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For this season’s “Cinderella moment,” the looks were envisioned by The Georgetowner Fashion / Beauty Editor, Lauretta J. McCoy and photographed by Yvonne Taylor. Models Anastasia and Jude were styled by Stef Pharr with Clothing from Saks and Everard’s Clothiers. Coifs by Darrell Thompson and nails by RiMahni Merge.

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FEATURE · 11 Diplomatic Encounters

REAL ESTATE · 11 Featured Property Commercial Property

COVER STORY· 12-15 A SEASON OF GALAS Meridian Ball at 50 Fall Gala Guide Cinderella Moment Fashion Editorial

FOOD & WINE · 16 Dining Guide Recipe: Tomato Zuccini Tart

ARTS · 17 Playing Dick Gregory at Arena Stage

FEATURES · 18 Stormy Daniels, Unlikely Hero Downtowner News

New Sports Venue Opens at St. Elizabeths

BY R OBERT D EVAN EY

Surrounded by other officials, Mayor Muriel Bowser (center) cuts the ribbon at the new Entertainment and Sports Arena. Photo by Patrick G. Ryan.

Woodward’s ‘Fear’: A Splash, Then Silence

BY GARY TISC H L ER

The combination of book and New York Times editorial was explosive, and, one would think, would provide enough fodder for speculative editorializing and deep-think, deep-state posturing to last the rest of Trump’s term, or at least for a week or two.

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Autumn Welcomed at Tudor Place

BY STEPH AN IE GR EEN

Chef at the Inn at Perry Cabin

The third annual “Brews, Booze & Bites” party offered a taste of the spirits and flavors popular during the 18th century, when the Tudor Place mansion and gardens were constructed.

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A spirits vendor at Tudor Place's "Brews, Booze & Bites." Photo by Stephanie Green.

INCOUNTRY · 19

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Neiman Marcus’ CUSP Georgetown store will hold a meet-and-greet with contemporary designer Amanda Uprichard, complete with sips, sweets and styling consultations. No tickets are required. For details, visit neimanmarcus. com. 3030 M St. NW.

More than 100 juried artisans will gather in Waterford, Virginia, a National Historic Landmark, to exhibit and demonstrate jewelry, clothing, furniture and home décor crafts at the 74th annual Waterford Fair. One-day tickets $16 ($12 for students), three-day passes $30. For details, visit waterfordfairva.org.

In advance of the Feast Day of St. Francis (Oct. 4), Saint John’s Episcopal Church will celebrate the patron saint of animals with its annual Blessing of the Animals event. Pets of all shapes, sizes and species are invited to the front lawn for individual blessings. Visit stjohnsgeorgetown.org. 3240 O St. NW

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ALEXANDRIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT

SEPTEMBER 29 ART ALL NIGHT

D.C. artists will invade Tenleytown and Dupont Circle streets and spaces on Saturday, September 29 as part of Mayor Muriel Bowser Presents Art All Night: Made in DC. The free annual citywide event, kicking off at 7 p.m., features popup galleries, interactive exhibits, free booze, stages for visual and performing arts, and more.

Over a dozen venues are participating in Tenleytown’s family-friendly Art All Night neighborhood, and in Dupont, nearly 20 galleries, embassies, historic houses, and retailers will come alive with art until 12 a.m.

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On the program for the ASO’s season-opener, under new Music Director James Ross, are Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, Michael Torke’s “Javelin” and works by Dvořák and Saint-Saëns featuring violinist Alexander Kerr. Tickets are $20 to $80, $10 for students and $5 for youth. For details, visit alexsym.org. Schlesinger Concert Hall, 4915 East Campus Drive, Alexandria, VA.

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PAINT THE TOWN RED Paint the Town Red is an evening dedicated to raising much-needed funds to support the mission of the American Heart Association: to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives. The night features specialty cocktails, light food bites, music, dancing and a silent auction. Tickets are $95. pulsedc.org.

OCTOBER 3

OCTOBER 13

WALTER MOSLEY BOOK LAUNCH AND RECEPTION

PALISADES VILLAGE HOUSE TOUR Proceeds from the sixth annual house tour — a sampling of vintage, traditional and renovated homes in Foxhall and the Palisades — benefit Palisades Village, which helps aging neighbors live in their homes and remain actively engaged in their communities. Tickets are $35 ($30 in advance). palisadesvillage.org.

Sankofa Bookstore is hosting the D.C. launch of New York Times best-selling author Walter Mosley’s new book, “John Woman.” The event includes a reception, a signing and a dialogue between Mosley and W. Paul Coates. Tickets are $40. For details, visit events.sankofa.com.

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During the General Election, all registered voters and District residents eligible to register, may vote.

CONTESTS ON THE BALLOT:

Delegate to the United States House of Representatives Mayor of the District of Columbia Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia At-large Member of the Council of the District of Columbia Ward Member of the Council of the District of Columbia (Wards 1, 3, 5 and 6) Attorney General of the District of Columbia United States Senator United States Representative Ward Member of the State Board of Education (Wards 1, 3, 5 and 6) Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner

POLLS WILL BE OPEN FROM 7AM TO 8PM WANT TO VOTE EARLY? Early Voting will start at One Judiciary Square (OJS) on October 22, and at satellite Early Voting Centers on October 26. Early Voting Centers are open daily (including weekends) through November 2, from 8:30 am until 7 pm.

Both paper and touchscreen ballots will be available at OJS.

EARLY VOTING CENTERS Satellite Early Voting Centers will open on October 26, and they will have touchscreen ballots only. Eligible voters may vote at any Early Voting Center during Early Voting, regardless of their address or Election Day polling place. Early Voting Center locations can be found online at https://earlyvoting.dcboe.org/.

Need More Information? For more information on the upcoming election, on voter registration, to confirm your registration information, or to find your polling place, please visit www.dcboe.org or call (202) 727-2525.

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TOWN TOPICS

NEWS

BY P EG GY S A N D S

Small Cell Plans Challenged

A Bench for Betsy

It seems inevitable that small cell technology — variously pictured as big and small boxes with a tangle of wires emanating from them — is coming to utility poles in Georgetown, and soon. A town hall meeting to discuss its implementation was held on Thursday evening, Sept. 13, at the City Tavern Club.

The meeting, sponsored by Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E, the Citizens Association of Georgetown and the Georgetown Business Improvement District, became heated at times.

All agreed that D.C.’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer clearly explained the why and how of its Small Cell Facilities Project. It was obvious that the administration of Mayor Muriel Bowser is convinced that the technology will improve the quality of wireless service throughout the District. The project is meant to provide an efficient and streamlined process for providers to make wireless broadband communication accessible to all D.C. residents.

But there are five competing licensees, all with different devices and requirements regarding placement, including proximity of the equipment to homes. Some Georgetown residents thought the devices were ugly, too

The Betsy McGregor Cooley bench at Volta Park was unveiled Sept. 23, as friends, family and community leaders recalled their time with Cooley, the former executive director of the Citizens Association of

short (the ones reaching two stories high could be directly in front of bedroom windows) or too wide.

Some residents raised the specter of unknown public health concerns from the omnipresent technology.

“We just don’t want them” and “Tell the city ‘no,’” muttered several attendees at one point.

“We can’t,” said ANC Chair Joe Gibbons.

“The decision has already been made citywide to install them to be ready for the next generation of cell phones, the 5G. We just have to advise which ones we like.”

But on Sept. 20, Gibbons and fellow Commissioner Jim Wilcox sent out a sevenpage letter in which they urged the Commission of Fine Arts, which is to review the various design proposals, “not to be stampeded by industry’s 5G lobbyists into approving Small Cell guidelines that are inappropriate.”

The letter cites a Sept. 10 article in the Financial Times, pointing out that no existing smartphones or computers are even compatible with 5G and all will have to be replaced once the new technology is set up. It would seem that industry lobbyists are trying to get a placeholder in still-evolving technology.

Georgetown, who died last April. At Betsy’s bench: Judy Bollinger, twin sister; Allison Cooley, daughter; Finley Simons, grandson; Ben Simons, son-in-law; sister Cathy McGregor. Photo by Bill Starrels.

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Repeal Likely for Initiative 77 The long-anticipated D.C. Council meeting to consider a proposal to repeal Initiative 77 — the so-called Fair Wage Act for the District’s tipped employees, voted in by less than 10 percent of the electorate at the June 9 primary election — started at 11 a.m. on Sept. 13. Up to 200 advocates, pro and con, were expected to speak until late in the evening. Far more turned out, packing the room, and the meeting lasted until 3 a.m.

Most in attendance agreed that opponents outnumbered supporters. By the end of the evening, it appeared that Initiative 77 in its current form, requiring tipped employees to receive the same minimum wage as other employees by 2026, would be repealed.

Supporters mainly represented the Fair Wage Coalition, particularly serviceworker advocacy groups like Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, which has gone state by state, seeking to push the act onto state ballots. ROC United maintains

that the initiative would not only offer tipped workers a stabile income, but would prevent workers, especially women of color, from being harassed on the job. It also could act as a safeguard against wage theft and tip inequality based on race.

But tipped employees representing D.C.’s “Save Our Tips” coalition contended that Initiative 77 would lead to a pay cut for many who earn good incomes on tips in the District’s thriving restaurant culture. All agreed that restaurant and bar owners would raise the price of meals or add surcharges (or both) to cover the guaranteed minimum wage. That could likely cut into their tips — or cause D.C.’s sophisticated restaurant patrons not to tip at all.

Seven Council members, a good majority, indicated that they would vote for repeal.

But no date for a vote was scheduled. Many think it will happen next month, prior to national midterm elections in November.

No Answer to Airline Noise in Sight It’s been an ongoing and undeniable complaint for years. Airplanes arriving at and departing from Reagan National Airport over Georgetown have been increasing both in number and in noise.

This despite a late-2013 change of flight patterns by the Federal Aviation Administration that steered airliners over the Potomac River for slightly longer stretches.

This despite official complaints that irate neighbors have launched in federal courts over the past two years (denied and rejected on appeal). This despite speeches from the likes of Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan that residents around Reagan National are “miserable in their homes.” This despite numerous town hall meetings and studies funded by the DC Department of Energy and Environment.

Despite it all, flights have been taking off at lower altitudes, on more frequent schedules and in more concentrated, narrower paths.

One response by the frustrated sufferers has been to involve local politicians.

In Georgetown, local politicians has mostly meant lawyer Rick Murphy, a member of the Georgetown-Burleith

Advisory Neighborhood Commission who has been involved with the issue for years.

On Sept. 20, Murphy and a number of representatives from the FAA, DOEE and a plethora of agencies with less familiar acronyms — such as OFRA, MOCRS, MWAA and RNACNWG (the Reagan National Airport Community Noise Working Group) — revealed the latest results of a second-year study on noise levels at a meeting at Georgetown Day School.

In a mind-numbing presentation of charts, graphs, displays and mathematical results of studies of decibel noise levels in all possible configurations, Randy Waldeck of the CSDA Design Group concluded, yet again and with a shrug, that airplane noise is increasing, and there’s not much that can be done about it.

The ideal-world solutions he suggested include: persuading someone with authority to reduce or at least cap the number of flights over Georgetown, especially between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m.; establishing a strict higher altitude level for over-town traffic; and hiring an SME (subject matter expert) for the working group.

CRIME REPORT Woman Jogger Fatally Stabbed near Logan Circle While taking an evening jog on Sept.

18, 35-year-old Wendy Martinez was fatally stabbed by 23-year-old Anthony Crawford near the corner of P and 11th Street NW, according to the Metropolitan Police Department, which added that the attack appeared random. Martinez was a graduate of Georgetown University. The suspect was a known user of synthetic cannabinoid K2.

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Man on Scooter Fatally Struck at Dupont Circle A man riding an electric scooter died Sept. 21 after a collision with an SUV and being dragged under the vehicle for 20 yards at Dupont Circle. Carlos SanchezMartin, 20, had rented a Lime scooter. This accident is believed to be the first fatality that involves rented scooters. No charges have filed, according to MPD. A memorial ride is planned for Sanchez-Martin at 5:30 p.m, Sept. 26, beginning at Sonny Bono Park at New Hampshire Avenue and O Street NW.

Gas Leaks, Explosions ‘Not Unusual’

BY PEGGY SAN D S

Gas lines were under repair Sept. 17 at 28th and Dumbarton Streets. Other leaks were detected a few days later. Georgetowner photo.

The photos last Tuesday, Sept. 11, were chilling. Dozens of homes in the Boston suburbs suddenly exploded from unknown gas leaks caused by an aging pipe infrastructure.

Some 40 homes were immediately engulfed in fire. One teenager was killed and over a dozen people were injured. More than 8,000 residents were evacuated from their homes.

By Friday, Sept. 14, residents were being allowed back in their homes. Many expressed hesitancy, even fear, about turning the gas and electricity back on. Authorities are examining the old gas pipelines, but assuring residents they are safe.

Meanwhile, in Georgetown, on Sunday, Sept. 16, around 3 p.m., residents at the corner of Dumbarton and 28th Streets were frightened by a loud knocking on the door by uniformed police and fire department officials. “A gas leak had been detected by a passerby and they urged us to turn off the gas,” said Josh (who refused to give his last name). “We didn’t notice the gas smell until we got outside and now it’s quite strong.”

On Sunday evening, Washington Gas workers began tearing up the street, aided by lights mounted on trucks. By Monday morning, Sept. 17, Evan Sheres wrote on the East Village Next Door website: “Looks like they found the source of the leak of the pipe leading to our house and will be working on this during the day tomorrow. Will have traffic control and no parking signs on Dumbarton between 28 & 27th streets. We heard the pipe that they dug up leaking ourselves.” He concluded: “Still no word to the community from Washington Gas.” Edward Segal, a neighbor who has been concerned about gas leaks in Georgetown for years, wrote: “With the aftermath of last week’s gas pipeline-related fires and explosions in the Boston suburbs, when will our community leaders do something about the continued lack of communication, accountability, and transparency by Washington Gas Light? Our own gas-related issues, questions and concerns continue to be ignored.”

We investigate explosions all over the country,” Mark McDonald, president of NatGas Consulting in Boston, told the Boston Globe last week. “The public would be shocked to know how common they are.” Most incidents

can be traced to several common causes: aging infrastructure, incorrect installation and thirdparty damage, according to McDonald.

The sporadic fires in Lawrence, Andover and North Andover, Massachusetts, were likely the result of excess amounts of natural gas coursing through the region’s old pipes.

“It appears to be an over-pressurization of the entire system,” McDonald said. “It is actually quite an uncommon cause.”

Thousands of gas leaks in Washington, D.C., had been found to be responsible for $15 million to $20 million in damage to trees, according to a 2011 study done by natural gas safety expert Robert Ackley of Gas Safety Inc. in Southborough, Massachusetts. Last August, Segal hosted Ackley in Georgetown for three days to update his research — specifically in Georgetown — using the cavity ring-down spectroscopy equipment. This equipment detects and documents methane in parts per billion and tags each reading with global positioning coordinates that can be plotted on Google Earth.

Ackley’s report just came out this week. “The good news is most of the leaks detected are not necessarily explosion hazards for buildings.

The bad news is no community can afford to be lulled into a false sense of confidence about the safety of their gas pipelines.”

But Segal is frustrated by a lack of feedback about the situation. “I am fed up,” Segal told The Georgetowner. “I’ve made complaints about the lack of transparency for going on three years now to all the proper public agencies and get no responses.” Last week, a gas company contractor was again measuring the street in front of his home that had been torn up for months last year to repair some pipes, Segal said. “He told me that they have to fix it all again.”

However, the gas company’s press office answered an inquiry from The Georgetowner within hours: “Washington Gas received a report of a gas odor on Sunday afternoon.

We responded to the scene immediately. We investigated the area, worked to make sure that gas was off and the area was safe, and determined that the older service line should be replaced. Crews are on site to replace the service line.”

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CAG Report: Ready for Autumn

BY PAM M OOR E

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The Rush to 5G Washington, D.C., is becoming so smart — 5G network smart, that is. We are already well into the planning stages to support the next generation of 5-plus-gigabit networks, which are projected to increase U.S. internet traffic sevenfold. Billions of new connected mobile devices will be, like the Olympic motto, Faster, Higher, Stronger, able to connect to the “internet of things” and transmit 8K-resolution video, augmented reality and virtual reality. D.C. is rushing to prepare for all this promised connectivity and prosperity. Five companies have already been licensed to propose infrastructure plans for the new 5G technology.

But there is a secret to being 5G smart.

It turns out that while 5G can accommodate 4G technology on a basic level, full connectivity will require a completely different infrastructure — one built on smaller, denser configurations of shoeboxsize antennae, many of which will be attached to existing buildings, streetlights and utility poles. An estimated 300,000 small cell connectors will be needed in the next three to four years to support the transition to 5G. That’s ten to 100 times more antenna locations than are used for today’s 3G and 4G devices. When they are built, no current computer or mobile device will work on the new networks. All will have to be replaced or updated.

On Sept. 13, a packed town hall meeting was held at Georgetown’s City Tavern Club to review preliminary sketches of proposed small cell infrastructure plans by some of the licensees. They urged an expedited community-approved decision in order to

get a head start on attaching the boxes throughout the residential and commercial neighborhoods of D.C., and doing it without onerous regulations, fees or potential enforcement fines. The mobile device industry calls this “forward thinking.” The city calls it “smart.”

But Georgetown’s ANC Chairman Joe Gibbons and Commissioner Jim Wilcox are smarting. Our community has grave aesthetic and health concerns about the small cell infrastructure plans we’ve seen to date, they write, citing the conclusion of Bain & Company consulting group in a Sept. 10 Financial Times article that “the majority of the 19 largest global phone companies don’t even see a near term business use for 5G technology as yet.”

“One might speculate that providers are using the strong interest their lobbyists have generated in 5G, primarily to reduce their costs and to establish permanent placeholders in public spaces for the eventual technologies of the future,” write Gibbons and Wilcox.

It seems so easy. The smart city embraces the inevitable 5G technology and enables five licensees to present their plans for community input. Just choose one — the prettiest, maybe. Guidelines and regulations can be designed to fit them. Then build.

Easy. Smart.

Too easy and too smart, we think. It seems that the technology of the 5G phones and the infrastructure are not nearly ready for such final decisions. In D.C.’s eagerness to be a smart tech city, we have to be smarter than that.

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Letter to the Editor: It’s Tight, Stick to the Right I’ve lived in D.C. for more than 15 years; the last two years of which have been in Georgetown. I’ll be the first to admit that Georgetown is not was it was from a commercial standpoint in, say, 2007. But I do believe that the charm and vibrancy of the community has not been lost. And if you take the time to look under the surface, there is a Georgetown renaissance beginning to blossom. Just look at construction equipment towering over 3000 M Street, the coffee shops on Grace Street or the planned development coming to 3220 Prospect St. NW. While some Washingtonians might disagree with that assessment, there’s one thing that we can all agree on: driving in Georgetown blows.

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It doesn’t blow because Georgetown is too small. It’s not awful because Georgetown is too old. Driving in Georgetown doesn’t suck because the neighborhood is past its early 2000s prime. Driving in Georgetown is the worst because everyone wants to drive in the middle of the street.

To that end, I developed a short catchphrase to help neighbors and visitors alike share in the responsibility of making driving more bearable: “Driving in Georgetown is tight. Please be polite and stick to the right.”

— Christopher Gindlesperger, Prospect Street

Summer is definitely over. In Georgetown, you can feel the pace of life pick up: our phones ring more often, it can be difficult to answer our daily emails and our calendars need careful monitoring. Isn’t that part of the reason we love living in our historic community in the heart of this bustling city?

Thanks to Sonya Bernhardt and The Georgetowner newspaper, I have been given the opportunity to share with you on an ongoing basis issues of importance and news from my perspective as president of the Citizens Association of Georgetown.

First, I urge you to be involved in Georgetown. Your commitment to a better community can be as easy as boning up on the candidates running for our Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E and making a point of voting on Nov. 6.

A Single Member District Commissioner represents you and has a say before the Old Georgetown Board (think: a project you want to undertake on your property), the Department of Transportation (you like/don’t like the idea of the Small Cell Project for future 5G) and the Department of Public Works (your garbage and that of your neighbor hasn’t been picked up on Friday). You get the picture.

These elected commissioners are your voice throughout the District government.

When an individual joins CAG or renews his or her membership, we encourage that individual to be an active member. We welcome new CAG Public Safety Block Captains — it is a great way to meet your neighbors and do a good deed by providing timely crime reports. A call to the office (202-337-7313) will let you know if your block is currently covered. All are invited to our

Public Safety Community Meeting on Oct. 17 at the City Tavern Club. There will be a reception at 7 p.m. and a program, including a Q&A, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

We all appreciate the tree cover on our blocks. Consider joining the Trees for Georgetown Committee and becoming an active member, reporting on tree boxes that are empty, poorly maintained or have trees lacking proper water to survive.

Other CAG committees are seeking members and have current issues that need attending to. Trash & Rodents may not be first on your list, but I am excited to report the BID is making this a priority. Your support here will make a difference. As for Oral History, if you like to visit with well-known people and are willing to do the necessary homework to engage them, we want you. CAG has a wonderful collection of oral histories.

CAG has a committed staff and volunteers, but as with all nonprofits we need to raise annual funds to provide community programs, manage Concerts in the Parks, produce our newsletter and much more.

On Wednesday, Nov. 7, join us as we go back to our roots (no Four Seasons gala this year) and throw a cocktail party bash to honor our great former executive director, Betsy Cooley. A spectacular N Street home is the venue and entertainment will enliven the evening. Attendee numbers are limited, so please call the office to reserve a ticket or go to our website: cagtown.org. Hope to see you there.

Pam Moore is president of the Citizens Association of Georgetown.

JACK EVANS REPORT

Sports Betting on Council’s Fall Agenda

BY JAC K EVAN S Last week, the Council of the District of Columbia returned from summer recess to convene its first legislative session since July. The Council’s 22nd legislative period is coming to an end in December. Any bill that hasn’t been voted on by the Council to advance to the mayor for her signature will ultimately need to be reintroduced in January.

On Tuesday, Sept. 18, I and five of my colleagues introduced the Sports Wagering Lottery Amendment Act of 2018. The bill’s purpose is to legalize sports betting in the District of Columbia. I hope this bill will be signed into law before the end of the legislative period.

On May 14 of this year, the Supreme Court of the United States reversed a 1992 law which banned sports betting in all but a few jurisdictions in America. Today, sports betting is legal in Nevada, Delaware, New Jersey, Mississippi and West Virginia. Washington, D.C., will lead the region in exploring this exciting and new industry.

By introducing this bill, we took the first steps in capturing a new stream of revenue for the District that can go toward existing

programs. For example, revenue will go to fund the recently passed Birth-to-Three for All DC Act, which promotes early childhood wellness programs. The Commission on the Arts and Humanities will receive additional revenue as well.

The next steps include a public hearing by the Committee on Finance and Revenue, scheduled for Oct. 17 at 10 a.m. in Room 500 of the Wilson Building. I welcome an in-depth discussion on this legislation from my colleagues on the Council and from the public. To sign-up to testify, please email Committee Assistant Sarina Loy at sloy@ dccouncil.us.

This is just the beginning of the fall session.

I’m looking forward to working on many more issues on behalf of the residents of Ward 2.

For more information on upcoming hearings, go to dccouncil.us. For updates specific to Ward 2, please sign up for my biweekly newsletter. Email jevans@dccouncil.us to be put on the list.

Jack Evans is the District Council member for Ward 2, representing Georgetown and other neighborhoods since 1991.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 VISION ZERO HEARING

District Department of Transportation Director Jeff Marootian will testify at this hearing, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. For details, visit ddot.dc.gov.

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Georgetown Heritage: Unlocking C&O Canal’s Potential Water by October, New Barge Farther Off B Y P E G GY SAN D S

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, & SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 WANDER WISCONSIN

“Passports” for this Georgetown Main Street event will be available on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at TD Bank, 1611 Wisconsin Ave. NW, and on Sunday at participating businesses. For details, visit georgetownmainstreet.com.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 1 ‘HAS THE WEST LOST IT?’ BOOK TALK

Kishore Mahbubani will talk about his recent book, “Has the West Lost It?: A Provocation,” from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at Georgetown University’s Riggs Library, south tower of Healy Hall, 37th and O Streets NW. For details, visit guevents. georgetown.edu.

ANC 2E MEETING The ANC 2E will hold its October meeting at 6:30 p.m. at Georgetown Visitation School, 1524 35th St. NW. For details, visit anc2e.com.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4 OLD GEORGETOWN BOARD MEETING

The meeting will take place at 9:15 a.m. at 401 F St. NW, Suite 312. For details, visit cfa.gov.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7 SAVE THE DATE: CAG FUNDRAISER

The Citizens Association of Georgetown is currently seeking host committee members for this event, a cocktail party fundraiser at a private residence. For details, visit cagtown.org.

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Almost four years ago, on Oct. 29, 2014, about 60 of Georgetown’s movers and shakers met at the home of star real estate agent and philanthropist Nancy Taylor Bubes to launch Georgetown Heritage, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and promoting the history of Georgetown. The first order of business was to “raise awareness of the acute need to fund improvements to preserve the historic C&O Canal.”

That’s nonprofit PR speak for “raising around $9 million to basically fix the locks and get a new boat,” according, at the time, to Joe Sternlieb, CEO of the Georgetown Business Improvement District, which went on to house Georgetown Heritage’s staff of three or so.

The locks had not been refurbished since they were constructed in 1831 — part of George Washington’s vision that the port of Georgetown would be the start of a water road opening up the West. In 1971, President Richard Nixon created Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park.

“For 40 years, the one-mile section of the Canal in Georgetown was a popular destination for visitors, residents, and school field trips, with mule-drawn boat tours providing an authentic, immersive experience,” wrote Alison Greenberg, Georgetown Heritage’s first executive director. But its state of disrepair became increasingly evident.

At the 2014 launch party — which included Neil Mulholland, then president and CEO of the National Park Foundation, C&O Canal Superintendent Kevin Brandt and former Mayor Tony Williams — Georgetown developer Richard Levy announced the intention to “build a coalition of residents, the National Park Service, nonprofit groups and business interests to plan for the future of the Georgetown section of the C&O Canal.”

A partnership with the National Park Service, with grant support of about $6.5 million from D.C. government, was soon announced. The first phase of the effort to restore “Georgetown’s Crown Jewel” is described in the BID’s “Georgetown 2028 15 Year Action Plan.”

In November of 2016, the NPS began restoration work at Canal Locks 3 and 4, near Thomas Jefferson and 30th Streets, just south of M Street. “Stability is a key concern,” said Joseph Reed, the civil engineer in charge. Due

“the amazing restoration work is pretty much completed” to the soft sediment underneath, the canal walls had moved inward almost two feet from the original 15. In addition, the locks’ 186-year-old timber foundation had become susceptible to rot.

“Now the amazing restoration work is pretty much completed,” Maggie Downing, Georgetown Heritage’s director of public programs and partnerships, told The Georgetowner last week. All the original stones — some much bigger than expected — had been removed and numbered. They are now back in place, secured by top-grade mortar.

The rotting timber foundation was rebuilt with water-resistant cement that has been made to look like wood. “It’s fun to see it all now without the water to appreciate the construction of the original canal,” Downing said.

Work was to have been completed by this summer — along with a replica barge for canal rides. But there have been delays. “Some of the delays have been due to the exceptionally rainy weather this year,” said Downing. “But mainly the delay in filling and operating the lock is because of the plans by the Department of Transportation to reconstruct the 31st Street Bridge.”

The canal will contain water next month. But it won’t be completely full of water, and the new boat will not arrive, until spring or summer of 2020, according to Downing.

Georgetown Heritage is considering ways to incorporate art, entertainment, leisure and ecology into expanded educational and cultural programming along the canal. “We want to remove non-native plant species and make improvements to the foundation, lighting, access, signage and overall safety,” wrote Greenberg. “We also want to embrace ideas that celebrate what the Canal is and can be.”

The organization hired James Corner Field Operations — known for its work on New

York’s High Line — and other firms to draw up preliminary design concepts for reimagining Georgetown’s one-mile towpath along the canal (viewable on the Georgetown Heritage website).

The choice of Field Operations got the attention of the media, with headlines like “Making Georgetown Hip Again.”

New Georgetown Heritage board chair Jennifer Altemus said education programs, including apps and virtual reality, are being developed with the help of Lord Consulting, with Field Operations still involved. “We are beginning our next phase,” she said.

Meanwhile, Greenberg, because of family matters, has departed on good terms. “She accomplished a lot and is on to a new adventure,” Altemus said. The group is looking for a new executive director.

More to come, no doubt, as the nonprofit deals with the NPS and others to make this marvelous mile of Georgetown great again.

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c/o Georgetown Business Improvement District 1000 Potomac St. NW, Suite 122 Washington, D.C. 20007 info@georgetownheritage.org 202-298-9222 (BID office) Maggie Downing Director of Public Programs & Partnerships Scott Walzak Georgetown Canal Plan Project Manager

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chair: Jennifer Altemus Romm Georgetown resident Vice Chair: Richard Levy, The Levy Group Treasurer: Heather Muir Johnson, Deutsche Bank Secretary: Joseph Sternlieb Georgetown Business Improvement District Lisa Bernstein Learn Zillion Nancy Taylor Bubes Washington Fine Properties C. Boyden Gray Boyden Gray & Associates Dr. Sachiko Kuno Halcyon Will Langhorne, private investor Carol Melton Georgetown resident Adam Metz Georgetown resident Pamla Moore Citizens Association of Georgetown Thomas L. Strickland Wilmer Hale

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Peacock Cafe Owners Expanding to Dupont

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One of Georgetown’s best brunch spots, Peacock Cafe at 3251 Prospect St. NW, is about to get a sibling. Peacock co-owners and brothers Maziar and Shahab Farivar have signed a lease for 2100 P St. NW near Dupont Circle, where they plan to open a sister bistro early next year. Replacing the closed Scion, the 2,800-square-foot restaurant will seat 80 indoors, with an additional 30 seats for al fresco dining, according to the Washington Business Journal. Papadopoulos Properties represented Peacock in the lease deal. Like the original, the new digs will include a bar, but its menu will have a more Mediterranean and international flavor. Despite the early buzz on the new spot, the Farivar brothers have assured us that the Georgetown location isn’t going anywhere.

Ella Rue, the sophisticated consignment boutique at 3231 P St. NW, will have a “sip and ship with designer Heather Morra” and its bestselling jewelry line — 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Sept. 28 and 29 — morradesigns. com. On the same weekend, Ella-Rue will be part of a Wylie Grey fall pop-up at 1218 Potomac St. NW — 3 to 7 p.m., Sept. 28; 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sept. 29; noon to 6 p.m., Sept. 30.

In: The Tavern (First Sweetgreen) Sweetgreen made its return to its original Georgetown location at 3333 M St. NW Sept.

25 with the opening of the Tavern — which was previously, indeed, a Little Tavern hamburger joint, a classic Washington business now defunct. The Tavern will feature high-quality products and produce from more than 30 local makers and farmers (including favorites like A Baked Joint, South Block, La Colombe), chosen with the help of local restaurateur Nick Wiseman. Also returning is Sweetgreen’s beloved frozen yogurt — with an upgrade by local purveyor Dolcezza Gelato.

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Glück Auf! Old Europe at 70 Oktoberfest began last weekend in Munich, giving Old Europe, Washington’s favorite German restaurant, another excuse to celebrate its 70th anniversary, which owner Alex Herold officially marked in April. The Glover Park landmark at 2434 Wisconsin Ave. NW was founded in 1948 by Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany. It’s one of a handful of Washington restaurants still in its original location. Herold’s father, also a German immigrant, took over the business in 1972, eventually passing it along to Alex, who grew up speaking Deutsch and lived in Germany for several years. He says he’s proud that Old Europe’s original owners defied the city’s acceptance of racial segregation in restaurants in decades past. And he’s kept a tradition of inviting tour groups from the Holocaust Museum to dine at Old Europe so they can learn about the restaurant’s courageous heritage. On a lighter note (though not for calorie-counters), Alex has beefed up his menu for the busy Oktoberfest season with richer beers and heartier fare. Prosit!

Deliver Hot: Domino’s to Glover Park The Domino’s Pizza shop, for decades at 3255 Prospect St. NW, will be moving up to the 2400 block of Wisconsin Ave. NW because the property is slated for redevelopment as condos.

The new spot will open by the end of October.

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CORRECTION: The Sept. 12th Georgetowner incorrectly reported that Town Hall was looking for a buyer. This is wrong, and Town Hall isn’t going anywhere. The Georgetowner regrets the error.

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Ambassador Elin Suleymanov and wife Lala Abdurahimova. Photo by Didi Cutler.

BY DID I CUT L E R More than six years and counting. That’s how long Ambassador Elin Suleymanov and his striking wife, Lala Abdurahimova, have resided in Georgetown while representing their country, the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Now seemed an appropriate time to sit down with this impressive diplomatic couple to talk about their experiences in America and to learn more about their distant but important nation.

Slightly smaller than the state of Maine, Azerbaijan is located in a challenging part of the world: Russia to the north, Iran to the south, Armenia to the west, the Caspian Sea to the east.

No stranger to the United States, the ambassador first came here as a student at the University of Toledo in 1993. He later studied at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy near Boston. After postings in the president’s office in the capital, Baku, and later as first secretary at the embassy in Washington, in 2005 he was named consul general in Los Angeles — Azerbaijan’s first diplomatic presence on the West Coast. (The country also has a United Nations mission in New York and an honorary consul in Santa Fe.) The ambassador and his wife got to know each other while they were both working in the president’s office — she as protocol counselor, he as senior counselor in the Foreign Relations Department. A diplomat herself, Abdurahimova was formerly the cultural attaché at the Azerbaijani Embassy in Brussels.

When Azerbaijan became independent in 1918, it was the first republic in the world with

a predominantly Muslim population. It granted equal rights to all its citizens, regardless of ethnic or religious affiliation, and equal voting rights to both men and women. After being absorbed by the Soviet Union in 1920, Azerbaijan finally regained its independence when the U.S.S.R. imploded in 1991.

On May 28 of this year, Azerbaijan celebrated its centennial with a glittering extravaganza for 1,000 guests at Washington’s Mellon Auditorium. Azerbaijani music, dancing and costumes made the evening very festive. “Washington can be rather stressful,” Abdurahimova commented. “I wanted this evening to provide an atmosphere of joy and relaxation, and to reflect our country’s culture.”

Suleymanov and his family love living in Georgetown. “Walking is important to us,” he said. Noting that Baku is also a walking town, he exclaimed that “Georgetown is the perfect place to live, as you can walk everywhere. The children love to go shopping in its many stores and we can also walk along the waterfront.”

I asked what changes the ambassador has seen since first coming to the United States 25 years ago. Without hesitation, he pointed to the enormous growth of diversity, whether it be in architecture, food, culture, music or art — even in regional ways of speaking. He specifically mentioned the culinary explosion in D.C., with areas formerly considered a bit dangerous and off the beaten path now part of an exciting buzz of cuisines from around the world.

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he Meridian Ball, a perennial favorite among Georgetowners, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this fall. But don’t expect over-thetop theatrics at the Oct. 12 dinner and after-party.

“The real star of the show is the history and legacy of the ball.

We’re celebrating five decades of leaders who have made the event the success it is today,” explains Natalie Jones, Meridian’s vice president of external relations and a former deputy chief of protocol at the State Department.

Every first lady since Patricia Nixon has lent her name to the glamorous affair, which is attended

by Cabinet secretaries, business leaders, ambassadors and members of Congress. Last year, House Speaker Paul Ryan was the king of the night, the most talked-about guest.

Other participants aren’t as well known, but are just as special to Meridian. This year, Jones and her team are corralling an impressive list of ball chairs of the past. She is most proud of the attendance of Jane Sloat Ritchie, the ball’s first ringleader, back in 1968.

Now well into her 80s, Ritchie is still waving the flag of Meridian, which bills itself as a global leadership organization through its ongoing programs and dialoguefostering events throughout the year.

On the day of the ball, Meridian participants will gather at the Ronald Reagan Building for sessions on technology and innovation across borders and other weighty global matters.

Then, in the evening, the party gets underway.

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guests to one of nearly 40 small dinner parties hosted by foreign ambassadors at their homes.

Belgium, Germany, Colombia, Peru, Japan and Mexico are just a few places where you could end up for an elegant multi-course meal.

More than 300 other guests will dine at the White-Meyer House, the stately family home of the late Katharine Graham.

This is one of many illustrious connections between the ball and the Georgetown community.

Stuart Holliday, a proud Hoya (Georgetown University grad), has been the CEO of Meridian since 2006. He and his wife Gwen are credited with the continuing success of the ball, building the perfect bridge between the past and a new generation of Meridian donors.

“Georgetown residents have been leaders and advocates for international engagement since the beginning. From the School of Foreign Service, my alma mater, to foreign policy leaders such as the Wisners, the Nitzes and the Cutlers, Meridian has been a great purpose and cause for many who call Georgetown home,” Holliday tells us.

Rep. Francis Rooney, a Republican from Florida who lives at 33rd and O Streets NW, has been involved with the ball for years, as have Georgetown jeweler Ann Hand and Jane and Calvin Cafritz.

After the dinner, guests converge at Meridian House, a stunning example of BeauxArts architecture, for dancing and dessert. DJ Neekola, a local celebrity, will be keeping the dance floor pumping, while an orchestral quartet will be on hand for lovers of more traditional music.

Gwen and Stuart Holliday at Meridian House. Photo by Ricardo Jimenez.

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Stefan Jackiw will perform the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra directed by Music Director Julien Benichou at this event. Also on the program are Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7 and a piece by French composer Régis Campo, who will personally present the work. Embassy of France. Call 888-846-8600 or visit midatlanticsymphony.org.

The Smithsonian Women’s Committee has selected more than 60 acclaimed designers for the event, co-chaired by Maureen McGuireKuletz, Peggy Newman and Diane Zutant. Opening-night attendees enjoy hors d’oeuvres and an informal fashion show (the show’s public days are Oct. 5 and 6). Proceeds benefit the Smithsonian’s outreach, research and education programs.

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BY M ARY BIRD The Washington social season has something for every taste and, to a certain extent, every giving level. This fall sees a number of special events celebrating a signature anniversary.

In addition to the Meridian Ball, marking 50 years of global leadership and public diplomacy, the late founder Lolo Sarnoff’s beloved Arts for the Aging turns 30.

Particularly timely in the #MeToo era, Cheryl Masri and Jill Sorensen’s Knock Out Abuse Gala, assisting survivors of domestic violence, is in its 25th year. It has mushroomed from a long table of women at Cafe Milano, which I was privileged to attend, to a sellout event that has outgrown several venues.

The National Society of Arts and Letters provides a glimpse into the era of white-tie waltzing in perhaps the city’s most glamorous private ballroom.

As an unabashed animal lover, every year I treasure watching festooned canines escort their proud people into a black-tie evening to support the

Humane Rescue Alliance. The pooches enjoy ample treats and under-table seating.

Fashion lovers can get a head start at the opening night of the Smithsonian Craft2Wear Show at the National Building Museum, which continues through the weekend.

Attendees at the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s gala will be entertained as they proceed from performances at the Harman Center for the Arts to the National Building Museum for dinner and dancing. The Kennedy Center Honors will again be taped for broadcast in late December, featuring tributes to honorees including Cher and the creators of “Hamilton.”

To round out, I look forward to the fabulous Choral Arts Society of Washington’s holiday concert and gala at the Kennedy Center, followed by an elegant dinner for supporters. Post-holidays, the Washington Winter Show preview night will warm the New Year chill.

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Playing Dick Gregory at Arena Stage

BY G ARY T IS CHL ER Audiences interested in finding out what it took — the sacrifices, the punishing obstinance, the imagination, the courage — to achieve not just diversity of a sort in America, but opportunity, the simple, powerful embrace of civil rights, will want to check out “Turn Me Loose,” the edgy drama about Dick Gregory, portrayed by Edwin Lee Gibson. The show is at Arena Stage through Oct. 21.

Gregory was, in the theatrical, historical and political sense, as well as in the flesh, a man of many parts, enough to fill a category sheet that runs like an homage and a resoundingly interesting resume: actor, performer, activist and agitator for many causes, especially — pretty much from his first breath — social justice and civil rights.

And, oh yes, he was a stand-up comic, a man of humor, jest and jokes, of the funny kind, but also of the revolutionary kind.

He spent a good part of his later life in Washington, D.C., a familiar figure at gatherings, meetings, convocations and protests.

He died last August, becoming in the end a man who had the air of sage and prophet about him, a man who long ago proved his courage and was sustained by it, a man who by getting us to laugh made us think.

Georgetown and Georgetowner author Shelia Moses helped write his book, “Callus on My Soul: A Memoir,” published in 2000.

Gregory looms large in Gibson’s mind. “I look at him, and his life, and I see a man who was becoming all of the time, evolving. He wasn’t standing still. And, you know, that’s what you aspire to, becoming a man, the best one you can be.”

Gibson is a man of the theater. That’s where he’s spent most of his professional life — some of it in auspicious places with auspicious work and auspicious peers. In fact, when he was offered the part of Gregory, he had just finished a nine-month gig in London and Paris working with legendary director Peter Brook.

“I learned about the play from casting director Jack Doulin,” he said. “It’s in New York with Joe Morton, but they were doing this production, and I was told, ‘You got it if you want it.’”

Gibson wanted it. He had done some television, the always reliable “Law and Order” series, but his life was in plays, one way or another. He’s written six plays himself and performed in close to 100, beginning as a teen in the Ross S. Sterling High School drama club in Houston, where he was raised.

He also did sketch comedy and stand-up stints, reflecting an earlier renaissance bent, playing baseball and studying mathematics at Paul Quinn College. And he was a company member of Houston’s prestigious Ensemble Theatre.

When we talked on the telephone, he was just getting acclimated to the city — a first for him — and the play and project. “I’m not quite sure I fully realized what I was getting into here. It’s such a challenge. You have to do honor and embody a man who was complicated,

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Edwin Lee Gibson as Dick Gregory.

Photo by Margot Schulman. Courtesy Arena.

“It’s a challenge, but I love doing it, and him and being here. I understand they called it Chocolate City and it looks like it still is.” - Edwin Lee Gibson who changed over time while remaining the same, who had charisma and strong, fearless principles. He paved the way.”

Gregory was famous for getting his start and breaking through barriers by playing nightclubs and getting on the late-night talk shows — all predominately white venues, where he often had to deal with persistent white hecklers, as was famously the case at Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Club in Chicago. His humor was always to a degree about being black in white America, and what that meant as it changed over the years.

“First and foremost, he insisted you had to be funny as a performer. That’s what he did,” said Gibson, who is 53, more than 30 years younger than Gregory. “But he never let you forget who he was.”

What Gregory was, was a giant figure in history, and a very funny man. He was a forerunner of political comedians like Mort Sahl and even more so Lenny Bruce, but most essentially Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor. “They were different, but he made them possible as performers,” said Gibson.

While he did stand-up comedy himself, Gibson is used to the thickness of formulating and creating characters on stage, from Iago to Ralph in “The Mother------ With the Hat,” a role played by Chris Rock on Broadway.

It’s plain that he wants to do Gregory justice.

“I don’t want to mimic him, to do an exact portrait. I want to get the sense and essence of him. Sure, voice and sound and mannerism are important, but it’s not just how somebody says something or moves. It’s who he was and still is that’s important.

“You know, audiences are essential to this.

It depends on who’s here on any given day or time. Sometimes, you know, there’s this

thoughtful silence out there, when you think they’re hearing every word, and other times there’s a restlessness. And you’ve got to figure that out and communicate.

“It’s a challenge, but I love doing it, and him and being here. I understand they called it Chocolate City and it looks like it still is.”

He’s not alone onstage — there’s actor John Carlin taking on various parts, including a heckler — but Gibson as Gregory is the focus.

“Sometimes, we think people ought to like us or the character. But that’s not so. You’re not entitled. You got to earn what you get.”

Dick Gregory earned it with laughs and jokes and biting humor and beatings at marches.

Gibson earns it with the artistry of truth.

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Stormy Daniels, Unlikely Hero

BY KAR E N F E L D

BY KATE OC ZYPOK

Here’s how I met Stormy Daniels.

I was at Nail Bar in Portland, Maine, when I overheard a woman at the pedicure station say she wanted to see Stormy perform at PT’s Showclub. That’s the city’s sole gentleman’s club, where, until recently, unescorted women were not welcome.

“I want to congratulate her in person for being such a bad ass,” she said, but she couldn’t find a friend interested in accompanying her.

“I’ll go,” I said, jumping into the conversation.

As an old-school political gossip columnist in Washington, D.C., also “dishing” as a regular on the Joan Rivers Show, this was right up my alley. I have written about Liz Ray, Paula Parkinson, Fanne Foxe, Monica Lewinsky — women who brought down powerful politicians of their day. I view “political dish” as social commentary chronicling the times.

Now it’s definitely Stephanie Clifford’s (aka Stormy Daniels’s) time.

As I drove to the club, I listened to an NPR interview about “Money Diaries,” a column in the hot online millennial magazine Refinery 29, about how people spend money in daily life.

Money is clearly a fundamental element of this story. PT’s is an all-cash club, with ATMs in every corner, refilled all night long. Patrons paid a $20 cash cover, plus drinks and the $2, $5, $20 or even $100 bills they shoved into the girls’ G-strings or spent for Stormy “merch” ($30 to $100), autographs and selfies ($20) — all a far cry from the multimillions in play in the highstakes legal game Stormy has been playing, and winning. But there were clearly other monetary nuances on display at the show.

Surprisingly, females and heterosexual couples of all ages outnumbered the men.

In the four hours of watching the other dancers and waiting for Stormy to take the main stage, I had plenty of time to chat with patrons as well as performers.

On any given weeknight, I learned, there are about 15 rotating pole dancers on the two stages. They don’t have a work schedule, but show up at will and pay a fee to work, not unlike renting a chair in a hair salon. On this particular night, the lure of Stormy tripled their number. They wanted to meet her as much as the patrons did.

It turned out that the female patrons were both more aggressive than the men when it came to touching and more generous with their cash.

For the dancers, these shows are a competition for the biggest bucks. One who exuded confidence said she can make money anywhere doing this work, but wanted a photo with Stormy to memorialize the evening. The media-savvy Clifford had performed as Stormy Daniels at PT’s before she reached stardom. She had been where the other dancers were, literally, in their onstage careers.

“She has legitimized us. She has made it okay to be a sex worker,” said Phaedra, a young blond gal who had come from Atlanta 18 SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

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According to a report from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, crimes like murder, assault, robbery and car theft are down for the fifth year in a row. Metro Transit Police Chief Ron Pavlik said the downward trend is due in part to better communication and coordination among the various law enforcement departments.

Millennials in need of a job, take note. The hip Marriott brand “Moxy” is opening a hotel in D.C. later this fall. There will be a “casting call” (aka a hiring fair) on Sept. 27 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Moxy Hotel, at 1011 K St. NW, will have 200 rooms, a bocce court and a top-floor restaurant and bar with a retractable roof.

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to work and meet Stormy. Another dancer, a horse trainer, works here for additional dollars. Many, seeking legitimacy, echoed those feelings.

They seemed as proud to be sex workers as women of my generation were proud to break the glass ceiling in law, medicine and the corporate world. While we admired Betty Friedan, Bella Abzug and Gloria Steinem, these young women look up to Stormy for strength to speak their minds and the freedom to do what they wish with their bodies.

At 10 p.m., Stormy finally appeared, draped in a red, white and blue sequined cape, sandwiched between two exceedingly large bodyguards. The DJ turned up the music and flashed colored lights. A fog machine belched smoke and the Dodger game playing on the TVs overhead seemed to fade into the background.

Then Stormy began to strip. She tossed her cape, revealing a sequined corset, and then the corset to bodyguards at the side of the stage. One held a laundry basket of props, including a plastic bottle that she used after disrobing to a bright blue sequined bikini — yep, that´s all, folks, at least in Portland — to squirt streams of oil over her huge breasts and the rest of her body.

Most of the women dancing were tattooed.

Stormy had a large horizontal flowery tattoo boldly showing across her belly, hiding a scar just above the bikini line.

Approaching 40, she was visibly older than the women who warmed up the audience.

Although she didn’t dance or climb poles, she did move seductively.

Curiously, a middle-aged woman — not a man — slipped the first $100 bill under the sequins. Soon, the stage floor was layered with bills — mostly twos, fives and 20s — which a security guard swept into a large basket.

Another dancer, watching, exposed her breasts to a patron, asking: “What does she have that I don’t?”

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The Metropolitan Police Department will soon be sporting new uniforms. On Aug. 22, the department tweeted out a sneak preview on its @DCPoliceDept account. The sleek, navy blue color is updated from a lighter blue. The new shirts allow for bullet-resistant vests to be worn outside and the internal suspenders distribute weight better and lessen back pain.

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Black Cat Still Lively at 25 The Black Cat celebrated its 25th anniversary with special shows on Sept. 14 and 15. In 1993, owner Dante Ferrando and his wife Catherine opened the venue a few doors down from the current address, 1811 14th St. NW, to which it relocated in 2001. They have witnessed the complete transformation of the 14th Street corridor, formerly a warehouse district.

The Jefferson Hotel Book Room.

Jefferson Hotel Gives Books for Bookings The Jefferson Hotel, 1200 16th St. NW, launched its first library program earlier this month. In honor of Thomas Jefferson’s love of literature, for every reservation made, a book will be donated to a child in the D.C. area.

The new program is a partnership with the DC Public Library Foundation and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

The Moxy Hotel.

Council Challenges Mayor’s Control of Schools Members of the D.C. Council are challenging Mayor Muriel Bowser’s control of the public school system. Council member David Grosso (I-At Large) is introducing a bill to make the Office of State Superintendent of Education independent of the mayor’s office. OSSE currently oversees federal funding, enrollment and education standards for DC Public Schools.

The bill would also extend the term of the superintendent from four years to six.

In addition, the bill would only allow the superintendent to be fired with just cause.

Currently, the mayor can hire and fire the superintendent at will. The legislation further gives OSSE the authority to hire all of its personnel, rather than allow the mayor’s office to fill certain positions.

“What we are trying to do is remove politics from education policy as much as we can while still supporting the mayoral control of [DC Public Schools’] work,” said Grosso. “We are trying to give another objective agency the power it needs when it comes to oversight of all these critical and important areas.”

Representatives from the mayor’s office say they don’t support the legislation. “The students of the District of Columbia can ill afford misguided education legislation that moves our city backwards more than a decade and undermines the hard work of our teachers, administrators and staff,” said Interim Deputy Mayor for Education Ahnna Smith in a statement. “We need to be working collaboratively in the best interest of our students, and ensuring that the Office of the State Superintendent of Education and our schools have the resources they need to make every day count.”

The move comes eight months after the previous chancellor and former deputy mayor of education resigned, following investigations into graduation rates and reports that the chancellor had circumvented the school lottery system to transfer his daughter between schools.

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Baltimore’s Ivy Hotel: A Golden Age Gem

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magine you’ve been invited to a Baltimore industrialist’s 19th-century mansion in the heart of Charm City.

When you arrive, you’re ensconced in Italianate glory and taken to your room, where a four-poster canopy bed and a Frette robe await you.

Before your first meal, the butler does an inventory of your personal quirks so he can anticipate what you’ll need before you do.

This was the fairy-tale scenario that danced through my head when I ascended the grand staircase of the Ivy, Baltimore’s new luxury (and priciest) hotel, which gives greater meaning to the “boutique concept” experience.

Okay, so you don’t have a butler. But,

and continue your “I’m the guest of a robber baron” fantasy.

The Ivy, a Relais & Châteaux property, was offering opulent hospitality long before it became a hotel, following renovations in 2015.

Built in 1889, the house was a Gilded Age gem in the Mount Vernon neighborhood until falling into a rather grim existence as Magdalena Ivy. Courtesy The Ivy Hotel.

having to fret about percentages and keeping your pockets full of one-dollar bills.

Magdalena, the hotel’s bistro under the direction of chef Mark Levy, offers an array of local catches like fillet of Maryland rockfish and a house sommelier-selected wine list.

Teetotalers won’t want to pass up a “sparkling punch” (cranberry and organic apple juice, fruit puree and soda) in the Ivy’s garden courtyard.

Baltimore is seeing an uptick in upscale business travelers with the ascendancy of Under Armour’s global headquarters, based in the city. Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank, who

put his Georgetown house up for sale earlier this year, opened his own hotel, Sagamore Pendry Baltimore, in Fells Point last year.

With its 128 nautically inspired guest rooms, the Pendry offers an experience quite different from that found at the Ivy. Even for non-business voyagers, with this kind of elegance less than an hour’s train ride away, a trip to Baltimore may become D.C.’s new romantic getaway.

Exterior of Ivy Hotel.

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Inside the luxurious Ivy Hotel.

Photo by Stephanie Green.

James, the uber-alert concierge, might as well be. He talked me into taking an umbrella and sunscreen on my outings, uncannily predicting the weather and my skin’s intolerance of UV rays.

Also built into your room rate are your private driver, who will take you anywhere you desire within three miles; your custommade breakfast (filet mignon with eggs, lemon soufflé pancakes and champagne); and the cocktail bar, always at the ready.

The feel is very private-clubby, what with the Inside the luxurious Ivy Hotel.

Photo by Stephanie Green.

a “government house” in 1939, when it was acquired by the city to house the Department of Public Recreation.

1983 saw the mansion’s renaissance as a stately home, when Mayor William Donald Schaefer redeveloped it for visiting dignitaries as “The Inn at Government House.”

In 2011, it was sold to a private company, which oversaw its current iteration as a fivestar hotel with only 18 suites, so as to offer hyper-attentive service to its guests.

Because the idea is for you to forget that you are staying in a hotel, the Ivy has, unusually, a no-tipping policy. Luxury, after all, means not Statue outside of Ivy Hotel.

Courtesy The Ivy Hotel.

art-deco sitting room, Whistler-style portraiture and Tiffany stained-glass windows inspiring you to be your smartest, swankiest self.

There’s also a billiard room, a reading room and a library — one is encouraged to borrow books but not to return them.

You can take your afternoon tea (another hotel freebie) by the fire in one of these rooms

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‘Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret’ denounces the Irish as pigs and despises politicians of all stripes. “I hate them,” she said.

“They never listen to anything I say or answer my questions. Even Sir Winston Churchill would just grunt.”

I don’t doubt the accuracy of Brown’s unsparing characterizations of HRH the Princess Margaret, whom he refers to as “the royal dwarf” and labels short, fat, rude, blunt, boorish, acid-tongued, boozy, haughty, chainsmoking and gauche. But “hilarious” and “rollicking”?

REVIEW ED BY KIT T Y K E LLE Y The book cover shouts “rollicking, irresistible, un-put-downable.” The blurbs trumpet “original, hilarious, memorable,” even “a level of genius.” Even if all that praise for “Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret” comes from author Craig Brown’s pals in London, including the exalted likes of novelist Julian Barnes — who pronounced the book “roistering” — I could hardly wait to start reading.

Having never heard of the author or the 18 books he’s written, I raced to remedy my ignorance. Apparently, Wikipedia has the same problem, because information is scarce. Brown identifies as “a parodist and a satirist,” and his books appear to be in that genre: “The Private Eye Book of Craig Brown Parodies,” “The Craig Brown Omnibus,” “This Is Craig Brown” and, of course, “Craig Brown’s Greatest Hits.”

This man definitely understands the art of branding. The British comedian Stephen Fry claims Brown is “the wittiest writer in Britain today.” An example of that wit from his 10th tome, “The Little Book of Chaos,” presents his advice on coping with vexation: “Regain your inner child: Pull a colleague’s hair.”

Not roistering enough for you? Well, never mind. In this somber era of Trump, I long for any amusing escape, and what could be more humorous than reading about our betters across the pond, especially the princess who teased her hair to helium heights, wore platform peep-toes and wrapped herself in parachute silks?

So I looked forward to a joyride with this book, imagining myself breezing along in a sleek, vintage Jaguar XK convertible — top down, laughter rising to the skies.

But midway through, I felt stuck in a dilapidated jalopy, gears jammed with sludge.

My fault, I’m sure, for not finding humor in the grotesquerie of a spoiled brat so blinded by entitlement that she flicks cigarette ashes into a servant’s hand because she can’t find an ashtray; who announces at a dinner party that the host’s food looks like upchuck.

She derides Jews, detests Americans,

“After [the] death [of singer Dusty Springfield] rumors circulated that she and Princess Margaret had once been an item. This seems improbable, but then again improbability is no barrier to gossip.”

Brown gives many glimpses into the supposed amours of Queen Elizabeth’s errant sister, including an affair with Pablo Picasso when he was 85 and she was 26. Brown also writes that “Ma’am, Darling” — as his book is titled in England, a cheeky reference to “ma’am,” the day-to-day form of spoken address used with an adult female royal — did not sexually limit herself to men: “After [the] death [of singer Dusty Springfield] rumors circulated that she and Princess Margaret had once been an item. This seems improbable, but then again improbability is no barrier to gossip.”

Continuing, he provides a list of “those with whom Princess Margaret was … rumored to have had sexual relationships.” In alphabetical order, he names two women and 21 men, including Warren Beatty, Mick Jagger, David Niven, Peter O’Toole, Prince Philip (the queen’s husband), Peter Sellers and a former prime minister of Canada.

For me, this book becomes a glimpse too far when Brown makes forays into the bathroom.

He writes about one man’s pride in being able to sit on the same lavatory seat vacated by a member of the royal family, and then reports another who fishes a royal elimination from the toilet, which he proudly displays in a specimen jar in his home. Yech!

Perhaps Brown’s “Ninety-Nine Glimpses” is intended to be an indictment of the British monarchy and its pernicious class system. If so, he’s written a masterpiece, especially for those disinclined to crack a knee and curtsy to the crown. He is highly skilled at dissecting the cruel crevices of class in the U.K. For instance, before you become too impressed by the distinguished photographs

of Lord Snowdon, the princess’s former husband, Brown cautions: “The social status of a photographer [is] roughly on a par with that of a tailor — above a hairdresser, but below a governess.”

What Brown has accomplished with his book is a new form of biography — a hybrid of sorts. His “glimpses” are the literary version of mating a donkey to a horse and getting a mule: nothing short of jackass brilliance.

He dodges the drudgery of cradle-to-grave chronology, avoids time-consuming interviews and disregards all documentation, including chapter notes.

Instead, he scours the public record — books, newspapers, magazines — skims the froth off the top and tra-la-las to publication with a colorful collage of cut-and-paste bits from previously published sources. No index, no bibliography and, not to put too fine a point on it, no need.

With the princess safely departed (she died in 2002), Brown does not have to contend with the draconian laws of his country, where an insult can be libelous and, if litigated, the loser pays all: judgment, plus lawyers’ fees for both sides.

As sad as Margaret’s wastrel life was her lonely death at the age of 71. After a series of strokes, she boarded herself up in her residence at Kensington Palace, spent most of her time in bed and refused to see anyone, especially

men. “I look so awful now. I don’t want them to remember me like this.”

On the morning HRH the Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, died, the queen’s office consulted the prime minister’s office and, with bone-chilling cynicism, discussed “the appropriate level of grief and how to stage manage it.” Between them, they kept tributes to a minimum.

Months later, Margaret’s two children staged a two-day auction at Christie’s to sell her worldly goods. Among her royal possessions was a tiny porcelain box inscribed with the words: “May the King Live to Reward the Subject Who Would Die for Him.” R.I.P., ma’am.

Georgetown resident Kitty Kelley has written several number-one New York Times best-sellers, including “The Family: The Real Story Behind the Bush Dynasty.” Her most recent books include “Capturing Camelot: Stanley Tretick’s Iconic Images of the Kennedys” and “Let Freedom Ring: Stanley Tretick’s Iconic Images of the March on Washington.”

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SPIRIT OF GEORGETOWN Sara Stone-Psihas and James Blue are co-chairs of the benefit, celebrating and supporting Georgetown Ministry Center, which for 31 years has provided continued service to neighbors experiencing homelessness. Nancy and Alan Bubes are hosting the event at their home. Call Liza Ballantine at 917-257-3762 or visit georgetownministrycenter.org.

B Y M A RY BIR D Guests gathered Sept. 16 at Dumbarton House to salute Trees for Georgetown and its steadfast supporters, Betsy Emes and her host committee. Funded by gifts and grants, volunteer group protects the trees that line the residential streets of D.C.’s oldest neighborhood. Part of the Citizens Association of Georgetown since 1989, Trees for Georgetown has planted thousands of trees, contracted watering services during drought periods and provided preventative maintenance for the neighborhood’s at-risk trees. Susan Gage Caterers provided the raw bar and passed hors d’oeuvres. Supporters departed with an appropriately logoed Scout market tote.

Jennifer Altemus Romm, Nancy Taylor Bubes, Council member Jack Evans and Julie Chase. Photo by Robert Devaney.

OCTOBER 12 MERIDIAN BALL

The ball, now in its 50th year, supports Meridian International Center, a nonprofit global leadership and public diplomacy organization dedicated to improving a shared global future. Meridian International Center.

Contact Olivia Dorieux at 202-939-5892 or odorieux@meridian.org.

Carolina Wilkison and Jill Altman. Photo by Robert Devaney.

Leslie Maysak, executive of the Citizens Association of Georgetown, Betsy Emes, head of Trees for Georgetown, and Cathy Kerkam. Photo by Robert Devaney.

Annemarie Ryan and Stephanie Bothwell. Photo by Robert Devaney.

OCTOBER 14

SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY GALA Paul and Rose Carter are chairing the gala, which provides funding for the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s education and outreach programs. Call Kathryn Burns-Yocum at 202547-3230 or email stcgala@shakespearetheatre. org.

OCTOBER 15

ARTS FOR THE AGING GALA Nancy Peery Marriott will present Lolo Sarnoff Founder’s Awards to Teresa Heinz and Jehan El-Bayoumi, M.D. Chris Lawrence of NBC4 will emcee. The 30th anniversary gala funds AFTA’s programs to inspire older adults to express their creativity through multidisciplinary arts programs. Top of the Hay at the Hay-Adams. Email Event Manager Stephanie Heishman at events@aftaarts.org.

Grateful Go Bo Party Promotes Flower Power

BRAWS: Women Helping Women

P H O TO S BY N ESH AN H . N ALTC H AYAN The 14th annual Go Bo Party — held Sept. 7 at the 29th Street home of Deb and Ben Johns — was inspired by Bo Johns’s successful battle against cancer, with proceeds earmarked for the Emergency Family Relief Fund at nearby Georgetown University Hospital, where the then sixth grader stayed for 87 days when receiving treatment.

Each year, the party features a different, playful theme; this year’s theme was “The Summer of Love.” Guests enjoyed a buffet dinner with flowing cocktails and a live funk band.

Kennedy & Co. real estate company and UPIC Health supported BRAWS — Bringing Resources to Aid Women’s Shelters — at its Potomac Street office The group donates boxes of feminine hygiene products, new bras and underwear with tags, and cash. “We believe all women and girls should have access to tampons and pads in public restrooms, schools, shelters and jails,” BRAWS/UPIC says. (Yes, this is Briskman, the female bicyclist who flipped off President Trump’s motorcade in Virginia and lost her contracting job.)

OCTOBER 20

HUMANE RESCUE ALLIANCE’S BARK BALL The Humane Rescue Alliance is D.C.’s only animal welfare organization that supports the animals and communities of Washington.

Bedecked canines proudly escort their people.

Washington Hilton. Call 202-735-0342 or email events@humanerescuealliance.org.

Deb Johns with sons Tucker and Bo Johns.

OCTOBER 21

MARK TWAIN PRIZE FOR AMERICAN HUMOR Now in its 21st year, the annual event will honor Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Call 202-416-8335 or email mtp@kennedy-center.org.

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Gussie, Gibson, Tucker and Bo Johns.

At Kennedy & Co: Juli Briskman, CMO of UPIC/BRAWS; Amina Mohamed, Patient Care Coordinator (PCC); Jessica Lay, UPICares Lead; bottom: Carla Ceron, PCC; Jennifer Redus, PCC. Courtesy Juli Briskman.

GOOD WORKS & GOOD TIMES

NSO Gala Soars to Astral Heights

Martin’s Goes Big for Its 85th

BY C HR IST INE WA RNK E If the National Symphony Orchestra’s opening season gala on Sept. 22 at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall is any indication of what to expect for the upcoming years than adoring symphony goers will not be disappointed. NSO Conductor Gianandrea Noseda — his job now extended to 2025 — energetically guided his orchestra’s musical salutes to NASA that included selections from Gustav Holst’s “The Planets.” Violinist Joshua Bell gained resounding claps for his performances, but audience member, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg got the biggest applause of all. At the esplanade reception before the music, “Star Wars” storm troopers startled and posed with gala goers.

To celebrate its 85th anniversary, Martin’s Tavern invited a few hundred of its favorite people to a Sept. 12 gathering. Among neighbors and guests, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, D.C. police chief Peter Newsham, Council members Jack Evans and Anita Bond and columnist George Will.

Jayne Visser and Council member Jack Evans.

Photo by Robert Devaney.

Highlighting the space theme for 2018 and 2019 of Kennedy Center events, Shannon McCormack Davis, Kennedy Center board director, is flanked by “Star Wars” stormtroopers. Photo by Robert Devaney.

Greg and Anne Polk with Deborah Rutter, president of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Photo by Robert Devaney.

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was pleased to get her swag bag. Photo by Patrick G. Ryan. (See more party photos at Georgetowner.com.)

50 Years on, the ‘Dream Lives on’

Wolf Trap Ball Goes All British

BY CH RIST INE WA RNK E In spite of Florence threatening parts of the Eastern Seaboard, it did not stop Congressional Black Caucus Foundation supporters from attending the 44th Annual Legislative Conference closing gala Sept. 15 at the Walter Washington Convention Center. Senators Cory Booker and Kamala Harris made history as the first two black senators to co-chair the conference.

The evening’s theme, the “Dream Still Demands,” provided an uplifting atmosphere which permeated through the ballroom.

BY STEPH AN IE GR EEN You probably never thought you’d read black tie society gala and Def Leppard in the same sentence, but leave it to Washington to bring together strange bedfellows. On Sept. 15, the Wolf Trap Ball served up a rollicking pint of British rock along with the fine wines and lamb entree.

Every year Wolf Trap, the outdoor music and arts venue, partners with an embassy to highlight the cultures of different countries. It turns its stage, in the Virginia countryside, into an elegant ballroom. British Ambassador Kim Darroch recalled seeing Jethro Tull as a young lad in the 1960s. Thanks to Wolf Trap’s eclectic concert offerings, he was able to see them again earlier this month. After the meal, the 900-plus guests danced to the tunes of Def Leppard and the Dexys Midnight Runners, performed by cover band, The Legwarmers. Darroch and his wife Vanessa were seen near the stage for the 1980 classic, “Pour Some Sugar on Me.” The Wolf Trap Ball raised over $1.7 million this year, setting a new fundraising record for the performing arts center.

Former Rep. Charles Rangel of New York. Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan.

Andre Pienaar with ball co-chairs Teresa Carlson, Angela and Don Irwin. Photo by Tony Powell.

Robert Smith of Vista Equality Partners and his wife Hope Dworaczyk Smith, 2010 Playmate of the Year.

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British Ambassador Kim Darroch with his wife Vanessa with Tina and Gary Mather. Photo by Tony Powell.

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