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IN COUNTRY Raspberry Falls

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Celebrating the Arts

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Percy Plaza Dedication

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Georgetown Shell Opens

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1. The Washington Ballet holds a dress rehearsal on May 2 for a new ballet based on Ernest Hemingway’s American classic, “The Sun Also Rises,” with a spirited rendition of the can-can.

2. "All My Children" actress Susan Lucci donated objects from her career to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History on May 9.

3. Actor Chris Evans waves to his fans on the National Mall on May 14. He was filming an on location scene for his upcoming “Captain America 2” film.

4. Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md (left), accuses Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. (right), of conducting a smear campaign against the Obama Administration during a May 8 hearing investigating the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

5. The Rumah Gadang Group performed at the Fiesta Asia Street Fair on Pennsylvania Avenue on May 18.

6. Brooklynn Mayhle lights a candle for her father, Pittsburgh Police Officer Stephen Mayhle, during the National Police Week, 25th Annual Candlelight Vigil, at the National Police Memorial in Washington on May 13.

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NYLS & KATE: THE FORK ADVANCED Following our coverage of “Celebrating Equestrian Life” from the May 8, 2013 issue, check out this video of Kate Samuels and Nyls du Terroir taking on The Fork Advanced race in a unique perspective.

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The ballroom of the Washington Fairmont pulsated in pastels on May 11 for the 10th Annual Mother/Daughter Afternoon Tea and Fashion Show, benefitting Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic.

Lizanne Jeveret, owner of five Pink Pam stores, and Susan Hill, vice president of Lilly Pulitzer

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Since 1982 The Georgetown Senior Center has provided a home for seniors in and around the Georgetown area to meet three times a week for exercise, a hot lunch, and a variety of stimulating programs. If you are interested in learning more about opportunities to become a member, a volunteer or donate to a worthy cause, please call Janice Rahimi at (202) 316-2632.

Address: P.O. Box 25800, Washington, DC 20027 St. John’s Church 3240 O St., NW Washington, DC Since 1982 The Georgetown Senior Center has provided a home for seniors in and around the Georgetown area to meet three times a week for exercise, a hot lunch, and a variety of stimulating programs. If you are interested in learning more about opportunities to become a member, a volunteer or donate to a worthy cause, please call Janice Rahimi at (202) 316-2632.

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UP & COMING Art and Libations ‘13 From 6 to 9 p.m., the Lisner-Louise-DicksonHurt Home will host Art and Libations ’13.

The home will honor J.C. Hayward with the Laura Lisner Award for outstanding achievement of an individual or group who has enhanced the quality of life for underserved populations of the District of Columbia. Wine tasting by Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyards, cuisine, music by the EfiTovia Trio, and contemporary artwork by the residents. Tickets are $75 ($35 is tax deductible). For more information, visit www.lldhhome.org. LisnerLouise-Dickson-Hurt Home, 5425 Western Ave., NW

MAY 24

Potomac River Waterfowl Show Dinner and Reception All exhibits open at 6 p.m. Mingle with acclaimed artists from the region as they show off their fine art photography, wildfowl carvings, hand carved decoys, oil paintings, beach glass jewelry, reclaimed birdhouses, miscellaneous wood carvings, sculptures, antique and collectible decoys, driftwood sculptures and more. Bring your decoys in from home and get free decoy appraisals and identifications.

See antique display of decoys, water fowling artifacts, and more. Visit www.cfsomd.org/ waterfowlshow for more information. St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds, 42455 Fairgrounds Rd, Leonardtown, Md. 20650

MAY 26

Memorial Day Concert Memorial Day weekend provides the opportunity to celebrate the contributions and sacrifices of our men and women in the armed forces. The National Men’s Chorus, founded in 1999, will be led by artistic director Thomas Beveridge in a program of patriotic music in honor of those who have served. Tickets are $20; under 18 are admitted for free. For more information, www.nationalmenschorus.org. Saint Luke Catholic Church, 7001 Georgetown Pike, McLean, Va. 22101.

JUNE 1

20th Annual Taste of Georgetown The 20th Annual Taste of Georgetown showcases the spectacular cuisine of more than 30 of Washington, D.C.’s finest restaurants, highlighting Georgetown’s culinary personalities and featuring nearly 60 delectable dishes to sample. The Taste of Georgetown has become the premier food and wine festival of D.C. and benefits Georgetown Ministry Center’s services supporting the homeless. $5: one tasting ticket; $20: five tasting tickets.

Georgetown, Wisconsin Avenue and M Street

Mazza Jazz Enjoy a pleasant Saturday afternoon vibe at MazzaGallerie with a Mazza Jazz performance on the first Saturday of every month this summer. On his saxophone, recording artist Rob Maletick leads ensembles of his own style of jazz. He’ll be on the mezzanine between Pampillonia Jewelers and Ann Taylor from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m., May 4, June 1, July 6 and August 3. For more information, call 202-966-6114, or visit mazzagallerie.com.

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JUNE 2

SinfoniaFestiva Organist Paul Skevington and the Washington Symphonic Brass Quintet and percussion rejoin forces to present “SinfoniaFestiva,” a program they recorded and released to CD in 2006. The program features works by Craig Phillips, David Ashley White and Daniel E. Gawthrop, all contemporary American composers. Enjoy the program that Selah called “forward looking and fresh, full of the American spirit of exploration, discovery and triumph.” Visit www.musicinmclean.org.

Saint Luke Catholic Church; 7001 Georgetown Pike McLean, Va. 22101

JUNE 4

‘Authors on Deck’ – ‘The Battle of Midway,’ Edited by Thomas Hone In the June edition of the United States Navy Memorial’s “Authors on Deck” book lecture series, editor Thomas Hone will read from his latest compilation of stories, “The Battle of Midway: The Naval Institute Guide to the

U.S. Navy’s Greatest Victory” (Naval Institute Press; June 2013). Visit www.navymemorial.org. United States Navy Memorial, Naval Heritage Center, 701 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

JUNE 6

Fitness Together Central Georgetown: Fusion de Filantropia & Fashion Show Fitness Together Central Georgetown has a brand new look, and they can’t wait to show it off to you on this very special evening. Join host Stacy Adams, co-hosts Sarah Hillware and Diane Crawford, and special celebrity guest Paul Wharton for Fusion de Filantropia & Fashion Show to support the American Diabetes Association. There will be two fashion shows, VIP cocktail reception, a who’s who meet-and-greet and an Elements of Fashion VIP after-party and fashion soiree. Tickets range from $25 to $50. For tickets and more information: fusiondefilantropia2013.eventbrite.com. Fitness Together Central Georgetown, 3222 N St., NW

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Fairy Tea and Treats Bring your favorite Tinkerbell, as children dress up in fairy costumes complete with tutus, wands, and wings. Dressed for tea, costumed interpreters explain the favored drink of early America, while guests enjoy desserts.

After the tea, children tour Tudor Place’s enchanting fairy gardens and make a special period craft to take home. Member children, $20; nonmember children: $25; adults, $10.

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Percy Plaza Dedication May 23 The Senator Charles H. Percy Plaza will be dedicated 4 p.m., May 23, by the District of Columbia and the Friends of Georgetown Waterfront Park. At the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and K Street, Percy Plaza forms the gateway to the park, which the longtime Republican senator from Illinois and Georgetown resident helped make a reality by his leadership and commitment at a critical time in the park’s development. All are invited.

The $24-million, 10-acre park, a joint project of the National Park Service, the Friends of the Georgetown Waterfront Park and the District of Columbia, opened officially on September 13, 2011, four days before Percy’s death on Sept. 17.

“No one would have loved more to be here front row and center,” said WETA president and CEO Sharon Percy Rockefeller of her 91-yearold father, Sen. Percy, during the September 2011 park dedication. “He would be thrilled to see this magnificent setting. It is his fondest and last best work.”

“The Georgetown Waterfront Park would not be here today without the commitment and support of Senator Percy and his family,” said Bob vow Eigen, president of Friends of Georgetown Waterfront Park.

Percy was a U.S. senator from 1967 to 1985.

He was a WWII veteran, a Navy ensign, and became president of Bell & Howell at the age of 29. In the Senate, he focused on legislation

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involving business and foreign relations. He was a moderate Republican, who found himself on President Richard Nixon’s “enemies’ list.”

As a retired senator, Percy remained active and could be seen and heard at meetings around town, such as those of the Citizens Association of Georgetown.

Above: Sculptor John Dreyfuss, at right, assists in the installation of his lyre at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Doha, Qatar.

Park Service Holds Boathouse Discussion The National Park Service will hold a public meeting at 6 p.m., May 22, at the West End Public Library to discuss its Georgetown nonmotorized boathouse zone feasibility study. The library is at 1101 24th St., NW, at the corner of 24th and L Streets.

The NPS study has been completed and outlines various tracts of land near Key Bridge that could accommodate a boathouse for rowing, canoeing and kayaking. It envisions three kinds of development scenarios: high density, medium density and low density.

The high-density option calls for work at land west of the Washington Canoe Club (which would be renovated and included in the land use) along with a site west of the Potomac Boat Club and the present Key Bridge Boathouse and land at 34th and K Streets. The medium-density plan calls for use of the western most shoreline in the study, as in the high density plan, not use of the Washington Canoe Club, and use of the Key Bridge Boathouse and the land at 34th and K.

Left: Georgetown’s Jim Coury won the “Jeopardy!” College Championship tournament for the Hoyas last week. Earning $100,000, he is shown with host Alex Trebek.

Georgetown University’s Joyful Week

The low-density plan uses only the property east of Key Bridge and is included in all three plans.

This site at 34th and K Street is seen as having the least impact and is expected to be primarily used by universities (Georgetown and George Washington) and high schools. It would hold a three-story building.

The neighborhood seems quiet now, but on May 17 Georgetown University began its commencement weekend with post-graduate and special programs on Friday and the main events of its College and School of Foreign Service on Saturday and its Law Center on Sunday. Add to those happy occasions a win for the university on “Jeopardy!” Friday and the recent installation of a John Dreyfuss lyre on its Doha, Qatar, campus of the School of Foreign Service, and you’ve something of an academic trifecta.

Sculptor John Dreyfuss installed his lyre, commissioned by the university two years ago.

It was “in our gratitude to Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser and the Royal Family of

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Mike Copperthite, Kim Copperthite, Keely Copperthite, special collections librarian Jerry McCoy of the Peabody Room and Georgetown head librarian Lucy Thrasher.

Washington Cathedral, Mount Vernon Top Preservation Vote The Washington National Cathedral was the top vote-getter in the Partners in Preservation contest, sponsored by American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

It earned a $100,000 grant. Coming in a close second, George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate will also receive $100,000. Partners in Preservation will issue grants to other historic places in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia.

The cathedral will use the money to repair the vault of the nave, which is now shrouded with netting to catch any fragments loosened by the August 2011 earthquake. Mount Vernon plans to use the grant to restore George Washington’s large dining room.

Other grant winners -- with prizes ranging from $90,000 to $50,000 -- in the District included Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, Congressional Cemetery, All Souls Church Unitarian, the Carter G. Woodson National Historic Site, the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue and Meridian Hill Park and the Gala Hispanic Theatre at the Tivoli.

While Georgetown’s Heyden Observatory at Georgetown University and Abner Cloud House at the C&O Canal got consolation prizes of $5,000, its Dumbarton Oaks Park on R Street will receive $50,000, which the Dumbarton

Oaks Park Conservancy plans to use to repair the garden’s original built structures including viewing platform, stone houses and retaining wall.

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Mike Copperthite and his family held a pie reception May 11 and donated a 1913 landmark photograph to the Georgetown Public Library’s Peabody Room on the occasion the 125th anniversary of the Connecticut-Copperthite Pie Baking Company. For his birthday, Jerry McCoy, director of the special collections at the library, got a strawberry rhubarb pie.

Front row: Nancy Shahin Itteilag, Gianna Silvi Second Row: JD Oppermann, Kim Calnan Crismali, Casey McEnroe, Chris Itteilag

Community Calendar SATURDAY, MAY 25

Public Pools Open Volta Park Pool -- 1555 34th St. -- opening for weekend operations only, starting May 25.

Open Monday, May 27, for Memorial Day. Full operational hours, starting Monday, June 24.

(Monday to Friday, 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday to Sunday, noon to 6 p.m. Closed on Mondays.

TUESDAY, MAY 28

Parking in Georgetown and Burleith – Community Meeting with DDOT 6:30 p.m. --Parish Hall, St. John’s Church, 3204 O St., NW. Please come and contribute your views to a community meeting with the D.C. Department of Transportation (DDOT) and neighborhood organizations on parking in Georgetown and Burleith.

MONDAY, JUNE 3

ANC 2E monthly meeting 6:30 p.m. -- at Georgetown Visitation Prep, 35th Street and Volta Place, main building, Heritage Room, second floor.

FRIDAY, JUNE 7

Friends of Volta Park Fundraiser 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. -- reception at Georgetown Visitation Prep, 35th Street and Volta Place, main building, first floor. (Individual tickets, $125; $200 for two.) Take note: the new date for Volta Park Day is Oct. 6. ★

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Qatar,” said university president John DeGioia at the 2011 opening of the new building of Georgetown’s Foreign Service School in Education City. “We hoped to capture the essence of what you have made possible for this campus.” A image of a lyre is on the university’s seal and symbolizes learning and harmony and was invented by the Sumerians in Mesopotamia, next to Qatar.

Georgetown’s Jim Coury won the “Jeopardy!” College Championship tournament for the Hoyas. A Foreign Service undergraduate, he claimed the $100,000 grand prize.

As for the commencement ceremonies, neighbors smiled at happy parents and graduates, who listened to Greta van Susteren of Fox News at the law school, where she studied, and saw Walter Pincus of the Washington Post given an honorary degree. Even Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskatie was there on Healy Lawn to speak to the Foreign Service School graduates.

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Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells officially announced that he was running for Mayor of the District of Columbia in the 2014 election, during the course of a rainy kickoff event last Saturday at the Starburst Plaza in Northeast Washington where heavily trafficked H Street, Maryland Avenue, Bladensburg and Benning Roads meet in a changing neighborhood.

The announcement came as no big surprise—Wells has hinted, almost made it official, criss-crossed his ward with listening and exploratory events and raised money—and now adds Wells to the official portion of the field which includes Ward 4 Councilmember Muriel Bowser, who announced in front of her childhood home a little earlier this year.

Ward 2 Councilman Jack Evans—who ran unsuccessfully once before in a different time, a different political atmosphere and a different city—is expected to make his candidacy official in perhaps the next three weeks or less. Political chit chat has it that At-large Councilman David Catania might join in also. Talk has it that former City Administrator Robert Bobb may also join the fray.

The big question mark as of this writing is the status of Mayor Vincent Gray, who has a record to run on and a previous campaign to run against. The mayor’s low-profile work shows a city that has a big surplus, a declining crime rate, some improvements in schools, a booming economy fueled by new and very visible developments all over the city, and a changing demographic picture which has brought about visible changes in areas like those where Wells made his announcement.

Wells touted forging liveable, walkable neighborhoods, which has been a hallmark of the Capitol Hill area and beyond for his ward, but also of Ward 2 in the downtown area and in Southwest. He also focused on and emphasized ethical issues the city government has faced and continues to face with the cloud that still hangs over Gray’s mayoral campaign (and a so-called shadow campaign), which is still under federal investigation. No word from the U.S. Attorney’s office of late. No word from Gray either, who so far has been quiet about running again but has not ruled out the possibility.

It may seem early for folks like Wells and Bowser to make an official move, but deadlines are coming up, if not fast and furious, enough to see them on the horizon, including a filing

deadline in September of this year and a D.C. primary election on April 1, 2014. That’s less than a year away.

The lull in the investigation, which is ongoing, puts a damper on Gray’s actions in the sense that the possibility of more revelations, even if they’re not materializing, create an atmosphere of ambiguity and political uncertainty, which is having a chilling effect on the political process when it comes to Gray.

Wells said he would focus on ethics in government, or what he called “a crisis in the Wilson building.” He said, “We’ve seen the greatest ethical crisis in our city since home rule.”

That’s a little bit of hyperbole but not unexpected with the arrests of Ward 5 Councilman Harry Thomas Jr., and former Council Chairman Kwame Brown.

Other issues—race, which has been a noticeable factor in recent special council elections, transportation, (Metro efficiency and streestcars) schools,(closings and test scores), housing both affordable and less so, and gentrification—loom on the horizon for what promises to be a wideopen election campaign. ★

The Things That Truly Matter

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t’s a good thing tornados don’t have names.

Otherwise, we’d never get them out of our heads.

The folks in Moore, Okla., will have no trouble remembering the two-mile wide F-4 storm that blotted out the sun and for all intents and purposes destroyed their town like humans stepping on an ant hill.

The videos, photos and the sounds and stories from the people trying to find adequate words to describe what happened to them were indelible and overwhelming. For a time, and hopefully for some time to come, they will drown out the excitement-fueled chatter of the talking, tweeting, blogging and gossip and commentary classes about the scandal triads of the IRS, Benghazi, the Associated Press or the lottery winner or the engagement travails of Jennifer Aniston -- to say nothing of Jodi Arias.

Mother Nature is a teacher, although her lessons, while obvious, are almost always frightening exercises in tough love, detachment and fury. For all intents and purposes, Moore no longer exists as a functioning, recognizable suburban town outside of Oklahoma City, an urban pocket in the flat landscape of Oklahoma where tornados touch down with devastating regular-

ity. Storms like these and their tragic results undermine certainty, the kind found in the voices and statements spoken with such regularity in Washington, D.C., about just about everything.

This is the worst scandal since … fill in the blank and not since … fill in the blank. I wonder if the senators and representatives from Oklahoma

Mother Nature is a teacher, although her lessons, while obvious, are almost always frightening exercises in tough love, detachment and fury. will have such rock-solid certainty in their voices when they will, as they must, visit the piles of wreckage that were homes, hospitals, schools and neighborhoods, will find such certainty trying to describe their reactions to the disaster that visited their state.

I know and remember this area. My son was born in Oklahoma City, and I went to school for two years at the University of Oklahoma just PUBLISHER

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south of there in Norman. Writing about sports for the local newspaper, I logged a lot of mileage traveling with a semi-pro baseball player on the kinds of back roads and through towns where tornados are regular and feared visitors, places like Choctaw and Muskogee, towns with NativeAmerican names. I suspect in times like these it doesn’t matter much what party they belong to -- Democrats, Republicans or Tea or none of the previous. They belong to the party of the grieving, the shocked, the lost and hurt, the devastated, the party which doesn’t have an expert opinionated on “Meet the Press,” although the press will surely inundate their town armed with video and sympathy and air time.

I think perhaps politicians, elected officials, and the media and the policy nerds talk a little too much about things that nobody really talks about that much. Right about now, in terms of the United States government, Oklahomans will probably talk about the size of government, whether it is big enough, not only in resources but heart and determination, to keep the promises of speedy and enormous aid that are bound to be made.

All the rest is so much dribble and dross, looking small against the horribly transformed skyline of Moore, Okla. ★

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Jack Evans Report: Budget Proposals by ‘Numbers’ and ‘Words’

BY JACK EVANS eginning last Tuesday, my colleagues and I met for two full days to discuss the budget proposal currently before the Council. At these discussions, each committee chair is asked to summarize his or her proposals and then respond to questions from other councilmembers. The first day, we primarily discussed the Budget Request Act component of the budget -- the “numbers” I described in my last article, such as the funding levels we are recommending for various government agencies and grants. On the second day, we discussed each committee’s Budget Support Act recommendations -- the “words” that give the government the legislative authority necessary to make the numerical portion work, such as my new initiative to dedicate a portion of our existing sales tax revenue to the arts.

For the last several years, these discussions have been held in full view of video cameras for the benefit of the public. The result is a great deal more grandstanding during these discussions and less candid dialogue. The next step is a Council vote on the full proposal. Only 24 hours’ advance circulation of the report is required prior to our initial vote, and by tradition, budget reports have actually been transmitted as late as 2 a.m. for a 10 a.m. vote -- not necessarily a best practice.

I am hopeful we will stick pretty close to the mayor’s initial proposal, which does a good job striking the tough balance between long- and short-term objectives, and fostering the development of our business community (and resulting tax revenue) while providing support for those in need. When all is said and done, I will be proud to vote for a budget that restores Sunday hours in our neighborhood libraries, invests $86 million in affordable housing and repeals the municipal bond tax that has created such a burden for our seniors (without raising any meaningful revenue!). Looking forward, I hope to soon be able to let you know of the mayor’s fulfillment of a commitment to me to appropriate an additional $5 million for arts funding in our city, and a further $7 million off our budget “wish list,” if incoming revenues continue to outpace projections.

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Kudos to the Georgetown Garden Tour — and Congratulation to Dumbarton Oaks Park Alison Jia at Christ Church’s check-in for the Georgetown Garden Tour.

began to run out of tickets May 11 as neighbors and visitors kept up a steady stream as they went to Christ Church Dumbarton Oaks Park won $50,000 in preservation contest and more recognition. to check in and then to Georgetown back and e know Georgetown loves its side yards. Tour volunteers had to write on some homes, streets and trees. Now, we tour tickers, “admission for two.” know that it loves its gardens and Although the weather forecast was mixed, parks, too, if not more. the day got busier and warmer with more than The organizers and volunteers of the 700 tickets sold, a record for the garden tour.

Georgetown Garden Tour are to be commended Lovers of horticulture and design had the for this year’s event, which delighted many and chance to see seven unique private gardens moved along without a hitch. As for Dumbarton as well as 27-acre Dumbarton Oaks Park -Oaks Park Conservancy, it won $50,000 to help “America’s Secret Garden” -- on R Street. restore part of the park, which is now not so On Monday, May 13, it was announced by secret anymore.

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The tour included gardens that featured spring foliage and a palette of flowering trees, shrubs and perennials as well as the contemporary sculptures in a garden of an R Street home. Aligned with Georgetown’s history and the neighborhood’s close quarters, each garden displayed its own sense of privacy and peace.

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Georgetown Bucks Trend; Gets New Shell Gas Station

The new Shell station -- with service manager Bobby Ladson and master technician Abe Elias -- is keen to emphasize its auto repair service. Both Ladson and Elias have decades of experience. Elias comes to town from the former Eastham’s Exxon in Bethesda. The owner of the Georgetown Shell and the Georgetown Exxon, Hamood Abutaa, also owns the Capitol Hill Exxon and says he wants to be involved with the community as he is over on the Hill.

A Shell gas and service station stood at the corner of Wisconsin and Q for years, while Ladd Mills’s Esso was across the street. A fire in March 2011 destroyed the Georgetown Auto Shop and Washingtonian gas station which operated at the site of the new Georgetown Shell.

Billy Reid Opens on M Street Georgetown Shell’s Abe Elias and Bobby Ladson

It seems you can go home again, especially with your car. While other neighborhoods see their old-time gas and service stations close, Georgetown has added a new one -- with topnotch auto repair technicians, to boot. The new Georgetown Shell Station at 1576 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., has opened at the familiar corner of Wisconsin and Q. Along with Georgetown Exxon, across the street at 1601 Wisconsin Ave., NW, that corner may hold the last of the true full-service and auto repair stations on Wisconsin Avenue from the Potomac River up past the Beltway in Maryland.

For Georgetowners, the convenience of two auto repair service stations in the middle of town is an unexpected boon and rarity.

Billy Reid, the men’s and women’s clothing store with Southern roots, opened May 10 at 3211 M St., NW., near the intersection of M Street and Wisconsin Avenue.

“We are very excited to be opening and to be in Georgetown,” said store director Camie Crawford, who hails from Potomac, Md. “We’ve been looking forward to opening a shop in Georgetown for several years,” fashion designer Billy Reid told Women’s Wear Daily.

“3211 M St., NW, is a beautiful building and has allowed us to advance our store model as we continue to evolve in design concept. The city has such a great energy and a style that mixes traditional with modern so well.”

A grand-opening party for the new store is planned for the end of May. Reid himself is expected to attend.

JP’s to Uncover in June JP’s Night Club, the longtime strip club up at 2412 Wisconsin Ave., NW, is set to reopen in June to new clients and a new design after a January 2008 fire destroyed most of the building. The new interior will look like “more of a high-end lounge than a gentleman’s club,” JP’s managing partner Mathew told the Glover Park Gazette.

“It’s well-lit. It’s not anything seedy.”

When the owner of JP’s, the ironically named BJ Enterprises, re-opens the place with its unique liquor license -- no kitchen required -- protests will then be entertained by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board about any problems. Already, some are concerned about planed private booths in the back -- which if any closeness or groping is involved -- could get the joint shut down in a heart beat.

Red Fire Grill Kabob Extinquished The Red Fire Grill Kabob at 3299 M St., NW, the corner of 33rd and M, next to Rhino and across Georgetown Cupcake, has closed after less than two years. The kabob chain restaurant replaced the famed and favorite Aditi Indian Restaurant in fall 2011.

Jonah’s Treehouse Abruptly Closes Jonah’s Treehouse, the baby, toddler and preschooler gym, at 2121 Wisconsin Ave., NW, has closed. Owner Vicki Gersten sent a letter in April to clients informing them that classes would end by the beginning of May, according to the Hyperlocal Glover Park blog.

Rocklands Takes Heat for Max’s Lost Lease There is a little cause celebre in Glover Park: students supporting an ice cream shop and another business unfairly denounced as its headquarters is hit by eggs. Max’s Best Ice Cream (2416 Wisconsin Ave.) did not respond to Ruppert Real Estate’s rent increase and is set to see its lease expire. Next door neighborhood Rocklands Barbecue had previously asked the property manager to hold the space if Max’s ever left, merely wishing to expand in the future. Eggs were thrown at Rocklands’s 37th Street office last week, according to the Glover Park news blog.

Georgetown 2028: ‘Come Out and Plan’ The Georgetown Business Improvement District is thinking big picture and long range.

How is what it is saying about its Georgetown 2028 Program: “Wondering about how to improve transportation in Georgetown? Like to see different kinds of restaurants or shops? Have some ideas for Georgetown? The Georgetown BID would like to invite you to participate in Georgetown 2028 to help us develop a strategic vision for ensuring Georgetown remains a worldclass commercial district. We will be working on transportation, physical space, economic and environmental issues and work toward an action plan which includes short-, medium- and longterm steps. Georgetown 2028 is already in motion, and we will finish before Thanksgiving.”

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Although recent mortgage interest rates are close to the high water mark for 2013, they are still at very reasonable levels.

The best execution for thirty-year fixed rate mortgage has moved from around 3.5 percent to close to 3.75 percent in the middle of May. The volatility is the sharpest the market has seen in several months.

There have been recent articles about the Federal Reserve Bank backing away from quantitate easing programs which include massive purchasing of Treasury Bonds. The obvious concern is that once the Fed stops buying bonds, the price of bonds, which are the foundation for the mortgage markets, would go up in rate. This would translate to still higher interest rates.

The housing markets locally, and in some regions nationwide, remain very strong. In these hot markets, listings are selling in 14 days. The strong job market in the Washington metropolitan area is a key driver to home sales.

The effects of the federal sequestration are going to start to filter though the economy. Many government workers from the Park Police to defense workers are feeling it. The math is not hard to understand. If someone is working several

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The nation’s economy is moving forward.

Inflation is very low. The world economy has some catching up to do. Job growth is getting better, but there is a long way to go for “full” employment. The GDP is expected to rise less than in previous quarters.

The Congressional Budget office forecasted that the Federal budget deficit will fall to about $642 billion, or 4 percent of the nation’s annual economic output, about $200 billion lower than the agency estimated just three months ago. This is positive for both the economy and the bond market.

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he increasingly familiar 37-minute drive from my home to the entrance of Raspberry Falls Golf & Hunt Club in Leesburg, Va., has become a spiritual cleanser for me.

About the time the last of the Dulles Technology corridor buildings and E-ZPass employees disappear into the rear view mirror, the Catoctin foothills at the base of the Blue Ridge appear from between mounds of highway-blasted rocks and start to lower my blood pressure. Meandering through historical Raspberry Plain to arrive at the Scottish-style links course, I see why course designer Gary Player says, “This site was made for a golf course” and “Like nothing you’ve experienced this side of the Atlantic.”

When golfers find a place that regularly humiliates them, beats them up, frustrates them, flagrantly tests the outer limits of their patience--and they keep going there--well, they have either gotten married or found a home golf course. Raspberry Falls is my home course.

My performance on a golf hole is much easier to digest and I am able to focus on the next one better, if I can no longer see the prior hole or hear golfers playing it right next to me. The thankfully simple progression of Raspberry holes from one to the next reminds me of classically sequential board games from childhood where you don’t have to backtrack, repeat, skip three spaces or follow arrows to get to the next challenge. This distinction, allowable by a proper amount of real estate, leads me to consider

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each of the 18 holes at Raspberry as a separate experience with different character and personalities. I absolutely like every hole on the course, which is a rarity for me. The rising elevation on bunker-lined fairway #1 brings you to a pleasant plateau at the base of the tree line and then sends you hurtling through the valley and over a stream to reach glassy green #2. The stunning views from the 100-foot elevated tee box on hole #3 are my favorite on the course, and a lofty drive will allow time to watch your ball slowly disappear into the valley like a champagne cork shot off the side of a mountain.

Restored stone walls from the Civil War era on holes #3 and #9, and Scottish-style stacked pot sand traps with names like “Lee’s Bunker” and “Grant’s Tomb” on hole #11 are among the many pleasant score distractions, assuming you are not behind or in them. You may need the assistance of cliff-dwelling Indians to get your ball out of some of these extremely deep, Grand Canyonlike looking bunkers. Natural rock outcroppings ubiquitously litter the course. If you do not reach the green on #13 with your tee shot, you may find yourself breaking these rocks out of frustration or just to find your ball. A successful approach shot on #10 over water is a sigh of relief when beginning the back nine, and the par five #11 will exercise your fairway woods at almost 600 yards uphill. Many of the Raspberry Plain farming outbuildings still stand around the layout and give an extra rustic feeling to holes

IN COUNTRY like the par three #15. The elevated tee box on #18 is nestled into the side of a hill, and the falls that make up the name of the course drip down into the ravine you will be shooting over.

Ending the round requires successfully crossing the ravine again and also flying “Rogue’s Hollow,” a villainous little round-killing greenside bunker that has robbed me frequently.

According to my wife, the habit I have of establishing the perfect drip in the kitchen sink and individually cleaning each of my clubs while re-organizing my golf bag is annoying.

I find it cathartically therapeutic in a Macbeth sort of way and a chance to review which clubs I am using. It was while engaging in this perfectly healthy and normal behavior recently that I discovered another reason that I like Raspberry Falls: it requires the use of every club in my bag, including the 60-degree wedge.

From being welcomed by Gilbert or another red vest wearing cart assistant to speaking with general manager Bob Swiger, I have never felt anything other than welcome at this golf club. The Raspberry experience doesn’t have to end with a round at Raspberry Falls either, because Raspberry Golf Management owns and operates local favorite courses Augustine, Bull Run and Old Hickory Golf Clubs as well.

You can join as a full member of any of these.

If you need a break from playing golf at them than you can get married on the grounds of any of the four courses, and I see this happening more and more. The Raspberry Academy operates out of all four and is a great place to take lessons or get fitted for clubs. I was first introduced to Raspberry after I hosted a real

estate tournament there in 2000, and they are no less friendly or innovative now. Two groups recently brought their sales and lobbyist allstars out for lessons tailored to driving and wedge shots, and all left with custom fitted drivers and wedges. The growing Raspberry Golf Trail, offering multiple-play discounts, includes 13 courses from southern Virginia to mid-Pennsylvania, including another local favorite of mine, Queenstown Harbor in Maryland. Recent deals with the Golf Channel are just another indicator of the growing presence of the Raspberry name.

The fact that when I pull out of Raspberry Falls after a round of golf I feel like I just did something vastly important is not only funny but a testament to the designers, management and employees of the course. A round of golf here is exactly like a raspberry: an upscale, yet affordable, fruit that leaves a good taste in your mouth. ★ For more information, visit www.raspberryfalls.com. Raspberry Falls, 41601 Raspberry Drive, Leesburg, Va. 20176 703-779-2555 Wandergolf will be a frequently appearing golf column in The Georgetowner that will be reporting on the golf interests of Washingtonians. If you have suggestions for columns or comments, please email them to wally@wandergolf.com On opposite page, on top: View from elevated #3 teebox.

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Fredericksburg, Va. 22406 Phone: 540-752-4893 www.hartwoodwinery.com Tailgate Thursday with Eli Cook Head to Stinson Vineyard’s Tailgate Thursday summer music series. Local blues legend Eli Cook plays summer long each Thursday as you grill on the lawn of the vineyard. Admission is free, grills will be provided for you to cook your own picnic fare. Meats from Timbercreek Organics can be purchased by call-ahead ordering.

Dogs and children are welcome. Make sure you try their Rose and Meritage red wine. Thursdays from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. May 23 through August 29, 2013.

Stinson Vineyard 4744 Sugar Hollow Road Crozet, Va. 22932 Phone: 434-823-7300 www.stinsonvineyards.com

AmRhein’s Wine Cellars 9243 Patterson Drive Bent Mountain, Va. 24059 Phone: 540-929-4632 www.amrheins.com 16th Annual Cajun Festival at Breaux Vineyards Breaux Vineyards hosts its 16th annual Cajun Festival June 15. Taste wines, shop from local craft vendors, or join a hayride all to help celebrate the vineyard’s Cajun heritage. Little Red and the Renegades will perform from 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and the Dixie Power Trio from 2:30 to 6 p.m. Kids can enjoy clowns, balloon art, face painting and hayrides. No dogs or picnics are allowed. Cost is $16 in advance and $20 at the gate.

Friday Nights Under the Stars What could be more romantic than a wine dinner under the stars? Head out to AmRhein Wine Cellars winery in Bent Mountain, Va., on the second Friday of each month, May through September, and you can do just that. Wine will be paired with an appetizer and a three-course dinner. $75 per couple; $37.50 per person. Reservations required. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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

Open seven nights a week.

Jackets suggested.

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BANGKOK JOE’S

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

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

CHADWICKS

BISTROT LEPIC & WINE BAR

CAFE BONAPARTE

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

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

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

1522 Wisconsin Ave. NW Captivating customers since 2003, Café Bonaparte has been dubbed the “quintessential” European café featuring award winning crepes & arguably the “best” coffee in D.C.! Other can’t miss attractions are, the famous weekend brunch every Sat. and Sun. until 3pm, our late-night weekend hours serving sweet and savory crepes until 1 a.m., Fri-Sat evenings and the alluring sounds of the Syssi & Marc jazz duo every other Wed. at 7:30pm.

We look forward to calling you a “regular” soon! www.cafebonaparte.com

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

Daily lunch & dinner specials.

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

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

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

3236 M St. NW This animated tavern, in the heart of Georgetown, popularized saloon food and practically invented Sunday brunch.

Clyde’s is the People’s Choice for bacon cheeseburgers, steaks, fresh seafood, grilled chicken salads, fresh pastas and desserts. www.clydes.com

Open dailyfor breakfast, lunch and dinner.

1310 Wisconsin Ave. NW Reminiscent of the classic American Grills, Daily Grill is best known for its large portions of fresh seasonal fare including Steaks & Chops, Cobb Salad, Meatloaf and Warm Berry Cobbler.

Open for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.Visit our other locations at 18th & M Sts NW and Tysons Corner. www.dailygrill.com

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3251 Prospect St. NW Authentic Thai food in the heart of Georgetown. The warm atmosphere, attentive service, and variety of wines and cocktails in this contemporary establishment only add to the rich culture and authentic cuisine inspired by Thailand.

With an array of authentic dishes, from Lahb Gai (spicy chicken salad) and Pad Thai, to contemporary dishes like Panang soft shell crab and papaya salad, the dynamic menu and spectacular drinks will have you coming back time and time again.

HAPPY HOUR 3:30PM - 6PM www.maithai.com

3251 Prospect St. NW Established in 1991, Peacock Cafe is a tradition in Georgetown life. The tremendous popularity of The Peacock Happy Day Brunch in Washington, D.C. is legendary. The breakfast and brunch selections offer wonderful variety and there is a new selection of fresh, spectacular desserts everyday. The Peacock Café in Georgetown, D.C. — a fabulous menu for the entire family.

Monday - Thursday: 11:30am - 10:30pm Friday: 11:30am - 12:00am Saturday: 9:00am - 12:00am Sunday: 9:00am - 10:30pm

Grilled fish specials staring at $20.00 Lunch Monday – Saturday 11:00am – 3:00pm Dinner 5:30pm – 10:00pm

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

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SEQUOIA

THE OCEANAIRE

Complimentary Parking www.seacatchrestaurant.com

3000 K St. NW, Suite 100 Washington, DC 20007 Eclectic American cuisine, Coupled with enchanting views of the Potomac River make Sequoia a one of a kind dining experience.

Offering a dynamic atmosphere featuring a mesquite wood fire grill, sensational drinks, and renowned River Bar. No matter the occasion, Sequoia will provide an unforgettable dining experience. www.arkrestaurants.com /sequoia_dc.html

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

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

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

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FOOD & WINE

Al Fresco Dining

BY N ICO DODD

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ike it or not, humidity is beginning to set in. Hey, it’s Washington, D.C. Enjoy eating outside after the rainy season and before it gets steamier than mussels. Let the selections below remind you to kick back at some old haunts al fresco. Cheers.

KAFE LEOPOLD’S

3315 M St., NW. Beat the heat out of the sun in Cady’s Alley.

Leopold’s also has great air conditioning if you choose to sit indoors. Two words: French fries.

PATISSERIE POUPON 1645 Wisconsin Ave., NW. Cool, shady backyard to enjoy your iced coffee and croissant. If you’re lucky, Aspen the golden retriever puppy will be there.

PAOLO’S RISTORANTE 1303 Wisconsin Ave., NW. You think you know Paolo’s, but the Italian restaurant offers some great specials that you can find on their website at www.paolosristorante.com

MARTIN’S TAVERN

SURFSIDE

1264 Wisconsin Ave., NW. “Did you know that JFK proposed to…” Yes, we know, we know. If some restaurants are staples in Georgetown, Billy Martin’s Tavern is a cornerstone. Many bars are good spots to watch the Nats game, but none draw the regulars like Martin’s. Great potato skins.

2444 Wisconsin Ave., NW. Rooftop tacos

THE GRAHAM 1075 Thomas Jefferson St., NW. Rooftop cocktails

BOOEYMONGER’S 3265 Prospect St., NW. Sometimes, a Booey’s sandwich is all you need.

Their deals on pitchers aren’t bad, either.

NEYLA 3206 N St., NW. Neyla is one of the many outdoor staples in Georgetown. Footsteps from Wisconsin, Ave., Neyla’s menu offers a rich blend of Mediterranean cuisines.

New and Callista Gingrich share a date night at Martin’s Tavern, photo by Nico Dodd

CACTUS CANTINA 330 Wisconsin Ave., NW. An old favorite farther up Wisconsin Avenue.

The baskets of chips are endless. Iced Margaritas, anyone?

THREE ROOFTOPS, THREE CHOICES

OLD GLORY 3139 M St., NW. Rooftop barbecue

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Let’s Do Lunch:

Crossroads -- Travel the World in Flavor

BY C HA RL E NE L OUIS

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eritage India on Wisconsin Avenue has been a Georgetown favorite for many years, and we are happy to hear that Sanjeev and Mitul Tuli of Heritage Management Services have recently opened Crossroads at 1901 Pennsylvania Ave., NW. Crossroads is located in the basement of a building at the corner of 19th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, sharing half the space with Heritage India.

Chef Ravi Narayanan created an ever-changing menu of small plates, reflecting the cuisines of North America, South America, Asia, Africa and Europe. To add to the mix, Narayanan has included a variety of Japanese sushi and sashimi, in-house made pate, charcuterie and an offering

of local cheeses. After being seated, we were very intimidated by the ambitious wide range of items the menu had to offer. After speaking to the chef, it was decided that he would compose a tasting that allowed us to travel the world in flavor.

We began the tasting in North America with a delicate tuna tartare tower with the cucumber caviar. The ginger crisp helped to create a delicious yet delicate flavor that we were all hoping to get seconds of. The composition continued with grilled romaine salad with herb dressing and phyllo dough wrapped prawns. A favorite of the table was the deep fried kale and Brussels sprout chips with baharat spice and tzatziki

sauce from Africa. Being a fan of kale chips, the combination of the Brussels sprouts and tzatziki sauce is one that is a must-try on the menu. The chef continued the tour by offering braised pork belly and a duck confit with homemade thyme crackers.

If there were ever a misstep, it may have been the house-cured salmon. Though beautifully displayed, the amount of salt made the dish something to only admire visually. We finished the meal with homemade sorbets that were light and refreshing and made a perfect end to the tasting. Crossroads offers a lovely selection of wines. Most dishes range from $10 to $12.

Artisan Onion cracker, grilled Romaine Heart, Grilled Radicchio, poached Pear, Fresh Herb Vinaigrette.

Guests took a trip around the world without ever leaving D.C. at the grand opening celebration of new restaurant Crossroads. Located near the IMF and World Bank, the Crossroads menu features sharable plates of global cuisines.

House Cured Salmon, celery root remoulade, matchstick potato, juniper berry oil.

Prawn kataifi with a smoked paprika aioli.

Dennis Roche of Roche Salon with wife Jamie and Crossroads executive chef Ravi Narayanan

Duck Confi hash thyme cracker with a pear duck glaze.

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Murphy’s Love: Advice on Intimacy and Relationships

BY STA CY NOTA RAS M U R P H Y DEAR STACY: Dear Stacy: Is sex addiction a real thing? I recently found out my fiancé has been cheating on me.

He is begging me to forgive him and saying he’s a sex addict. Is this something curable or is this just an excuse he’s using because he got caught?

–Skeptical Fiancée DEAR SKEPTICAL, The short answer is, yes, sex addiction is a real thing. But please remember two things: First, we haven’t proved that Fiancé is a sex addict. And second, sex addiction is not an excuse for his behavior. It may be a reason behind the behavior, but it doesn’t excuse it.

Long story short – if he’s addicted to sex, Fiancé needs help, not a free pass.

Like any other addiction, people with sex addiction act out to avoid negative feelings. Sex becomes a coping mechanism and, like with alcohol or drugs, that coping mechanism eventually becomes the problem. There is treatment for sex addiction (and support for partners of sex addicts – let me know when you’re ready, and I can put you in touch with some resources), but it requires the addict to seek it out and

follow through. Anyone who has ever been addicted to anything will tell you that there was no chance of quitting until he or she made the personal decision it was time to stop. We don’t stop drinking/drugging/gambling for another person – we do it for ourselves, and that’s the only way long term change will take place.

So please do yourself a favor and recognize that he has his work to do and you have yours.

Don’t force yourself to ignore the symptoms or talk yourself out of your feelings. At the same time, don’t offer to become his parole officer, either. Point Fiancé the direction of a 12-Step group and take yourself to a support group for partners of sex addicts. Education is your #1 priority right now. ★ Stacy Notaras Murphy (www.stacymurphyLPC. com) is a licensed professional counselor and certified Imago Relationship therapist, practicing in Georgetown. This column is meant for entertainment only and should not be considered a substitute for professional counseling. Send your confidential question to stacy@georgetowner.com.

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HOT HITS & HIDDEN JEWELS FR OM CULT URECAP ITA L. C O M . Y O U R LI N K TO T H E ARTS IN M ETR O D C .

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THEATRE

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS

The Mikado. Wolf Trap. 1(877)WOLFTRAP. wolftrap.org. May 31 to June 1.

Kreeger Museum. Sculpture on The Grounds, 2011 Invitational. Through July 1.

John L. Dreyfuss: Inventions. kreegermuseum. org. 202-337-3050.

Show Boat. Washington National Opera. Kennedy Center. 202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org. Through May 26.

The Guardsman. Kennedy Center 202-467-4600.kennedy-center.org.

May 25 to June 23.

The Submission.Olney Theatre Center. 301924-3400. olneytheatre.org.Through June 9.

The Three Musketeers.Synetic Theater.800-494-8497. synetictheater.org.

Through June 9.

.Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art + Design. David Levinthal: War Games.

Through Sept. 1.corcoran.org. 202-639-1700.

National Gallery of Art. Color, Line, Light: French Drawings, Watercolors, and Pastels from Delacroix to Signac. Through May 26.

Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, 1909 - 1929: When Art Danced with Music. Through Sept. 2. nga.gov. 202-737-4215.

Stupid F*cking Bird. Woolly Mammoth. 202393-3939. woollymammoth.net.

May 29 to June 23.

National Geographic. Real Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah from Slave Ship to Pirate Ship. Through Sept. 2. nglive.org. 202857-7000

The Real Thing. Studio Theatre. 202-3323300. studiotheatre.org.

May 22 to June 30.

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Becky Shaw. Round House Bethesda. 240644-1100. roundhousetheatre.org.

May 29 to June 23.

Company. Signature Theatre. 703-820-9771. signature-theatre.org. Through June 30.

Gentlemen’s Club[Club de Caballeros].

Teatro de la Luna. Gunston.703-548-3092. teatrodelaluna.org. Through May 25.

Gilgamesh. Constellation Theatre. Source Theatre. 1-800-494-8497. constellationtheatre.org.Through June 2.

Shear Madness. Kennedy Center. 800-4441324. kennedy-center.org. Through Jan. 31.

Twelfth Night Through Sun., June 9 Folger Theatre. 202-544-7077. folger.edu.

The Folger Theatre closes out the season with Shakespeare’s musical and masterful comedy, Twelfth Night. Director Robert Richmond returns to direct this romantic and whimsical tale filled with lovers, lunatics, poets, drunkards and clowns in the quixotic land of Illyria.

Pirates: The Untold Story of the Whydah from Slave Ship to Pirate Ship Through Mon., September 2 National Geographic. Real nglive.org. 202-857-7000.

Dive into the wreck of the pirate ship the Whydah to discover the true stories of Captain Bellamy and his crew through fascinating artifacts in the world’s first exhibition of authentic pirate treasure.

Touch real pirate treasure and marvel at gold and silver coins from all over the world, cannons, swords, and discover the advanced technology that revealed these treasures to the modern world.

The Full Monty Through Sat., June 1 Keegan Theatre at Church Street. 703-892-0202. keegantheatre.com.

The Americanized musical stage version of the 1997 British film, The Full Monty boasts a book by Terrence McNally and a score by David Yazbek and was nominated for nine Tony awards, including Best Musical, when it shimmied its way onto Broadway in 2000.

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MUSIC

Daisy Castro. Strathmore. 301-581-5100. strathmore.org. May 22.

Jonathan Floril, Piano. Embassy Series.

Embassy of Ecuador. 202-625-2361. embassyseries.org. May 24.

A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. Wolf Trap. 1(877)WOLFTRAP. wolftrap.org. May 24 to May 25.

Rickie Simpkins. Strathmore.301-581-5100. strathmore.org. May 29.

John Adams, conductor / Jeremy Denk.

NSO. Kennedy. 202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org. May 30 to June 1.

Wagner 200th Anniversary Celebration. National Philharmonic at Strathmore.301-581-5100. nationalphilharmonic.org. June 1.

Earth, Wind & Fire. Wolf Trap.

(703) 255-1868. wolftrap.org. June 4.

DANCE

National Museum of Women in the Arts.

BiceLazzari: Signature Line. Through Sept. 22. nmwa.org. 202-783-5000.

GALLERY EXHIBITIONS Gallery plan b. Works by Freya Grand.

Through June 16. galleryplanb.com. 202-2342711.

Joan Hisaoka Gallery. Alchemical Vessels.

Through June 7. smithcenter.org. 202-4838600.

Robert Brown Gallery. Window on Weimar.

Through May 24. robertbrowngallery.com.

202-338-0353.

Strathmore. Creative Crafts Council 29th Biennial. Through June 15. strathmore.org.

301-581-5100.

Shen Wei Dance Arts.Kennedy Center.202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.

May 23 to May 25.

The Art League Gallery. One Man’s Trash: Found Object Sculpture by Noah Williams.

Through June 3. theartleague.org. 703-6831780.

Ballet Across America III. Kennedy Center.202-467-4600. kennedy-center.org.

June 4 to June 9.

Torpedo Factory. Beauty and the Waste.

Through May 26. torpedofactory.org. 703-8384565.

Washington Printmakers Gallery. In My Nature. Through May 26. washingtonprintmakers.com. 301-273-3660.★

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June 5-16, 2013

The DC Jazz Festival and The Washington Post Present

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Ron Carter golden Striker trio

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t is important to believe that something significant can be born out of us, because we ourselves are significant. We are an active part of our environment, and so we absorb and affect both its landscape and its ephemera. When we create something, even while fiddling absentmindedly with one odd distraction or another, we intuit the possibility for a greater conclusion to come of it, pulled out from the life which courses through us. To be really pedantic about it: Asserting the natural filter of consciousness is important to the pursuit of things like abstraction, which depends on the ability to communicate something that is inherently not communicable. A different way to think about it might be: Our heads are overloaded with great and often untellable stuff, and if we are lucky we will someday find a way to get it out in George Grosz, Clock-Faced Woman, c. 1953. the open.

In a unique and refreshing manner, mixed media in art brings the artist’s misplaced ideas and ally strong design properties. Leaving Germany subconscious thoughts together with the very ob- in 1937 due to the deteriorating political situation, jects and materials of their world. It goes beyond his work was radical enough to earn censure as painting or sculpture, wherein an artist creates “degenerate art” by the Nazi regime. every shape, line and color to reach their conWorld War II ends up playing a supporting clusion. With mixed media the content already role in this exhibition, as the political landscape exists, waiting to be assembled. The art form is and accompanying propaganda of the Nazi party quite new, co-invented in the early 20th century became inescapable fodder for mid-century Euby Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso. Accord- ropean and American artists. Höch and Grosz ing to the Guggenheim Foundation, the glued- were German contemporaries of Schwitters and on patches of wood, cloth and other materials members of the Dada movement, who employed that they added to their canvases offered a new collages to respond to their country’s societal perspective when they “collided with the surface upheaval. Grosz’s brutally comic “Clock-Faced plane of the painting.” The practice was discov- Woman” (1953), with its assemblage of human ered by many artists to be a useful new manner of facial features forming a devastating frown on a visual communication that interacts directly with clock face with pinup girl legs, is reminiscent of the surrounding environment. his savage caricatures and political cartoons of “Over Under Next, Experiments in Mixed German political machinations.

Media, 1913 – Present,” an exhibition at the Hans Richter’s heavily political “Stalingrad Hirshhorn through Sept. 8, explores this medium (Victory in the East)” (1943 – 1944) is a largefrom its creation in the early 20th century through scale panoramic collage that functions as a timetoday, demonstrating how artists continue to deal line of the war. Richter used English newspaper with their rapidly expanding world in beautiful clippings with headlines like, “Nazi Lines Ripped new ways.

At Stalingrad Front,” arranged in a playful comThe first room in the exhibit is a trove of position of organic shapes and primary colors delicate and forgotten artifacts of modern art—an that recalls Alexander Calder’s mobile structures. appropriate tone to set the direction of the show. Calder’s work is in fact displayed alongside “StalThere is of course a Braque, a 1913 painting col- ingrad.” lage of a violin and sheet music, which resonates An entire room is devoted to the work of Joas the catalyst for the ensuing journey. There is seph Cornell, whose modern cabinets of curiosity also a large-scale 1959 work by Robert Rauschen- act like dreamy funnels for displaced memories, berg, perhaps the most renowned mixed media desires and histories. The myriad works are so artist of all time. His innovative “Combines” of rife with subject matter of bygone eras that they the 1950s employed non-traditional materials and feel like the diagrammed mind of an Alzheimer’s objects, from photomechanical reproductions, to patient whose old memories resurface to displace cloth and metal on canvas. the ones it has lost, intermingling with the static These works bookend some smaller composi- of the present. One piece shows us a map of the tions by a handful of highly influential, if lesser equator lining a shadowbox, with miniature glass known, artists of the early 20th century: Kurt goblets holding pearls inside and metal rings Schwitters, Hannah Höch, Joseph Stella, Man hanging from the top. Like much of the show, Ray and George Grosz, among others. this is a body of work that must be experienced Born in Germany in 1913, Schwitters in- to fully understand. But then that is the beauty of corporated refuse that he scavenged from the art, and the significance of mixed media. It exists streets into paintings, collages and even poems. nowhere but in its own time and space, offering Merz, Schwitters’s one-man art movement, was us a chance to understand our world in ways that rooted in a desire to create connections between escape us at the tips of our tongues. ★ all things, using printed ephemera, rubbish, and “Over Under Next” will be on display at the found materials. In “Milwaukee” (1937), his complex design combines elements of nonsense and Hirshhorn through Sept. 8.

For more information, visit Hirshhorn.si.edu. chance from the Dada art movement with unusu-

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D.C. Jazz Fest: Nationwide, Worldwide Reputation

BY G ARY T ISCHL ER

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ack in 2009, when the D.C. Jazz Festival was celebrating its fifth anniversary with a New Orleans-themed festival and the presence of the Marsalis clan, we had occasion to talk with festival director and founder Charlie Fishman for the first time.

Back then, and way before back then, when he first jotted down some notes on a jazz festival with friends, Fishman insisted that D.C. was “a jazz town” and that was why it had to have a jazz festival worthy of the name.

Back in the day, the city and jazz were more a matter of history than what was actually happening—this was the city of Ellington and the Lincoln and Howard theaters of legend. The city had a jazz legacy, but not as much as much jazz being played in an organized, visible way than it might have.

It’s fair to say that the D.C. Jazz Festival, getting ready for its ninth festival—June 5 through June 16—and pretty much a permanent institution in the city’s cultural landscape has changed all that. The festival, growing, changing and spreading out, has become a force with a citywide, countrywide and worldwide reputation.

“I think we’ve cemented our presence,” Fishman said. “We’ve added things and changed things every year, and I think we’ve had a big impact on the city, and the presence of jazz in the

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The Roots city. A lot of musical programs are adding jazz, the Atlas, the museums. It’s being played all over the city. We haven’t quite gotten to the point where the festival itself has become a year-round thing, but we’re getting there. I think right now we’re an energy bunny, an engine that’s driving things beyond the festival.”

If a jazz festival ever had the perfect guy to

run it, it’s Fishman. He lives, breathes and bleeds jazz out of the pores of his being. He is a natural, given that he was the manager and producer for jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie, a history which gives him the kind of feel and sense for and of jazz history more than most persons can muster today.

“Jazz is different today,” Fishman said. “It’s actually growing as a musical genre. It’s being played all over the world, with the result that the music is getting enriched, changed and influenced. There are more jazz Buika musicians, really good ones, than ever before. Musically, this is the best educated generation of musicians we’ve ever seen.”

“I’ve tried to add a little something new every year,” Fishman said. “Last year, we had ‘Jazz Meets the Classics.’ This year, it’s ‘Jazz Meets the Latin Classics.’ “ This speaks to the critical presence of Paquito D’Rivera in the festival. He and the Panamerican Ensemble will perform at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater June 14.

“D’Rivera, a legend in the Latin-flavored jazz world, is co-artistic director of the festival and clarinetist, saxophonist, conductor and NEA jazz master,” Fishman said. “Paquito is priceless to us.”

A cornerstone and much buzzed-about event of the festival is the June 15, 3 p.m. concert by the Roots, the hugely popular and enduring group which will be at a new festival venue at the Kastles Stadium at the Wharf.

For the second year, a key venue and program of the festival will be “Jazz at the Hamilton Live.” The big, classy downtown club and restaurant will include performances by the likes of Roy Haynes Fountain of Youth Band, the Roy Hargrove Quintet, the Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band, the Brubeck Brothers Quartet in a tribute to the late Dave Brubeck among others.

Other programs continue: the great “Jazz in the Hoods” series, which spreads out the gospel, if you will, of jazz to many of the neighborhoods in Washington, from Georgetown to Adams Morgan, from Petworth to Dupont Circle, from

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Capitol Hill to Mount Pleasant. Also back are programs like the Student Concerts and Meet the Artists Series, the Jazz ‘N Families Fun Days at the Phillips Collection, Jazz at the Howard Theatre and the Capitol Bop D.C. Jazz Loft Series.

In June, it’s jazz.

For a complete list of venues, events, performers, times, places , programs and locations, visit www.dcjazzfest.org.

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by Long and Foster Real Estate, the evening won praises with hors d'oeuvres prepared by Sebastien Archambault of Blue Duck Tavern, Jon Mathieson of BLT Steak and Frederik De Pue, chef and owner of Table and Azur.

Carl Hairston, Jennifer Cover Payne and Laura Bloomquist, all of Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington

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7th Annual Children’s Ball: Small World's Big Benefits

Susan Calloway Fine Arts Opening Reception

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The Seventh Annual Children’s Ball was held at the National Building Museum May 11 with more than 800 guests, all to benefit Children’s National Medical Center, one of the best pediatric hospitals in the U.S. Emcees were Bret Baier of Fox News and Norah O’Donnell of CBS News. Baier and his wife Amy are especially committed to Children’s National Medical Center as their son Paul was born with five congenital heart defects and has had more than dozen surgeries as a result.

For the first time, two awards were presented at the program: first, the Children’s Innovation Award given to GE Healthcare and accepted by Richard Hausmann, M.D., president and CEO of GE’s Magnetic Resonance. The second honor was the Children’s Advocacy Award, received by House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer.

The event raised more than any other Children’s Ball and significantly surpassed last year’s total of $1.3 million to hit a whopping $2 million dollars.

BY M ARY BIR D n May 10, Susan Calloway Fine Arts hosted an opening reception for Poetic Visions, artworks by Breda Kingery. The artist was born into the Chickasaw Nation and educated in fine art, combining her rural Oklahoma background with international travel. Her paintings are mixed media, acrylic or oil, with occasional additions of mica and small found objects. As a founding member of Threads of Blessing International, she teaches textile design in workshops that encourage women to use their indigenous artistic skills. In 2007, she was appointed by the President of the United States to the board of trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Native Alaskans in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The exhibit runs through June 8.

Tom and Brenda Kingery

Bonni Braverman and William Adams

Norah O’Donnell of CBS News, Jaiwen Hsu, former patient at Children’s National Medical Center, and Bret Baier of Fox News. Photos by Jessi Ringer

Joelle and Nicolas Rostkowski of Orenda Art International in Paris and Susan Calloway

House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer and Kurt D. Newman, M.D., president and CEO of Children’s National Medical Center.

'The Ingredients of a Great House': Gil Schafer Tells All PH OTO B Y E RIN S CHA F F The Georgetown office of Doyle New York hosted a book-signing, reception and presentation at St. John’s Episcopal Church May 9 for architect and author Gil Schafer's new book, "The Ingredients of a Great House: Tradition for the Way We Live Now." Schafer is known for his guidance and ideas for traditional residential architecture.

Reid Dunavant, senior vice president, Doyle New York; Kathy Doyle, chairman and CEO, Doyle New York; Gil Schafer.

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Forum Theatre Benefit Reading

BY M ARY BIR D n May 6, Forum Theatre in conjunction with producers Adrienne Nelson and Ian Armstrong presented a special engagement staged reading of Eve Ensler’s play, "Necessary Targets," directed by Dorothy Neumann at Round House Theatre Silver Spring. "Necessary Targets" tells the story of two American women who go to Bosnia to help women confront their memories Katrina Van Duyn and Ian Armstrong of war and emerge deeply changed themselves. A dessert reception and discussion followed the performance. All proceeds will benefit new play development at Forum, whose upcoming production of "Clementine" in the Lower 9 will run May 23 through June 15.

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Forum Theatre artistic director Michael Dove, Alison Drucker, Tom Holzman

Rebecca Ende and Chelsey Christensen

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Trees for Georgetown Spring Celebration

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he 2013 event, which is the primary source of funding for the trees that appear in local tree boxes each year, was hosted May 8 by Shelly and Bruce Ross-Larsen. A new initiative called GIFT, "Georgetown Initiative for Family Trees," will allow Georgetowners to "tag" a tree with the name of an honoree to "root the people and businesses of the community to the trees that shade our streets." Each tree will be tagged with a scannable QR code, providing information on the type of tree, the date it was planted, the tree's honoree and a story about why the tree was selected in that person's name.

Your Home.

Your Family.

Betsy and Ed Emes and Brenda Moorman

Your Choice.

Robin Johnson and Baba Groom

Hosts Shelly and Bruce Ross-Larson

Gala Guide MAY 23

Dare to Dream Benefit Family Matters of Greater Washington’s annual fundraising benefit will include dinner, live and silent auctions, performances and the presentation of awards to exceptional members of the community.

National Museum of Women in the Arts. Visit www.familymattersdc.org.

MAY 26

National Memorial Day Choral Festival America’s heroes will be honored with a program of live music from the U.S. Air Force Symphony Orchestra playing classics. The Kennedy Center. Call 202-467-4600, or visit kennedy-center.org.

JUNE 8

Bark Ball The only black-tie event for Washington, D.C.’s leading canines and their “people.” The 26th Annual Bark Ball honors the programs and services of the Washington Humane Society. Washington Hilton.

Call 202-683-1823, or visit www.barkball.org.

JUNE 15

Van Metre Polo Cup The 7th Annual Van Metre Polo Cup makes a difference in the lives of those facing advanced illness.

Nearly 1,000 attendees gather for a fun-filled, family-friendly afternoon. This event raises funds to construct the vitally needed new inpatient center in Loudoun County, the Adler Center for Caring on the Van Metre Campus. Great Meadow, The Plains, Va. Contact Dee Paige at 703-538-2037 or dpaige@capitalcaring.org.

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RAMMY Awards Gala The RAMMY Awards Gala is the culinary event of the year. Presented by the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW), the RAMMYS honor the exceptional talent of metropolitan Washington’s vibrant and ever-expanding restaurant and foodservice industry. Washington Marriott Wardman Park. Call 202-331-5990, or visit www.ramw.org.

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