features. Turnkey interior w/ sun-drenched, grand-scale rooms throughout. Fabulous kitchen/FR w/ 10’+ ceilings. Gorgeous back garden w/ pool & privacy. $5,995,000 Margot Wilson 202-549-2100

GEORGETOWN, WASHINGTON, DC Stunning, contemporary renovation designed to capture the sweeping views of the Potomac River on each lvl including roof deck. Highest quality of finishes throughout w/ 1 car garage & elevator. $4,995,000 Nancy Taylor Bubes 202-256-2164

BERKELY, WASHINGTON, DC Handsome renovation & addition of 1933 residence with all new systems, windows, and roof. Great site lines, 3 fireplaces, 6BR, 7.55BA, terraces overlooking parkland and 2 car garage. $4,995,000 W. Ted Gossett 703-625-5656

MASS AVE HEIGHTS, WASHINGTON, DC Beautiful, large 16,280 square foot improved corner lot. Illustration depicts a preliminary design. Price is for land only. $4,500,000 Anne Hatfield Weir 202-255-2490 Heidi Hatfield 202-258-1919

GEORGETOWN, WASHINGTON, DC Incredible modern masterpiece with grand open floor plan, high ceilings, huge roof deck, three-car parking and more! $3,295,000 Robert Hryniewicki Adam T. Rackliffe 202-243-1620

EDGEMOOR, BETHESDA, MARYLAND Custom designed nearly 8,000 square feet with elevator, two-car garage, and swimming pool! Prime location, walk to Metro! $2,900,000 Robert Hryniewicki Adam T. Rackliffe 202-243-1620

GEORGETOWN, WASHINGTON, DC Beautifully renovated 4BR/3.5BA home w/ incredible natural light looking onto Rose Park. High ceilings, HWF, spacious living & sun rooms w/ views of 2,000 SF garden. Rental pkg next door! $2,350,000 Nancy Taylor Bubes 202-386-781

SPRING VALLEY, WASHINGTON, DC Renovated, stone 3BR/4.5BA, LR w/ fpl & bay, DR w/ fpl & French doors to garden. Family room adjoins eat-in kitchen w/ island, and breakfast bar 1st floor MBR, circular drive & two-car garage. $2,295,000 Chuck Holzwarth 202-285-2616

EAST VILLAGE, WASHINGTON, DC Beautiful 2BR/2.5BA home in the heart of Georgetown’s East Village. Federal home w/ spacious living areas on main level & sunroom leading out to private patio. Master BR offers a large en-suite BA. 2 car pkg. $1,645,000 Nancy Taylor Bubes 202-256-2164

EAST VILLAGE, WASHINGTON, DC Beautifully renovated 3BR/3.5BA home in Georgetown w/ rear patio & 1 car pkg. Beautiful HWF, gourmet kit w/top of the line appliances throughout. MS w/ walk-in closet & luxurious bath. $1,495,000 Nancy Taylor Bubes 202-386-7813

NORTHFIELD, FAUQUIER COUNTY, VA 53+ acres in Piedmont Hunt w/ 4BR, 5.5BA residence. Main floor MBR. 2 stall stable + frame structure- can be converted to guest cottage. Lovely fenced open land w/ stream & pond. Bull Run & Cobbler mtn views. $1,399,000 Carole Miller 540-729-7896

POTOMAC, MARYLAND Thoughtfully renovated & expanded 6,000 square feet Colonial on 2 picturesque private acres. Amazing sunfilled floor plan, chef’s kit, front porch, screened porch and pool. Near Potomac Village. $1,398,000 Anne Killeen 301-706-0067

FOGGY BOTTOM, WASHINGTON, DC Charming renovated studio flooded with natural light. Gleaming hardwood floors, stainless steel/ granite kitchen, crown moldings, walk-in closet, pet friendly, and private rooftop patio! $269,500 Nate Guggenheim 202-333-5905

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