The Georgetowner: October 24, 2018 Issue

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THINK TANKS SHADOW GOVERNMENT IN PLAIN SIGHT

C&O CANAL RENEWAL; MORE GAS LEAKS CANDIDATE ENDORSEMENTS ‘SHE SINGS’: REBECCA MAGNUSON D.C. CHAMBER AT 80

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NEWS · 4-6, 9

Up & Coming Events Town Topics Community Calendar The Village

ON THE COVER The blue and red mirror-image trees, floating in an Escher-like landscape, evoke the world of Washington think tanks — shadow governments or administrations of sorts that advocate and influence along the lines of the American political spectrum. Artwork by Angie Myers.

EDITORIAL/OPINION · 8 Editorials Jack Evans Report Letters to the Editor

BUSINESS · 10-11 Ins & Outs Feature

COVER STORY · 12-13 DC Think Tanks: Shadow Government in Plain Sight

At-Large Council Race Brings Drama to Midterms

REAL ESTATE · 14

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Featured Property Commercial Property

DOWNTOWNER · 14 Downtown News

FOOD & WINE · 17 Dining Guide The Latest Dish

Challenger Dionne Reeder and incumbent At-Large Council member Elissa Silverman. Courtesy Reeder campaign; Silverman campaign.

Exorcist Steps Up for Landmark Status

BY PEGGY SAN D S

INCOUNTRY · 18-19 Virginia Hunt Country: Lovely, Lively and Local

BODY & SOUL · 20 Activated Charcoal

HAUTE & COOL · 20 A Touch of Spice

“The Exorcist” author William Peter Blatty speaks at October 2015 commemoration as director William Friedkin and Mayor Muriel Bowser look on. Photo by Jeff Malet.

Holy Trinity School Celebrates 200 Years

BY R OBERT D EVAN EY

BOOK CLUB · 25

Kitty Kelley Book Club

GOOD WORKS & GOOD TIMES · 25-27 Gala Guide Social Scene Events

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The 25th-anniversary edition of Reel Affirmations, D.C.’s international LGBTQ film festival, will screen more than 40 films from 12 countries at GALA Hispanic Theatre.

Tickets are $12 per screening (passes also available). For details, visit reelaffirmations. org. 3333 14th St. NW.

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The National Museum of the American Indian hosts a free Día de los Muertos After Hours during its three-day Day of the Dead festival. Mariachi Los Amigos and Mexican folk dance group Bailes de Mi Tierra will perform. Participants can create a mural, make paper marigolds and visit the galleries, with food and drink available. For details, visit americanindian.si.edu. Fourth Street and Independence Avenue SW.

NIGHT OF THE LIVING ZOO

Night of the Living Zoo, an adults-only event sponsored by Groupon, returns to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo with a sword swallower, a fire eater, a comedy juggler, a living marionette stilt-walker, a zombie violinist and a body painter, plus dancing, food trucks, animal encounters and a costume contest. Tickets are $40. For details, visit nationalzoo.si.edu. 3001 Connecticut Ave. NW.

Night of the Living Zoo, an adults-only event sponsored by Groupon, returns to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo with a sword swallower, a fire eater, a comedy juggler, a living marionette stilt-walker, a zombie violinist and a body painter, plus dancing, food trucks, animal encounters and a costume contest. Tickets are $40. For details, visit nationalzoo.si.edu. 3001 Connecticut Ave. NW.

TRICK OR TREAT AT TUDOR PLACE Participants can explore the Tudor Place gardens, trick-or-treat throughout the site, paint pumpkins, make superhero bracers and owl decorations, play traditional games and get their faces painted. Costumes are not required.

Tickets are $15 for children and $5 for adult chaperones. For details, visit tudorplace.org.

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FALL FROLIC AT GLEN ECHO

At Fall Frolic, a free Halloween-themed family event, kids can decorate pumpkins, get their faces painted and trick-or-treat in Glen Echo Park’s resident art studios and galleries. The celebration will conclude with a costume parade at 3:30 p.m., weather permitting. For details, visit glenechopark.org. 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Maryland.

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‘LINCOLN IN THE BARDO’ LECTURE The Oak Hill Cemetery Historic Preservation Foundation presents “Sin and Salvation in George Saunders’ ‘Lincoln in the Bardo,’” a free lecture by Adrian Vaagenes, digital and archival services librarian at Woodstock Theological Library and Georgetown University. For details, viDsit oakhillcemeterydc.org. Renwick Chapel, Oak Hill Cemetery, 3001 R St. NW.

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FIBER ART SHOW & SALE Handcrafted, one-of-a-kind scarves, hats, garments and pieces of jewelry, plus yarn, fabrics, notions and gift items, will be sold at this annual event run by 26 members of the Potomac Fiber Arts Gallery. Admission is free.

For details, visit fiberartsale.wix.com. St. Mark Presbyterian Church, 10701 Old Georgetown Road, Rockville, Maryland.

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TRIO KARÉNINE AT DUMBARTON CHURCH The award-winning Trio Karénine, named for Tolstoy’s heroine Anna Karenina, brings an all-French program — with works by Fauré, Hersant, Ravel and Taileferre — to the group’s Washington, D.C., debut. Tickets are $42. For details, visit dumbartonconcerts.org.

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Canal Renewal: Lock 3 Gates Installed

National Park Service contractors prepare the bottom of Lock 3 of the C&O Canal for its gates.

Photo by Patrick G. Ryan.

“We got a gate,” cried one of the construction workers at Lock 3 of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, between Thomas Jefferson and 30th Streets, on Oct. 11. Workers at the bottom of a waterless canal looked up to hold the 5,000-pound gate being lowered into place by a crane.

For the journalists invited by the National Park Service, it was indeed a “once in a century opportunity,” as the NPS noted, “to see new historically accurate canal lock gates installed ... and to walk through the C&O Canal Prism [stone channel], while there is no water.”

Since October 2016, the Lock 3 and Lock 4 rehabilitation project has removed stones, plants and trees to secure the deteriorating canal wall along this area — and begin the renewal of one of Georgetown’s crown jewels.

The cost of the project is estimated at $6.5 million.

Nicknamed the Grand Old Ditch, the canal was completed in 1831 and is 184.5 miles long — from Georgetown, D.C., to Cumberland, Maryland.

“For nearly two years, artisans used period tools and methods to reconstruct the locks,”

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according to the NPS. To raise or lower the water level, each lock contains two gates on either side to seal in water when required.

The NPS used as much of the original stone (Aquia Creek sandstone, the same as that used for the White House and the Capitol) as possible, it said. Because the ground is not bedrock at Lock 3, the bottom of the canal — originally lined with wooden planks — now has a new reinforced concrete foundation that looks like the original planks.

In the coming year, the NPS will refill the Georgetown section of the canal with water.

In 2020, a replica canal boat, for rides and educational purposes, is expected.

More than $11 million in federal, municipal and private funds have been raised for the rehabilitation of the C&O Canal.

The restoration of the locks in Georgetown is part of a multiyear effort that brings together the NPS, the D.C. government, the Georgetown Business Improvement District and Georgetown Heritage to reimagine and reinvigorate C&O Canal National Historical Park in Georgetown. More information about the Georgetown Canal Plan is available at georgetownheritage.org.

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CRIME REPORT Woman Shot in Georgetown, Oct. 11

BY PEGGY SANDS

New Traffic Plans for Foggy Bottom The West End Library was packed with concerned citizens and stakeholders on Thursday evening, Oct. 18, to discuss Rock Creek Parkway traffic projects in and around the Kennedy Center. Power players attending included D.C.’s congressional Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans and officials from the National Park Service and the advisory neighborhood commissions of Georgetown and Foggy Bottom.

Speakers from the Department of Transportation and the Georgetown Business Improvement District presented proposals to widen bike and pedestrian pathways along the Potomac River, as well as to reconfigure roads at frequently congested points along the parkway, such as Virginia Avenue, K Street and Memorial Bridge.

There was also lively discussion around a controversial proposal to close off the parkway to motor vehicles under the Kennedy Center River Terrace — reserving that stretch for pedestrian and bicycle use and detouring traffic up and behind the expanding performing arts complex.

“Our early morning walking group often encounters dangerous situations along the Potomac as the flow of bike commuters become ensnarled with us on the pathway,” said a Foggy Bottom resident.

Joe Gibbons, chair of the Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E, and William Kennedy Smith, chair of the Foggy Bottom-West End ANC 2A. Photo by Bill Starrels.

“Funds for a project to widen the pathway to better accommodate walkway traffic, as well as people sitting on the inset benches and standing along the river-edge railings, are now available,” announced DDOT Director Jeff Marootian. The project, which could begin next year, would also include widening the extremely narrow passageways for bikes and pedestrians through the road and bridge ramps along the parkway.

More controversial were potential plans to change the configuration of the at times highly

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congested junction where the parkway branches south to Memorial Bridge and slightly west to the National Mall. Similarly, the BID presented its plans to open the parkway on-ramp from K Street, enabling traffic to make a sharp left turn onto the parkway and lessening the four-way gridlock at the end of the Whitehurst Freeway.

The most controversial idea was to detour traffic from under the Kennedy Center’s terrace. That idea is so hot that ANC 2A’s William Kennedy Smith said he would not allow any other “poison pill” proposal, such as the dismantling of the Whitehurst Freeway, on the table. Parking was another unmentionable issue — deemed irrelevant unless it could be proved to cause severe congestion.

A DDOT-funded project to update engineering and environmental impact studies conducted in 2003 by the Federal Highway Administration was also announced. According to officials, the project’s goal is to create more efficient connections between Rock Creek Parkway and the eight lanes of traffic remaining from the aborted Potomac River Freeway project that links to Route 66. That could perhaps decrease transit times and facilitate traffic diversion away from the Potomac riverfront, permitting the creation of a waterfront park linking Georgetown, the Kennedy Center and the National Mall.

A woman was shot near the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and K Street NW at the Georgetown waterfront around 11 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 11. Her injuries appear to be non-life-threatening, according to the Metropolitan Police Department, which is looking for the suspect, seen wearing a mask.

The victim was seated in the front passenger seat when struck by two bullets. The driver of the car drove it to 20th and L Streets NW, where an MPD officer was flagged down and assisted in medical treatment until D.C. Fire & EMS arrived.

Georgetown Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Lisa Palmer, who lives near the crime scene on K Street (also known as Water Street west of Wisconsin Avenue), emailed her constituents: “The Second District is investigating a shooting on the 3200 block of Water Street NW, which occurred at around 11 p.m. last night. The adult female victim was transported to an area hospital to be treated. Officers and detectives continue to investigate this incident but share that this was not a random act.

“The suspect is a black male in a black Dodge Neon with a purple border on the license plate. Anyone with information is asked to contact 202-727-9099.

“Additionally, if anyone has video of the area last night, please call the number above.

I know that I heard the shots and imagine that many others did as well too.”

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Short-Term Rental Ruling Postponed On Oct. 17, a heated debate among District Council members regarding a proposed bill to strictly regulate Airbnb and similar short-term residential rentals ended in a standoff.

Internet sensation Airbnb started off as a simple idea in the new and evolving “gig” economy, in which short-term and sharing are the key words. Rent out a space in your home — a room, a couch, a floor — to visitors for a few days for a nominal fee. You make new friends and some money, too. It was a win-win.

The idea went global and became an industry.

In Washington, D.C., real estate investors are increasingly buying up entire buildings to

convert them to Airbnbs and the like, with some neighborhoods seeing a huge influx of tourists and visiting students and businesspeople. The city’s permanent housing stock — along with housing for college students and interns and affordable housing in general — has begun to noticeably decrease.

The proposed bill would only allow shortterm rental of primary residences, with a 90-day-per-calendar-year limit on rentals when the owner is absent. It would also prohibit investors from buying up homes to convert them to short-term rental properties.

Advocacy groups for the regulations, such as

It’s Time D.C., appeared to brook no nuances.

At an Oct. 15 briefing at the National Press Club, advocates insisted that only rooms in primary homes could be rented out short-term, nothing else.

But what of the second-home owner, of which there are many in Georgetown? What about empty nesters who travel to be with family and others for extended periods of time?

What about those who really need the extra intermittent income to save a family home?

The Council agreed to take up the proposal again on Nov. 13.

Are Gas Leaks Affecting Gas Bills?

Concern about the growing number of gas leaks in Georgetown — at least in east Georgetown above M Street — continued this week and took on a new dimension: Are they causing gas bills to rise?

For the past two weeks, reports about the smell of gas, even in homes that don’t use gas appliances, have multiplied. And so have the size of the Washington Gas crews arriving to inspect and work on the lines.

Edward Segal, a neighbor who has become Georgetown’s gas leak monitor, now counts roughly 40 emergency calls. The gas company

continues to insist that it is answering all calls efficiently and that “safety is our number-one priority.”

The elephant in the room, of course, is a potential home explosion, as happened in Massachusetts last month. While there appears to be low or no risk, the “bad news is that no community can afford to be lulled into a false sense of confidence about the safety of their gas pipelines,” Massachusetts gas leak expert Bob Ackley wrote in a report last year about the Georgetown situation.

The new twist is higher gas bills. Gail

Daubert and Katherine Tallmadge, who live near 28th and M Streets, have reported that their bills have gone up significantly in the past few months. Daubert’s bills increased from $20 a month to over $150, while Tallmadge reported paying a total of $716.92 for gas in 2015, $620 in 2016, and $3,495.21 in 2017. Yet, like Daubert, her gas usage had not changed much since 2016.

Segal and Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Jim Wilcox urge residents to pay extra attention to gas smells and gas bills.

Updates to this story are in the pipeline, no doubt.

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THURS., OCTOBER 25

The Public Space Committee will make decisions on permit applications at a meeting from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the DDOT Permit Office, 1100 4th St. SW, second floor, Hearing Room 200. For details, visit ddot.dc.gov.

MON., OCTOBER 29 ANC 2E

Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E will meet at Georgetown Visitation School, 1524 35th St. NW, at 6:30 p.m. Agenda to be announced. For details, visit anc2e.com.

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OLD GEORGETOWN BOARD The Old Georgetown Board will meet at 9 a.m. at 401 F St. NW, Suite 312. For details, visit cfa.gov.

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FALL DAYS OF DESIGN

More than 15 stores and showrooms are participating in Georgetown’s Fall Days of Design. The kick-off cocktail crawl will take place on Thursday, Nov. 1, from 5 to 8 p.m., but in-store events start that morning at 10 a.m. For the complete schedule and participant list, visit www.georgetowndc.com.

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CAG Report: Fighting Crime

BY PAM M OOR E Send Your Feedback, Questions or Concerns, Tips and Suggestions to editorial@georgetowner.com or call 202-338-4833

The Georgetowner Endorses . . .

At this time two years ago, we were opining about the main presidential contenders, offering the aside, “voters have never before been faced with a duo of candidates who carry more baggage than an oil sheik embarking on a private jet.”

What a difference two years make — and what a difference the midterm elections across the nation can make.

Sadly, in the nation’s capital, citizens of the District of Columbia still lack full voting rights and representation. Nevertheless, we press on.

Do we have opinions on other state and local campaigns? Of course, but we are here for D.C. matters.

Locally, The Georgetowner endorses: — Mayor Muriel Bowser, for her ability to see a pathway to the middle class and to prosperity, and for her balancing attention to development opportunities and demands with attention to the needs of everyday residents. For her enthusiasm and practicality, maybe even vision, Bowser deserves reelection.

— Phil Mendelson, as Council Chair, for reelection. He has done remarkably well dealing with the different voices of the Council.

With practicality upfront and idealism in the background, he is the right man for the job.

— For the At-Large Council seats, out of a field of six, we prefer dependable incumbent Anita Bonds, a Democrat, and endorse a newcomer — although with lots of business and political experience — Dionne Reeder, Independent.

Incidentally, we find it amusing that two candidates on the ballot, both Libertarians, have the last name of “Henchman.” Nevertheless, it looks like Mendelson and Attorney General Karl Racine will be easily reelected.

Now to our neighborhood races. There are 10 candidates for eight seats on the GeorgetownBurleith-Hillandale Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2E). Check your D.C. Voter’s Guide to find your district.

— ANC candidates running unopposed are Joe Gibbons (SMD 2E02); Rick Murphy (SMD 2E03); Anna Landre (SMD 2E04), replacing Mara Goldman; Lisa Palmer (SMD

2E05); Elizabeth Miller (SMD 2E07), who is endorsed by outgoing Monica Roaché; and Matias Burdman (SMD 2E08), running as a write-in to succeed Zachary Schroepfer. The Georgetowner endorses them all.

Those competing for the other seats are commissioners Ed Solomon (SMD 2E01) and Jim Wilcox (SMD 2E06), being challenged

by Kishan Putta and Gwendolyn Lohse, respectively.

— For SMD 01, The Georgetowner has considered the long-serving Solomon loyal to the community with his business and public safety acumen, among his other talents. He has been involved with several local groups or boards, perhaps too much and perhaps somewhat in conflict. As an advisory neighborhood commissioner, Solomon voted for removing 45 to 48 parking spaces along K Street at the waterfront last year, but also voted against that same plan as a board member of the Georgetown Business Association. Hmm, he was against it before he was for it. It’s time — in the spirit of rotation and fresh ideas — for a new commissioner, and Burleith may have found one in candidate Kishan Putta.

A former commissioner in Dupont Circle, now living in Burleith with his wife and infant son, Putta writes, “I’m running to be a more proactive commissioner who helps make it easier for residents to get involved.” That’s fine, but he really knows his stuff — look for his “polite persistence” in dealing with city officials. The Georgetowner endorses Kishan Putta. He will provide a different and bright perspective here.

— For SMD 06, The Georgetowner endorses Jim Wilcox, who has shown himself to be immediately responsive to his constituents, a thorough researcher of any problem, willing to work long and hard to get it right. His opponent, Gwendolyn Lohse, while earnest, has not convinced us she is preferable to Wilcox.

Keeping it real, The Georgetowner endorses Wilcox, a good man to have on your team.

To all: Be sure to vote Nov. 6.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Fix Broken Sidewalks Still no repairs, no inspection, and pedestrians keep tripping and removing the raised bricks to the side, making the situation even worse. I made my first request in May and so has the Citizens Association of Georgetown.

Is the city going to wait until somebody falls and gets badly hurt, perhaps a brain injury?

Years ago, the city stopped sweeping our streets — once a year only leaves are vacuumed.

Many of us pay someone to do the cleaning. The residents take care of our parks and shovel the snow as well. We buy and plant our street trees.

We also pay for our street security guards and for residential parking. Some of us, like myself, have not even used the city trash collections, the cans being too heavy to handle. We pay high real estate taxes, so surely they should cover the cost of sidewalk repairs in the nation’s capital.

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I asked a contractor to come and inspect my sidewalk and tell me the cost for the repairs. He came and determined that the condition was very dangerous — but because it was the city’s property, he could not do this work and would not live long enough to get the necessary permits. The city is not known for prompt action and efficiency.

Where are the inspectors? Danger signs should be at least posted to warn pedestrians.

I should point out that there are many other such damaged sidewalks in Georgetown. This is an historic area, visited by thousands of tourists, and it should be maintained. It is not only dangerous but rather unsightly, giving Georgetown an appearance of great neglect.

— Anne Brown, 29th Street resident

The other morning, I sat down with my cup of coffee and began to look through the emails that had arrived during the early morning. Much to my dismay, there was a photo of the alley that leads to my garden gate showing a hooded, tall, thin man trying the locks on the cars that have parking pads in the alley.

Crime statistics don’t really register, but seeing someone bent on committing a crime several yards from your property does. The Metropolitan Police Department, ANC 2E and the Citizens Association of Georgetown constantly ask us to help “stop crime.” One of the best ways is to install a camera on your property. The alley photos I saw were taken by a neighbor’s camera.

I remember when New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that when you stop the individual who is jumping over the subway turnstile, you stop bigger crimes (not a direct quote). That is what I am asking you to consider today in Georgetown.

These bad guys come onto our streets because there are electronics left in cars when we “run into the house for just a minute.” They hang out because we walk the streets talking on our cell phones. They can follow the UPS and FedEx trucks at

the same time every day and see where packages are left at our front doors.

Recently, our waterfront has been home to what neighbors are calling unsavory characters. A request has gone out for increased surveillance. I would suggest that all of our parks need some level of a police presence. Perhaps the Friends groups could work together with MPD to form a plan to monitor our green spaces.

On Oct. 17, CAG held a community meeting at the City Tavern Club on the issue of public safety. We have a block captain program and, thanks to donations from residents, a security guard patrolling at certain nighttime hours. Please pick up the phone and call the CAG office at 202337-7313 to learn how you can be part of curtailing crime in our village.

The autumn scent of wood burning in fireplaces is in the air, and Georgetown homes have begun to be decorated for Halloween. On Wednesday, Oct. 31, you are invited to take part in or watch the parade of costumed children — and, later, adults — along M Street and Wisconsin Avenue.

Also, please note that the next CAG community meeting will take place on Thursday, Nov. 29, at 7 p.m. at a location to be announced. The issue to be discussed: our C&O Canal. I hope to see you there.

JACK EVANS REPORT

Hate Crimes Are Trending Up

BY JAC K EVAN S A town hall discussion centered on hate crimes education was held last week in response to two recent bias-related crimes, or hate crimes, committed on 16th Street NW at the intersection of New Hampshire Avenue and U Street.

This educational town hall was organized by players from the Stonewall Kickball league for the purpose of opening a discussion on what factors contribute to hate crimes, how hate crimes can be prevented and what to do in dangerous situations.

League players and residents were joined by an expert panel, including a representative from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs, a lieutenant from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Special Liaison Branch and a representative from the DC Center’s AntiViolence Project.

I’m proud to serve a city that has the strongest protections for people of any race, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation and nine other protected classes. We must not let the actions of a few individuals prevent us from moving forward to find solutions to what drives hate.

Reported hate crimes have been on an

upward trend over the past few years, as the police lieutenant conveyed at the town hall.

Part of the reason for the increase in reports is because more and more residents are stepping forward to report crimes when and where they happen. According to MPD, the number of reported hate crimes in D.C. is at a total of 127 through Aug. 31.

While the data show reported hate crimes broken down by the type of bias, it’s important to note that any crime resulting from bias is wrong and unacceptable. The Anti-Violence Project shared information about the multiple resources the project provides to the community, such as de-escalation and self-defense training, health and wellness programs and social support. More information can be found at thedccenter.org.

People in our community should report any crime that happens. Our government officials, volunteer groups and police are here to help. The more people who see something and say something, the more likely the police will be able to thoroughly investigate an incident and make an arrest.

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

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ANC 2E:

The Only Real Election Game in Town

BY PEG GY SA NDS The District was ranked number one in the nation in the percentage of the electorate that voted in the 2016 presidential election.

Although Washington, D.C., has neither congressional representatives nor senators — and thus little at stake in national midterm elections — the District ranked seventh in the nation in the percentage that voted in the 2014 midterms.

That impressive midterm performance, at 23 percent, was however the lowest turnout the District had experienced in 70 years (it was 37 percent in 2010).

Participation could be even lower come Nov. 6. Key races in D.C. are for mayor and for the Council seats that come up this year — few without strong opposition. Georgetown’s Council member Jack Evans, the longest serving in D.C. history, isn’t up for reelection, and the mayoral race is a no-contest to reelect Mayor Muriel Bowser for her second term.

Aside from the at-large Council members, this situation leaves the only real election contest for Georgetowners in 2018: Advisory Neighborhood Commission 2E. These are the representatives for our town who deserve our attention and admiration.

ANC 2E has eight members who represent single-member districts for staggered twoyear terms. Those unopposed are Joe Gibbons, Rick Murphy and Laura Palmer and others — and their views are known.

Two incumbent commissioners up for reelection this year are in a race: Ed Solomon, who represents upper Georgetown and Burleith, and Jim Wilcox, who represents parts of east Georgetown north of M Street.

They have challengers: Kishan Putta and Gwendolyn Lohse, respectively.

In addition, commissioner Monica Roaché is stepping down before 2019. Her replacement, Elizabeth Miller, is running unopposed for her seat, representing northeast Georgetown.

As a college town, ANC 2E is unique in that it has two student commissioners, representing constituents at Georgetown University. Anna Landre is running unopposed for one seat.

There is a write-in candidate for the second district, Matias Burdman, who did not respond to The Georgetowner by press time.

The Georgertowner asked some of the ANC candidates to describe why they are running for office or for reelection. Below are the replies received, edited for length and clarity. The Georgetowner Newspaper’s endorsements for ANC2E can be found on its editorial page.

For an expanded version of the candidates’ statements, visit Georgetowner.com.

JIM WILCOX

(2E06 incumbent) Jim Wilcox lists many reasons for his reelection. They include that he is an attorney who has lived in east Georgetown since 2002 and was a board director of the Citizens Association of Georgetown and the Georgetown Business Association’s economic development and small business committee.

He has an broad mix of experience and an independent perspective, and he has been endorsed by ANC 2E Chair Joe Gibbons and previous ANC Chair Ron Lewis.

Wilcox prioritizes historic preservation and protecting Georgetown’s streetscapes, blocking the replacement of Georgetown’s brick sidewalks with asphalt (facing off possible arrest in August 2017), supporting gateways into Georgetown without impairing its character as well as lighting Key Bridge with white lights to accentuate its architectural elements. He was the most outspoken ANC critic of Wawa, and arranged for the property taxes for the vacant property at 2737 O St. to be increased, incentivizing its rehabilitation. In addition, he has spearheaded objections to the removal of the magnolia and other trees in front of the former Jackie Kennedy house on N Street. He is also the only one to submit written comments seeking to have small cell technology deployed on rooftops instead of on a proliferation of poles in Georgetown’s public space. Jim testified before the CFA and the Public Space Committee.

Wilcox’s other concerns include supporting “baiting” cars and staking them out to arrest perpetrators stealing them as an effective method to address car break-ins. He promotes solutions to Georgetown’s current gas leaks problem and advocates for events and maintenance of Rose Park.

KISHAN PUTTA

(running for 2E01) My wife Divya and I just had our first child over the summer and are thrilled to raise him in this community. I’ve served D.C. residents for more than six years as an advisory neighborhood commissioner in Dupont Circle and working for DC Health Link’s community outreach specialist to cover residents and small businesses like Bridge Street Books and Georgetown Piano Bar. I’m leading the community efforts to advocate for modernizing and expanding the Jelleff Community Recreation Center — a longneglected indoor public space with great potential. We won a $7-million commitment from the Park Service for multigenerational programming spaces and an indoor track, among others things. I’ve done this before, having led efforts to get over $11 million to upgrade and expand Stead Park in nearby Dupont. I also led efforts to reduce crime, provide more affordable childcare, increase rodent abatement, better bus service and safer streets. I serve on the DCPS Chancellor’s Parent Cabinet, getting DCPS to commit more tech resources for Hardy Middle School students. I will ensure the Hyde-Addison project results in a great, safe school.

I know how to get things done in D.C. I’ve worked hard to build relationships in the mayor’s office and the D.C. Council and have testified on behalf of my community over 20 times. I call, email, text, tweet and show up in person until we get results. As commissioner, I will help connect you to our community and government so that it will serve all of us better.

ED SOLOMON

(2E01 incumbent) Maintaining the quality of life in Burleith is the reason I am seeking reelection for ANC commissioner. There are key decisions that will need to be voted on in the coming months and over the next year: DC Fair Skies Coalition, of which I am president, to help alleviate air pollution and noise coming from planes taking off and landing at DCA; reducing cut-through traffic and speeding on local streets with more young children in our neighborhood; and visitor parking passes, addressing the impact of on street parking from Duke Ellington School events. We still have a lot of work left to do as far as lobbying on behalf of the community interest and many feel that I am the best positioned with my institutional knowledge and experience to continue to represent the voice of Burleith and Hillandale.

To be honest, I would not change much. Of course, we have to deal with issues such as crime, rodents, potholes, noise, etc. As a member of the steering committee of the Georgetown Community Partnership, my goal is to maintain the existing policies while implementing new initiatives.

Special exception and variance requests to the Board of Zoning Adjustment and Office of Zoning are a very sensitive subject. As your ANC commissioner, I have supported and opposed both; in zoning, there are tests that must be met to receive a special exception and variance. Young families are moving in with different needs than longtime residents.

They want more living space. My role is to foster communication between neighbors to reach consensus. Burleith is experiencing change with the proliferation of larger homes.

How this growth is managed will be an important role for the next ANC commissioner.

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GWENDOLYN LOHSE

(running for 2E06) I am running for commissioner of ANC 2E06 because I love Georgetown and want to bring a fresh voice to key issues important to our community. I have lived in the neighborhood for seven years on O Street with my husband James Assey and our daughter Eleanor, who frequents our parks and enjoys playing with her friends. This summer I was approached by several neighbors about the value I would bring by serving as their commissioner.

As a member of the ANC 2E, I would devote my energy to serving the needs of residents and focusing on safety, historic preservation, transportation/parking and commercial development designed to serve the neighborhood. I will bring a range of professional experience to the ANC including expertise in consensus building, policy development and creating action plans around common goals. In my prior work in the health care industry, I led an effort that resulted in the formation of a multistakeholder coalition of 150 organizations whose health IT guidelines were adopted by the federal government.

(uncontested 2E04) I’m running because, as a student at Georgetown, I believe it’s important for young adults to be involved and invested in their communities. I was first exposed to local politics through interning for the offices of a few local politicians in New Jersey, and I was inspired and amazed at how local politicians can touch the lives of their constituents. I used to be skeptical of politics as a whole, but my faith was restored by the genuine, kindhearted people I got to work with on the local level.

Now, I want to be a part of helping those in my community in the same way.

I also think it’s increasingly important for young women and other marginalized groups to find their voices in politics. As a wheelchair user living in Georgetown, where sidewalks and storefronts are seldom accessible to me the way they are to my peers, I hope to provide a new perspective on making our area a welcoming community for all. I’m running to grow relationships between Georgetown University students and the greater community and to be a voice for the students who call Georgetown home.

ELIZABETH MILLER

(uncontested 2E07) I moved to Georgetown more than 20 years ago with my husband, Dan Sallick. We immediately fell in love with the history, architecture and people and I knew I wanted to give back to this vibrant community. I have deep roots in the many facets of Georgetown, supporting our parks, our schools and our neighborhood philanthropy.

At the Citizens Association of Georgetown, I launched Concerts in the Parks to bring neighbors together to enjoy our parks with live music and picnic dinners. I made our neighborhood elementary school, HydeAddison, a personal priority. Dan and I sent our son and daughter there, and I have volunteered in the school and as a fundraiser for the school and its needs, engaging parents and neighbors.

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INS & OUTS

BY ST EP H A N I E G R EE N A N D RO B E R T D E VA N E Y

In: Grand Opening for Café Georgetown Turkish journalist Emel Bayrak has waded into the dining scene with Café Georgetown, which opened at 3141 N St. NW on Oct. 20 to an afternoon reception followed by an evening party.

“I am a coffee enthusiast, and I am very excited to pursue my passion of coffee and wine,” she tells us. With her desire to make the inviting and smartly designed café the place to meet, Bayrak explains she wants a place where like-minded guests can share their oenophile and caffeinated stories firsthand.

Since Bayrak is a White House correspondent for Turkish television (TRT Türk, the international channel of the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation), we think there will be lots of other kinds of “stories” passed around there — along with wonderful Turkish coffee, fine pastries and dainties.

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At the Oct. 13 ribbon cutting, the Capital Tailor’s Ramon Mejia and CEO Raiza Bonaparte (center) are flanked

by Maria Lizardo (Raiza’s mother), Norberto Mejia (Ramon’s brother), Gretchen Pockels-Saneaux of the Dominican Republic Embassy and Rafael Bonaparte (Razia’s father). Georgetowner photo.

In: Capital Tailor Cuts the Ribbon It was a joyous, family-filled celebration for the Oct. 13 ribbon cutting of the Capital Tailor, Inc., a luxury clothier and custom tailoring company at 3214 O St. NW. Owned by entrepreneur Raiza Bonaparte and second-generation master tailor Ramon Mejia — the married couple hails from the Dominican Republic — the two-level shop offers a customized experience, featuring

the Style Bar, where clients can design a suit, a jacket, trousers and shoes, selecting fabrics and every detail.

“Providing convenient tailoring and bespoke items of all types to our customers, personally designed by our master craftsmen with great attention to customer service, is what we love to do,” said CEO Raiza Bonaparte.

Café Georgetown owner Emel Bayrak (center), congratulated by James Cerasia and Alyssa Ryan, representatives of Mayor Muriel Bowser. Photo by Susanna Michelsen.

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In: Neopol Savory Smokery Smoked fish is headed upstream in Georgetown, it seems. Neopol Savory Smokery has opened at 3210 Grace St. NW. The business, based in Baltimore, also has a Union Market presence with its best-seller, a smoked salmon BLT (yes, we’ve already tried it — terrific).

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FEATURE

Flicks4Change: Films for a Better World

BY R I C H A R D S E L D E N Manuel Iguina.

In: High Street Café to Open in Former Paolo’s Space “Georgetown is on the rebound,” says restaurateur Manuel Iguina, who is opening his High Street Café in late October in the former Paolo’s location at 1305 Wisconsin Ave. NW. “We need a place where everybody knows your name. Not too high end, and not fast food.

A place for families, tourists and students.”

Iguina, who’s had his eye on the location for a long time (Paolo’s closed this summer), thinks it will be the perfect place for his pasta-and-chops eatery, with a distinctive Latin twist.

Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Iguina proudly infuses his menus with dishes and flavors from his upbringing. He is somewhat sentimental about Georgetown, having started at Mr. Smith’s in 1981. (The M Street saloon relocated to K Street in the former Chadwick’s space a few years ago.)

Typical entrees will range from $18 to $30.

Dinner will be served seven days a week for the first month, with lunch and brunch added in the coming months.

Georgetown Olive Oil Company previous storefront.

Moving: Georgetown Olive Oil Co. to M St. Emil and Hristina Merdzhanov, owners of the Georgetown Olive Oil Co., formerly at 1524 Wisconsin Ave. NW, are moving the store with its rows of bottles of extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar to 2910 M St. NW. Their new place should be open by the beginning of November. They have another location at National Harbor.

Flicks4Change — “the only festival where every film’s goal is to better our world” — will be coming to the D.C. area next month.

Screenings will take place on Thursday, Nov. 8, from 6:30 to 11 p.m. at Clarendon Ballroom, 3185 Wilson Boulevard in Arlington, Virginia, and on Saturday, Nov. 10, from 4 to 8 p.m. at Halcyon House, 3400 Prospect St. NW. The featured films span all genres and styles of storytelling. After each session, there is a town hall-style discussion among the filmmakers, community activists and the audience. The sessions also include live musical performances, interactive exhibits by nonprofit partners, light hors d’oeuvres and pass arounds and alcoholic and soft beverages.

Flicks4Change was founded by Australian actor, producer and musician Andrew Steel, who serves as president. Its director and co-founder is actor and producer James Hawthorn, son of designer and philanthropist Barbara Hawthorn of Barbara Hawthorn Interiors in McLean, Virginia. The festival will be held in Los Angeles on Dec. 7 and 8.

Tickets are $40 for the Clarendon Ballroom session, $50 for the Halcyon House session ($70 VIP) and $80 for a festival pass ($180 VIP). For tickets, visit eventbrite.com. For program details, visit flicks4change.org.

Flicks4Change Film Festival co-founder and producer James Hawthorn and his mother Barbara Hawthorn, designer and community activist, met with Angie Gates, director of the D.C. Office of Cable Television, Film & Entertainment, in May. Courtesy D.C. OCTFE.

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D.C. THINK TANKS:

Shadow Government in Plain Sight

BY PEG G Y SANDS

Almost all the political buzz in Washington, D.C., revolves around the current president and Congress. But there is a shadow government that few know about, also said to be the city’s major industry.

It’s the policy ideas industry, based in the over 400 think tanks in D.C. — the most of any city in the world. D.C. think tank budgets range from a few hundred thousand dollars to $80 million, making them a significant driver of D.C.’s economy, although many are nonprofits and may not pay full if any commercial property and income taxes.

The think tank industry produces a constant stream of books, policy papers, reports, analyses and commentary on everything from health care to taxes, defense and immigration. Think tanks are homes to the top policy makers in America, who directly affect

the way legislation and governmental policy are written and established.

This “shadow government” is hiding in plain sight.

While they are located especially on the Hill or in Georgetown, the 1700 block of Massachusetts Avenue, just off Dupont Circle, is known as Think Tank Ground Zero. Most of the major think tanks are located within a two-block radius of the Metro Red Line station.

D.C. residents and visitors readily can attend, often for free, most of the dozens of think tank panel discussions, briefings and lectures held every day — along with breakfasts, lunches, dinners, receptions and refreshments in between. They can even ask questions and get deliberated answers from the top policy makers in the world. Think tanks

make D.C. a nirvana for wonks.

Yet few Washingtonians, even news reporters, anchors, editors and producers, know about the vast spectrum of think tanks active in the city. Almost everyone has heard of the top one: the Brookings Institution, a block from Dupont Circle, with popular Washington Post pundit E.J. Dionne as one of its most acclaimed political experts. But where does it lie on the political spectrum?

And what others balance it?

Dozens of think tank experts are interviewed and quoted every day in the mainstream media, but rarely are their think tank slants ever identified. Few people know where the experts are coming from, except by their appearance on politically-slanted news shows on Fox, MSNBC and, increasingly, CNN.

The Think Tank Political Spectrum

D.C.’s hundreds of think tanks are not neutral. They are not universities with a mission to educate students and do academic research. They supposedly are not lobbyists pushing or opposing specific legislation that affects the bottom line of a particular interest group or commodity.

But, while think tanks generally claim their mission is to expand public knowledge, in the end most are established to influence the making of laws and governmental policies towards certain ideological positions.

Almost all the think tanks are organized around issues: some general, some narrow and specific such as economics, foreign policy and immigration. But they all lie somewhere along a wide political spectrum from far-left liberal to far-right conservative, center left and center right and, the most mixed of all, libertarian.

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(increasingly wealthy donors with strings attached to their donations) and by the positions they take.

Four of the most popular think tanks in D.C. — almost always named in lists of the top 10 — epitomize this spectrum. They are: FAR LEFT: Center for American Progress CENTER LEFT: Brookings Institution CENTER RIGHT: American Enterprise Institute FAR RIGHT: Heritage Foundation The Center for American Progress, on the far left, is one of the newest. Founded in 2003, CAP has an openly liberal democratic focus, oriented especially to millennials through its “Generation Progress” program. It can be said to be the Democratic administration’s in-government recruitment and policy think tank.

John Podesta, its first CEO and president, was President Bill Clinton’s chief of staff, then Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman

in 2016; in 2008, he was President Barack Obama’s transition chief. More than 50 of CAP employees ended up employed in the Obama administration and almost all had direct access to it. CAP’s current president is former Senate Leader Tom Daschle, with a large number of Democrats on the payroll — in waiting for the 2020 elections and beyond.

Refreshments tip: Dozens of interns tend to devour all the sandwich wraps way before the noontime panel discussions begin.

But CAP is only a copy of the rightleaning think tank the American Enterprise Institute, a free-market conservative and neo-conservative think tank established in 1938. More than 20 staff members served either in a Bush administration policy post or on one of the government’s many panels and commissions, including Dick Cheney, vice president of the United States under George W. Bush; John R. Bolton, former ambassador to the United Nations and currently President Donald Trump’s national security advisor; Lynne Cheney, former

chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and Paul Wolfowitz, former deputy secretary of defense. AEI’S current well-known scholars and authors include: Jonah Goldburg, Christian Hoff Sommers, Norman Ornstein, Charles Murray and Jon Kyl, David From, and Dinesh D’souza, among many others. Former famous pundits closely connected to AEI include Milton Friedman, Jeanne Kirkpatrick, Irving Kristol, Michael Ledeen, Semour Lipset, Michael Novak, Antonin Scalia, Robert Bork and Charles Krautheimer. AEI recently just bought and totally renovated the stunning old American Heritage Society building on the corner of Massachusetts and 19th Street NW. Refreshments tip: AEI routinely offers hot meals and wine receptions.

The far-right Heritage Foundation played a similar role in Ronald Reagan’s transition and administration in the 1980s and in every conservative administration since. Among its experts, trustees and board members who have served in government include Richard V. Allen, L. Paul Bremer, Elaine Chao, Lawrence Di Rita, Michael Johns, John Lehman and Attorney General Edwin Meese III. It has a strong college

conservatives program that hosts, places in internships and jobs and houses hundreds of college interns every year. The Heritage Foundation, under former Sen. Jim deMint, came out early in support for President Trump and had a strong influence in the transition.

Refreshments tip: The Heritage Foundation’s sandwich lunches are served late, but provide a place for good audience post-debates.

The Brookings Institution is the best known, the largest and one of the first (founded in 1913) of the D.C. think tanks. It currently funds five “research” programs and 13 study area “centers” in D.C. and three abroad in India, China and Qatar. Its issues are broad but also focus on metropolitan D.C. — especially changing demographics — and U.S. party politics where E.J. Dionne, the Georgetown professor and Washington Post op-ed columnist brings in a crowd. Refreshments tip: There are panels almost every day with appropriate finger food befitting the time of the event, as well as an economical and well-stocked cafeteria.

Brookings and now its neighbor AEI often have joint events, especially on education issues, at which Brookings academic education expert

Frederick Hess often butts heads respectfully with AEI’s provocateur Charles Murray.

Dozens of others fall in between. The top 20 are listed in a sidebar. Where they fall on the left-to-right spectrum sometimes depends on the issue; issues are complicated and no think tank can be monolithic political.

In addition to their own in-house experts, most think tanks use advisers for their sides, often including colleagues from the other not-so-far side of the spectrum. They often use prominent university professors, former government officials, journalists and authors.

Typical is Georgetown’s own Madeleine Albright, a decades-long resident of 34th Street, professor at Georgetown University and first woman secretary of state, who founded her own Albright Stonebridge Advisory Group and has authored several books, most recently “Fascism: A Warning.” Albright was featured on panels and keynote interviews at the Brookings Institution and the Center for American Progress.

Power and Warning Think tank power used to be rated by the number of media appearances, quotes and articles in the mainstream media. Now, social media is making a new dynamic: clickbait vs expert analysis, according to a 2014 article in the Washington Post.

But the hundreds of think tanks in D.C. are also, in effect, sitting on a seesaw. Sometimes they are up with their colleagues in government sitting on top; sometimes they are on the bottom, sitting on the ground, out of office and acting as a holding tank for their experts, writing papers demanding change, eagerly and anxiously waiting for the next election to favor them and their policies.

Funding for all of the D.C. think tanks, like everything else in the city, increasingly originates from narrow-based donors with political interests. The diverse think tank source of the expert being interviewed on television or writing a blog inarguably affects the message.

Other Top Think Tanks in D.C. Washington, D.C., has more than 400 think tanks. Many are well known because their associates are prominent newsmakers — often former government officials — and their opinions appear frequently in the media. Listed below alphabetically are just a few of the wellknown general think tanks in town. Many more could be listed according to specialized areas of interest, including economics; international, social and environmental affairs; constitutional law; and immigration. Others could be categorized by left-to-right ideology or based on their presidential founders, such as Kennedy, Nixon, Eisenhower and Wilson. Almost all offer regular events open to the public. This list does not include the numerous university-affiliated academic institutes based in D.C.

Aspen Institute

German Marshall Fund

Atlantic Council

Hudson Institute

Bipartisan Policy Center

International Center for Research on Women

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Migration Policy Institute

CATO Institute

National Endowment for Democracy

Center for Immigration Studies

New America Foundation

Center for the National Interest

Peterson Institute for International Economics

Center for Public Justice

Pew Research Center

Competitive Enterprise Institute

Third Way

Council on Foreign Relations

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Center for Strategic and International Studies

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‘Tommy Show’ Out at 94.7 Fresh FM

A bill on its way to the District Council would deliver big pay raises to city officials.

The salaries of the mayor, attorney general and Council chairman would each get a $20,000 hike. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson is leading the effort, noting that the D.C. mayor’s $200,000 salary hasn’t gone up in more than a decade. The raises would take effect in January.

The popular “Tommy Show,” hosted by locals Tommy McFly, Kelly Collis and Jen Richer, came to an abrupt end earlier this month. Washingtonian magazine reported that 94.7 Fresh FM’s owner, Entercom, is thinking about changing the station’s format. For now, McFly and his colleagues plan to continue to invite fans to their “family” events.

Crosswalk Fatality Near McPherson Square A North Carolina woman died earlier this month after being hit by a Chevy pickup truck. Carol Joan Tomason, 70, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was struck in a crosswalk on H Street NW near McPherson Square on the morning of Oct. 12. It was first reported that she was on a bicycle, but when D.C. Fire and EMS arrived there was no sign of a bike.

Man Dies on Metro Escalator A man in a motorized wheelchair died riding the up escalator at the Columbia Heights Metro station after falling to the bottom, being dragged up and falling again when the escalator shut off. It isn’t clear why he left the elevator (which was working) before proceeding to the escalator. Another passenger had minor injuries from being hit by the victim’s wheelchair.

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Metro May Add Food Outside Stations Metro’s board wants to offer food around stations while continuing to forbid it in stations and on trains. Farmers’ markets and food pop-ups have been introduced at New Carrollton station in Virginia and at Grosvenor in North Bethesda, Maryland.

Other stations could also get phone charging stations, photo booths, DVD rental boxes and package lockers.

Wilson High Alums Open Café Three Woodrow Wilson High School alumni have opened up Village Café at 1272 5th St. NE, near Union Market (the grand opening is Oct. 23). Mahammad Mangum, Ryan Williams and Kevon King plan to offer sign-language classes by Gallaudet University, children’s story time by Politics and Prose, food made with DC UrbanGreens produce and coffee from Southeast Roastery.

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FOOD & WINE

The Latest Dish

WASHINGTON DC’S FINEST RESTAURANTS

BY LINDA ROT H After a renovation, Rosewood Washington, D.C., 1050 31st St. NW, will reopen in the second quarter of 2019 with a new steak house called Cut by Wolfgang Puck, with executive chef Andrew Skala at the helm.

Skala has worked at other locations of Cut and at Puck’s flagship Spago. Puck will also take over the Rye Bar lobby lounge and the hotel’s rooftop space.

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

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

2810 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., NW 202–295–2826 | enowinerooms.com Punjabi Grill in Bangalore.

Ave. NW (also the address of Central Michel Richard), its first U.S. location. His Punjabi chef, Jaspratap “Jassi” Bindra, cooked at top Indian resorts and restaurants. Punjab Grill has locations in India, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Jeddah and Bangkok.

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Cut by Wolfgang Puck.

Chef & Manager Update: Pernell Morton was named executive chef at The Delegate restaurant, slated to open by the end of the year at 901 L St. NW. He was previously executive chef at Marriott properties in Maryland, Virginia and Georgia … Drew Hairston was named beverage manager at Dirty Habit in Penn Quarter, overseeing the bar program for its three bar spaces. A native Washingtonian, he was most recently GM and beverage director at Bar Pilar on 14th Street NW … Handry Tjan is head sushi chef at Nama, his new Japanese restaurant, in the space where Conosci used to be, next to Alta Strada in the Mount Vernon Square area. He was formerly at Sushiko and Kōbō in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

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Cocktails at Himitsu.

Himitsu chef-owner Kevin Tien and business partner Sam Shoja — in partnership with restaurant veteran Arris Noble — plan to open Emilie’s in Capitol Hill at Penn Eleven, 1101 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, the redevelopment site of the former Frager’s Hardware store. Slated to open in the second quarter of 2019, the restaurant, seating about 100 guests, will offer seasonally inspired and local ingredients for lunch and dinner.

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

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1063 WISCONSIN AVE., NW 202–338–8800 | filomena.com A Georgetown landmark for over 30 years featuring styles and recipes passed through generations. Balanced cutting-edge culinary creations of modern Italy using the fresh ingredients and made-from-scratch sauces and pastas. Seen on The Travel Channel, Award-winning Filomena is a favorite of U.S. Presidents, celebrities, sports legends, political leaders.

“Don’t miss their bakery’s incredible desserts” - Best in D.C.

MALMAISON

ROCKLANDS BARBEQUE

Malmaison opened in 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 & Pastry Chef Serge Torres (Le Cirque NYC).

This original location has served barbecue since 1990.

We now have more space for you to sit down with family and friends at our new dining room Driving or walking up Wisconsin Avenue, you ask “mmmm, what’s that aroma??”

That’s pork, beef and chicken coming out of our wood-only smoker, falling off the bone and ready for a dousing with our Original Barbeque Sauce.

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CAFE BONAPARTE

Fifth generation Lauren Martin learns the family business from her dad, Billy Martin, Jr. Since 1933, the warm atmosphere of Martin’s Tavern has welcomed neighbors and travelers looking for great food, service and years of history within it’s walls. Fourth generation owner Billy Martin. Jr. continues the tradition of Washington’s oldest family-owned restaurant.

Captivating customers since 2003, Cafe Bonaparte has been dubbed the “quintessential” European café, featuring awardwinning crepes and arguably the “best” coffee in D.C.! Other can't-miss attractions are the famous weekend brunch every Saturday and Sunday until 3 p.m. and our late-night weekend hours serving sweet and savory crepes until 1 a.m.

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Pinea Restaurant in W Washington DC.

Drew Hairston of Dirty Habit.

Quick Hits: Hakan Ilhan will open a French restaurant, Chanterelle, in the landmark Morton’s space at 3251 Prospect St. NW …

Maziar and Shahab Farivar of Georgetown’s Peacock Café plan to open a restaurant in the first quarter of 2019 in Dupont Circle, where Scion used to be at 2100 P St. NW. It will have about 80 seats in the dining room and 30 on the patio.

Karan Singh, owner with Lite Bite Foods of American Tandoor in Tysons Corner Center, has again partnered with the restaurant group to bring his northwest Indian fine-dining restaurant, Punjab Grill, to 1001 Pennsylvania

Ch-Ch-Changes: Renovations at Hamilton Hotel at 14th and K Streets NW should be completed by early in the second quarter of 2019. Its 14K Restaurant will become an osteria serving Neapolitan pizza and the bar will have a library look … Renovations are also happening to the restaurant, bar and lobby areas of The Dupont Circle Hotel … But wait, there’s more, as the Pinea restaurant and Root Cellar Whiskey Bar in W Washington DC, by the Treasury Building, are also getting an upgrade … Charlie’s On The Avenue on Mount Vernon Ave. in the Del Ray section of Alexandria, Virginia, has reopened and will expand into the space next door, formerly a garden supply store.

Linda Roth is president of Linda Roth Associates, a public relations and marketing firm that specializes in the hospitality industry.

Reach her at linda@lindarothpr.com.

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Virginia Hunt Country: Lovely, Lively and Local

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eorgetown’s favorite country getaway — Middleburg, The Plains, Marshall and the farms and wineries that abound in Loudoun and Fauquier Counties — is about an hour away, depending on traffic.

Exiting Route 66 at The Plains lands you right in the heart and soul of Virginia hunt country.

If you’re driving the winding country roads around 9 a.m. or earlier on most days in the fall, you may suddenly come upon the proverbial Middleburg sight: dozens of elegant horses and riders galloping through lush fields and over hills, jumping fences and following several dozen excitedly running, barking foxhounds.

Look sharply and you may spy a large red furry running animal — a lithe Virginia fox.

It’s usually way out in front of the pack. But often you’ll see (as I did) the neck-jerking sight of the fox running directly past the hounds going the other way. It seems the clever animal often leads the hunt to a dense forest, then doubles back past the hounds and horses, surely with a grin on its face.

“The dogs are trained to just blindly follow the scent,” said Emily Ristau with a laugh.

Ristau is an ardent member ofQTR the Orange 6.125 GEORGETOWNER PAGEHunt Club (Jacqueline Kennedy’s regular group, still going strong). “Their noses are to the ground,

local engagement, friendliness and country hospitality. Almost all the shops, cafes, restaurants and even museums are locally owned and operated.

“We don’t have chain restaurants here — not even chain-restaurant food,” said Brian Lichorowic, a former Olympic athlete from a three-generation restaurateur family. On Oct. 11, he opened up his unique eatery, Johnny blindly following the scent and not the sight of Monarch’s, at the back of an open lot in the fox, who, it seems, enjoys taunting the dogs Marshall. in a chase that can last up to four hours. It is “It’s the first restaurant in a double-decker extremely rare that a fox is ever caught. They British bus in this area, and understandably so,” usually go underground when they get tired, or the effervescent owner said with a grin. “She the hunt master calls off the ride when he sees weighs 16 tons and is 15 feet high. She can’t the horses and dogs tiring.” drive, so she can’t leave her site. It took almost Indeed, the whole goal of the “hunt” seems two years to get the permits because they didn’t to be to enjoy a companionable and sometimes know how to classify the 1962 Leyland Titan.” exciting ride in the country.

Lichorowic, who has also been a food writer, The hunt often divides into three groups. plans to serve “high-end Olympian food — the Some riders never jump; some don’t even best ingredients in the best American food.” gallop. They are all ages, from the early teens That includes American Pie (an elite sloppy to the early 90s. In all cases, they are extremely Joe), macaroni and cheese, overstuffed ribs careful to ride only on land which the owners and a tomato pie made from special varieties have given them permission to cross. grown in the property’s hothouse, next to the That’s where Middleburg’s unusual local former bus. A stage is being built for family dynamic comes in. “The hunt only exists shows and activities at the surrounding picnic because of the generosity of the farm owners, tables. One of the events planned in the bus is only some of whom even keep horses these “Senior Speed Dating”: “If you can get up the days,” said Ristau, a successful real estate winding narrow stairs to the second floor of broker in Middleburg. “But there are lots of the double-decker, you qualify.” generous owners who sign a proviso on their Another new local shop — which drew over deeds that the property is open to riders and 200 people to its first month’s special event — hikers. We all depend on an engaged local is Baileywyck Antiques in The Plains. Owner community here that all have one thing in Lisa Vella once ran her antique shop out of her common — love ofOCT the land.”

ISSUE 2018 / DUE: OCT 19but in September she opened an airy, barn, That is likewise the foundation of the white, tony multi-room store at 4274 Loudoun area’s burgeoning retail and dining culture: Ave. to house the hundreds of items she has

personally selected from around the United States and Europe.

Vella spent almost a year cleaning, scrubbing and de-oiling the former garage.

At her Oct. 5 opening event — an evening of French art, objets d’art and artful French food, wine and music — she sold every table in the store, including some century-old pieces.

Now she plans a themed event on the first Friday of every month. Next up is “Fall into Fall,” with ciders and wines and, of course, horse-and-hound-themed antiques.

The local touch is especially visible in the shops in Middleburg. Some of the most popular stores, such as the White Elephant, a thriving consignment business; the Fun Store, a 6,000-square-foot home décor and gift department store; and Second Chapter Books, are owned by sisters who grew up in the area and reflect Middleburg history and tastes.

Several locals told The Georgetowner that they drop into the White Elephant every day to see what’s the latest, because everything gets bought up so quickly. The Fun Store is for sale and everyone hopes it will be kept as is by the new owners. The current owners say, philosophically, that their children, who grew up in the store, “have their own lives” — as teachers, a police officer and a nurse in nearby communities.

It was different for Julien’s Café, the French bakery and restaurant on Washington Street for years. Newlywed Julien Lacaze plans to carry on his family’s local entrepreneurial heritage.

He took over his parents’ establishment last spring and in a matter of weeks opened with new décor as a French wine bistro called Bord’ô, a meld of old menus and new.

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Activated Charcoal:

Ancient Ingredient, Modern Skin Care

BY R EB E K A H KE L L E Y Activated charcoal is one of the world’s oldest detoxification remedies, used in Ayurveda and Chinese medicine to flush out harmful toxins. The ancient Egyptians and the Greeks recommended it as a multi-purpose antidote to poison and disease. Hospital emergency rooms find it effectively treats alcohol poisoning and drug overdoses, since it helps prevent absorption from the stomach into the body.

Charcoal is a toxin magnet Activated charcoal is a fine black powder.

Completely odorless, tasteless and nontoxic, it is made by burning a source such as wood or coconut shells. The heat activates the charcoal, creating millions of tiny pores, nooks and crannies. The surface has a negative electric charge, which causes positively-charged toxins to stick to it. With so many pores, a large surface area is created. For example, 50 grams of activated charcoal has the same surface area as 10 football fields. Because activated charcoal is not absorbed by the body, it carries toxins bound to its surface out of the body, instead of causing damage within.

Charcoal hits the modern beauty scene Today’s skin care experts tout charcoal’s superstar detox capabilities and absorption properties to help deal with the continuous rise of harmful chemicals and pollutants in our environment. Chronic exposure to toxins causes inflammation, cellular damage and rapid aging. “Activated charcoal is a powerhouse ingredient to help remove unwanted toxins from the body’s surface, gently and safely,” states Tara Foley, founder and CEO of Follain in Bethesda. “When you apply a skin care product that contains activated charcoal, the toxins in your skin bind to the soap or mask, and are simply removed when rinsing the product from your face.”

Rachel Mulcahy, founder of Ivy Wild on Florida Avenue NW, recommends getting your activated charcoal in a mask or using a soap. She explains: “Carbon needs to come in physical contact with impurities in order to soak them up and be an effective defense in our modern toxic environment.”

Charcoal reality check Because activated charcoal absorbs whatever it comes into contact with, not just poisons and toxins, make sure to use these products before applying healing serums and treatments, so that they are not wasted. Additionally, those with extremely dry or super-sensitive skin will want to apply charcoal products with a careful hand, if at all.

Foley suggests using activated charcoal products to: • Detoxify Skin by binding to toxins and contaminants, • Balance Oily Skin by removing excess oil,

Clean Activated Charcoal Face Bar, $25, available at virtueskinfood.com.

No. 3 Balancing + Charcoal Mask, $49, and Facial Mist, $36, available at beautycounter.com.

One Love Organics Love + Charcoal Masque, $49, available at Follain on Bethesda Row. Odacite Skin Perfecting Mask and Joanna Vargas Miracle Bar, $22, available at Ivy Wild, 1328 Florida Ave. NW. Photo by Rebekah Kelley.

• Unclog Pores by absorbing impurities that tend to clog pores and • Shrink Pores by binding with debris that clogs and enlarges pores.

Rebekah Kelley is the creator and founder of Virtue Skinfood, a pure organic luxury skin care line. Experience the collection at Aveda Georgetown or visit virtueskinfood.com.

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HAUTE & COOL

A Touch of SAFFRON

Spice B Y A LLYSON BU R KH AR D T As the temperature drops, we tend to cozy up to a palette of deeper, darker hues. This year, let’s embrace a wardrobe of rich, exotic color.

After all, isn’t it time to heat up your cold-weather look? For a fresh take on fall, just add a touch of spice.

CINQ À SEPT Boxy Coat $695

Blend zesty tones of ginger, saffron and curry. Layer in notes of paprika, cayenne and cinnamon. Pair them all back to your wintry neutrals of nutmeg, cocoa and sage.

These colors are so versatile, they can be worn uniformly or mixed together. Yet they are striking enough to elevate any carefully curated closet. So let’s get cooking — before the chill sets in.

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ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (EA) FOR DC WATER’S PROPOSED POTOMAC RIVER TUNNEL PROJECT OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT WASHINGTON, DC WHAT: The National Park Service (NPS) and the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) are seeking public comments on an Environmental Assessment (EA) prepared pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for the proposed Potomac River Tunnel, a major component of DC Water’s Combined Sewer System Long Term Control Plan, also known as the DC Clean Rivers Project. The project would provide control for combined sewer overflow (CSO) outfalls along the Potomac River in Washington, DC. The project is needed to reduce CSOs that contribute to water quality impairment of the Potomac River and ultimately the Chesapeake Bay; and to comply with the 2005 Federal Consent Decree entered into by DC Water, the District of Columbia, the US Environmental Protection Agency, and the US Department of Justice, as amended January 2016. The proposed controls are estimated to reduce CSOs to the Potomac River by 93% by volume and limit their frequency from approximately 74 events to 4 events in a year of average rainfall.

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY: The NPS and DC Water are releasing the Potomac River Tunnel EA for a public review and comment period from October 26 to November 30, 2018. To view or download the EA, or to submit comments online, please visit the NPS project webpage at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/PotomacRiverTunnel. A hard copy of the EA can also be found at the following District libraries: Southwest Library, 900 Wesley Place SW West End Library, 2301 L Street NW Georgetown Library, 3260 R Street NW Palisades Library, 4901 V Street NW Comments may also be submitted in writing to: ATTN: Potomac River Tunnel EA DC Clean Rivers Project Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant 5000 Overlook Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20032

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The ongoing participation of the public is very important to the success of this project. We invite you to attend an Open House to learn more about the project, the EA, ask questions, and discuss the project with NPS and DC Water staff. For more information or for individuals requiring special assistance at the meeting please contact DC Clean Rivers Project Public Outreach at (202) 787-4717 or by email at dccleanrivers@dcwater.com.

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Rebecca Magnuson’s ‘She Sings’ at Atlas

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People — even hermits and maybe especially artists — carry a lot of identities around with them at any given time. They allow us to be recognized at a glance, be a certain somebody, move to a specific tune or gait.

Rebecca Magnuson is a particular somebody, and a bunch of somebodies: Georgetowner; mother of two children; pianist, music teacher and singer-songwriter; supporter of worthwhile causes; frequent traveler between Washington, D.C., and Nashville.

Magnuson is about to share those identities in musical and dramatic fashion with the world premiere of “She Sings,” a one-woman show about one woman and the multitudes of women passing through life’s searing troubles and joys.

On Friday, Nov. 16, “She Sings” will be presented at the Atlas Performing Arts Center on H Street NE, in conjunction with the release of the 14-song soundtrack.

It’s definitely one of those works that is both deeply personal and almost necessarily universal. “The musical is about healing — not just for me but for many women, and men, who’ve had to live through crises, suffering and abuse of one sort of another, people who endured and rose up again after years. It’s about learning to love yourself and see yourself through your own eyes, not just the eyes of somebody else,” she says.

At first glance, Magnuson belies the intensity of the music and the content of the work. She seems like someone — a tall, longhaired, sunshine blonde — of whom a sunny disposition is expected.

“There is all kinds of abuse in the world,” she says. “People go through divorce, through painful relationships, family issues, friendships.

There’s gender and professional issues. There’s physical, but also emotional abuse. To me, this musical and these songs are about healing, healing the wounds from all those things.

In most ways, Magnuson is a true-blue Georgetowner. She’s raised her children here: Gardner, 16, and Grace, 17. She was trained as a pianist early on, and owned her own music studio.

“I lived in Georgetown for 18 years and loved every minute of caring for my kids, nurturing the friendships I made. I lived close to Montrose Park and have wonderful memories of visiting with friends in Georgetown as our children played, or taking long walks with our yellow English Lab, Sadie, both at the park and through the brick walks of Georgetown,” she says.

Given the season, there are also the Halloween memories for her of “traveling in packs of parents and kids, going door to door.”

An affinity for country music and a desire to write and perform country songs brought her to Nashville, a very different sort of place and city. “I moved to Nashville years ago because I wanted to write lyrics and create music that was authentic. The energy I feel in Nashville is one of kindness, creativity, a slower pace and love.

Talent oozes out of every corner. Nashville is my second home and I am at peace the minute the plane touches down.”

As she lived her life, dividing her time between D.C. and Nashville, the effort began to pay off. “My first publishing deal was with Garth Brooks’s publishing company, Major Bob Music. I played a few tunes live for Garth

Brooks’s business partner, Bob Doyle, who signed me.” She’s written for Sony Tree Studios in Nashville, as well as numerous cuts and songs for independent artists.

“Country music,” she says, “is real. It always told a story or touched a place in me that no other music genre did.”

“She Sings” is probably beyond category or genre, but satisfies her urge to heal, to touch people and to describe life in terms of real stories — especially the sharp and tough “My Voice,” which touches on, not so lightly, the combative language and process of uncoupling, or “Manipulator” or the liberating “Take Me There.”

For “She Sings,” she’s got partners. She’s coproducing with Jim Kimball, producer and guitarist for the legendary Reba McEntire.

Bobby Braddock cowrote the song “World Without Love” and Tammy McDonald and Sandra Lee, “my talented girlfriends,” co-wrote a few songs with her. In addition, Magnuson opens the musical with her piano rendition of Brahms’s Rhapsody No. 2. “There is,” she tells us, “also choreographed dancing.”

Her friendships have led her to join in support of causes and institutions — Children’s Hospital and now Knock Out Abuse, an organization that gives funding to women who are victims of domestic violence. Ten percent of the proceeds from the Nov. 16 performance will go to Knock Out Abuse. October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the 25th annual Knock About Abuse gala is Nov. 1 at the Ritz-Carlton (see Gala Guide).

Braddock says that, in “She Sings,” “Rebecca is giving a voice to the voiceless … to survivors.”

She sings. Yes, she does.

“She Sings” will be performed Friday, Nov. 16, at 8 p.m. at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street NW. For tickets ($55 to $125), visit atlasarts. org or call 202-399-7993, ext. 2.

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‘Japan Modern’

Focuses on Prints, Photographs

Left: “Sanjō Bridge” (detail), 1954. Tokuriki Tomikichirō. Right: “Seikan Ferryboat,” from the series “Karasu (Ravens),” 1976. Fukase Masahisa. Courtesy Freer and Sackler Galleries.

BY ARI POS T In 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry steered his squadron of U.S. Navy battleships into Edo (Tokyo) Bay to pressure the Japanese government into opening ports to American mercantile ships. Perry’s arrival set in motion the collapse of the shogunate, a centuries-old institution already weakened by an ailing leader and political indecisiveness.

Over the next century, Japan careened violently into modernity. Within 100 years, atomic bombs had been dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and Japan was struggling to rebuild its urban centers — as well as its very identity — amid a new world order.

On view through Jan. 24, “Japan Modern,” a pair of exhibitions at the Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler Galleries, explores the seismic shifts within Japanese art from the 1850s through the 1970s.

The first, “Prints in the Age of Photography,” examines the nearly overnight evolution of traditional Japanese woodblock printing in response to the introduction of photography from the West. Its larger sister exhibition, “Photography from the Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck Collection,” features works by groundbreaking 20th-century Japanese photographers, focusing on each artist’s search for a sense of place in a rapidly changing country.

Taken together, these two exhibitions paint a startling portrait of sentimentality and longing, of a country swept immediately and irrevocably into a kind of cultural homesickness.

Printmakers like Kobayashi Kiyochika and Kawase Hasui combined traditional techniques with Western-style perspective, and tackled nocturnal scenes that cameras of the day could not capture. Kiyochika’s nighttime view of the busy Shinbashi train station in central Tokyo, and Hasui’s solemn night scene of a modern steel bridge and rail tracks with a lone rickshaw, juxtapose the modern and the traditional, with a sharp-edged darkness that must be the stylistic forefather of American noir.

From the 1910s on, artists began to defy the traditional Japanese print industry by designing, carving and printing their own works. Called sōsaku-hanga, simply “creative prints,” the movement transformed woodblock prints from a way to transmit information into an art form for personal expression.

Printmaking innovations were also a reaction to the widespread impact of photography, which ultimately led to the collapse of the traditional Japanese woodblock printing industry. Meanwhile, the artists who embraced photography began using the camera to capture their own views of their country in flux.

Landscape views became a popular subject, especially following the devastating Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 and the subsequent reconstruction of Tokyo. Softly delineated subjects and gradations of light and shadow resulted in lyrical, often nostalgic views of a changing environment.

Japanese magazines and newspapers began to revive immediately following World War II, and the photojournalistic approach became paramount. Hayashi Tadahiko, a prominent photographer of this period, published many images of soldiers, street children and life amid burned-out ruins in the streets of Tokyo’s Ginza and Ueno districts.

Photographers also documented the pervasive U.S. military presence, which had a profound effect on Japan. While photographing throughout the country in the 1950s, Nagano Shigeichi caught a dynamic, somewhat disturbing image of children playing near a U.S. military base not far from Mount Fuji.

Tomatsu Shomei began traveling to U.S. military bases throughout Japan in the late 1950s. His images of a child in a seedy part of Yokosuka and of a woman in Nagoya exemplify his visceral approach to capturing postwar life.

On his first visit to Nagasaki in 1960, 15 years after the United States dropped a nuclear bomb on the city, he found it “hard to imagine the atomic wasteland.” During subsequent trips, however, he discovered traces of the devastating past in the streets and quiet corners of the rebuilt city.

By the 1950s and ’60s, Western culture was again encroaching on the artistic horizon of Japan, notably the avant-garde. Profoundly affected by Jack Kerouac’s legendary novel of American postwar counterculture, photographer Moriyama Daido began roaming Japan’s highways in 1968, recording his own experiences — whether looking through a car window, walking the alleys of Shinjuku in central Tokyo or standing on a snowy street in his hometown, Osaka.

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A streamlined, merry romp through glorious Gaul.

Imagine you have an 88-year-old grandfather who lives in London and is crossing the pond to tell you about his newest book. Besotted by all things French, he intends to take you from Gaul to de Gaulle in 400 pages, and your mother insists you give him respectful attention. After all, he’s written 23 history books, edited 11 more and narrated 30 television documentaries. He’s also hosted the BBC Radio game show, “My Word!”

On top of that, he’s a viscount, a British title that confers immense prestige on a man, who gets to be addressed in the U.K. as “Lord.”

So now you’re prepared for John Julius Norwich and “A History of France,” the viscount’s valentine to Francophiles.

He indicates this may be his last book.

Sadly, he’s right. Norwich died this year, a few months after its publication. He ended his French history at 1945, leaving the Fourth and Fifth Republics to another chronicler.

Norwich begins the preface with the first words Charles de Gaulle wrote in his memoirs: “Toute ma vie, je me suis fait une certaine idée de la France.” (“All my life, I have had a certain conception of France.”)

Lest you think the author identifies with “Le gran Charles,” be assured that he applauds him as “one of the greatest men in all [French] history,” but lambastes him for “almost unbelievable pusillanimity and smallmindedness.”

Being the son of Duff Cooper, for whom the title Viscount Norwich of Aldrich in the County of Sussex was created in 1952, the author casually drops the names of de Gaulle and Winston Churchill, men he had met through his father when he was a teenager.

He recalls meeting de Gaulle at a commemorative luncheon on the third anniversary of the D-Day landings. Young

Norwich had arrived late after all the plates were cleared, except for de Gaulle’s plate of apple pie, into which he was tapping his cigarette ash. The hungry young man asked the general if he might have his dessert, and the general immediately pushed the plate over, apologizing for the ashes.

Norwich writes: “I said that it would be an honor to eat the general’s ash — a remark that proved a distinct success. It was my only conversation with the great man; but unlike most of those he had with my father or Winston Churchill it could hardly have been more friendly.”

The author’s preface becomes even more intriguing when he mentions spending Christmas 1944 in the British embassy in Paris, where his father was serving as ambassador.

There, the young man meets the poet Louise de Vilmorin, “my father’s mistress,” whom, he claims, “my mother loved … almost as much as my father did,” adding that his mother, Lady Diana Cooper, “had no conception of jealousy” about his father’s many lovers.

And we’re still only in the preface!

If you’re as curious as I was, you might be tempted to Google Duff Cooper, whom you’ll find described by London’s Telegraph as “a legendary womanizer” whose “many … early liaisons left his wife in tears but as his health failed, she accepted them.”

In addition to the aforementioned poetess, these liaisons included Singer sewing machine heiress Daisy Fellowes, socialite Gloria Guinness, fashion model Maxime de la Falaise and writer Susan Mary Alsop, with whom Cooper had an illegitimate son.

Now the author’s family history is looking as interesting as any of the 58 French kings he writes about, including Charlemagne, with his “five legal wives and four supplementary spouses.” I confess: I ran to Google again to learn that “supplementary spouses” are “an

important but often unrecognized relationship” in a marriage, rather like the third leg of a tripod.

After reading the preface, one almost wishes Norwich had written his own memoir and left the history book to French scholars. He states that he did not write his book for professional historians, and certainly none would nominate him for a Pulitzer.

He breezes through the Crusades in a few pages, dusting off two centuries’ worth of battles, from the Fall of Jerusalem to the Fall of Constantinople. Along the way, he introduces a variety of regents, from Clovis I to Napoleon III — with every Louis from I to XVIII in between — plus an odd duck named Dagobert I, who wore his trousers inside out. (Why? We’re not told.)

You may have difficulty keeping separate “King of Franks,” “King of France,” “King of the French” and “Emperor of the French,” but, remember, you’re getting your history in one

drive-by gobble rather than in dainty little sips.

You can’t help but be amused as you meet various kings, including Robert the Pious (liked to pray), Philip the Amorous (excommunicated for adultery), Louis the Fat (weighed a lot), John the Posthumous (lived just five days), John the Fearless (loved waging war — but, then, all French kings did), Charles the Bold, Philip the Fair and Philip the Good (founded the Order of the Golden Fleece).

You’ll appreciate the author’s Oxford credentials when he writes that King John of England “was responsible for the murder” of his nephew, Prince Arthur of Brittany, which, Norwich adds, provided “Shakespeare with one of his most poignant scenes.”

Far be it from me to question an esteemed viscount, but I was startled to read that when St. Denis, third-century bishop of Paris, was beheaded, he “calmly picked up his severed head and walked several miles to the site of the abbey that bears his name while preaching a sermon on repentance.” No documentation, but in a sly footnote, Norwich quotes Madame du Deffand: “It’s the first step that counts.”

Regarding Madame: Again, consult Google and then — ça alors! — continue your merry romp through “A History of France.”

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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NBC’s Craig Melvin will host the eighth annual gala, benefiting the Colon Cancer Alliance and its research, prevention and patient-support programs. National Building Museum. Email bluehopebash@ccalliance.org.

Susan E. Carmel will chair the gala, hosted by the Sustained Dialogue Institute, which helps people to transform conflictual relationships and design change processes around the world.

The evening includes performances by the honorees Wynton Marsalis and Igor Butman.

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FIGHT FOR CHILDREN’S ‘FIGHT NIGHT’ Raul Fernandez will chair the event. Fight For Children brings superior youth sports training to disadvantaged communities in D.C. Washington Hilton. Call Judy Wrench at 202-772-0417 or email judy.wrench@fightforchildren.org.

KNOCK OUT ABUSE GALA The evening is celebrating the 25th year of funding four local endeavors that assist survivors of domestic violence. Ritz-Carlton, Washington, D.C. Contact Jaimie Miller at 202813-9161 or email jaimie@knockoutabuse.org.

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10TH ANNUAL VIENNESE BALL Founded in 1944, the National Society of Arts and Letters is a nonprofit volunteer organization that provides cash awards to young artists. Held at a private club, the ball will also include a champagne reception, a dinner and a Viennese dessert buffet. Participants may register for waltz lessons. Contact Laura Ivey at 202-333-5836 or livey18750@aol.com or Maria Contos at maria.contos@sothebysrealty.com.

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENT HOUSE AWARDS DINNER The International Student House of Washington, D.C., is a nonprofit organization near Dupont Circle that provides an exceptional experience to a diverse international community of graduate students, interns and visiting scholars to promote intercultural dialogue and global citizenship. International Student House.

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GU COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER’S LOMBARDI BALL The black-tie event — which includes a cocktail reception, a silent auction and an automobile raffle — raises funds for cancer research for the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. Ritz-Carlton, Washington, D.C. Email Cristy Heffernan Seth at ch1175@georgetown.edu.

SOME (SO OTHERS MIGHT EAT) GALA The evening includes a dinner, an auction and an awards presentation to support SOME’s affordable housing programs for low-income and homeless families. National Building Museum. Email Ingrid Feigenbaum at ifeigenbaum@some.org.

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WILLIAM H. WEBSTER DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD DINNER Adm. William H. McRaven will be honored at the event, which benefits the nonprofit Spy Museum and its work to educate the public about the role of intelligence and espionage and its impact on current and historic events. Ritz-Carlton, Washington, D.C. Contact Sofia Morales at 202-654-2853 or smorales@spymuseum.org.

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Meridian Ball Feeling Spry at 50

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The sold-out 50th Meridian Ball had the look and feel of timeless fun — with the historic Meridian and White-Meyer houses as its venue. The Oct. 12 pre-dinners and ball “brings together members of the public and private sector to celebrate Meridian’s ongoing efforts to prepare leaders for a complex global future,” the group advises. Guests, this year totaling around 800, include national and international officials, businesspersons, media and cultural figures. You know it is a good time, when you get the chance to dance with the Swedish ambassador — in this case, Karin Olofsdotter — and her public diplomacy, press and communications counselor, Monica Enqvist.

Here’s to 50 more years of the ball and great dancing late into the evening.

Honoree and acclaimed television host and chef, Lidia Bastianich, was among six awardees at the annual National Italian American Foundation Gala held at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park Oct. 13. Chef Bastianich spoke of actor Sophia Loren who coined the phrase to her life’s success around her great love for pasta. The NIAF weekend festivities were kicked off on Friday night by one of Washington’s favorite Italian sons, Franco Nuschese, at his annual Cafe Milano evening where he pays tribute to the many contributions Italian Americans have made for America.

Signor Edward Jackson with Anton Evangelista, award-winning filmmaker. At the NIAF gala, the film “il Signor Jackson” was awarded the Russo Brothers Film Forum Award. Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan.

A 50th anniversary cake in the dining room of desserts at Meridian House.

Chef Lidia Bastianich was presented with the NIAF One America Award for Entrepreneurship

by Ambassador of Italy to the United States Armando Varricchio. Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan.

Rep. Mark Meadows, (R-N.C.) and his wife Debbie Meadows. Courtesy Meridian International.

From America’s Got Talent 2017: Tenor Carlos De Antonis entertains the guests. Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan

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By Robert Devaney Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, ball co-chair Loran Aiken, Ambassador Stuart Holliday of Meridian and Robbie Aiken. Courtesy Meridian International.

Mexican Ambassador Gerónimo Gutiérrez and his wife Patricia González with Foreign Policy’s Diana Marrero, Facebook’s Zuraya Tapia Hadley and Foreign Policy Publisher Andrew Sollinger. Courtesy Meridian International.

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Nothing spooky about this benefit, aptly held at the Halloween-bedecked home of Nancy Taylor Bubes and Alan Bubes. Supporters of Georgetown Ministry Center’s mission to end homelessness gathered Oct. 11 for the 19th annual Spirit of Georgetown, co-chaired by Sara Stone-Psihas and James Blue. The Rev. John Graham, who serves at Grace Episcopal Church which is next to GMC, was lauded for his long-time devotion to the service non-profit and his leadership on its board of directors.

GMC’s Alex Bullock, awardee Rev. John Graham, Sabrina Burrell and Jerry Cassidy. Photo by Robert Devaney.

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Accolades for D.C. Chamber’s Historical Legacy

Celebrating Polish and American Freedom

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The D.C. Chamber of Commerce celebrated its 80th anniversary at the Marquis Marriott Oct. 20 by recognizing 17 past D.C. Chamber chairs who were applauded for being part of the chamber’s historical legacy. Individual tributes also were given to Washington’s business and cultural fixtures — Virginia Ali of Ben’s Chili Bowl and H.H. Leonards of the Mansion on O Street. D.C. Chamber CEO Vincent Orange celebrated his own accomplishment by receiving a nod to continue his position as one the leaders of D.C.’s economic expansion.

On Oct. 10, the Mayflower Hotel ballroom was filled with Polish Americans, nationals and U.S. military and government brass to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Poland Regaining Its Independence. Hosted by Emmy and Gracie awardee and Polish American Rita Cosby, the event’s attendees held back tears as speakers recounted the many heroic military feats of both Polish and Americans, including a young U.S. soldier who died saving Polish soldiers in Iraq.

For Ben’s Chili Bowl, awardee Virginia Ali with daughter-in-law Sonya Ali. Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan.

D.C. entrepreneur Jan Adams and Broadway producer Brian Moreland (“The Lifespan of a Fact”). Photo by Robert Devaney.

TV personality Rita Cosby, Bogdan Chmielewski, President and CEO of Polish Slavic Credit Union, political commentator and lobbyist Corey Lewandowski and Dorota Andraka, President, Polish Supplementary School Council of America.

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