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UP & Coming free show on Aug. 13. His television credits include starring in “Sullivan and Son,” and appearances on “The Tonight Show,” “Comedy Central Presents,” and “Nick Swardson’s Pretend Time.” Benjamin takes the stage for a 6 p.m. show, tickets will be distributed beginning at 5:30 p.m. 2700 F Street NW.

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Funnyman T.J. Miller heads to the Lincoln Theatre as part of his “Meticulously Ridiculous” tour. Miller has appeared on “Chelsea Lately” and “Happy Endings” as well as on the big screen in “Unstoppable” and “Get Him to the Greek.” Tickets start at $29.50 for the 7:30 p.m. show.

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August 15 2000s Dance Party

August 10 Screen on the Green: ‘Back to the Future’

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The annual summer movie series held between Fourth and Seventh streets on the National Mall ends its 2015 season Aug. 10 with a showing of the 1985 classic “Back to the Future.” The film begins at 8 p.m. and is free. Moviegoers are encouraged to bring blankets and snacks for the showing. For more information, visit hbo.com/screenonthegreen.

August 12 NoMa Summer Screen

Jim Gaffigan performs Aug. 12 at WolfTrap.

Wolf Trap on Aug. 12 for an 8 p.m. show.

His stand-up has gained him a Grammy nomination and a horde of followers.

Tickets start at $30, visit wolftrap.org for more information. 1551 Trap Road, Vienna, Virginia.

August 13 Joey ‘Coco’ Diaz

The final screening of Storey Park’s summer film series will be 1984’s Footloose at sunset. Viewers are encouraged to bring their own chairs and blankets for the film and enjoy snacks from a variety of food trucks on site. For details, visit nomabid.org. 1005 First St. NE.

Cuban-born actor and comedian Joey “Coco” Diaz headlines at D.C. Improv Aug. 13-15.

Diaz has a slew of television appearances as well as movie roles in “The Longest Yard,” “Spider-Man 2” and “Taxi.” Show times for Diaz’s stint are at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.

Tickets are $20. Visit dcimprov.com for more information. 1140 Connecticut Ave. NW.

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Owen Benjamin

Comedian Jim Gaffigan (TV Land’s “The Jim Gaffigan Show”) heads to

Comic Owen Benjamin performs at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theatre for a

The 9:30 Club serves as host for Will Eastman and Brian Billion’s 2000s Dance Party on Aug. 15. The duo DJs will play the biggest throwbacks of the past 15 years, from Usher to Britney Spears and more. Doors open at 9 p.m. For tickets, visit 930.com. 815 V St. NW.

Spin City Go Go

Three of D.C.’s premier indoor cycling studios — Dupont Circle’s Flywheel Sports, Capitol Hill’s Biker Barre and U Street’s Off Road Cycling — are hosting spinning classes with a local touch. Enjoy a workout to an eclectic playlist of D.C. Go-Go artists with a portion of proceeds benefitting the Duke Elllington School of the Arts. The hour-long class begins at 2 p.m. Aug. 15, registration is required and costs $22. Visit joinhelixsocial.com for more.

August 25 National Park Free Entrance

In honor of the National Park Service’s 99th birthday, visitors can enter over 400 of the country’s most treasured parks free of charge.

Head to nearby Assateague Island, Harpers Ferry National Historic Park and Shenandoah National Park among others and enjoy the natural beauty. To learn more, visit nps.gov.

August 27 Savion Glover

Dancer, choreographer and actor Savion Glover performs at the Howard Theatre for an 8 p.m. show on Aug. 27. The Tony awardwinner has fused traditional and modern dance to create his own style he calls “free style hard core.” Tickets start at $35. For more information, visit thehowardtheatre. com. 620 T St. NW.

August 28 Kristin Chenoweth

Broadway sensation Kristin Chenoweth performs a selection of show tunes, pop standards and songs from her latest studio album at the Wolf Trap on Aug. 28. The “Wicked” star has both Tony and Emmy awards to her name and is sure to be a crowd pleaser. Tickets start at $25, for more information visit wolftrap.org.

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August 29 Dupont Circle Silent Disco Dance Party

D.C.’s 2nd Silent Disco Dance Party takes over Dupont Circle Fountain Aug. 29. Go to their Facebook page to see the playlist. Those with the music downloaded to their devices can show up with headphones in and dance freely. Starts at 8 p.m. and is free to the public. 1900 P St. NW.

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By M ar c P itarre s i wi t h K e lly B y r n e s a n d P e t er M u r r ay — Dupont, Logan and Thomas — not far from the city’s old red-light district on 14th Street.

Police lured johns online with fake advertisements, giving the men addresses and hotel room numbers then arresting the ones who showed up.

Police were spurred by reports of street prostitution from local businesses and churches around Thomas Circle and along the bustling 14th Street corridor downtown. Prosecutors in the District have increasingly focused on prostitution cases of late in an effort to battle human trafficking.

The arrests come after Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans proposed new legislation that would crack down on johns by allowing police to tow and boot their cars (the “Honey, I lost the car” bill, as Evans dubbed it). He said recently that there has been an “enormous increase in street prostitution.”

Evans’s proposal comes from a long line of anti-prostitution ideas the District has experimented with since the early 1990s. Other ideas tested out by the city government have included banning right turns on certain streets and starting a “John School” to shame and frighten men caught soliciting prostitutes.

The Capital Bikeshare in the middle of the Federal Triangle. Photo by Mr.TinDC on Flickr.

We’re Number Seven! (Keep Pedaling)

According to SelfStorage’s Moving Blog, as reported by DCist, Washington had the seventhfastest five-year growth rate in bike-commutership of major U.S. cities: 41.78 percent. In 2013, the most recent year for which data were available, 20,894 D.C.-area employees pedaled to their posts. With a 73-percent growth rate, Charleston, South Carolina, was number one, but there were just 2,753 two-wheeling workers in the whole Holy City.

MPD Chief Cathy Lanier praised the efforts of District government officials and added that law enforcement will be vigilant in stopping the sale of synthetic drugs. “This drug is dangerous not only to those who use it, but everyone around them. The risk is just too high for us not to be aggressive,” Lanier said.

Synthetic drugs, packaged under brand names like “K2,” “Scooby Snax,” ”Spice” and “Bizzaro,” have side effects including suicidal or erratic behavior, seizures and even death.

The illegal hallucinogens also cause users to act in an aggressive and disorderly manner.

New Law Aims to Stop Synthetic Drug Sales

Joined by law enforcement and other community officials, Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the “Sale of Synthetic Drugs Emergency Amendment Act of 2015” into law July 10. Coming on the heels of a spike in overdoses, the new law allows the Metropolitan Police Department to enforce harsh penalties on businesses found selling the substances, which have also been linked to violent crimes around the city, most recently a fatal stabbing aboard a Metro train.

Authorities may now impose a fine of up to $10,000 on businesses caught selling the drugs and shut them down for 96 hours for a first offense. Repeat offenders may be fined up to $20,000 and shut down for 30 days followed by the revoking of their license. So far, convenience stores in Bloomingdale and on Bladensburg Road in Northeast have been closed temporarily and fined.

“The District will not tolerate the selling of these drugs,” Bowser said upon signing the law.

“This is very important legislation that will help get synthetic drugs off of shelves of D.C. retailers and off the streets.”

players on the Mall for alcohol infractions.

While illegal, having open containers had not been a major target of enforcement efforts until this string of quality-of-life arrests. Is orange your team’s new color?

Standby for Streetcar Launch…

Many who live along the H Street corridor are saying, “I’ll believe it when I see it,” but according to new streetcar launch manager Tim Borchers, the system is “very close to being open.” DDOT Director Leif Dormsjo indicated that the streetcar would open “within months.”

District residents, who have heard these promises before, remain skeptically optimistic.

MPD Cracks Down on ‘Johns’

The Metropolitan Police Department’s Human Trafficking Unit has arrested 101 men since July 14 for soliciting prostitutes in Northwest D.C. Starting in January, the MPD unit has conducted a number of sting operations at hotels in Shaw and around the Circles

An aerial view of Logan Circle.

Living Near Good Schools Ain’t Cheap

In unsurprising news, D.C.’s best schools and most expensive homes have been discovered in upper Northwest, while the least expensive homes and lowest performing schools are east of the river. One has to wonder whether D.C.’s baby boom will help shift this paradigm or exacerbate it.

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Park Police Play Hard Ball on National Mall

“Not tickets, not citations, HANDCUFFED IN COP CARS.” An eyewitness reports in an email forwarded to Popville that this was how softball players with open containers of alcohol on the National Mall were treated by U.S. Park Police. Numerous reports have been popping up about the cuffing of softball and volleyball

Early construction of the D.C. Streetcar on H Street NE.

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events that began at least a decade earlier. Now that the former SpeakeasyDC attracts hundreds to its storytelling events and offers a range of classes, such as “Storytelling Boot Camp” and “Storytelling 101,” it wants to stop people thinking that it’s a retro bar.

Escape Rooms Come to H Street

Escape the Room has opened at 1322B H St. NE. The space features two rooms, Escape the Oval Office and Escape the Classroom, where as many as 10 visitors are locked in a room with clues and puzzles, and must sleuth their way out. The experience is intended for adults and older children.

Vendetta Gets Robbed

In an apparent crime of opportunity, Vendetta on H Street was robbed July 21. According to police, three men attacked and robbed the lone employee working the restaurant around midnight. A Vendetta spokesperson said the thieves “did not get away with much.”

Suspect in Café Milano Liquor Theft

The Old Post Office Pavilion, soon to be Trump International Hotel.

Chefs Defy the Donald

Celebrity chefs José Andrés and Geoffrey Zakarian have backed out of plans to head restaurants in the planned Trump International Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue. Their decisions were prompted by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s June 16 comments degrading Mexican immigrants, referring to them as “criminals” and “rapists.”

Andrés, a Spanish immigrant, said in a statement: “I believe that every human being deserves respect, regardless of immigration status.” Food Network host Zakarian cited Trump’s comments as not aligning with his own values.

Last week, Trump’s DC Old Post Office LLC announced a $10 million lawsuit against Andres’s ThinkFoodGroup for breach of contract.

ThinkFoodGroup responded to the suit with a statement saying, “This lawsuit is both unsurprising and without merit ... Mr. Trump’s comments made ThinkFoodGroup’s participation in this project impossible and constituted a breach which the landlord ... refused to remedy.”

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Bloomingdale Restaurant Owner Drowns with Brother

D.C. public relations executive David Bass has been identified as a suspect in the July 1 robbery of Café Milano in Georgetown, according to the Washington Post’s Reliable Source.

The crime was by no means an ordinary robbery. A surveillance video released by the Metropolitan Police Department on YouTube shows two men — one middle-aged and wearing a suit (thought to be Bass) and the other a younger man wearing a button-down shirt drenched in sweat — sneaking into the back door of Café Milano after hours and stealing two bottles of liquor from behind the bar. After some confusion, the duo bolted.

The incident may test the damage-control talents of Bass, “a fixture on the Washington social scene,” according to the Washington Post, and his Raptor Strategies firm. The Post reports that Bass was indicted in 2009 for “belligerent” behavior on a flight from Houston to Washington. Suspected of being drunk, Bass claimed that his outburst was spurred by a bad reaction to allergy medication. Ultimately, the charges were dropped.

Two burglary suspects walk through the Cafe Milano kitchen on July 1. Photo Courtesy MPD.

Bennetton Closes in Georgetown

Following the sudden and quiet closing of its Georgetown store, Benetton, the Italian fashion retailer that colorfully splashed across America in the 1980s and 1990s, has now receded to one U.S. location (in Manhattan). Last week, the store, on the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and M Street NW, was abruptly boarded up without explanation. The brand’s name has also been removed from the building’s exterior wall.

Shaw Is Becoming Delirious with Dining Options

Wondering aloud if the Shaw neighborhood is “the new 14th Street,” City Paper recently counted 19 new restaurants and bars expected to open there over the next year.

For instance, Virginia-based chef and restaurateur Tim Ma has announced plans to open Freehand, a casual upscale restaurant, as early as November. Anticipated Mexican restaurant Espita Mezcaleria has announced that the space will include outdoor seating for 58 people, with a total capacity of 149. Others on the way are Glen’s Garden Market and a new restaurant from the owners of Daikaya. In addition, the popular Passenger bar is set to re-open at 1539 7th St. NW near Dacha in February 2016.

Doug Brown, 39, one of the owners of Bloomingdale tapas restaurant Costa Brava, and his brother Daniel, 37, drowned while swimming in the Chesapeake Bay off Southern Maryland on July 24. “Both high school dropouts, the men were self-made successes, known among friends and family for their big personalities and even larger ambitions,” wrote John Woodrow Cox in the Washington Post.

SpeakeasyDC Retitles for its Tenth Anniversary

SpeakeasyDC, a nonprofit that hosts storytelling classes and monthly shows, has changed its name to Story District (not to be confused with Storyville, the historic red-light district of New Orleans). A kickoff party was held Aug. 1 at Town Danceboutique. The organization is marking its tenth anniversary, though it is rooted in

A view north on 7th Street NW in Shaw. Photo by Ted Eytan.

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The old Benetton store at the corner of Wisconsin Ave. and M Street in Georgetown. Photo by Robert Devaney.

More Restaurant Openings and Expansions

TaKorean, which started as a food truck, then showed up in Union Market, has opened a restaurant at 13th and F Street NW. Tentative store hours will be 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. The restaurant will be closed on weekends, although the plan is to eventually open on Saturdays.

Looks like the outdoor drinking scene in D.C. is about to get a little bigger, as the longawaited Swampoodle bar and restaurant on 14th and Colorado Avenue NW has revealed an architectural blueprint that shows a massive, wraparound patio.

Promising to become a hotspot for members of Congress, Garrison comes to trendy Barracks Row. In addition to items like bison

hanger steak, the restaurant will, at least initially, rely on local produce from One Acre Farm in Boyds, Maryland. However, it intends to eventually grow its own vegetables and herbs on premises.

A U Street institution has joined the everexpanding array of offerings on H Street. The new Ben’s Chili Bowl will be serving up its classic half-smokes with chili, fries and shakes, providing a balance with some of H Street’s more exotic options like Toki Underground or Copycat.

Bloomingdale hotspot Boundary Stone has announced plans to expand both its indoor and outdoor seating. According to a sign out front, Boundary Stone is “requesting to expand occupancy load inside the premises to 94 and to expand Sidewalk Café seating to 48 seats.”

Rejoice, Columbia Heights sushi enthusiasts!

Shanghai Tokyo, at 1376 Park Road. NW, has put a “Now Hiring” sign out front, and should be open very soon.

The long-awaited Glover Park location of Mad Fox Brewing is set to open in early August. Despite having the lease on the building for nearly two years, its unique architecture slowed down the process. Mad Fox will feature two bars, complete with exposed brick and salvaged pews.

While he continues to look for a new location for his much-awarded bar the Passenger, bartender Tom Brown will open an upscale cocktail bar, Left Door, this fall, just off 14th Street on S Street. Popville recently posted a photo of the new bar’s stained-glass transom window, showing two cocktails flanking a silver shaker.

TaKorean CEO Michael Lenard.

‘High-end Theatre’ to Neighbor 9:30 Club

According to PoPville, a new license placard at the Atlantic Plumbing development at 807 V St. NW says, “The facility will operate as a high-end theatre with a café, serving patrons a variety of food offerings ... Summer Garden seating for 14, Total Occupancy Load of 420 and seating for 369 inside.”

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A Long, Hot, Deadly Summer These hot summer days are disquieting days in the District of Columbia.

The sound of gunfire is beginning to become noticeable throughout the city.

Crime, it’s being said in some quarters, is up, especially violent crime, especially homicide.

There is disagreement about the causes of this uptick in shootings and killings.

Mayor Muriel Bowser and Chief Cathy Lanier posited that the growing availability and use of synthetic marijuana and other synthetic drugs are behind it. D.C. police union members — as well as Ward 2 Council member Jack Evans — have pointed to a manpower shortage.

One thing is for sure: the violence, often characteristic of hot summers in big cities, is on the rise. Just this past weekend, three more people were killed in separate incidents in different parts of the city, raising the homicide count in the District to 87, a number that puts us on track to reach numbers not seen since 2008. It may not be the bad old days of the 1990s and earlier, but the violence appears steady and widespread. D.C. is not alone in this — Baltimore experienced a major upsurge in violent deaths and shootings, and Chicago’s troubles have not abated.

But what’s been happening in the District, where both the chief of police

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and the mayor are popular, is troubling. It isn’t just the numbers themselves, but the persistent, unabated reports of incidents — some major and fatal, some less so — that get under people’s skin.

If you read the D.C. Police Union’s regular crime reports, the notations are startling: the waste of life, the continuous pain and the stretching of resources. The shootings took place in Congress Heights, Benning Ridge and Carver Langston, with an 18-year-old youth starting his senior year at Ballou High School dying of several gunshot wounds on Saturday morning, a 22-year-old man fatally shot, also on Saturday morning, and a man robbed and shot to death while preparing to celebrate his birthday on Sunday morning.

The prosaic crime alerts don’t begin to hint at the disruptions and fear engendered in people’s lives. The Aug. 1 crime alert listed an armed robbery, a robbery, a robbery, an armed robbery, a robbery, a shooting, a shooting. In all, according to the Washington Post, there were 10 shootings as well as 10 stabbings in the District over the weekend.

It may be the synthetic drugs, the manpower shortage, the heat.

Crime overall may be on the decline.

But it sure doesn’t feel like it.

70 Years of the Hiroshima Effects August 6 was the 70th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb by the United States on Hiroshima, Japan. That nuclear explosion continues to reverberate all around us, as much because of what didn’t follow as because of what did.

Today, in the Japanese cities of Hiroshima — where the first bomb was dropped — and Nagasaki — where the second was dropped, on August 15 — people are still dying from radiation and its attendant cancers. Some 200,000 survivors of the two attacks remain alive.

The atomic attacks are stark reminders of a horrible war and of all sorts of inhuman sufferings, both inflicted on the Japanese and inflicted by the Japanese. In the United States, the dropping of the atomic bombs, blithely nicknamed “Little Boy” and “Fat Man,” can still spark heated arguments and nuanced intellectual and moral debates.

Many who fought in the Pacific — and remember the high American casualties at Iwo Jima, Tarawa and Okinawa — see the bombings as a tactic that short-circuited the huge American losses certain to result from a U.S. invasion of Japan.

To American leaders, including President Harry Truman, the bombings ended the war.

To historians, the bombings marked the start of an atomic arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union, even the early beginnings of the Cold War. It wasn’t too long after the bombings that the world’s nuclear powers had enough bombs to destroy life on earth (they still do). The bomb echoes. Witness the heated debate over the U.S.-Iran nuclear treaty and the fear that terrorist groups might get the technology to make a nuclear weapon.

After 50 years, the world is no safer than it was when the mushroom cloud appeared in reality and lingered in our nightmares.

Amazingly — even with the harrowing Cuban Missile Crisis, which barely avoided nuclear war — nuclear weapons have never been used by any of the nuclear powers. It hasn’t happened.

Which is not to say that it will never happen.

For an instructive portrait of what even such a low-grade bomb as was used in Japan could do, read John Hersey’s classic and emotionally powerful book “Hiroshima.” You’ll feel the emotional heat that remains, even 70 years after the horrific actual heat of that world-changing day.

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Right-Sizing Our Public Safety Resources

By Jack Evans

Many of you have read about the uptick in crime across our city. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Police Chief Cathy Lanier held a press conference last week to talk about the increase in our homicide rate — 20 percent over this time last year. The mayor and the chief expressed their commitment to doing everything they can to address this rise in violence.

I’ve written about combatting crime many times in this column. During my time on the Council, making our community safer and funding our public safety needs have been among my highest priorities. In the past several months, I have attended many community meetings about crime and even more civic association and ANC meetings at which crime has been discussed.

Residents are rightly concerned. We have worked too hard for too long to combat the terrible crime that once plagued our city.

I speak frequently with Lanier and Bowser about the violence and crime we are seeing of late. The chief mentions the serious danger that synthetic drugs represent, both for users and for the gangs distributing the drugs.

In June, the Council acted swiftly to increase penalties for selling these substances. The Metropolitan Police Department is tackling the illegal distribution networks and addressing gang turf wars these drugs are causing.

I mentioned how hard we worked to address the terrible crime we saw in D.C. in the 1980s and ’90s.

Masterly Advice for the GOP Debaters

By Mark Plotkin

Tomorrow night the whole world will be watching the Great Debate in Cleveland! Cleveland: “the mistake by the lake.”

Republicans picked Cleveland because their convention will be on the shores of Lake Erie next summer. No state in presidential elections is more important than Ohio. No Republican has won the White House without winning Ohio. Democrats know the Buckeye state’s modern political history.

In 1964, Lyndon Johnson won Ohio, but Hubert Humphrey lost it in ’68. George McGovern lost it in ’72, and Jimmy Carter won it in ’76 (but lost it in ’80). Walter Mondale lost it in ‘84, and Michael Dukakis lost it in ’88. However, Bill Clinton won it in ’92 and in ’96. Al Gore lost it in 2000, as did John Kerry in ’04 — and then Barack Obama won it in ’08 and ’12. You get the picture.

Much has been made about who will make the cut and appear on the stage: 10 candidates will be allowed this lofty honor. Let me use provide some unsolicited advice to the GOP aspirants. Call me the debate coach.

First of all, let’s begin with the guy who is getting all the play. That, of course, would be the massive mogul Donald Trump. My first piece of advice: Trump should do a complete make over. (I don’t mean his hair.) Stun the crowd by being soft spoken, humble, gracious, diplomatic, subtle and light-hearted. This behavior modification will so startle the other debaters that they will be rendered speechless.

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Those efforts involved all of us: police, vigilant residents, community groups and the District government. But I believe the Council needs to do more to aid our police.

At one time, MPD had more than 5,000 officers.

When I first joined the Council in 1991, we had 4,500 officers. I have seen a decline in officers year after year.

Currently, the District has approximately 3,800 sworn police officers. However, due to retirements and officers leaving MPD — for jurisdictions in our neighboring suburban districts or for other careers — our officer corps is diminishing in numbers. I introduced a bill in April 2011 and again in January 2013 that would require the District to maintain a minimum staffing level of 4,000 sworn officers at all times. This was not meant as a statement that 4,000 is a magic number that will eliminate all our public safety concerns. Rather, it would force the mayor and the Council to fully fund 4,000 officers and not play around with the budget. When the Council goes back into session in September, I plan to reintroduce that bill and to work with MPD, the mayor and the Council to see what other actions we can take to ensure that our officers have what they need to keep the District safe.

My goal is to raise awareness of the officer shortage facing D.C. and motivate the mayor and my colleagues to fund the department adequately. I’ll continue to work with Lanier, Bowser and community groups to make sure we are right-sizing our public safety resources.

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

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Next up, Jeb Bush. He is considered too moderate.

So, I encourage him to throw out some off-the-wall right wing bromides that will mix things up. Also, say you are seriously considering legally changing your last name.

Scott Walker is thought to be too dumb to be president. I would tell him: say that you will go to night school and get the necessary credits to receive a college degree. Then, proceed to quote noted philosophers, wise men and women in your learned responses.

Mario Rubio should refer to how young he is (43) and alternate his answers in perfect Spanish and English.

Ben Carson ought to remind people in the audience that he is, in fact, a medical doctor. He should keep on sprinkling his quotes with the name of the institution with which he has been associated: “Johns Hopkins.”

Rand Paul should remind people that he is not his father — and that he, too, is a doctor.

For Ted Cruz, I say: drop that black suit, and lighten up. Smile a few times. Chris Christie, stop growling.

Rick Santorum, do not wear the sleeveless sweater and tell people, again, that you won the Iowa caucus and 11 primaries and that your grandfather was a coal miner from Pennsylvania. Almost last, but surely not least, Rick Perry: lead off by telling everybody the names of three government agencies you forgot four years ago.

John Kasich, run up on the stage and yell, “I am the governor of this state!” That should do it. No charge.

Mark Plotkin is a political analyst and contributor to the BBC on American politics, contributor to TheHill. com and columnist for The Georgetowner.

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26-Unit Project Planned on H Street Corridor

A 26-unit luxury condo development is in the works at 646 H Street NE. The project, which will feature over 8,000 square feet of retail space, is expected to be finished in 2017, and is led by Rock Creek Property Group and Cornerstone Development Group.

A rendering of the development set for the Sweet Mango Cafe across from the Petworth Metro Station.

A rendering of the courtyard in the new Fannie Mae Headquarters. Photo courtesy WDG Architecture/SHoP Architects.

New Fannie Mae Headquarters Designed

The home of the Washington Post since 1950 will become the new headquarters of Fannie Mae. Renderings by SHoP Architects show the space at 15th and L Streets NW as a 12-story glass building consisting of two office lobbies and retail pavilions, as well as three levels of underground parking. The Post will move three blocks away to One Franklin Square next year.

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A dozen D.C. residents will win free rent for a year — one randomly chosen resident will be lucky enough to win free rent for life — from Apartments.com. The website is hold-

ing a sweepstakes in which any resident who reviews his or her current home on the site is eligible. The contest runs now through October. There are some fine-print details, such as that the prize only applies to rents of $1,700 a month or less.

Residential Building to Replace Petworth Funeral Home

The Latney Funeral Home in Petworth will soon be no more. The funeral home, at 3831 Georgia Ave. NW, will be demolished for a sixstory, 20-unit residential building, according to Murillo Malnati Group.

Class B Apartments — and Rent — Go Up in D.C.

A new report finds that Class B apartments in the area have seen an increase in absorption, and in rental prices, in recent months. D.C. saw a 4.3 percent increase in rents thanks to a significant spike in absorption of the units. According to the Delta Associates report, Class B units have filled up in the past year at rates nearly nine times the five-year average. Northern Virginia rents also increased, while Maryland rents decreased slightly.

Massive Rhode Island Avenue Development Proposed

A rendering of the development set for 3831 Georgia Ave. NW.

A 1,555-unit development near the Rhode Island Avenue Metro is in the early stages of planning, led by MRP Realty. The proposed plans consist of seven different residential buildings and roughly 2,000 parking spaces.

D.C. Foreclosure Rates Improving

Foreclosures in D.C. have fallen since last year, and the area’s overall number of annual foreclosures is below the national average. The District has fared better than most cities, with a moderately low foreclosure rate of between 0.8 and 1.3 percent.

72-Unit Building Coming to Shaw

Development plans are underway for a new residential project in Shaw. A city-owned lot at 8th and O Street NW is slated to become a 72-unit building that includes nearly 7,000 square feet of retail. Construction is set to begin next year on the Roadside Development-led project.

21-Unit Building Planned in Petworth

Rooney Properties and PGN Architects are planning a fivestory, 21-unit residential development at the intersection of Georgia Avenue and New Hampshire Avenue in Petworth. Comprising one- and two-bedroom units, the development will be located across from the neighborhood’s Metro station on the former site of Sweet Mango Café.

Developer Pulls Out of M Street ‘Micro-Unit’ Project

Local developer SB-Urban has dropped its plan to convert the Latham Hotel at 3000 M St. NW into a “micro-unit” apartment complex, according to the Current Newspapers.

The Latham Hotel micro-unit project was one of three that SB-Urban is developing in Northwest Washington targeting affluent young people with small but well-furnished apartments located in desirable neighborhoods. The company’s two other developments, slated for Blagden Alley in Shaw and at 15 Dupont Circle in the historic Patterson Mansion, are still a-go, with plans to begin construction on both this year.

SB-Urban bought the Latham Hotel building in November 2013 for $45.4 million.

A rendering from the development coming to the Rhode Island Avenue Metro.

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July 2015 sales

Provided by Washington Fine Properties

Real Estate Address

Subdivision

Bedrooms

Baths Full

Baths Half

Days on the Market

List Price

Close Price

1905 FOXVIEW CIR NW

BERKLEY

6

6

1

190

$3,695,000

$3,591,693

1717 FOXHALL RD NW

BERKLEY

5

4

2

8

$2,795,000

$2,775,000

3500 NEWARK ST NW

CLEVELAND PARK

5

3

2

29

$2,895,000

$2,700,000

1330 VERMONT AVE NW

OLD CITY #2

6

4

1

0

$2,495,000

$2,500,000

5254 LOUGHBORO RD NW

KENT

5

5

2

280

$2,395,000

$2,300,000

4540 DEXTER ST NW

WESLEY HEIGHTS

5

4

2

66

$2,475,000

$2,200,000

3908 MACOMB ST NW

CLEVELAND PARK

3

3

1

342

$1,825,000

$1,812,500

2118 O ST NW #C

DUPONT WEST END

3

3

1

34

$1,895,000

$1,795,000

2254 48TH ST NW

BERKLEY

6

4

1

88

$1,775,000

$1,700,000

5260 PARTRIDGE LN NW

KENT

6

4

0

63

$1,795,000

$1,675,000

5032 GLENBROOK TER NW

KENT

6

3

1

90

$1,740,000

$1,674,105

1177 22ND ST NW #8H

CENTRAL

2

2

0

9

$1,695,000

$1,650,000

1155 23RD ST NW #3D

CENTRAL

2

2

1

17

$1,599,000

$1,600,000

1715 11TH ST NW

LOGAN CIRCLE

3

3

1

11

$1,539,000

$1,539,000

4578 INDIAN ROCK TER NW

PALISADES

5

4

1

26

$1,595,000

$1,497,500

3500 IDAHO AVE NW

CLEVELAND PARK

3

3

1

18

$1,495,000

$1,450,000

4042 MANSION CT NW

BURLEITH

4

3

1

7

$1,450,000

$1,435,000

4892 MACARTHUR BLVD NW

PALISADES

4

3

1

9

$1,349,500

$1,402,500

4500 CHESAPEAKE ST NW

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PARK

4

4

1

35

$1,485,000

$1,400,000

5035 ROCKWOOD PKWY NW

SPRING VALLEY

4

4

1

81

$1,425,000

$1,375,000

925 H ST NW #809

RESIDENCES AT CITYCENTER

2

2

1

135

$1,466,000

$1,375,000

4840 VAN NESS ST NW

SPRING VALLEY

4

4

0

13

$1,400,000

$1,347,500

4801 RODMAN ST NW

SPRING VALLEY

3

3

1

8

$1,295,000

$1,300,000

4540 WARREN ST NW

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PARK

5

2

2

23

$1,350,000

$1,275,000

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Dupont Underground Rising to the Top

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By Pet er Murray & Pa m e la B u r n s

s it a nightclub? A new Metro station? Many have been the whispers about the Dupont Underground, but what, exactly, is it?

From the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Connecticut Avenue, the Dupont Underground may look at first like an entrance to the Metro (albeit painted a bright red). But after descending the stairs, one enters into a space unlike any other.

Untouched for almost 50 years, the original architecture and décor of this abandoned trolley-car tunnel are mostly intact. With ceilings up to 13 feet high and more than 75,000 square feet of space, the Dupont Underground comes off as a huge cavern lurking just below the well-trodden Dupont Circle surface. But in a few weeks, the long-lost tunnel will turn into a center for arts and culture the likes of which this city has never seen.

Dedicated to “presenting, producing, and promoting cutting-edge arts, architecture, design, and creative endeavors,” the Dupont Underground hopes to be a new must-see destination for both residents and visitors.

“We wanted to be culturally minded when using the space,” says managing director Braulio Agnese. “The overall goal is to see Dupont thrive and become an even better community. We want to give people a new reason to come here to this area.”

To achieve this goal, Agnese says that the

Underground’s offerings are set to change every few weeks, allowing for a variety of public performances, art and design exhibitions and community and educational events. There will even be retail and dining components, with a food court located on the opposite platform.

The space opened in 1949 as a trolley station, then closed in 1962 when the streetcar system was deactivated. It remained largely empty until Julian Hunt, inspired by the uniqueness of the tunnel and its location, signed a five-year lease with the District in 2014.

Renovations have been underway ever since, but — aside from the installation of new lights, air conditioning and bathrooms — the plan is to allow the space to maintain its past-century look and feel.

Although the Dupont Underground organization leased the entire 75,000-square-foot space, only the platforms will be available for public access. If you’re getting claustrophobic just thinking about being in a tunnel filled with art and retail, put your fears aside. The east platform, expected to open in late September, feels huge as one walks onto it, and has a maximum capacity of about 99 people.

According to Agnese, the tunnels will function more for commercial use, with third parties able to reserve them for activities such as photo and video shoots, business events and — why not? — weddings.

“We’re even looking at possibly using the northeast tunnel for underground agriculture,” says Agnese.

“Right now, we’re just learning how the space responds and will change things as time goes on.”

Rednerings of exhibits and performances from Dupont Underground.

A Dance Party Before Work with Daybreaker

By C la re B e nne t t

Daybreaker attendees dance and practice yoga at Union Market's Dock 5 on July 29.

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n July 29, the morning sun shone through the massive windows of Dock 5 at Union Market onto an unusual, even extraordinary scene. At any given moment, anywhere from 300 to 500 people were letting go of all inhibitions on the dance floor.

It was a Daybreaker, an event that combines yoga with a dance party. A “morning movement that will start your day off unlike anything else,” Daybreakers have been held in major cities all over the world. The very first Daybreaker introduced the mission: to prove that people can dance together like no one’s watching without illicit substances to fuel free expression.

Founded in Brooklyn by Radha Agrawal and Matthew Brimer, the Daybreaker organization aims to be about love, mindfulness and

mischief. The Washington, D.C., Daybreaker organizers were Tim Patch and Ayesha Chugh (DJ Ayes Cold). “This is the first Daybreaker [in Washington] of this size, and we’re really excited it worked out,” said Chugh.

Granola bars, chia seed drinks, sunflowers from New York-based flower-delivery company UrbanStems and other goodies were available to Daybreaker attendees as a local company, Grip the Mat, led the hour of yoga.

Then DJ David Hôhme and veteran Daybreaker music performer Haile Supreme brought the dance party to roaring life.

Some described the third and most recent Daybreaker event in Washington as a sober, morning version of Burning Man, which is what inspired Daybreaker in the first place.

Haile Supreme said, “The people who actually make it to Daybreaker events are already qualified for having good vibes.” Good vibes were certainly in full effect at Dock 5 with hulahoopers, surprise saxophone performances and lots of sweat and smiles.

Part of the Daybreaker credo is a closing ritual, in which a local musician makes a gift to the revelers of a special performance, then everyone reads a carefully chosen quote aloud.

The special guest at Dock 5 was Indian classical violinist Nistha Raj. Andrew Toy accompanied her on his Peruvian box drum, bringing a fresh fusion of world music to the event.

The morning concluded with a poem by 20thcentury American poet Berton Braley that has the same first and last line: “Start where you stand.”

Daybreaker volunteers handed out the poem on small stock-paper “intention cards.” On the back of the handouts, the Daybreaker symbol surrounded the question: “What do you stand for?”

Feeling healthy and revived through yoga and dance, all before the workday started, Daybreaker participants exemplified the event’s promotion of being alive in the moment — rare in a town like Washington, where most people seem to stand for particular political parties and issues, personal ideologies and career paths.

Resident Daybreaker organizer Tim Patch said, “We love Dock 5 at Union Market and can’t wait to come back.” Daybreaker will return to the space on Aug. 26. Get tickets at dybrkr.com to get in on starting your day with yoga, dancing and unit

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Where City Meets Farm

By Ga ry T ischl e r w i t h M a d e le i n e K i mble an d Kimber ly Jah n s

Photo by Madeleine Kimble

L

ike the idea of the great urban outdoors — replete with parks, trails and a tree-green landscape and skyscape — farmers’ markets occupy a major place in city dwellers’ imaginations.

This is especially true in Washington, D.C., embedded between Virginia and Maryland, two states notable for large numbers of working farms, both small and large. Ours is also a city chock-full of farmers’ markets, again both small and large, throughout its diverse neighborhoods and downtown. These range from curbside, mobile markets that set down in various parts of the city to the eight markets operating in the District under the Freshfarm Markets umbrella.

There have always been farmers’ markets in

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the city, of course, going back to the days when the United States had an economic identity that was largely agricultural. People in small towns and cities came to market, to market, and farmers, hunters and fishermen brought their corn, their vegetables, their meats, their cows and chickens and eggs and confections, their jams and jellies, oats and soups, salads and fish to public markets in every substantial settlement.

In the modern age of supermarkets, malls, Safeways and Giants, those days were no more than sepia-toned memories. But the resurgence of farmers’ markets in recent years is a response to basic needs and desires. Just as the rise of the dining-out class has made celebrities of

Washington chefs, and the emergence of culture buffs has filled our museums, theaters, concert halls and music joints, the widespread yearning to be fit, active, “in” nature and all-natural has brought forth farmers’ markets seemingly around every corner (see listing below).

Part of it, like the bikers and walkers and runners, is pragmatic, and speaks to the desire not only to be healthy, but to eat healthy, to embrace organic practices and to cook and consume food that came from a farm instead of from a manufacturing plant.

Take, for example, the variety of products offered at Mount Pleasant’s Farmers’ Market, with about 15 stands tucked away in Lamont Plaza. In addition to locally grown fruit and

vegetables, and freshly baked bread, they have sauerkraut from the Number 1 Sons stand, small pies from the Teeny Pies stand and raw meat from multiple stands. The Earth Spring farm stand offers fresh herbs along with tomatoes and spring onions.

Healthy eating is certainly behind the Freshfarm Markets, which are producer-only, meaning that the farmers and producers may sell only what they grow, raise or make on their farms.

Locally grown ingredients are used in their products: “seasonal fruits and vegetables in jams and sauces, herbs and flowers in soaps; local meats, fish and vegetables in soups, milk and fruits in ice creams and sorbets, and eggs, meats, vegetables and cheeses in pastas and breads.”

cover story Freshfarm Markets was founded in 1997 by co-executive directors Ann Harvey Yonkers and Bernadine “Bernie” Prince, who have retired this year and will be the focus of a grand farewell event at the Ritz-Carlton on Nov. 2. Locations in the District include Dupont Circle, Penn Quarter, City Center, Mount Vernon Triangle, Foggy Bottom, Union Market, H Street NE and “by the White House.”

Located between McPherson and Lafayette Squares, the Freshfarm Market by the White House is relatively uncrowded, making for only a short wait at most of the roughly 25 stands.

There are plenty of vegetables, but also bags of kettle corn and fresh pastries. Looking for lunch in the White House area? You can grab dumplings or a po’ boy, with a slice of pie for dessert. The LemonadeLove stand, which sells slushy lemonade drinks, and Chaia, which sells tacos, seem to be the current favorites.

Tired of farmers’ markets bringing you nothing but produce and lunch? Then Eastern

Market’s outdoor farmers’ market is a mustvisit. Spanning over two blocks of 7th Street in Southeast D.C., just across the street from the Eastern Market Metro stop, Eastern Market stands out in its diversity of vendors. A visit to Eastern Market on the weekend mirrors the Capitol Hill neighborhood of artists, politicians, restaurants, flea market and bookstore. Although the indoor food vendors run throughout the week, on Saturdays the market moves outside.

Sundays, the market truly shines, as both Eastern Market proper and the flea market combine in one area. Visitors can buy handmade crafts from local artists or from countries such as Kenya, Peru and Russia. Step over into the flea market side and you can buy anything from old photographs to trendy jewelry and clothing.

“In no other market will you have diversity such as this,” says Katrina Cuffey, Eastern Market’s manager. And the best part? “The Eastern Market makes for a great day’s outing,” says local artist Joseph Snyder. “It’s a place

Molly Tolzmann serves up pickled vegetables under the Number 1 Sons tent at the Petworth Community Market. Photo by Madeleine Kimble.

Sarah Clark showing off 'Chups at the Petworth Community Market.

where you can not only pick up your vegetables, but spend a great afternoon.”

Dupont Circle is surely the flagship operation of Freshfarm Markets. On a good warm Sunday morning, 6,000 or so browsers and buyers move through a tent-city of some 50 farmers and producers. The market runs year round, although it is not always at full strength during the winter months. It is a kind of smorgasbord of how to mix the urban scene with country life, city style.

Walking up to the market, on 20th Street next to the PNC Bank parking lot, the colorful bouquets of flowers and smells of fruit greet you. A few unique stands are the Harmony Creek Farm, which hand-makes olive oil soap, and Gordy’s Pickle Jar, which makes pickles as well as Bloody Mary mix. A pineapple basil popsicle from the Pleasant Pops stand, also a local shop, is a cooling treat. Then there’s the crab cake crafting (along with gazpacho considered by some foodies to be the best in town) of

North Cove Mushrooms at the Dupont Circle Farmers' Market. Photo by Angie Myers.

chef Chris Hoge at Chris’s Marketplace.

It’s also a social and musical scene. Here’s a thin young man playing “The Four Seasons” on a violin. Near the Metro station, an older saxophone player offers jazz notes to the heavens, a la Charlie Parker.

The Family of Man (dogs must stay outside the foot traffic) is on parade. You can separate newcomers from old-timers not just from the way they might appear — millennial haircuts and sandals — but also by what they buy. You run into friends old and new. You think how cool it is to find a rhubarb pie on a Sunday morning and how handy the ATM machine at PNC Bank is. You see the chefs coming to shop, the people shopping to create a meal (perhaps crabcakes on Sunday night during the six o’clock news).

There’s certainly more to the rise of farmers’ markets than health and economic practicality. The ingredients are equal parts nostalgia for the past, the rise of a large influx of new and very social residents and a desire to merge

Amanda Nell poses with a cactus at the Dupont Circle Farmers' Market. Photo by Angie Myers.

Flowers on display at the Dupont Circle Farmers' Market. Photo by Angie Myers.

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cover story natural food and style with urban ways and settings, a way to bring the past not just into the present but the future.

Markets set off their surroundings. What happens at Dupont is transposed elsewhere. The little market just off the Foggy Bottom station does business a few minutes from the Kennedy Center and slows the pace of Washington Circle.

There’s a tiny market, with its vegetables and flowers and baked goods, at a bank lot on the fabled corner of 18th and Columbia Road, the gateway to all things Adams Morgan. These oases seem to be everywhere: near the Marie Reed Center on Florida Top: organic green beans Avenue, at the on display at the Petworth community Market. newly bustling UDC area on Bottom left: Manatho Shumba Connecticut.

Masani constructs "canimals" If you’re at eastern Market looking for a Bottom right: Peaches on farmers’ market display at the Petworth that works to community Market bring together an entire community, then look no further than Petworth Community M a r k e t .

Located on 9th Street between G e o r g i a Avenue and Upshur Street in Northwest D.C., the market may be a bit of a trip for some residents, but it is definitely worth it.

Averaging about 500 people per day, the market stands out in its independence. It is run only by local businesses.

Local vendors such as Pleitiz

Produce, Green Hope, Meat Crafters, Panorama Bakery, Open Book Farms, Chups, Radix, No. 1 Sons and Teeny Pies are regularly there to greet the community. Visitors can also enjoy alternating stalls, such as Wanderlust coffee and local nonprofit organizations.

“It’s the community that makes it so special,” says Dawn Santelli, a visiting grandmother.

“Everyone talks to each other whether they know them or not.” A great place for families, Petworth market also offers a variety of activities for kids, such as musicians, chalk drawing, story time, and arts and crafts on theme days.

The Petworth market also makes a point to reach out to those in the community that may be struggling. WIC and SNAP benefits are available, as well as the Produce Plus Program, so everyone can enjoy this great neighborhood amenity.

While not technically a farmers’ market, we wanted to include Union Market because it’s one of our favorite places in the city. A year-round enclosed market, Union Market is an opportunity for residents and visitors to step out of the harsh elements and enjoy a relaxing lunch or stroll inside. Located at 1309 5th Street in Northeast D.C., Union Market features a good mix of arts, retail and food stalls offering a blend of ethnic and local foods. Customers can sit in the calm atmosphere while eating Indian food or grab a fusion taco with Korean-style BBQ fillings from TaKorean.

“It’s definitely a destination spot for people in D.C.,” says Sarah Rice Scott, assistant manager of Peregrine Espresso. “It’s off the beaten path compared to other markets and people come here looking to spend a nice lunch or afternoon.” Due to its location near office buildings, the market is also handy for those working nearby when they feel like venturing out for a healthy lunch.

“The market is a great place to come if you want a calmer atmosphere,” says Salem Mesfin, one of the workers at Ah Love Oil & Vinegar.

“It’s a great place for good nutritious food and it’s run by great people. No matter who you are, there’s always something here for everyone.”

Farmers’ markets, in this city and probably in others, are more than just markets. They’ve become a permanent, rich part of the mosaic of urban living, that flying carpet of diversity, that city of trees and bike paths, where we live in the shadow of a white house, a dome, the center of the world, in our neighborhoods, on our way, to market to market.

Historic Brookland FarmersMarket

FreshFarm Market at CityCenterDC

Capital Harvest on the Plaza

Mount Vernon Triangle FreshFarm Market

Where can you find some of the Farmers’ Market Mount Pleasant Farmers’ Market Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

3210 Mount Pleasant St. NW

FreshFarm Market by the White House Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

810 Vermont Ave. NW

Dupont Circle FreshFarm Market

Sundays, 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

20th St. NW between Massachusetts Ave. and Hillyer Pl.

Eastern Market

Saturdays and Sundays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesdays, 3 to 7 p.m.

225 7th St SE

Petworth Community Market

Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

4198 9th St. NW

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Union Market

Saturdays and Sundays, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

1309 5th Street NE

14th & U Farmers Market

Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

14th and U streets NW

Adams Morgan Farmers Market

Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Columbia Rd. and 18th St. NW

Arcadia's Mobile Farm Stand at LeDroit Park Wednesdays from 4 p.m to 7 p.m.

3rd and Elm streets NW

Bloomingdale Farmers Market First and R streets NW Sundays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

716 Monroe St. NE

Fridays, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m 13th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. NW

Columbia Heights Farmers Market

14th and Kenyon streets and Park Rd. NW Mondays, 9 a.m to 5 p.m.

D.C. Open-Air Farmers Market at RFK Stadium

Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Benning Rd. and Oklahoma Ave. NE

Foggy Bottom FreshFarm Market

Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

810 Vermont Ave. NW

Tuesdays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

I Street between 10th and 11th streets NW Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

5th and K streets NW

H Street FreshFarm Market

13th and H streets NE Saturdays, 9 a.m. to noon

Penn Quarter FreshFarm Market

Thursdays, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

8th street between D and E streets NW

USDA Farmers Market

Fridays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

12th street. and Independence Avenue SE

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Crime Prevention Goes Digital: The Consequences of GroupMe in Georgetown

By Pet e r Murray

Metropolitan Police Officer Roberto Corchado along with Officer Parminder Singh and Officer Roger Lowery hold shoplifting suspects on the block of 2800 Pennsylvania Avenue on April 7. Photo by Erin Schaff.

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he rapid recent pace of technological innovation has triggered a new era of policing, one in which crime fighting is based almost entirely on data — captured, analyzed and communicated using the latest digital tools.

Last year, the Georgetown Business Improvement District began using the Microsoft-owned mass-messaging application GroupMe to bolster communication between local businesses and Metropolitan Police Department officers. As John Wiebenson, the BID’s operations director, noted, “criminals move so quickly, we needed real-time communication.”

MPD Officer Antonial Atkins spearheaded the effort on the police side, glad to

replace an endless stream of text messages from merchants and Georgetown citizens with a single, centralized messaging app. But Atkins was quick to point out that GroupMe “is not a police app,” although he’s proud to call it “my idea.”

The results of that idea, cataloged in more than a thousand messages on the app beginning in March 2014, show a vigilant community working diligently to identify threats and prevent crime.

However, the posts as a whole also illustrate a stark racial disparity in how crime and suspicious behavior are reported in the community, raising hard questions about the relationship between community policing and civil rights.

The BID, a nonprofit funded by a tax on property owners within its boundaries, launched the group, branding it “Georgetown Business Public Safety: Keeping Georgetown Safe.” At first, most messages came from

“a little bit of profiling, I do it.”

police officers, including Atkins, notifying store managers about things to look out for, such as thieves, protests and bad weather.

As use has expanded, more and more messages have come from store managers and other employees, reporting crimes to the police and warning one another about criminals in the area. Atkins estimated that, currently, 85 percent of messages “come from the stores.” The group count at press time is 340 people, including 30 police officers.

When downloaded on a phone (or, less often, a computer), the app allows users to communicate instantly with all the members of their particular group. Messages, which can include photos and other media, appear on users’ home screens instantly. All users then

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MPD Officer Antonial Atkins says using GroupMe in Georgetown was "my idea." Across from the Georgetown Safeway, Atkins stands in front of memorial artwork dedicated to Starbucks employees -- Emory Allen Evans, Mary Caitrin Mahoney and Aaron David Goodrich -- who were brutally murdered in the store on July 6, 1997. Photo by Angie Myers.

have a chance to respond to the entire group.

Almost every store in Georgetown has one or more employees on GroupMe, but the heaviest users are managers and loss-prevention employees at national retail outlets such as Zara, TJ Maxx, Levi’s, CVS, American Apparel, Abercrombie & Fitch, Dean & Deluca, All Saints, Banana Republic and Cusp.

When asked about the app, managers using it gave mostly positive reviews. Just after chiding a few employees for not joining the group, Brian Edmondson, manager of Sports Zone and a 14-year retail veteran, told The Georgetowner, “Shoplifting is a problem you can’t do much about because the penalties really aren’t that high.” He said GroupMe has helped prevent theft at Sports Zone by identifying known thieves in the area.

Similarly, Alex and Ani assistant manager Gaelle Taku said, “GroupMe is very helpful when shoplifters are headed our way.” A manager at Barbour said the app was “good for organized crime,” referring to group theft and flash mobs (not Tony Soprano’s crowd). A number of employees praised Officer Atkins and his involvement in GroupMe. Other users gave the app mixed reviews. “[GroupMe] is helpful but I honestly stopped using it because it was just too much,” a manager at American Apparel said. Jillian Berman at Banana Republic concurred. “I had to get off it,” she said, despite it being a helpful communication tool, because she was receiving too many messages on her phone.

Paul Collins, a manager at Rag & Bone, called the app “hit or miss” in terms of getting a

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police response, and said he thought some users were “too quick” to report people for trivial, non-criminal things — smelling like marijuana, for instance. The Barbour manager said he had to take posts like that “with a grain of salt.”

That’s not what users are supposed to be posting, according to BID officials. A closed group, “users have to be invited, they have to have a conversation with John [Wiebenson] about the rules,” Georgetown BID president and CEO Joe Sternlieb said. He explained that GroupMe is used “exclusively to report possible criminal activity and known criminals.”

As for rules, both BID officials said that merchants are instructed to call 911 before reporting crime on GroupMe. Of particular importance, Sternlieb noted, is that users describe, “where they went, what they look like and what they’re wearing,” with regard to suspects.

In the process of writing hundreds of posts with these details, GroupMe users in Georgetown have developed a coded, textfriendly and abbreviation-heavy dialect. For example, “BOLO” means be on the look out, and is usually accompanied by a description of a crime or a known thief, or a suspicious activity such as carrying old bags or ignoring staff.

Often, GroupMe users send out photos taken on security cameras or smartphones of known criminals or people acting suspiciously.

Stores frequently ask officers to perform a “walk thru” to scare off anyone suspicious, and police usually respond “omw” for “on my way.” (If an officer isn’t available, he or she will message back telling the user to call 911.)

Occasionally, officers make arrests, but

Atkins says part of the purpose of GroupMe is to prevent crime. According to statistics provided by MPD, theft is down 10 percent and crime overall is down 7.5 percent compared with year-to-date figures within the BID’s jurisdiction from last year.

Atkins attributed those drops to “people getting involved” through GroupMe. When police do catch someone, users celebrate, writing messages like “I love this app” or congratulating police with “Good job!” He said that people thank police in Georgetown for their services, which makes officers “very happy.”

Most striking in users’ language on GroupMe, though, is the term “aa” for African American — and the frequency with which that term (and others to describe black people) appears. Of 330 people described in messages warning of suspicious or criminal activity posted between March 1, 2015, and July 5, 2015, 236 — or 72 percent — are identified as African Americans.

Data about the percentage of African Americans among Georgetown shoppers is not available, but — given that only a quarter of the residents of the Washington metropolitan area are black or African American (2010 U.S. Census and 2011 American Community Survey) — it is likely to be much smaller than 72 percent. By way of comparison, GroupMe users in Georgetown flagged only 16 white people, less than half of 1 percent of the total, for committing some sort of crime or business disruption.

With regard to pictures distributed on GroupMe of suspects and “suspicious” characters over the study period, 19 photos of African Americans were circulated to the group, while only one photo of a white person was posted.

Seventy-six people mentioned in the chat were not identified by race, while the group reported one Hispanic and one Asian man as suspicious.

Based on The Georgetowner’s interviews with managers and messages on GroupMe, users here have a wide range of triggers when it comes to suspicion. Multiple GroupMe users in Georgetown said that one indication that a customer is likely to shoplift is the carrying of heavy or old bags. (H&M bags are particularly suspicious, according to interviews with store managers).

Photo posted on Dec. 30 on the "Georgetown Business Public Safety" GroupMe account.

Photo posted on April 7 on the "Georgetown Business Public Safety" GroupMe account.

Certain behaviors, like being quiet or curt, or looking over to the counter, are deemed suspicious in GroupMe. Walking around at too fast or too slow a pace is an alarm for other employees. Being part of a large group, especially of young people, can also lead to someone raising a flag on the app.

Sometimes users flag people as “suspicious” without giving a reason, noting “no confirmed theft.” Certain clothes and hairstyles can trip the alarm for a store employee and lead to a GroupMe message. People with dreadlocks, or “dreads,” are often flagged as “suspicious.”

Not infrequently, GroupMe users get it wrong. In most cases, this ends with little fanfare and no mention on the message board.

Here are a few examples: At the beginning of March, “American Apparel (3025 M St NW) Ayesha Mgr” posted, “3 African american girls, one with curly red dreds, other has bangs and shoulder length hair, and the other.” The text breaks off and Officer DeRuvo responds, “Omw. Walking,” before Ayesha finishes the sentence with “acting suspicious…” The girls return later, Ayesha asks for another walk through and then the messages stop, with no word on the situation getting resolved.

In another post, “TJ Maxx (3222 M st) Carl” wrote “bolo 4 aa males and 1 aa females had a couple of small bags (solbta) came in selecting the same high end jeans and shirts.

They did not steal anything. But did Leave the department a mess.” He also posted pictures of four of the men to the entire group, although no crime was observed.

Carl wrote, “Bolo we just had a man taking unusual interest in our front door and letting associates in so be aware about who is near your stores when unlocking the door.” He provided a photo in this instance as well, again without indication of a crime.

“Zara (1238 Wisc Ave NW) Derrick Loss Prev.” frequently posts about African Americans without observing criminal activity. On Feb. 24, he wrote only about “2 suspicious aa males,” providing descriptions and their direction. He then posted, “FYI. If they do steal they are driving in a grey Oldsmobile aroura.” Atkins asks for a tag number “incase a theft occurs,” saying the information will “provide detectives with

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Photo posted on June 21 on the "Georgetown Business Public Safety" GroupMe account.

information to conduct a follow-up investigation.” This exchange took place without any indication of any crime.

In some cases, though, users will correct each other and vindicate the suspicious person described or photographed. For example, earlier this year, “Hu’s Wear (2906 M st) Hannah” flagged a black man as suspicious, sending his picture, description and where he was headed around to the group. “About 6 foot. Tats [tattoos] on hands and neck. Very suspicious, looking everywhere but what was he asking about,” she wrote cryptically.

Later on that day, an employee named Will at Suit Supply wrote, “He was just in Suitsupply.

Made a purchase of several suits and some gloves.”

In another instance, in response to a photo of two black women sent by a user at American Apparel, an employee at Benetton wrote, “Those were the ones from our store as well.

Good job on the pics! Only known thieves would smile for the camera” — in response to a photo of two black women sent through the app by the user at American Apparel.

The woman smiling in the photo was a store employee. The other, non-smiling woman was the known thief.

With regard to these cases of mistaken identity and miscast suspicion, Officer Atkins, a middle-aged African American man, said, “it happened to me.” When he was in plainclothes, “someone in a store accused me of being someone who had stolen from the store before.”

Even disregarding the few users who repeatedly report African Americans without indications of criminal activity, the statistics within a roughly 90-day period suggest that there is more widespread bias at play.

“A racial bias is pretty apparent based just on the pictures and descriptions [in GroupMe],” says a Levi’s employee who wishes to remain anonymous. Isabel Savage at Hu’s Wear called certain posts on the app “racism at its greatest form,” adding, “the [retail] industry breeds it.”

Savage’s coworker at Hu’s Wear, Hannah Warren, initially agreed with Savage’s representation of racial bias on the Georgetown GroupMe account. But after being confronted

with examples of posts labeling black men as suspicious without evidence, Warren explained that one of the men in question “was dismissive,” “standing very close to the racks” and “had a hat pulled down low.” “Better safe than sorry,” she said, before admitting, “a little bit of profiling, I do it.”

All employees at the most active stores who talked to The Georgetowner acknowledged that users on the app predominantly report African-Americans. But they also all claimed to have caught people of all races stealing from their stores.

A manager at American Apparel who wishes to remain anonymous offered a different explanation. She said she’s "caught every type of person stealing" from her store, but that African Americans are “more loud about it” and “more obvious about it.”

Candice Stewart at Benetton offered yet another explanation of why black people are flagged so often in the GroupMe system. “A lot of the known thieves are black,” she said.

“It’s the same people over and over again.”

Managers at CVS, Zara, Dean & Deluca and TJ Maxx declined to be interviewed for this article.

“There’s a common phenomenon of a black person showing up in a store, and just because they are black, they look suspicious,” Georgetown Law professor Anthony Cook said when presented with the BID’s GroupMe messaging board. “Now, they’ve basically automated that process by putting it on camera, and not just using that for internal purposes, but now distributing it en masse to other people so that whoever is identified in the chat is guilty to the rest of the group without any kind of interrogating or any benefit of the doubt,” Cook said. “It’s a digital mob mentality.”

According to a host of scholarly work compiled by Rutgers Business School Professor Jerome D. Williams, black people are no more likely to shoplift than members of any other race. Shoplifting comes “in all sizes, shapes and colors,” Williams writes.

Even store employees are in on it, according to the 2012 University of Florida Survey on Retail Losses, which found that “employee

“It’s a digital mob mentality.”

Photo posted on Dec. 30 on the "Georgetown Business Public Safety" GroupMe account.

theft accounts for a far greater percentage” of losses than shoplifting does. Arrest data may suggest otherwise, but Williams argues that these data are biased against blacks because “they are a reflection of who’s getting caught, and that’s a reflection of who’s getting watched.”

D.C.-based lawyer and ethicist Jack Marshall doesn’t call what’s happening on GroupMe in Georgetown “profiling,” though.

Instead, he says that bias, racial or otherwise, impairs judgment, and that it “is impossible to correct for” when you’re under the influence of it. “These people [on the app] aren’t bigots, they just need to recognize what’s happening [with regard to bias].”

behavior is and they just report what they see,” he said, adding, “a lot of security officers at the stores are African American.” (Marshall used the black police officers that are suspected of killing Freddie Gray in Baltimore as an example that bias can affect anyone.) “It’s not like a law enforcement agency is targeting a specific group of people,” he says.

Wiebenson said the organization has not considered training around racial bias, but that he confronts users who have posted “inappropriate” messages, meaning those with rough language or marketing messages. He said he removes repeat offenders from the group.

Atkins stands by his claim that the GroupMe model in Georgetown “should go global.” And in a way, it already has. As apps that can be used for mass messaging have proliferated, they have attracted billions of users with more and more communities adopting them to stay connected. It was only a matter of time before police joined the party.

A document released by the Obama Justice Department titled “Community Policing Defined” calls on police to do what MPD is doing in Georgetown by developing “two-way communication systems through the internet” with the public, among other recommendations.

In localities ranging from Odessa, Texas,

Photo posted on June 17 on the "Georgetown Business Public Safety" GroupMe account.

Marshall says the ethicist in him has a problem with the fact that people who end up being flagged as suspicious or criminal on GroupMe have no way of knowing that they are under observation. Marshall and Cook both said that they could imagine someone flagged on GroupMe being violently confronted by an app user regardless of police warnings on the app not to engage. Without prompting, both experts used George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch coordinator who shot and killed Trayvon Martin, as an example of something that could happen in Georgetown because of GroupMe. However, interviews with store employees paint a far less dramatic picture. Edmondson from Sports Zone said his staff won’t do anything to a known thief in the store other than provide customer service. “Customer service is the best preventative for theft,” he said, a sentiment echoed by a handful of employees at other stores.

Still, Marshall said, “Apps create a lot of power in the hands of people who have not taken necessary steps to be competent enough to wield the power.” In that vein, he suggested training for GroupMe users as a potential solution that “wouldn’t be hard to do” to solve the app’s “bias problem.” When asked about training, Atkins said, “that’s on them,” referring to app users, “not the police.”

While Atkins calls racial disparities demonstrated by the bulk of GroupMe posts “a concern,” he said that by and large he trusts the app’s users to call it like they see it without bias, in part because their posts “will be there for life.”

Sternlieb offered a similar response. “The underlying assumption here is that people [GroupMe users] know what suspicious

Photo posted on July 27 on the "Georgetown Business Public Safety" GroupMe account.

to Gloucester Township, New Jersey, to Los Angeles, police, businesses and citizens are using the Nextdoor app in the same way that GroupMe is being used in Georgetown.

(Nextdoor is also popular in Georgetown, but so far area users of the app have focused more on finding contractors, roommates and nannies than criminals.)

Back in Georgetown, the Citizens Association is getting involved, urging more area residents to join and use the app for public safety. And in the District as a whole, the idea is picking up steam. Atkins said that police use the app to keep in touch with residents in his neighborhood. He also said that he’s giving a presentation on GroupMe to an ANC commissioner in District 5 in an effort to build a public-private partnership around policing there.

“We are pioneers in starting this,” said Atkins.

With research by Erin Schaff, Kelly Byrnes and Caitlin Franz.

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Day Drinking Like a Champ

By G le ndon Ha rt l e y

Cantina Marina on the Southwest waterfront in Washington, D.C.

D

ay drinking, you’ll be pleased to learn, is no longer limited to politicians and the characters on “Mad Men.” Your last memory of it shouldn’t be that super-awkward time you had lunch with your significant other’s parents.

Therefore, to get you started, here are some of the best sunup-to-sundown drinks places in and around the District.

One thing we need to get out of the way first: This is NOT a brunch article. This is a recommendation, based on firsthand experience, of some of the best places to have a lot of fun while consuming alcoholic beverages during daylight hours. That said, I’d like to quote a good friend of mine, who states, “Day drinking is a marathon, not a sprint.”

On that same note, the first place I’d like to shine a special light on is the Wydown Coffee Bar, at 1924 14th St. NW, because a properly made cup of coffee or tea is a great break between potent daytime tipples — and not a single daytime drinking establishment is going to have a problem with you bringing in your favorite clear-plastic logo cup.

Almost one nautical mile from the Southeast and Southwest waterfronts (if you’re traveling by ferry), National Harbor greets you with a giant Ferris wheel. Amidst the shopping and chain restaurants, at 152 Waterfront St., is a small, well-lit and bustling seafood joint and watering hole: the Walrus Oyster and Ale House. This place pairs great seafood with artisanal cocktails and plenty of other boozeridden beverages. The cocktail menu features 15 drinks, including shareable punches, frozen drinks, beer cocktails and oyster shooters.

I started with the Edgar Allan Boh, a simple National Bohemian beer can dressed with a combination of hot sauce, lime and salt. This drink is basically an American version of the Mexican Michelada: a beer cocktail with lime, salt and a combination of spices, perfect for pairing with a dozen local oysters. Next up was Peach Hill, the Walrus’s answer to the Whiskey

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highball, made with Four Roses bourbon, peach-infused honey, lemon and soda. If you’re not a cocktails person, the Walrus sports a list of 12 wines by the glass and 30 beers, most of which you can get by the growler.

Back across the Potomac River, on the Southwest waterfront, I walked down a quiet, unassuming hallway into one of craziest beachbar parties I’ve ever experienced without a beach: Cantina Marina at 600 Water St. SW. This place is a Jersey Shore beach bar politely wrapped in a tidy D.C. package. Open during the warmer months of the year, it is consistently busy morning to night, immersing you in the roaring energy of a hard-partying crowd.

At Cantina Marina, I’m immediately greeted with a shot of Irish whiskey and an ice-cold Corona, flashing me back to my last Dewey Beach vacation. A few whiskeys later, I’ve talked myself into the Escalade Margarita, a drink purely and pridefully based on American excess, consisting of a frozen margarita, a Corona and a small bottle of Grand Marnier (tucked nicely face down on the side of the drink). This place will never come close to

attaining a Michelin star, but you’ll be safe with fish or steak tacos. Check out their website for upcoming live bands and special events.

Working my way north, I stop in Shaw to take a break from cocktails and head to the best day-drinking beer bar in D.C., Dacha Beer Garden at 1700 7th St. NW. Dog friendly (so is Cantina Marina), this beer bar opened in 2013, featuring an intense menu of American, German and Belgian beers along with ciders, mead and wine. After recently taking over the restaurant next door, Dacha now offers a food menu of grilled old-world sausages and many other items.

I order a giant Weihenstephan

and sit on one of their picnic benches to enjoy the crowd — as well as the calming mist spraying around the bar to cool us all off.

Next, I make my way up 14th Street for some iced Moroccan mint tea at the Wydown.

I’m on my way to one of the coolest daydrinking spots in the city, Marvin, at 2007 14th St. NW. An American/Belgian food concept, Marvin hosts an amazing mix of people under its closed-off rooftop. You could literally run into anyone from local artists to the mayor. The Sunday day-party, narrated by a DJ, gets pretty packed. Happy hours on Thursday and Friday also have a DJ. I had Delirium Tremens and Chimay Tripel before making my way further up 14th to one of D.C.’s best-kept secrets.

The Red Derby, at 3718 14th St. NW, wins my award for best service on my day-drinking excursion. You’re greeted by a type of makeshift shrine to alcohol and an ATM, reminding you that this is a cash bar. During brunch, the rooftop has a very chill “calm before the storm” aspect, all the while playing a mix of ’80s pop, underground punk, EDM and Top 40. The crowd can suddenly jump from 20 to 60 people.

The bar is friendly to Jameson drinkers, as they kindly poured up the 14 shots we ordered with a smile. The food is simple and delicious; you cannot go wrong with the huevos rancheros.

The cocktail scene has turned a blind eye to this no-frills place, but they do offer themed drinks on different days during the week. The beer selection is very impressive, with selections from all over the world in all categories, including but not limited to sours, whites, ales, stouts and ciders. Staring at me from behind the bar was a trophy bearing the modest claim of “Best D.C. Bar 2009.”

Because day drinking can be quite an adventure, and you don’t always get to visit all your favorite people and places before the sun goes down, I’ve also compiled a list of honorable mentions below.

Right: Marvin at 14th and U Street NW. Bottom: A view of the Ferris wheel at National Harbor Maryland.

Vinoteca Wine Bar, 1940 11th St. NW — Wine and tapas with a nice outdoor patio bar.

Farmers Fishers Bakers, 3000 K St. NW — Extensive tiki-style drink menu and American fare on the Georgetown waterfront.

Lyman’s, 3720 14th St. NW — American bar with outdoor seating.

Red Rocks, 1036 Park Road NW — “Neapolitan Bistro” in Columbia Heights.

Comment on and ask questions about the places in this article @Cocktailery_Tomfoolery.

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A Baked Joint

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By Kimb e rly J ahns

Due to the play on words of A Baked Joint, I had to get a brownie. The coconut caramel brownie was special, but for all the right (and legal) reasons. The brownie was large and fudgy and everything I expected from the Baked & Wired folks. Although there are no cupcakes in sight, they do have cakes identical in flavor to their Baked & Wired cupcakes.

Sandwiches and side salads are prominent on their “PM” menu, served from 11:30 a.m. until closing. On the “AM” menu are quiche, oatmeal, biscuits and smoked salmon. Espresso, coffee and tea are also available.

Walking in, one immediately notices the lack of laptops and phones in use, especially in a place with a mellow, café vibe. The main reason for this absence of technology is that A Baked Joint does not have WiFi. They advertise this fact in the window before you even step inside. (But if you are coming here for the WiFi, perhaps the food would be wasted on your palate anyway.)

A Baked Joint is the cool younger sister who doesn’t need to flash her fantastic food and delicious desserts to impress. Heck, the owners don’t even need a sign outside their store to get business. It’s everything you wish your mom’s kitchen could be — filled with the smell of bread and providing a comfy seat and a nice cocktail at the end of a long day.

A loaf of D.C.emblazoned bread and the interior of A Baked Joint. Photos courtesy A Baked Joint.

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sister store of Baked & Wired is coming into its own in Chinatown.

Don’t expect this new bakery — called A Baked Joint — to be a clone of Baked & Wired. A Baked Joint does not focus on the sweet, but rather on the savory: sandwiches, quiche, even cocktails.

A Baked Joint is nestled in a row of retail shops and an apartment building at 440 K St. NW. Gallery Place, Chinatown is the closest Metro stop. If you get confused searching for the bakery, look for the large American flag outside the storefront.

Walking into A Baked Joint, you immediately realize how different this bakery is from its Georgetown sister. The vast amount of seating, with room to spare, gives it a café feel.

Compared to Baked & Wired, a crowded store with limited seating, A Baked Joint is a palace, with seating for everyone. But with customers able to see straight into the kitchen, and very few walls to cut up the space, there is a comfortable feeling of home.

The menu consists of sandwiches, a few specialty drinks and beers and, of course, desserts. When your sandwich is called out, you walk over to pick it up. The bread is warm and the curry chicken salad is flavorful, fresh and filling. For dessert, they have their ice-cream sammies and a few other bars, pies and cakes.

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We saw the wobbly little penguins by the hundreds at Boulder’s Beach, which was (there is no other way to describe this) totally cute. Reaching the top of Cape Point, I was laughingly disabused of the notion that I would see a jagged and watery line where the Indian and Atlantic Oceans meet.

The Cape Town waterfront offers multitudes of excursions involving helicopters, whales, wine and other activities — the most famous probably being the trips to Nelson Mandela’s former prison on Robben Island. Fresh eateries and local markets are around every corner, and we consumed local biltong by the pound the whole trip. Biltong is a 400-year-old South African snack similar to beef jerky, but chewier and prepared differently, featuring every type of game meat conceivable. Not having yet picked up a golf club or gotten over jet lag, I was already wowed

by South Africa.

The most distinctive golf in SA lies along the Eastern Cape and Garden Route between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. De Zalze, a parklands course on a 300-hectare estate boasting substantial vineyard and farming efforts, was a great example of just how much golf and wine scratch each other’s backs in the SA economy. A visit to the picturesque Ernie Els Winery and his nearby Stellenbosch restaurant, The Big Easy, culinarily hammered this point home. Farther down the road and voted #5 in SA, Arabella Golf Course was an absolute treat to play. Nestled amongst the hills of the Palmiet Mountain Range above the Bot River Lagoon, the course was a sanctuary of bird life and beautiful views.

South of Mossel Bay, the caves directly beneath Pinnacle Point Golf Course, are a heritage site, which are believed to be one of the first places that humans used heat to make stone tools.

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Wandergolf light of my Kichaka experience was a quiet sunset tailgate in the bush, punctuated by the velvet pattering of giraffe pillow fights less than 100 yards away, as they whipped their gangly necks at each other’s torsos. The unexpected baby rhino sightings at Pumba were thrilling, and on the last evening there we stumbled upon a family of white lions and watched the cubs play with each other as we sat in silence. Wildebeests just look weird, and watching them run in circles was interesting. The tendency for startled warthogs to scatter and then immediately return to where they were startled was Darwinistically interesting. Monkeys are always a welcome addition, as long as all of your food is within reach. Nighttime hippopotamus noises were new to me, once you figured out they didn’t come from someone in your own crowd.

I like to think of myself as a contrarian, a non-cruise-ship guy, someone who makes their own plans and comes out ahead.

But I was overwhelmingly thankful and appreciative for Pro Golf Safaris by the end of this trip. It’s too hard to be in the know this far from South Africa, and good operators have a finger on the pulse of their specialty areas. Most tour operators get roughly 30-percent discounts on almost everything, especially outfits like this that do a large volume business with the places you want to go. The skill that results in good times and cultural education for me now seems to be in communicating with folks like this about exactly what you would like to do, because it’s all available.

This was a lifetime experience, and I will go back. The last conversations with my travel friends all concerned bucket-list amendments and revisions to include repeats and further research.

There is golf everywhere, and certainly closer, but what about the penguins and biltong? What about the wines they don’t ship and the plants that don’t grow here? What about the Indian Ocean?

What about Zulu? Knowing the answers to these questions makes up for the truth: that I will never play on the PGA Tour.

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oudoun County, Virginia, has no shortage of local breweries, combining water, barley, yeast and hops in ways that are sure to please anyone’s palate.

With the 7th annual D.C. Beer Week bubbling up Aug. 9 to 16, it’s the perfect time to try some of the crispest, most authentic and best-crafted beers in the region.

Pinpointing a single top-notch brewery in Loudoun County is nearly impossible given the 19 contenders. But, to get you started, the following establishments are well worth checking out: Lost Rhino Brewing Company offers an extensive selection of year-round and seasonal beers to visitors, who can tour the brewery on Saturdays. Tours run every hour from 1 to 5 p.m. For $8, participants get a souvenir tasting glass and four sample fillings. Those unable to trek to this Ashburn establishment aren’t out of luck, since Lost Rhino is among the 25 regional breweries participating in D.C. Beer Week’s Blind and Bitter event on Aug. 14. Scion Restaurant, at 2100 P St. NW near Dupont Circle, will host the event, in which patrons blindly taste a hoppy brew from each of the breweries and vote for their favorite. Lost Rhino opened a second Ashburn location this year, the Lost Rhino Retreat, with a full food menu. Both have live musical entertainment on Fridays and Saturdays.

Another Ashburn establishment, Old Ox Brewery, utilizes over 9,000 square feet of its

building space for beer production. Old Ox has three core beers that are brewed year-round, plus a rotating selection of seasonal and experimental drinks. Tours of the production space take place Saturday afternoons on a first come, first served basis. The tasting room is open Wednesday through Sunday. Though no food is served at Old Ox, visiting food trucks are on the premises most weekends.

In Fairfax County a selection of 22 local and regional craft beers are in store for those who visit Barrel and Bushel, an American-style restaurant and bar located in the Hyatt Regency Tysons Corner. Barrel and Bushel’s drink menu consists of lagers, stouts and ales, as well as wines and bourbon. For those looking to sample a variety of brews, flight trays are offered with four glasses of beer. Choose from one of five flights on the menu or create your own from the beers on tap.

If hard cider, with its crisp, smooth taste, sounds more appealing than beer, Loudoun’s latest micro-cidery is not to be missed. Wild Hare Cider, which officially opened its Bluemont doors last month, specializes in transforming the ripest apples from Shenandoah Valley orchards into a fresh drink to be enjoyed any time of year.

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Dear Stacy, Last week my boyfriend (7 months, we are both in our 40s) said he thought it best if we didn't date anymore. It was his idea, but I was inching toward the same conclusion myself (for different reasons). We mutually agreed to stay friends. Here's the thing that's confusing to me: not much has changed since we had that discussion.

He still sends me email and text messages a few times a day. He still calls me every night to discuss things that are happening in our lives.

He still wants me to attend a dinner party with his friends next week. I have a business dinner next month at a restaurant that's a favorite of his and, although I had not invited him (no one is bringing significant others), he volunteered that he'd like to go with me.

I am happy to remain friends with him. But this frequency of communication is something that, for me, is indicative of a romantic relationship. I don't communicate this much with anyone else in my life, not my closest friends, not my family. I don't dislike communicating with him and I do want to remain friends, but I feel like this is making it difficult for me to move on. Any suggestions on how I can address this with him without damaging the friendship?

– Confused Dear Confused: While anyone reading this would be impressed by your maturity in this situation — I really am! — I think there seems to be a myth of how “mature” people always stay friends with Exes. We fast-track from Ex to Pal, and everyone’s supposed to be okay with it. But the truth is that a breakup is a break. It has to be, otherwise,

as you said, we can’t heal and move on. Instead, we linger and we suppose and we what-if ourselves to the point of distraction.

Your Pal’s behavior tells us that you fulfill much of what he needs in his life, but, for whatever reason, he is unable to commit fully. You said you were heading toward ending the relationship yourself. I think you might need to have that breakup convo regardless of what happened last week. Set your own terms, so you don’t wind up feeling used.

You worry about “damaging the friendship,” but the friendship is brand new (and, I am even going to say, not entirely based in reality). It’s unrealistic that you would want to hear about his day every night without enjoying the real intimacy that kind of connection can create. Instead, you get to be the author of what a safe friendship is. But please, give yourself some time away from the dating and the friending; that’s where the perspective and healing happens. I understand there may not be massive wounds around this breakup, but even abrasions need air and time to heal. Then you will feel more confident when you find New Boyfriend and you want to tell Pal all about him.

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 stacymurphyLPC@ gmail.com.

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Performance

‘Dear Evan Hansen’: The Next Big Thing?

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n a Broadway theater world where the search for the next big thing is always on, “Dear Evan Hansen,” the new musical having a world-premiere run at Arena Stage through Aug. 15, has a lot going for it.

In many ways, it’s a thoroughly modern musical, with contemporary music, themes and central characters, and with rising theater artists at the helm. The show — about a young man who pretends to have been a close friend of a troubled high school student who’s committed suicide — is the work of a group of artists who’ve already made names for themselves on Broadway. And the cast is both an exciting and calming mixture of young and older pros.

Directed by Michael Greif, whose credits include “Grey Gardens,” “Next to Normal” (which was rebooted for Broadway at Arena Stage) and “If/Then,” starring Idina Menzel, which had its pre-Broadway run at the National Theater two seasons ago, “Dear Evan Hansen” has a book by Steven Levenson, who penned “The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin” (staged at Roundabout Theatre), as well as scripting and co-producing the hit Showtime series “Masters of Sex.” The music and lyrics are by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, noted for the hit “A Christmas Story: The Musical” and “Dogfight,” produced Off Broadway at Second Stage Theatre (and, coincidentally, being staged at the Keegan Theatre in Dupont beginning Aug. 22).

Ben Platt is headlining “Evan Hansen” as Evan Hansen, bringing some major movie mojo to the project after being the male lead in the hugely successful “Pitch Perfect” movies (1 and 2) and appearing with Meryl Streep in “Ricki and the Flash,” now playing at a Cineplex near you. He made his Broadway debut as Elder Cunningham in “The Book of Mormon.”

For Michael Park, playing alongside another Broadway veteran, Jennifer Laura Thompson, as the shaken parents of Connor, the teen lost to suicide, “Dear Evan Hansen” has been a unique experience. “Being in a show like this from the beginning, an original American musical with all that phrase implies, is exciting. It’s really being part of the process from the beginning, from inception, all the readings, the workshops, the rehearsal. And it’s still changing. This project remains electric and alive even now, because this is the first time it’s gone in front of a paying audience.”

The hope, of course, is that the show will eventually wind up on Broadway. Like some of the other shows involving the creative team of Greif, Levenson, Pasek and Paul, it’s part of an ongoing attempt, on Broadway and in the theater in general, to find the kind of musical that taps into the temper of the times and pushes the genre forward.

Park may be best known for playing Jack Snyder on the hugely popular daytime soap opera “As The World Turns,” for which he received two consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama.

His theater credits are varied and rich. He was in the original cast of “Smokey Joe’s Café” and played Billy in “Carousel,” the difficult part of Gooper in a recent production of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” and Mr. Bratt in “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.”

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Top: Ben Platt as Evan, Michael Park as Larry and Jennifer Laura Thompson as Cynthia. Bottom Left: Ben Platt as Evan and Will Roland as Jared. Bottom RIght: The company of “Dear Evan Hansen.” Photos by Margot Schulman.

Opera” at A.C.T., “Hello Again” at Lincoln Center and “Violet” and “The Burnt Part Boys” at Playwrights Horizons.

He was also in the live television productions of “Peter Pan” and “The Sound of Music” on NBC. “That can be scary,” he said. “It’s sort of like theater in the sense that it’s live, but there’s no audience. But then again there’s an audience of millions.

“This is a very touching, moving show,” he said. “Playing a parent, well, I know about that, and it touches you deeply and easily. I’ve been very lucky to do the things I’ve done. I have a

good and real life, and that keeps you grounded.

I’ve been married for 20 years to my wife Laurie Nowak, who’s a music therapist, and we have three children, daughters Annabelle Jayne and Kathleen Rose and son Christopher Michael.” He understands all sorts of audiences, including the somewhat insular, fanzine world of soap operas. “Fame, celebrity, all of that is nice if it comes, but I’m an actor who loves the work, and loves my life.

“I think Broadway — especially the world of Broadway musicals — is always trying to find a new voice, a new way of creating work

that touches an audience, for its music, for its drama, or style and theme. I’ve been around it a lot and it’s a crowded field. Those songs by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller were wonderful. I’ve done Rodgers and Hammerstein and ‘Business’ as well.

“I think this is a pretty special creation. It’s original, down to earth, it is romantic and moving at the same time. I love being a part of it, of getting to work with everybody here. It’s very much a part of our times, and in that sense it’s very alive, and I think it will attract that elusive new audience that’s out there.”

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Gustave Caillebotte: The Painter’s Eye

By Ari P os t

W

e are welcomed into the National Gallery of Art, just past its pantheonic atrium, by the paintings of Manet, Renoir, Pissarro, Monet, Cassatt, Degas, Morisot — those visionaries who built a bridge between the classical tradition and the modern era.

The early Impressionists created some of the first work within the Western canon that does not require a religious, historical or scholarly key to be fully appreciated. These are secular images of mundane humanity — a woman reading a newspaper, a man staring out the window — and scenes of fleeting naturalism, like a sunset over an open field or fruit scattered across a wooden table.

Strange to think that this could be considered an act of defiance, but in the age of the French Academy the subject matter of art floated on a lofty plane; the depiction of laborers, pedestrians, dirty urban street scenes and ordinary wheat fields was renounced as vulgar, even depraved.

Say what you will about the brushwork and color palettes of the Impressionists (which are indeed heart-stopping), the real enduring power of that brassy and quarrelsome gaggle of painters is their work’s ability to connect to a mass audience — now for well over a century.

For two reasons, then, one is stunned to encounter the work of Gustave Caillebotte in the National Gallery’s current retrospective, “Gustave Caillebotte: The Painter’s Eye,” on view through Oct. 4. First, his work is immediately iconic, with many pieces as bracing and unforgettable as established Impressionist masterpieces such as Monet’s “Woman with a Parasol,” which hangs nearby. Second, and in light of this, it is baffling that no one seems to have heard of him.

(It should be noted that Caillebotte is far from unknown among the many artists and curators with whom I have spoken. In fact, he is

“Linen Out to Dry, Petit Gennevilliers,” 1888.

On the Pont de l’Europe, 1876-1877.

“Portrait of a Man,” 1880.

a frequent favorite, a sort of beloved secret.)

Poised to rectify Caillebotte’s status among the leaders of early Impressionism, the National Gallery exhibition tackles this conundrum head-on, revealing the odd circumstance that underscores Caillebotte’s relative anonymity: He came from money.

Caillebotte’s family owned a successful textile business. Being financially secure meant that he never needed to make money through his paintings. Because he did not sell his work, relatively few of his paintings have entered public collections. Furthermore, as a contemporary of Degas, Monet, Renoir and others, he was also an art collector. Upon his death much of his sizable collection was willed to the state, becoming the cornerstone of France’s national collection of Impressionism.

Ironically, this bequest overshadowed his own reputation as an artist.

With his paintings shielded from public view, Caillebotte’s significant role in the development of Impressionism receded. He remained largely undetected until a series of exhibition late in the 20th century.

However, when finally confronted with his work, all this history suddenly seems like a trivial footnote. It is a feeling that takes hold the moment you enter the exhi-

bition galleries, with the very first painting on the right, “Portrait of a Man.” The cool quality of the light as it breaks across the planes of the subject’s face and vest, with the delicate lace curtain and iron window guard so succinctly rendered, shows an artist in complete control of both medium and style.

There is also a tremendous sense of soul to the man in the painting. This chilling distinctness of inner life, of self and spirit, reverberates through of all of Caillebotte’s portraits. But to speak of the painter’s distinctive qualities is to say nothing of his noteworthy artistic evolution.

Caillebotte began his career exploring a Paris in transition, detailing the city as it was transformed by large-scale renovations, beginning in the 1850s, guided by Baron Haussmann. With immense street scenes and glimpses through parlor windows in his portraits, he examined the city’s new steel bridges, wide boulevards, ample sidewalks and uniform buildings. Through his still-life paintings of the Parisian markets — the butcher shops, patisseries and produce stands — we see the city’s lush offerings. Surprising and wonderful, these works are the missing link between the vanitas of near-nauseating banquet pieces from the Dutch Golden Age and Wayne Thiebaud’s window displays of cakes, pies and confections.

After showing with the Impressionists in 1882, Caillebotte stopped exhibiting regularly with them, and by the end of the decade he had moved from the city to the suburbs. There, he painted boating and garden scenes, and ultimately devoted himself to the pursuit of landscapes (likely influenced by his increasingly close friendship with Monet).

As you proceed through the exhibition, you can actually watch as his brushwork loosens and his colors leave the pearly blue hues of the city behind, becoming far less restrained.

In the final gallery, there is a painting called “Linen Out to Dry, Petit Gennevilliers.” A small cottage sits on the edge of a river at what initially looks like the base of an unfinished mountain range. Then you realize that what you see are not mountaintops but white linens billowing in the wind. It is nearly a study rather than a finished painting — in many areas the raw canvas is visible between the loose brushwork — except that you can taste the air of the countryside.

As Impressionism goes, the conjuring of some Transcendental ether is quite a profound, if ridiculous-sounding, achievement. But it is one of the pleasures of this exhibition to get caught up and whisked away by the discovery of these new and eternal moments of painting.

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Social Scene

Tony Bennett Gets Big Birthday Surprise From Lady Gaga

By Carolyn L ande s

Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga dazzled sold-out audiences at the Kennedy Center Friday and Saturday night, concluding their seven-month tour for their jazz album, “Cheek to Cheek.”

“You might be wondering why he’s singing jazz with the girl who wore the meat dress,” Lady Gaga said of her work with Bennett. “I assure you, I’m a much better jazz singer than I am a pop singer.”

The duo sang a combination of duets and solo performances, featuring jazz standards that included “But Beautiful” and “The Lady Is A Tramp.” At the end of Saturday’s show, Gaga surprised Bennett with a multi-tiered cake and serenade for his 89th birthday on Aug. 3. Arts advocates Bennett and his wife Susan Benedetto were awarded George Washington University President’s Medals July 30 at the Corcoran building, home to GW’s Corcoran School of the Arts and Design. The ceremony also featured a private, one-night-only exhibition of 18 pieces of Bennett art. Yes, Lady Gaga showed up for that.

George Washington University President Steven Knapp presented the university’s highest award to Tony Bennett and his wife Susan Benedetto. Photo by William Atkins/The George Washington University.

On the stage of the Kennedy Center, Lady Gaga surprised Tony Bennett with a birthday cake, made by Duff Goldman of Charm City Cakes. It was based on the cake originally created for President John F. Kennedy’s birthday party, during which Marilyn Monroe famously sang, “Happy Birthday, Mr. President.”

Photos by Daniel Swartz/Kennedy Center.

Innocents at Risk Fundraises with ‘Cocktails for a Cause’

by M a ry B ird

Innocents at Risk celebrated successes in putting an end to child trafficking with a cocktail reception and silent auction at the George Town Club July 22. Founder Deborah Sigmund thanked supporters for increasing awareness of the issue. The evening was filled with laughter, delicious hors d’oeuvres and education.

WUSA9 News anchor Andrea Roane and Innocents at Risk founder Deborah Sigmund.

Meridian Salutes Social Secretaries

by C ar olyn Lan d es, Pho to s by ro bert devaney

It was a social crowd — both in nature and by trade — that gathered at Meridian House July 30 for a reception that honored embassy social secretaries for their roles in promoting cultural diplomacy.

The evening’s guest of honor, White House Social Secretary Deesha Dyer, told attendees that the first lady Michelle Obama is her “unwavering mentor,” and added, “She inspires me in all I do.”

Meridian’s International Center’s Director Stuart Holliday presented Dyer with a silk scarf, customdesigned by Ann Hand.

Keith Lipert and Suzanne Kim Doud Galli.

Didi Cutler, Lee Satterfield, Ann Stock, Deesha Dyer, Ambassador Stuart Holliday and Gwen Holliday.

Idy Marcus and Lisa McCurdy.

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Staci and Isabella Capuano.

Madeleine Duff of the French Embassy and Monique McSween of Meridian International Center.

Josh Rogin of Bloomberg View and Ali Weinberg of ABC News, whose wedding will be at Meridian House in April 2016

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‘Peace Ambassador’ Sharon Stone Headlines Azar Foundation Dinner

By Mary B ird, photo s b y b y N e s h a n H . N a lt c hayan

The Azar Foundation, which provides support for orphans and underprivileged children, has found a stunning advocate in Sharon Stone. The actress and activist visited foundation founder Shahin Mafi and her family at their Potomac home, where she was honored at a dinner and film screening July 25. Mafi introduced the guest of honor as the “perfect ambassador for peace.” The short film “Admissions”, presents a new vision of conflicts in the Middle East and peace overall. It was written by John Viscount and has won 26 international awards.

Shahin Mafi greets former Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown and his wife Karmen Brown.

Filmmaker, writer and producer John Viscount introduces actress Sharon Stone before the screening of “Admissions.” Stone is the executive producer of “The Principle,” an upcoming film about online bullying, also written by Viscount, who grew up in Bethesda.

J Street Group CEO Debi Schiff (left) chats with Sharon Stone during dinner.

Actress Sharon Stone and the evening’s host, Shahin Mafi, founder of the Azar Foundation for Children of the World.

Malmaison at 2

by Rob e rt D eva n ey

There was another birthday party in Washington, but for a much younger swinger: the restaurant at the Georgetown waterfront, Malmaison, turned two years old. The cafe, patisserie and event space opened its wide doors for birthday well-wishers July 23. The ever-charming Popal family, headed by Zubair and Shamim Popal, also owns Cafe Bonaparte on Wisconsin Avenue and Lapis in Adams Morgan.

Ohara Aivaz, Omar Popal and Monica Valentin.

Tareq Salahi and Lisa Spoden.

Tamara Ricard, Mustafa Popal and Fatima Popal.

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