Georgetowner's January 27, 2016 Issue

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eorgetown fared better than most and enjoyed the snow—with some restaurants and stores open, such as Martin’s Tavern, Scheele’s Market, il Canale Ristorante, Ri Ra Irish Pub, Via Umbria, Clyde’s and the Tombs.

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he biggest pro-life rally in the world—the 43rd annual “March for Life”—began in Washington Jan. 22, just as the blizzard arrived. The antiabortion protest marks the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, which made most abortions legal in 1973.

“I Am the Pro-Life Generation,” declare Zoe Lauric (age 11) and Anna Coleman (age 10) of Harrisburg, Pa., near the Washington Monument Jan. 22. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

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Actress Margaret Colin, who plays political hostess Hester Ferris in “The City of Conversation,” went to the N Street home of Sally Quinn for a photo shoot set up by Arena Stage, which is staging the family drama that occurs over a period of 30 years in a Georgetown house. Photo by Tony Powell for Arena Stage.

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up & coming January 30 Educator Workshop on Public Space

February 4 Art Talk at Artist’s Proof

In this National Building Museum workshop, with the National Mall as a case study, educators will hear how the design of a park can influence how it is used, consider the role of social history in shaping public spaces over time and learn how to bring the principles of landscape design into the classroom. Admission is $50 ($40 for Building Museum members). For details, visit nbm. org. 401 F St. NW.

Moderator Samira Farmer, vice president of Doyle New York, and panelists Chris Carr, managing director of US Trust, and Josh Kaufman, partner at Venable LLP, will explain the structure and intricacies of the art market. The talk, at Artist’s Proof Contemporary Art, is free. For details, visit aproof.net. 1533 Wisconsin Ave. NW.

Rock Creek Singers and Potomac Fever Two select vocal ensembles from the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC, will showcase their voices, musicianship and choreography in this performance at Wolf Trap during their 35th anniversary season. Tickets are $45. To learn more, visit wolftrap.org. Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna, Virginia.

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January 31 Grip the Mat Brunch Grip the Mat is teaming up with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and Georgetown’s Malmaison to raise funds and awareness for LLS and its mission during Blood Cancer Awareness Month.

This Sunday morning event includes yoga, energizing foods, bottomless champagne and mingling. Tickets are $35. To purchase tickets, visit gripthemat.com. Malmaison, 3401 Water St. NW.

Daigler, author of “Spies, Patriots, and Traitors: America in the Revolutionary War,” discusses the intelligence contributions that African Americans made to the American cause in the Revolution and to the Union victory in the Civil War. Tickets are $12. For details, visit spymuseum.org. 800 F St. NW.

Women’s Movement Documentary in Lorton

February 6 Sweet Valentine Programs at Tudor Place

The U.S. Navy Band Sea Chanters will give a free concert at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Georgetown, Feb. 14.

During these Valentine’s-themed programs at Tudor Place, children (age 6 and older) will tour the historic mansion, then decorate two chocolate valentines. Tickets are $25 per child ($15 for member child), $5 per accompanying adult. For details, visit tudorplace.org. 1644 31st St. NW.

will create a beautiful keepsake, preserving your child’s appearance using this traditional technique. The cost of a sitting is $28 per person, which includes an 8” x 10” oval mat. To reserve a time slot, call 202-3331059. 1526 Wisconsin Ave. NW.

Kitchen and Bath Remodeling Seminar

February 8 Heart Association’s ‘Affair of the Heart’

Lisa Magee and David Waguespack of Case Design/Remodeling will lead this seminar, at which participants will gain insight into the levels of kitchen and bath remodeling, learn about the latest trends and get a better grasp on time frames and budgeting. For details, visit casedesign.com. Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate, 1515 14th St. NW, Suite 200.

“An Affair of the Heart,” the annual luncheon and fashion show benefiting heart research and education, is sponsored by the Women’s Board of the American Heart Association Greater Washington Region. This year’s fashion show is presented by Bloomingdale’s.

Tickets are $125. For details, visit affairoftheheartdc.com. Marriott Wardman Park, 2660 Woodley Road NW.

February 7 Silhouettes by Marie at Little Birdies

February 10 African American Spies of History

Little Birdies Boutique will host an afternoon of silhouette art by Marie. The artist

In a talk at the International Spy Museum, retired CIA Intelligence Officer Ken

The Workhouse Arts Center will screen “She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry,” a documentary film directed by Mary Dore that resurrects the buried history of the outrageous — often brilliant — women who founded the modern women’s movement from 1966 to 1971. The event is free (donation suggested). For details, visit reservations.workhousearts.org. 9601 Ox Road, Lorton, Virginia.

February 14 Navy Band Sea Chanters at St. John’s The U.S. Navy Band Sea Chanters will give a family-friendly Valentine’s Day performance of well-known tunes, sacred medleys, patriotic music and other favorites at Georgetown’s St. John’s Episcopal Church, followed by a reception in Blake Hall. The Navy’s official chorus, the Sea Chanters perform throughout the U.S., at important national events and for top officials and foreign dignitaries. For details, visit stjohnsgeorgetown.org or call 202-338-1796.

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First Daughter Makes It to Martin’s Tavern On Jan. 22, the night the blizzard began, Malia Obama met friends at Martin’s Tavern, where every president since Harry Truman has visited — except her dad. Obama dined quietly, but she did enjoy some dancing at the end of the evening when tables were taken away to make the nearafter-hours dance floor. The 17-yearold needs to tell POTUS that he’s got less than one year to make it to Martin’s.

Zoning Codes Get First Update Since 1958 President Obama with daughter Malia. Photo courtesy The White House.

While many of the D.C. Zoning Commission’s codes will remain unchanged following a unanimous Jan. 14 vote, the new set of codes will

Introducing

go into effect in September. The current zoning codes have been in effect since they were adopted in 1958.

The long-overdue update, which was eight years in the making, required “substantial revision and reorganization, ranging from new definitions to updated development and design standards, and even new zones,” according to the Comprehensive Plan for the District of Columbia.

Some highlights are: Accessory apartments, defined as residential units located on a single family dwelling lot, such as a basement or garage, will be legalized.

There will be limits on the number of people living in an accessory apartment, and the property owner must live in the main residence.

For new construction downtown in high-density areas near ample public transportation, the requirement to build a specified number of parking spaces per unit will be eliminated, and instead determined by the market.

Corner stores will be encouraged in zones R-3 and R-4, with protections in place to preserve the resi-

dential quality of a neighborhood, such as limits on size and operation hours, a 500-foot buffer from existing commercial zones, and a limit of four stores per block.

Murder Mansion Owners Want to Raze Building The new owners of the infamous mansion in which three members of the Savopoulos family and their housekeeper were murdered last year — and was purchased “as-is” for $3.25 million dollars in November — have applied for a permit to raze the fire-damaged building.

When crews responded to a May 14, 2015, fire at the residence, they found the murdered bodies of Savvas and Amy Savopoulos, their son, Phillip, and housekeeper Vera Figueroa. A one-time employee of businessman Savopoulos, Daron Wint, was arrested and remains in custody.

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Colonial Parking’s Special: $1

Ward 3’s Only Men’s Homeless Shelter Shut Down

A blizzard price of $1 to park at the 675car parking garage at Georgetown Park on Wisconsin Avenue helped out quite a few Georgetowners, who could leave their car at the garage from Friday afternoon, Jan. 22, until Monday, Jan. 25, for the super low price — in Georgetown, no less. Special thanks go to garage attendants Thomas Bunch, Richard L. Harrison and Lovette, as well as their bosses Russell Lindner and Andrew Blair.

The only shelter for homeless men in Ward 3 did not reopen this winter. The 40-bed shelter at St. Luke’s Mission Center, which was in operation since 2005, was the site of two recent significant events: the killing of homeless photographer Joel Johnson under a portico on June 19 and a visit from Obama family last Thanksgiving when they served dinner to homeless veterans.

According to Rev. Charlie Parker, a senior pastor at Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church, which oversees St. Luke’s, relocating the shelter had been in discussion before the killing occurred, due to the distance and inaccessibility of the only available bathroom serving the shelter.

Down Dog Yoga Moves Class Space to 34th St. Down Dog Yoga opened a new location, at 34th and Prospect Street, and is celebrating the new yoga class space this weekend. It will retain the Potomac Street space as a “yoga teacher training center and for special yoga events,”¬ founder Patty Ivey told The Georgetowner.

DMV Relaxes Requirements The new spot is located in a small retail building that housed Govinda Gallery and Cabellos Hair Salon for decades. At 2,700 square feet, it is larger than — and barely four blocks from — its original and former flagship location at 1046 Potomac St. NW, next to the C&O Canal. Its other spaces are in Arlington, Bethesda and Herndon.

Down Dog Yoga will celebrate Jan. 30 and Jan. 31 with special weekend classes, prizes and giveaways.

Founded in 2003, the company offers heated vinyasa power yoga studios, and includes Pilates. It is the creation of Patty Ivey, who lives on Dent Place with her husband Scott Ivey, who is also part of the business. To learn more about Down Dog Yoga and Patty and Scott Ivey, read the cover story of the Dec. 4, 2014, Georgetowner, available online.

The District’s Department of Motor Vehicles has relaxed a few regulations through the end of the month due to the blizzard: The $20 late fee will be waived for inspections that expire between Jan. 23 and Feb. 1. CDL and NCDL learner permits that expire between Jan. 23 and Feb. 1 will be extended, and the road test cancellation fee will be waived for tests during that week. Parking, photo and moving violations fines that are set to double between Jan. 25 and Jan. 31 will take effect on Feb. 1 instead. Any scheduled hearings for such violations during this time period, for which either the officer or the accused do not appear, will automatically be rescheduled without penalty.

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C&O Canal Becomes a Winter Wonderland

Nathaniel Ru and Nicolas Jammet standing outside of Sweetgreen’s Georgetown location. Photo by flickr user jingdianjiaju1.

Sweetgreen Moving HQ to L.A. Sweetgreen, the salad chain founded by Georgetown University alumni, is moving its headquarters from D.C. to Los Angeles in February. The cofounders, Nicolas Jammet, Jonathan Nemen and Nathaniel Ru, started the business with $300,000 in investments shortly after graduating in 2007. They now have 39 locations and well over $100 million in venture capital funding. The move will leave 15 of the 45 office employees in D.C. and 10 in their New York office. They plan to employee 30 people in the L.A. office.

Photo by Bill Starrels.

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The hushed quiet of the snow-laden Chesapeake & Ohio Canal and towpath is evident from the 31st Street bridge. After the snow melts and spring arrives, work will begin fixing the locks of the canal, parts of which need major repairs. Plans call for a new canal barge, as the decrepit one lies benched nearby, awaiting its disposal.

The canal’s construction began in 1828, and this year it celebrates its 45th anniversary as part of the National Park System.

This Georgetown treasure awaits — and desperately needs — more restoration work. It’s hard to believe that a 1950 government proposal advanced the idea of making it a parkway from Georgetown to Cumberland, Maryland.

The Jan. 27 meeting of the Citizens Association of Georgetown will focus on aircraft noise, with speakers from the DC Fair Skies Coalition and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. The meeting will take place at 7:30 p.m. at 3000 K St. NW in the offices of Foley & Lardner LLP. The coalition was created to challenge a new FAA-approved flight path for Reagan National Airport and deal with excessive aircraft noise.

The next meeting of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission serving Georgetown, Burleith and Hillandale is Feb. 1 at the Georgetown Visitation School at 35th and Volta Place in the Heritage Room on the second floor. It starts at 6:30 p.m. An agenda can be found at anc2e.com.

February 17 The Georgetown Business Association’s next meeting is on Feb 17, with the board of directors meeting at 5:30 p.m. at Carr Workplaces at 1050 30th St. NW. A reception follows at 6:30 p.m. at a local establishment that has yet to be confirmed. Check georgetownbusiness. org periodically for updates.

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When Is a Deal Not a Deal?

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Coming Up: Public Hearings on D.C. Agencies

After due consideration but with little warning, Walmart decided to pull the plug on a deal to build two stores in Washington’s most needy areas in Anacostia.

Apparently, the two stores were merely smaller parts of a bigger pullback

by Walmart, which plans to shut 269 stores worldwide, creating the loss of thousands of jobs.

But the announcement to not go ahead with its Anacostia plans at two sites — Capitol Gateway Marketplace and the mixed-used Skyland Town Center — shocked city officials, who thought they had a sure-thing handshake deal with Walmart, not to mention the residents who live in the areas where the stores would have come. They were left without the prospects of jobs — low-paying, but still — or the new stores in which to shop.

People complained. “I’m blood mad,” Mayor Muriel Bowser said. We’re guessing that’s pretty mad. Councilman David Gross, quoted in the Huffington Post, said that “if you make a deal with Walmart, expect to get stung.”

Former Mayor Vincent Gray, whose hands were the ones that were shaken on the deal, said the city “got shafted” — but also criticized the current administration for not staying on top of things.

There was talk that Walmart did not like the prospect of paying the higher minimum wages in the city, and also that the three other D.C. Walmarts aren’t doing as well as they expected.

The deal, if it had come to fruition, could have made the residents east of the river feel a little more part of the positive changes afoot — more jobs, more buildings, renovations, townhouses, restaurants — which were all signs of the new prosperity in the city, but also resulted in consequences like rising real estate prices, deeper poverty among the poor and intractable homelessness.

City officials are left with empty hands again and probably a feeling of having thrown good money away, having already invested $90 million into the Skyland project.

What to do? It’s not clear if Walmart can be held accountable, either financially or any other way, or if other major retail stores are willing to make a move into the two prospective areas east of the river.

Maybe we could hire presidential prospect Donald Trump to give the city a quick little PowerPoint talk on the art of making a deal.

It’s probably a good bet that when you’re making a handshake deal to check and see if the other hand isn’t crossing its fingers.

By Jack Evans

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he role of the D.C. Council involves both crafting legislation and providing oversight to the various agencies in the District government. During January, February and March, that oversight comes front and center, as each of the Council’s committees undertakes a comprehensive and rigorous review of agency performance.

This performance oversight process includes the compilation of questions regarding issues that have arisen over the past year. The committees send these questions to the agencies in advance of public hearings, at which Council members listen to responses from agency leaders and further engage them about their respective agency’s accomplishments, shortcomings and plans for improvement.

As chair of the Committee on Finance and Revenue, I take the lead in overseeing and questioning nine agencies, including the Office of the Chief Financial Officer and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

My committee will hold two performance oversight hearings. On Feb. 18, leaders from WMATA, EventsDC, DestinationDC, the Office of Partnerships and Grant Services and the Commission on the Arts and Humanities will appear before the committee. Then, on March 2, the CFO, the DC Lottery, the Real Property Tax Appeals

Commission and the Inspector General will testify.

These oversight hearings are an opportunity for Council members to dig deep into how your tax dollars can be better spent. They are also an ideal time for members of the public to speak about their positive and negative experiences with agencies throughout the year. Every year I hear at least one comment or suggestion from a public witness during these hearings that influences legislation or further oversight.

The full list of hearings and agencies, and information on how to sign up to testify, is available at dccouncil.us. Members of the public can arrange to testify about the Metropolitan Police Department (Feb. 23), DC Public Schools (Feb. 24), the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (Feb. 29), the Department of Transportation (Feb. 29) and other agencies by contacting the relevant committees and asking to be put on the witness list.

After the performance oversight hearings conclude, the mayor will submit her budget request to the Council around April 1. The Council will then undertake a second round of hearings to delve into agencies’ budget requests and plans for the upcoming fiscal year. These initial oversight hearings are critical to crafting and right-sizing the District’s budget.

I encourage all residents to watch the hearings, review the answers from agencies and, if so inclined, sign up to testify.

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

Former Publisher Dave Roffman: Survivor By dave roffman

Happy 60th, Mike Copperthite Mike Copperthite’s 60th birthday party took place at Martin’s Tavern where a bunch of his friends stopped by to visit him at the booths in the Dugout on Jan 6. Drinks and fun were had by well-wishers. He was his usual exuberant self, proud of his wife and daughter, and proud of the newest wall plaque at Martin’s, which celebrates his relative, Henry Copperthite, as D.C.’s “Pie King” and celebrates Walter Johnson as one of the greatest pitchers of the Washington Senators.

Copperthite, a political strategist and a descendent of the founders of the Connecticut-Copperthite Pie Company, resurrected the baking of Copperthite pies in 2012 — one of the largest businesses in Washington a century ago (with a bakery at Wisconsin Avenue and O Street NW and one on Capitol Hill). He is often seen about town delivering his pies, mostly as donations to such places as St. John’s or the Georgetown Senior Center. He even restored a 1914 Model T Connecticut-Copperthite Pie Company delivery truck, and donated it to the Smithsonian.

We’re glad to wish Mike a Happy Birthday for his love of Washington history and of Georgetown. We know that — even at 60 — he has no “off” switch. So, don’t even try.

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I was just elected president of our homeowners association. There are 290 homes in our Ashford Park community, which is in Foley, Alabama — on the Gulf Coast, near Mobile.

On my first day as president, on Jan. 12, I was holding my first meeting with the newly elected board of directors when two guys brandishing guns entered the home and announced, “Everybody down. This is a holdup!”

There were eight of us at the meeting, almost all senior citizens. I stood up and faced them with a gun pointed right at my stomach and said, “This could take a while. It’s hard for us to get down ... let alone get back up again.” True story.

One of the seniors started to scream, another ran down the hall and jumped out of the bedroom window, and the two perpetrators ran outside chasing him. We locked the doors and called the police. A few hours later, after a robbery at the nearby Walgreens parking lot, the police caught the guys — two 18-year old punks who were former football players

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at Foley High School. The cops booked them and their bail was set at $100,000 each. They had been on a crime spree all the way from Texas, according to WKRG-TV Channel 5, which also interviewed me and others about the crime.

How’s that for my first day in office? Just like old times in Georgetown, when I was Crime Prevention Chairman for the Citizens Association of Georgetown. (And, by the way, bring back Au Pied de Cochon!)

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Thanks, Obama, for This Wacky Campaign Season

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hanks, Obama.

Really. Thanks … for Trump, for Bernie, for an election outside any political norm.

Seriously. This is not some Obama-hating screed.

When the Tea Party first raised its cacophonic head, I asked the genius behind Obama’s online election operation whether the Tea Party was just the natural evolution of the idea the Obama campaign had really pioneered: leveraging the internet to give voice to the formerly politically voiceless.

Although intended as a compliment, Macon Phillips jumped down my throat: “No.” Yet here we are.

What Obama did was get around the mainstream media. His operation did not so much make videos as encourage everyone else to make them about him, endowing him with whatever they wanted in their anti-Bush candidate. He let other people make race the non-issue.

Meet Mr. Trump, who audaciously says he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and he wouldn’t lose any votes. And he is sadly probably right, because his vehemently loyal followers do not care about the myriad of problems with their candidate, viz.: • He’s filthy rich but he has been really bad for the businesses he’s run (most people only get to have one bankruptcy, he has driven companies into four); • He says he is not racist but makes the most racist comments; • He has little concern about facts; • His behavior has been so outlandish that even America’s special friend, Britain, held a parliamentary session debating banning him from the U.K. (Cooler heads prevailed.)

ATM makes no bones in our belief that Trump has debased American politics. But he is riding the wave that Obama first climbed on, forgoing the traditional media to find a powerful direct line to his base. But unlike Obama’s promise of Hope, Trump went the other way — tapping into the sense of being passed over that

is enraging white American males, the ones left behind by the new economy.

And he offered them someone on whom they could hang all their anger. He sidestepped the media — actually spat on its shoes — sensing that, like Obama, his audience would provide their own echo chamber.

And the television pundits (because electoral reporting has been replaced by live coverage of stump speeches and debates even as great political reporters pull their hair out) have no idea how to deal with him. Lost in their disbelief that this is for real, they end up promoting him with their ceaseless verbiage.

When I asked a network political chief why his network covered Trump while ignoring other candidates, he replied that it was because Trump was the poll leader. When I pointed out that he might be the poll leader because they kept promoting him and ignoring other candidates, there was a polite agreement to disagree.

But it is not just Trump. Whatever your feelings (or unabashed loathing) for Hillary, think about the fact that Bernie Sanders is also riding Obama’s legacy.

In place of Obama’s Hope, Bernie is offering not youth but the promise of youth. To quote Churchill: “If you’re not a liberal at 20 you have no heart and if you are not a conservative at 40 you have no brains.” I asked a class of young African American female students what they

thought of Hillary, and they all looked down.

“Bored” was the reply of one. The response to Bernie was “energetic.” If Hillary isn’t inspiring these young women, many of whom represent the very promise for the next generation that the young Hillary embodied, something seems very amiss.

The truism about Hillary being a lousy campaigner aside, she appears to have swiftboated herself (referring to the way John Kerry was negatively and unfairly portrayed by supporters of Bush II’s reelection campaign).

Social media has worked against her at a time when the traditional media seems stuck on the Clinton follies. The liberal Baby Boomers proclaim she is getting a raw deal, and she might be. But she has evidently failed to learn the Obama rules of getting elected.

And as Hillary struggles, Obama’s shadow looms again. His defeating the presumptive winner eight years ago has set the stage for the inevitable headlines: “Hillary ’08 Again!”

Prophecies can be self-fulfilling.

Whether Trump rides his angry supporters to the nomination and whether Hillary can survive her travails, we are already witnessing an aspect of Obama’s legacy: the undoing of American electoral journalism.

Thanks, Obama.

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ith the snow emergency officially lifted at 6:30 p.m. on this issue’s publication date, we take this opportunity to kiss the Blizzard of 2016 on both frostbitten cheeks and bid it farewell. Though the massive, well-predicted snow event that began Friday rose to first place in Baltimore precipitation history, it only tied for fourth in D.C. It was a whopper, though, wasn’t it? Refresh your memory with the photos below of Capitol Hill’s white blanket, on which sledders legally frolicked.

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Business Ins and Outs By rob ert devane y

OUT: Jack Wills — but IN: Lilly Pulitzer Jack Wills has vacated its store near the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and M Street, but get ready for Lilly Pulitzer, the “Queen of Prep” clothier, to arrive at 1079 1/2 Wisconsin Ave. NW, to be exact. The Jack Wills store at 1079 Wisconsin Ave. NW closed over Christmastime. “Life’s a party, dress like it,” states Lilly Pulitzer. As for departed Jack Wills, it remains “fabulously British” in its other locations in Philadelphia, Nova Scotia and, of course, the U.K.

OUT: Five Guys Hamburgers After 10 Years The Five Guys at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Dumbarton Street closed Jan. 24, after many years in its Georgetown location.

For decades, the 1335 Wisconsin Ave. NW address was occupied by the French bistro, Au Pied du Cochon, known for a Soviet spy escape and a Mike Tyson incident, before Five Guys arrived about 10 years ago.

Founded in Arlington in 1986, Five Guys has often received top burger prizes and now has more than 1,000 locations across North America. It opened its first United Kingdom spot three years ago and also has franchises in Ireland and Saudi Arabia.

OUT: Nadeau Furniture Decamps to Old Town Also going is Nadeau Furniture with a Soul at 1065 Wisconsin Ave. NW, which will merge with its Alexandria store by the end of January. The cool and unique handmade furniture store — the business began in 1991 — issued this missive to its customers: “We’re counting down the days until the merge with Nadeau Alexandria. We are so excited to be able to offer a larger space, with a fuller selection of furniture, and more parking! All with the same amazing prices you love, of course.

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Scheele’s Market: A 120-Year Neighborhood Bond by j ulia na z ovak

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hen Donguk Kim first came to America from South Korea in 2003, he never dreamed he would one day be the proprietor of a storied market in Washington’s most historic neighborhood. But he did have dreams.

“I wanted to be a successful businessman in America and I heard there were many chances there,” he said.

He came to Maryland in 2004 with his wife and son. They lived in a homestay and attended church with their host. Through a church connection, he began running a dollar store a few months later. After that, he ran a deli in Silver Spring. That’s what Kim was doing in 2012 when he saw a listing in the Korea Times for Scheele’s Market, at 1331 29th St. NW. Considering the market’s loyal customer base, taking over Scheele’s was no simple matter. The 120-year-old market has been a staple in the neighborhood for generations.

Indeed, a few years ago, neighbors contributed to a special fund to ensure that the building remain a market through an agreement with the property owner.

Kim has taken the initiative to maintain the market’s strong relationship with the custom-

Business owner Donguk Kim of Scheele’s Market greets O Street neighbor Anita Sweeney Jan. 24. Photo by Robert Devaney. ers who come for groceries, beer and wine and fresh deli sandwiches. The blizzard of 2016 also gave him a chance to shine: he was open throughout the weekend. “I’m always listening to what my customers want and I try to get

it soon,” he said, referring to his plan to add requested merchandise to the shelves.

Kim’s customers, meanwhile, love the quality of the food, the dedicated service and the friendship the quaint market fosters.

Scheele loyalists include senators and the Secretary of Energy, who once posed for a photo with Kim. They are just as devoted to Scheele’s as Kim is to them. One customer described the recent attempts to get a few tables and chairs out front, allowing customers to eat their sandwiches while enjoying the scenery and the buzz of life in Georgetown (that plan has not yet been approved by the District).

Kim believes that the market has the potential to become more profitable. Grocery purchases currently account for about half of sales, he said, and new customers are few.

Though the work is hard and the hours are long, he enjoys interacting with the community and getting the chance to experience life in the nation’s capital.

“I’ve liked adventure all through my life.

South Korea is not a bad country, but I was always longing for America.”

Along with running a business, Kim has managed to fulfill that desire for adventure by visiting places such as the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Mexico and Miami. And he also has Scheele’s, which, though quiet and unassuming at first glance, has certainly been an adventure of its own.

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The Big Short and the Long Haul

By John E. Giroua r d

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f you are anything like the hordes of people rushing to see this year’s Oscarnominated movies, then you have seen, or at least heard of, “The Big Short.” But unlike other blockbusters, this movie is more than mere entertainment; it is a timely lesson for many investors, who are once again watching the stock market take a tumble.

As I have written many times, investors are only human — which means they are funny creatures that tend to have short memories and act impulsively. Academics call it the “cycle of emotion” or, even better, the “14 stages of trading psychology”: Optimism, Excitement, Thrill, Euphoria, Anxiety, Denial, Fear, Desperation, Panic, Capitulation, Despondency, Depression, Hope and Relief.

Unless you are extremely indifferent or have never put money into a stock, bond or bank account, you’ve most likely found yourself going through these stages.

But what “The Big Short” teaches us in bright Hollywood colors is that from 1937 to 2007 Wall Street only operated with Optimism, Excitement and Thrill.

What is investing, anyways? It is what the founders of capitalism understood perfectly: how to use someone else’s money to make money for everyone else. In fact, one definition of capitalism is “increasing cooperation amongst strangers.”

The turning point came in 1981, with the

“The Big Short” starring Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt. first conversion of a Wall Street partnership (Salomon Brothers) into a public company. In a partnership, the partners typically take controlled risks with their money. But when these firms went public the game changed. They were no longer making decisions with their money, it was someone else’s — and the more risks they took, the more money they made.

If they bet wrong, they lost someone else’s money, not the partners’.

But if you watched the movie (or have watched the markets in the past couple weeks), you should understand what I hope the average investor will finally realize: there is a difference between saving and investing. One may seem boring and slow, but should be the

bedrock of any financial plan. The other is gambling; someone else is placing the bets for you and taking a portion of your winnings if you hit the jackpot.

Once you have enough financial security, then you can jump on the roller coaster of investing. Just make sure you can stay on until you reach the end of the ride and can disembark safely.

As a Certified Financial Planner and fiduciary, I look at all financial products based on their purpose and how they can help my clients build wealth and financial security for their families. But in my industry it is all about Wall Street versus insurance companies.

Perhaps asset allocation needs to expand beyond Wall Street products and the average investor’s only other asset, his or her home.

Rather than let your emotions get the best of you, perhaps it’s time we all learned how to manage our cash the way the banks do. After all, they don’t take risks with their money, only ours.

John E. Girouard, author of “Take Back Your Money” and “The Ten Truths of Wealth Creation,” is a registered principal of Cambridge Investment Research and an Investment Advisor Representative of Capital Investment Advisors in Bethesda, Maryland.

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Political Clout

Georgetown Graces the Stage Actress Margaret Colin — who plays Hester Ferris in Arena Stage’s “The City of Conversation” — posed for photos at the N Street home of Sally Quinn. Photo by Tony Powell for Arena Stage.

By Gary T ischl er a n d Ro be rt D e va n e y

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ow in preview performances at Arena Stage, “The City of Conversation” — Anthony Giardina’s play about a powerful Georgetown hostess and her friends, allies and family members at three critical moments in American politics — will no doubt spark conversations among audience members, especially Georgetown residents.

But it’s not like Washington and its politics and politicians haven’t been hot-button subjects for any number of books, biographies, memoirs, novels, movies, television series (hello, Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and such. Writers are forever taking the pulse of Washington, its palaces of politics and the neighborhoods that thrive in its spotlight.

Only recently, an episode of “Madame Secretary,” which stars the gifted Téa Leoni in the title role of Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord, saw her professor and intelligence-agent husband battling his Georgetown neighbors over the exhaust fumes from the idling cars of her Secret Service details.

Gore Vidal’s historical novels about Washington (the city, not the Founding Father) resonate mightily, as do other less literary efforts, television shows such as “The First Family” and “Veep” and the increasingly show-buzz-like political debates in this Trumped-up age.

Movies abound: “Advice and Consent,” “The Best Man,” “Fail Safe,” “The Contender.” The stage is no stranger, either; it was a play, “First Monday in October,” after all, which gave us the first female justice of the Supreme Court, Judge Ruth Loomis, played

by Jane Alexander. Also starring Henry Fonda, the show previewed at the Kennedy Center in 1977 (a few years before Sandra Day O’Connor got the nod).

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Or take a look at New York recently: Bryan Cranston as LBJ and the hip-hop hit musical “Hamilton,” which portrays the man killed by the main character in Vidal’s first big historical novel, “Burr.”

Playwright Giardina remembers being inspired after reading “The Ruins of Georgetown,” a elegiac 1996 New Yorker essay by high-profile Washington player (and key advisor to the Clintons) Sidney Blumenthal. “It was about the Kennedys, and the dinner parties hosted by influential journalist Joe Alsop and his brother Stewart, or by the Grahams. It seemed like a magical time, where history was being made over table talk and in drawing rooms. And I thought, when I read it, that there had to be a play in there somewhere.”

The voluble and personable Giardina, Massachusetts-raised with an abiding interest in American politics, is one of those people who talk in sentences and paragraphs.

We chatted in a conference room at Arena Stage when the company first began rehearsals for “The City of Conversations.”

For Giardina, this was “kind of old-home week.” Arena produced one of his early plays in the Old Vat Room as part of its In the Process series. “I also did a commissioned adaptation of ‘An

Left: Anthony Giardina, author of “The City of Conversation.”

Below: Doug Hughes, director of “The City of Conversation.”

Photos courtesy Arena Stage.

cover story American Tragedy’ and ‘The Child.’ It was wonderful to work here then — the great Zelda [Fichandler] was so inspiring to work with. It was an electric, innovative atmosphere.”

The play actually came together after Giardina — known for writing plays based on his own experiences and a well-regarded novelist — decided to take on something at a little more distance. “Doug Hughes suggested I try something a little more out of my comfort zone, something that required me to imagine people I had no personal experience of.

“The City of Conversation” had its world premiere in 2014 at Lincoln Center Theater in New York, where it turned out to be a much-talkedabout hit — not only with the locals but with visitors from Washington.

“Ralph Neas, who was the head of the Leadership Conference for Civil Rights during the Bork fight came. [The Bork nomination battle is a key element in the play.] So did Congresswoman Pat Schroeder and her husband. Washingtonians did take an interest. Ironically, Sidney Blumenthal wrote to tell me he couldn’t get in — the play was sold out.”

The play also impressed Arena Stage Artistic Director Molly Smith.

“Over the past 18 years, I have searched fiercely for D.C.’s voice in theater, and I’ve become convinced that our unique voice is political,” she said. “We are the city that loves to talk politics from the first moment of waking up to when our heads hit the pillow.

Politics and Washington and even Georgetown have often figured strongly in the theater, but there probably hasn’t been a play quite as intimately and piercingly located in Georgetown. In “The City of Conversation,” the set — over three acts and 30 years — remains the same throughout.

“Lights come up on a living room in Georgetown. The room is well appointed, not extravagant. There should be very small signs of eccentric taste. On a credenza, an array of small framed photographs. Large windows open onto the top of a garden. Doors stage right open onto a kitchen (unseen); there is an entrance to the dining room at lower stage right. Stairs lead to a bedroom upstairs.”

That’s the description of the set in the opening scene of “The City of Conversation.” It prepares you to enter into a small place that will become a microcosm, as places like this at certain times do.

“You know, some people have called this a play of ideas,” Hughes told us, prior to gathering the company. “That’s a nice description, but it’s a little abstract, to think of it that way only. To me it’s a play about a family, with a very charismatic woman, the Georgetown hostess Hester Ferris, who is the center of the play, a strong woman who doesn’t just host dinners, but is part of it all, taking part. A very political person.

“It’s not so much a play of ideas, as it is a play about a clash of ideas.

I think that it will really resonate here, of course, but it’s a moving play, a play perhaps about who wins and loses, but also the personal cost of these kinds of conflicts.”

“The City of Conversation” is also the kind of play that reads like a novel, in the sense that it’s a page-turner; the dialogue is sharp, funny, smart, witty and knowing. You don’t have to be a wonk — or, God forbid, the new “in” job title of campaign strategist — to get what’s happening on stage. Punches are given and taken, hearts are cracked, moves are calculated in a small room in the town where the locals often think of themselves as living in the light at the center of the world, a locus that engenders mixed feelings — like living inside a global chat room with your nearest and dearest.

“Is Hester based on a particular woman in Georgetown?” Giardina pondered. “I suppose it’s more of an amalgam. There are a number of influential women, and men, who took on those roles: Katharine Graham certainly, Sally Quinn, Pamela Harriman, Evangeline Bruce. But it’s not just about Hester. I like to think it’s about us,” he said.

“The larger thing, for me, is to ask the question: how important are these things to us? Do we assume that the social change we want to see happen is only going to happen through the sacrifices of other people?”

We’ll find out. “The City of Conversation” runs through March 6. The production stars Margaret Colin (who was Eleanor Waldorf in “Gossip Girl” and portrayed Katharine Graham in the docudrama “Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers”) and features Michael Simpson, who plays both Colin and Ethan Ferris.

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he City of Conversation” takes place entirely in the Georgetown living room of Hester Ferris, the kind of set very familiar to Georgetown residents who were part of — or chronicled — the high tides of the village’s fame as a locus of social and political power. Although Georgetown has changed over time, its image nonetheless remains potent.

In the second half of the 20th century, the leading ladies of Georgetown’s social and political scene included Evangeline Bruce, Lorraine Cooper, the Washington Post’s powerful publisher Katharine Graham, Pamela Harriman, who became Ambassador to France, and Sally Quinn, the savvy and stylish author, novelist, Post reporter and wife of legendary editor Ben Bradlee.

(Those five were profiled in the 2003 book “The Georgetown Ladies Social Club” — the title a phrase first used by Ronald Reagan — which could serve as a bookend to the recent “The Georgetown Set: Friends and Rivals in Cold War Washington.”)

Female movers and shakers are still in style here, but the political and social scene is not what it was. There is more of an emphasis on fundraising and charitable events, with leaders such as Elizabeth Bagley, Nancy Pelosi, Valerie Jarrett, Kitty Kelley and Quinn.

We talked with Quinn and with another Georgetown resident, biographer Kitty Kelley, about Georgetown’s political and social scene, then and now.

SALLY QUINN, famous for her talkedabout profiles in the Washington Post’s Style section, never wrote a play. Her two novels, “Regrets Only” (1986) and “Happy Endings,” both feature a smart, beautiful blonde reporter for a major Washington daily.

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Ben Bradlee and Sally Quinn at their home for a April 2001 Georgetowner cover story. (They are standing near where actress Margaret Colin posed a few weeks ago.) Photo by Neshan H. Naltchayan.

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not a frivolous play about parties.… The drama is right-on” — about another era, a time and a place that no longer exist.

“So many of these hostesses had dysfunctional families. … They put their energies into being hostesses — today they would be CEOs.” Of the main character in the play, she said, “Her priorities were completely skewed.

In the end, it’s a mistake” not to make your family a priority.

Now, she said, the entertainment has become about panels and seminars with dinner afterward. And there are still the charity balls — “It's corporate now. A lot of them are digital people — from that world.”

KITTY KELLEY is famous for her biographies, most of which have drawn cries of outrage from their subjects. She is working on a book about living in her beloved Georgetown. (Send her your stories.)

Comments about Georgetown then and now from Kitty Kelley: “I think Georgetown still shines.… There are other places, such as moneyed Greenwich or Beverly Hills, which have power and prominence. But Georgetown has that and radiates history — now and in the past.”

“These women started as a hostess — like Nancy Reagan — as a woman operating behind the scenes in influencing legislation.

In the play, Hester entertains both parties in her home. … Parties at homes do exist — but they're fundraisers.” “‘The City of Conversation’ is a period piece, and tells a family story in a Georgetown setting, but also tells more about what has happened to our politics.”

“It's interesting that the Supreme Court is at the center of our partisan divisions. The struggle over the Robert Bork nomination will be seen as pivotal to the loss of civility between the two parties — add to that the Clarence Thomas hearings.”

Kelley recalled Henry Kissinger’s oftenquoted remark: “The hand that mixes the Georgetown martini is time and again the hand that guides the destiny of the Western world.”

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Charming 1936 Federal-style brick townhouse with 4 levels, 3BR, 2FBA and HBA, near Embassy Row with 2 fireplaces, original hardwood floors, library/family room, bedroom with large sitting room, built-ins, dining room, fenced-in patio, separate garage.

Miller Spring Valley Office 202-362-1300

Light-filled, chic, stylish 1BR with hardwood floors, granite and stainless kitchen, W/D in unit, garage parking. Roof-top terrace with views of the city. Close to Metro, shops and restaurants.

Pat Gerachis 202-258-3618 Foxhall Office 202-363-1800

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IN 2015 Berkley, Washington, DC

$1,550,000

Arthur Cotton Moore classic in Foxhall Crescent. 4BR, 3.5BA home with marble entry, two fireplaces, custom built-ins, soaring ceilings and flooded with light. Patio, garage and large lot.

Janet Whitman 202-321-0110 Georgetown Office 202-944-8400

N Cleveland Park, Washington, DC

$1,500,000

Built in 2000 with over 5,000 SF. This home features hardwood floors, two master bedrooms, gourmet kitchen, breakfast area and den. Many architectural details. Terrace and landscaped garden. 3 Blocks to Metro, dining and shopping.

Rich Ragan/Georgetown Office 703-307-5891/202-944-8400

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4,054 Units Cathedral West, Washington, DC

$815,000

Picturesque views from 3 exposures. Amazing 1,985 SF apt with central atrium/garden. 2BR, 2.5BA, table-space kitchen, sep DR & expansive LR. 2 Garage parking included. Full-service bldg w/year-round pool & sauna. 1 pet under 25lbs OK. Nathan Carnes/Miller Chevy Chase Office 202-321-9132/202-966-1400

Petworth, Washington, DC

$649,999

Beautiful Row House renovation with gorgeous hardwood floors, open floor plan, 3 bedrooms + DEN, 3.5 baths, master bedroom with vaulted ceiling. In-law suite with kitchen, living room, bedroom, bath and rear entrance. Move-in ready.

Miller Spring Valley Office 202-362-1300

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Cleveland Park, Washington, DC

$369,000

Feels like home – Exceptional 1BR apt with 2 exposures, 9 windows, hardwood floors and 9’ ceilings. Renovated kitchen w/SS appliances, granite and new cabinets. Living room w/decorative FP, sep dining room and corner bedroom. 3 Blocks to Metro.

Terry Faust/Chevy Chase Uptown Office 202-744-3732/202-364-1300

Cleveland Park, Washington, DC

$289,000

Huge 1BR, 1BA CO-OP – Stunning top floor unit with tree top views. New kitchen with stainless appliances, quartz counters, porcelain tile floor.

Hardwood floors, low fee includes all utilities, cats ok. Cleveland Park Metro, shops and the National Zoo just 2 blocks.

Woodley Park Office 202-483-6300

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Rose’s Luxury: A Bucket-List Keeper

By Charl ene L o u is hree years after Rose’s Luxury opened its doors, the Barracks Row restaurant at 717 Eighth St. SE is still on everyone’s bucket list of must-eats in the District. To this day, the lines at Rose’s wrap notoriously around the block, promising a wait of up to two hours.

Is it worth it? Yes. The place is small with a farmhouse quality, the kitchen takes their time with each dish (partly because that’s where the chef’s table is) and the guests enjoy the wonderful cocktails and the glow of small candles and linger.

First, a few tips to ease the congestion and ensure that you get to eat before 9 p.m. Maybe.

• Go when it’s cold and, even better, raining. Our first time dining at Rose’s was one of the coldest nights in January. Lo and behold, only 10 people were ahead of us. (Not too bad when you consider that the line can be 30 to 50 people deep.)

• If you can’t get a seat, try waiting around the upstairs bar. The full dinner

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menu is served there and most of the patrons are just waiting for their table.

• Walk around. Though Rose’s doesn’t take reservations, the staff will take your number and call or text you when your table is ready. This allows you to explore, checking out what else Barracks Row has to offer.

Top: Exterior of Rose’s Luxury.

Left: Potato bread served with with butter, chives and bacon.

Above: Famed pork habanero lychee salad.

Photos courtesy Rose’s Luxury.

Photo by Steven Rattinger

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After we’re seated, our host for the evening instructs our waitress to bring whatever she feels it would be best to start with. So, of course, we begin with the famed pork sausage, habanero, peanuts and lychee salad. As we dive spoondeep into the mixture of purple onions, spicy habanero cream and chunks of pork sausage, we begin to see why this dish is so popular.

There is a lot that sets Rose’s Luxury apart. The menu consists of a mix of Southern comforts, Asian spices and classical French techniques. It almost screams: “There is no such thing as a bad combination.”

We continue the meal with a sampling of grilled quail with Brussels sprouts,

Caesar and apples, caviar served on potato chips and the smoked brisket, white bread, horseradish and slaw — which would fall apart before you even pointed a fork at it.

These were paired with a personal choice of wines that were graciously opened and served (with a corkage fee).

We can honestly say that Rose’s Luxury has not only been crossed off our bucket list but added right back — to experience again and again.

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Dinner service begins at 5 p.m.

Your Dining Guide to Washington DC’s Finest Restaurants

1789 RESTAURANT 1226 36th St., NW 202–965–1789 1789restaurant.com

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

Open seven nights a week.

Jackets suggested.

Complimentary valet parking.

DAS Ethiopian 1201 28TH ST., NW

202–333–4710 dasethiopian.com DAS Ethiopian offers you a cozy twostory setting, with rare outside dining views and al fresco patio dining. DAS is located at the eclectically brilliant historic corner of the internationally renowned shopping district of Georgetown.

A tent under which all come to feast is the very Amharic definition of DAS. From neighborhood diners, nearby students and journalists to international visitors and performers, all enjoy the casual but refined atmosphere that serves up the freshest Ethiopian dishes from local and sustainable food sources.

Bistro Francais 3124-28 M St., NW 202–338–3830 bistrofrancaisdc.com

A friendly French bistro in the heart of historic Georgetown since 1975.

Executive chef and owner Gerard Cabrol came to Washington, D.C., 32 years ago, bringing with him home recipes from southwestern France. In addition to daily specials, our specialties include our famous Poulet Bistro (tarragon rotisserie chicken), Minute Steak Maitre d’Hotel (steak and pomme frites), Steak Tartare, freshly prepared seafood, veal, lamb and duck dishes and the best Eggs Benedict in town.

THE GRILL ROOM 1050 31ST ST., NW 202-617-2424 thegrillroomdc.com

Tucked up along the historic C&O Canal, a national park that threads through the Georgetown neighborhood, The Grill Room at Capella Washington, D.C., specializes in hand-cut, bone-in, artisan meats, bracingly fresh seafood and tableside preparations. Framed with a wall of floor-to-ceiling windows and fluid geometric lines, the ambiance is one of relaxed refinement.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Brunch Sat.-Sun. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

ENO Wine Bar

Filomena Ristorante

Visit ENO Wine Bar and enjoy wine flights, charcuterie, cheese, chocolate & seasonal small plates. ENO offers 100 bottles under $50 & 45 wines by the glass starting at $9. The Cellar is an intimate lounge perfect for a date night or private events. Monthly ENOversity: Sunday Wine Classes $50 & Wednesday meet local producers for free tastings.

Happy Hours: Sun-Thur from 5pm7pm with a extended hour on Sunday starting at 4 pm along with nibbles and select wines on tap for $5 Mon-Thursday 5pm-11pm , Fri-Sat4pm-12 am, Sunday 4pm-11pm

Filomena is a Georgetown landmark that has endured the test of time for over 30 years. Our old-world cooking styles and recipes brought to America by the early Italian immigrants alongside the culinary cutting-edge creations of Italy’s foods of today executed by our Executive Chef and his team. Open 7 days a week 11:30am11:00pm. Free salad bar with any lunch entrée Mon-Sat and try our spectacular Sunday Brunch Buffet complete with carving stations, pasta stations!

2810 Pennsylvania Ave., NW 202–295–2826 enowinerooms.com

1063 Wisconsin Ave., NW 202–338–8800 filomena.com

CAFE BONAPARTE

1522 Wisconsin Ave., NW 202–333–8830 cafebonaparte.com Captivating customers since 2003, Cafe Bonaparte has been dubbed the “quintessential” European café, featuring award-winning crepes and arguably the “best” coffee in D.C.! Other can't-miss attractions are the famous weekend brunch every Saturday and Sunday until 3 p.m. and our late-night weekend hours serving sweet and savory crepes until 1 a.m.

We look forward to calling you a “regular” soon!

Clyde's of Georgetown 3236 M St., NW 202–333–9180 clydes.com

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.

Grill from Ipanema

Malmaison

Family-owned restaurant serving authentic Brazilian food in Washington, D.C., for more than 23 years. Our Executive Chef, Alcy de Souza, cooks with the heart and soul. Live music on Thursday nights is a romantic blend of bossa nova, jazz, samba, choro and forró.

Malmaison opened in June 2013 and features elegant French dining in Washington D.C’s historic Georgetown waterfront. Housed in a majestically refurbished industrial warehouse reminiscent of NYC’s Meatpacking District, the modern restaurant, pastry shop and event lounge features the culinary talents of legendary 2 Michelin Starred French Chef Gerard Pangaud and Pastry Chef Serge Torres (Le Cirque NYC).

1858 Columbia Road, NW 202-986-0757 thegrillfromipanema.com

Monday – Thursday 4:30 to 10:30 pm Friday 4:30 to 11:30 pm Saturday noon to 11:30 pm (brunch until 4 pm) Sunday noon to 10 pm (brunch until 4 pm) Parking validation available for breakfast, lunch and brunch.

3401 K ST.,NW 202–817–3340 malmaisondc.com

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1264 WISCONSIN AVE., NW 202-333-7370 martinstavern.com Fifth generation Lauren Martin learns about the family business from her dad, Billy Martin, Jr. Since 1933, the warm atmosphere of Martin’s Tavern has welcomed neighbors and world travelers looking for great food, service and years of history within it’s walls. Fourth generation owner Billy Martin. Jr. continues the tradition of Washington’s oldest family owned restaurant.

Serving Brunch until 4pm 7 days a week!

SEA CATCH Restaurant

1054 31st St., NW 202–337–8855 seacatchrestaurant.com Overlooking the historic C&O Canal, we offer fresh seafood simply prepared in a relaxed atmosphere. beautiful fireside dining available Join us for Happy Hour, Mon.-Fri. from 5 to 7 pm, featuring $1 oysters and halfpriced drinks. Book your holiday parties now. Available for 20-300 people.

Lunch Mon.–Sat. 11:30 a.m.–3 p.m.

Dinner Mon.–Sat. 5–10 p.m.

THE OCEANAIRE 1201 F St., NW 202–347–2277 theoceanaire.com

Ranked one of the most popular seafood restaurants in D.C., “this cosmopolitan” send-up of a vintage supper club that’s styled after a '40’s-era ocean liner is appointed with cherry wood and red leather booths, infused with a “clubby, old money” atmosphere. The menu showcases “intelligently” prepared fish dishes that “recall an earlier time of elegant” dining.

Lunch Mon.–Fri. 11:30 a.m.–5 p.m.

Dinner Mon.–Thu. 5–10 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 5–11 p.m., Sun. 5–9 p.m.

TOWN HALL

2340 Wisconsin Ave., NW 202-333-5640 townhalldc.com Situated just north of Georgetown on Wisconsin Ave, Town Hall has been a neighborhood mainstay in Glover Park since 2005. Whether you’re popping in for dinner, drinks, or weekend brunch, Town Hall is the spot you’ll want to call home to Gulp, Gather & Grub.

Free parking is available nightly after 7PM, and during warmer months, our outdoor courtyard is one of DC’s best kept secrets.

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The Latest Dish

By Linda Roth GM National Harbor Casino has enlisted an impressive list of renowned chefs to open restaurants there.

Jose Andres plans to open Fish by Jose Andres, a seafood restaurant offering sushi, tempura and cocktail bars. Marcus Samuelsson plans to open Marcus, featuring his signature whole fried chicken, as well as Swedish and Ethiopian dishes, a salute to his heritage(s). The brothers Voltaggio (Bryan of Volt, Range, Aggio, and Family Meal; and Michael of ink and ink. sack in Los Angeles) will team up for the first time and open a steakhouse, targeted for third or fourth quarter of 2016.

Chef and GM Update: Vicki Reh is now chef and wine director at Via Umbria at 1525 Wisconsin Ave. NW in Georgetown. She shares chef duties with Jodi Seiner. It’s a market and café with private dining space and a soon-to-open art gallery. Owners are Susan and Bill Menard …

Mark Slater, formerly of Bastille and Citronelle, runs the wine program at Pennsylvania 6 at 1350 Eye St. NW, where Tuscana West used to be. Philadelphia-based Public House Investments owns and oper-

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ates City Tap House at Ninth and I Street NW, as well as Pennsylvania 6 … Jeremy Waybright, formerly of Boss Shepherd’s is now chef de cuisine at Range at the Chevy

Chase Pavilion … That may be because Mattie McGhee, former chef de cuisine at Range, is now at The Watergate Hotel …

Megan Coyle, formerly of Hank’s Oyster

Bar, is general manager of Twisted Horn in Petworth … Thomas Harvey, formerly of Palena, is the new executive chef at The Partisan in Penn Quarter.

Quick Hits: Jrink owners Shizo Okusa and Jennifer Ngai will open their second Jrink at 2201 14th St. NW in The Jefferson. The original is in Foggy Bottom … Ten Penh lives again. PassionFood Hospitality will open their Asian themed restaurant at the Silverline Center in Tysons Corner in 2016 … Ivan Iricanin will open another Ambar at 1547 Seventh St. NW. The original is on 523 Eighth St. SE on Barracks Row. He also owns and operates an Ambar in Belgrade, Serbia, which is home for this Balkan restaurant concept.

Linda Roth is president of Linda Roth Associates, a public relations and marketing firm that specializes in the hospitality industry, providing creative connections through media relations, marketing initiatives, community outreach and special events. Reach her at Linda@LindaRothPR. com, lindarothpr.com or #LindaRothPR.

Range at the Chevy Chase Pavilion. Photo courtesy Range.

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The Antiques Addict:

Manuscript Art of the Pennsylvania Germans

By M iche l l e Ga l l e r

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etween 1720 and 1820, more than 100,000 German-speaking people entered the port of Philadelphia seeking a life free from religious persecution. Most were peasants and small farmers, and they eventually moved from the city to the fertile soil of southeastern Pennsylvania. Later generations traveled further south into the Shenandoah Valley, Maryland, Virginia and the Carolinas.

Although agriculture was their major industry, as their society became more firmly rooted, farmer-craftsmen turned some of their energies to producing and decorating the many articles of daily life, including “fraktur” — illuminated documents recording family events. The name fraktur derives from the angular, fractured appearance of the familiar Gothic typeface used in deeds and official edicts in 16th-century Europe.

The fraktur artist held several positions within the Pennsylvania German community. As the representative of learning, he was often the schoolmaster as well as clergyman. With his skills in drawing and

writing, he performed such services as illustrating books and hymnals and drawing up important documents. These sunny creations contrasted with much of the religious art of the time, since sin and pain were rarely depicted.

Pennsylvania Germans usually made fraktur for personal use, and instead of hanging fraktur in their homes, people most often rolled-up fraktur documents and tucked them away, pasted them underneath the lids of storage chests, or kept them neatly folded inside books and Bibles. The great care many Pennsylvania Germans took to preserve these documents is a touching reminder that fraktur commemorated important and personal life events.

Fraktur — especially birth and baptismal certificates — became very popular by the late 1700s. By 1780, various communities developed fraktur printing presses in order to create more fraktur works in a shorter amount of time. Many professional fraktur artists used these printed “blanks” to keep up with client demand. Artists continued to personalize each mass-produced document.

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Marriage certificate, dated 1805 in Berks County, Pennsylvania. This watercolor on laid paper was created by Samuel Moffly. It was likely folded and stored away for generations enabling the colors to remain vivid. Courtesy Don Olson American Antiques & Folk Art.

These printed forms were often sold by itinerants and at rural stores. A skilled calligrapher, perhaps the itinerant himself, would fill in the clients’ personal information and often hand-color or embellish the printed designs with borders and outlines of birds, flowers and other decorative flourishes. Although they are not strictly speaking “certificates,” since no one in authority signed them, they have been regarded as legal documents. Since law in the old country required such documents, the tradition was continued in America.

Fraktur are some of the earliest examples of folk art found in the Shenandoah Valley. Though most Shenandoah Valley fraktur artists did not sign their work, several did. Peter Benhart, a Rockingham County schoolteacher and mail carrier, was one of the most prolific. He worked from about 1796 to 1819 and rode from his home near Keezletown to Winchester every other Wednesday to begin his postal route. He arrived in Rockingham County by Friday and finished the route in Staunton on Saturday. Bernhart functioned as a post rider over this course for nearly thirty years, creating fraktur for clients along his route.

He nearly always included not only his name, but also the date of when he made the fraktur. Many of his paintings were created on pre-printed blanks produced for him by local printers. He would carry the forms with him on his routes, and when called upon to produce fraktur, he

would fill in the blanks with the pertinent information, then embellish the document with by painting around the borders.

Although his paintings were often crudely executed, including poor spelling, his creations showed a unique style with amusing designs and bright colors.

Another Valley fraktur artist, who has only been identified as simply the Stony Creek Artist, produced works in German and English. Often, his paintings depicted cherubs, drawn-back curtains and hearts.

These Valley fraktur artists provide an important key to the important families of the Shenandoah Valley during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Traditional fraktur designs of the 19th century feature pomegranates, angels, trees, flowers and birds. The intricacy of design, selection of color and particular historical relevance to a family or place are factors that affect the current price of a painting. Prices of fraktur done by preeminent artists have soared into the $10,000 to $50,000 range. Although a piece by Peter Bernhart recently sold at auction for $15,500, against its estimate of $8,000$12,000, some beautifully rendered examples by lesser-known artists can still be found for under $1,000.

Michelle Galler is an antiques dealer, design consultant and realtor based in Georgetown. Her shop is in Rare Finds, in Washington, Virginia. Contact her at antiques.and.whimsies@gmail.com.

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The Olden Times Fine Art Photography Exhibit, by long-time Loudoun, Virginia, resident Dora Ramirez, depicts scenes of a bygone era.

Thomas Balch Library, 208 West Market St., Leesburg, Virginia.

Taste and comment on wine, cider and beer, along with a showcase of new and delicious artisan local food and meat. Take home samples and recipe cards printed with ideas for your weekend table. Home Farm Store, 1 East Washington St., Middleburg, Virginia.

Enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at historic artifacts, documents and works of art that are not on public display at the Steven F. UdvarHazy Center Open House. See what it takes to collect, preserve and restore them. Learn how the team cares for objects in the collection.

Tour the Emil Buehler Conservation Laboratory and learn about the science behind artifact preservation and care and see current projects, such as the original studio model of the Star Trek starship Enterprise. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, 14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway, Chantilly, Virginia.

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Sips and Snacks

Udvar-Hazy Center Open House

January 30

Guest Chef Bart Vandaele Cooking Demo Chef Bart Vandaele's European flare and rambunctious personality is what has taken D.C by storm since opening wildly popular Belga Café. He has successfully melded the rich culinary traditions of his homeland with the comfortable, relaxed attitude of Barracks Row. Tickets are $75. To learn more visit the Culinary Concierge or call 540-326-4070.

Salamander Resort and Spa, 500 North Pendleton Street. Middleburg, Virginia.

February 6 Samedi Gras

Kick off Mardi Gras a few days early this year at Breaux Vineyards’ annual Samedi Gras Party. Samedi Gras is a Saturday celebration of the traditional Tuesday event. Enjoy dancing, beads, masks, king cake and wine — and enjoy live music by Jamnation. Traditional Cajun fare will be available. The party takes place in the decorated Grand Acadia Room. Laissez Les Bons Temps Roulez (that’s R.S.V.P. for the non-New Orleanian) at breauxvineyards.com. $20 per ticket or $12 for Cellar Club members.

Breaux Vineyards, 36888 Breaux Vineyards Lane, Purcellville, Virginia.

February 12

5th Annual ‘My Funny Valentine’ Comedy Night Fifth Annual “My Funny Valentine” at Notaviva Vineyards With NBC Series “Last Comic Standing” semi-finalist Jason Weems. Doors open with 7 p.m. and the comedy show begins at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35 per person. Light fare will be available for purchase during the show and wine available for purchase by the glass or bottle. Notaviva Vineyards, 13274 Sagle Road, Purcellville, Virgnia.

February 12

Winter Weekend Sale Join the town of Middleburg on February 12,13 and 14 for the Fifth annual Winter Weekend Sale. During the Winter Weekend Sale, visitors will be able to hunt for some wonderful gifts for themselves and others while experiencing the small town charm of Middleburg. The sale is sponsored by the Town of Middleburg and the Middleburg Business & Professional Association. Just look for the red balloons outside participating stores.

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Entire top floor of an iconic bldg, high ceilings, 10 large windows, lots of closet space, original wood flrs with views of the Washington Monument. Unfurnished.

Available immediately. Contact John at johnayersc@aol.com

apartment for rent Georgetown 1 bedroom apartment with a fireplace and garden. Available for $2,030 per month.

Please call 202-333-5943.

FOXHALL VILLAGE HOUSE FOR RENT

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Exceptional cross-platform storytelling skills, core journalism skills (reporting, producing, editing, writing, spelling, grammar, AP style. Photo and video skills are a plus. Able to multi-task and excel under deadline pressures, be able to apply innovative, creative thinking to support the company’s goals and have great organizational skills. Pay is commensurate with experience. Apply by sending your resume and writing samples to: sonya@georgetowner.com

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n Instagram or at your gym, you may have seen someone wearing what looks like a hazmat mask. These masks — altitude training masks — aren’t worn to combat poor air quality. Instead, they promise to simulate training at high altitudes (where the air is thin) to boost athletic performance.

Let’s look at fact vs. fiction.

“The mask simulates training at high altitudes.” Fiction. The mask can’t simulate training at high altitudes because it can’t change the percentage of oxygen available in the air you are breathing. The changes that take place when you live at a high altitude are primarily due to the low oxygen level.

“The mask makes it hard to breathe.”

Fact. Wearing one reminds me of the asthma attacks I had as a child. Making inhaling more difficult causes your body to rely more on your neck and shoulder muscles to assist with breathing. This can lead to headaches and to neck and shoulder pain.

“The mask will boost your performance.”

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“The mask causes you to do less during a workout.” Fact. The mask reduces the intensity of a workout.

Because the mask makes it so hard to breathe, it makes everything harder.

For example, if you could normally do three sets of 15 pushups, then wearing the mask would limit you to only 10 to 12 pushups per set. Doing less work during your workouts will lead to less fitness and worse results over time.

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By Sta cy Nota ras M u r p h y Dear Stacy, I have been in a relationship for six months after a long time without a relationship. I am thrilled to have a boyfriend and am loving getting to spend holidays and weekends together. I am so excited to plan things for just the two of us. The problem? I recently discovered that he “borrowed” my credit card without asking.

He has been struggling with money lately, and I know it’s stressful to him that I am always paying for our dates and such. I understand why it was hard for him to ask me for money — but my friends are saying he “stole” it from me.

He apologized and said he won’t do it again, but I wonder if he’s actually done it before (I’m not too careful about reading my credit card statements and only discovered this by accident). I don’t know what to do. Is this the red flag my friends say it is? I am in love with him, so this is not an easy position for me.

— Loving a Thief?

Dear Loving, Before jumping to conclusions, we need to know what we are dealing with on this. Clear vision is required, or you could either regret it later or always find yourself wondering. Go through your credit card statements to make sure what we have here is a one-time indiscretion and not a pattern of behavior. If you find that Boyfriend’s use of your card went beyond the incident you discovered, then we have both a thief and a liar — a bad, and perhaps irredeemable, combo. But if it was, indeed, a single episode, we can use it as a learning experience for you both. But you have to use it. Don’t ignore

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When I say “learning experience,” remember that a relationship requires us to learn and stretch and grow. When relationships don’t demand that of us, we are stagnant and wither away. So take heart! This is an opportunity for you and Boyfriend to stretch and grow your relationship.

I know that may not sound as exciting to you as it does to me, but bear with me.

Use this as a chance to really talk about what honesty means to you, what money means to you, what debt means to you, etc. Try your best not to just sweep this incident under the rug. (If

you already have done that, pull the rug up and talk about it.) Use it as an opening to a conversation about expectations and security — a conversation that all long-term relationships require.

Stacy Notaras Murphy is a licensed professional counselor in Georgetown. Visit her on the web at stacymurphyLPC.com. This column is meant for entertainment only and should not be considered a substitute for professional counseling. Send your confidential question to stacymurphyLPC@gmail.com

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A Snowy Morning with a Tennessee Williams Woman

By Gary T is chl er

“I

t is so extraordinary out there,” actress Madeleine Potter said Saturday morning after walking her dog, an English springer spaniel, in the downtown area around the Lansburgh. The apartment building is her home-away-fromhome while starring as Amanda Wingfield in the Ford’s Theatre production of Tennessee Williams’s “The Glass Menagerie,” running through Feb. 21. “You can’t even see the monuments. What an amazing experience!”

Along with making our city even whiter, the blizzard of 2016 caused the cancellation of last weekend’s preview performances, and perhaps others. “We shall see,” Potter said.

“Everything’s in flux.”

Potter’s appearance in “The Glass Menagerie” is her first in Washington in a long time. It’s also her first embrace of a major Tennessee Williams role in a career that has notably included four appearances in films directed by James Ivory, the partner of producer Ismail Merchant in Merchant Ivory Productions, famed for lush and literary period pieces.

“It’s a challenge to be doing this, but it’s also exciting. It’s new to me,” Potter said. “To me, Tennessee Williams is one of the giants among the world’s playwrights. He writes especially haunting and strong women characters — strong in the sense that they survive the assaults of the world. I think Amanda is one of those women.” She continued: “I gather Amanda bears some close resemblance to his [Williams’s] mother, but also to him. She is after all a single mother in a time when this was rare and unusual and took even more courage to do. What’s really fascinating to me is her … insane fortitude.”

Listening to the slightly English-accented Potter — the daughter of an American diplomat and OSS officer named Philip B.K. Potter and his wife, the former Madeleine Mulqueen Daly — talk about theater, literature, her family and her life in the theater, you get the sense of a woman with a strong affinity for WiIliams’s women.

“You have a feeling for these women — Amanda, Blanche DuBois, the actress

Tom Story as Tom, Madeleine Potter as Amanda and Jenna Sokolowski as Laura in “The Glass Menagerie” at Ford’s Theatre. Photo by Scott Suchman.

Alexandra Del Lago in ‘Sweet Bird of Youth,’ Alma from ‘Summer and Smoke,’” she said.

“This is my first, but I certainly want to do more.”

Of Potter’s four Ivory films, two were based on Henry James novels: “The Bostonians” with Vanessa Redgrave, in which she played Verena Tarrant, and “The Golden Bowl.” The others were the remarkably electric and contemporary “Slaves of New York” and, in 2005, the opulent “The White Countess.” “Ivory’s work was so

Madeleine Potter as Amanda and Jenna Sokolowski as Laura in “The Glass Menagerie” at Ford’s Theatre.

Photo by Scott Suchman.

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detailed, so rich, and working on this last film was a beautiful experience for me, because I had a chance to work with my daughter, who played my niece.”

“You may have noticed,” she paused to note, “all the women in my family are named Madeleine going way back.” This includes her daughter, Madeleine Daly.

On stage, Potter has performed both contemporary and classical roles, especially in plays by Ibsen and Shakespeare. “You approach things this way: all classical plays should be treated as if they were brand-new and all new plays should be treated as if they were classics.”

“I did work here once at the Folger,” she recalled, “a production of ‘Hamlet’ directed by Lindsay Anderson.” Suddenly it came back to me. She was Ophelia, a part often underdone or overdone, but, in her case, very affecting.

A tough Post critic of the time (1985) said her Ophelia “was mad, but poignantly so.”

“It was such a pleasure to work with Lindsay, he was a genius,” she said. Anderson, who died in 1994, directed Malcolm McDowell in the highly regarded film “if….” (part of a trilogy), wrote a well-received book on John Ford and appeared in “Chariots of Fire.” His “Hamlet” worked like a house on fire by starting the play at its end, on a stage littered with bodies.

She knows that her performance in “The Glass Menagerie” will receive attention. In the world of Tennessee Williams, there haves been many Amandas, many Maggies, many Blanches.

The playwright — whose birthday is March 26 and whose death will be commemorated on

Feb. 25 — is enjoying a mini-vogue this spring.

In addition to “The Glass Menagerie,” there’s are upcoming productions of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” at Round House Theatre in Bethesda (March 30 to April 24) and “A Streetcar Named Desire” at Everyman Theatre in Baltimore (April 6 to June 12).

You can see some of the affinity on a personal level for Potter. The play is about a mother-daughter relationship, to be sure, but it’s also about the love between a brother and a sister. “I had three brothers in my family,” she said. “Phil, Paul and Alan. Paul was an actor and a brilliant designer, and he worked here for a time in the 1970s.” It’s plain from the tone of her voice that she and Paul were close. “He was a remarkably gifted artist and a wonderful brother and friend.” Paul Gerard Daly Potter passed away last year. He worked at New Playwrights and at the late Bart Whiteman’s Source Theatre on a gritty 14th Street in the 1970s.

“The thing about Tennessee Williams,” Potter said, “was he imbued every play, everything he did, with poetry. His writing was lyrical and poetic, and my hope is that we never lose this kind of poetic language, our poetry.”

And so, a snowy morning in a shut-down city becomes filled with talk about the Irish and their qualities, about dogs and occasions, scenes from a long ago “Hamlet,” hey, nanny, nanny, about family and friends and performances done, seen and held in the heart’s eye and memory. A fine morning of theater, you might say.

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Museums in Winter: Art Without the Crowds By ar i p os t

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s we wring the slush off our pant legs and break up the sheets of snow that cover our vehicles, doorsteps and walkways, just getting to work and back seems bad enough. How does this sound: trudging through knee-deep puddles of dirty ice water and pinballing around taxicabs trapped in lawless traffic patterns dictated by the randomly zigzagging pathways scooped out by overworked DPW drivers … all to visit an art museum? Show of (frostbitten) hands?

I would imagine that, over the next two weeks, museums around Washington will see their lowest attendance numbers in the past few years. With public transportation struggling to get back on schedule and most of us behind on work (and probably domestic chores), a museum excursion is most likely the furthest thing from anyone's mind.

However, if you have the time, that might also be the best reason to go to a museum right now: there's a very good chance you will have the place to yourself. So if you're willing to brave the elements and journey downtown, here are two stellar exhibitions to take in during the hushed and intimate state of D.C.’s museums in winter.

‘The Lost Symphony: Whistler and the Perfection of Art’ Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Through May 30 From 1867 until 1877, the American-born artist James McNeill Whistler painted, scraped,

repainted and finally destroyed his large-scale painting “The Three Girls.” From the outset of its creation, he had envisioned it as his masterpiece, tying together all of his artistic philosophies and stylistic innovations.

“The Three Girls” was a monumental painting, meant to hang in Whistler’s nowfamous Peacock Room — in the same location where the infamous mural of the fighting peacocks currently resides. Yet Whistler was never satisfied with the work. His mother Anna (the subject of Whistler's most famous work, “Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1,” popularly titled “Whistler's Mother”) wrote that the painting eluded him precisely because “he had tried too hard to make it the perfection of art.”

All that remains of “The Three Girls” is a rescued fragment of the large unfinished painting, salvaged from his studio; numerous studies; and the frame that Whistler decorated specifically for the painting. These are among the clues on display in this unique show at the Sackler, hinting at the masterpiece that might have been.

The exhibition also includes Whistler’s “Princess from the Land of Porcelain,” which has not been shown outside the Peacock Room since 1904. (The Peacock Room, and the entire Freer Gallery, are closed for renovations through the spring of 2017.)

The destruction of “The Three Girls” — called “the lost symphony” in the exhibition title because it was to be part of Whistler’s series of “Symphony in White” paintings — and the afterlife of its frame illuminate the artist’s preoccupation with patronage, payment and

Magdalene Odundo’s “Untitled #10,” 1995. Courtesy of the Newark Museum in conjunction with the exhibition Pathmakers at NMWA.

professional reputation. These themes are at the heart of the complementary Sackler exhibition, “Peacock Room REMIX: Darren Waterston’s ‘Filthy Lucre,’” which reimagines Whistler’s extraordinary room “in a state of decadent demolition.”

‘Pathmakers: Women in Art, Craft, and Design, Midcentury and Today’ National Museum of Women in the Arts Through Feb. 28

James McNeill Whistler’s “The White Symphony: Three Girls,” ca. 1868. Courtesy of the Freer Gallery of Art, in conjunction with their current exhibition The Lost Symphony.

In the 1950s and ’60s, an era when painting, sculpture and architecture were dominated by men (yes, even more so than today), women artists had a considerable impact working in alternative materials such as textiles, ceramics and metals. Pioneers in these fields — including Ruth Asawa, Edith Heath, Sheila Hicks, Karen Karnes, Dorothy Liebes, Alice Kagawa Parrott, Lenore Tawney, and Eva Zeisel — became influential designers, artists and teachers. They helped to shape the way art was made and understood in the decades that followed, and their work continues to inspire artists, as this exhibition

makes clear.

“Pathmakers,” at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, presents dynamic women designers and artists from the mid-20th century and today. It is a diverse group, ranging from artists represented by New York galleries to participants in the Santa Fe craft scene (Magdalene Odundo's earthenware vessels are standouts) to creators of large-scale art for General Motors, the Ford Foundation and other high-profile organizations.

Among the contemporary female artists and designers whose work builds upon that of midcentury predecessors are Polly Apfelbaum and Michelle Grabner, whose installations center on woven and knitted patterns; Anne Wilson, who focuses on the processes of textile manufacture; Magdalene Odundo and Christine Nofchissey McHorse, who adapt traditional techniques while absorbing global influences; furniture and fixture designers Vivian Beer, Front Design and Hella Jongerius; and Gabriel Ann Maher, whose work looks at the ways gender is constructed by the clothes we wear.

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Capricorns Celebrated in Memory of Lolo Sarnoff By m ary b ird

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Lolo would approve.

Patricia and Timothy Trudeau, former Congresswoman Connie Morella and Ambassador Elena Poptodorova.

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‘Café de la Rotonde’ at the Kreeger Museum

By M ary B ird

Museum members and their guests seemed delighted to have a respite from snow Jan. 21, as they gathered in the Great Hall of the Kreeger Museum for an up close viewing of Picasso’s “Café de la Rotonde.” The Paris café setting was perfect as award-winning composer and pianist Jerzy Sapieyevski, a professor in the Department of Performing Arts at American University, who opened a musical program with “La Vie en Rose.” Speaking with Kreeger Museum Head of Education Ashely Givens, he discussed the influence of New Orleans jazz and Spanish flamenco on the music of Paris in the early 1900s. He performed his original composition inspired by the Picasso painting, which the Kreegers acquired at auction.

Kreeger Museum Head of Education Ashely Givens, composer and pianist Jerzy Sapieyevski and Kreeger Museum Director Judy Greenberg.

Linnea Hamer and Sue Canuteson.

Robert Gair and Monika Petter with some of Picasso’s artwork.

‘Real Housewives of Potomac’ Debuts at Sax Downtown Ph otos b y Nes han H . N a lt c h ayan

Washington, D.C., got its second “Housewives” reality series last week with the debut on Bravo of “The Real Housewives of Potomac.” The cast celebrated with a few hundred of their closest friends to watch the premiere together on the big screen at Sax on 11th Street downtown Jan. 17. Depicting African-American women who live in Potomac, Maryland, the show has a cast that ranges in age from 20-something to 50-something — and they seem to get along pretty well.

Three of the cast members of “The Real Housewives of Potomac.” Robyn Dixon, Ashley Darby and Gizelle Bryant.

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Under the patronage of the Ambassador of the Dominican Republic and Mrs. Caridad de Pérez and the Ambassador of the American States, the nonprofit will recognize Members of Congress who enabled the passage of the Justice for Victim of Trafficking Act and others who have supported the fight to end child trafficking. Organization of the American States.

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Innocents at Risk 10th Anniversary Gala

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68th Annual Affair of the Heart The Women’s Board of the American Heart Association Greater Washington Region will host the 68th annual Affair of the Heart Luncheon and Fashion Show to benefit heart research and education. Bloomingdale’s will present the latest styles for spring. Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. Contact Kara Laing at kara.laing@heart.org.

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Night of Decadence at Hillwood Hillwood’s annual February event celebrates the decadent life of the boyars. A fabulous night of decadent delights, lavish open bar, fantastic silent auction and exclusive preview in celebration of the opening of the new exhibition, “Konstantin Makovsky: The Tsar's Painter.”

Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. Call Adrienne Starr at 202243-3974.

FEBRUARY 20

Heroes Curing Childhood Cancer Gala The Heroes Curing Childhood Cancer Gala is the signature event for pediatric oncology at Children's National, providing vital support for cancer research in the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders. The Ritz-Carlton Washington.

Contact Bethany Metzroth at bmetzroth@childrensnational.org or call 301-565-8521.

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Washington Performing Arts 2016 Annual Gala and Auction This gala will honor the Washington Performing Arts President Emeritus Douglas Wheeler and be a springboard to next year’s 50th Anniversary. Japanese Ambassador and Mrs. Sasae are the honorary diplomatic chairs.

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From Innocents at Risk in 2011: Debbie Dingell (now a congresswomen) and Deborah Sigmund,

The Spring Gala is the museum’s major fundraising event to celebrate museum’s patrons, members and friends. Proceeds support the exhibitions and programs dedicated to celebrating the achievements of women in the visual, performing and literary arts. The evening highlights “She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World.”

Contact Gabrielle Kaufman at gkaufman@ nmwa.org or call 202-266-2815.

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Latino Student Fund Gala The Ambassador of Panama and Mrs. Emanuel Gonzalez-Revilla are honorary patrons of the LSF’s 16th Annual Gala. Guests will enjoy cocktails, dinner, silent and live auctions as they raise money to assist pre-K-12th grade Hispanic students prepare for higher education and professional leadership. Organization of the American States. Contact Maria Fernanda Borja at mfborja@latinostudentfund.org or 202-244-3438.

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