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What’s the Latest on Streateries and Sidewalks? BY C H R ISTOPH ER JON ES

Citizens’ President Tara Parker, honoree Elsa Santoyo and Ward 2 Council Member Brooke Pinto. Photo by Bill Starrels.

Citizens Association’s Annual Meeting: Bowser Q&A, Members Honored BY PEG GY S A NDS A vigorous annual meeting of the Citizens Association of Georgetown on May 3 featured a good hour-long earnest face-to-face townmeeting-style Q&A with Mayor Muriel Bowser and another half-hour with Ward 2 Council member Brooke Pinto that broke news. The meeting included reports from the heads of CAG’s active committees as well as awards given to significant Georgetown community supporters. Bowser answered questions and asked for suggestions from CAG members for their visions about what should be done on some two dozen hot Georgetown topics. Those included decades-long problems with rats, sidewalks (from tar covering bricks to scooter safety), homeless encampments, the conversion of 28th Street to one-way; and projects for the approximately $3 billion of federal tax money the city is expected to get for infrastructure projects (maybe partly to fund restoration at the Mt. Zion cemetery, the mayor suggested). She also emphasized the need to keep her whole budget for police retention and recruitment. The mayor also responded to four major concerns brought up by CAG members: 1) heavy fines for long-term vacant commercial property? “It’s being considered,” said Bowser. “Sometimes they work, sometimes not but give us your ideas.” 2) One-side residential parking only for streets abutting Wisconsin and M Streets, NW? “Also being considered,” said the mayor; 3) Visible continual parking enforcement throughout Georgetown especially of out-of-district cars: “I got it,” said Bowser. “I’ll check.”; And, 4) Restaurant night closing hours regulated whether they serve alcohol or not? “What do 6 MAY 11, 2022

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you suggest?” asked the mayor. “Make them standard throughout D.C.,” answered CAG members. Council member Pinto broke the big news in her report. Apparently, there are new proposals to make Hardy Middle School into a Georgetown high school. That took almost everyone by surprise. CAG President Tara Sakraida Parker and Pinto then awarded five distinguished service awards to Pamla Moore, Christi Cline, Becky Schwartz, Dr. Sachiko Kuno and Elsa Santoyo. New board members were elected and retiring ones recognized. A video highlighted 2021 activities of CAG’s committees. During that time, the organization’s administration was restructured, it moved into a permanent headquarters, a townhouse next to the C&O Canal on 30th street, and ended the year fiscally sound and set to grow.

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As the warmth of spring returns, many Georgetowners are emerging from hibernation to window shop along bustling sidewalks and enjoy outdoor dining. So, what’s the latest news on the streateries and expanded sidewalks? The Georgetowner asked Joe Sternlieb, president of the Georgetown Business Improvement District (BID) to explain. “People in the community are continuing to talk about the future of the streateries,” he said. And right now, “It all depends on what the mayor and [D.C.’s Department of Transportation] DDOT decide about the program and concerns about aesthetics and appropriateness by some, while others are lobbying hard with the BID to keep [the program] in place. Nothing will be decided or proposed until after a stakeholders’ group meets to decide whether there can be a community consensus reached to continue with the program. Otherwise, they will all disappear at the end of the year.” A draft DDOT regulation suggests the city might return Wisconsin Ave. and M Street to rush hour traffic patterns by discontinuing Georgetown’s sidewalk programs on those corridors when permitting expires, Sternlieb said. As the BID awaits DDOT’s final recommendations and works with the stakeholders’ group, it’s conducting followup surveys with residents and retailers for feedback. Results are expected in the “next 6 to 8 weeks.” Also in the works, a massive transportation study involving several agencies, budgeted for close to $500,000, Sternlieb said. The analysis is “getting underway right now between DDOT, the ANC, the CAG [Citizens Association of Georgetown] and the BID and it will be a community planning process with both a technical advisor and community facilitation to talk about street design, parking, mobility access — looking at all the issues, including curbside management, bus

movements, safe spaces for bikes and scooters, intersections, making things safe and more functional and better for people on the street, as well as parking issues.” While many businesses and retailers have praised the streateries and expanded sidewalks for bringing vibrancy and foot traffic to Georgetown’s commercial areas, many residents have criticized the expanded sidewalk program for taking away parking and the poor aesthetic quality of streateries’ concrete barriers, decking, safety concerns, and other aspects.

Joe Sternlieb, president of the Georgetown BID.

Sternlieb emphasized that he’s interested in reducing tensions around the program – perhaps the most complex the BID’s ever undertaken -- and that he and BID staff will be consulting with “a working group of residents, business owners, architects, planners, [and] maybe some artists or designers to have a conversation and see if there is something that everyone can agree upon.”

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NEWS BYTES FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER JACK EVANS EXONERATED !

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“The U.S. attorney’s office confirmed today that its investigation of former councilperson Jack Evans has been concluded and no action will be taken against him,” lawyer Abbe David Lowell said on April 13. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia declined to comment. No charges were ever filed against Evans, who resigned as the Ward 2 Council Member in 2020. “I want to thank the U.S. attorney’s office for concluding their investigation,” Evans told the Washington Post. “Myself and my family are pleased with the outcome, and I’m looking forward to moving on with my life.” He declined to speak further. Because of ethical improprieties or violations — a digital sign company trying to give him stock or using his office as influence — Evans was fined by the D.C. city ethics board for $35,000. The District Council was ready to expel him before his resignation. In June 2019, federal agents entered Evans’s P Street home under a court-issued warrant and left with boxes and files. Evans served 28 years on the D.C. Council. He was succeeded by Ward 2 Council Member Brooke Pinto in 2020.

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The C&O Canal boat was officially launched April 28, and public tours have begun. The new 80-foot-long boat was christened by Mayor Muriel Bowser (who helped smash one of four bottles of specially-made champagne over the bow), Ward 2 Council Member Brooke Pinto, National Park Superintendent Tina Cappetta of the C&O Canal National Historical Park and Georgetown Heritage Foundation President and Chair Jennifer Romm. Read more at Georgetowner.com. The boat and the canal will be featured in the June Georgetowner.

Richard Levy of Georgetown 29K Acquisition LLC, told The Georgetowner last week demolition of the West Heating Plant at 1051-55 29th St. NW will begin this fall, making way for a 10-story, high-end condo building. Thirty percent of the structure will be preserved. Levy said applications for the ambitious project were being renewed. Its designers are architect David Adjaye and landscape architect Laurie Olin. The Commission of Fine Arts, the Mayor’s Agent for Historic Preservation and other local offices approved the plans. The residences will be managed by the Four Seasons Hotel.

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ANC 2E Highlights: Smoke Shop Raid; Starr Restaurant Due Late 2023 BY STE VE HOLTON The Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission — ANC 2E — held its monthly meeting remotely on Monday, May 2. The following are selected highlights.

POLICE UPDATE Metropolitan Police Department representative, Sgt. Robinson told the commission there were no assaults with a dangerous weapon reported last month due to an increased presence of officers. Robberies were down 67 percent, two burglaries reported. One reported alongside sexual assault by a Georgetown University student which occurred in their residence in the 3500 block of O St. NW. The other in the 3300 block of Prospect St. NW where a resident left the garage door open and the suspect later entered and grabbed an item before fleeing. Two motor vehicle thefts took place near the Georgetown waterfront. Robinson noted both vehicles were recovered and the area is being given special attention by MPD. Retail areas are getting hit hardest for reported thefts and theft from auto. A search warrant was used

at a smoke shop located in the 3200 block of O St. NW. A handgun, ammunition, four pounds or marijuana, and U.S. currency were recovered. Since then, operations have ceased at that location. A handgun was discovered in plain view in a parked car in the 3400 block of Water St. NW. Two other handguns and ammunition were later recovered and the vehicle’s owner did not have a permit to carry the firearms.

DC WATER CLEAN RIVERS PROJECT UPDATE Activities on South Street NW are about to come to a close and should be completely open by the end of May. The eastside of 31st Street NW has been worked on since November and is expected to end in the next few weeks. Once that phase is completed, work will move to the west side of 31st Street and should continue through June. Traffic will be one-way southbound and current traffic and parking restrictions on the eastside will flip to the other side of the street. Work in the Wisconsin Avenue and K Street NW area

will start in mid-May and go through July. The street will remain open during the day as it is now and flagging operations for traffic will be conducted at night during working hours. Traffic will remain one-way in each direction with normal access to intersections. The project will start on Water Street NW and will also start in mid-May to run through July. Traffic will be flagged in the Potomac Ave. area of Water Street. Project representatives noted they’re in the process of putting together a public forum for resident feedback in the next two-to-three weeks.

ANC 2E QUICK HITS 2022 ANC 2E Elections: All eight commissioner seats will be on the ballot Nov. 8. Commissioners not seeking reelection are chair Rick Murphy (2E03), Jenny Mitchell (2E02), and Lisa Palmer (2E05). Petitions to get on a ballot will be available on July 20 and must be turned in by Aug. 10. Residents to Protest License Renewal: Apero DC, located at 2622 P St. NW, is seeking the commission’s support for a Renewal of the Establishment’s Retailer’s Class C Restaurant License. A settlement agreement between the two parties was previously met two years ago. Neighbors have voiced their concerns, however, about the establishment’s lights and noise in the summer garden and plan to protest a license renewal with ABRA. After complaints from residents, ABRA visited the

location and found no violations, according to commissioner Palmer. The commission can’t protest the license based on ABRA’s findings but will be monitoring the issue with residents going forward. The commission opted to make no comments to ABRA regarding the license renewal. ABRA Motion for Planned Starr Restaurant: The commission voted to oppose an Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration New Retailers Class C Restaurant License presented by the Georgetown Restaurant Group for an establishment located at 3276 M St. NW. The commission stated its support for the restaurant and agreed to communicate with ABRA once a settlement agreement is signed by both parties. The former Dean & DeLuca address will hold the Stephen Starr Italian restaurant and market due to open late 2023, his attorney said. Jelleff Recreation Center Renovation Project: The commission adopted a resolution to discuss concerns with the project’s Resolution for Proposal. Concerns range from design, footprint and sustainable features to meet the needs of the community. “Meaningful community input” was also requested by commissioner Elizabeth Miller (2E07) Hardy Middle School Renovation: The commission passed a motion to recommend the D.C. Council allocate funds to explore the need to modernize and expand Hardy Middle School located at 1819 35th St. NW.

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Spring Events on Main Street BY C HR IS TOPHER J O N E S Get ready, Georgetown Main Street (GMS) is planning major events to promote small businesses and boost commercial vibrancy along Georgetown’s Wisconsin Ave. NW corridor this May and June. May is Small Business Month, so GMS is launching a major “signature event” – Shop Small Georgetown – from May 10-15. It’s “all about raising awareness of small businesses and experiences in our neighborhood and inviting [visitors] to enjoy a couple of events that bring you to the front door!” the group announced on Facebook. Each day of the campaign is devoted to a “different industry of small business” in the neighborhood. Tuesday, May 10 will be dedicated to the “Health, Beauty and Fitness” industry. Wednesday May 11 to “Food and Drinks,” Thursday May 12 to “Personal and Professional Services,” Friday May 13 to “The Arts,” Saturday May 14 to “Independent Retailers,” and Sunday May 15 to “The Great Outdoors.” In addition to promotional activities, special events are also planned. On Friday May 13, GMS will sponsor a Georgetown Galleries Spring Art Walk featuring 8 different locations and 5 local galleries, including Washington

Printmakers, Calloway Fine Art, Addison/ Ripley, Miss Celine’s 5 Friends, Article 15 and The African Union embassy. Given the success of last fall’s Art Walk, GMS plans to return to bi-annual arts programs, in the spring and the fall. On Saturday May 14, to celebrate “Independent Retailers Day,” GMS will host the Georgetown Sweets Tour. Modeled after GMS’s highly successful Georgetown Cookie Tour before the holidays, the Sweets Tour will bring shoppers on a baked goodies scavenger hunt to 12 local businesses paired with 12 local bakeries. “We’re taking two things we know and love about Georgetown: bakeries + boutiques and mixing them together for one sweet day,” GMS announced on Facebook. Each store on the tour will have fresh baked yummy treats to be collected, with $60 worth of baked goods to enjoy by the end. Shoppers will have “gone to 12 small businesses they’ve probably never been into before and then they’ll have a little goodie box full of 12 locally made sweets,” Shank said. “We’ll have these little gable boxes… They’re branded with our little event stickers and a map. It’s so cute and charming.”

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It Rocks! BY PEG GY S A NDS Ask just about any long-time resident of Georgetown… or look it up in various lists of great things to do in Georgetown on Sundays. You’ll inevitably come up with the recommendation to check out the Georgetown Flea Market. It rocks! Located in the parking lot of Hardy Middle School across from Safeway on Wisconsin Avenue, the market has been offering Georgetowners and visitors an eclectic selection of art, jewelry, vintage clothes, furniture, household wares, silver, glassware and linens, pottery, ceramics and — of course, this being Georgetown, Washington, D.C., after all — political and historical memorabilia and collectibles, for 50 years every Sunday (except for a couple of months during the pandemic) between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. “That’s what we were told the first week of college,” four fresh-faced Georgetown University freshmen and roommates from Kentucky, New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware told The Georgetowner at the entrance to the market on April 24. “It’s a great place to find things for our rooms and… maybe, to find a date.” They had already checked out the large selection of posters and were headed for the vintage purses and jewelry on the next display table. By 8 a.m., customers start arriving. “The earlier the better to get first chance at new offerings,” said Mitchel Stangey, who has been coming to the flea market before 8 a.m. (sometimes before 6 a.m.) for decades to spot out and later buy the latest items.

“Loyal customers like Stangey and most of the vendors have been trading here for decades,” said Michael Sussman. He started the market in 1973 during the transition period while awaiting the results of his law board exams having just finished law school at Georgetown. He built it up over the years, even as he practiced law. Sussman gets to the market site around 5:306 a.m. — even the morning after his wedding — when the vendors come to carefully lay out their wares. The friendship and camaraderie between them and Sussman may be the reason for the friendly, authentic this-is-for-real atmosphere of the market. There’s the lady who sells pristine condition table linens — many handmade lace and crocheted — that she collects and meticulously cleans. “If you have any questions about stains, go talk to her,” Sussman said. Next to her booth, a long-time vender of now vintage household dishes, pans, bowls, cups and saucers like Melmac from the 1950s. A particular modern-designed set of cups and saucers known as Harmony was sold less than half an hour after viewing them on Sunday. “Things go fast here,” Sussman laughed. “You have to make quick decisions or you could lose out.” Another long-time vendor who brought selected jewelry and watches along with her young son decades ago, now comes every Sunday with her tall and grown son who partners with her in their growing business. One collector was selling political buttons, posters and documents, including some

Happy 50th Georgetown Flea Market original photographs and memorabilia of JFK. An older gentleman nearby has been selling military and Judaic collectible items — especially WWI and II and the Israeli foundation period — at the market for more than 20 years. Some of these items that are signed and authenticated are historically valuable and worth hundreds of dollars. Stories circulate that some items bought at the Georgetown Market have sold for five and six figures afterwards. Another old-timer at the market sells hair pieces and often vintage hats — along with old wooden hat molds shaped as faceless heads. A woman nearby sells vintage clothes including a rack of ruffled and bowed ball

gowns perhaps once a must-have in social Georgetown but now perhaps fitting at the Met Gala last weekend. In the past, the market has offered a section of farm-fresh food. But Sussman is not sure that will be continued with so many new grocery stores nearby. “I am happy that many of the vendors here have made livable serious businesses out of their flea market enterprises,” Sussman said. “Many take time to visit estate sales and antique venues around the area or especially in the North East to get special offerings. Many have come to depend on the market for a good weekly sustainable business. It’s one reason — plus the fun I have — that I’ll keep doing it as long as possible.”

Vendors at the Flea Market.

Café Divan, a Favorite BY D IDI CUT L E R Situated prominently on the triangular corner of 34th Street and Wisconsin Avenue NW is the popular Turkish restaurant Café Divan, owned by Cavit Ozturk, along with its latest addition, the Janti Café. Years ago, intrigued by the unusual corner property, Ozturk inquired if it might be for sale. After a long period of negotiations, he was able to buy it in 2001 and found a well-known architect to design a very smartlooking building This neighborhood restaurant offers a relaxed and informal atmosphere as guests are warmly welcomed by a staff which is around 20 percent Turkish. Ozturk’s wife Ime is often there with her brother, the chef. It is, in a real

sense, “a family affair.” Ozturk’s family has been in the restaurant business for generations. His grandfather was a prominent chef in Istanbul and his brother is also a chef. Ozturk says with pride that he started in the restaurant business when he was just 11 years old, as a busboy. Not surprisingly, he comes from Bolu, a small town in Turkey known for producing many chefs. Janti Café is managed by Sirjean, his son. It offers coffees and teas along with freshly baked Turkish pastries, a favorite being simit which resembles a bagel. Upstairs is a Turkish grocery store. We once brought a visiting friend to dine at Café Divan. Looking around, he remarked

that it reminded him of one of his favorite Turkish restaurants in London. Ozturk, who was standing nearby, piped up, “That was my restaurant.” In fact, he owned this restaurant, called Chez Nous, in the early 1980s. Asked what was the most popular dish at the restaurant, Ozturk said about half of the customers always choose the doner kebab. Divan is also noted for other kebabs, such as shrimp, lamb, beef, and chicken. Sundays for brunch are particularly lively as many customers come from the bustling Georgetown flea market right across the street. Delicious Turkish food, good service and a very warm welcome are the signature qualities of this neighborhood restaurant.

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EDITORIAL/OPINION

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

Thanks to the Georgetown House Tour — and Frida Burling

Protesters at the Supreme Court this week. Photo by Jeff Malet.

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Frida Burling and Sonya Bernhardt in 2011. The Patrons’ Party on April 20 for the 2022 Georgetown House Tour at the Langhorne residence was a happy affair with grateful Georgetowners gathering to support the tour and saying hello again in this almost postpandemic city. We are happy to report that your hometown newspaper (since 1954) was honored at the event. The House Tour opened its doors on April 23. Thanks go to Donna Leanos, chair of the 2022 Georgetown House Tour, and party co-chairs, Emily Sower and Kathryn Minor Jones — as well as to the volunteers and, of course, Rev. Gini Gerbasi, rector of St. John’s Church Georgetown. The proceeds from the party benefit the St. John’s ministries to homeless adults and children, the unemployed, senior citizens and young children in D.C. schools.

We are thankful to the work and legacy of Frida Burling, the House Tour’s guiding light for so many years. Many of us at The Georgetowner knew her and remember her with great affection. So, that is why we at The Georgetowner feel so honored and grateful to receive the Frida Burling Service Award this year for the many years of serving Georgetown and keeping the community connected. Thanks also go out to the sponsors of the Georgetown House Tour: Platinum level, Long & Foster Real Estate; Gold, Washington Fine Properties; Silver, TTR Sotheby’s International Real Estate; Bronze, Sarah Minard Residential and Truist. Again, thank all of you involved in Georgetown House Tour for this award — and see you next year.

Letters to the Editor Discouraged by ‘Sound & Fury’

Leaks are pernicious things. You often don’t know you have one until water starts to drip down your wall or a stain creeps across the ceiling. It’s not a good look and tracing its origin is likely to be expensive and time consuming. At this moment, the U.S. Supreme Court is discovering just how destructive a leak can be. If you’re a woman, however, the “leak” is the least of it. It’s the content that’s so dangerous. Who actually shared the draft decision with Politico is a sidebar, but one that Mitch McConnell, et al. are desperately grasping. The real issue, of course, is what the leaked document says and the mendacity that allowed it to unfold. Surely, you remember when Justice nominees Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett swore to uphold stare decisis so help them God. Well, God -- and precedent -- were apparently out of the building when deliberations were taking place. And women, once again, will pay a horrible price. And it will not stop at the right to choose. It will metastasize into other intimate areas of our lives that depend on privacy and discretion. Conventional wisdom suggests that

the right to contraception, same-sex marriage and inter-racial marriage could be next on the chopping block. Republicans and their fundamentalist allies have been fighting to overturn Roe vs. Wade since it was enacted 50 years ago. Their reasons range from the sublime (potential life) to the ridiculously false (abortion causes breast cancer). They are entitled to their beliefs, but not to the imposition of those beliefs on the rest of us. The Establishment Clause guarantees us that freedom from religion, but in the current climate, perhaps that right is in jeopardy too. The hypocrisy surrounding this issue is stunning. For a country that claims to be “pro-life,” the social safety net that supports families and children is pretty threadbare. In states set to immediately ban abortions upon Roe’s overturning, a return to dangerous back-alley procedures is all-but-guaranteed for those determined to end their pregnancies but who are unable to afford or access safe but covert procedures to which the privileged have always turned. And for all the anti-mask and mandate rhetoric, you would think “Keep your bans off my body” applied to all of us. Leaks are like that. They force you to pay attention to what’s been hidden for far too long. Welcome to America where misogyny rules.

Dumbarton Methodist’s 250th

I was encouraged to see you address the issue “how we may come together as a community....” [“Sound & Fury,” April 13] and very discouraged to see you undermine the essence of your editorial by going out of your way to use disparaging, toxic language to make your “point.” I believe it was Shakespeare’s Cassius who said, “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars but in ourselves.” You might reconsider that you not only wrote about this problem but you are part of the problem!

Thank you so much for your wonderful piece on our church [in the April 13th Georgetowner]. You’ve given us precious publicity that can only help our efforts to reach new audiences and potential prospects for a new generation of Dumbartonians. As you probably know, Dumbarton — like so many other mainline churches in the D.C. area and beyond — is struggling to grow and diversify its membership, and your unsolicited editorial shout-out couldn’t have come at a better time. Our actual 250th anniversary was not in March but will be on Christmas Eve. Many thanks again for lifting us up to your many readers.

— Gary Newman, Washington, D.C.

— Rob MacDougall, Volunteer Communications Coordinator, Dumbarton United Methodist Church

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ELECTION ‘22

Robert C. White, Jr., Top Rival to Mayor Bowser BY C HR IS TOPHER J O N E S As D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) seeks to become the first woman elected to a third term in office this fall as the District’s chief executive, her top rival in the Democratic party, At-Large D.C. Council Member Robert C. White, Jr., has her looking over her shoulder. We spoke with White to discuss why he’s challenging Mayor Bowser in the June 21 Democratic primary and why he believes he’s best suited for the city’s top job. On the D.C. Council, White, age 40, serves as the Chair of the Committee on Facilities and Procurement, while also serving as the board chair of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. He holds a law degree from American University, and undergraduate degrees in philosophy and political science from St. Mary’s College of Maryland. He graduated from Archbishop Carroll High School where he played lacrosse. After law school, White clerked in the District Court for Montgomery County, then served as the lead staffer on congressional oversight hearings related to the District for D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, serving

as counsel on her staff for 8 years. In 2014, D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine then appointed White to serve as the first director of community outreach for the D.C. Office of Attorney General. In 2016, White was elected at-large to the D.C. Council, replacing Vincent Orange (D). According to White’s D.C. Council website, he and his wife, Christy, an attorney with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, reside in Ward 4 with their two daughters, Madison, 5, Monroe, 3, and their rescue pit bull, Roscoe. White founded the Brightwood Park Citizens Association, he and Christy attend St. Martin’s Catholic Church, and he “loves to spend time with his family, reading, and riding his motorcycle.” White’s path to politics was not an easy one, however. When he was only 8, he lost his mother to breast cancer and shortly after suffered in a car crash that fractured his skull, though he later fully recovered. He struggled in high school and was scoffed for his dreams of one day becoming a lawyer. First in his family to receive a college

Robert C. White, Jr. with wife, Christy, and daughters Madison, 5, and Monroe, 3. Courtesy Twitter.

degree, White’s motivation to run for mayor stems in large part from his beliefs in the importance of public education in his life and what he and Christy have experienced as parents putting their kids into the D.C. public school system. “I’m a fifth-generation Washingtonian and am very much an outlier in my family. I come from a family of high school graduates who’ve struggled in this city and the vast majority of my family has been displaced. Now, I’m a D.C public school parent, so I know the difficulties

and frustrations parents are having. And I hear my fellow parents telling me why they’re leaving the city. And most of them don’t want to leave. But they feel like they’ve got to in order to get a good education for their kids, to keep their families safe, or because they just can’t afford a place to live as their family grows.”

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Lindner Announces ANC Candidacy BY R OBE RT DEVANEY With the official news on Monday that commissioners Jenny Mitchell, Rick Murphy and Lisa Palmer will not run for re-election, candidates have come forth to run for a seat on the Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC 2E). The Georgetowner will report on other candidates for the upcoming local elections.

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MIMSY LINDNER, CANDIDATE FOR ANC SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICT 2E05 “Filling Lisa Palmer’s shoes will not be an easy task,” Mimsy Lindner told The Georgetowner. “She has been an amazing commissioner and a true advocate for 2E05. But given the chance, I will try!” She and her husband Rusty Lindner, Executive Chair of Colonial Parking, are well known in town and in the city. “When I moved to Washington, D.C., in 1984 to pursue a career in meeting planning, I never expected my heart to land in Georgetown. It is here that I met my husband, Rusty, and where we raised our four children. I have lived in upper Georgetown (R Street), on Potomac Street (across from Booeymonger), on 33rd Street (near Volta Park) and now at the Georgetown Waterfront. Each area in Georgetown offers something special, and each has a different personality.” “Over time, I have learned that even a few blocks can make a big difference in the wants and needs of neighbors and businesses. Pulled together, these comprise the rich fabric that is Georgetown and are why people love living here,” Lindner continued.

“My family has always been my priority and as such I’ve always devoted time to what was important to the six of us. Schools and community remain a focus for me. I was President of Intown Playgroup, served on the board of Little Folks School, then was President of the Parent Association at the Washington International School. I worked with Georgetown Ministry Center in their journey to help the homeless, and I have been cooking meals for the Georgetown Senior Center for years. Also, I served as Junior Warden at church which afforded me the opportunity to work with the Salvation Army Soup Truck as well as other internal and external church and mission projects. For 10 years, I was president of The Friends of Volta

Park (FOVP), where (following in the footsteps of John Richardson) I worked closely with the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation and other D.C. officials. ... Most recently, I was honored to be appointed by Mayor Bowser to serve on the board of Events DC. ...” “Of course, safety is an ongoing concern and must be a priority. Whether at the Georgetown Waterfront, Wisconsin Avenue and M Streets or in the neighborhoods, we want everyone in our community to be safe and feel comfortable walking about. We must also acknowledge the unique challenges that Georgetown faces as a residential neighborhood with a thriving business community. Residents and business owners must work hard to co-exist peacefully and support one another.”

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Meet You at the Farmers Market! BY KAT E OCZ Y P OK It’s officially farmers market season! Here are just a few of the many offerings around the city. Enjoy!

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VOLTA PARK MARKET

NOW THROUGH OCT. 27, THURSDAYS 3-7 P.M.

FRESHFARM FARMERS MARKET, DUPONT CIRCLE

NOW THROUGH JUNE 24, FRIDAYS 3-6 P.M.

After celebrating 25 years of the Sunday market, Dupont Circle decided to open a weekday version. 1950 Massachusetts Ave. NW. www.freshfarm.org/markets/dupont-circle-thurs

The family-friendly farmer’s market sells lots of delicious fresh produce and other goods. Located at the entrance on Q St. between 33rd and 34th Streets NW. Voltapark.org

PALISADES FARMERS MARKET

ROSE PARK MARKET

YEAR-ROUND, EVERY SUNDAY 9 A.M.-1 P.M

NOW THROUGH LATE OCTOBER,

Enjoy fresh produce, artisan bread, fresh Maine lobster and more. Located at 26th and O Streets NW. www.roseparkdc.org/farmers-market-2020/

The market has been offering fruits, veggies, flowers and more since 2008, as well as artisan street food like empanadas and Chinese dumplings. 48th Place and MacArthur Boulevard NW. http://www.palisadesfarmersmarket.com/

FRESHFARM FARMERS MARKET, DUPONT CIRCLE

FRESHFARM FARMERS MARKET, FOGGY BOTTOM

WEDNESDAYS 3-7 P.M.

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YEAR-ROUND MARKET, SUNDAYS 8:30 A.M.1:30 P.M.

This market is just steps from the Foggy Bottom Metro station. Enjoy all the typical market staples plus crab cakes, flatbreads, soups, bubble tea and more. 901 23rd St. NW. www.freshfarm.org/markets/foggy-bottom

1600 20th St. NW. There are dozens of vendors at this market, selling everything from cider to tacos and everything in between.

The National Zoo lost 25 of its 74 flamingos due to a fox breach. BY KATE OC ZYPOK

FOX BREAKS INTO NATION ZOO, KILLS 25 FLAMINGOS, ONE DUCK The National Zoo reported that a wild fox broke through a metal mesh enclosure overnight earlier this month, and proceeded to kill 25 flamingos and one Northern pintail duck. Bird House staff arrived to discover the dead birds and moved the remaining 49 living flamingos indoors to their barn and the ducks to a covered and secure outdoor space. “This is a heartbreaking loss for us and everyone who cares about our animals,” said

Brandie Smith, John and Adrienne Mars Director for the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in a press release. “The barrier we used passed inspection and is used by other accredited zoos across the country. Our focus now is on the well-being of the remaining flock and fortifying our habitats.” VISIT GEORGETOWNER.COM FOR THE FULL ARTICLE AND IMAGES

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Alexander Julian at Everard’s on May 13 QuinTango An Evening of Concertos An Afternoon of Song High Tea with Brahms

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BY R OBERT D EVAN EY On Friday, you have the chance to meet an American fashion icon. Alexander Julian will be at Everard’s Clothing for a trunk show, introducing his newest signature label, “Alexander Julian American Made” — men’s jackets and shirts. It’s an exclusive for Everard’s at 1802 Wisconsin Ave. NW on Friday, May 13, with Julian hinting he’ll stick around part of the weekend. “Louis Everard and Jennifer Nygard love what they do and are so great at it,” said Julian of the husband-wife team that runs one of the classiest clothing stores in Washington, D.C. during an exuberant conversation over the phone with The Georgetowner. “They’re so talented. I cannot wait to be in the store. It exudes joie de vivre.” The fashion designer, who made his big splash in the 1980s with his “Colors” is no stranger to Georgetown. “For me, going to Georgetown was like going to Mecca. It’s one of my favorite parts of the world,” Julian said. During his days at the University of North Carolina, he and his buddies would drive up to D.C. He had a bachelor party at Clyde’s on M Street and opened the first ever Alexander Julian store on Wisconsin Avenue.

Clothing retail and design are in Julian’s blood. His father ran the family store on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill. Julian designed his first shirt at age 12 and first jacket at age 15. He has designed his own fabric — “If you have the right cloth, you’re three-fourths there.” In Chapel Hill, the Ivy League met the colorful South and made the preppy style pop, the sartorial splendor of Julian reminds us. His business and brand have gone through the corporate grinder over the years. Today, Julian talks about men’s fashion post-Covid. He calls it “the Californication of the East Coast.” Think “indoor outerwear, dressy windbreakers… luxury sports coat fabric — field jackets In Italian silk.” The 74-year-old designer boasts product lines and awards — ranging from furniture to bicycling shirts — but he has his eye to the future. Ask him about that or anything else when you meet him at Everard’s. His optimism and style are so classically American that you’ll have a big smile — perhaps not as wide as his — for the rest of the month.

7-Eleven on P St. to Close May 15 BY R OBERT D EVAN EY Well, there’s no thank heaven, and soon there’ll be no 7-Eleven in Georgetown. The 7-Eleven convenience store at 2617 P St. NW — a favorite of residents, visitors and cops — is set to close May 15, longtime franchise owner Girma Hailu told The Georgetowner. Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Hailu arrived in the United States in the 1980s, after living in the Soviet Union and then making his way to the U.S. consulate in West Berlin for asylum. He and his wife, Tsige Sebsibe, have operated the P Street 7-Eleven store — which opened in 1964 — since 1986. Hailu became a franchisee in 1999 and has been prospering there as a business owner and friend of the community. More than a month ago, 7-Eleven corporate officials met with Hailu and told him his business was underperforming at its current location and that the numbers would not likely improve post-pandemic. They offered to find him a new D.C. location — but not in Georgetown. Hailu said he believed home deliveries and nearby grocery stores had cut into his business. Hailu and his wife, also known as “ChuChu,” said they are heartbroken at the turn of events, having poured their hearts, souls and time into building their 7-Eleven business in 18 MAY 11, 2022

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the Herring Hill area, once a thriving Black section of Georgetown. Founded in 1927, 7-Eleven, Inc., is an American multinational chain of retail convenience stores, headquartered in Dallas, Texas. It operates, franchises and licenses 78,029 stores in 19 countries and territories. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Seven & I Holdings, which is headquartered in Tokyo.

7-Eleven franchisees Tsige Sebsibe and Girma Hailu. Photo by Robert Devaney.

FOOD & WINE

THE LATEST DISH BY LINDA ROT H Matteo Venini and Antonio Matarazzo opened their neo-Neapolitan Stellina Pizzeria at 508 K Street NW in Mt. Vernon Triangle where the iconic The Waffle Shop used to be. Stellina Pizzeria at Union Market was their first, the Shirlington location was their second, and a new one in Tysons will be #4. When you spot the mural of Sophia Loren, you know you’re in the right place.

Native Italians Antonio Matarazzo and chef Matteo Venini teamed up to open Stellina Pizzeria. Causa opens at 920 Blagden Alley in Shaw, featuring Peruvian food and beverages. The top floor, referred to as Bar Amazonia, opens first, featuring a 50-seat patio and lounge on its rooftop terrace. Peruvian-born chef and co-owner Carlos Delgado, formerly of China Chilcano, reigns over the main level tasting-menu dining room, which will open in later. Carlos’ partners are Service Bar owners Chad Spangler and Glendon Hartley, who hope to remind guests that Peruvian

drinks are more than just pisco sours. Rose Nguyen will relocate The Rose Ave Bakery from its stall at The Block on Vermont Ave. NW to a new full-size location at 2633 Connecticut Ave. NW where a Dunkin’ Donuts used to be. Rose has more f&b to offer -- and more hours to offer them. Her defacto PR support? Comedian Ali Wong who praised her bakery during her sold out “Milk and Money Tour” at the Warner Theater.

J. Hollinger’s Kitchen & Cocktails is opening in downtown Silver Spring in Q3 2022.

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KNEAD Hospitality + Design and Robert Santibanez are slated to open MI VIDA at 1901 14th Street NW where Matchbox used to be, in Q3. It seats 300, with two bars, and an outdoor patio…. Meshelle Armstrong (Eat Good Food Group) and Zena Polin (The Daily Dish) are slated to open Beauty Champagne & Sugar Boutique in Crystal City with an intimate 12-seat restaurant, a grab n’ go pastries, and a Wine Room…. Chef Nicholas Stefanelli will add Kaimaki, a new wine bar adjacent to his Greek restaurant Philotimo, at Midtown Center at 1100 15th Street NW at L…. Mike Ellis and Jerry Hollinger have targeted Q3 2022 for the opening of J. Hollinger’s Kitchen & Cocktails at 8606 Colesville Road in downtown Silver Spring next to The Fillmore.

Ivan Iricanin’s Buena Vida Gastrolounge at 2900 Wilson Blvd in Arlington. It seats 66 + 9 bar seats on the first floor, 97 seats + 10 bar seats + a PDR on the second floor, and 124-seat rooftop lounge on the top deck. Jaime Pelayo is the executive chef and Felix Meija is the beverage manager…. From the folks who brought you The Lot and Clarendon Pop Up Bar, comes Alias, on the sub-terranean level of Dolce Vita at 1610 14th Street NW where 100seat jazz club Sotto used to be…. Glory Days Grill opened its 14th restaurant in Virginia (40th total nationwide) at 74 Blackwell Park Lane in Warrenton, VA…. Reese Gardner (Pinemoor, Copperwood Tavern, Dudley’s Sport and Ale) opened Brass Rabbit Public House in Clarendon at 1210 N. Garfield Street where Bracket Room used to be.

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Andrew Kelley and Kai Leszkowicz, founders of Aslin Beer Company, open their beer garden later this month at 1740 14th Street NW in Logan Circle offering 21 Aslin draft beers. What sets it apart from its sister operations in Alexandria and Herndon is the new coffee component. It will open early to serve its own special blends of Aslin Coffee, orchestrated by Dani Moreno, formerly of Dio, who will incorporate her Filipino and Mexican roots into the coffee, tea and sweets. Food in the evenings is brought to you by Bun’d Up food truck. Brennan Reilly plans to open Brennan’s Bar and a Carlyle Club (restaurant & event space) in the large space where Pennsylvania 6 restaurant was at 1350 Eye Street NW across from Franklin Park. The club will offer music performances (jazz, Motown, big band and R&B) as well as special multimedia productions that include comedy as well as music. Linda Roth is Founder & CEO of Linda Roth Associates (LRA), a DC-based public relations & marketing firm that specializes in the foodservice and hospitality industries. Follow her at: @LindaRothPR #LindaRothPR or www.lindarothpr.com.

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‘George Soros: A Life in Full’ AN UNEVEN LOOK AT AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN REVIEW ED BY K IT T Y K E LLE Y

to stop making money and start giving it George Soros, now 91, cites 1944 as the away instead. In 1979, he founded his Open best year of his life. He was 14 years old, Society Foundation and began rewriting the living as a non-practicing Jew under the Nazis definition of global philanthropy. In doing in Hungary, and hiding in various places so, he changed the world. throughout Budapest. His Ascending into the adored father had changed the philanthropic strata of family name from Schwartz billionaires, Soros soon to Soros, and moving from surpassed the largesse of house to house, young George Andrew Carnegie, John D. learned to cope with danger Rockefeller, Andrew Mellon, and live with risk. and even Bill and Melinda These early life lessons, Gates, giving an estimated plus an education at the $35 billion to open up London School of Economics, previously closed communist catapulted Soros into immense societies across Eastern personal wealth as a financial Europe and the Soviet Union. analyst. Fluency in French, It’s fascinating to read German, Hungarian and George Soros. Courtesy Peter L.W. Osnos’s “George Wikipedia. English helped him master Soros: A Life in Full” in 2022, the international markets in as Vladimir Putin plunders which he accrued that wealth. His Quantum Ukraine, and to realize how prescient Soros Fund — which made $5.5 billion in 2013 — was in 1989 to foster openness in those became the most successful hedge fund in former autocracies. Along with education history. Yet, at the age of 49, Soros decided for all, “We… need a market economy that

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protects minorities and we need the rule of law,” Soros has said. His foundation — which began by bankrolling a $100 million project to revive preschool education over five years — seeks to help our imperfect world achieve those very things. Of course, closed societies don’t often enjoy being pried open, and Soros’s efforts were detested in nations where despots ruled and corruption festered, such as Angola, Suharto’s Indonesia, Peru, Zimbabwe, Malaysia, and Russia. In the past, Soros has also challenged Israel’s “racist and antidemocratic policies” and questioned whether that country is “really a democracy.” His support for progressive and liberal causes continues to make him a target of the political right, which demonizes him via anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. In 1997, after endowing Central European University in Hungary with $880 million, Soros decided to bring his Open Society Foundation to the U.S. He began in Baltimore, where he instituted fellowship programs, community development initiatives, work development programs and job markets. Today, his foundation funds more than $250 million a year in programs and grants across the country, but Baltimore remains the flagship of his American success. To capture Soros’s life, editor Osnos employs an interesting subgenre of biography by assigning eight writers who’ve known the man at various stages in his life to present their impressions of this survivor, philanthropist, activist, global citizen, and all-around scourge of the far right. Osnos, who founded the publishing house PublicAffairs, explored the technique in 2000 when he assigned three journalists to write a book on Putin’s ascendance to the presidency of Russia. Now, presumably, Osnos’s goal is to make the George Soros diamond sparkle in all its facets. Unfortunately, the editor fails to edit. Perhaps he’s reluctant because he’s selfpublishing this book with his wife and states that the project “has been funded by a private equity that is backed by Soros’ wealth… That money will be repaid from revenues the book accrues.” Osnos arranged to distribute

the book through Harvard Business Review Press “to assure the broadest possible reach for the book in the world marketplace.” Caveat emptor. Some chapters overlap, duplicate information, meander off subject, and layer the reader with lengthy opinions. Sebastian Mallaby’s chapter, “The Financier,” is best read by those holding a degree in economics, while Orville Schell’s “A Network of Networks” presents a mouth-watering account of “some of the most brilliant, accomplished and engaged people on the planet” invited for luxurious weekends at Chateau Soros, described as akin to “being summoned to the court of Louis XIV.” The book’s best chapter by far is “Philanthropy with a Vision” by Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, whom Osnos introduces as “a black man and proudly gay.” Consequently, readers might expect to find something in Walker’s essay pertaining to his race and/or sexual identity. Here, the editor really ought to have edited himself because nothing in Walker’s cogent and erudite chapter reflects anything about either, only his shining admiration for a philanthropist dedicated to leaving the world a better place than he found it so many decades ago. Thank you, Darren Walker, and God bless you, George Soros. This review originally appeared in the Washington Independent Review of Books. Correction: The April 13, 2022 Georgetowner omitted photo credit for Dee Mosbacher in the article, “Following Martin Luther King, Jr.: Atlanta to Memphis,” by Kitty Kelley. More of Mosbacher’s photos can be viewed in the online version. Georgetown resident Kitty Kelley has written several number-one New York Times best-sellers, including “The Family: The Real Story Behind the Bush Dynasty.” kittykelleywriter.com

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White House Correspondents’ Parties; Garden, House Tour Patrons’ Parties; More BY RO B E RT DEVANEY The White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, sidelined by the pandemic for two years, roared back with a president and comedian on April 30, as 2,600 attendees jammed the Washington Hilton. Parties elsewhere, before and after, included the annual White House Correspondents’ Weekend Garden Brunch, returning for its 27th year at the Beall-Washington House on R Street in Georgetown, a Salute to World Central Kitchen at AC Hotel Capitol Hill and the 9th annual Washington Women in Journalism Awards at the Larz Anderson House. The Patrons’ Party for the Georgetown House Tour was a festive soiree outside the Langhorne home on 31st Street, and Georgetown Garden Club supporters were feted at the Lincoln-Claytor House on N Street. The DC Jazz Festival Gala let the good times roll at Arena Stage.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg presents Lt. General Donna Martin with the 2022 Courage Award at Garden Brunch on April 30. Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for White House Correspondents Insider.

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