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congressional co-chairwoman of this year’s Meridian Ball, which highlighted Meridian International Center’s 50th anniversary festivities. 6 SIR ELTON JOHN has earned international success as a singer, songwr iter and composer. He is the winner of five Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a Tony Award and has had nine number one Billboard hits. In this issue, he discusses his upcomig World Team Tennis Foundation event to help fight HIV/AIDS. 7 SHERRY MOELLER is a former editorin-chief of Capitol File magazine and editorial director of Washington Spaces magazine. She is a co-founder of MoKi Media, a boutique-style public relations firm.This month she writes about the Washington area’s top architects.
10 KERRY WASHINGTON is a critically acclaimed film and television actress who has starred in such films as “ The Last King of Scotland” and “Lakeview Terrace.” Washington is a George Washington University graduate who contributes to the President’s Commission on the Arts and Humanities’ Film Forward project with Sundance Institute, the subject of her article in this month’s issue. Correction from the October 2010 issue: “Open House” incorrectly identified 34 Kalorama Circle, NW as having an asking price of $1,999,000 and the listing agent as Sharon Chamberlin. The property has an asking price of $6,995,000 and the listing agent is Jeff Mauer of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, 202-487-5460.
8 CHUCK TODD is well known in Washington, serving as both the Chief White House Correspondent for NBC News and co-host of “The Daily Rundown” on MSNBC. He spent 15 years working at “The Hotline,” part of the National Journal and speaks with Ryan Zimmerman about his foundation in this month’s issue. 9 DOUG SONDERS is a commercial photographer with 8112 Studios who travels the world on assignment. He photographed WL’s Creative Feature, Artists Abound, at Arena Stage.
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exquisite Potomac home to our Home Life readers via an exclusive excerpt from a new book devoted to the work of their interior design firm, Jose Solis Betancourt. Another piece by writer Sherry Moeller surveys prominent local architects to discover the secrets of their inspiration. In Lifestyles, you’ll find all the tips you’ll need to fully enjoy three luxurious Parisian hotels: Le Meurice, the Plaza Athénée and Hotel Lutetia. You’ll also enjoy reading how local designer Pamela Hughes helped redesign The Cloister at Sea Island, one of America’s most historic and highly rated resorts. Coverage of the capital’s social scene continues as always with a look at the most exclusive events, many of them WL-sponsored. They include the 50th anniversary Meridian Ball (with a special tribute from Gail Huff, the wife of Sen. Scott Brown), the Joan Hisaoka Make a Difference Gala, CharityWorks Dream Ball and the National Symphony’s season opening gala, plus such public interest-inspired gatherings as Habitat for Humanity’s “Thanks a Million” benefit (starring Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter) and the Human Rights Campaign Dinner. There’s much more to come next month as we wrap up the fall balls and galas season, and look forward to the holidays. Mark your calendars for the Lombardi Gala, the Capital City Ball, Year Up Gala and Starlight Children’s Foundation Gala, among others.
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LOMBARDI GALA The 40th anniversary of Georgetown University Hospital’s Lombardi Center will be celebrated with cocktails, a renowned silent auction and raffle and an awards presentation to outstanding individuals who have led the fight against cancer. Proceeds benefit cancer research, education and treatment. The Washington Hilton; 6 p.m.; $400; black-tie; contact Elena Jeannotte, 202-687-3866
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FIGHT NIGHT The first rule of Fight for Children’s Fight Night is to come prepared to eat, drink and have fun. The 21st annual celebration of this testosteronepacked event brings together over 2,000 leaders in business, government, sports and entertainment to support Fight for Children and other organizations that aid local lowincome children. The Washington Hilton; 6:30 p.m.; $1,000; black-tie; contact Liz Warnecki, 202772-0416, liz.warnecki@fightforchildren.org
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WORLD TEAM TENNIS SMASH HITS Join international superstar Sir Elton John and tennis legend Billie Jean King for the 18th annual star-studded event, where proceeds go to the Elton John AIDS Foundation and local D.C. AIDS charities. Bender Arena at American University; 6 p.m.; tickets start at $100, for more info visit www.wtt. com or call 202-939-3381
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YEAR UP GALA Celebrate the young people that YEAR UP serves while honoring the group’s individual, community and corporate partners. W Hotel; 6:30 p.m; $500; black-tie; contact Karina Bhaiwala, 202-
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FREER/SACKLER GALA Celebrate the Smithsonian’s Asian art museums at a glamorous event that will showcase both galleries’ world-class exhibitions and help sustain programs highlighting Asian art and culture. Freer and Sackler galleries; 6:30 p.m; black-tie; contact Elizabeth Damore, 202-6330450, fsgala@si.edu
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STARLIGHT CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION GALA Don’t miss Starlight MidAtlantic’s Taste of the Stars Gala, a top-of-the-line fundraiser featuring cocktails, a gourmet dinner, dancing, a special cigar lounge and live and silent auctions. This year’s event honoring Schneider’s of Capitol Hill wine store owner Rick Genderson will benefit efforts to help brighten the lives of seriously and chronically ill children and their families both in and out of hospital. Four Seasons Hotel, Georgetown; 6:30 p.m.; $500; black-tie; contact Barbara Schreiber, 202-293-7827
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THE KIDNEY BALL This year’s ball will host over a thousand of the Washington area’s business, government and
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CAPITAL CITY BALL Contribute to the fight against human trafficking and modern-day slavery at the Capital City Ball, one of the most highly anticipated events of the year for the younger social set. Proceeds benefit Innocents at Risk, Polaris Project and the Emancipation Network. The Washington Club; 8 p.m.; $125, $150 after November 15; black-tie; contact Liz Sara, lsara@bestmarketing.net
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ALL AGLOW A respite from severe thunderstorms assured that patrons would celebrate Meridian International Center’s 50th anniversary on a delightfully clear and cool night. As in past years, festivities began with dinners at participating embassy residences (with a younger crowd at adjoining White-Meyer House) prior to the annual ball at stately Meridian House. BUSY NIGHT: A er greeting ball officials Marlene Malek, Samia Farouki, Gail Huff, Jean Kurth Oberstar and Capricia Marshall in the receiving line, guests sipped cocktails and enjoyed an elaborate dessert buffet before moving on to dance in several locations (fox trots and rumbas in the grand salon or dj tunes that ran the gamut from “Glee” TV show anthem “Don’t Stop Believin’” to Cairo disco medleys in a grand garden tent.) VIP SIGHTINGS: The golden anniversary weekend also included an exclusive dinner hosted by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton where Massachuse s Sen. Scott Brown made his “Washington social debut” and diplomat Elizabeth Frawley Bagley was honored with Meridian’s public diplomacy award. VIEW ALL THE PHOTOS AT WWW WASHINGTONLIFE COM!
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A SWELL TIME Costumed “cigare e girls” handed out candy
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smokes as stru ing flappers opened the Roaring Twenties-inspired CharityWorks Dream Ball benefiting the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund and LIFT, a nonprofit anti-poverty groip. Guests in 1920s-themed a ire greeted co-chairmen Mark Lowham and Barry Dixon and bid on luxury silent auction items before si ing down to dinner and a program introduced by founder Leah Gansler. Auctioneer and former “The Apprentice” contestant Sam Solovey energized the crowd with a rousing live auction and Master Sgt. William “Spanky” Gibson got an ovation with stirring words describing Semper Fi’s emergency assistance programs for Marines and sailors injured in combat or training and those suffering from life-threatening illnesses.
Calvin and Jane Cafritz*
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Amy and Pierre Chao* Mark “Ranger” Jones, Leah Gansler and Holly Petraeus*
Pam Hanlon, Mark McFadden and Richard Hanlon
Cpl. Larry Draughn II, Kaytlin Draughn, Vickki Mackey and Sgt. Maj. Raymond Mackey
Jack Davies and Lola Reinsch
Michael Schmidt, Leah Gansler Ball Leah ChairsGansler Barry Dixon Barryand Dixon, and Mark Lowham and Mark Lowham
Paul and Angie Pagnato, Event Committee Chair*
Michael Klein and Annette Benning
Wendy Adler and Martha Ann Alito
Laurie Carter and Michael Kahn
Polly Kraft and Warren Beatty
Shelby Coffey III
Co-chairmen Abbe Lowell and Molly Meegan
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“SHAKESPEARISSIMO!”: The third annual Harman Center Gala was suffused in Shakespeare from the very start, with songs from the cast of “Kiss Me Kate” (you did know that it is based on “Taming of the Shrew”?), American Ballet Theatre principals dancing a pas de deux from “Romeo and Juliet,” and mezzo soprano Frederica von Stade singing selections from “Otello” and “The Marriage of Figaro.” TOUR DE FORCE: Actress Annette Benning’s no-notes recitation of Juliet’s balcony scene after accepting the Shakespeare Theatre’s prestigious Will Award. DENOUEMENT: High-dollar patrons dined sedately on gnocchi, veal scaloppini and semifreddo at the National Building Museum; the younger crowd stayed behind at the Harman Center where they whooped it up on a makeshift dance floor until past midnight.
Ryna Cohen, Marcy Cohen, Georgia Stamos and Neil Cohen
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Donn and Sharon Davis, C.J. Guinness, Amy Lemon, and Glenn and Suzanne Youngkin
Tommy Wells and Kingdon Gould III Jane and Sidney Harman
Candace Ourisman and Taylor Derring
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Darah Curran and Art Monk
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HOPE HEALS This year marked the third anniversary of this important benefit, founded by Robert Hisaoka to honor his sister, the late PR maven Joan Hisaoka, who lost her ba le with cancer in 2008. Carolyn Peterson was honored as the recipient of the Hope and Healing Award in appreciation for her ongoing support of the Life with Cancer Family Center. CNN’s Wolf Blitzer kept things lively as emcee while guests dined on delectable fare prepared by chef Eric Ziebold of CityZen. STYLISH SUPPORTERS: Ted and Lynn
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Charles Mann, Afghanistan Amb. Said Jawad, Ray Mahmood, Reza Jahanbani
Ken and Faye Morrissette, Mary and Bill Lauttamus Jim and Mai Abdo
Erin Kilday and Tom Liljenquist
Rosemary and Mike Laphen
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a tremendous success, and helped raise more than $900,000 for Life With Cancer and the Smith Farm Center Bradley Charitable Fund Cartier Raul and Jean-Marie Fernandez Richard and Rebecca Kay Lustine Auto Mall Michael and Naomi Quigley Dwight and Martha Schar
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Wolf Blitzer
Executive Chef Eric Ziebold
Friends
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Carolyn Peterson, Hope and Healing Award
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Paula Hisaoka
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Michael Ansari Jack Davies Lauren Peterson Fellows Fariba Jahanbani David Joubran Richard Kay Mirella Levinas Mark Lowham Roger Mody Art Monk Gary Nakamoto Richard Patterson Robert Rosenthal Steve Schram Soroush Shehabi Gabriela Smith Eric Ziebold
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Platinum Sponsors
RRR Automotive – Richard Patterson and Robert G. Hisaoka
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Michael and Karen Ansari The Patterson Family The Peterson Family Foundation Shapiro, Lifschitz and Schram, PC
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His Excellency Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Washington Barbara Smith Fund
Joan Hisaoka, founder and president of Hisaoka Public Relations, was 48 when she lost her battle with cancer on May 14, 2009. This gala was created to honor Joan and her dream of assisting those living with cancer. Through the Gala, we will continue her unfinished work by supporting organizations who bring hope and healing to those faced with serious illness.
Jim and Mai Abdo Acumen Solutions, Inc. Base Technologies, Inc. BB&T Chesapeake Petroleum & Supply Co., Inc. Jack Davies and Kay Kendall DB Capital Management, LLC FinishMaster Friends of Paula and Bob Hisaoka Liljenquist and Beckstead Jewelers Mark C. Lowham and Joseph A. Ruzzo Thomas and Koula Papadopoulos The Seitz Group at Merrill Lynch Gabriela and Doug Smith Smith Farm Center Capital Campaign/ Board of Directors SunTrust Bank The Warranty Group Washington Area New Automobile Dealers Association
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Ted and Lynn Leonsis The Mody Foundation George and Marilyn Pedersen W.R. & Norma Ramsey Foundation The Reynolds and Reynolds Company
For more information about the Third Annual Joan Hisaoka “Make a Difference” Gala or to reserve seats at the 2011 Gala, please contact Paula Hisaoka, hisaoka@verizon.net
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Sara and Streett Silvestri
Nicholas and Zsvanon Stuart
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Erica Peale, Michelle Jolin and Elissa Rubin Carolyn and Peter Manos
GAMBLING FOR A CAUSE An urban, art gallery vibe jazzed up the usually bu oned-down crowd who gathered to raise funds for local children in need. The Vegas-themed evening featured craps, blackjack and roule e plus a Texas Hold‘em tournament in the “High Rollers Lounge” that gave serious be ors a chance to show their skill. (WL Publisher and CEO Soroush Shehabi won the championship but donated his winnings to the cause along with the other players.) OTHER DIVERSIONS: Non-gamblers enjoyed the top-shelf bar and bid on an Alex Ovechkin-signed Capital’s jersey and other auction items. BIG SPENDERS: Marne Levine, Bob Sanchez, Ben and Jamie Rees and Miguel Lambert.
Ryan and Staci Sisco
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Bill and Pilar O’Leary
Dan and Maia Magder Will and Merin Guthrie
Ryan and Charis Drant
Ross Dunlap and Lauren Talbott
HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan and Rosalynn Carter
Cynthia Hostetler and Clayland Boyden Gray
Indian Amb. Meera Shankar and Ajay Shankar
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Habitat for Humanity International CEO Jonathan Reckford and President Jimmy Carter
FAMOUS VOLUNTEERS Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn received Habitat for Humanity International’s “Thanks a Million” tribute for helping to repair and rehabilitate homes for 400,000 families in 3,000 communities in 90 countries throughout the world. “WE WALK IN YOUR SHADOW”: HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan (who is 44 but looks like a grad student) thanked the Carters for 25-plus years of dedication that continue to inspire thousands of volunteers to help solve the housing crisis. BETTER THAN DESSERT: News that the event raised $1 million and having The Blind Boys of Alabama there to close out the night with foot-tapping gospel tunes.
Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers and Bonnie McElveen-Hunter
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Korean Amb. Han Duk-soo Rep. Mike Turner and Ken Klein Joe Eldridge and Maria Otero
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NATIONAL SYMPHONY OPENING NIGHT Kennedy Center
Norma Tiefel, Samia Farouki and Wilma Bernstein
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David Reines, Nina Totenberg and Adrienne Arsht
BELLE EPOQUE NIGHT The combination of Johann Strauss waltzes and a glimmering white tent sent revelers into a social whirl as the NSO celebrated its 80th year by taking in a record $1.7 million for the night. WORKING THE ROOM: ABC’s Christiane Amanpour cornering Queen Noor for a long chat at intermission as her husband, Jamie Rubin, kept interlopers at bay. HIGH FASHION MOMENTS: A er soprano Renée Fleming noticed she was wearing the same shade of emerald green as concertmaster Nurit Bar-Josef, she mimed the classic diva-inhigh-dudgeon role, stepping back in horror to eye her “rival” before pretending to storm off stage. Newly anointed maestro Christoph Eschenbach, lithe and hip in his shiny black Nehru suit, soon morphed into an extension of his imperious baton, giving donors plenty to dance about later. — Susan Wa ers VIEW ALL THE PHOTOS AT WWW WASHINGTONLIFE COM!
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Vicki Sant and Vernon Jordan
Thomas Friedman, David Rubenstein and Renée Fleming
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Caroline Croft and Dr. Sanjay Gupta Richard David and Stephen Goldberg
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A GOOD CAUSE: Children’s Law Center hosted its 10th annual “Helping Children Soar” benefit on the Kennedy Center’s Roof Terrace to help raise awareness for children’s health issues, especially helping them become healthier at home and in school. Dr. Sanjay Gupta was awarded the 2010 Distinguished Child Advocate Award and passionately spoke about his work with at-risk children and the need for child advocates throughout the world. Diana Goldberg and Mary Liang served as the event’s co-chairwomen.
Patrick Meriweather and Rachel Lerman
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Grace Bender and Lindy Boggs Marcia Mayo and Linda Sonnenreich
SMOOTH TUNES: Ambassador Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata hosted the DC Jazz Festival’s annual benefit at the Italian Embassy on a cool night to honor lawyer Thomas Hale Boggs Jr. with the 2010 DCJF John Conyers Jr. Jazz Advocacy Award for his longtime support of Washington’s largest jazz festival. After dinner, Grammy and Tony award-winning vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater (also a winner of France’s most prestigious music prize) performed for the guests, giving them a special preview of what to expect at the festival.
Michael Sonnenreich and Claude Bailey
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Nancy Brinker, Olivia Newton-John and Lynda Carter at the “Honoring the Promise” Gala to benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure at the Kennedy Center. (Photo by Tony Powell)
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Lea Berman and Buffy Cafritz
Rima Al-Sabah, Jill Biden and Kuwait Amb. Salem Al-Sabah
Teresa Heinz and Nancy Brinker
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Saudi Arabian Amb. Adel Al-Jubeir and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano
Kuwait Embassy Residence and Kennedy Center PHOTOS BY TONY POWELL AND VICKY POMBO
Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and Mona Locke
GLAMOUR FOR A CAUSE A er 30 years and raising $400 million for breast cancer research and education, there was much for Susan G. Komen Foundation supporters to celebrate. Kuwait Amb. Salem Al-Sabah and his wife Rima hosted an over-the-top dinner for benefactors and friends on the eve of the Kennedy Center gala that included moving tributes by breast cancer victims Nancy Brinker (Komen’s founder) and Teresa Heinz. (Nora Daley stood in for her ailing mother, Maggie Daley, wife of Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley). HONORING THE PROMISE: So shades of pink bathed just about everything at the Kennedy Center the following night as a capacity crowd gathered to continue the fight against the disease that affects so many women of all ages. Emceed by ABC’s Robin Roberts, the foundation’s first annual Washington “Honoring The Promise” benefit included Brinker’s tribute to her sister Suzy Komen (whom she lost to breast cancer in 1980) and ended with a star-studded salute to survivors and supporters with memorable performances by Lynda Carter and Olivia Newton-John. Annie Totah chaired the event, which raised an estimated $2 million for the cause.
Beth Wilkinson, David Gregory and Lisa Barry
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Keeping the Promise Alive Fashion designer Tory Burch explains why breast cancer awareness means more than “thinking pink.”
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Lynda Carter Cynthia Nixon and Tory Burch
Suellen and Mel Estrin
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Dr. LaSalle and Ruth Leffall with Alexine Jackson
he Honoring the Promise event at the Kennedy Center was an opportunity to recognize women in the community who are literally taking the cause of breast cancer to the streets, that is, raising the funds to help women who have lost their insurance or who have no resources to get to medical care. Many people think of the breast cancer movement a little too narrowly. They see October as a time when people dress in pink, hold pink fundraisers, or sell pink products – and that’s as far as it gets. What they don’t see is where the money goes, and even though I’ve been involved in this cause for some time, finding out was a real eye-opener. At the Honoring the Promise event I discovered how Komen funding has helped cut mammogram wait times from four months to less than five days at just one women’s health clinic in the Washington, D.C. area. Backstage, I was able to meet with researchers and scientists who are developing cures thanks to 30 years of funding from Komen. I am so happy to be a part of helping to get this work done through my product sales, but especially to meet the researchers and talk to the people who are benefiting from what we’re doing. Mexican Amb. Arturo Sarukhan and Veronica Sarukhan with JoAnn and John Mason
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Celebrity Power Bob Schieffer’s country music act, stars in uniform at the Law Enforcement Museum gala and a great turnout for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure benefit B Y J A N E T D O N O VA N
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has a Walter Mitty fantasy: He wants to be a country music star. The veteran “Face the Nation” host confessed his ambitions at the “Karaoke in the Capital” benefit to help the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation underwrite the donation of musical instruments to promising young musicians. “I’m Bob Schieffer of CBS News most of the time,” he said at the Rock & Roll Hotel, “but at night I have this fantasy of being a country music singer which I get Above : Bob Schieffer takes the stage with Honky Tonk Confidential to act out here.” band member Diana Quinn at the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation benefit. (Photo by Janet Donovan) Right: Vincent D’Onofrio at It’s not that he isn’t happy in his the National Law Enforcement Museum’s Memorial Fund benefit day job, he’d just like to ramp up his (Courtesy of the National Law Enforcement Museum) Honky Tonk Confidential band that opened the rowdy annual benefit. real stars were in uniforms. “It’s one of the great nights in Washington; Sgt. Mike DeVine of the New York City a lot of reporters get together, some of whom Police Department, who had the honor of can sing really good and some who may never singing the National Anthem at the groundbe heard again after tonight.” breaking ceremony earlier in the day, was a bit CNN’s Ed Henry agreed to participate star struck. “This is a little overwhelming but I because the event was for charity but soon had am going to see what I can do here tonight,” he second thoughts. “I had people call to say they said before stepping up for a repeat performance got babysitters just so they could come and at the gala. District Chief of Police Cathy Lanier laugh at me,” he joked. “So I dragged my son and daughter because they can sing better than wished she could weigh in on the recent me. Basically, I did it for the sympathy vote. dustup on the set of “Transformers 3,” where How can the judges laugh at a couple of kids?” an uninvited D.C. police cruiser careened onto It turned out to be a good decision; the the set, disabling the famous yellow Bumble audience was forgiving. Bee car. “I can’t talk about that. It is still under investigation,” she said, “but it is an honor to THEIR TURN: There was plenty of celebrity be here tonight to help bring attention to and power at the National Law Enforcement support the memorial fund.” “All kinds of things happen on a movie or Museum’s Memorial Fund benefit at the National Building Museum on Oct 14, but the a television set,” “Law & Order” star Vincent
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just roll with it and somehow get it done.” “I’m a fan of law enforcement,” added Lynda Carter. “They make me feel better about everything.” LOOKIN’ GOOD:
It was ironic that the celebr ities attending the Susan G. Komen Awards at the Kennedy Center looked better than anyone else – considering that many of them had conquered breast cancer. The list included singer Olivia Newton-John, “Good Morning America” anchor Robin Roberts, and “Sex and the City” star Cynthia Nixon. Nixon noted that many of the writers on her show were women who had suffered from the disease. “It’s happening backstage,” she said, “so we wanted to deal with it on stage.” “There are many survivors roaming around here,” Roberts observed. “I would like to say we are thrivers, not just survivors.” “I’ve been reporting on breast cancer for 17 years,” WUSA TV’s Andrea Roane said. “I am one of the eight woman journalists receiving this prestigious award. It’s an honor to be here.” Even Antonio Ricardo Chavira of “Desperate Housewives” spoke of his own personal experience.“My mother passed away from breast cancer and both of my sisters have been diagnosed with it over the past two years.”
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Cause Celeb Pollywood: A brief history of celebrities and their causes on Capitol Hill BY ROLAND FLAMINI
Left:: Lady Gaga mans the phone bank for the BGC Charity Day in 2009. Right: Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson raise funds for AIDS research at Taylor’s 65th birthday in 1997.
the most surreal pair by far was bemused Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid alongside Lady Gaga, as the phantasmagoric performer campaigned in support of gays in the military. And so it goes. George Clooney caused a major stir when he reported on his recent trip to Darfur. Lisa Edelstein of “House” (but in Washington perhaps better remembered as the call-girl in “The West Wing”) drew attention to the plight of youngsters in the developing ou hear quite a few exchanges like that on Capitol Hill these world for Save the Children. Ashley Judd lectured the federal government days as a galaxy of show business celebrities – some better for allowing mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia. Then Steven known than others – drop in to raise awareness on a range Colbert appeared before a congressional committee on immigration, displeasing some of its members with his of campaigns and issues. irreverent performance. Some need no explanation. When You just know that there had to be a global star Brad Pitt went to the Hill to college thesis on the subject.There is, and it promote his “Make It Right” project to reveals that between 1973 and 1999 a total rebuild New Orleans – wearing dark of 524 celebrities appeared as witnesses or wraparounds and practically groping his delivered statements on the Hill – a rate of way along the corridors – the Associated roughly 21 annually. But this year so far, Press reported “he drained congressional according to congressional sources, there offices of their female employees.” Facing were around 50 celebrity sightings in the the media hordes with Pitt, House committee rooms and the corridors of Speaker Nancy Pelosi flushed with the Hayden Panettiere in Dupont Circle encouraging increased whale power. In an age of celebrity worship these same pleasure she would have felt if the protection, January 2008 visits can only increase. Democrats increased their majority. But
“Quick, what cause was Hayden Panettiere pushing on Capitol Hill recently?” “Panettiere ...You mean the famous pastry chef?” “No, no, Hayden Panettiere from the TV show ‘Heroes.’ She’s a spokesperson for the Save the Whales campaign.” “She’s from Wales? Panettiere sounds – like – French.”
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Left:: Brad Pitt addressing the Clinton Global Initiative on the damage to New Orleads caused by Hurricane Katrina. Right: George Clooney with volunteers visiting South Darfur to draw attention to the humanitarian crisis, October 6, 2009
The conventional wisdom is that the presence of a celebrity Joe McCarthy’s House Un-American Activities Committee against the gives a particular issue a flash of visibility in the highly competitive charge of being communists, or to testify in defense of accused friends. Between 1947 and the mid-1950s, HUAC trundled like a runaway congressional environment. The long-term impact of such appearances has yet to be determined; somebody will eventually do another study Juggernaut through Hollywood, trampling movie careers in its path. A on it, and the answer may well be “not much.” Still, schlepping to self-righteous Congress found redemption in persecuting the famous – Washington pays dividends for the celebrities – who get to show they and not being too fastidious about the unintended consequences, the have a serious side, which in many cases is true. For some the cause is innocent victims suffering from guilt by association. Scores of actors and writers either served jail sentences or were a cry from the heart: Michael J. Fox, for example, is the spokesman for Parkinson’s Disease and suffers from it. Mary Tyler Moore, is a regular punished in some other way. The studio-dominated film industry succumbed to the witch hunt mentality and on the Hill to talk about her diabetes. blacklisted several hundred of Hollywood’s best It does no harm for politicians to bask, however talents, some of them on the slimmest of evidence of briefly, in a movie star’s limelight either; it gets their involvement with communism; many were shut out pictures in the newspapers back home, and shows they of the industry for years. are plugged in to popular taste. And for the media, What motivated the McCarthy gang was the Kevin (oilspills) Costner coming to Pollywood is a fear that communists and their fellow travelers useful visual tool for livening up a key news area that had gained control of a powerful mind industry: normally comes across as gray and somber. the movies. In his own way Michael J. Fox is also Elizabeth Taylor was an early pioneer of harnessing that same power. “What celebrity has campaigning on the Hill to promote AIDS awareness given me is the opportunity to raise the visibility in its early days, shortly after her friend Rock Hudson of Parkinson’s disease, and focus attention on the died of the disease. Bono, the U2 lead singer turned desperate need for more research dollars,” he told global activist, is a regular visitor to raise concern for Kevin Costner is known to enliven somber hearings about oil spills. the Senate committee. world hunger and other mega-issues. George Clooney, the son of an area journalist, But celebrity can be a catch-all term that all too often has more to do with the frequency of coverage in People reasoned the same way. “The cameras follow me wherever I go, so they magazine than actual performing talent. Although, come to think of might as well follow me to Darfur so I can show what’s happening there.” it, it takes a certain kind of talent to sustain public interest year after Until now, the cameras have followed Clooney to Somalia on three year by doing nothing at all except wearing skimpy clothes and getting separate occasions; he thinks a factional bloodbath is imminent unless the international community takes urgent action.What action, he doesn’t photographed at parties. To get back to the main point: how many of the stars who traipse to know. “I’m an actor, not a diplomat and what’s needed is diplomacy,” he the Hill nowadays know that 60 years ago it was a frightening place for declared with an expressive shrug. So maybe with their presence the do-gooders – the Clooneys and Hollywood actors, directors, writers and composers? When Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Becall, Dolores del Rio, Garson Kanin, Edward G. Pitts – are exorcising the ghosts of an earlier generation of creative talent Robinson and Dashiell Hammett went to Congress it was not to defend that haunts the halls from uglier times. Here’s to you Dalton Trumbo! Rest in peace Edward G. Robinson! endangered whales or battered children, but to defend themselves before
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WHY WASHINGTON-BASED REALITY SHOWS MISS THE MARK
A wave of excitement spread across Washington in the summer of 2009 when news broke that a house on the corner of 20th and S streets NW would be housing “eight strangers.” It was our area’s first big-named reality show, but would not be the last. Just as the “The Real World: D.C.” crew packed up at summer’s end, some Washingtonians found themselves signing waivers before attending parties thanks to the filming of “The Real Housewives of D.C.” But as quickly as crews set up – four in one year – America’s interest in the capital seemed to dissipate just as rapidly. What is it about a city – home to a president with a host of celebrity supporters, a fashionable wife and two cute kids – that does not make for good reality television? We wonder why the rest of America seems to think real Washington means really boring television.
The Real World: D.C. LOGLINE America’s “first reality show” finally picked the District for its 23rd season. An old office building in Dupont Circle was transformed into all things political, with an interior festooned with 30 pieces of political pop art from Plan b gallery and a hip Oval Office complete with a mock Resolute desk (that was auctioned off at October’s Human Rights Campaign dinner). WL TAKE With few of its desired locations approved for filming, the cast was repeatedly sent to the same few places, most of which could have passed for anywhere in the country. But MTV wasn’t going to let viewers forget where they were and force fed us with activism. One cast member interned for the Human Rights Campaign while another wore a “Taxation Without Representation” T-shirt. Overall, the show had none of the glam that surrounded Obama’s arrival in Washington, which MTV clearly hoped to capture. REAL-LY? Buca di Beppo was a favorite spot of the cast? Please.Who actually eats there except people who don’t live here. On second thought, when you look at it that way, it makes sense.
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LOGLINE Now in production, E! network’s show is said
to follow young, ambitious Washingtonians. Executive producer Rob Lowe told Variety that he’s “always had an affinity for the adventures of young Washingtonians ...” They live and love at the center of world power. I can’t wait to tell their stories.”
WL TAKE The E! Network recently acquired the
rights, proving they aren’t afraid of Washington’s curse on reality shows (Note: we currently have a contestant on The Apprentice, which is having one of its worst seasons ever.) But it’s been more than a year since the Los Angeles production company, Blue 44, began casting, proving that finding the right people in Washington is a challenge. Yet, since Lowe signed on to produce, interest has spiked and sources are saying that has helped attract some pretty impressive cast members, er, Washingtonians. Time will tell: it’s difficult to imagine a congressional office agreeing to allow a staffer to appear on a reality show.
REAL-LY? We won’t name names, but some people
attending a preliminary casting event in September 2009 would not be considered among young Washington’s most powerful. But as we said, Lowe may have helped change that. After all, he and other stars like Demi Moore made it big, due in part to another hit about Georgetown, “St. Elmo’s Fire.”
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The Real Interns of Capitol Hill, Keeping Up with Senator Kardashian, The Apprentice with Rahm Emanuel, Blonde Charity Mafia 2
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POLLYWOOD | REALITY CHECK WL TAKE Judging from
D.C. Cupcakes LOGLINE This six-part series follows sisters
Sophie LaMontagne and Katherine Kallinisas as they create cupcake chaos at Georgetown Cupcake. Will it go up in smoke or be a sweet success? Their high ratings and renewal from TLC for a second season is icing on the cake.
the lines snaking up to the door, the sisters’ success is obvious. (Now they need “cupcake bouncers” to man the door.) This may be due to the absence of political undertones, appearances from politicians or stock video of Washington monuments. Do we need any more evidence that the capital seems to be a reality show curse?
REAL-LY? Like so many reality shows,
“Cupcake” is filled with manufactured drama that frequently shows the sisters never having enough time.
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The Real Housewives of Washington D.C. LOGLINE Five Washington women, ostensibly with their fingers on the pulse of political power, navigate Washington’s unwritten social rules while exploring “the nexus of politics, society and even race.” But watching the women plan various fashion shows and attend parties in hair salons, it was hard to imagine one would see real power players such as Hillary Clinton gracing their events. WL TAKE First, let’s address the obvious. After Michaele Salahi’s alleged White House crashing, the show became a completely new thing. Every episode was clearly edited to lead up to the crashing finale. All that aside, the long casting process for this show should have clued in the producers that it wasn’t going to be representative of Washington. In the end, each woman’s ties to the center of power is about the same six degrees of separation from politicians as everyone is from Kevin Bacon. Ironically, the woman with the most ties was British transplant Cat Ommanney, whose soon to be ex-husband was a White House photographer. Umm, Season 2? REAL-LY? The rest of America might not have noticed, but we did – the “start of the fall gala season” is defintily not the America’s Cup of Polo.We read the Washington Post’s “Reliable Source”column for weekly fact checks.We’re pretty sure Marlyland-based production company, Half Yard did, too. WA S H I N G T O N L I F E
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Blonde Charity Mafia LOGLINE In the summer of 2008, this show was being pitched as MTV’s “The Hills” on the Hill: three Washington socialites work, love and play in the nation’s capital. Problem was, after being dropped from both Lifetime and the CW in the U.S., it only aired in foreign countries, such as New Zealand and the U.K., a year and a half after production started. WL TAKE It was more fun for its stars and young
Georgetown scenesters to gossip about the production than film it. Ultimately the show performed way below expectations, something that may have been due to bad timing. President Obama’s historic election, which transformed Washington, was missing from the series. And amid one of America’s most devastating economic collapses, watching the expensive shopping habits of twentysomething consumers was a real turnoff. Perhaps that’s why it was popular outside of this country.
REAL-LY? In the first episode, cast member
Katherine Kennedy gets ready for her “Welcome to Washington” party, an event calculated to “reach out to all the new lobbyists on K Street and all the new congressmen and senators.” The February 2009 party looked more like the crowd at the Georgetown bar, George, and there were definitely no members of Congress in attendance.
Top Chef D.C. LOGLINE Tom, Padma and their crew headed to Washington in the spring and the cast quietly took up residence in a Kalorama house. The cooking show featured competitions at the CIA, Newseum, Mount Vernon and Nationals Park. But not even appearances from Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Aaron Schock and MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough could save the show: it’s the lowest-rated “Top Chef ” ever. WL TAKE Although Washington has seen plenty of celebrity chefs open or run restaurants and can even boast of being the home of last season’s “Top Chef ” winner, the public may still see the District as the home to lobbyists making deals over the predictably smoke-filled-room menu of classic cocktails, steak and red wine. REAL-LY? During one cooking competition the chefs prepared a dish from their region for 300 young guests attending the kickoff of the Cherry Blossom Festival. Unfortunately, the opening ceremonies for the festival occurred two weeks earlier. 47
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HOLLYWOOD ANGELS Anyone who thinks major Hollywood stars never show emotion in public should have a ended the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute’s gala. Honorees Kristin Chenoweth and Rhea Perlman grew teary while describing their work on behalf of orphans and children in foster care. “We all have baggage,” said Chenoweth, herself an adoptee. “And like me at one point in my life, these kids have no place to go.” CONGRESSIONAL ANGELS: Sens. Mary Landrieu, Benjamin Cardin, Jim DeMint and James Inhofe; Reps. Roy Blunt and Jim Cooper; Danny DeVito, Al Hunt, Sarah Gesireich, Jack Gerard, Rita Soronen, Stuart Williams, Ralph Boyd, Wade Horn and country music star Jimmy Wayne who sang “Elephant Ears” about his own experience as a foster child.
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Public &Cultural Diplomacy The action on Embassy Row moves from the concert hall to the front yard, back yard and countryside BY GAIL SCOTT
OASTING AN IMPRESARIO Kennedy Center artistic director Michael Kaiser, often called a “missionary for the arts,” was honored with this year’s American-Russian Cultural Cooperation Foundation award by the group’s stalwarts James W. Symington, Donald Kendall (the former Pepsi CEO is known as the “godfather of détente”) and Russia’s famed Mariinsky Theater maestro Valery Gergiev. Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak praised Kaiser for “doing more than we can do with diplomacy or just with words.” Culture, rather than politics, he added, “is the best instrument in making people understand each other.” An admitted Russophile, Kaiser, the grandson of a Russian immigrant who became a New York Philharmonic violinist, told guests that he re-reads Leo Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” and “Anna Karenina” every three years. “So far I have read them each about nine times and every time, I find something new.”
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Above: Soprano Joyce El-Khoury and Maestro Lorin Maazel at the Moroccan Embassy Residence. Right: Chilean Amb. Arturo Fermandois and his wife Carolina Santa Cruz at their national day celebration (prior to the miners’ rescue). (Photos by Gail Scott)
The hostess, a Democratic party loyalist and UNESCO goodwill intercultural ambassador who is renowned for including Republicans at her many events, had only one moment of dismay: “When guests were asked ‘red or blue?’ they thought they were choosing red or blue states. I just wanted them to have the right color bandana to go with their outfit! I’ve never seen [partisanship] this bad.”
DIPLOMATIC BOOST FOR CASTLETON Hoping to entice arts patron pals to attend the third annual Castleton festival at maestro Lorin Maazel’s 600-acre Rappannock estate this summer, Moroccan Ambassador Aziz Mekouar and his wife Maria Felice recently opened their Potomac residence to showcase three Castleton “stars of tomorrow,” followed by a sumptuous Moroccan buffet that included chat time with the maestro himself. “We have been there many times in the
last two summers and we absolutely love it,” the ambassador said before Maazel described Castleton’s magic. “Along with putting on musical performances for thousands over an eight-week season, we host and house the artists in the way musical apprentices used to learn. We live together and share meals, all 220 of us eating together, family style, in one big room, three times a day – fresh, natural food in a wonderful country setting.” “Being at Castleton wa s the most spectacular musical experience I have had in my entire artistic life so far,” noted soprano Joyce El-Khoury, a Young Metropolitan Opera Artist. That was just the right cue for Maazel to mention that the endowment needs “to keep Castleton going long after me.”
SIDEWALK DIPLOMACY Recently arrived Chilean Ambassador Arturo Fermandois turned his country’s spectacular rescue of 33 coal miners into an emotion-filled communal experience by means of a giant TV screen in his embassy’s front yard. It turned out to be a good public relations move but the admittedly “nervous and anxious” envoy knew he was also taking a big risk. First of all, the initial predictions were dire: only a two percent possibility that all the miners could be saved. But Fermandois never gave up; he even had sparkling wine on ice, ready to pop. “If you have courage, you can get the results you want,” he said, clearly pleased to have already made many new friends for Chile and a name for himself in Washington.
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POLLYWOOD | CELEBRITY CONTRIBUTION
Son of Babylon
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Paying It Forward Actress Kerry Washington reflects on the ability of film to foster cultural understanding B Y K E R R Y WA S H I N G TO N
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year ago, I was honored to be appointed to the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities by President Barack Obama. We work closely with the White House, government cultural agencies and the private sector to highlight the importance of the arts and humanities in this country, working on projects that increase participation and foster excellence in these disciplines. I am excited about our program Film Forward: Advancing Cultural Dialogue. This is cultural diplomacy through film, an international exchange program that will take 10 independent filmmakers, five Americans and five from other nations, to present their works in locations in the U.S. and around the world. We may believe we have nothing in common with someone from another country, but we hear their first person stories – of overcoming poverty, or suffering the death of a parent, or going on a journey of self discovery – and we experience an instant bond. The nonprofit Sundance Institute is our partner for Film Forward and we couldn’t be more thrilled about the alliance. My personal experience with Sundance dates to 2000 when I was in the acting company at the renowned Directors Lab. The Institute, like the Committee and the federal partners,
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believes artists are fundamental to creating an engaged and informed society. Sundance, the Committee and the other key agency directors have collaborated to select this year’s artists, films and locales. The talent is incredible, ranging from Cherien Dabis, a young PalestinianAmerican director, to AfricanAmerican documentary filmmaker and Macarthur Fellow Stanley Nelson. From filmmaker Mohamed Al Daradji (a dual Dutch-Iraqi citizen who literally risked his life to tell his country’s story) to the collaboration between director Peter Bratt and his brother Benjamin, each of these films embody the potential to unite us across boundaries of race, religion, language and ethnicity. Beginning in December, Film Forward will take filmmakers to U.S. embassies and other venues in China, Kenya, Morocco, Tanzania, Tunisia and Turkey, and throughout the U.S., to share their work and their stories. We hope the ongoing screenings, master classes and Q&A sessions will encourage dialogue on such universally recognized themes as love, loss, war, family and the human experience. Please join us on May 12, when all 10 films will be screened at various Smithsonian venues on the Mall. It will be inspiring and we hope to see you there.
FILM FORWARD’S ONES TO WATCH A Small Act (Director: Jennifer Arnold) Afghan Star / Afghanistan/ UK (Director: Havana Marking) Amreeka (Director and Screenwriter: Cherien Dabis) Boy / New Zealand (Director and screenwriter: Taika Waititi) Freedom Riders (Director: Stanley Nelson) La Mission / USA (Director and Screenwriter: Peter Bra ) Son of Babylon / Iraq (Director: Mohamed Al Daradji; Screenwriters: Mohamed Al-Daradji, Jennifer Norridge, Mithal Ghazi) Winter’s Bone (Director: Debra Granik; Screenwriters: Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini)
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Tennis for a Cause Sir Elton John brings all-star World TeamTennis to Washington for the fight against HIV/AIDS B Y S I R E LTO N J O H N
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ighteen years ago, my dear friend Billie Jean King came to me with an idea for a wonderful event that would leverage our mutual love for the game of tennis to benefit my newly established Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF). The idea evolved into the wildly successful annual series of Smash Hits all-star charity tennis matches, which have raised over $9.6 million since 1993 for EJAF’s grantmaking initiatives supporting HIV/AIDSrelated prevention, stigma and discrimination reduction, and direct care and service programs across the United States.The matches have also provided additional funding for local AIDS charities in the city hosting the event. On Monday, Nov. 15, 2010, the Elton John AIDS Foundation and World TeamTennis (WTT) will bring WTT Smash Hits presented by Geico to Washington, D.C., for the first time in its 18-year history. This year, the featured local charity will be the Washington AIDS Partnership.
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Billie Jean and I feel very strongly that it is particularly important for us to bring Smash Hits to the nation’s capital this year. The District of Columbia now suffers the highest rate of new AIDS cases in the United States and an HIV infection rate 12 times the national average. In addition, 81 percent of all AIDS cases in D.C. are among African Americans. We will captain two teams of great tennis champions for a World TeamTennis match at American University’s Bender Arena and we will also lead a celebrity doubles match to open the event. Tennis greats Andre Agassi, James Blake, Stefanie Graf, Anna Kournikova, Martina Navratilova, Mark Knowles, JanMichael Gambill and Rennae Stubbs have generously donated their time and talent. Prior to the tennis match, all the players will join us for a VIP reception and auction. Over the years, the money raised by Smash Hits has helped fund urgently needed programs in Washington and other cities across the nation. But our work is far from
over. Both organizations remain committed to making a difference in the lives of others and increasing awareness of the ongoing battle against HIV/AIDS. Please bring your entire family to American University on Nov. 15, and join Billie Jean and me for an exciting evening of tennis. Cheer for your favorite stars, and help support urgently needed HIV prevention and service programs in Washington, D.C. Tickets, which include general admission ($40), reserved bleacher seats ($60), and reserved courtside seats ($100-$120), may be ordered through the American University online box office at www.aueagles.com/tickets or visit www.WTT.com/ SmashHits for more information. For group sales of 10 or more tickets, please call (202) 552-5999. Special VIP ticket packages, including VIP courtside seating and admission to the Smash Hits VIP Reception and Auction, are available for $500. The auction will feature Billie Jean’s Wimbledon tickets and an Elton John autographed piano bench among other items. To purchase VIP ticket packages, please call Washington AIDS Partnership at (202) 939-3381.
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ON BETSY: Black dotted fascinator ($30); Uesa Goods Vintage, www.usesagoods.com. B. COUTURE black and silver studded cuff ($415); Charm, www.charmgeorgetown.com. ON MATT: Dark gray pants ($178), FIORENTI + BAKER loafers ($420) and RAG & BONE vest ($255); Barney’s Co-op, www.barneys.com/co-op. Black woven belt ($85), destroyed leather messenger bag ($300); Diamantina, 202-642-3548. ON CINDY: long black suede gloves ($15); Uesa Goods Vintage, www.uesagoods.com. NORA FISCHER DESIGNS pearl necklaces ($285), pearl bracelets ($190), earrings ($95); Nora Fischer Designs, www.norafischerdesigns.com. KELSI DAGGER Linzi pumps ($121); Simply Soles, www.simplysoles.com. HOSS black hat ($172); Sassanova, www.sassanova.com. ON ANDILE: CREATIVE RECREATION black and gray high top sneakers ($95); Barney’s Co-op, www.barneys.com/co-op. SHIPLEY & HALMOS black suit ($550); Shipley & Halmos, www.lostboysdc.com. Studded leather cuffs ($45 and $35); Charm, www.charmgeorgetown.com. Woven belt ($65); Diamantina, 202-642-3548. Black and gray printed scarf ($125); Jan’s Casually Chic, 202-625-5112.
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necklace ($40); Charm, www.charmgeorgetown.com. NORA FISCHER DESIGNS silver, pearl and black-crystal drop earrings ($85); Nora Fischer Designs, www.norafisherdesigns.com. Treated leather and suede satchel in gray ($300); Diamantina, 202-642-3548. ON TRISHA: BCBG BY MAX AZRIA lacy ruffle dress ($238); BCBG by Max Azria, www.bcbg.com. LIZA KIM chain necklace with pendant ($45); Simply Divine Boutique, www.simplydivineboutique.net. ON JANET: BCBG BY MAX AZRIA snake print liquid leggings ($118); BCBG by Max Azria, www.bcbg.com. Fur vest ($250); Barney’s Co-op; www.barneys.com/co-op. STEVEN ALLEN gray tie ($65); Lost Boys DC, www.lostboysdc.com. LIZA KIM chunky charm necklace ($120); Simply Divine Boutique, www.simplydivineboutique.net. WA S H I N G T O N L I F E
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ON DJ NEEKOLA: BETSEY JOHNSON dot net top ($68), crochet ruffled tiered skirt ($228), sexy net tights ($25); Betsey Johnson, www.betseyjohnson.com. ON MAGGIE: White fur hat with vinyl bill ($55); Uesa Goods Vintage, www.uesagoods.com. SIBILIA thick titanium cuff ($150); Charm, www.charmgeorgetown.com. ON DOROTHY: BETTYE MULLER close toed strap stilettos ($348); Simply Divine Boutique, www.simplydivineboutique.net. Monumental stone ring ($50); Charm, www.charmgeorgetown.com. NORA FISCHER DESIGNS chunky silver bracelet ($275), silver necklace with pearl accents ($400); Nora Fischer Designs, www.norafischerdesigns.com. Black trench coat ($279) and black and silver oval earrings ($60); Uesa Goods Vintage, www.uesagoods.com. Cream leather clutch ($300); Diamantine, 202-642-3548. ON TIM: FRENCH CONNECTION black and white checkered button down shirt ($70); Lord and Taylor, www.lordandtaylor.com. RAG AND BONE black fitted blazer ($595) and MIRACLE ICONS three pendant necklace ($225); Barney’s Co-op, www.barneys.com/co-op.
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ADAM DE BOER PAINTER TOTEM Skateboard made in 2002 by Lekker Skateboards, a company he founded while in high school
ON DOUG: Dressed entirely in his own clothing. ON BEATRICE: VINCE silver sequin sweater ($695); Barney’s Co-op, www.barneys.com-co-op. COCLICO black suede frill shoes ($375); Simply Soles, www.simplysoles.com. ON NICOLE: Black leather studded belt ($120); Diamantine, 202-642-3548. LINEA PELLE leather cuff ($60); Charm, www.charmgeorgetown. com. MAGASCHONI black cashmere sweater ($268): Bloomingdales, www.bloomingdales.com. ON ADAM: BEN SHERMAN T-shirt ($29), BLACK BROWN 1826 plaid scarf ($44); Lord & Taylor, www.lordandtaylor.com. Black corduroy jacket ($295); Barney’s Co-op, www.barneys.com/co-op.
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ON PUM JOSEPH black blazer ($850); Relish, www.relishdc.com. RIVINI strapless ruched mermaid style bridal gown with silk tulle ruffles ($5,930); Betsy Robinson’s Bridal Collection, www. robinsonsbridal.com. JULIE WOLFE green vintage bracelet (price upon request); Julie Wolfe, www.juliewolfedesign.com. Pum’s own large vintage rings. ON JAKE DOLCE & GABBANA tuxedo shirt (price upon request), black skinny tie ($125) and ALLESSANDRO DELL-ACQUA patent leather sneaker ($350); Saks Fifth Avenue, www.saksfifthavenue.com.
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JAKE & PUM LEFEBURE The husband-and-wife team behind the wildly successful graphic design firm Design Army has created something of a stir in the world of communication arts. Their self-proclaimed “no fluff ” shop’s distinctively clean and bold aesthetic (which Pum describes as “Swiss-Euro”) has made them the creative world’s version of the “It” couple. The result is an ever-growing and ever-varied list of clients and projects that reads like the design community’s version of the popular bored-at-the-bar “Kevin Bacon” game. “We have worked with so many clients over the years and have been exposed to so many new industries that it’s difficult not to make a connection back to us,” Pum says. “And being so connected has kept us on our toes.” The firm’s meteoric rise since it opened in 2003 has meant hiring new staff (now numbering 10) and a sleek new studio in a remodeled row house on trendy H Street NE. In the process, they haven’t lost their irreverent artistic sensibilities. Indeed, it seems to have pushed them to be even more creative. Case in point: their Facebook “Color Consumption” project where they come up with new names for colors. Recent discoveries include “viking,” “pancakes” and “swamp.” But it’s a much more forward-thinking, pie-in-the-sky project that has us enthralled. If Pum and Jake had it their way, they would give the District itself a whole new image. A Design Army revolution? We certainly hope so.
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“Greenhouse” Adam Poole
Winning Entry: “No Pollution Please” Christos Lamprianidis WL SPONSORED
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“East Coast Sightseeing” Stece McGhee “Global Warming” Pedro Magalhaes
THAT’S COOL Judges selected 20 finalists from hundreds of inspiring submissions and let the public vote on Huffington Post to decide the winners, who were announced by the Center for American Progress. (“No Pollution Please” by Christos Lamprianidis took the honors). Anne Soellner moderated a panel whose participants included Van Jones and Danny Goldberg.
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ollecting art is an intensely personal process. A painting or sculpture can evoke certain memories, stir up strong emotions or simply be visually appealing. “Upon hearing from committed, sometimes admittedly ‘obsessed’ collectors on how and why works were acquired, the consistent message they all share is that they collect artwork they love, that speaks to them, that brings joy by continuing to peak their curiosity,” says Victoria Reis, co-founder of Transformer, the edgy Washington visual arts organization. In 2008, Transformer launched its “Collector’s View” series to bring art lovers to the homes of some of the capital’s top collectors. It provided a unique opportunity for art acquisitors to not only speak about their collections, but to shed some light on the important relationship between artists and patrons. The most recent “Collector’s View” events took place at the homes of Judy Penski and Robin Rose, Heather and Tony Podesta, Mirella and Dani Levinas, and Robert and Aimee Lehrman.
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Walking through Penski and Rose’s 1955 Trudeau-designed Forest Hills house brings the work of mid-century modernism to life. The work of furniture designers and woodworkers such as George Nakashima, Hans Wegner and Carl Auböck enhance 1960s paintings by District artists such as Thomas Downing, Gene Davis and Leon Berkowitz. The result is a harmonious and philosophic whole. Works by female artists anchor Heather and Tony Podesta’s private collection in Kalorama. The couple’s airy house provides a light-filled backdrop against which 16 leading contemporary photographers, painters and sculptors including Marina Abramovic, Margaret Benyon, Berlinde de Bruychere and Beatriz Milhazes, shine. Mirella and Dani Levinas have cultivated a collection with international flair in their historic Georgetown residence. Their very personal anthology features a concentration in Latin American art with contemporary paintings, sculptures, photography and even videos by emerging artists such as Cildo Meireles, Waltercio Caldas, Vik Muniz and Cristian Segur.
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PHILANTHRO-FASHION The Shops at Wisconsin Place combined beauty, fashion and philanthropy at this lively event, offering gi cards and generous discounts to shoppers (with a 100% of the proceeds benefiting the Hope for Henry Fund and the Washington Humane Society). THE SCENE: Models previewed the latest offerings from top designers under a large tent set up in the center’s open plaza as guests enjoyed cocktails and hors d’ouevres. ESPECIALLY APPRECIATED: Complimentary makeovers, generous swag bags and free screening passes to “Life as We Know It.”
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THE CREATIVES Moderator: Michael M Clements, executive editor, Washington Life magazine Gloria Nauden, executive director, D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities Philippa Hughes, chief creative contrarian, Pink Line Project Darren Thomas, development director, Washington Performing Arts Society James Cornwell, art director, PR at Partners & co-founder Fashion BS Derrick Lachney, colorist, One80 Salon Kathy Hollinger, director, Washington D.C. Office of Motion Picture and Television Development (MPTD) Drew Porterfield, curator and director, Long View Gallery Christy Schlesinger, architect, Schlesinger Architects Matthew Gardiner, resident director, Signature Theatre
Dine & Dish A group of leading creative spirits gathered recently at J&G Steakhouse in the W Hotel Washington for a private dinner personally prepared by Michelin chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten. The discussion took place during six courses of the culinary masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gourmet creations and covered topics ranging from the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s growing film, theater, visual and performing arts scenes to architecture, style and fashion. Bon appetit! WATCH THE VIDEO OF THE DINNER ON WLTV, WWW.WASHINGTONLIFE.COM
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IS WASHINGTON ARCHITECTURE CHANGING?
HOW CAN WE IMPROVE LOCAL THEATER?
WHAT IS THE CHALLENGE TO ARTS FUNDING?
Schlesinger: The restaurant industry has really introduced modern architecture to Washington and made us more accepting of it. As restaurant designs became more modern they brought a more New York flair. It has drawn a number of talented architects to the area, who have in turn created more modern spaces. Gardiner: I’ve seen a lot more buildings that are expanding what we consider as D.C. Schlesinger: Our firm worked on Water Street, which from the outside is very conservative, but from the inside is very cutting edge. That aesthetic was selling, but since the crash it’s more about being hip. Modern is too expensive. In order to do a really crisp modern space, it has to be incredibly minimal, but minimal is also expensive.The lighting has to be a certain way so you can see the space more clearly. Basically, the simpler it is, the more expensive it is to build. So, currently in restaurant design we’re seeing a move toward hip, mainly because of economics.
Gardiner: We need to change
Thomas: The cost of doing
CAN WASHINGTON BECOME A TOP FILM PRODUCTION LOCATION?
how we as a theater community view ourselves and how those outside our community view us.The opinion tends to be that our city is all about politics and that we’re not a creative place. It’s hard.We live in a city that doesn’t look at creative people as seriously as those in politics. Thomas: It’s all about being commercial. If you’re not a commercial success, then no one is willing to notice you. Look at how much press “Mary Poppins” got.Theaters like Woolly Mammoth are taking chances. Gardiner: Look at what Signature is doing now – not to say that there isn’t validity to “Chess” and “Sunset Boulevard” – but these decisions were made with the economy in mind. I think the new Arena Stage will help. It’s huge for the theater scene in Washington.Theater-going is now more than coming to see a show, it’s about coming to a beautiful space. Thomas: Like the Kennedy Center.
business in Washington is very expensive. Any time we bring in an orchestra, we could sell out an entire concert hall and still lose $50,000. That’s where our underwriters come in. If we don’t have someone doing $50,000 to $100,000, we’re seeing some serious problems. Velocity DC Dance Festival sold out, but underwriting was key. Tickets were $18.You can’t cover your costs with that. The Washington Performing Arts Society is one of the few arts organizations that is still operating in the black. Our donations are up 10 percent; we haven’t really seen a major decline. Where we saw the decline was from city [grants]. When a group or artist comes to us, we try to choose a venue that the artist can fit into so that we can sell it out.You start them off at a 600-seat venue. If it does well, then you move them to a 850-seat theater. And finally you start to look at the Kennedy Center, because the expense of going from one of those venues to the Kennedy Center is astronomical.
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Hollinger: The film commission is
working to bring more business to the District.The challenge is that cities and states usually have incentives and dollars to bring in large-scale film productions.We don’t have that in Washington. We have a great package, but there is no funding aspect.We’re working on turning that around. The other thing studios complain about is that there isn’t a single point where they can coordinate longer location shoots.We’re streamlining the process, so red tape and permit procedures don’t scare productions away. Clements: What about local talent and production teams? Hollinger: We put a package together that lets studios know that we have the resources for prolonged film production in the city.We have lists of caterers, grips, driver and equipment rentals, but casting is still an issue.We need more than Central Casting.We’re working hard to brand Washington as a full-service film destination, not just for nice monument shots.We have a lot of “non-political” locations as well as crews, talent and support.
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WHAT’S THE ON THE VISUAL ARTS SCENE? Porterfield: The growth has
been amazing.When Long View Gallery opened three years ago, we were in a tiny 800-squarefoot gallery space.We were
definitely a small fish.We found a developer that believed in us. That’s not easy in this town. We moved into our new space and focused on local artists like Scott Brooks, and it occurred at a time when the city’s population was becoming more art-savvy.We went from a staff of one to a staff of six and created some jobs. Hughes: We need to develop a more culturally curious audience who will become consumers who will then foster local artists.We have to give people more accessible points of entry. You can’t just say “go to the Kennedy Center.” It’s too intimidating.This can actually keep people from enjoying the art scene.
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WILL WASHINGTON EVER SHAKE ITS UNSTYLISH IMAGE? Cornwell: I’ve seen a huge
movement in the fashion of Washington.We’re influenced, politically by the world, but now fashion is starting to be as well.
Fashion is huge, especially at charity events. I have Le Deux denim on, they have buttons all over the back, they’re ripped in front and have safety pins on them, and I thought, maybe I shouldn’t be wearing this in Washington. Schlesinger: I wore shoulder pads just for you. Cornwell: Thank you darling. Lachney: It’s different with hair; it’s the only place women can be adventurous here.They might dress more conservatively, but they can get a little daring on the hair. I’m continually surprised at the risks some women are taking here. Cornwell: It’s still transitional. More designers are coming to town. I have hope.
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The Philippe Starckdesigned, Salvador Daliinfluenced lobby of the Le Meurice Hôtel. (Photo Anchyi Wei)
L’art hotelier Three extraordinary Parisian properties are the design hotels of choice for the world’s most discriminating bon vivants.
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LE MEURICE DALI DOES VERSAILLES WL TAKE The original Parisian “Palace Hotel” was established as a home away from home for upper-class British travelers in the late 18th century. Queen Victoria stayed here in 1855. Beyoncé is a regular. Writers, artists and musicians from Kipling and Domingo to Taylor and Burton have graced its ornate halls. Salvador Dali stayed at Le Meurice every winter for 30 years and the hotel pays homage to the surrealist master via PHILIPPE STARCK, who in 2007 was commissioned to spruce up the property. The resulting RESTAURANT LE DALI, with its
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mismatched seats bearing playfully inventive references to the Catalan artist’s recurring themes (note the stacked walking cane lamps and high-heeled chair legs), is a gem, as are the melting columns and frozen floor mirror in the lobby. Without losing its time-honored palatial personality and attention to luxury, Le Meurice has chartered a course that is both cutting edge and classic, befitting its inclusion in the Dorchester Collection of hotels. LES CHAMBRES Starck’s Dali tribute doesn’t extend into the rooms, but that’s OK – purists love the Second Empire-style decor. You can tour a Napoleon III apartment in the nearby
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Richelieu Wing of the Louvre, or you can stay in one with a state-of-the-art HD flat-screen TV and five-star room service. Let us eat cake! We recommend the Marco Polo Suite on the sixth floor. Rain showers and Italian marble bathroom floors bring the spa to you. (Rates vary: US$700 to $1,300 a night.) AU RESTAURANT LE DALI specializes in lighter fare. We recommend it for afternoon tea and pastries. The monumental 1,560-square-foot canvas on the ceiling was painted by Ara Starck. The cozy wood panelled BAR is where Dali imbibed on many a night with the master bartender who still works there today. Tip: After sampling some of the 300 drinks on the menu – among them 17 exclusive creations such as the Cocktail Starcky or The 228 – peek behind the sofa directly opposite the bar and you’ll see Dali peeking back. No stay at Le Meurice would be complete without a meal in RESTAURANT LE MEURICE.Try concentrating on the Financial Times over breakfast when you’re surrounded by 17th century grand siècle decor with resplendent murals and ornate chandeliers. Three Michelin star Chef Yannick Alléno creates menus according to his own distinctive style of refined, harmonious and healthy cuisine. LE SPA At LE SPA VALMONT POUR LE MEURICE, solely utilizes Valmont cosmetics coveted for “proven anti-aging and skin prolonging factors.”
HOTEL LUTETIA ARTFUL BELLE ÉPOQUE WL TAKE The Left Bank’s only historic four-star
deluxe hotel offers an experience apropos to the art rich history of the Saint-Germain-Des-Près neighborhood. Currently celebrating its 100th anniversary, you would be hard pressed to find a more masterfully maintained and functioning modern-day reflection of the Belle Époque and Art Deco periods. Step through the hotel’s revolving wooden doors and you are transported back in time. The property houses 300 original artworks, including a Philippe Hiquily-crafted humidor shaped like woman’s body in the Ernest Bar, paintings from Theirry Bisch’s “bear cub” series and sculptures by Max le Verrier. But the pièce de résistance are the signature suites designed by world-renown artists such as sculptor Arman, whose room features music and African art. LES CHAMBRES Lutetia incorporates art into each of its 260 rooms. Recently, the hotel’s four
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See our video tours and photo-journal at www.washingtonlife.com! Rontonde Suites were transformed into mini art galleries showing works of four internationally renowned photographers.The South American Suite was our favorite – the photograph of Marilyn Monroe drawn with melted chocolate is deliciously decadent, just like the view of the Eiffel Tower from the bed. C’est romantique! Avant-garde guests should book the rather scandalous but ingeniously modern seventhfloor suite. Suites run about $500 a night in peak season. AU RESTAURANT For night owls, THE ERNEST BAR and THE LUTÈCE BAR are both well-known local haunts for live jazz and premium whiskey and cognac (we hear Gérard Depardieu is a regular). The cozy A-list LE PARIS RESTAURANT is home to Michelin star chef Philippe Renard. It offers contemporary French cuisine in a Belle Époque setting. The lively BRASSERIE LUTETIA received a makeover by Slavik and fashion icon Sonya Rykiel. It’s a must-try Parisian brasserie in an area teeming with dining options. Each establishment has a unique identity and strong reputation with Parisians and non-Parisians alike. Tip: Order a bottle of champagne the hotel commissioned to commemorate its 100th anniversary.
Opposite: Hotel Lutetia grandly holds court on the Left Bank; Terrace Eiffel Suite, Hotel Plaza Athénée; Suite Royal rooftop terrace, Hotel Plaza Athénée; the seventh floor suite at Hotel Lutetia; and Brasserie Lutetia. This Page: Restaurant Le Dali; La Cour Jardin; and Philippe Starck’s frozen mirror at Le Meurice.
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HOTEL PLAZA ATHÉNÉE DIOR DREAM HOME WL TAKE Located in the posh shopping district
near Avenue Montaigne, Hôtel Plaza Athénée has an unparalleled reputation for invoking the art of stylish living. Its red taffeta curtains and vinelaced courtyard inspired Christian Dior starting in 1947 when the famed Parisian couturier began using the hotel as a staging area to attract a discerning clientele. The love affair continues via THE DIOR INSTITUT – a luxurious all-Dior, all-the-time, urban beauty retreat. But, shhhh, the property is having a torrid affair with another creative genius – culinary master Alain Ducasse, who oversees all food creation (yes, room service, too) in the hotel’s six dining spots, including the signature ALAIN DUCASSE AU PLAZA ATHÉNÉE. Recently highlighted in America as the backdrop of the final episode of HBO’s “Sex and The City” series, the hotel is the perfect high-end romantic Parisian escape. Tip for Budding Mr. Bigs: book the Terrace Eiffel Suite.You can’t go wrong.
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LES CHAMBRES A classic Parisian look dominates here. Comfortable baroque sofas, chairs and heavy curtains in shades of burgundy and gold create an opulent, yet feminine fairy tale atmosphere. You’ll enjoy courtyard views through windows opening onto small trellised balconies filled with fresh flowers (red of course). After a long day of shopping, fill the jetted tub, drop in Plaza Athénée-branded bath crystals and soak away the guilt associated with buying a few $5,000 minaudières. No hotel in the world can match the stunning floor-to-ceiling window view of the Eiffel Tower from the Terrace Eiffel Suite. Guests can luxuriate in the cosseted confines of the pink-and-gray-hued suite with a baby grand piano, state-of-the-art 3D HD TV, and matching walk-in closets.The best view is from the private rooftop terrace of the Suite Royale where for about $15,000 per day you can have a 360degree view of Paris all to yourself. AU RESTAURANT Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée is an impressive five-star dining experience, but at LA COUR JARDIN in the hotel’s open-air courtyard, the vegetable dishes are pure genius and the setting is quiet, quaint and romantic. Tip: Don’t try to make reservations in December and January when it is transformed into an ice-rink. For the late-night set, LE BAR DU PLAZA ATHÉNEÉ is notable for a sexy vibe and inventive designer cocktails. Scroll through the digital menu and try concoctions such as the Fashion Ice.The bar is a local haunt for the beau monde, many of whom store personal bottles onsite. If you’re lucky, you might meet the owner of the $35,000 bottle of Louis XIV cognac. With decor directly inspired by the ocean liner Normandie, LE RELAIS PLAZA is a bistro where chef Philippe Marc interprets Alain Ducasse’s culinary savoir faire, offering a traditionally authentic cuisine with a modern twist.The street-side café, LA TERRASSE MONTAIGNE designed by Patrick Jouin, is the place to see and be seen on the most fashionable avenue in Paris. It’s open from midday to 8 p.m. and caters to shoppers on the run or those who prefer to simply linger discreetly in their oversized Chanel sunglasses. LE SPA The Dior Institut opened in 2008 and specializes in active life or multi-day options. Treatments include massages and microdermabrasion procedures using Dior’s coveted anti-aging concentrates.
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LUXURY TRAVEL | THE CLOISTER AT SEA ISLAND
A Star Designer Washington’s Pamela Hughes made a little history of her own as the interior designer of The Cloister at Sea Island, a five-star historic resort, after a $350 million renovation P H OTO S C O U R T E SY O F T H E C LO I ST E R AT S E A I S L A N D
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attention and inspired numerous accolades for its Mediterranean-style beauty and allure. Over the years,The Cloister has gained the rare distinction of earning four Forbes Five Star awards for The Cloister hotel,The Lodge (which also has a AAA Five Diamond rating), The Georgian Room restaurant and The Spa at Sea Island. “The Spa at Sea Island is the most luxurious and spectacular spa I’ve ever seen,” said Washingtonian Steve Norris, one of the founders of The Carlyle Group, after a recent visit. The resort has also created a welcoming
space for families with a game room, a movie theater, kids’ camp and even an ice cream parlor, drawing Washington, D.C. business leaders such as Ted Leonsis and Raul Fernandez and their families. “We love Sea Island because it is just such a fun, friendly, family place,” Jean-Marie Fernandez said. “People – both guests and those who work on the island – remember you and your children from year to year, call you by name, and are generally the most friendly bunch of people we have ever met.” In 2003, the original building was razed
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Left: The Spa at Sea Island with its glorious pool, anchors spacious treatment rooms, contemplative areas and outdoor terraces. Bottom left: The elegant Georgian Room with custom-designed carpet, chandeliers and mantle, is a five-star dining experience. Above: The Club Room’s interior architecture, created by Hughes, was inspired by Mar-A-Lago.
and the entire property underwent a $350 million renovation. The new Cloister hotel, as well as The Spa at Sea Island, have been painstakingly rebuilt to capture the essence, charm and history of the original buildings. After interviewing several interior design firms, Washington’s own Pamela Hughes was chosen to design The Cloister and The Spa at Sea Island – two of the resort’s most lauded buildings. Hughes collaborated with Sea Island’s master architect, Peter Capone, to create a seamless ambiance that would allow new as well as returning guests to feel as comfortable and content in the new hotel as they had in their beloved Cloister. The new building is larger and more spacious but has the same genteel, gracious and welcoming feeling as the original Cloister. The architecture is reminiscent of the former hotel, but stronger. The furnishings feel as if they were collected over four generations of world travels. “We wanted the guests to feel as if this new building had been here forever,” Hughes said. The design team began by poring over old photos and original Mizner drawings in The Cloister archives. “We got our hands on everything we possibly could and just devoured it.We read all the books about Sea Island, Mizner and Palm Beach architecture,” Hughes recalled of the experience. “It was really fun to put ourselves into Mizner’s head and try to visualize how he would have designed these rooms.”
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Left: For The Smoking Lounge, Hughes selected clear and heart pine for the walls, ceiling and floor with pecky cypress ceiling beams. Below left: The Wine Cellar, with its custom-designed table and chairs, was created to look like a cellar in a Mizner home. Above: One of the most notable and beautiful paintings at The Cloister is by Hubert-Denis Etcheverry, a French artist born in 1867. The painting is large, measuring 62 inches high by 88 inches wide, and was purchased from a private collection in Paris. Titled “Confidences -- The Secret,” the painting commands your eye to its stately, old world presence and lustrous colors. The grand, elegant ladies pictured in their silk and satin gowns easily represent the ladies who frequented the early Cloister.
When it came to furnishings, Hughes coupled old world craftsmanship with modern ingenuity. For the 750 custom-designed rugs, she enlisted the help of her friend, rug specialist George Jevremovic, in employing workers in numerous villages in Turkey. Rugs were made with natural vegetable dyes on the same looms used over 200 years ago by early weavers. “Nowhere in the world will you see a collection like this,” she said, adding that it seemed as if “all
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of Turkey knew about The Cloister.” Furnishings in the public spaces were custom-designed to blend with antiques found in Paris flea markets and obscure dealers in England, Morocco and elsewhere. They all come with a story. “Finding the most fantastic and rare antiques was one of the most exciting adventures of this project,” Hughes recounted. Upholstered pieces are both grand in scale and unusual. Many fabrics are from small,
select European mills. All trims for drapery and upholstery are large in scale, and were made in Portugal. The Library, The River Bar and The Smoking Lounge have millwork and ceilings made from indigenous woods. Ceiling beams in some areas have been sawn from 500-yearold logs dredged from local rivers. The hotel basement’s Wine Cellar has brick walls and floors and an antique oak-beamed ceiling – just the kind you would see in an original Mizner cellar. The Club Room “has the same glamour as Marjorie Merriweather Post’s living room at Mar-A-Lago. The ceiling is elaborate and extravagant, designed and fabricated to replicate ornate, old plasterwork,” said Hughes. Fine art was purchased from galleries and collectors throughout the U.S. and Europe. Many of the works are from the American South, emphasizing the Sea Island landscape. Hughes received assistance from local gallery owner Laura Guarisco, who canvassed the New York and London galleries for paintings of appropriate age and genre. “Laura and I were constantly emailing each other with images of art for months! It was a huge endeavor and the most fun. I learned so much from her,” said Hughes.
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Bourbon Bash & Cocktails Dansant Jack Daniel’s fans celebrate the famed Tennessee whiskey in Kalorama; Washington’s Old Guard Russians gather for afternoon cocktails and dancing BY DONNA SHOR
ACK JACK! A most unusual campaign van touring the country throughout the election season ended up recently at Juleanna Glover’s Kalorama home, where partygoers celebrated its arrival, and especially its cargo: Jack Daniel’s finest. Near-crisis averted: there was no place to park the 60-foot mammoth until the neighboring Libyan ambassador offered embassy space. Emblazoned on it was a rakish likeness of the founder of this historic Tennessee whiskey. (Yes, Virginia, there was a Jack Daniel.) The tonguein-cheek campaign aims to get his birthday voted a national holiday – a proposition of dubious feasibility. Arriving to “Back Jack!” were members of the Tennessee congressional delegation: Reps. Jim Cooper, John Tanner, Marsha Blackburn and Lincoln Davis. Daniel’s birthplace in Moore County (where his namesake liquor is distilled) is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. (Ironically, it is a “dry” county where you can’t buy Jack’s liquor.) Tennesseans will tell you Jack Daniel’s is first cousin to a bourbon – with varying grain proportions – and say its superiority comes from being filtered, drop by slow drop, through 10 feet of mellowing hard maple charcoal. Jack and cola and Jack and ginger ale were the night’s favored libations. Among those hoisting an elbow were Luke Russert, documentary film director Karim Chrobog, Norm Ornstein of AEI, John Firestone, Willee Lewis and National Journal’s Matt Cooper.
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WITH A RUSSIAN ACCENT Guests attending the “Cocktail Dansant Russe” saw a colorful bazaar as they entered the Russian Embassy’s foyer, where free-flowing wine and vodka bars led to dancing and an all-Russian repast in the grand ballroom. Natalia Kislyak , wife of Ambassador Sergei Kislyak, warmly welcomed those gathered to support the Scriabine Foundation at its benefit for the ObolenskySaltykoff Fund’s Berezichi School Above: The Jack Daniel’s van created quite a in southern Russia. stir on Embassy Row. Left: Nicole d’Amecourt Names famed throughout and Nora Maccoby Hathaway at the Russian Embassy. (Photo by Richard Marks) Russian history dotted the guest list. Raisa Scriabine’s great-uncle was the famed composer. The bazaar, organized by ROLLIN’ AT “RIVERS” It’s a whole new sparkling scene at the Suzanne Tolstoy-Miloslavsky offered jewelry Watergate complex, now that Rivers and traditional black-lacquered objects amid restaurant and piano bar has opened at 600 the artwork and icons. New Hampshire Ave. NW just across from the Wallace Hamilton - Robinson thanked Kennedy Center.Watergaters, delighted to hear patrons for supporting the cause.The Berezichi that Rivers plans room service and poolside school for disadvantaged children is on the catering for the complex, rolled in non-stop former country estate of the late Prince Alexis for the grand opening. There were scores of Obolensky’s family. (His grandmother’s home, Georgetowners, too, among those admiring Saltykoff Palace, still stands in St. Petersburg.) the long curving bar and sweeping view. Alexis’ widow, Princess (Selene) Obolensky, In the jam-packed crowd: Jim Kimsey, chaired the evening. Guests included Prince and Princess David Elizabeth Dole, D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, Nancy Conrad, Tom McMillen, Tandy Chavchavadze; Teresa and Dimitri Obolensky; Princess Ann Obolensky; weatherman Bob and Wyatt Dickerson, and Katherine Wood. Interesting innovation: amid the comfort Ryan and his wife Olga; the Philip Martins; food, steaks and bison sliders on the menu, the Rose O’Neal Akin; Austin Hay; the Herbert restaurant will occasionally feature dishes from Traxlers; J. Gregory Moore; Mary Ellen Hood; the countries where the world’s greatest rivers Karl Wolflein; Charles Potter; and Gertrude (Nile, Ganges, Rhine, Danube, Amazon) flow. d’Amecourt, still dancing at age 100.
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MIND YOUR MANNERS Tea with Mrs. B, the popular local etique e class for kids, brought patented whimsy – with a dash of good manners, of course – to benefit THEARC’s arts programs for local disadvantaged children. The event included a silent auction for the adults, while the knee-high crowd, dressed in their Sunday best, frolicked around the “Alice in Wonderland”themed room, playing games and working on cra s projects. PINKIES IN THE AIR: Aimee Lehrman, Holly Caldwell, Judy and Ahmad Esfandiary, Mae Haney Greenan, Nancy Jacobson and Ludmila Cafritz.
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chairwoman for “A Night in Casablanca,” Kate Vanoff has set the bar very high for anyone producing a soirée, charity or benefit party. Her elegant and worldly good taste exuded authenticity (a belly dancer), culinary flair (couscous and lamb) and exotic sounds (Moroccan music) at Doris and Stephen Seager’s pool pavilion at Chetwood Park to support the Middleburg Polo Academy. Supporters of the cause entered through a dimly lit barn which gave way to a six-bay garage that had been transformed into a black and white tableau, shimmering with silver and gold. Hunt country residents included: Holli and Moses Thompson, Lisa and Chip White, Bridget and Brian Wilson, Gay Estin and George Beavers, Malcolm Matheson IV with Hester Warr, Heather and Holder Trumbo Jr., and Kit Hemion. The Washington crowd included very fashionable interior designer Pamela Gaylin Ryder and J. Bradford Ryder (who now own a weekend place out here) and Molly and Lee LaRochelle. LAVENDER HILL: When international architect Errol Adels decided to settle down
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all wrapped around Chrysalis Vineyards in Aldie,Va. (Holiday gift hint: book and bottle!) A CONFESSION: Ever find a
fabulous restaurant or boutique hotel and never share it? I have a confession. For years I have resisted writing about a unique eatery where only the all-knowing locals enjoy an occasional high-fat, soaring-carb breakfast at a counter run by Kevin Whitener at the Fauquier Livestock Exchange. (A piece of local history: Whitener previously owned The Rail Stop in The Plains, which he sold to actor Robert Duval, who also later sold it.) The “Grill” is the only place where genuine farmers, blacksmiths, cattlemen and horsemen gather Above :Malcolm Matheson IV and Hester Warr at the Middleburg to gossip and chat over servings Polo Academy benefit (Photo by of sausage or hamburger that just Vicky Moon) Left: Lavender Hill might have been auctioned only a (Courtesy of Thomas and Talbott) few steps away. In late September, the entire timber bones Combining inspiration from the classic Italian style of Andrea Palladio, he notes that his of the stockyard burst into flames, lighting up “intent was to be very sympathetic to the the late night autumn skies. Hundreds of cattle Virginia countryside. I did everything from the were waiting to go to auction the next day and the gates were chained and locked to prevent architecture and interiors to the landscape.” The result is Lavender Hill, an ochre-colored any rustling. A brave band of volunteers pried stucco villa with a breathtaking view of the them open and miraculously only 20 of the countryside now listed for sale at $2.9 million. more than 200 cows perished. Having the Livestock Grill back up and GRAPE NUTS: Washington-based writer cooking is a miracle as well. Much more than a Todd Kliman’s recent book, “The Wild Vine: hearty breakfast or lunch spot, the atmosphere A Forgotten Grape and the Untold Story alone is well worth a trip to the country. Never of American Wine,” comes along at just the mind all those fancy and frilly places, this is the right moment. His tome weaves the history real deal. Set your GPS: intersection of Zulla of a true American hybrid, the Norton grape, Road and John Marshall Highway.
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GOLDEN DAY INDEED The gorgeous weather at the 73rd annual Fall Gold Cup couldn’t have been be er if David “Zeke” Ferguson (owner of threetime winner Leeds Don) had ordered it up himself. An estimated 35,000 spectators milled about Great Meadow in their fall finery, popping in and out of festive tents do ing Member’s Hill, including the WL-sponsored Innocents at Risk/Social List of Washington (“Green Book”) party co-hosted by Deborah Sigmund and Thomas Murray. Hollywood great (and Hunt Country estate owner) Robert Duvall was there to present the $50,000 Gold Cup purse and trophy to winner Ernie Oare’s He’s A Conniver. STEEPLECHASE AFFICIONADOS Canadian Amb. Gary Doerr, Jacqueline Mars, Mitchell Schwind and Christopher Eccleston.
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VALUED VOLUNTEER Five hundred local real estate professionals came to honor one of their own, Stephen B. Goldstein, for his many years helping at-risk communities participating in Higher Achievement’s a er-school programs. CORPORATE CLOUT: The event, which included an awards program, food and music, was the biggest ever, thanks to the participation of co-chairmen Mitchell N. Shear (Vornado/Charles E. Smith Companies), Michael J. Glosserman (JBG Companies) and Edward L. Cohen, Mark D. Lerner and Robert K. Tenenbaum (Lerner Enterprises).
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More Than a Home Run Washington Nationals star Ryan Zimmerman on his ziMS Foundation fight against multiple sclerosis
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hen he’s not hitting balls out of the park as the Washington Nationals’ third baseman, Ryan Zimmerman is giving his all as president and founder of the ziMS Foundation, a non-profit launched in 2006 to raise money for multiple sclerosis, a disease afflicting about 400,000 Americans, including his mother, Cheryl. In August, Zimmerman’s “A Night at the Ballpark” benefit at Nationals Stadium, drew more than 700 guests and raised over $200,000 for MS research. The event’s emcee, NBC News chief White House correspondent and political director Chuck Todd, caught up with Zimmerman to talk about his hopes for the future of MS research, his team’s postseason chances (think 2012), and what’s next for the ziMS Foundation. How’s the foundation doing compared to when you started it?
Every year gets better. The hardest part is obviously the first year, getting it organized. It’s fun to watch it grow and get bigger and better. We started from nothing and now we have a pretty good thing going. How’s your mom? How has her disease progressed now, as opposed to when you were living at home?
It’s gradually getting worse. Some people will have it for 20 or 30 years and it doesn’t really progress, and then for some people, like my mom, it will start off slowly and then get to the point where she has to be in a wheelchair. She’s still stable and fine and healthy, but it’s just weird how it affects every single person differently. But she deals with it and has fun and comes to watch me play and doesn’t let it really affect her.
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Above: The Washington Nationals’ Ryan Zimmerman and NBC News’ Chuck Todd. Left: Ryan Zimmerman, Keith Zimmerman, and Cheryl Zimmerman.
What is your goal for the foundation over the next five years?
The main thing is to keep growing and keep getting better. Obviously, you want to raise as much money as you can and help find a cure, but I think spreading the word and letting people know about the disease is also a big part of it, and getting as many people to know and to help and just keep growing, keep getting bigger and better.
main benefit every year. We hope this event and the one in Washington will be our two main fundraisers. My parents also do a few little things at home and we’re going to start trying to do a few more events in Washington as well.
What’s the next event for the foundation?
Tons of people are pulling for you to stick around in Washington. Hopefully that golf tournament will have to be postponed in a few years, since that’s when the World Series seems to be these days.
The next event is our annual golf tournament in Virginia Beach on Halloween weekend. It’s the fifth time we’ve done this. This was kind of the event that started it all and has been our
Yeah, that’s what my parents always say. Hopefully, in a couple years we’ll have to move it back into November for good. That’s the plan.
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BATTING A THOUSAND: Washington Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman hit a few home runs for multiple sclerosis at the ziMS Foundation’s premiere event “A Night in the Park.” Guests bid on auction items autographed by athletes including the 2010 Washington Capitals and Derek Jeter. Magician David Blaine wowed the crowd and Amos Lee and Mutlu provided the night’s smooth soundtrack. Inspired by his mother, Cheryl, and her ba le with MS, Zimmerman and the ziMS Foundation will continue to step up to the plate.
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Romanticism Reborn RAUL AND JEAN-MARIE FERNANDEZ HAVE REALIZED THEIR DREAM HOUSE WITH THE HELP OF WASHINGTON ARCHITECT ANTHONY BARNES AND THE INTERIOR DESIGN FIRM SOLIS BETANCOURT AN EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT FROM “ E S S E N T I A L E L E G A N C E : T H E I N T E R I O R S O F S O L I S B E TA N C O U R T ” W R I T T E N B Y D A N A D E M A N G E W I T H P H O T O G R A P H Y B Y M A R C O S G A LVA N Y
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eminiscent of the French chateaux of Normandy, the Fernandez residence in Potomac, Maryland, evokes the enchantment and timelessness of a fairy tale. The interiors were inspired by the traditional architecture, but they also contain modern references that provide an overall look of freshness and simplicity. Paul Sherrill and Jose Solis of the interior design firm Solis Betancourt envisioned spaces filled with sunlight and graceful furnishings conducive to elegant entertaining while comfortable and relaxed for family life. The turreted entry room introduces a romantic spirit. Butter-colored rolled plaster walls and ivy-filled pots lend inviting warmth to the stone floors and stairs of the spare stair hall. An 18th-century Aubusson tapestry brings color to the room while also making a historical and stylistic reference. The wrought-iron sconces, railing, and door handles are a consistent architectural detail throughout the house. The dining room combines sophistication with an easy luxury. A carefully orchestrated interplay of texture and pattern enriches the
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Preceding page: In the dining room, a pair of velvetlined niches contain Guatemalan colonial-style mirrors surrounded by Ashworth Brothers plates; the living room has a series of French doors that open onto a large terrace. This page: Paul Sherrill and Jose Solis designed the master bedroom to take the experience of comfort a step further. Cascading embroidered bed curtains are tempered by a tailored counterpane while a persimmon-colored carpet sets off maize-toned upholsteries. The serene color palette is enhanced by morning light streaming through a series of windows. Jean-Marie Fernandez says, “I really love that the master bedroom summarizes the vision of the house. It’s beautiful and relaxing but also ready for the family to pile up on the bed for movie night.”
setting. Antiqued celadon velvet softens two niches that flank the entrance. Across the room this fabric is repeated in the flowing draperies that frame a series of French doors. A modern interpretation of tapestry, printed velvet with distressed gilt touches, covers the Louis XIII-style chairs. Damask-lined walls create a subdued atmosphere, enlivened by the sparkle of reflective light from the hand-carved mirror, crystal chandelier and sconces. The delicate pistachio, lilac, and peach accents in the adjoining living room could have sprung from a shimmering Impressionist painting. Floral motifs on the Chinese folding screen and in the paintings are echoed in the silk embroidered draperies. A limestone fireplace dominates the room architecturally while an assortment of glass and ivory-colored tables lends a modern sensibility. Chunky sisal carpeting keeps the room casual, as does the aged finish of the fumed Russian white oak flooring used throughout the house. The spacious kitchen is central to family life. Antiqued strié painted cabinets with stained cane inserts give a rustic feeling to the area as does
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Left: The designers used strié painted cabinets with antiqued caning inserts in the kitchen, permitting a casual atmosphere that is perfect for everyday entertaining. Below: “The kids love to play ‘Library’ in the library,” Jean-Marie Fernandez says. “They open and close the doors to let each other in and sign out books. Sofia, who is 8 and our oldest, is our chief librarian.” Bottom: Comfortable armchairs on casters can easily be pulled up to the library’s central oak table for an evening of card playing or board games.
the v-grooved plank wood ceiling with its light paint wash. In warm weather, meals may be served outdoors on the nearby shaded loggia or adjacent to the pool in front of the guesthouse. In the library, oak paneling, pilasters and ceiling beams were heavily distressed and rubbed with celadon-colored paint.This pale green subtly reappears in the upholstery fabrics, with tapestry pillows to bring color and pattern to the space.The shelves are lined with a finely woven rustcolored grass cloth to complement a collection of terracotta antiquities, bronze sculptures and leather-bound books. The chandelier and gilded lamps beside the sofa add a dash of contemporary flair.
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The site dictates how a design develops, says Randall Mars of Randall Mars Architects, who created this McLean, Va., home to take advantage of the topography.
A summer house by McInturff Architects on the Rappahannock River in Virginia provides a shady indoor kitchen, dining and lounging area, roof terrace and guest suite.
The Art of Architecture A storied past and brilliant future influence the designs of Washington’s top architects
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n their quest for creativity, area architects often delve into the with great spirit,” adds Mark McInturff, FAIA, of McInturff Architects. past - theirs, their clients’ and the homesites’ - to find inspiration. An overall design can also be affected by the owner’s collections or This, along with the contextual influences of the sites, fuels the possessions. “Still others have developed a theme of details that reward movement through the house,” McInturff says, adding that creativity in fire of their designs. “Our inspiration comes from the site itself, nature, views, architecture is the ability to make something new and unique with ageand their relationship to context, including other structures old concepts and materials interpreted. “It’s the collision of the challenge and the final idea that defines around the site that influence the design in scale and privacy,” says creativity,” Rill notes. “Going outside James F. Rill AIA, of Rill Architects. what you’ve done, what is typical, and “Put all those elements together and inventing new concepts are all part of you have a recipe for creativity.” Making the landscape of the should be a celebration of the owner’s quiet the creative process.” “A home or detail itself is perhaps nation’s capital come alive with good taste. It is after all a testament of who not creative, but the ideas that inform a their work, Washington architects we are and what choices we make.” home or detail as a new experience are rely on many factors, such as energy, what I find creative,” says David Jameson, discipline and memory, to achieve S I M O N JAC O B S E N , A S S O C I AT E A I A FAIA, of David Jameson Architect. their goals. Ralph Cunningham, For Jameson, “seeing” creativity in FAIA, of Cunningham|Quill Architects and a District native, says, “An architect is like a magician, architecture occurs at the confluence between ideas and meaning. “In making something real out of a set of ideas.” His aim, he notes, is to this way,” he adds, “architecture has the ability to touch one’s mind, eye “weave modern architecture into historic fabric that honors the old and and soul. My creativity is drawn from the experiential. I find creative ideas in unexpected places, such as playing with my kids or traveling.” illuminates the new with elegant simplicity.” The morning commute gives David Jones, AIA, of David Jones Budgets also affect the creativity of the architects’ design, but often in a positive way.“There’s strong creativity in working with a budget,” Rill says. Architects, time to reflect on design ideas. “Just because we don’t have a “Some of our most creative projects have overcome tight budgets pencil in our hands doesn’t mean we are not visualizing something new.”
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The collaboration among the staff, consultants, contractor and clients drove the creative process for this Rill Architects-designed home in Potomac, Md.
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The creative process is one of discovery, says Greg Wiedemann of Wiedemann Architects, the designer of this modern Bethesda, Md., house.
Patience, courage and energy drive his firm’s creative process. “Sometimes by “crossing a bridge over a koi pond.” “A good building should be a celebration of the owner’s quiet good you spend days on a particular design approach for a house, and it doesn’t work – you need the courage to start over,” he says.While his designs are taste. It is after all a testament of who we are and what choices we make,” grounded in the tradition of American residential architecture, he is often Jacobsen adds. Architecture can be quiet, but can also make a profound statement. asked to create spaces that look like they’ve always been there from the outside, but showcase modern spaces inside. That’s where patience and Richard Loosle-Ortega, RA, of KUBE Architecture, became an architect because he loves creating inspiring spaces that add emotion to lives and energy come into play. Paying attention to the details of the home make a project successful, says provide vessels within to act out daily rituals, whether sacred or profane, Greg Wiedemann, AIA, of Wiedemann Architects. Whether it’s a window such as brushing one’s teeth in a bathroom with a great view or getting married in a beautiful garden. seat that provides a place to read, a richly detailed The goal of John Katinas, AIA, and Michael library that fills a room with an extensive collection, Bruckwick, AIA, of Katinas Bruckwick or simply a well-proportioned porch, “it’s those Architecture, is to envision and complete details and the sum of those parts that define ‘home,’” something new, different, emotional and unique. he adds.We all carry memories of houses we lived in “We draw on a sense of materials, space, flow, light or visited that shape our sense of home. and color. The pursuit for and reward of a unique For Jacobsen Architecture, buildings are designed design drives the process,” Katinas says. inside out. Simon Jacobsen, Associate AIA and Katinas, Bruckwick, Jameson and Muse always managing design partner, says, “We not only design knew they wanted to be architects. At age 12, the structure and how it smartly exists and survives McInturff heard that architects made models, in the world, but we also design the interiors and which he loved to do at that age, so he decided to that is where the inspiration for the rest of the house pursue that field as well. “It turns out we do a lot starts.” The firm looks at local architecture, culture The David Jameson Architect teahouse in Bethesda, Md., suspends thought and time, of other fun things, too,” he says. and immediate surroundings and “then we try and the architect says. For others, including Rill and Wiedemann, the fit in like the quiet new kid at school.” affirmation of their chosen career came later in life. “What greatly affects the process is often the client’s receptiveness to creativity,” says Randall Mars, AIA, of Randall “I studied mathematics, engineering and art before entering architecture school,”Wiedemann says. “Architecture brought all my interests together.” Mars Architects. “Great clients make great architecture.” Hearing that a home he designed looks as if it had always been there Rill also studied art and played football, which influences his team is a compliment cherished by Stephen Muse, FAIA, of Muse Architects. approach to design, before going to graduate school for architecture. “We are frequently surprised as we design,” McInturff says.“We don’t “This is the type of natural fit that we are looking for through our creative design process,” Muse says. Important memories can often start knowing where we’re going to go.We find out, as the homeowners be recaptured in new homes. An example of this approach is a house do, along the way.” To read more about these architects and view additional images, go to www. designed for a couple that spent much of their lives in Japan.They asked for a home with “Japanese simplicity,” not a home that would be entered washingtonlife.com.
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Exclusive Sales Former Sen. Bill Brock leaves Georgetown, conductor Leonard Slatkin sells his Potomac home, and a prominent neurosurgeon buys in Bethesda BY STAC E Y G R A Z I E R P FA R R
THE DISTRICT Bill and Sandy Brock sold their residence in Georgetown’s luxury condo building, WATER STREET NW for $2 million with the help of Washington Fine Properties’ Margot Wilson. Mr. Brock served as a Republican senator from Tennessee from 1971 to 1977 and was also the campaign manager for Sen. Bob Dole’s presidential campaign. He and his wife now reside in Annapolis. The two-bedroom property overlooks the historic C&O Canal and boasts a gourmet kitchen, rooftop pool and floor-to-ceiling windows leading to a private terrace. Scott M. Fassbach sold TH STREET NW for $2.7 million. Mr. Fassbach is a chief research officer at The Advisory Board Company. Washington Fine Properties’ Mark McFadden was the listing agent. The fivebedroom French Provincial stucco residence in Berkley was built in 1916. Amenities include a pool with cabana surrounded by lush landscaping, blue flagstone walkway and patio, library with grand fireplace and wine cellar. Dale Jones sold MILLWOOD LANE NW in Kent for $2,850,000 with the help of Washington Fine Properties’ Bobbie Brewster and Ellen Morrell. Mr. Jones is a vice chairman of Heidrick & Struggles International Inc., an executive search firm. The white brick sixbedroom Colonial was constructed in 1941 and charms the quiet street with mature trees, a wooded yard and spring-fed creek with foot bridge.The home also features a lower level inlaw suite, terraced patio, light-filled sun room and updated kitchen with a breakfast room overlooking the woods. Chris and Mary Sentimore are set to purchase ST STREET NW. The Tudor-style Massachusetts Avenue Heights residence is on a quiet cul-de-sac and listed at $2,260,000. The five-bedroom property
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was built in 1926 and is the former home of the late William and Ruth Marlow Thomson. The Sentimores are relocating from Gibson Island, Md., although they are still keeping a residence in the gated community. Mr. Sentimore is president of Cambridge International Systems Inc., an Arlingtonbased s u r ve i l l a n c e communications services company that does business worldwide. The buyers are Former National Symphony Orchestra Conductor Leonard Slatkin and represented by Greg Gaddy Linda Hohenfeld Slatkin sold their Colonial estate at 10704 Alloway Drive in and Carroll Dey of TTR Potomac, Md. for $2,375,000. Sotheby’s Inter national Realty. The property is listed with Lucinda Spine Institute. The Griff Gosnell-built stone Treat and Penny Mallory of Evers & Company residence is located on one of the most soughtReal Estate. after streets in Montgomery County and was completed in 2001. The seven-bedroom property boasts a gourmet kitchen, meticulously MARYLAND Retired NBA player Calbert Cheaney and his landscaped grounds, extensive terrace areas and wife Yvette sold BENTCROSS DRIVE a large covered porch. The listing agents were in Potomac for $3.5 million. Mr. Cheaney, a Washington Fine Properties’ William F.X. former player for the Washington Bullets (now Moody and Robert Hryniewicki. The selling the Wizards), is currently an assistant coach with agent was Michael Matese of Long & Foster. the Golden State Warriors.The couple’s former Leonard Slatkin and Linda Hohenfeld six-bedroom Colonial house on 2.3 private Slatkin sold ALLOWAY DRIVE in acres in the Falconhurst neighborhood features Potomac for $2,375,000 to Scott and Sherri a heated pool, guest house, seven-car garage, a Lanham. Mr. Slatkin, an internationally dramatic two-story entrance foyer, state-of-the- acclaimed conductor and the former music art theater and great room with 20-foot ceilings. director of the National Symphony Orchestra, The listing agent for the sale was Michelle separated from his wife in 2008. The sixLebling Camp of Long & Foster. bedroom Potomac Falls Colonial estate sits Stephen and Marybeth Swad sold on almost three acres and was built in 1961. COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE in Bethesda for Amenities include a great room with 12-foot $3,450,000 to Dr. Alexandros Powers and ceilings, a floating stairway in a two-story foyer, Peri DeOrio. Mr. Swad was a former executive five wood-burning fireplaces, exquisite gardens, at both Fannie May and AOL. Dr. Powers is a pool, tennis court and outdoor “moonlight” a neurosurgeon at the Washington Brain & lighting by Vernon Daniels. Washington Fine
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Great Falls, Virginia
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This fabulous 6-bedroom, 4.5-bath home is set on 5 acres of rolling hills with a pool, a modern 5-stall barn, fenced pastures, and riding rings. The house has been updated, including new granite counters, custom cabinets, and glass tile accents. Chevy Chase Uptown Office 202.364.1300.
Bethesda, Maryland
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Casual elegance abounds throughout this custom, new home. The 6,500 square feet features 10-foot ceilings, a gourmet kitchen, glazed cabinetry, a butler’s pantry, oversized doors, a library, and a gorgeous owner’s suite with luxurious bath. Pamela Powers 202.253.0754/ 301.983.0060 (O). pam@pamelapowers.net
McLean, Virginia
$1,985,000
This stately all brick, custom home is sited in Evans Farm with extensive landscaping. The 4 finished levels offer 7,000-plus square feet with a state-of-the-art kitchen with breakfast room, a large conservatory, and an executive library. www.LILIAN.com. Lilian Jorgenson 703.407.0766/ 703.790.1990 (O).
McLean, Virginia
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Over 5 acres of gardens surround this 10,000-plussquare-foot mansion. The 3-finished-level residence boasts a breathtaking 2-story great room, 6 bedroom suites, a library, terraces, and a pool. The home offers luxury beyond belief. www.LILIAN.com. Lilian Jorgenson 703.407.0766/ 703.790.1990 (O).
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Luscious, landscaped grounds surround this large home that is perfect for parties. The extraordinary master suite with a private deck overlooks the pool and wisteria covered pergola. This private, award-winning setting is close to Rock Creek Park. Chevy Chase Office 202.363.9700.
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Situated on Pennsylvania Avenue Southeast, this historic Romanesque Revival home offers postcard views of the Capitol. Built by the renowned William Yost, The Yost House features intricately carved stonework, arched doorways, and 5 fireplaces. Damian Buckley 202.438.6080/ 301.907.7600 (O). damian@lnf.com
Bethesda, Maryland
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This spectacular home offers a versatile floor plan with gracious room sizes for entertaining and everyday living. A 3rd-floor au pair suite and office, and stunning landscaping in the pool-sized backyard complete the residence. Susan Sanford 301.229.4000 (O).
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Washington, D.C.
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This magnificent custom home is nestled on 2 lush acres with a heated in-ground pool. The residence includes 6 bedrooms, 5 baths, exquisite formal rooms, a comfortable great room, media room, billiard room, and a party room to accommodate 100 guests. Diane Patronas 301.641.6636/ 301.983.0060 (O).
Sited in a coveted location, this impressive entertaining home boasts 5 bedrooms, 5.5 baths, a cook’s kitchen, and a family room that opens to a library with wet bar. The 3rd-floor solarium opens to a wraparound deck with city views. Jamie Coley and Leigh Reed 301.907.6643/ 240.497.1700 (O). coleyreedhomes@aol.com
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Bethesda, Maryland
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Bethesda, Maryland
$1,575,000
This expanded colonial-style home is situated on a beautifully landscaped, private lot just blocks from Metro and downtown Bethesda. Charming and well maintained, the 4-bedroom, 5.5-bath residence has 3 fireplaces, a family room, and a garage. Spring Valley Office 202.362.1300.
This expansive 4,000-square-foot manse in the heart of Kalorama is a rare offering with spectacular views from the top floor. Each of the 4 levels includes a deck. A 2-bedroom in-law suite and 2-car parking enhance the residence. Scott Purcell 202.262.6968/ 202.483.6300 (O). scott.purcell@lnf.com
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This elegant brick colonial is in immaculate condition on a quiet street. Features include a sun-filled kitchen and breakfast room, and a library with a fireplace. Mature landscaping, private gardens, and a terrace facing wooded parkland complete the grounds. Mary Bresnahan 202.841.4343/ 202.944.8400 (O).
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Located in American University Park just blocks from Friendship Heights and Metro, this delightful sunny home in a parklike, private landscaped setting offers gorgeous views from every window. The open flow makes the residence ideal for comfortable daily living and easy entertaining. Nathan Carnes 202.966.1400 (O).
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Propertiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Adaline Neely and Robert Hryniewicki were the listing agents. The selling agent was William F.X. Moody, also of Washington Fine Properties. David and Lori Eisner sold FAIRFAX ROAD in Bethesda for $4 million. Mr. Eisner is the CEO of the National Constitution Center. In 2003 he was appointed CEO of the Corporation for National and
Dr. Alexandros Powers and Peri DeOrio purchased a sevenbedroom residence at 8521 Country Club Drive in Bethesda for $3,450,000.
Community Service by President George W. Bush. He is a former senior executive at AOL Time Warner where he was in charge of the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s charitable foundation. The seven-bedroom 1913 Southern Colonial, one of Edgemoorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s five original estates, features 10-foot ceilings, seven fireplaces, lush gardens with a pool and sweeping porches. The listing agent for the sale was Washington Fine Propertiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Sherry Davis.
VIRGINIA M. Kevin Smith sold NASH STREET for $2,150,000 to Mr. and Mrs. Dara Panahy. Mr. Smith is the builder of the
16-unit luxury town home community, Bromptons at Monument Place, which he delivered in 2002. Mr. Panahy is a partner at the Washington, D.C. law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy. The five-level, four-bedroom brick Federal-style house has breathtaking views of the Potomac and the major monuments.The unit features 13-foot ceilings, hardwood and limestone floors, a gourmet kitchen and a rooftop terrace with a flower garden. The listing agent for the property was TTR Sothebyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s International Realtyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Deborah Shapiro.
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PROPERTY LINES DUPONT B&B NO MORE The Artists Inn Residence, a private art gallery and bed and breakfast owned and operated by the Gerace family, is for sale for $14,950,000. R STREET NW is the product of a 2006 multimillion dollar renovation in which two circa 1900 row houses were joined to create one 10,000-squarefoot mansion near Dupont Circle. The property served as both an inn and a residence for proprietor Dr. Terry Gerace and his parents, Holly and Terence Gerace Sr. The ninebedroom mansion is ideal for an embassy residence, private foundation headquarters, or, of course, a boutique inn. One-of-a-kind European architectural antiques, like a 19th-century reclaimed French Blonde Barr limestone foyer and 16th-century fountain, lend timeless elegance to the property while a 21st grid-tied solar panel system on the roof assures that future owners will lack no modern luxury or convenience.
1983, works on numerous charity committees. The 1930s Wesley Heights Tudor mansion has been completely renovated and boasts nearly 12,500 square feet of interior space featuring an atrium-like family room, custom library, kitchen with three islands and two attached garages. The main house has seven bedrooms and seven and a half baths. The property also boasts a two-bedroom, threebath guest house.
Ritz have listed FOX MEADOW LANE in Bradley Hills with Long & Fosterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Marc Fleisher. The sevenbedroom Colonial was built in 2002 and includes a two-story English conservatory, custom milled library, gourmet kitchen, detached exercise facility and eight-car garage on three private acres. BIOTECH LEADER LISTS William Haseltine, a scientist who founded the Rockvillebased Human Genome Sciences to sequence the DNA in human genes, has put his ninebedroom G e o rge t o w n mansion on the market for a cool $13,250,000. P STREET NW, a brick and stone Victorian residence built in 1875, boasts a 40-foot lap pool, a private terraced garden and onsite parking for six cars. A scene from the film â&#x20AC;&#x153;St. Elmoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fireâ&#x20AC;? was shot there in 1984 when the house was owned by the late Julie â&#x20AC;&#x153;Muffyâ&#x20AC;? Jeppson Stout.
GRAY FAMILY ABODE LISTED Deecy Stephens Gray Ginsburg and C. Boyden Gray are selling â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Cliffsâ&#x20AC;? at BULLS NECK ROAD in McLean for $6,750,000. Mrs. Ginsburg shared the house with her previous husband, the late Burton Gray (C. Boyden Grayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brother), a noted economist and businessman who died in 1989. In 2007 she married Douglas H. Ginsburg, a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals. She is currently a public relations and government PHILANTHROPISTS POISED affairs consultant. C. Boyden TO MOVE Stephen and Diana Gray is a former diplomat and Goldberg have listed public servant who served GARFIELD STREET NW for as counsel to President $8,995,000. George H. W. Bush and as The couple ambassador to the European LINCOLN-CLAYTOR HOUSE are known Union during the George OFFERED Paul G. George, for t h e i r W. Bush administration. The executive vice president of extraordinary six-bedroom Frank Lloyd human resources at Freddie 2 0 0 1 Wright-inspired residence Mac, has listed N donation to was built in 1959 by the STREET NW for $5,990,000. the Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s famed Washington architect The four-bedroom Federal row N a t i o n a l Charles Goodman and sits house in Georgetown was built Medical Center of more than on five acres overlooking the in 1885 and was subsequently $25 million. Mr. Goldberg owns Potomac River. occupied by Abraham Lincolnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the Stephen A. Goldberg Co., granddaughter, Jessie Harlan a real estate development firm CAMERA GURU SELLS Lincoln, and Secretary of the with a portfolio of office parks The chairman and CEO of Navy Graham Claytor. Features and apartment complexes Ritz Camera and its group include a gourmet chefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s throughout the metro area of affiliated companies is kitchen, greenhouse, paneled while Mrs. Goldberg, a selling his Potomac house for library and landscaped garden volunteer at Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s since $7,895,000. David and Robyn with a pond.
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Timeless Treasures These historic properties offer classic elegance for the discerning house hunter
KALORAMA CIRCLE
KALORAMA CIRCLE NW WASHINGTON DC
Asking Price: $4,150,000
This stately 1927 Colonial is situated in an exclusive neighborhood known for its superb sense of architectural balance. A high-ceilinged center hall runs the length of the house and features a grand staircase punctuated by a large Palladian window. The main rooms are well proportioned and filled with light, and include a banquet-sized dining room and renovated gourmet kitchen. Abundant in original detail, the home features nine bedrooms and seven-and-a-half baths plus an attached two-car garage. A private, deep rear garden features an elegant bi-level flagstone terrace and patio surrounded by a lawn with lush plantings, creating the perfect setting for entertaining.
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Asking Price: $1,349,000
Q STREET NW WASHINGTON DC
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Located in the heart of Georgetown’s East Village, Jennifer this classic Victorian house has Wellde been renovated and updated 301-602-1596 to allow for modern levels of Long & Foster comfort while maintaining the charm and historic elegance of yesteryear. The principal rooms feature crown moldings, wood floors and high ceilings; while the luxurious master bedroom has an ensuite bath and custom closet. The house also includes three additional bedrooms and two and a half additional baths, a comfortable family/entertainment room with fireplace and separate front and rear entrances. The patio is private and perfect for intimate gatherings.
Asking Price: $7,200,000 Listing Agents: Terri Robinson 202-607-7737 and Denise Warner 202-487-5162 Georgetown Long & Foster
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EAST VILLAGE
Sarah Howard 703-862-7181
Jeff Mauer 202-487-5460
GARFIELD STREET NW WASHINGTON DC This completely renovated and expanded Tudor mansion with main house and two-bedroom / three-bathroom guest house boasts nearly 12,500 interior square feet sited on just over one half-acre. Incredible craftsmanship, stunning materials and fine woods used throughout. The main house is comprised of seven bedrooms, seven full & one half bathrooms, an expansive main kitchen, huge atrium-like family room, formal dining room, and incredible library. Master suite with two fully separate his-and-hers baths, dressing rooms and closets. Home theater, home gym, full staff quarters. Mature plantings, large deck, swimming pool, 2 attached garages for 3 cars & exterior parking for at least 9 more cars. Asking Price:
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Listing Agent: Jonathan Taylor 202-276-3344 TTR Sotheby’s International Realty jtaylor@ttrsir.com
MEDITERRANEAN MASTERPIECE
MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE NW WASHINGTON DC This exquisite Mediterranean-style home sits on a 17,045-square-foot lot and is one of the largest remaining private parcels on Massachusetts Avenue. Adjacent to the Naval Observatory and the vice president’s residence, the south facing garden offers privacy for large-scale entertaining with ample parking. Built in 1926 by brewing magnate Christian Heurich, period details include chestnut paneling, crown molding, plaster ceiling ornamentation and herringbone oak floors. Spacious first level rooms include a great room, two kitchens and home office. A separate apartment is located above the two-car garage.
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GEORGETOWN, WASHINGTON, DC
Totally renovated Federal on Cox’s Row with excellent proportions, perfect for entertaining. 7BR, 6F/3HBA, double living room, chef ’s kitchen & 3-car parking. $9,950,000
Jamie Peva A. Michael Sullivan, Jr.
202-258-5050 202-365-9000
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Stunning restored Federal in the heart of the East Village. 6 bedrooms, 5.5 baths, large terraced gardens, glamorous pool & pool house, 4-car gated parking. $7,900,000
William F. X. Moody Robert Hryniewicki
Rare and important Federal-style house melding the best of its original fine features with state-of-the-art improvements, gorgeous gardens and garage. $5,990,000
202-274-4694 202-997-0160
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K ALORAMA, WASHINGTON, DC
Elegant Beaux Arts home with impressive brick and limestone facade. Former ambassadorial residence featuring spectacular entertaining spaces with grand rooms, double lot with tiered gardens, terrace and pool. $5,495,000
Margot Wilson
Grand, stately proportions for entertaining. Exceptional renovations and 3 new additions blend original elegance with endless state of the art features. Private garden, immense wine cellar, 6 fireplaces and parking. $6,995,000
Carol Somerville
202-549-2100
POTOMAC, MARYLAND
Ellen Morrell Matthew B. McCormick Florence Meers
Marsha Schuman
Exquisite sophisticated city residence & total renovation. 5BR, 5.5BA, flagstone terrace & lush gardens. $2,395,000
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POTOMAC, MARYLAND
NEW LISTING! Situated on a private cul-de-sac of 4 homes, original owners have updated this home with impressive amenities and upgrades. Walkout lower level with full bath & bedroom, wet bar & huge rec room. $1,395,000
301-299-9598
Close-in Camotop on 2 wooded acres! Pool, tennis court, circular driveway, iron fence. 2 story great room with spiral staircase to balcony, master suite with “his & hers” baths + dressing area and walkout lower level. $2,350,000
301-299-9598
GEORGETOWN, WASHINGTON, DC
Beautifully renovated townhome. Living room with cathedral ceilings, formal dining room, chef ’s kitchen, new stone & tile baths. Elevator, terrace + garage. $1,299,000
Cecelia Leake Patrick Chauvin
202-256-7804 202-256-9595
202-262-1671
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MCLEAN, VIRGINIA
Exquisite custom built home in the Reserve. Every imaginable amenity included and all the finest finishes throughout. Pool, cabana, and outdoor kitchen. $4,980,000
William F. X. Moody Robert Hryniewicki
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SPRING VALLEY, WASHINGTON, DC
Marsha Schuman
202-243-1620
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GEORGETOWN, WASHINGTON, DC
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GEORGETOWN, WASHINGTON, DC
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CLEVELAND PARK, WASHINGTON, DC
Meticulous renovation of a classic foursquare with 5BR, 5.5BA. Restored with no expense spared! Opposite the grounds of the International School with beautiful views. One of a kind, near metro & shops. $2,175,000
Margot Wilson
202-549-2100
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA
PALISADES PARK - Brick townhome with high ceilings, direct Potomac River views, 3 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, 2 fireplaces and 2-car garage. $1,238,500
W. Ted Gossett John Eric
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K ALORAMA, WASHINGTON, DC
Historic 1908 Italianate Kalorama mansion, completely renovated with dramatic double living room with dual fireplaces, 5 bedrooms, 5.5 baths, and 2-car carriage house/ garage with in-law apartment. $3,200,000
Jim Bell
202-607-4000
INTERNATIONAL OFFERING NEW PRICE! Modern masterpiece with 6,000+ sf of sophisticated living. Bulthaup kitchen, elevator, 2-car garage, roof deck, multiple balconies & much more. $3,975,000
202-361-3228 202-380-7219
GEORGETOWN, WASHINGTON, DC
Updated detached period Federal in East Village with gracious principal rooms and walk-out patio. 2008 new kitchen and baths. Only blocks to Metro. $1,875,000
William F. X. Moody Robert Hryniewicki
202-243-1620
AU PARK, WASHINGTON, DC
Classic, stately 1937 colonial with fireplace in the living room, separate dining room, renovated kitchen, finished LL with in-law suite, 3BR, 3.5BA. Garage & 2 car driveway, private garden terraces. Blocks to Metro! $1,175,000
Carol Somerville
Exquisitely renovated rowhouse. Large light-filled entertaining spaces with 5 bedrooms, 5 full and 2 half baths, gourmet kitchen, parking for 2 cars, and spacious rooftop terrace overlooking Mitchell Park. $2,995,000
Jim Bell
202-607-4000
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DUPONT CIRCLE, WASHINGTON, DC
Completely renovated Dupont rowhouse, currently featured in Home and Design Magazine, offers Boffi kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, rear deck, garage parking, and lower level rental unit. $1,799,000
Jim Bell
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DUPONT, WASHINGTON, DC Kimberly Casey Daryl Judy
K ALORAMA, WASHINGTON, DC
202-262-1671
GEORGETOWN, WASHINGTON, DC
Meticulously rebuilt 4BR/4.5BA, formerly 1840s boyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s school & 2008 DC Design house. Exquisite details, gourmet kitchen, luxurious baths, exceptional master suite, lower level media room, patio, garden + garage. $3,250,000
Nancy Taylor Bubes
202-256-2164
202-607-4000
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KENT, WASHINGTON, DC
Built in 1941, this magnificent residence on over half an acre features a spacious floor plan allowing for both luxurious living and large scale entertaining. $2,950,000
Ellen Morrell Matthew B. McCormick
WESLEY HEIGHTS, WASHINGTON, DC
BETHESDA, MARYLAND
Chuck Holzwarth Kerry Byers
Marsha Schuman
Quiet treed street in desirable neighborhood. Renovated kitchen open to family room, patio & garden, lower level recreation room + garage. 5BR, 4.5BA. $1,799,000
202-285-2616 202-210-2604
GEORGETOWN, WASHINGTON, DC
NEW PRICE! Quintessential brick Georgetown row house with 2BR + study. Sunlit living room; dining room with fireplace opens to charming, private garden. $1,020,000
Andrea Hatfield Heidi Hatfield
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202-728-9500
NEW LISTING! Beautiful, completely renovated contemporary home with a traditional flair. Soaring ceilings, skylights, 4BR, 3.5BA, large rooms complement a floor plan perfect for living & entertaining. 1+ acre lot. $1,595,000
301-299-9598
RITZ RESIDENCES, WASHINGTON, DC
Beautiful 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment at the luxurious Ritz-Residences features a private balcony, large master suite, gourmet kitchen, extraordinary closet space, parking and all the amenities of the Ritz-Carlton. $949,000
Patrick Chauvin
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The amazing Newseum is a place for everyone and should not be missed. Our film,“The Other City,” was screened in its beautiful and very spacious theater. The current exhibit on Elvis Presley (on view until February) is very cool. EQUINOX RESTAURANT
Todd Gray cooks the most amazing and original dishes. Equinox was recently remodeled, and the atmosphere has a vibe that is both hip and warm at the same time. Todd is also the executive chef at Salamander Resort and Spa and will soon oversee all culinary activity there. WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT MIDDLEBURG It’s laid back with friendly people, not to mention the view of the Blue Ridge Mountains from my back porch. THEODORE ROOSEVELT ISLAND
A walk around Theodore Roosevelt Island is great for the soul. Like President Roosevelt
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4 WHY MUSIC MATTERS IN MY LIFE It’s who I am. When the going gets tough, music is my refuge.
himself, I love being outdoors and surrounded by nature. Spring or fall, this place is a mustvisit for me. THE DISTRICT’S THEATER SCENE
My favorite downtime activity is going to the theater. I love Arena Stage [shown], the Kennedy Center and Ford’s Theater. Each is unique and special, and all three always feature great performances. (They are also wonderful venues to host receptions.) Why go to New York City? GEORGE WASHINGTON PARKWAY
My favorite place to drive is George Washington Parkway (as long as there’s no traffic). In spring, when the dogwood and redbuds are out and the Potomac shimmers, you can see Georgetown University’s campus,
MOST MEMORABLE ENTERTAINMENT WORLD PERSONALITY The first lady of France, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.
the fog lifting from the Potomac, and the crew teams practicing. What a beautiful sight! SITAR ARTS CENTER
I am a proud member of Washington’s very own Sitar Arts Center, one of the nation’s premier after-school arts education programs, and a recent recipient of the President’s Committee on Arts and Humanities Coming Up Taller Award. Dance, drama, music, creative writing and multimedia programs are all offered at Sitar. Let’s keep it open and thriving!
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Jonathan Taylor 202.276.3344
Michael Moore 202.262.7762 Yale Scott 202.412-2221
Michelle Galler 703.217.9405 Michael Rankin 202.271.3344
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Chevy Chase, MD
Kalorama, DC
McLean, VA
Chevy Chase, MD
Zelda Heller 301.967.3344 ext 203
Lauren Herberghs 703.625.3590 Robin Waugh 703.819.8809
The Yerks Team LLC 703.760.0744
Ayesha Baigmohamed 202.256.7556
Kalorama, DC
Nanjemoy, MD
Chevy Chase, MD
Alexandria, VA
Jonathan Taylor 202.276.3344
Michael Moore 202.262.7762
Michael Moore 202.262.7762
The Yerks Team LLC 703.760.0744
Completely renovated and expanded Tudor mansion with 7 BR, 7.5 bath main house & 2 BR, 3 bath guest house, boasting nearly 12,500 interior sf on just over one half-acre. Expansive main kitch, huge atrium-like family rm, FDR and incredible library. MBR suite with 2 fully separate baths, dressing rooms & closets. Home theater, home gym, full staff quarters. Large deck, swimming pool, 2 attached garages for 3 cars and exterior parking for at least 9 more cars. $8,995,000.
Somerset House. 17 acre garden, tennis, indoor & outdoor pools, gym, sauna, library, party rooms, 24 concierge. Near shopping, restaurants, cinemas, and transport. 3 stunning units now available from $1,395,000-$3,450,000. Units include gracious marble foyers, fireplaces, granite kitchen counters, spacious walk-in closets, in-unit laundry, balconies with stunning views and garage parking spaces.
Sophisticated 2 BR, 2.5 bath townhouse, “the Jewel of Bancroft Place.” Elegant grand salon, formal dining room, high-end kitchen, gorgeous architectural details throughout, huge private garden and sun deck – an urban oasis! 2-car detached garage. $2,095,000.
Prominently sited on 20 acres overlooking the Severn River, Swann Point Farm is a gracious 13,000 sf NeoMediterranean residence that was built in 1995. This magnificent estate offers a separate 4 stall barn, a ‘Folly’ house and a 5+ slip deep water dock. $7,800,000.
Fabulous panoramic view of DC from the rooftop terrace. With a sophisticated, sleek & stylish interior and an “old world” exterior, this residence is located on one of Kalorama’s most desirable streets. Completely renovated in 07’, this 4 BR, 4 full, 2 half bath home is one of two masionette’s within the former Kingsbury School. Tastefully appointed with an abundance of modern amenities & lux features. 2-car gar. $2,899,000.
Nanjemoy Point Farm is a magnificent waterfront estate in Charles County consisting of 79.64 acres on four separate parcels. Prominently sited on a peninsula with over 3,000 feet of shoreline offering three houses, a pool house, a tobacco barn and a deep water dock. Private and serene setting just a short 1:15 drive to DC. $1,995,000.
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A rare find - grand elegance blended w/ the warmth of a family home on a prime lot. Approx. 9,000 sf loaded w/period architectural details & custom luxury amenities, exquisite finishes & millwork. 6 BR, 7.5 baths, 5 fplcs, spacious, light-filled rms, gym, media room, extra catering kitchen plus parking for ten cars. Landscaped garden features gorgeous limestone patio and magnificent pool w/ water feature. $5,250,000.
Beautiful 6 BR colonial on a private 1 acre home-site surrounded by lush foliage. Extensively renovated with luxury master suite w/heated marble floors, Sherle Wagner sink, luggage storage room, cozy gas fireplace and wool carpeting. New kitchen, formal living and dining rooms, library with oak built-ins and loft. The lower level has an open rec-room with wall to wall carpeting, lots of storage space and access to the garage. $2,750,000.
Beautiful 10 years young 5 BR, 4.5 bath Arts and Crafts home. Impeccably maintained, offering oak flooring, 1st floor library with custom cabinetry and a gourmet kitchen that opens to the family room. Exquisite landscaped grounds and superb location. Walk to Friendship Heights or downtown Bethesda. $1,650,000.
Georgetown, Washington, D.C. 202.333.1212
Originally built by noted Washington architect Waddy Wood in 1923, this Georgian style residence has been transformed into a home ideal for both grand formal entertaining and comfortable family living. Formal living and dining rooms each offer wonderful symmetry with equal sized 25’x18’ rooms. 6 BR, 5.5 baths total. Private rear terrace and 2 car garage parking. $3,995,000.
Enter an extraordinary 3,300 sf three bedroom, four bath Penthouse through a gracious marble foyer leading to an expansive living room with beautiful parquet flooring, fireplace and 80 ft. south-facing balcony. The banquet sized dining room and chef’s kitchen allow for wonderful entertaining up to 100 guests. $2,495,000.
Over 6,500 sf of finished space and 1,200 sf of outdoor entertaining space! This home, not your typical center hall colonial, has been renovated & expanded; a perfect blend of the traditional and modern. Gourmet kit, fam rm w/stone fplc, MBR ste w/pvt balcony, den, sunrm, walk-out lower level. Au-pair or in-law suite features BR, pvt bath & lrg living area. Oversized garage has parking for 4. Expansive rear decks offer gorgeous views of the Potomac River! $1,650,000.
McLean, VA 703.319.3344
Chevy Chase, MD 301.967.3344
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