Georgetowner's April 9, 2014 Issue

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Editorial/Opinion

RE AL E S TAT E 10

Sales

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Featured Property

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Auction Block

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Le Decor

COV E R S T OR Y 14

Potomac’s Present & Future

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Be Green: Fact vs.

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FOOD & WI N E 18

Dining Guide

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Easter Brunch

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What’s Cooking, Neighbor?

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Six Wines for Spring

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UP & COMING Walk for Wishes Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic invites individuals to participate in Walk for Wishes, a community-wide celebration and effort to grant wishes for local children with life-threatening medical conditions. For details, visit midatlantic.wish.org. On the National Mall.

The enterance of the DC Design House DC Design House Benefiting Children’s National Health System, the DC Design House showcases the talents of the area’s finest designers, including Kelley Proxmire, Camille Saum and Marika Meyer.

The show - featuring 29 designed spaces - runs through May 11. For details, visit dcdesignhouse.com. 4600 Linnean Ave., NW. Choral EvenSong Christ Church of Georgetown continues its Choral Evensong series on Palm Sunday, with

the music of William Smith, George Dyson and William Byrd. Sung by the professional Choir of Christ Church, this series is free and open to the public. For details, call 202-3336677. 31st and O St., NW.

three decades of bringing award-winning movies to Washington, DC, theater goers. For details, visit www.filmfestdc.org. Opening night at Mazza Gallerie, 5300 Wisconsin Ave., NW.

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Take an Om Break - Lunch Hour Yoga Feed yourself something different on Tuesdays. Join us for ongoing lunch hour yoga at the Georgetown Neighborhood Library. Lunch Hour Yoga will take place on Tuesdays beginning April 8 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Please bring your own mat. To RSVP, email Erika.

Rydberg@dc.gov. 3260 R St., NW. DC Emancipation Day Parade and Free Concert This year’s event marks the 152nd anniversary of Lincoln’s signing of the District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act of 1862, which made the nation’s capital the first to end slavery. A festive parade, with more than 40 participating groups, begins at 11 a.m.

The festivities continue with an open house at the John A. Wilson Building. The official concert, “Message in the Music,” will begin at 4 p.m. at Freedom Plaza and feature Talib Kweli, Raheem DeVaughn, Arrested Development, MC Lyte and others. For details, visit www.emancipationdc.com.

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DC International Film Festival 2014 Filmfest DC returns to the nation’s capital for the last time, April 17 – 27, celebrating nearly

“Half of a Yellow Sun,” starring Oscar nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor, showing on April 19 at AMC Mazza Gallerie

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Hill Country Barbecue Market The Hill Country Easter Bunny will be on hand throughout the day and an Easter egg hunt is open to anyone who would like to participate. There will be eggs and treats for grown-ups and kids alike hidden around the restaurant. Hill Country will feature its aptly named Feed Yer Family special all day. 410 7th St., NW.

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Charity Off the Hook ProFish will host a benefit for its charitable arm, Charity Off the Hook, at Tony and Joe’s at Georgetown’s Washington Harbour. The event will feature local seafood prepared by local chefs and special celebrity guest John Riggins, Redskins Super Bowl MVP, NFL Hall of Famer and host and star of “Riggo on the Range.” The event includes a cocktail reception with local beer and wine, live local oyster shucking stations, celebrated chef creations passed throughout the evening, local seafood, live entertainment, silent auction and more.

6:30-10 p.m. Tickets are $75. Tony and Joe’s, 3000 K St., NW.

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Georgetown House Tour Each year, the Georgetown House Tour features between eight and ten beautiful Georgetown homes. The 2014 tour will feature nine homes around Georgetown.

The 83-year-old house tour allows both locals and visitors to appreciate the beauty and history of one of the most distinctive neighborhoods in the nation’s capital. Tour homes are open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tea is served at St. John’s Episcopal Church Georgetown from 2 to 5 p.m. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 3240 O St., NW.

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TOWN TOPICS

TOWN TOPICS Ellington Designs Pass Preservation Test Modernization designs for the landmark Duke Ellington School of the Arts at 3500 R St., NW, were mostly approved by the D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board at a March 27 meeting.

Part of the board’s evaluations stated: “Many aspects of the revised concept for modernization remain the same as before. The current 176,000 sq. ft. is to be expanded to 237,000 sq. ft., and underground parking for about 100 vehicles will be provided. The existing auditorium is still proposed for complete replacement.”

The board suggested changes at the front porch area facing 35th Street. It approved the concept of a “Sky Lounge” with its setbacks. Such a rooftop area - not a historical consideration - is more a question of use, according to the board.

The use of the school’s rooftop is a concern to nearby residents because of the noise potential.

The board did not agree with everything. It did “find certain aspects of the concept consistent with the purposes of the D.C. Historic Landmark and Historic District Protection Act, including the proposed reconstruction of the

original entry porches and balustrade; restoration of the granite entry stairs at the base of the portico; insertion of a contemporary Lantern Reading Room within the portico; the proposed treatment of the landscape; the reduced size and plan for the front plaza; and other elements that clearly preserve and/or restore historic fabric” - and - “find the remainder of the concept inconsistent with the Act due to extensive demolition and the size, scale, and massing of the new additions.” The board stated that the project needs to get a “special merit” designation by the mayor to get it going by this summer.

Hyde-Addison Plans Look to Be Approved The Hyde-Addison Elementary School at 3219 O St., NW, has revised plans to expand its school and play areas, as it presents designs before community reviews groups like the Georgetown Advisory Neighborhood Commission.

The addition of a third building - with a playground on top - on the O Street side of the school property will house a cafeteria, gymnasium and extra classrooms, leading to an additional 25,000 square feet. The new building would be partly underground. While another plan adds a section to the back of Addison School, most favored is the O Street building with its greater use of light and smart connection to the old school. Hyde’s School Improvement Team expressed its frustration

with approval delays for the start of construction at the overcrowded and popular school.

At the March 31 ANC meeting, commissioners approved the O Street concept. The Old Georgetown Board will look again at the concept.

During the March 31 ANC meeting, other decisions included: • While the ANC supports 150 new apartments at the old Latham Hotel, 3000 M St., NW, it disapproved of the facade’s designs, especially the reconstruction of the retail building in front of the hotel.

• Concerning condos planned by EastBanc at 3601-3607 M St., NW, the ANC disliked the stark boxy look and also wanted the developer to lower rooftop fixtures. It asked that the stability of the hillside property of Prospect Street homeowners above be checked out.

•The ANC wants the D.C. Department of Public Works to work out a better way of picking up old trash cans when new trash and recycling containers are given out during the summer.

• Flexi-Pave material that overlies treebox space on crowded sidewalks along the commercial corridor of Wisconsin Avenue and M Street was approved. The special plastic protects the trees’ roots, while allowing water to penetrate and flow through the dirt to roots.

Crime Report As previously reported, street crime in Georgetown has increased. On 11 p.m., April 2, a robbery - police added that it involved “fear” - occurred at 33rd Street and Volta Place, NW. At the ANC meeting, Lt. Hedgecock of the Metropolitan Police Department said that it seems one unidentified male has mugged women in four different incidents. Most of these crimes have happened on the east side of Georgetown.

Quality Hill-Worthington House on Prospect Street: $11 Million One of the most historic homes in Georgetown and in Washington, D.C., is on the market. The 3525 Prospect St., NW, Federal-style house sits on the northeast corner of Prospect and 35th Streets and was built in 1798. It is also significant because of its occupants, who were active in local and national affairs. It was sold 10 years ago by Sen. Clairborne Pell and his wife Nuala to Ralph and Barbara Taylor.

The grand, gray brick house is offered for sale at $11 million by Russell Firestone of TTR Sotheby’s International Reality, which confirmed the listing to the Georgetowner. The asking price - $11 million - is the same amount for which nearby Halcyon House sold in 2012.

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TOWN TOPICS COMMUNITY CALENDAR Saturday, April 12, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Join the Citizens Association of Georgetown and Georgetown University for a neighborhood cleanup. For the west side, cleanup is at Volta Park; for the east side, Rose Park. Meet at the parks 9 a.m.; bagels and coffee will be provided as will all supplies for the cleanup.

(Rain date: Sunday, 10 a.m. to noon.)

Saturday, April 12, 1 p.m. author and beer scholar Garrett Peck tells the history of brewing in the nation’s capital (with an emphasis on Georgetown’s historic brewers), third floor, Peabody Room, Georgetown Public Library, 3260 R St., NW; 202-727-0233.

Sunday, April 13, 12:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.

S&R Foundation Easter Egg Hunt and Exhibition, Evermay Estate, 1623 28th St., NW. Along the egg hunt, there will be crafts, Easter bunnies and a special showing of “Peter and the Wolf” in partnership with Imagination Stage. (Doors open at 12:30 p.m. for 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. event; 3:30 p.m. for 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. event.) Visit SandR.org for details.

GBA Meeting, April 16 The Georgetown Business Association will hold its monthly reception, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 16 at Carr Workplace Georgetown at 1050 30th St., NW. Michael

Nardolilli, president of the C&O Canal Trust will speak; Luke’s Lobsters will provide the food.

Business Ins & Outs

BY R OBERT D EVAN EY

Thursday, April 17, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

A Tourist of Saints, Exhibition and Book Launch, Malmaison, 3401 K St., NW. Malmaison, Washington Life Magazine, Jamestown Entertainment and the Georgetown Professionals celebrate the launch of photographer Philip Holsinger’s new photojournal, “A Tourist of Saints.”

Friday, April 25, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m, and Saturday, April 26, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

The 11th Annual Georgetown French Market: Book Hill’s signature European open-air market and sidewalk sale, Wisconsin Avenue between P Street and Reservoir Road.

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Saturday, April 26, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, April 27, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Christ Church Art Show and Sale, 31st and O Streets, NW. An exhibition of local artists, photographers and ceramists.

Sunday, April 27, noon to 5 p.m.

(Special Preview, Saturday, April 26, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.) Open Studios at Jackson Arts Center, 3050 R St., NW. More than 30 working artists’ studios will be open to the public. Meet the artists; painting workshops for children on both days.

IKE BEHAR

In: After Peacock Room, a cafe with coffees and teas with pastries and savory light meals, at 2622 P St., NW; open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday. The design and name of the restaurant is a homage to James Whistler’s “Harmony of Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room.” The actual room is at the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery on the National Mall.

In: Simply Banh Mi, specializing in “Fresh Vietnamese Baguette Sandwiches,” newly arrived at 1624 Wisconsin Ave., NW. In: Another frozen yogurt place, Little Penguin at 3001 M St., NW, is now open and also offers fresh yogurt. The space used to be an IceBerry shop.

In Soon: Ike Behar, a men’s clothing store with beginnings in Cuba and headquarters in Miami, is coming to 2900 M St., NW. In: Roosters Men’s Grooming Center, 1815 Wisconsin Ave., NW, is now open. “We believe you deserve to have a space of your own to relax while you get a haircut and a shave,” the company says. It is near Safeway and Jos. A. Bank and occupies 1,400 square feet.

Roosters’s motto is “The Classic American Barbershop for the 21st Century Man.” Go and check ‘em out, guys.

In and More: Il Canali Restaurant at 1063 31st St., NW, is expanding to the space left vacant

by Cannon’s Seafood Market.

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ROOSTERS MEN’S GROOMING

Out: Capitol Prague Restaurant at 3277 M St., NW, has closed. The Eastern European eatery made its debut in May 2013.

Congratulations: to the T.H.E. Artist Agency, celebrating 29 years and for bringing style to Georgetown and Washington, D.C.

BUSINESS

From Government Energy Policy to Classic Italian Design – and Opening an Amina Rubinacci Boutique

BY N ICOL E CUSICK Merribel Ayres, a seasoned professional in Washington’s energy and environmental policy community, is spreading her wings on the Georgetown retail scene. Ayres opened an Amina Rubinacci boutique this month on Pennsylvania Avenue, a few doors down from the Four Seasons.

Her passion for the designs of Amina Rubinacci began 12 years ago, when Ayres was in Rome for a business trip and wandered into a boutique selling some of the designer’s line.

“I instantly was fascinated by the fit and fabric of her clothes and wondered why there was not a greater presence of these Italian heritage family brands in the U.S,” said Ayres as she sat in her simple corner office on the second floor of the boutique.

The boutique is all white and very airy. The narrow floors of the Georgetown row house are filled with natural light, allowing the clothes – which are simply displayed on long racks along the wall – to be the main feature in each of the rooms.

Amina Rubinacci began creating her collections in Naples in the 1970s. She is often referred to in the Italian fashion community

MERRIBEL AYRES In front of her Amina Rubinacci Boutique 2822 Pennsylvania Ave., NW in Georgetown

as “the queen of wool” for her knowledge and use of the fabric. Her designs are well known in Italy and France as well as in the U.S., where there are three other boutiques: in Palm Beach, Charlotte and Greenwich.

After spending 36 years in D.C., Ayres knows quite a bit about its residents’ fashion preferences. She believes that Rubinacci’s attention to detail regarding color, cut and fabric supports the needs of the Washington woman, who often wears many hats – in a single day having to be a wife, a mother, a businesswoman, a philanthropist and many other things. Rubinacci’s designs are appropriate for several different types of occasions, according to Ayres.

Ayres is also the president of Lighthouse Consulting Group, which she founded in 1996 to put her government experience to use. Lighthouse provides knowledge-based government and public affairs services to clients focused on energy and environmental policy issues. After spending more than three decades in that world, Ayres felt it was the right time to explore a new – and very different – business. Since October 2013, the boutique has become nearly a fulltime job and a major investment for her.

“I am lucky to be able to share my love and passion of Italian design with local Washingtonians and visitors from around the world,” said Ayres, noting how varied the customer base has been in the few weeks the boutique has been open. She has seen students, professional women and men buying gifts for their wives coming in and discovering Rubinacci’s designs.

Personally, Ayres loves Rubinacci’s jackets and her sweaters trimmed with linen. They are just

some of her go-to pieces when getting herself ready for the day. She is very pleased with the store’s initial reception and looks forward to integrating herself into the Georgetown business community, having already joining several neighborhood and business associations.

The Amina Rubinacci boutique in Georgetown is located at 2822 Pennsylvania Ave., NW. The store is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 6 p.m.

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EDITORIAL/ OPINON

Blue Skies At Last Spring is the season of the charlatans, it’s the season of the seducer and sales pitch, the prediction and prophecy.

It’s the season of the street corner: who’s gonna win the Series, who’s going to win the election, repent, the apocalypse is here, go to the end of the world to seek your fortune.

Spring is the season of the sure thing, though not the one in November or at the Derby, or at the end of The Hit List, but the one right on the ground: it’s the season of the robin and spatzie building nests, singing songs. It’s the season of the baby carriage, the puppies, the blue skies at last. It’s the season dancing the something or other, just dancing, or the season of celebrating beauty.

Jack Evans Report: A Crucial Time in the City’s Financial Life

In the spring in Washington, it’s the world of bicycles that have multiplied faster than rabbits can even dream of multiplying, but must be trying anyway.

BY JACK EVANS

Spring when it works properly is always nothing but blue skies from now on until. . . . It’s about being born again in that season, every year through time. For sure the baby thinks so, and the new-job-I-just-got guy thinks so, and everyone in love thinks so and some of us older who should know better think so.

It is now time to consider the fiscal year 2015 budget, which will be the District’s 18th consecutive balanced budget. As I write this, I am still reviewing the mayor’s proposal, but I will discuss a few key items I have already seen.

First, the mayor’s budget proposal includes much that I agree is important. For example, the mayor is committed to fully funding 4,000 sworn police officers, a critical item on which I introduced legislation several years ago. I also support many of the mayor’s transportation initiatives and full funding of the Housing Production Trust Fund at $100 million. Overshadowing many of these good ideas, however, is the list of things that are not in the budget. In each year of the economic recovery, the mayor and the Council have created a contingency list – known as the “wish list” – of items we want to fund but have not been able to put in the budget. Then, as revised revenue projections show more income, we have moved some of them from the list to the budget.

Spring and its blossom end suddenly, unforgettably, but the music and its memory don’t end at all. It inspires because as E. E. Cummings noted:

Spring is the eternal do-over, the start-over. It’s the season of fresh things growing straight up out of the ground, the blessing without disguise.

It’s (finally) spring, and we think it may be here to stay, hopefully without rushing shortly after Wednesday into endless summer. Summer and winter: the bearers of severe and extreme temperatures and climate, storms and sturm and drang.

in Justspring when the world is mudluscious the little lame balloonman whistles

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Relating to tax policy, our Tax Revision Commission identified several areas of potential reform that are on the wish list rather than in the budget. My top priority is to recouple the District’s estate-tax level to the federal level, which adjusts with inflation every year.

This change is particularly important for our seniors, many of whom cross the District’s threshold simply by owning a home here. Several other items of particular importance to me are additions to the Earned Income Tax Credit, which helps working families, and business tax relief, which helps encourage businesses to locate in our city, expanding our tax base. I also hoped the mayor would fund expansions to the personal exemption and standard deduction.

and eddieandbill come running from marbles and piracies and it’s spring

Spring is making things: houses, gardens, nests high in the tree, love and babies. Look how it is: a toddler in a carriage who’s never seen you before smiles at you nonetheless, knowing none of your secrets or habits.

when the world is puddle-wonderful. . .

How Bowser Won: By the Numbers

BY MARK PL OT K IN

One perceptive observer of the D.C. political scene commented on the winner of the Democratic primary for mayor: “Muriel Bowser – most of the voters in Ward 2 and Ward 3 couldn’t pick her out of a police line-up.” This is not mean or vindictive. It’s the truth.

Bowser won because she became the “anti-Gray” candidate. She evolved into the clear alternative to the incumbent.

Yes, she was known in her home ward, Ward 4. But in the wards with overwhelmingly white populations – Wards 1, 2 and 3 – she was no more than a name. A name that was not Vince Gray.

That was good enough.

She piled up huge margins in those wards. In Ward 3, she received 7,836 votes, an astounding 64 percent of the vote. In Ward 2, she got 50 percent of the vote (3,396 votes). Next in line was Ward 2 councilmember Jack Evans, who has served for 23 years and got only 17 percent of the vote (1,190 votes). In Ward 1, Bowser got 45 percent of the vote (4,654 votes). Vince Gray did better

there, but still got only 24 percent of the vote (2,396 votes).

Four years ago, Vince Gray won Ward 4. This time, he lost it by 14 percentage points. Gray did win Wards 5, 7 and 8.

But the story there is reduction: in voter turnout and in his totals.

Four years ago, Democratic turnout in Ward 5 was 39 percent; this time it was 22 percent. Four years ago, Ward 7 turnout was 36 percent; this time, it was 16 percent. Four years ago, Ward 8 turnout was 31 percent; this time, 11 percent.

Even more important – the key factor – was the total vote Gray got in the wards he won.

In Ward 5 four years ago, Gray got 14,160 votes or 74 percent. This time, he got 5,221 votes or 47 percent. In Ward 7, the same story. Four years ago, he got 17,889 votes or 82 percent; this time, only 4,831 votes or 60 percent. Finally, in Ward 8: 12,993 votes or 82 percent four years ago; a mere 3,058 votes or 58 percent this time. (These figures do not include absentee or provisional ballots.)

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Two major events propelled the vote to Bowser. The first was the March 10 indictment of “shadow campaign” fixer and financier Jeff Thompson. Gray was not indicted, but he was perceived to have been. Second, two polls and the early Washington Post endorsement of Bowser made it a two-person race.

Jack Evans, in my opinion, was by far the most experienced and qualified candidate. He never caught on. Tommy Wells hoped to parlay the clean ethical mantle. That did not work either. When Bowser, Evans and Wells were bunched in the early polls, Gray looked like the winner. Once Bowser broke out and started climbing in the polls, the momentum and the election went to her.

There is plenty of time before November to talk about Bowser versus Catania. I have plenty to say about each. I promise you it will be blunt, and I will predict the next chapter.

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

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On the positive side, the mayor has funded a new tax bracket of 7.5 percent for individual income between $40,000 and $60,000.

Though the change targets middle-income earners, it actually will reduce taxes for anyone making over $40,000 (because of the incremental way that state income taxes are calculated). The budget also includes a proposal to lower the business franchise tax rate from 9.975 percent to 9.4 percent.

Finally, the budget includes allocations for projects of importance to Ward 2, such as $38 million for Garrison Elementary School.

Also in need of our attention is enhanced funding for the arts. Last year, I established a dedicated funding mechanism for the arts, tied to the sales tax. Due to our balanced budget requirements, it will not become fully effective until fiscal year 2018. This year, the mayor has proposed an operating budget of $16 million for the arts, along with $10 million on the wish list. I support this funding level, but believe the extra $10 million should be included in the fully funded budget to ensure that our arts community continues to benefit the District both educationally and economically.

This is a crucial time in the financial life of our city, particularly in light of the recent transition to a new chief financial officer. I will continue to review the budget proposal in the coming weeks. Please share your views with me and with my colleagues.

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DCEMANCIPATION EMANCIPATION

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DC EMANCIPATION DAY PARADE ON PENNSYLVANIA

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"MESSAGE IN THE MUSIC" DC EMANCIPATION DAY FREE CONCERT

Raheem DeVaughn MC Lyte

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"The Proclamation" Workshop

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A History of Emancipation Day: DC and Around the Globe

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The Fight for Statehood

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3321 PROSPECT ST NW

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1231

$3,995,000

$3,895,000

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3023 P ST NW

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115

$2,495,000

$2,375,000

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5171 MANNING PL NW

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$2,395,000

$2,395,000

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1411 RIDGEVIEW WAY NW

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28

$1,856,518

$1,856,518

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3317 P ST NW

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$1,795,000

$1,720,000

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1409 RIDGEVIEW WAY NW

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$1,767,985

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3305 39TH ST NW

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$1,765,000

$1,676,000

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4704 FOXHALL CRES NW

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130

$1,595,000

$1,590,000

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4530 WESTHALL DR NW

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$1,500,000

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$1,359,000

$1,359,000

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$1,295,000

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8

$1,180,000

$1,180,000

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1661 32ND ST NW

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127

$1,150,000

$1,075,000

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3316 RESERVOIR RD NW

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146

$1,100,000

$1,075,000

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3952 GEORGETOWN CT NW

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3

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79

$1,099,000

$1,070,000

3/5/2014

2700 VIRGINIA AVE NW #1505

3

2

1970

456

$995,000

$960,000

3/31/2014

1949 39TH ST NW

3

2

1939

12

$874,900

$863,964

3/31/2014

5018 V ST NW

4

3

1940

9

$850,000

$934,600

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4

2

1952

9

$849,000

$900,750

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1 FREEMAN’S Henri Matisse (1869–1954) “Odalisque étendue” Auction Date: May 4 Estimate: $100,000 to $150,000 As part of their sale of Modern & Contemporary Works of Art, which will include works

by Andy Warhol, Richard Pousette-Dart and Sam Francis, Freeman’s will offer this drawing

by Henri Matisse. Matisse’s series of odalisque pictures were made in the 1920s, after he relocated to the French Riviera, and are representative of a softening of the artist’s approach following World War I.

3 2 BONHAMS NEW YORK Peter Beard (b. 1938) “Orphaned Cheetah Cubs in Mweiga nr. Nyeri, Kenya, 1968” Auction Date: April 29 Estimate: $30,000 to $50,000 Bonhams will host a Fine Photographs auction, featuring more than 100 works from photographic masters including Ansel Adams, Jan Dibbets, Nan Goldin and Sally Mann. A highlight of the sale will be selections of animal photography, including Peter Beard’s “Orphaned Cheetah Cubs in Mweiga nr. Nyeri, Kenya,” from 1968. Beard, a prominent photographer and cultural icon, is known for his pictures of African wildlife, as well as his good looks and playboy impulses.

3 SOTHEBY’S Henri Matisse (1869-1954) “La Séance du matin” Oil on canvas Auction Date: May 7 Estimate: $20 million to $30 million

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Bright, classic and fresh-to-market works by Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and Fernand Léger from a private American collection will lead Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art. The three paintings are important examples from a key phase in each artist’s career. “La Séance du matin” is one of Matisse’s celebrated works, painted in Nice in the 1920s It depicts his studio assistant Henriette Darricarrère, to whom he offered painting lessons during their time working together.

4 POTOMACK COMPANY Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) “Letter to Wang Jiyuan,” 1967 Auction Date: May 3 Estimate: $6,000 to $9,000

BRINGING THE HAMMER DOWN Final selling prices for last month’s featured Auction Block items:

This one-page letter, in ink on paper, was inscribed by the internationally renowned 20th-century Chinese artist Zhang Daqian to his friend and colleague Wang Jiyuan. The two artists held a joint exhibition at the Smithsonian in 1971. Daqian wrote this letter from Sao Paolo, Brazil, in 1967, beginning his salutation warmly: “Jiyuan, my dearest brother, and to those you are closest to....”

The letter is one of several Zhang Daqian letters featured in Potomack’s May sale.

POTOMACK COMPANY Qi Baishi, “Rat Eating Loquat and Two Gourds,” 1924 Ink on paper on scroll Auction Date: Feb. 22 Estimate: $60,000 to $90,000 Final Selling Price: $194,000

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FREEMAN’S Child Hassam, “The Norwegian Cottage,” 1909 Oil on canvas Auction Date: March 30 Estimate: $200,000 to $300,000 Final Selling Price: $242,500

SOTHEBY’S John James Audubon and John Bachman , “The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,” 1845/48 3 vols., hand-colored lithographs Auction Date: April 1 Estimate: $200,000 to $400,000 Final Selling Price: $245,000

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1. Paloma II Square Dining Table, Crate & Barrel, $1,499 2. Danish Barrel Chair, Vastu, $1,280 3. Masters Chair, Design within Reach, $269.00 4. Bleached Pine Bookcase, West Elm, $2,499 5. Avec Chair Peacock, CB2, $899 6. Gordi Sofa, Vastu, $2,250 7. Cirque 2-Door Sideboard, Crate & Barrel, $1,199

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POTOMAC’S PRESENT & FUTURE How to Protect Our Drinking Water and a National Treasure

BY RO B E RY DE VANEY

We live near it, skim its surface, appreciate its natural beauty -- and taste it every day. It is the powerful Potomac River. It is our lifeline. It is our future.

Alison Jolly, who died in February. One of her studies was about the Catskills and New York City drinking water. She worked for the World Bank in West Africa and saw how people directly depend on their environment. “Some people think that world history can be told through the history of the environment,” she says.

The river and its water, which we drink, are in the news of late with discussions about D.C. Water’s plans for sewerage overflow at Georgetown Waterfront Park and other work in the District, improvements to the Washington Aqueduct and the issue of fracking far upstream of the Potomac watershed.

“What’s happening in the Potomac watershed is a long-term issue,” Flack says. “We have a lot of population growth and a lot of land-use change and development. My mission is to try to help people understand that and to help motivate people to make long-term perspective investments in protecting and restoring the places where our water comes from.” She is keen to note that the single largest cultivated land crop in the Chesapeake watershed is turf grass. “Pesticide and fertilizer on lawns ends up in the water and has an effect,” she says. For our fight to protect the environment, Flack was worked 18 years at the Nature Conservancy, a nonprofit which says it “is rooted in good science — aided by our hundreds of staff scientists. We pursue non-confrontational, pragmatic solutions to conservation challenges.” Its CEO Mark Tercek wrote “Nature’s Fortune: How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature.” The former Goldman Sachs executive argues that the commercial benefits of environmental protection go beyond paying for themselves.

With April as Earth month and Earth Day April 22, this spring looks to the Potomac, even as we get ready to go boating on it. One of its greatest defenders is Stephanie Flack, who spoke recently at meetings with the Citizens Association of Georgetown and at Christ Church. “75 percent of people not on well water are not aware of where their water comes from,” she says. “They have no clue where their water comes from ...yet one of the top concerns people have is the quality of their drinking water.” Flack is the Potomac River Project Director for the Nature Conservancy’s Maryland-D.C. Chapter. She speaks with the assurance of a scientist and the passion of a mother as she explains some complex natural actions in a simpler way. With the Nature Conservancy behind her, Flack gets to work close to her home in her backyard, as she says, “the Potomac.”

The Nature Conservancy was founded in 1951 and now has more than one million members. It works in all 50 states and more than 35 nations, it reports, and has “protected 119 million acres of land and thousands of miles of rivers worldwide — and we operate more than 100 marine conservation projects globally.” Its headquarters is in Arlington, and its CEO Mark Tercek lives in Georgetown.

Also at the March 18 CAG meeting were Thomas Jacobus, general manager of the Washington Aqueduct, and Peggy Fleming, who, with Sean Furmage, directed and wrote the 2012 documentary “Potomac: The River Runs Through Us,” which runs 30 minutes. It was shown to a packed room at the Long & Foster Georgetown office and is highly recommended viewing.

As for the Washington Aqueduct, it was built in 1863 under the direction of Gen. Montgomery Meigs, became fully operational in 1864 and is celebrating its 150th anniversary. While we can celebrate that built infrastructure, Flack says, “We need to think about the natural infrastructure -- the forests, the wetlands -- that contribute to our water supply...and quality of our water as natural filters.” We can appreciate such engineering feats, she says, but we also “have to think out to the next 150 years and what’s going to happen to the watershed that provides our water...and restoring the area as well.” “It’s a balancing,” she says of maintaining D.C. Water’s structures and pipes. “You can’t make up for nature.

“The 14,000-square-mile watershed of the Potomac River is the primary source of drinking water for more than four million people in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan region,” Flack says. “This is the water that Members of Congress use to brew their coffee, and President Obama uses to wash his hands.”

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As far as talks with local groups go, Flack says, “I think there is an appetite for this.

There is a need to engage people and have these discussions about local issues....

Who doesn’t care about their water? I would really like to make this a front-of-mind issue for people because it is so tied up with our quality of life and ability to live.”

GREEN FACT VS MYTHS Leaving something plugged in even when it is off can increase your energy bill.

FACT: According to a study by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, up to 5 percent of your energy bill could be standby power. That is about $4 billion per year of consumer spending.

Replacing light bulbs with energy-efficient bulbs makes a difference.

FACT: According to Energy Star, energy-efficient light bulbs use 75 percent less energy and last 10 to 25 times longer than traditional light bulbs. Even better, an energyefficient bulb can save $40 to $135 over its lifetime.

Never leave lights on when leaving a room.

MYTH: With the CFL bulbs, it actually takes more energy to turn them off and on again when leaving the room for only a few minutes. The Department of Energy recommends leaving them on if you’ll be back in the room in less than 15 minutes.

Natural cleansers aren’t strong enough to clean thoroughly.

MYTH: There are many natural products you can use to clean your home efficiently, such as vinegar, while still avoiding harmful chemicals.

Houseplants have health benefits.

FACT: Houseplants can purify your air, reduce stress and put more moisture in the air, making you and your home healthier.

Washing your clothes in cold water won’t clean them properly MYTH: It is true that detergent is not meant to be used in cold water, but many companies have come out with a cold detergent, making cold washes an option.

PHOTOS BY ROY SEWALL THE POTOMAC GORGE Organic food is always healthier.

MYTH: A Stanford University study concluded that there is little evidence that organic food is significantly better for you. Still, it may lower your exposure to pesticides.

Insulating your home can save energy and money.

FACT: Making sure no air is escaping your home is one of the best ways to save energy, according to Energy Star. Holes can lead to heat leaking out in the winter, which keeps the heater running longer. The same happens with an air conditioner in the summer.

Hybrid cars save you money.

MYTH: In most cases, it will take up to 10 years for the extra money spent on the green capabilities of the car to accrue to the buyer, as reported by the New York Times.

“Food miles” contribute to a much larger carbon footprint in food production.

MYTH: A recent study published by Environmental Science & Technology states that 83 percent of a food’s footprint actually comes from the production of the food itself.

Coffee grounds can be used in the garden.

FACT: Coffee grounds are full of nutrients for acidic plants, making it a nice mulch.

They can also be saved from the garbage dump by throwing them in the compost bin.

APRIL EARTH DAY EVENTS

BY NIC OL E CUSICK

Earth Day is April 22, but there are ways to celebrate all month long in D.C. This event listing will give you the how, what, when and where to give props to the planet. Think global, act local!

APRIL 18 D.C. SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE SUMMIT The University of the District of Columbia will host this year’s summit, with keynote speakers Mayor Vincent Gray and Seth Goldman, founder and CEO of Honest Tea. The day will also include breakout sessions on topics such as sustainability in cities and innovation through social enterprise. For details, visit http://www.dcsocent.org.

UDC, 4340 Connecticut Ave., NW. APRIL 22 EARTH DAY AT THE NATIONAL ZOO At this free event, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., visitors can meet the Smithsonian National Zoo’s Green Team experts, participate in “green” crafts and learn simple daily ac-

tions to achieve a more environmentally-friendly lifestyle. Also, State Farm will host a special area for children to make their own plant pots with recycled newspapers. For details, visit http://nationalzoo.si.edu. 3001 Connecticut Ave., NW. “The Greening of Architecture” with Professor Phillip Tabb Professor Tabb of Texas A&M University will speak about community architecture, with an emphasis on climatic, energy and sustainable architectural design, and sign copies of his book, “The Greening of Architecture.” The event begins at 6 p.m. Architecture Week runs from April 21 to May 1, and there are several other “green” events scheduled. For details, visit http://aiadc.com/calendar/event. District Architecture Center, 421 7th St., NW. APRIL 23 4TH ANNUAL 6K WALK FOR WATER At 11:45 a.m., a senior State Department official will make brief remarks and cut the ceremonial ribbon at the 21st Street entrance of the Truman Building. Walkers will head from the State Department to Georgetown via the Rock Creek Parkway trail system. The House of Sweden is hosting the halfway point water break, where walkers will hear from experts from the World Wildlife Fund and the Nature Conservancy about our drinking water source, the Potomac, and water issues in other parts of the world. Rain or shine. For more information, email EarthDay@state.gov. U.S. Department of State, 2201 C St., NW. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE EARTH DAY EVENT At this event, D.C. Water will be providing giveaways and literature about conservation and sustainability efforts. The mobile Water Conservation team will also be speaking and answering questions in the main lobby of the Hoover Building from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. 1401 Constitution Ave., NW. APRIL 25 CELEBRATE EARTH DAY FESTIVAL The United States Botanic Garden is celebrating the 44th anniversary of Earth Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with cooking demonstrations of seasonal produce and exhibits on how you can make the earth a better place. Several experts will be on hand to answer your “green” questions. The “Orchids in Symphony” exhibition will be on view.

For details, visit http://www.usbg.gov/events.

APRIL 25-27 NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE DESIGN EXPO Hundreds of students, scientists, nonprofits and others share their innovations that benefit the environment. Students will be competing and professionals will be showcasing recent advancements in the field. For details, visit http://www.epa.gov/p3/ nsde. Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Pl., NW.

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Your Dining Guide to Washington DC’s Finest Restaurants

1789 RESTAURANT

1226 36th St. NW With the ambiance of an elegant country inn, 1789 features classically based American cuisine – the finest regional game, fish and produce available.

Open seven nights a week.

Jackets suggested.

Complimentary valet parking. www.1789restaurant.com

3000 K St. NW (One block from Georgetown AMC Loews Georgetown 14) Georgetown introduces Washington’s first “Dumpling Bar” featuring more than 12 varieties.

Come and enjoy the new exotic Thai cuisine inspired by French cooking techniques. Bangkok Joe’s is upscale, colorful and refined. Absolutely the perfect place for lunch or dinner or just a private gathering.

(202) 965-1789

CHADWICKS

3205 K St. NW A Georgetown tradition for over 40 years, this friendly neighborhood restaurant/saloon features fresh seafood, burgers, award-winning ribs and specialty salads & sandwiches.

Daily lunch & dinner specials.

Late night dining (until midnight Sun.-Thu., 1am Fri.-Sat.) Champagne brunch served Sat. & Sun. until 4pm Open Mon.-Thu. 11:30am - 2am Fri.Sat. 11:30am - 3am. Sun 11am.2am. Kids’ Menu Available.

Overlooking the new Georgetown Waterfront Park

BISTRO FRANCAIS

BISTROT LEPIC & WINE BAR

CAFE BONAPARTE

3124-28 M St. NW A friendly French Bistro in the heart of historic Georgetown since 1975. Executive chef and owner Gerard Cabrol came to Washington, D.C. 32 years ago, bringing with him home recipes from southwestern France. Our specialties include our famous Poulet Bistro (tarragon rotisserie chicken), Minute steak Maitre d’Hotel (steak and pomme frit¬es), Steak Tartare, freshly pre¬pared seafood, veal, lamb and duck dishes and the best Eggs Benedict in town. In addition to varying daily specials. www.bistrofrancaisdc.com

1736 Wisconsin Ave. NW Come and see for yourself why Bistrot Lepic, with its classical, regional and contemporary cuisine, has been voted best bistro in D.C. by the Zagat Guide.

And now with its Wine bar, you can enjoy “appeteasers”, full bar service, complimentary wine tasting every Tuesday and a new Private Room. The regular menu is always available. Open everyday. Lunch & Dinner. Now Serving Brunch Saturday and Sunday 11-3pm Reservations suggested. www.bistrotlepic.com

(202) 333-4422

(202) 338-3830

(202) 333-0111

(202) 333-8830

CIRCLE BISTRO

CLYDE’S OF GEORGETOWN

DAS Ethiopian

FILOMENA RISTORANTE

www.bangkokjoes.com

One Washington Circle. NW Washington, DC 22037 Circle Bistro presents artful favorites that reflect our adventurous and sophisticated kitchen.

Featuring Happy Hour weekdays from 5pm-7pm, live music every Saturday from 8pm-12 midnight, and an a la carte Sunday Brunch from 11:30am-2:30pm.

3236 M St. NW 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. www.clydes.com

Open dailyfor breakfast, lunch and dinner. www.circlebistro.com

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1201 28th ST NW Washington, DC 20007 DAS is located in Georgetown and is an easy walk from campus through the shopping Mecca of Wisconsin and M. DAS is suitable for both the casual diner and the well-dressed Georgetown elite. DAS is a favorite for the Washington, DC political power players’ actors and international traveler it is not unusual to hear various languages being spoken at the dinner tables at any given night. The word DAS, in Amharic refers to a decorative disc placed on the roof apex of Ethiopian huts. www.dasethiopian.com

1522 Wisconsin Ave. NW Captivating customers since 2003, Cafe Bonaparte has been dubbed the “quintessential” European café featuring award winning crepes & arguably the “best” coffee in D.C.! Other cant miss attractions are the famous weekend brunch every Sat. and Sun. until 3 p.m. and our late night weekend hours serving sweet and savory crepes until 1 a.m. We look forward to calling you a “regular” soon! www.cafebonaparte.com

1063 Wisconsin Ave., NW Filomena is a Georgetown landmark that has endured the test of time and is now celebrating 30 years. Our old-world cooking styles & recipes brought to America by the early Italian immigrants, alongside the culinary cutting edge creations of Italy’s foods of today, executed by our award winning Italian Chef. Try our spectacular Lunch buffet on Fri. & Saturdays or our Sunday Brunch, Open 7 days a week for lunch & dinner. www.filomena.com

(202) 333-2565

(202) 293-5390

(202) 333-9180

(202) 333-4710

(202) 338-8800

MALMAISON

MARTINS TAVERN

SEA CATCH

SIMPLY BANH MI

THE OCEANAIRE

3401 K St. NW Washington DC, 20007 Malmaison opened in June 2013 and features elegant French dining in Washington D.C’s historic Georgetown waterfront.

Housed in a majestically refurbished industrial warehouse reminiscent of NYC’s Meatpacking district, the modern restaurant, pastry shop, and event lounge features the culinary talents of legendary 2 Michelin Starred French Chef Gerard Pangaud and Pastry Chef Serge Torres (Le Cirque NYC). www.malmaisondc.com (202) 817-3340

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1264 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20007 Don't let the beer fool you, it's a compliment to your dining experience.

See what Chef Martinez has cooking for the spring!

Since 1933, the warm atmosphere of Martin’s Tavern has welcomed neighbors and world travelers looking for great food, service and years of history within its walls. Fourth generation owner Billy Martin, Jr. continues the tradition of Washington’s oldest family owned restaurant. www.martinstavern.com (202)333-7370

1054 31st St. NW Washington, DC 20007 Lovers of history and seafood can always find something to tempt their palette.

Overlooking the historic C&O canal, we offer fresh seafood simply prepared in a casual relaxed atmosphere.Join us for happy hour Monday – Friday from 5:00pm-7:00pm featuring $1.00 oysters and half priced drinks.

Lunch Mon-Sat 11:00am-3:00pm Dinner Mon-Sat 5:00pm-10:00pm www.seacatchrestaurant.com

1624 Wisconsin Ave, NW Washington, DC 20007 Simply Banh Mi - Vietnamese Sandwiches and More!

GRAND OPENING APRIL 25-26 GEORGETOWN FRENCH MARKET FESTIVAL This family owned deli features classic and modern banh mi sandwiches, fresh spring rolls, Vietnamese iced-coffee, and more.

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1201 F St. NW Ranked one of the most popular seafood restaurants in D.C., “this cosmopolitan” send-up of a vintage supper club that’s styled after a ‘40’s-era ocean liner is appointed with cherry wood and red leather booths, infused with a “clubby, old money” atmosphere. The menu showcases “intelligently” prepared fish dishes that “recall an earlier time of elegant” dining. What’s more, “nothing” is snobbish here.

Lunch: Mon-Fri 11:30am-5pm.

Dinner: Mon-Thur 5-10pm, Fri & Sat 5-11pm, Sun 5-9pm. www.theoceanaire.com

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Easter Brunching at Its Best

BY C ORRIE DYK E

If Washingtonians could go pro in one thing it would be brunching. With the Easter holiday around the corner, D.C. chefs and restaurants are offering up their best mix of mid-day eats.

From family friendly meals with the Easter bunny to quiet waterside venues, there’s an appealing menu for every appetite.

1789 Easter brunch at iconic 1789 includes a table side appearance of the Easter Bunny and a two-course Easter brunch menu including an asparagus and bacon tartlet with smokey blue cheese, caramelized spring onions and vincotto as a first course option and a main course selection of leg of lamb with fennel spiced yogurt, crispy chickpeas and pea shoots. Entree prices range from $28-40.

1226 36th Street NW, 202-965-1789 Billy Martin’s Tavern Washington’s oldest family-owned restaurant, Billy Martin’s Tavern, is serving up a spinoff of their house brunch favorites. Appearing on the Easter menu is caramelized banana French toast served with brandy macerated berry compote and applewood bacon, ham or link sausage as well as Chef’s eggs benedict - a fried green tomato, topped jumbo lump crab and two poached eggs covered with hollandaise.

1264 Wisconsin Ave. NW, 202-333-7370

Brasserie Beck Only at a Belgian restaurant are waffles a side order. Brasserie Beck’s brunch boasts traditional favorites like chicken and waffles with jalapeno maple syrup or Quiche Lorraine with farm egg custard, bacon lardons, petite green salad and sherry vinaigrette. And if waffles with a side of waffles is too much for you, try the caramelized Brussels sprouts with smoked bacon and poached pear. Entrees $14-28.

1101 K Street NW, 202-408-1717

FIOLA MARE'S UOVA IN CAMICIA Photo by Tim Riethmiller

Fiola Mare Georgetown’s newest upscale seafood spot will be featuring a number of brunch specialties including their dangerously delicious morning pastry basket. Served with fresh fruit jams, chocolate hazelnut sauce and local honey this brunch starter will fill your carb quota for the

month. A unique twist on eggs benedict is the uova in camicia – homemade biscuits topped with two poached eggs, smoked salmon and rosemary hollandaise. Enjoy the house Bellini to top off this brunch. Entrees $16-28.

3050 K Street NW, 202-628-0065 Teddy & The Bully Bar Teddy’s Easter brunch is full of locally sourced foods from Pennsylvania and Maryland farms.

Two courses, endless carving and omelet and stations, homemade ice cream cone bar and endless sides fill the menu. First course starts with the choice of fresh berries, a variety of flatbreads or grilled romaine salad. Feed your sweet tooth prior to dessert with a main course brioche s’more French toast with cinnamon French toast, melted chocolate and marshmallow fluff. $55 per person, 12 years and younger $21. 1200 19th St NW, 202-872-8700 Tony & Joe’s Seafood Place Tony & Joe’s Seafood Place at Georgetown’s Washington Harbor will be serving up a live jazz brunch on Easter Sunday featuring the Red Velvet Trio and a seafood-filled spread complete with freshly shucked oysters and clams, poached salmon and a carving station for the land lovers. $35 per person or $45 with bottomless mimosas.

3000 K Street NW, 202-944-4545

MALMAISON'S CHOCOLATE CREPE

Malmaison Easter brunch at Malmaison will feature foods across the board from salads to savory crepes to eggs served up a variety of ways with sautéed duck fat potatoes. One of the creative brunch cocktail is the Bubbly Bun – cinnamon infused whiskey, maple syrup, champagne and flamed orange. Entrees $12.95-25.95 3401 K Street NW, 202-817-3340

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Food & wine directions In a small bowl, dissolve the yeast in two tablespoons of warm water and let stand for five minutes. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, combine the flour, water and yeast and mix at slow speed for ten minutes. Add the olive oil and thyme and mix for five minutes at medium speed. Add the salt and mix for two minutes at medium speed. Cover with a damp cloth and let rest in a warm spot for two hours. The dough should double in volume.

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SEBASTIEN ARCHAMBAULT, BLUE DUCK TAVERN

By Walt er Nichol l s Since taking over the top toque position at Blue Duck Tavern in late 2011, executive chef Sebastien Archambault has fine-tuned this venerable West End destination in the Park Hyatt Washington, introducing new pleasures and tweaking time-tested favorites at every turn. From the sweet and savory tea service to the cheese and charcuterie display and the not-to-be-missed menu spotlighting local farms, his eye for detail is evident. This native of the town of Le Bugue in southwestern France, the son of restaurateurs, wants to please everyone. He doesn't miss his mark.

"It's still Americana and farm-to-table, but I put my touch, my twist on it," says Archambault.

We were in the airy lounge, the perfect spot for a light lunch, cocktails or a late-night nosh. "I bring more French techniques, more vegetables and salads, all lighter than before." Vegetarians take note. In February, he expanded the breakfast menu, adding housemade low-sugar marmalades and egg-white dishes such as a frittata with potato, charred onion and kale. Keeping pace with the growing interest in all things wheat-free, Blue Duck bakers produce gluten-free scones, muffins and coffee cake, as well as pancakes and waffles. In the first month, nearly 15 percent of the restaurant’s customers chose gluten-free options. "People are so happy to find them," he says.

Glorious, fork-tender suckling pig, slow-roasted for 12 hours, is the top-selling entree. But diners should also consider what the chef calls his "spontaneous menu" of dishes, available when his purveyors surprise him. "Some farmers have just a little of something, say goose eggs or unique game birds," he says. "We can present to one group, one table, a beautiful, unusual fish."

This season, he has partnered with a Maryland farmer who is planting the chef's favored European varieties of greens and legumes and lots of heirloom tomatoes. Tired of root vegetables after a nasty winter, Archambault can't wait to get his hands on the first local morel mushrooms, ramps and rhubarb. As part of the farm project, his kitchen staff works in the fields – "so they will understand to respect the products." That way, he says, "You feel the love on your plate from A to Z." For a first course or a passed appetizer, one of Archambault's favorite presentations is pissaladière, a French twist on a traditional bruschetta, popular in both Italy and southern France. His recipe calls for piment d'Espelette – a smoky-sweet chili powder from France made with mild red peppers (available at Dean & DeLuca). A pinch of red chili pepper flakes may be substituted. But flavorwise, he says, "It's not the same thing."

Learn Where Your Seafood Comes From!

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PISSALADIÈRE 4 servings

Ingredients For the Dough 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup cold water 1/4 ounce packet dried yeast 1/2 cup olive oil 2 thin thyme stems, chopped 3 teaspoons salt

For the Topping 6 white onions, peeled and thinly sliced 1/4 cup olive oil 2 thyme stems 4 garlic cloves, mashed Salt to taste 1 teaspoon piment d'Espelette red pepper powder 8 white anchovies 1/2 cup small Niçoise olives, pitted 24 fresh oregano leaves 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated

Heat the oil in a large pan over medium-low heat.

Add the onions, thyme, garlic and salt and sauté over medium heat, stirring, until the onions are very soft and golden brown. Then add the red pepper powder.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Roll out the dough on a floured surface until 1/4 inch thick and transfer to an oiled sheet pan. Spread the cooked onions evenly over the dough, then add the anchovies, olives and oregano. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, depending on your preference for crunch. Add the cheese, then put back in the oven for two minutes to allow the cheese to melt.

Slice and serve with an arugula salad dressed with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

What's Cooking, Neighbor? visits with wine, food and entertaining professionals who work in the Georgetown area.

Georgetowner dining columnist Walter Nicholls is the food critic for Arlington Magazine and a former staff writer for The Washington Post Food section.

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Alsatian Spring: Six Delicious White Wines for the Season

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BY SHA RI SHEF F IE L D The seconds are literally counting down to spring as I write this. . .tick, tick, tick. Washington is sitting on the edge of its seat, waiting for the new season to usher in warm breezes and sunny weather.

Washingtonians have been dreaming of the day when the weather will break, allowing for the leisurely enjoyment of a delicious glass of white wine. Spring always makes me think of fragrant and luscious white wines. Specifically, Gewürztraminer and Riesling from the Alsace region of France come to mind. Below are my annual Wines for Spring recommendations, featuring the off-dry to dry Alsatian Gewürztraminer and Riesling.

Enjoy a glass and toast the end of Washington’s “Winter of Discontent” – whenever that happy day arrives. Cheers!

HUGEL & FILS GEWÜRZTRAMINER 2010 $22 This white wine from Alsace, France, will display a slight green tinge in the glass.

Only in Alsace will you experience the true heights and expressiveness of this grape varietal. This Gewürztraminer is a fine entry-level example of a spicy, dry and well-balanced wine of the region.

HUGEL & FILS GEWÜRZTRAMINER 2010 $25 Look for pale yellow colors with flecks of green once you pour this in your glass.

This wine, from older vines than the first Gewürztraminer on the list, is made under stricter standards. Consequently, it shows more elegance and finesse. Upon tasting, you might experience flavors that remind you of orange peel and mango. It is highly

aromatic with lots of floral scents emanating from your glass. See if you can catch hints of rose and orange blooms. Though it is a dry wine, its lushness and acidity make it refreshing. Drink this wine young or let it sit for a year or two. Drink it alone, as an aperitif or (if you wish to pair it with food) with lobster tail or tandoori chicken. varietal. This Gewürztraminer is a fine entry-level example of a spicy, dry and well-balanced wine of the region.

DOMAINES SCHLUMBERGER GEWÜRZTRAMINER KESSLER GRAND CRU 2008 $30 Domaines Schlumberger has been familyowned and family-run since 1810. Biodynamic and sustainable farming practices have been employed in this premier cru.

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One thing you will definitely notice is this dry wine’s body, meaning its weight in your mouth. It has more substance then most of the wines listed here and could never be called thin. The richness of the fruit balances well with its acidity.

DOMAINES SCHLUMBERGER GEWÜRZTRAMINER KESSLER GRAND CRU 2008 $28 Minerals and citrus fruit flavors abound in this Riesling. This wine is a beautiful golden color. It is dry, but expresses nice fruit flavors. Drink now and through 2015.

DOMAINE WEINBACH GEWÜRZTRAMINER CUVÉE 2011 $45 Thoughts of spice, apricots, banana and candied orange rind come to mind when tasting this off-dry Gewürztraminer. Aromas of lychee and caramel will draw you into your glass. You might experience a slight oily or petrol impression, but these are classic notes in Alsatian wine, adding to its complexity. This wine can be drunk now or held for up to five years in your cellar.

TRIMBACH RIESLING CUVÉE FREDERIC EMILE 2009 $62 No list of Alsatian Riesling recommendations would be complete without a mention of wines from one of the most prestigious houses: the family-owned Trimbach. While known for Rieslings (there are four), the house also produces Gewürztraminer. The Rieslings are classically dry with apricot, pineapple and mineral flavors. I recommend any of the bottlings. Explore, but do try the Cuvée Frederic Emile. It is an elegant, expressive, steely Riesling, a wonderful example of what the house – and region – produces.

Shari Sheffield is a wine, food and lifestyle writer as well as a Wine Educator and speaker. She can be reached at shari@sharisheffield.com or via her website: www.sharisheffield.com.

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Artisanal Foods and Products Await in Virginia

BY PAUL INA P HEL PS

With its sprawling countryside and 46,000 farms, Virginia is home to dozens of shops filled with local and organic products. These country stores are tucked away on the quaint main streets of small-town Virginia, offering fresh, homegrown foods to those in the know.

Here are a few shops in Northern Virginia offering artisanal cheeses, meats and sweets: Back Creek Farms has been making pure maple syrup in Monterey since 1838. The family-owned farm got its name from its traditional production process of collecting sugar water from the trees that line the surrounding creeks. Buckets and open pans are used to make syrup, along with modern pumps. Back Creek’s products are sold throughout Virginia at stores such as the Little House Green Grocery in Richmond and the Monticello Gift Shop and Virginia Made Shop in the Shenandoah Valley.

Considered a go-to in Middleburg, The Home Farm Store is Ayrshire Farm's butcher shop and grocery store, selling a variety of products made by Virginia artisans and others. Among the store’s many weekend events are “Sips and Snacks” on Friday evenings and cooking demonstrations on Saturday afternoons.

Down the road, The Whole Ox is an artisanal butcher located in The Plains. Derek and

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Amanda Luhowiak opened the shop, housed in an old trading depot, in 2011. Prior to opening The Whole Ox, the couple owned and operated Local 647, a food truck that traveled all over Northern Virginia. The truck was famous for its half-pound grass-fed burger, featured on the Today Show.

Today, The Whole Ox sells ethically produced products, the majority of which are sourced from Virginia. The shop’s mulberry vinegar comes from Lindera Farms in Linden. Ol’ Red Eye hot sauce is made from smoked habanero peppers aged in oak barrels from Marshall.

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Out west, Polyface Farms is another pasturebased meat and dairy producer in Swoope.

Since 1961, this multi-generational business has provided top-quality non-industrial foods, including beef, pork, poultry, and rabbits. The farm’s objective is to heal unethical practices

SIGNAL MOUNTAIN The Plains, Virginia • $1,950,000

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Heading southwest, The Market at Grelen in Somerset boasts a full community calendar, complete with lunch series, dinner and concert combos and workshops. Grelen has a seasonal farm market, garden shop and café offering a variety of treats made from local ingredients.

Favorites include molasses cookies, Grelen ice cream and sorbet made with Grelen fruit and local cream and local cheeses from Caromont Farm in Esmont.

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Stone manor house in spectacular setting • 86.81 acres • Highly protected area in prime Piedmont Hunt • Gourmet kitchen • Wonderful detail throughout • 5 BR • 5 BA • 3 half BA • 3 fireplaces, classic pine paneled library • Tenant house • Stable • Riding ring • Heated saltwater pool • Pergola • Full house generator.

One of the all-homemade sausages is the “Sammy Davis,” made with juniper, coriander, bay leaf and pork.

Just outside of Charlottesville in Free Union, farmers (and couple) Erica Hellen and Joel Slezak started Free Union Grass Farm on Slezak’s family land in 2010. According to their farming philosophy, “Free Union Grass Farm is a holistic livestock operation that utilizes modern techniques as well as pre-industrial, timeless ecological principles to produce nourishing food for our community.” The farm’s products are sold mainly in Charlottesville and Richmond, but there are plans to expand. “Having a presence in D.C. is definitely a goal for the near future,” Slezak said.

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Beautiful farm on 55.24 acres • Lovely views • Contemporary home with 4 bedrooms • 2 1/2 baths • 3 fireplaces • 2 car garage, very private• European style stable with 6 stalls • Tack room • Office, wash stall & apartment • Owner licensed real estate broker in Virginia.

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Just west of Middleburg • Shows like a new home but built like an old house • 3 to 4 bedrooms • Updated kitchen • 3 full baths • Open living room w/ wood burning fireplace • Hickory floors • Lower level is fully finished w/ a family room, space for 4th bedroom & full bath.

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Wandergolf GETTING A GRIP

By Wally Gre e v e s

The last false start to the end of miserably wretched seasonal affectation disorders that have prohibited Washingtonians from golfing may finally be water under the bridge. While Mother Nature's final green light to swap out the snow shovel for the sand wedge may mean the season is ready for you, are you ready for the season? Consideration of the age-old basics, a little cash, some good karma and a new tuna recipe may be just what you need to break into the seventies this season. So here we go: Size matters and flash inspires. Have someone industry-knowledgeable confirm you are using the right clubs. It makes a difference.

Buy a shiny new bag, sporty new shoes, some Pro V1's with a picture of your dog on them and replace cadaver-ready golf gloves. Replace the nine iron you cleaned the gutters with, and ditch whatever you were hiding in your golf bag all winter in the garage.

Bust a move. Exercise will ensure a safe couch-to-course transition, and low poundage correlates to low golf scores. Walk, do push-ups, ride to work, do backyard tai chi in your underwear, but do something. Pre-golf movement will spike your moods and help

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with injury avoidance.

Want birdies, eat bird food. Stop eating poor bratwurst imitations and buffet tacos at the clubhouse. Go to the bulk food section at Whole Foods and design your own nut and berry mix for the season. Google spicy Asian tuna fish on the internet, and finally use that insulated pocket on your bag for something other than warm beer. Have wasabi-flavored almonds for a snack after the seventh hole.

"Wax on, wax off." Seek out wise and enlightened counsel to design a three-lesson plan that smooths out some rough edges in your game and gives you some direction for practice time. The cost of a few lessons is probably a hundredth of what you spent on the game last season and will pay dividends.

Know a 97 from a 79. The rules of golf read like a 33-part real estate transaction between three generations of four non-NATO participating countries, but there are crib notes available almost everywhere, and you should read them and know them. You do not have to always play by them but you should know how to.

When you do shoot a 70s game, it will mean something.

Home on the range, home on the course.

You are what you do, so squeeze in meaningful range time. Sequentially practice shots that mirror your favorite golf holes, and spend equal amounts of time on the putting and chipping greens. Sometimes take only two clubs to the range. Putt for quarters. Have the humility

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and diligence to play a par three course to work on your short game, but make it a competition.

Carrier pigeons are obsolete. Embrace technology and computerize a list of all the people you know that play golf, complete with phone

numbers and emails, then send it to every one of them. This says you are open for business.

Pulling off the Tuesday afternoon ad-hoc game becomes an easy reality. Having a co-conspirator on the fly will diminish "helpful suggestions" from others about how you spend your valuable free time.

In Country Get out of Dodge. Be a leader and plan a long golf weekend for later in the season. Do it now, get it on the books. Myrtle Beach, Kohler, Bandon Dunes and the U.K. are all a phone call away. A healthy, natural, competitive fear will force you to play enough to pass muster on the trip. Who cares how many people go? You will have fun. That one phone call may turn into your club's annual event.

Pass it on, pay it forward. Introduce the game of golf to a young person by taking them out to play a round or to hit some at the range.

Somebody did it for you. If the idea of footgolf (or any other multi-land use ideas for golf courses) nauseates you, than man up and teach the incoming generation to appreciate the status quo. This advice nugget can be the one on this list that doesn't even necessarily have to involve golf. Spending an afternoon a week in an old folks’ home cheering people up will put your poor golf shots in perspective.

Crack a book. Read a golf classic by John Updike, Jack Nicklaus or Dr. Alister MacKenzie. If you have attention-span issues, then just replace whatever magazines are in your bathroom with the golf classics organized in "snippets of sense" fashion. Harvey Penick, Hogan and Bob Rotella books are all ideal for ADD golfers, and the haphazard lessons will find a way into your game.

Have a stake in the game. Throw a hundred bucks at a fantasy golf league. Pick one that doesn't require a statistician's background to play. This participation will prompt phone

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calls, emails and wisecracks about the game, making for pleasant white noise during the work week.

Man vs. himself. Go play by yourself once in a while. The same foursome all the time will eventually suffer from "cellmate mentality" issues. One-word jokes, out-of-date bathroom humor and obscure music and movie references might creep into your professional vernacular or domestic conversations. Fun people play golf. Go meet them.

Record outstanding occurrences. A golf diary or journal is not necessary, but if you hit an outstanding shot on a sunny day in a cool place, write it down. An encounter with someone memorable, a treeful of rare birds, mid-fairway solutions to a problem or the end of a midlife crisis may all surface during frequently scheduled four-hour activities – and are worthy of remembrance. Paragraph them on three by five cards, punch holes in them and keep a flip chart of noteworthy thoughts nearby to remind you of the little things that make life worthwhile.

I hope this year’s golfing season brings you much joy, and that the rocks, trees and greens conspire to send your balls bouncing in their intended directions. I hope you remember to tell your spouse and family about the wildlife you saw on the course and the interesting people you met (not just all about which irons went where). I hope to see you as you trudge the happy fairways of destiny. Most of all, I hope you play fast.

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Murphy’s Love:

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BY STA CY NOTA RAS M U R P H Y

DEAR STACY: I’m a stay-at-home mother of three whose husband works a very busy, very “important” job. He is never home. We have learned to just accept that he is not part of our day-to-day lives. My husband’s brother lives near us with his family and I am always sad when we make plans to get together and he gets to be there but my husband never seems to be able to pull away from work. We do have a nice lifestyle, but even with the financial resources things don’t feel “easy.” We decided to have a third child despite the fact that things were already pretty strained, mainly because we both come from big families and always thought that was what we wanted.

Now I find myself resenting him, and I know you always say that resentment is bad for a relationship. I just don’t know how to talk myself out of these feelings anymore.

– Resentment Building Dear Resentment, First, I am hopeful that you get a lot of support from your family and friends about this very difficult situation. But I’m not going to offer the same sounding board that (I hope) they provide

you. This is a very common dynamic and I want to offer some insights from your potential future selves – the selves I often see in my office for couples counseling.

Potential Future You is awash in anger.

She has no other choice. She has allowed the situation to take over her life and has lost her ability to lay down her defenses and be vulnerable. (CHEAT SHEET: Vulnerability is where we connect to other people. Period.) Potential Future Him is also angry – mostly at himself, but it looks like anger toward you. The regular arguments have eroded the intimacy and now the only way you spend real time together is during battle. When I prescribe regular intimacy interventions (e.g., date night, calendar appointments for sex, intentional dialogues), you each wait for the other one to go first and then nothing happens, building resentment. Lather. Rinse.

Repeat.

The good news is that you are not yet Potential Future You. Instead, you are you today, recognizing that your marriage is struggling and seeking advice. The first step is to gain some

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insight into how this situation came about. If your mind just jumped to blaming Husband, that’s okay, but it’s not productive – nor is it entirely true. It’s not solely his fault. You must take responsibility for your role. Are you a person who always ignores her own feelings?

Do you hold it all in until your frustrations metabolize into depression or physical ailments?

Figure that part out. Then bring your findings to Husband. Be vulnerable. Ask for understanding, first, and then negotiate for change. Get outside guidance if you think you’re ready for it. You can learn to reconnect.

Stacy Notaras Murphy (www.stacymurphyLPC. com) is a licensed professional counselor and certified Imago Relationship therapist practicing in Georgetown. This column is meant for entertainment only and should not be considered a substitute for professional counseling. Send your confidential question to stacy@georgetowner.com.

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Emotional Premiere: Carter and ‘Camp David’

BY G A RY T ISCHL ER

Only in Washington. You go to see a play and you’re in the middle of a historic moment about history itself. History in the flesh.

That’s about the only way you can describe what happened when Arena Stage hosted the April 3 “red carpet” world premiere of “Camp David.” The play, by Pulitzer Prize-winner Lawrence Wright, is a two-hour dramatization of the 13 days in September 1978 that gave painful birth to the first and only peace treaty between an Arab state and Israel. Unexpected, unprecedented, the treaty was probably the signal achievement of the administration of President Jimmy Carter.

It’s hard to look at the production – which began haltingly, then kicked into gear with humor and power – as a critic. It had already been in previews leading up to this premiere, and it will continue through May 4. However, there will be no staging that resembles this one.

This night, with the audience in the Kreeger Theater on its feet clapping, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, who had been the centerpiece of what amounted to a theatrical state dinner, settled into their seats, and the staging of the play became something beyond itself.

Here we all were, watching a play in which actors were assembled on a Camp David set,

knitting together the nights and days of difficult negotiations that would end in the words “Habemus Pacem” (“We have peace”): Richard Thomas, once John-Boy on “The Waltons,” but now a seasoned 55-year-old portraying Carter; veteran actor Ron Rifkin, inhabiting the part of Israel’s Prime Minister Menachem Begin like a rumpled suit; Tony Award-nominee Hallie Foote bringing sharp and gentle humor as Rosalynn Carter; Egyptian actor and activist Khaled Nabawy, matching the charisma that was part of the soul of Egypt’s President Anwar Sadat.

Even as the play heads for a climax that is preordained, there were times as events unfolded, and the arguments between Sadat and Begin reached the point of animus and rancor, when you could almost entertain doubts that the peace treaty would be signed.

The guiding force behind the production was Gerald Rafshoon, a television and film producer who was director of White House communications in the Carter Administration. It took him decades to bring it to the stage. Arena Stage Artistic Director Molly Smith directed.

Much of the material in the play is new, a good chunk of it coming from diaries kept by the Carters. Other material was garnered from interviews with participants in the negotiations.

What you are seeing sounds as fresh as a batch of secrets spilled unexpectedly at a White House press conference.

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The emotion that accumulated during the course of the drama on stage achieved its peak when the Carters – Jimmy Carter, now 90 years old, and Rosalynn Carter, 85 – slowly came up to the stage to meet the actors during the curtain call, to the applause of audience and cast. They were joined by Jehan Sadat, 80, the widow of Anwar Sadat, who was assassinated in 1981. “That was a moment,” someone remarked.

It was a Washington moment. The Carters did not stay for the post-play reception. Rafshoon, Smith, Wright and the actors mingled with audience members, including longtime Washington media stars such as Chris Matthews, Bob Schieffer and Andrea Mitchell. “I was a White House correspondent then,” Schieffer said. “This is what it was like. It felt exactly right and true.”

The play seems hardly dated, though time has worked its way with everyone alive in 1978, 35 years ago.

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Begin died in 1992. The peace treaty, in which Egypt recognized Israel as a state and Israel returned the Sinai to Egypt, remains in place. In 1993, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel and Yasser Arafat, the head of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, signed an agreement of principles, the Oslo Accords, under President Bill Clinton. Rabin was assassinated in 1995 by an Israeli ultranationalist.

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The four actors all inhabited their parts with the passions and quirks of real persons. Who knew, for instance, that Carter frequently prayed to and even railed against God? Thomas lets us see the whole man, insistent and unwilling to give up. Nabawy and Rifkin shine the most when, as Sadat and Begin, they are trying hardest to find common ground, especially when they share their experiences of time spent in prison. All three men were infused with their religious beliefs: Carter raised Southern Baptist, Begin haunted by the Holocaust, Sadat daring much in the Yom Kippur War and in going to Jerusalem and then to Camp David.

We saw it all up close, thanks to full, warm performances by Thomas, Foote, Rifkin and Nabawy. That’s all to the credit of the actors, directors, writer and producer. On this night, we got to see and feel a lot more than that.

That’s theater, but that’s also Washington.

We woke up to read a story about the difficulties encountered by Secretary of State John Kerry in the Middle East: “With peace talks at impasse, Kerry’s image may be at risk.”

The last words of “Camp David,” like a pungent reproach, still echo from the night before: “We have peace.”

AT THE APRIL 3RD RECEPTION Top: actors Hallie Foote and Richard Thomas flank Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter.

Left: actor Ron Rifkin and producer Gerald Rafshoon show photos from the 1978 peace treaty signing.

Right: Georgiana and Richard Thomas

ART

Skirting Gravity’s Edge At The Hirshhorn

BY ARI P OS T

It is mesmerizing to walk into a room occupied by raw, pure and simple color. In the same way that the smell of the ocean pulls us in and triggers a deep connection to our natural surroundings, there is a sensation in seeing plain color, unrefined and unadulterated by subject matter or concepts, that brings us closer to the very state of our senses. It is almost involuntary the way it attracts us—color is fundamental to the way we experience the world and so we cannot help but react to it. Over centuries, artists have fought with it, innovating new modes of thinking and creation in pursuit of its depiction. Particularly over the past century, from the groundbreaking early 20th century works of Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, to the color fields of Mark Rothko and the austere minimalism of Ellsworth Kelly, painters have developed brilliant and intoxicating approaches to communicating in the language color.

With Gravity’s Edge, on view through June 15, The Hirshhorn shines light on a time between 1959 and 1978 that signaled a shift in the way leading contemporary artists began approaching and perceiving color and abstraction. While throughout the 1950s the Abstract Expressionists focused on projecting personal ideologies and exploring their inner psychology through color and shape (greatly inspired by the writings of psychologist Carl Jung), this new generation of abstract painters moved

away from these notions, giving prominence to and inspiring renewed emphasis on materials and technical processes. Led by artists Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland, these artists began exploring the space of a painting in new ways, using both the force of gravity and the edge of the canvas as means of challenging the spatial and perceptual limits of their work.

They experimented with the way the paint bled down their untreated linen canvases, tilting it at different angles and letting the paint run out to the edge. They focused more intently on the edge in general, often painting around the canvas in the corners and along the perimeters, leaving the center empty and unpainted, which created illusions of both strict containment and endless expansion.

These effects, however, are very subtle, and the paintings generally feel quite simple. This is not to generalize or shrug off the more difficult, esoteric responsibilities of criticism, or to lazily thumb a nose at the frequent weariness and skepticism with which many viewers meet certain paintings such as these. This is just to say that despite and also in consideration of these perhaps lofty ideas, I believe that these paintings are meant to be approached simply and from the heart.

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Along the walls of this exhibit, color and form are given the chance to radiate. The curved, diagonal lines in the paintings of Morris Louis, brightly hued and loose-edged, are soothing and playful. Helen Frankenthaler’s coarse layering of colors in messy blocks are wonderfully childlike in the way they search and explore such simple shapes and colors with thorough but spontaneous vitality. The graceful, organic outbursts of Paul Jenkins’ color washes are like flowers blooming with the explosive energy and immediacy of a firework.

content (which is far from a denouncement but nevertheless quite prevalent), this is a show of art for the sake of art. It is for those of us who want to sit in front of a painting and let it wash over us. Frankly, it is a wonderful departure from the oversaturation of media and information that pervades our computers and trickles inevitably into our thoughts. Gravity’s Edge is a chance to lift that burden for a brief while, ignore the typical gnawing of time constraints and justification, and revel in something indefinably satisfying.

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Women Doctors Take Over Women’s Arts Museum

BY R OBE RT DEVANEY As the American Medical Women’s Association met for its national conference, it also celebrated its 99th annual gala at the National Museum of Women in the Arts March 15 to salute awardees Patricia Allen, M.D., Gayatri Devi, M.D., and Arianna Huffington. The evening was quite the scene with female brainpower and all those doctors. The ANWA functions at the local, national and international level to advance women in medicine and improve women’s health. ★

Wilhelmina Holladay, founder of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, with awardee Arianna Huffington, author of just published “Thrive.”

Gloria Bowles Johnson and Lynt Johnson, surgeon at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, flank Eleni Tousimis, chief of breast surgery at Georgetown Hospital and past president of AMWA.

Casey Pappas, Kristin Burkant and Jacqueline Sumanis.

Mark Tercek, president of the Nature Conservancy, and Page Evans.

Kickoff Luncheon for ‘Celebrazione della Cura’

BY M ARY B IRD The Washington Home and Community Hospices will celebrate the 125th anniversary of providing healthcare services for aging, chronically and terminally ill area residents at the Embassy of Italy on April 26. In anticipation, a kickoff luncheon was held at the George Town Club. CEO Tim Cox welcomed guests and acknowledged club president Sharon Casey. The only in-patient hospice facility in D.C. gives “people the opportunity to make memories until the very end.” Guests shared their personal experiences and raised a glass to Tandy and Wyatt Dickerson, who were celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary, as well as to the birthday of photographer Neshan Naltchayan. ★

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George Town Club President Sharon Casey and Washington Home & Community Hospices CEO Tim Cox. Photo by Neshan Naltchayan

‘Night of Vision’

BY M ARY BIR D The Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington, the nation’s largest local prevention of blindness agency, hosted its 28th Annual Night of Vision gala on March 29 at the Four Seasons. Doreen Gentzler of NBC News4 emceed. Ophthalmologist Richard A Garfinkel received the 2014 Professional Service Award, and American Girl series author Valerie Tripp received the 2014 Community Service Award. The event’s theme, “Celebrity Sightings,” combined Hollywood décor and an auction that included over 100 celebrity-related items such as athletic memorabilia, autographed photos and celebrity eyeglasses. A live auction featured luxury travel and group dinners at the residences of the ambassadors of the Philippines and Egypt.★

Daniel Pluznik, M.D., and Christina Johnson enjoy the music of Retrospect.

Photo by Neshan Naltchayan.

Event chair Sally Ann Pilkerton and her husband Raymond Pilkerton, M.D., enjoy the dance floor.

Photo by Neshan Naltchayan.

Board president Jan David Brown (far left) and executive director Michele Hartlove (far right) congratulate the evening’s honorees, Community Service Award recipient Valerie Tripp and Professional Service Award recipient Richard Garfinkel, M.D. Photo by Neshan Naltchayan.

Celebration of Hope Gala

BY M ARY BIR D Hope Connections for Cancer Support’s annual Celebration of Hope Gala, chaired by Sharon Glickman and Jamie Kogod Levin at the Park Hyatt, raised more than $200,000 to help support its free programs of emotional support, education, wellness and hope for people with cancer and their loved ones. The event included the presentation of the Celebration of Hope Award to Patricia Payne of Payne & Associates and Hope Connections’ Partnership Award to LAZ Parking. Breast cancer survivor and author Madhulika Sikka stepped in at the last moment to replace journalist Jennifer Griffin, who was unable to attend due to breaking news on the missing Malaysian airplane.★

Judge Nancy Firestone and gala co-chair Sharon Glickman. Photo by Kevin Eakin

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Visionaries for the ‘Love of Sight’

BY R OBE RT DEVANEY The Foundation Fighting Blindness, a nonprofit driving sight-saving research, honored Ryuji Ueno, M.D., co-founder of Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Timothy Olsen, M.D., of Emory University, with the organization’s Visionary Award, in recognition of their longstanding commitment to helping patients with eye diseases. More than 225 guests attended the 12th Annual D.C. “For the Love of Sight” Visionary Awards Dinner April 1, at the downtown Ritz-Carlton, raising $320,000 to benefit research. ★

Choral Arts ‘Ides of March’ Cocktail Party

BY M ARY BIR D The Choral Arts Society of Washington board member Jenny Wallace welcomed guests to the George Town Club for a mid-March cocktail reception and expressed appreciation to club president Sharon Casey. A number of guests were visiting the club for the first time since its recent renovation and were enthusiastic about the freshened decor. Artistic director Scott Tucker said, “It’s so great to see you here in my living room.” Always a highlight of the holiday season, this year’s gala will be chaired by Janet Phillips. It will take place at the Kennedy Center Dec. 15.★

Foundation Fighting Blindness CEO Bill Schmidt with Sucampo Pharmaceuticals co-founders, awardee Ryuji Ueno, M.D., and Sachiko Kuno. Photo by Neshan Naltchayan

Latino Fund 14th Annual Gala

BY M ARY B IRD The Latino Student Fund celebrated 20 years of creating educational opportunities for HispanicLatino children in our area at an annual benefit gala at the Organization of American States, hosted

by Arturo Ulises Vallarino Bartuano, Permanent Representative of Panama to the OAS, and his wife.

The evening featured cocktails and a silent auction followed by dinner. Erika Gonzalez of NBC-4 emceed and Steve Little conducted an exciting live auction. The gala drew more than 230 attendees and raised more than $220,000 to benefit the organization’s educational programs for under-served youth. Services include academic tutoring and scholarships, college prep and family outreach. ★

Julie Huang Tucker and Choral Arts Artistic Direc- Executive director Debra Kraft, Juanita Duggan and Jenny Wallace tor Scott Tucker

It’s a Timely Woman-to-Watch Dinner

BY ER IN SC H AFF Running Star hosted its eighth annual Women to Watch Awards Dinner April 2 at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, celebrating some of the most impressive young women leaders in the country.

Angela Franco, president and CEO of Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Natalia Luis-Monteiro, LSF board vice president, Maria Fernanda Borja, LSF executive director and LSF board members Fernando Barrueta and Nicole Quiroga

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