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REAL ESTATE SPECIAL: July Sales Figures / Historic D.C. Le Decor / Featured Property

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GEORGETOWN, DC

Located on the 7th floor, this residence features 6,650 sf, dramatic vistas and an award-wining contemporary design.

Includes 7 bedrooms, 5 full baths, library, family room, 4 garage spaces, and rooftop pool. Steps from fine ships, restaurants, and Georgetown Waterfront Park, while affording comfort and urban elegance. $6,750,000 | sothebysrealty.com/id/dc7791011 Sheryl Barnes | 202.262.3542

WATERGATE, DC

This Watergate co-op is a spectacular renovation and redesign of a nearly 4,000 square-foot combined apartment.

This unit offers fantastic entertaining space and an open concept floor plan. There are breathtaking wrap-around views of the Potomac River, Georgetown and Rosslyn. $2,695,000 | sothebysrealty.com/id/4365239 Michael Rankin | 202.271.3344 Maggie Shannon | 202.486.4752

ALEXANDRIA, VA

This recently renovated Victorian in Old Town features grand entertaining spaces and period details on four levels.

Luxurious amenities include a chef’s EIK, smart house tech, private media rm, elevator and dual staircases to private rooms w/ roof balconies. 2 sybaritic master suites w/ marble spa baths, wine cellar and rear garden w/ parking. $2,495,000 | sothebysrealty.com/id/ax7810306 Robin Waugh | 703.819.8809

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A 3 BR, 3.5 BA jewel box with garage parking features entertaining spaces, a living room that opens to a gardenterrace with fountain, and a glorious master BR with fireplace. Kitchen w/ top-of-the-line appliances. 3 marble full baths, office, and 2 fireplaces complete this offering. $2,250,000 | sothebysrealty.com/id/dc7851086 Greg Gaddy | 202.421.4734 Carroll Dey | 202.320.0441

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Beautifully renovated home w/ manicured gardens and flagstone patios close to DC. Jerusalem limestone Foyer floors. Gourmet kitchen w/ top-of-the-line appliances, Swedish Forbo floors and Vermont soapstone counter tops. Separate 2-car garage. Tastefully done and pristine with classic elements! $2,150,000 | sothebysrealty.com/id/fx7848763 Penny Yerks | 703.760.0744

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The modern and elegant interior renovation makes this house stand out in Georgetown. White floors, skylights and white walls throughout increase the light and airy feeling of the interior. Four bedrooms with four renovated baths featuring marble tile and glass doors. Large yard off of the recently updated kitchen. $1,595,000 | sothebysrealty.com/id/dc7883096 Russell Firestone | 202.271.1701

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Rebuilt and expanded in 1997; updated in 2007. Charming colonial surrounded by lovely gardens on a gated, wooded lot in sought-after Swinks Mill. This meticulously maintained home was designed for gracious living, indoors and out. Enjoy the comfort, quality and convenience of this home, only minutes to Tysons, DC, and MD. $1,499,000 | sothebysrealty.com/id/fx7881539 Penny Yerks | 703.760.0744

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This outstanding 4 BR, 3.5 bath Tudor is sited on a lovely landscaped lot. Features include a living room with fireplace, spacious dining room with French doors to deck, sun room, large, sunny kitchen, finished attic and basement. $1,095,000 | sothebysrealty.com/id/dc7843960 Elizabeth D’Angio | 202.427.7890

This recently renovated Tudor Revival features 5 BR and 4.5 BA. The kitchen includes marble counter tops, Wolf oven and range and Sub-Zero refrigerator. The master suite features a walk-in closet, bath with dual vanities and a balcony. The lower level offers a rec. room and wet bar.

Completing this offering is a large backyard and terrace. $2,149,000 | sothebysrealty.com/id/dc7867341 Michael Rankin | 202.271.3344

The incomparable 3303 Water Street – the most soughtafter address along the Georgetown Waterfront. A large 1-BR featuring clean architectural lines, the finest finishes, and expansive C&O Canal views. Spectacular city and river views, rooftop pool, sun decks, doorman and concierge. $1,049,999 | sothebysrealty.com/id/dc7761761 Gary Wicks | 202.486.8393 Mary Fox | 202.316.9631

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Editorial & Opinion

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Town Topics

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Dining Guide

Cocktail of the Week Latest Dish

Classified/Service Directory

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Sales

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Featured Property

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Art Map

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Historic D.C.

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Performance

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Le Decor

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TH E AR T S

SOCI AL SCENE

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ON THE COVER Front row: Herb Miller, board chairman and CEO, Western Development Corp.; Jennifer Altemus, president, the Citizens Association of Georgetown; Bill Dean, CEO, M.C. Dean, Inc. Middle row: Stacy Berman, manager, Long & Foster Georgetown office; Nancy Taylor Bubes, Washington Fine Properties.

Back row: Jim Bell, founder and managing partner, Beasley Real Estate; Gregg Busch, loan officer, First Savings Mortgage; Paul Foster, senior vice president and regional manager, Long & Foster Real Estate.

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Social Scene

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Tudor Place: Civil War Georgetown House and Walking Tours Learn what life was like in Georgetown and the Federal City during this critical test of American democracy. Learn about those who lived on the estate and the enslaved workers who served them. Hear family stories about how Tudor Place served as home to Southern sympathizers even while housing Union officers and their families. After a lunch break, join or rejoin for an early afternoon walking tour of Civil War Georgetown, from 1 to 2 p.m. Tickets range from $8-15. Tudor Place, 1644 31st Street, NW. -- TudorPlace.org.

Play reading: ‘Atheist’s Paradise’ A six-member cast will perform the first and free public reading of an ironic play involving two college students in very different crises, and their nonconformist mentor.

Presented by The Edge of the Universe Players 2, a new theatre company.Written by Bill Goodman, directed by Megan Behm. For more information, visit www.atheistsparadise.com. First Congregational Church, 2nd floor, 945 G Street, NW.

AUGUST 12

3rd Annual Midsummer Night’s Dream Art Soiree, Nick’s Riverside Grill, Tony & Joe’s Restaurant, Roche Salon, MRP Realty at Washington Harbour, and a group

of talented local artists use the magic of art to transform the heart of Georgetown into an enchanted wonderland of Midsummer Night’s Dream. The 3rd Annual Midsummer Night’s Dream event will be featuring a fantasy art show and a number of artistic performances by best local groups, including Synetic Theater. The event will also benefit Synetic’s programming efforts. Festive and Costume attire most welcome! 3050 K Street NW. Visit theartsoiree.com for information and tickets.

AUGUST 14

Dirty Secrets of Gardening and Writing About It Kathy Jentz, editor and publisher of Washington Gardener magazine, will moderate a panel discussion from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Local gardener panelists include Elizabeth Olson, and Barbara Glickman, author of “Capital Splendor:Gardens and Parks of Washington, D.C.” All AWWNM events are

free and open to the public. For more information, visit americanwomenwritersnationalmuseum.org or email awwnm1@gmail.com.

American Women Writers National Museum, 1275 K St NW, Suite 102 (shared space, 13th St NW entrance).

André, founder of Lola ya Bonobo. Tickets are $20, available on line at www.brownpapertickets.com . For more information, email info@envirofilmfest.org. La Maison Française, 4101 Reservoir Rd., NW.

AUGUST 15

CAPCS Online Summer Concert Series Online students don’t just hang out with their computers – they enjoy summer fun with their classmates, too. Students, families and staff from Community Academy Public Charter School Online (CAPCS Online) will be grooving to everything from funk rock to New Orleans jazz this summer during a series concerts throughout the summer.

Interested families are also invited to see how the CAPCS Online community likes to have a good time and to get their questions answered by knowledgeable staff members.

The event is free to the public and for more information, visit www.k12.com/capcs.

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AUGUST 16

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EDITORIAL / OPINION

Whither the Corcoran?

For a few months now, rumors and facts about the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the College of Art and Design have been swirling through the press, among bloggers, students, local artist and Corcoran members.

The historic Flagg buildings which houses the gallery has been put on the market. Board of trustees’ chairman Harry Hopper III acknowledged as much again in a letter sent to Corcoran members on July 20 and stated that no decision to actually sell the classic, much admired property had as yet been made.

The Corcoran scheduled two town hall community meetings in August, the first of which was held last week featuring a panel that included faculty member, and noted artist Bill Dunlap, performance artists and poet Holly Bass, Philip Brookman, the Corcoran’s chief curator, and Mark Schwartz, the Corcoran’s director of development and communications, who moderated the affair.

The auditorium at the Corcoran was about 75 percent full for the meeting, and most of the people there, many of them members or students, were plainly frustrated, angry and puzzled. Because Corcoran officials, including Hopper, had indicated that there was some consideration about actually selling the Flagg building and moving

the Corcoran and presumably its collection to the suburbs, either in Virginia or Maryland, many people became alarmed. “You would be committing suicide if you do such a thing,” one member said. Dunlap, whose career was helped by having exhibitions of his work at the Corcoran, said that the Corcoran was losing touch with its institutional memory and the local arts community. “Where are the exhibitions of local artists today?” he asked. “An institution that loses its connection to the community is going to lose its soul.” Dunlap suggested that a serious attempt be made to get philanthropists and businesses to donate. “People like that can keep a sale like that from happening,” he said. “I mean, this isn’t just a business.

It’s a treasure. It’s part of the heart and soul of the community. You can’t start selling things off like it’s some mergers and acquisition deal.”

Brookman suggested that the Corcoran might perhaps consider re-inventing itself. “I think this must become a modern art museum, full-service, with interaction from the community and with visitors, programs that encourage people to come and get a full experience.”

“It would be a tragedy if the Corcoran were to sell this building,” Bass said.

Schwartz assured people that the Corcoran would continue to hold its scheduled exhibitions

through 2014. “No decision has been made on the sale. There is no imminent closing or sale or anything like that. “ Even so, there was a sense of urgency at the meeting, a sense of something imminent. It’s true that the Corcoran has been having its share of problems. It’s been under critical attack. Its planned renovation and extension with a Frank Gehry-designed project fell through, and it is now on its third director over a short period of time.

The fate of the Corcoran’s own large collection was not mentioned, save for assurances that selling it off was not being considered.

A search firm is now working on finding a replacement for temporary director Fred Bollerer, a banker who focused on the Corcoran’s financial issues. In fact, it’s the gallery that’s losing money while the school has been financially sound and successful.

“What we’re doing here is opening a community dialogue, we want to listen to what you have to say,” Schwartz said. “No decision on the sale has been made.”

Another community meeting, focusing specifically on the college of art and design, is scheduled for Aug. 23. ★

Jim, Carl and Myself and Our Embrace of Civility

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lease don’t tell anyone, but some of my friends are evangelical conservative Republicans, my political polar opposites.

I am a talking voice on an Internet radio political talk show in small rural southern county begun and moderated by an Episcopalian vicar.

I am an unapologetic Democrat on a program that broadcasts to an audience that is close to 65-percent Republican. Two of the local county commissioners, Jim and Carl, are unabashedly evangelical conservatives who, despite a federal court ruling to the contrary, open county commissioner meetings with Christian prayers. They led the opposition to same sex marriage.

Regardless, I like Jim and Carl.

I’ve known Jim for 40 years. If I were drowning, I bet he would be the first to dive in to save me. I knew of Carl – I didn’t really like him – but I met him across the table every week as one of the Republican talking voices, and I now really enjoy being with him.

Most of the time, I find myself swimming upstream advocating my theories that government is important, does good and is critical to helping make tomorrow better than today. That makes me a liberal. In today’s world, I cannot be called much worse. Carl and Jim generally believe the best government is the least government and support traditional values, that is, that yesterday was better than today.

The U.S. political axis shifted in the 1960s.

We put a man on the moon, but we also expanded the social safety net and waged a failed War on Poverty. Voters began shifting to conservatism.

President Richard Nixon exploited the politics of division. When he declared that he was not a crook, government became the enemy, not the friend, of the people, even though the government is us.

Carl and I laugh way too much. We and the other talking voices share humorous emails during the week.

We also agree on a surprising number of issues, or at least, find a lot of middle ground.

Maybe too much. Every week, I find myself saying, “If anyone hears that I agree with Carl, it may ruin my reputation.”

Carl jokes likewise.

That’s not to say that Carl and I don’t disagree. We do, but we are never disagreeable or nasty toward each other. I miss Carl when he is not there. He genuinely believes what he believes and that makes me think. And we laugh.

One question last week was, “What is necessary to revitalize our county’s economy?”

I said: “For decades, the county’s economy was dependent on textiles. Almost 10,000 jobs are gone and are not coming back. Independent drug stores like my family’s are being crushed or swallowed by CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart.

The only answer, in my opinion, is to have a strong education system that produces a highly qualified workforce and strong leadership that aggressively chases smart businesses because we offer them a workforce and lifestyle no one else can. Amazon is opening 140 new warehouses around the country. Why not here?”

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the county. I agreed having been through a regulatory purgatory but reminded him that building highways was a government action.

Carl and the other participants on the broadcast are different than I am. They put their names, their ideas and their reputations on the ballot.

Abraham Lincoln once said, “Only the test of fire makes fine steel.” They face the heat of public opinion. I only write about it.

Certainly, I’ve disagreed with Jim and Carl – particularly on the public prayer issue – and have said so to them publicly. But, if I ever ran for office and won – both very unlikely – I’m confident that we would get along, find a lot of common ground and have some laughs along the way.

A few weeks ago, I met Joe Scarborough, Morning Joe on MSNBC. He talked about how “vile” Washington has become because congressmen no longer know each other personally.

He talked about his first term as a Republican congressman when he was hell-bent against a Democrat who had proposed new legislation.

One day, he picked his daughter up at kindergarten and learned that her best friend was the Democrat’s daughter. He thought, “Oh, my God, he’s a nice guy. I can’t attack him.” He toned down his rhetoric and worked out a compromise.

President Ronald Reagan and House Speaker Tip O’Neill were on opposite sides of the political spectrum but famously shared drinks and laughter after dark.

Washington must find a way to be pleasant to each other again. Only then will government work again.

See you next week, Carl. ★

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s I write this article, the Washington Nationals have the best record in Major League Baseball.

It has been widely reported that you have to look back to 1945 to find the last time our team was 20 games above .500. We are clearly in uncharted territory.

Before baseball came to Washington in 2005, it was a real challenge to get the District government to embrace the team. I want to acknowledge the seven members of the District Council who consistently voted in support of baseball: Linda Cropp, Vincent Orange, Sharon Ambrose, Kevin Chavous, Harold Brazil, Sandy Allen and myself.

Without them, and without the leadership of Mayor Anthony Williams, we would not have a team here today.

Not only is the team performing well, but the area around the ballpark is now beginning to develop rapidly. I cannot begin to tell you the number of articles I read about the failure of this concept. With a little patience, I knew this investment would pay off.

We are yet again having record-setting temperatures this summer. The best thing you can do in this kind of heat and humidity is to take it easy and have a cool, frosty drink nearby – the ballpark is a great place to do that!

With the arrival of the summer comes the council’s summer legislative recess. Just because we do not “officially” meet does not mean that business comes to a standstill, however. In addition to using the opportunity to draft legislation in advance of the fall, my office spends much of its time providing constituent services – our constituents’ requests don’t take a vacation. All summer long, my staff and I answer calls, letters, and e-mails on issues relating to trash, potholes, permits, taxes and so many other services, advocating for our constituents before city agencies as needed.

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer. But just when we hit a great stride, it will be September, and work and school will return to everyone’s minds. Though without jinxing anything, perhaps we will also be gearing up to host some Major League Baseball playoff games? ★

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oughly, and notify Detective Glenn Luppino, 202-610-8750; reference case #12-36735. U.S. Park Police Tip Line: 202-610-8737.”

2 Sexual Assaults Near the C&O Canal in July Woman Sexually Assaulted on Capital Crescent Trail, July 25

A female jogger was sexually assaulted along the Capital Crescent Trail July 25 around 9:15 p.m. U.S. Park Police responded (including EMTs and a helicopter) to the crime and are still investigating. According to Park Police, “The victim in this case was jogging on the trail and the suspect approached the victim from behind, and then placed the victim in a choke hold. The victim lost consciousness and awoke with her pants down and the suspect fondling her. The victim screamed and the suspect then fled on foot toward Fletcher’s Boat House.” The attack took place on the trail close to the 9.5 mile marker -- “north of Three Sisters [Islands] in the

area of Water Street, NW,” police reported.

Park Police described the suspect as a black male with medium complexion, 5 feet 8 inches to 11 inches in height, “approximately 180 to 200 pounds; muscular/fit build; dreadlocks, three to four inches long; light scruffy beard; wearing a white shirt, possibly a tank top or cut off sleeves, and wearing long jersey type black shorts; no weapons used.”

The police seek the public’s assistance: “If you come in contact with any individuals that match the above descriptions, please take the appropriate action, document the contact thorIN-HOUSE PERIODONIST

Assault at 31st and the Canal, July 7

The United States Park Police, Criminal Investigation Branch, reported another sexual assault near the canal. This time, it was in town near businesses and homes. This is from the USPP: “Investigating a sexual assault that occurred Saturday, July 7 at approximately 1 a.m. in the Georgetown waterfront area. The victim was approached by the suspect in the area of M Street and 31st Street, NW. The suspect offered to assist the victim in locating her friends. The suspect led the victim onto the C&O Canal towpath just off of 31st Street and pushed the victim down into the bushes and sexually assaulted the victim. The victim was able to get away from the suspect. The suspect was last seen near the C&O Canal at 31st Street, NW.” The park police described the suspect as follows: white male, with a heavy Australian accent; late 20s, approximately 5 feet-nine inches; slightly overweight; short dark hair, scruffy beard; wearing a polo shirt with white and blue horizontal stripes; wearing shorts, unknown color.

Again, the park police seek the public’s assistance: “If you come in contact with an individual matching the above description or image, please contact the U.S. Park Police Communications Section at 202-610-7505, or the U.S. Park Police Tip Line 202-610-8737, reference case #12-33695. “

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Although traffic in the nation’s capital has always been an issue, the rising number of traffic-related pedestrian deaths is becoming more of a cause for concern. In 2010, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported that 13 of the 24 traffic-related fataliDuke Ellington School of the Arts, Photo By Jeff malet ties that occurred in D.C. were pedestrians. to provide the design for the renovation and In contrast, 101 of the 493 traffic-relat- expansion of the existing historic school. The ed fatalities in Maryland were pedestrians. existing building is undersized to meet the Meanwhile, Virginia tallied 73 of 740. school’s existing needs and it is envisioned that While the total number of traffic-related new space will need to be added as an ‘in-fill’ pedestrian deaths is lower in the District than its addition in order to fully meet programmatic neighboring states and even the states with the requirements, creating a total building square most pedestrian fatalities, including California, footage of approximately 165,000. The renovatFlorida and New York, its percentage of 54.2 is ed facility will serve approximately 510 students the highest in the United States. NHTSA also and will serve as a magnet school for the perfound that a majority of pedestrian fatalities forming arts. ... The renovation and expansion occurred in an urban setting, at non-intersec- must be complete prior to the beginning of the tions, during the night.

2015-2016 school year.”

However, drivers may not always be to The $82-million reconstruction project will blame for being distracted. In this digital age, close the school to student for two academic more and more pedestrians are crossing streets years: 2013-2014 and 2014-2015. During that with smartphones in hand, headphones synced time, Ellington students will have to go to in and heads facing down, completely tuned out another school, not yet determined. to the world. As these traffic statistics continue to stagger in, keep in mind that it is both the pedestrian’s and the driver’s responsibilities to ANC 2E Elections Set With No Opponents be aware of their surroundings.

While you are voting for president and vice president (or least the electors) Nov. 6, you will Ellington Plans Renovation; also be voting for your single-member district School to Re-locate for 2 Years advisory neighborhood commissioner. This elecOn behalf of D.C. Public Schools, the District tion, however, Georgetown’s and Burleith’s and of Columbia Department of General Services has Hillandale’s ANC offers candidates with no issued an RFP (request for proposal) to renovate opponents. So, what are we voting for?

Except for two new names from the main Duke Ellington School of the Arts at 3500 R St., NW. Plans were due yesterday, Aug. 7, and campus, ANC 2E will contain the same members DGS said it is “seeking firms that exhibit design from last year: excellence and that are capable of transforming 2E01 -- Ed Solomon (S Street, NW) the school building into an icon for the perform- 2E02 -- Ron Lewis (Reservoir Road, NW) ing arts while respecting the historic character of 2E03 -- Jeffrey Jones (P Street, NW) the existing building. ... Representatives of the 2E04 -- Craig Cassey, Jr. (Georgetown University) 2E05 -- Bill Starrels (31st Street, NW) school community and its stakeholders will be 2E06 -- Tom Birch (29th Steet, NW) involved throughout the process. “ 2E07 -- Charles F. Eason, Jr. (Cambridge Place, NW) “The existing Duke Ellington facility was 2E08 -- Peter Prindiville (Georgetown University) ★ constructed in 1898,” the DGS report stated.

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Laytham Hotel, Citronelle, La Madeleine . . . Closed for Good?

News that the Laytham Hotel -- along with Michel Richard’s Citronelle and the chain La Madeleine -- was closed for at least six months due to “extensive flooding” and structural damage has been the talk of the town. How extensive will the repairs be for the hotel and its adjacent restaurants? Will it be ready for the 2013 inauguration? The hotel operator and owner have not been very communicative with the public, as the hotel has been for sale on-and-off over the last few years. (Indeed, Citronelle was rumored to be closing or moving about four years ago.)

It is a sad situation for the restaurant and hotel workers, although some have gotten jobs in other places already.

Indeed, a Changing of the Guards

The other bad news: the closing of the Guards, at 2915 M Street since 1966. Supposedly temporarily . . . as restaurant owner Hossein Shirvani, who also once owned the famed Childe Harold restaurant in Dupont Circle, continued to discuss a new lease agreement with the property owner.

Then, the Washington Post’s Tim Carman reported: “It’s official. The Guards is closed.

Yes, it’s true, says longtime owner Hossein

Shirvani, that he and the landlord are deep in lease talks over the future of the Guards. They’re both, he says, looking for someone to take over the space. In other words, the Guards, the historic Georgetown restaurant that once was the playground of celebrities and politicians alike, is officially closed.”

“It’s just my decision not to sign a new lease.

We need to pass on the torch. You know what I mean? We need to get new blood in there,” Shirvani told the Post.

7-Eleven Closed for Expansion Until Late September

The closing of the 7-Eleven at 2617 P St., NW, is temporary, as it must close for its remodeling and expansion into the space once occupied

by P Street Frames. The convenience store will remain closed until late September, according to GeorgetownPatch.com, increasing in size by 2,500-3,000 square feet.

Dutch Clothiers Setting Up M Street Shops

Suitsupply at the Four Seasons Hotel at 2828 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., is almost ready to open by the looks of the M and 29th Street corner -- and by the end of August. The Amsterdamheadquartered men’s clothing company combines nicely priced suits (affordable and custom) with high-end service, such as in-store tailors. The company appears as “qualified and equipped” as the Dutch Olympic team it outfitted for London Games. www.SuitSupply.com

Amsterdam’s Suitsupply outfitted the Netherlands Olympic Team for the London Games.

Scotch & Soda Amsterdam Couture is set to move into the former location of Betsey Johnson’s store at 3029 M St., N.W. While sold in other stores around the city, the Scotch & Soda in Georgetown will be its third official U.S. store after New York and Miami. The Amsterdambased brand mixes and matches an ungraded American look -- 202-338-4090; scotch-soda. com

M&T Banks Opens Branch on Wisconsin Avenue

M&T Bank opened a new, full-service branch at 1420 Wisconsin Ave., NW, in the space once occupied by famed hipster clothing store, Commander Salamander.

“Our new Georgetown branch is an example our investment in and commitment to the greater Washington area,” said Steve Heine, M&T

Bank’s greater Washington market manager.

“This is a convenient location that will help us to serve existing customers and attract new customers with our high level of service and M&T’s wide range of banking products.”

M&T Bank Corporation is one of the 20 largest U.S. bank holding companies with more than 750 branch offices in Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia and Delaware. Founded in 1856 in Buffalo, N.Y., M&T was originally called Manufacturers and Traders Bank.

Investor Warren Buffett owns large amounts of the bank’s stocks.

M&T’s hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday; 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday. The branch’s phone number is 202-333-6163.

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BUSINESS Luke’s Lobster to Open Aug. 23

Luke’s Lobster, which specializes in authentic Maine seafood rolls, is set to open a Georgetown location at 1211 Potomac Street, NW, Aug. 23. It is the same building which houses the ill-fated Philly Pizza & Co. and the Crave.

The young company which has eateries in Penn Quarter and Bethesda, along with its five Manhattan spots, was founded by Luke Holden, who is a Georgetown University business school alumnus. His family owns a lobster-processing company in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Holden opened his first spot in Greenwich Village in 2009.

As for the new Potomac Street spot, Luke’s vice president Ben Conniff said, “Aug. 23 is around when we think we will be fully decorated, staffed and ready to go. We hope to get a few days under our belt and introduce ourselves to the neighbors before the students return to campus. We can’t wait to open in the neighborhood.”

Luke’s is planning a grand opening party around the Aug. 23 date, Conniff said. “For customers, we’ll be giving away some Luke’s Lobster Georgetown swag to our first hundred or two customers.”

“Luke’s Georgetown years were as formative as his lobster-boat summers,” a company press release announces. “Dishing fresh, sustainable Maine lobster to his old neighborhood and fellow Hoyas has been Luke’s dream since

he served his first sandwich. In particular, he has been pining for the building where he burned his mouth so many times on melted cheese and tomato sauce before the pizza joint closed in 2010. He couldn’t have found a better location.

The whitewashed clapboard house at 1211 looks as though it was transplanted directly from a Maine lobster dock. Luke’s first two-story location will have room to satisfy neighbors and students alike amid lobster gear from his old boat. And the neighborhood’s love of good food, from cheesesteak to cupcake, makes it the ideal community to share the world’s greatest lobster, in the form of D.C.’s favorite lobster roll.”

The menu is already outside the door of the new eatery: Lobster roll, $15; crab roll, $12; shrimp roll, $8. For $20, there’s Taste of Maine, a sample of the three rolls in one meal; double that amount for $38 with Noah’s Ark. There is a blueberry ice cream sandwich -- and, of course, chowder.

Sweetgreen Coming to Glover Park?

“We’re hearing that 2200 Wisconsin Ave.— home to BodySmith Training Gym—may soon welcome local fro-yo-and-salad chain Sweetgreen,” reports the Hyperlocal Glover Park news blog. “According to one source, the plan is for BodySmith to retain gym space in the building’s basement via a separate entrance, while Sweetgreen inhabits the glass-fronted retail space above.” ★

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Reading Lincoln

BY DO NNA EV E RS

ike the cathedrals of Europe, many of our monuments in Washington are rich with symbolism, and can be “read,” especially the great favorite of both residents and tourists, the Lincoln Memorial. This majestic monument took nearly 50 years from its inception to its dedication, and one of the biggest problems was site selection. For much of its early history, the National Mall was nearly empty and fairly swampy. In fact, the actual site for the Lincoln Memorial was under water up until shortly before it was chosen. It was only after the Army Corps of Engineers dredged the river to deepen it and deposited the silt on the shore, that the area where the memorial now stands was created.

When this location was first proposed, the then Speaker of the House Joseph Cannon said that he would never let the memorial be erected in that “g---d--- swamp”. However, after the area was planted and landscaped, it began to look like a real possibility. It lined up beautifully across the Mall from Congress, just as Pierre l’Enfant would have wished it.

The architect Henry Bacon was chosen to build the memorial and his friend, Daniel Chester French was selected to create the stature of Lincoln. Bacon designed the building with the Parthenon in mind and the 36 columns of the structure represent the 36 states that made up the newly reunited Union at the end of the Civil War.

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The states’ names are inscribed over the tops of the columns and above them are all the states added up to the time of the memorial’s dedication in 1922. The three-chambered monument is embellished with eagles and wreaths, symbolizing bravery and victory, as well as cypress trees, which stand for eternity and it is decorated with marble from Colorado, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia, limestone from Indiana and granite from Massachusetts, incorporated into the monument to symbolize the union of states.

The statue of Abraham Lincoln is 19-feet tall and 19-feet wide, which creates the overwhelming impression of the solid resolution President Lincoln maintained to preserve the Union above all. French spent years studying photos of Lincoln, so he could depict him as he looked during the Civil War. His large head is bent slightly forward and his sunken eyes seem to look down at the people parading in front of the statue, and at the same time, they look out over the Mall toward Congress. His large hands rest on the square arms of the massive ceremonial chair decorated with ancient Roman emblems of authority and draped with the flag, another reminder of the union. Lincoln’s one hand is clenched to show strength, and the other is open to show compassion.

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eternally patient expression that French managed to carve into Lincoln’s face conveys the feeling that he understood all too well the irony of the situation. After all, here was a man who was able to convey the necessity of the terrible sacrifices of war to save the union of our country in the ten sentences that make up the Gettysburg Address, whose words carved in stone share the sanctuary with him. ★

Park Service discredits that story as well as the much more believable tale that Lincoln’s left hand is finger spelling an “A” and his right hand an “L”. This is credible because Daniel French had already designed the statue in front of Gallaudet University which shows teacher Thomas Gallaudet signing the letter “A” for student Alice Cogswell. Furthermore, it was Lincoln who approved the bill that made Gallaudet the first college for deaf people, and finally, French knew sign language and used it often since his own son was deaf.

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COVER STORY

Bill Dean: Georgetown’s Budding Philanthropreneur M.C. Dean CEO Moves Past Your Typical Party and Puts on the Glitz for the Citizens Association of Georgetown’s Gala

BY G ARY T ISCHL ER

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he Dodge Mansion on P Street, although elegantly and imaginatively renovated by architect Dale Overmyer, is very old.

It has the look of old Georgetown history and wealth about it. It is the kind of house, manse, mansion that ends up on the Georgetown House Tou, which it has been.

On the other hand, Bill Dean—the businessman who lives here by himself except for his two bounding dogs, Shredder and Splinter—looks brand new, shot out of the 21st-century entrepreneurial cannon, full of energy and enthusiasm, insouciant in a contemporary way.

Add to another side of him, the word “philanthropreneur” for Dean’s work with non-profits.

It’s an all-too-new descriptor that seems to fit the bill. (Seriously, look it up.)

Fresh from an early morning business meeting and scheduled to head out late morning to Pittsburgh for a presentation on trolley cars, Dean is armed with charm, an iPad and an iPhone and ready to seat for a mid-morning interview and photo shoot with the Georgetowner.

Why today? Dean has signed on with the Citizens Association of Georgetown to be a patron and head booster of its 2012 Georgetown Gala, Putting on the Glitz, scheduled for Oct. 26 at the Embassy of the Russian Federation. Such a celebration, which is the group’s main fundraiser, needs planners, volunteers and donors with money.

If you google Dean by name, a couple of things come up right away, almost like warring images, which have already attached themselves to his name and reputation. There’s the single guy about town, most eligible bachelor cool guy who throws terrific parties at his mansion. There, he has been captured photographically leading the revel in the company of stunning women or hanging out with best bud Michael Saylor, another single entrepreneur, author and guru of the digital-cum-communications age, whose book, “The Mobile Wave,” is getting big buzz in the digital brainiac culture and is on the New York Times Best Seller list.

Right next to the party and social reports is what you might call the other Bill Dean— the president and CEO of M.C. Dean, Inc., a big contract and big client technology and electronics communication outfit headquartered in Dulles, Va., which describes itself as “the nation’s expert electrical design-build and systems integration firm for complex, missioncritical organizations.” When interviewed by ExecutiveBiz.com, a government contracting sector news site, it headlined its article on the Georgetown businessmen: “Bill Dean, CEO of M.C. Dean, on his passion for workforce development and more.”

Of course, the contrast and dichotomy are obvious. It’s only natural to bring it up: playboy and party-hearty with work force development,

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competing interests that don’t seem to jive. “Yeah, I get that all the time,” Dean says, like Bryce Harper watching a curve hanging over the center of the plate. “I mean, sure, I’m single. I like to enjoy life.

You’ve sort of got to. So, yeah, I throw parties or go to parties, and they’re fun.

But they’re usually about something, the community, Georgetown, a good cause.

It’s not incompatible with what I do, who I am or what I care about. It’s part of who I am.”

Looking at the party pictures, one might come to some conclusions about Dean, and those would be wrong. In conversation, he’s easy to talk with, well met, with a regular guy kind of demeanor, dressed casually, short hair, goatee—and with his dogs. You relax almost instantly, forget the house you’re in and the fact that Dean runs a billion dollar company with offices all over the country and the world from Baton Rouge to Ukraine.

He’s not out to impress you. He’s out to engage you. Dean is a man in tune—like a tuning fork— with the times he lives, plays and most expressly works in. He has an almost gleeful curiosity, a passion for the electrical impacts on life and people of electronics and communications, the new and shape-shifting digital world.

M.C. Dean, Inc. has a lot on its plate: there’s the big contract with the new Walter Reed Hospital, there’s the company foray into robotics, there’s the new offices in Louisiana and Texas—and there’s what everything means.

“People still don’t realize how instant, how small, everything has become,” Dean says. “It changes everything in life, the connectivity.

People want to be more and more connected with more and more people and the latest information.

It’s in a pad, in a phone. I understand the idea of print media, but you can see how technology has changed everything. I did it for a while. We had

a regular newspaper in Loudoun County, and I liked it. But it’s just not that pragmatic a thing to do.”

As conversation flows into talk of technology as a game changer and wherever that might lead, we talk about a 60 Minutes episode on Steve Jobs. At that point, Dean jumps up from the couch, grabs his iPad and flips it open. “It’s right here, that show, that segment,” he says, as he taps on a link. There it is, the 60 Minutes segment from the night before, Jobs on a screen.

“See, it’s instant, and it’s permanent, all at the same time,” he says. It seemed elementary, that

thought. And it’s a big thought, too. Part of it is as ordinary as saving a file, but another part of it is magic.

Talking with a master of multitasking, who can go in a heartbeat from playing with his two dogs to explaining the presence of the keyboards by a big living room window and a friend who co-wrote the musical, “Memphis,” to his feelings about community and neighborhood and a swift aside to the Roman emperor Hadrian. “Memoirs of Hadrian” is one of his eclectic collection in the downstairs library, along with original Wizard of Oz books and “In Cold Blood”—little

COVER STORY things tend to stick out (at least, they do to me.)

No doubt, Dean has a lot of books on his Kindle, but he appears to like the presence of books.

“That’s amazing,” Dean says of the Truman Capote book. “For him to go out there to Kansas, get what he got and pull it together, it’s an amazing book.”

Dean—William H., formally on the bio—is the third Dean to head M.C. Dean. The first and founding Dean was Marion Caleb Dean, a World War II U.S. Navy veteran who started out working as an electrician in the shipyards and turned the skills and spirit of adventure into a career in electronics and electrical engineering, founding the company, which soon became adept at riding the technology advances of the second half of the 20th century and working with the government, especially the Department of Defense.

Besides running the founder’s company, and adding significantly to its wealth and enterprises, Dean got something else from his grandfather: a sense of place and neighborhood, the importance of community and a desire to be a part of the greater community in a big way.

“He grew up in the old U Street neighborhoods of Washington, went to Central High School [now Cardozo],” he says of his grandfather. “He loved the area, the city, and that’s what I love about Washington. I grew up in the suburbs, and you didn’t really have neighborhoods, the sense of place that we have in the

neighborhoods of Washington.”

Georgetown, as a neighborhood, obviously agrees with him. He’s totally involved and says, “I’ve helped with Rose Park. I was on the House Tour, and I’m doing the 2012 gala with the Citizens Association of Georgetown because it’s a great group with involved, smart people who think about the community and its future. I love the sense of the past you get here—and the sense

commitments where you get, give back and it comes around again. We’re talking about work force training and creation, getting involved in education, creating opportunities for young people in other parts of town which might not have them.

“Education is the key to everything,” Dean says. “There are a lot of jobs in electronics, tech, engineering. And, in fact, there’s often not

He’s not out to impress you. He’s out to engage you. Dean is a man in tune—like a tuning fork—with the times he lives, plays and most expressly works in. of the future with new people and kids.”

One of the articles about Dean talks about him as a CEO who cares. The company’s founder did that, too, creating an electrical apprenticeship program which still exists. Dean himself believes firmly in adding to the community by way of his business. It’s one of those ongoing

enough people with the training to fill them. You look for young people and students, who might not have seen the opportunities in school—but have the math or science skills and the talent but not the training.”

Dean serves on the D.C. Workforce Investment Council and the Virginia Apprenticeship Council.

He has donated money for the Loudoun County Katrina Relief Fund, to the Child Rescue Centre in Sierra Leone by way of helping Children Worldwide. He has worked with the D.C. Center for Therapeutic Recreation, helped with construction needs of School Without Walls and continues to be involved in the apprenticeship program founded by his grandfather.

No doubt, too, there will be more Fourth of July and Halloween parties.

“Do I want children and a family?” he asks.

“Sure, sure. You have to know when the time is right and the person is right.”

Right now, Bill Dean seems to like being Bill Dean, forward-looking entrepreneur, CEO, thinker and reader, and tinkerer and thinker. In his way, he is a man of his time and the time that’s coming just around the corner.

The doorbell rings.

It’s a group of Georgetown realtors and business folks arriving for a photo shoot, including developer Herb Miller. Patrons and sponsors involved with the Citizens Association’s Georgetown Gala are heading to the pool area.

The doorbell rings again. Shredder barks.

The phone rings. They’re waiting at the airport.

And it’s not yet noon. ★

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ponsors, patrons and volunteers met a few weeks ago at Bill Dean’s P Street home to prepare for the upcoming 2012 Georgetown Gala -- Putting on the Glitz -- to be held Oct. 26 at the Russian Embassy on Wisconsin Avenue.

The gala is the main fundraising event for the Citizens Association of Georgetown, the nonprofit which protects and promotes the oldest neighborhood in Washington, D.C. And thanks to Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak and his wife Natalia, it will again be at their nation’s embassy up the avenue. The evening will honor Pamela and Richard Hinds as “Champions of Historic Preservation and Guardians of Georgetown Public Safety.”

Along with cocktails, buffet, a live auction (items include that house in France, apartment in Florence or spa in Mexico) and gaming tables, oh yes, there will be dancing. This time to the sounds of Big Ray and the Kool Kats. Cutting up with the movers and shakers, the evening’s fun always generates buzz, especially when it persuades the Mayor of Washington to dance with a boa and in the conga line.

Such an undertaking requires hefty support from residents, businesses and other planners and players around town. There are people to meet and money to match. Georgetown is blessed to have such a fellowship of givers, young and old, who always show up to help and are as tried and true as the day is long.

This year’s list of supporters and sponsors begins with three U.S. senators (Roy Blunt, John Kerry and Joe Lieberman) and their wives (Abigail, Teresa and Hadassah, respectively), a university president (Jack DeGioia of Georgetown), a chief of protocol (Selwa

“Lucky” Roosevelt), a techie CEO (Mark Ein) and master architect (Hugh Jacobsen).

Impressive. All right, they are honorary chairs, who are nevertheless quite effective in helping with the invitations.

As for the really big sponsors, they include “Community Pillars,” namely, Long & Foster, Exclusive Affiliate of Christie’s International and Angelo, Gordon & Co. and Vornado Realty Trust (on behalf of the Shops at Georgetown Park).

Add to that patrons Nancy Taylor Bubes (Washington Fine Properties), Georgetown University, Jamestown Properties, the Levy Group, M.C. Dean, Inc., MRP Realty and Western Development Corporation.

Now, we’re cooking. But, wait, there’s more: Beasley Real Estate, Gregg Busch (First Savings Mortgage Corporation), EastBanc Technologies, LLC, Georgetown University Hospital, PNC Bank and Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. There are even more involved, whether it is Clyde’s Restaurant Group, EagleBank or, even, this newspaper and its media group.

This year’s gala co-chairs include Nancy Taylor and Alan Bubes, Michele and Jack Evans and Patrice and Herb Miller, assisted by a slew of neighborhood friends and influencers. Stay tuned for updates in the few weeks ahead. ★ At left: On the front steps of Bill Dean’s P Street house, Herb Miller, Nancy Taylor Bubes, Jennifer Altemus, Bill Dean and Richard Levy.

At far left: Bill Dean at home with his dogs, left to right, Splinter and Shredder.

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Great Getaways to the Blue Ridge, Poconos or Golden Pond

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s the summer winds down, there is still time for one last, luxurious vacation.

Whether you are looking for a secluded, romantic getaway or a good, old-fashioned family trip, these lavish hotels are sure to suit your needs.

The Lodge at Woodloch If it is relaxation that you seek, sneak away to The Lodge at Woodloch, a destination spa resort in Hawley, Pa. Treat yourself to the Lodge’s

Restorative Herbal massage at the spa, strike a pose during group yoga class, or go on an outdoor adventure through the Pocono Mountains.

That’s only the beginning. Director of public relations for the Lodge, Brooke Jennings, said the serenity of the resort’s location, the multitude of activities and the emphasis on the great outdoors coincide with the Lodge’s mission of “personal awakening and bringing nature in.”

“Sometimes, you get so caught up in life,” she said. “So, it’s nice to go up to the Lodge and realize who you are, find your passions again and get energized and excited about life.”

In its 58 rooms, guests are free to lounge on a private veranda and gaze at the beauty of nature that surrounds them. With three on-site gardens, which produce fresh herbs, the Lodge aims to promote a healthier lifestyle to its guests.

“One of our most popular programs is our Herbal Workshop,” Jennings said. “Our herbalist teaches people how to balance their bodies with nature.”

However, Jennings said, a key element to the Lodge is choice. Guests have an infinite amount of options to choose from to help them clear their minds. Such choices include a game of golf at the Country Club at Woodloch Springs’s 18-hole championship course, a dip in the Lodge’s Aqua Garden with Hydrotherapy WaterWalls or a group or one-on-one training session in the CardioWeight Studio.

“Some people are going to [the Lodge] to

relax and some are going to do a lot of activities,” Jennings said. “We cultivate choice of how much or how little a guest wants to do.”

From Aug. 16 to 18, the Lodge will host an artistically invigorating series of workshops, “Nurture Your Creativity,” at no cost to guests.

Activities will include sketching, painting, creative writing, baking, and more. For more information, visit thelodgeatwoodloch.com or call 866-953-8500 to make a reservation.

The Goodstone Inn and Estate Coziness and comfort are merely an hour away at the Goodstone Inn & Restaurant.

Sprawling over 265 acres, this historic and pristinely private estate is nestled in the heart of Middleburg, Va. Equipped with a renovated barn that houses a spa and an award-winning restaurant serving Modern American-French country cuisine, the Goodstone is perfect for a weekend escape.

Guests are welcome to partake in the Goodstone’s Goose Creek Picnics where they can enjoy snacking on an assortment of food prepared by executive chef William Walden. For more adventurous guests, hiking, walking and canoeing are also popular activities.

Marketing head Jane Rader said the traditional style of the Goodstone adds to its appeal.

“It’s so old world,” she said. “But it’s got every amenity.”

The 18 guest rooms of the more-than 200-year-old establishment have dramatic views of the picturesque Blue Ridge Mountains, and each are decorated in a French country style.

Rader said the Goodstone’s peaceful atmosphere is what captures guests’ hearts.

“It has a beautiful feel,” she said. “It’s a little bit of heaven on earth.”

She added that top-of-the-line clientele, including celebrities and politicians, have been known to flee to the Goodstone for a relaxing stay. Moreover, the estate has become a premiere wedding location.

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those looking for a weekend of peace and quiet. Featuring a one or two-night stay, two passes to a local vineyard for wine tasting, and a Goodstone Spa gift, this is one soothing stay you won’t want to get away. To learn more about this historic haven of relaxation, explore goodstone.com, or call 570-687-3333 for a reservation.

The Manor on Golden Pond

lunch,” he said. “The ‘Thirst Quencher’ has become very popular.”

Lose your troubles in 100 minutes of ecstasy. Enjoy an herbal body butter wrap, a facial, aromatherapy hand and foot treatments, and a spa lunch served with the house wine. If sports are more your speed, grab a tennis racquet for a game on the Manor’s clay court or slip into a bathing suit for a swim in the oversized, outdoor, heated pool. At the end of the day, delight in the English décor of the guest rooms of this lovely bed and breakfast. If you and your love would like a holiday away, visit manorongoldenpond.com or call 603-968-3348.

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Fall in love all over again at the Manor on Gold Pond. Owners Brian and Mary Ellen Shields know how to treat guests to a weekend of romance at the luxurious New Hampshire resort.

As the inspiration for the Academy Awardwinning film, “On Golden Pond,” starring Katherine Hepburn and Henry Fonda, the Manor’s dreamy allure and 12-acre stretch are bound to entrance guests. Brian said the quietness and quality service are what give the Manor top marks.

“It is targeted as a romantic getaway,” he said. “It has a nice sense of space.”

The 24-room property features real woodburning fireplaces and two exquisite restaurants. At Van Horn Dining Room, guests are offered season dishes and more than 200 wines to choose from, while M Bistro includes organic French food options. For those in need of pampering, Brian suggests one of the many spa packages.

“All of the spa packages include the spa

The Inn at Irving Place (New York) — Just a hop, skip, and a jump from Greenwich Village and Soho, this nurturing nook nestled in two refurbished townhouses treats guests like Victorian socialites. If seclusion is your style, then this very private hotel will suit you perfectly.

Without a sign in front to denote its location, the hustle and bustle of New York City is the least of your worries. Revel in the large, European-style guest rooms or enjoy an afternoon five-course tea and delectable finger foods at Lady Mendel’s Tea Salon. Seek out serenity at 212-533-4600, or visit innatirving. com.

The Inn at Montchanin Village (Delaware) – At this timeless estate, guests are welcome to experience a long, relaxing weekend in one of the 11 restored houses dating from 1799 to 1910. Snuggle up to an inviting fire, enjoy the solitude of a private, landscaped courtyard, or take in the amenities of the modern age at the Spa at Montchanin Village. Call 302-888-2133 or visit montchanin.com to find out more.★

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Your Dining Guide to Washington DC’s Finest

1789 RESTAURANT

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

Open seven nights a week.

Jackets suggested.

Complimentary valet parking. www.1789restaurant.com

BANGKOK JOE’S

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

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

(202) 965-1789

CHADWICKS

(202) 333-4422

CIRCLE BISTRO

BISTRO FRANCAIS

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

BISTROT LEPIC & WINE BAR

1736 Wisconsin Ave. NW Come and see for yourself why Bistrot Lepic, with its classical, regional and contemporary cuisine, has been voted best bistro in D.C. by the Zagat Guide. And now with its Wine bar, you can enjoy “appeteasers”, full bar service, complimentary wine tasting every Tuesday and a new Private Room. The regular menu is always available.

Open everyday.

Lunch & Dinner.

Reservations suggested. www.bistrotlepic.com

(202) 338-3830

(202) 333-0111

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CLYDE’S OF GEORGETOWN

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

Daily lunch & dinner specials.

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

Overlooking the new Georgetown Waterfront Park ChadwicksRestaurants.com

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

(202) 333-2565

(202) 293-5390

(202) 625-2150

(202) 333-9180

DEGREES BISTRO

DON LOBOS MEXICAN GRILL

FILOMENA RISTORANTE

2311 Wisconsin Avenue, NW

The Ritz-Carlton Georgetown, Washington, D.C. 3100 South Street, NW, Degrees Bistro features a traditional French bistro menu with an innovative cocktail and wine list. The restaurant design complements the industrial chic style of The Ritz-Carlton, Georgetown, and welcomes diners to unwind in the simple, modern comfort of a neighborhood eatery while enjoying a savory lunch or dinner at the hip bar or in one of the stylish banquettes. www.ritzcarlton.com/ georgetown

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

Open dailyfor breakfast, lunch and dinner.

(The Latham Hotel) 3000 M St. NW Internationally renowned chef and restaurateur Michel Richard creates magic with fresh and innovative American-French Cuisine, an exceptional wine list and stylish ambiance.

Open for Dinner.

Valet parking. www.citronelledc.com

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

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

CAFE BONAPARTE

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

We look forward to calling you a “regular” soon! www.cafebonaparte.com (202) 333-8830

DAILY GRILL

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

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

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2811 M St., NW Serving Washington since 1992, Don Lobos offers authentic Mexican cuisine. We use only the finest and freshest ingredients when making our traditional menu items. Famous for our Mole, and adored for our tamales. We also offer a wide range of tequila and the best margarita in Georgetown. Now serving Brunch Saturday and Sunday from 10am-2pm.

Hours: Mon-Thu 11am-10pm Fri-Sat 11am-11pm Sun 10am- 10pm (202) 333-0137

1063 Wisconsin Ave., NW Filomena is a Georgetown landmark that has endured the test of time for almost a quarter of a century. Our old-world cooking styles & recipes brought to America by the early Italian immigrants, alongside the culinary cutting edge creations of Italy’s foods of today, executed by our award winning Italian Chef. Try our spectacular Lunch buffet on Fri. & Saturdays or our Sunday Brunch, Open 7 days a week for lunch & dinner. www.filomena.com (202) 338-8800

GOOD GUYS

Fine Dining & Exotic Entertainment in Glover Park since 1966.

Monday-Thursday 11am-2am Friday-Saturday 11am-3am Sunday 4pm-2am The kitchen is always open!

A GENTLEMAN’S CLUB ONLY 21 AND OVER, PLEASE www.goodguysclub.com (202) 333-8128

(202) 337-4900

MAI THAI

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

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

HAPPY HOUR 3:30PM - 6PM www.maithai.com (202) 337-1010

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PEACOCK CAFE

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

Monday - Thursday: 11:30am - 10:30pm Friday: 11:30am - 12:00am Saturday: 9:00am - 12:00am Sunday: 9:00am - 10:30pm (202) 625-2740

SEQUOIA

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

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

(202) 944-4200

THE OCEANAIRE

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

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

Dinner: Mon-Thur 5-10pm, Fri & Sat 5-11pm, Sun 5-9pm. www.theoceanaire.com (202) 347-2277

SEA CATCH

1054 31st St. NW Lovers of seafood can always find something to tempt the palette at the Sea Catch Restaurant & Raw Bar. Sea Catch offers fresh seafood “simply prepared” in a relaxed atmosphere. Overlooking the historic C&O Canal, we offer seasonal fireside and outdoor dining. Private party space available for 15 - 300 Complimentary parking Lunch Mon. -Sat. 11:30am -3pm Dinner Mon.-Sat. 5:30pm -10pm Closed on Sunday Happy Hour Specials at the Bar Mon. - Fri. 5-7pm www.seacatchrestaurant.com (202) 337-8855

SHANGHAI TEA HOUSE 2400 Wisconsin Ave. NW Authentic traditional Chinese cuisine with a variety of Bubble Teas. Offering an elegant atmosphere.

LUNCH SPECIAL $7.25 (Mon. - Fri.) comes with spring roll or hot & sour soup Hours: Mon-Thu 11am-10:30pm Fri-Sat 11am-11pm Sun 11:30am-10pm www.shanghaihousedc.com (202) 338-2815

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Cocktail of the Week, Pisco

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uperfluous holidays such as Sweetest Day, National Grandparents Day and Boss’s Day are often referred to as “Hallmark Holidays,” because many believe they exist primarily for commercial reasons such as increasing the sales of greeting cards and not to truly appreciate significant people.

There are other celebrations that seem downright silly, such as International Pancake Day (Feb. 21), National High Five Day (April 19) and Talk Like A Pirate Day (Sept. 19).

In the country of Peru, there is one holiday that may appear excessive at first, but is truly a celebration of national pride. This is National Pisco Day, which is celebrated on the fourth Sunday in July.

Pisco, which is considered a symbol of Peruvian nationality, is a type of grape brandy or Aguardiente, distilled from Muscat grapes. Pisco is produced and exported from both Peru and Chile, and both countries claim to be the original producers. It has become a fierce source of contention between the two nations.

According to SouthAmericanFood.com, the Spanish conquistadores brought grape vines to South America in order to make wine for their own consumption and export. Distilling Pisco was an easy way to use leftover grapes that were undesirable for wine making.

The patriotic spirit surrounding National Pisco Day is amplified because the holiday falls very close to Peruvian Independence Day, celebrated on July 28, often with a toast of pisco.

I was fortunate enough to be in Cusco, Peru, to take part in the festivities for both holidays. To kick off the merriment, I was given a shot of Pisco from Lizardo Valderrama Gilt, my host in whose home I was staying.

The shot had a strong and powerful grape nose to it, but it went down surprisingly smooth. Its dominate flavor was grape with notes of earthiness, spice and tart fruit with a clean and bracing finish.

To further explore this spirit, I met up with my newly minted friends, Suzanne Harle and Sabrina for a few rounds of cocktailing. We started off with the most popular Pisco tipple, the Pisco Sour, a mixture of Pisco, lemon, bitters, a sweetener and an egg white. We headed to the Crown, a second-story restaurant with a gorgeous view of the Plaza Des Armas for their twofor-one happy hour. The egg white gives this cocktail a smooth, full body while tart lemon citrus flavor is a nice compliment to the woody pisco. So good that it is hard to detect the amount of alcohol in the drink. That

may explain why we left the bar wearing balloon hats.

Our second stop was the upscale Limo, one the most highly-regarded restaurants in Cusco, which boasts a three-page menu of creative pisco cocktails.

Just watching the scene behind the bar proved to be entertaining, with men squeezing, pureeing, muddling, and juicing fresh ingredients.

We sampled three concoctions, one forged from eucalyptus, another from lemongrass and one made with tumba fruit. The tumba is a relative of the maracuya fruit, which is commonly eaten in Peru. The eucalyptus had a cool soothing effect, while the lemongrass mixture was refreshing and uplifting. The tumba had an exotic tropical flavor similar to passion fruit but with a little more punch.

The evening continued with more flavorful cocktails, including a fresh strawberry concoction, one blended with Peru’s potent coco leaves and a South American version of the classic Negroni with pisco substituted for the gin. The evening was capped off with a night of salsa dancing to burn off all the excess alcohol.

If you cannot make it to Peru and would like to try pisco in Washington, I recommend whipping up a few Pisco sours at home. Most liquor store will carry at least one brand of Peruvian Pisco, such as Porton, or Macchu Pisco. This classic tipple is a great way to try this interesting and versatile liquor. If you would like to try something more exotic, Las Canteras in Adams Morgan has a full menu of delicious pisco cocktails.★

THE PISCO SOUR Place 4 cups ice cubes 1 cup pisco 1/3 cup lemon juice 1/3 cup white sugar 1 egg white A dash of angostura bitters Blend on high speed until finely pureed. Pour into two glasses and garnish with an additional dash of bitters.

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The Latest Dish: Tony & Joe's, Nick's; Buben

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Chef Jeff Buben

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eff Buben’s Full Baked empire expands, when he takes over Potenza restaurant at 15th & H Streets, NW to open Woodward Table, named for the building it’s in. The new restaurant features what Buben does best: regional American cooking. The bar will remain the second longest in the city. The pizza ovens will remain as well. Buben will add a takeout concept for breakfast and lunch called Woodward Takeout Food, affectionately referred to as WTF. Joe Harran, his chef de cuisine at Bistro Bis will become the chef de cuisine at Woodward Table.

Dwight Griz of GrizForm Design will once again design the new space, as he did for the renovated Vidalia 10 years ago. The Fully Baked empire

includes Vidalia, with 20 years at 20th & M Streets, NW, and Bistro Bis in the George Hotel on Capitol Hill. Buben takes over the space to renovate in September. A November opening is planned.

Elizabeth Banker plans to open Slate Wine Bar on Wisconsin Avenue in Glover Park, where Kitchen 2404 used to be. It will offer a full menu as well but will feature family-owned vineyards that are sustainable and organic. Banker has taken a leave from her law career to pursue her passion for small production wines. The focus will be on specialty wines sold by the glass.

Although Tony & Joe’s and Nick’s Riverside Grill have been serving grilled items outside on the patio at Washington Harbour by the Georgetown Waterfront, all of the interior space will be open for business early this month, after 15 months of recovering from the April 18, 2011, flood.

Founding Farmers, also at Washington Harbour, had flood damage and plans to open this fall as Farmers Fishers Bakers, a new farmto-table restaurant with a bakery. The farm theme, designed by GrizForm Design, includes sculptural farm animals and gardening tools. The bar area will resemble field grids and the back room will be more nautical (hence, the Fishers in the title). Alongside the tables in the pantry area will be barrels and shelving with items that the restaurant grew and pickled.

Keith and Chery Early's newest restaurant, Bungalow Lakehouse, in Cascades, Va., will

be the largest in Loudoun County, with more than 500 seats, including more than 100 on a large lake. Jason Maddens, formerly of Michel Richard’s Central in Penn Quarter, is the executive chef. It may be fate, as Maddens is a Loudoun County native and grew up in that same neighborhood. His first restaurant job was with the Lone Star Steakhouse, which is the site Bungalow Lakehouse now occupies. The Earlys have owned successful restaurants for 30 years in Northern Virginia, including Riannon's, Bungalow Billiard's (7) and two Bungalow Alehouses. General manager is Kip Olson, a longtime veteran of Clyde’s Restaurant Group as well as managing partner at the Capital Grille

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Chef Spike Mendelson

Tysons Corner. An August opening is planned.

Spike Mendelsohn plans to open his third restaurant on Capitol Hill this fall. Bearnaise Restaurant will offer steak frites, a nod to his time spent in France working for chef Gerard Boyer at Les Craveres. It will be on the same

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Nizam Ali of Ben’s Chili Bowl plans to expand into the H Street corridor (aka Atlas District), its first serious expansion since 1958, even though they opened Next Door next door and a concession stand at National Park. Lower level will be a Ben’s Chili Bowl, while upstairs will be a more upscale concept that includes a roof deck. Being the community people they are, the owners plan to contact nearby Gallaudet University to learn what they can do to enhance the dining experience for the hearing impaired.

Quick Hits: Mark Kuller of Proof and Estadio, has decided on a name for his new Asian restaurant: Quan… Papadopoulos Properties has more locations confirmed for Roti Mediterranean Grill. The latest is in the Westlake Crossing Shopping Center. The space used to be a Baja Fresh. Roti has seven locations locally, with spots in Union Station and College Park slated to open soon. Crios Modern Mexican recently opened where Vento was at 2120 P St., NW in Dupont Circle. The owner-operators are Joanne and Julie Liu, who also own Jenny’s Asian Fusion on the southwest waterfront and Scion Restaurant in Dupont Circle. Beau Thai on New Jersey Ave., NW, plans to open a second location in Mount Pleasant on Mt. Pleasant St, NW.

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Pawelec joins Vinifera Wine Bar & Bistro as its new sous chef. She is a Culinary Institute of America graduate…Ryan Sol has been named Vinifera Wine Bar and Bistro’s certified sommelier. He is a recent graduate of the French Culinary Institute’s wine studies and sommelier program, as well as the Court of Master Sommelier’s Certified Sommelier Exam.

Previously, he managed the World Gourmet Wine Shop in Potomac, Md. … John Donnelly was named manager for Matchbox 14th Street when it opens this fall. He currently manages at Matchbox Rockville. Jason Gehring, formerly of Fiola, is now the pastry chef at Bethesda Food Wine & Co. Nate Waugman is now the chef for Tallula and EatBar in Arlington, which is part of Neighborhood Restaurant Group. He had been executive chef at Addie’s in Rockville, as well as personal chef for Washington Redskins

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Georgetown Art Walk

BY ARI POST Unique things are happening in Georgetown’s gallery community. From microscopic sculptures, to affordable contemporary art sales, to themed shows devoted to relationships and natural wonders, it’s a great time to get involved with the local gallery scene before the fall art season kicks into high gear. Don’t miss these late summer exhibitions.★

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Heiner Contemporary “Winging It,” a group exhibition devoted to all things ornithological, has been extended through Aug. 24 at Heiner Contemporary. The exhibition takes as its starting point three works by American naturalist painter and ornithologist Roger Tory Peterson. Peterson’s 1934 field guide, “A Field Guide to the Birds,” was the first available to amateurs, which revolutionized and popularized bird watching through a new identification system.

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On view through Aug. 31, Addison/Ripley Fine Art is presenting a group exhibition guest curated by gallery artist Dan Treado. In his work, Treado uses squeegees, scrapers, and invented brushes to build up many thin layers of paint that produce taut, skin-like surfaces that have almost no evidence of a mark of the hand. Often individual images are combined to form a single larger painting. Treado also takes on interactive projects with friends and fellow artists and has worked on a few series with the theme: “All My Friends Are…” The latest project, titled “All My Friends Are Painters,” a continuation of this theme, is currently on view at Addison/Ripley. Artists include W.C. Richardson, Jeffrey Smith, Tom Bunnell, Steve Cushner, Colin Treado, Katherine Mann, Chris Gregson and Maggie Mitchell.

Susan Calloway Fine Arts is presenting a new exhibition tailored to new collectors and first-time art buyers. “You Too Can Buy Art: Affordable Art for Young Collectors” will open on Friday, Aug. 17, with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. The exhibit features a selection of affordable contemporary and vintage artworks, hung in an assemblage style—in other words, there’s a lot to see. Since she opened her doors almost 20 years ago, Susan Calloway’s unswerving commitment to quality, along with a sharp eye for curating an array of periods and styles, has earned her a following. This exhibit will showcase the gallery’s taste in unique fashion—and allow anyone to join in the experience. The show runs through Sept. 8. To RSVP to the opening, call 202-965-4601.

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Parish Gallery is exhibiting the pea-sized work of Willard Wigan in “The Half Century Collection,” on view through Jan. 31, 2013. To the naked eye, Wigan’s work is virtually invisible. Yet when viewed through magnification, the effect is truly mesmerizing. Wigan’s micro-sculptures are so minute that they are only visible through a microscope—each piece commonly sits within the eye of a needle or atop a pinhead. To create his art, Wigan enters a meditative state in which his heartbeat slows, allowing him to reduce hand tremors and sculpt between pulse beats. Even the reverberation caused by outside traffic can affect Wigan’s work. So, he often works through the night when there is minimal disruption. Wigan has been honored throughout the world for his work and his exhibitions frequently sell out. Washington is lucky to have such an intimate venue available to view the work of this micro-visionary.

The Old Print Gallery, like Heiner Contemporary, is featuring a themed show devoted to nature’s beauty. “Water,” a group exhibit featuring prints by local, national and international contemporary artists, yields both personal and universal interpretations among artists, which turns into a very natural and effecting conversation with viewers. No matter how it is represented—abstracted or literal, meticulously detailed or vaguely suggested in loose and emotionally charged compositions—its capacity to mesmerize and captivate artists’ attention is undeniable.

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PERFORMANCE

Emmylou Harris: All She Intended to Be

BY GA RY T IS HCL E R

“Well, we’ll be doing the songs I’ve done over the years, from the beginning until now.

We’ll mix it up a little, but they’ll be songs people know, “ Emmylou Harris said in a phone interview about her upcoming August 15 concert at Wolf Trap in a matched set with singersong writer John Prine, another enduring voice.

The songs—could be the matchless “Boulder to Birmingham,” “To Know Him Is to Love Him” or songs from her last and perhaps most intimate album, “Hard Bargains,” for which Harris wrote almost all of the songs. Could be something like “Pancho and Lefty” or the achingly familiar “One of These Days.” Lots to choose from in a 40-year-career.

Her voice over the phone is matter-of-fact elusive, due to a weak connection, but the accumulated stuff is pretty clear—it’s hard to imagine Emmylou Harris being anything else than the singer she is, or at least that’s the way she sees it.

“I’m not sure I could have done anything else,” she says. “This is what I do, who I am. It’s complicated, sometimes, but I’ve been doing this all my life and will be doing it all my life.”

When you hear her sing—in a concert at venues as different as the Music Center at Strathmore or Wolf Trap— the presence and voice is clear as undiluted spring water, flowing.

You can hear her life in the songs, the changes, the losses, the adding on of different kinds of music so that whatever she does, there’s always

surprises, or things that have never gone away.

“I try to keep things simple when I write,” she says, and it sounds both true and a little too modest. Singing her own songs, or that of others, you hear the spirit of something grainy, pure dirt and wood American, a little cowboy, a lot of unrefined, raw country, the purity of folk with touches of rock and rockabilly, bluegrass and—when she’s of a mind—corner-piano, Broadway, break-your-heart brassy ballads. You can catch the looks, changing, over the years from her album covers, the pitch-black long hair, now turned white, the cheekbones. Now at 65, thrice-married with grandchildren, she looks as magnetic as ever. She looks like a good witch, in some ways. The voice is a little changed, according to her.

“Well, I don’t think I can quite hold the high as long as I used to,” she says. “You lose some things, gain some things. It’s what it is.

You adjust, you find new ways, new music, and sometimes you can be more direct.” It’s something you could honestly disagree with her about—life has added some rich, tremulous and heart-probing stuff to her voice, upon listening.

“You know, you always reflect, think of who you were and what’s happened, it informs what you do,” she says. “I can look back when I started out, I was a product of the ‘60s, you know, folk singers and rock, and that stuff. You’d hear country music and sort of treat it with contempt.

We didn’t get it, you know.”

With her parents living in the Washington

suburbs, Harris famously sang at the Childe Harold in Dupont Circle, now defunct and re-arranged into a different place. “It was a different time,” she said. “I lived a few blocks from the place.”

Her attitude, and quite a few other things, changed when she met Gram Parsons in D.C. He was the legendary and charismatic leader of the Flying Burrito Brothers who was starting a solo act and looking for a girl singer, and that would be Emmylou Harris. The Parsons-Harris relationship is the stuff of musical legend in some ways—people talk about not in the rumor sort of way, but in the sense that Parsons— as close friend, mentor and inspiration helped her emerge with all her gifts firing. “He had a huge impact on me, he inspired me, he educated me about country music, its roots and what it could be, in its basic unadorned ways.”

Parsons died of an accidental drug overdose in 1973, and the shock of that, the hole in her heart, you suspect, is still there. “Sure, he’s with me, he changed my life, and it was a hard, hard loss,” Harris says. He’s in the early “Boulder to Birmingham” and in the song she wrote for “Hard Bargains,” “The Road” as in : “I can still remember every song you played/long ago when we were younger and we rocked the night away.”

“Hard Bargains” also features a song called “Big Black Dog,” which is an outcrop of another passion of hers: the love of dogs, rescuing dogs, being with dogs. Harris runs Bonaparte’s Retreat, a non-profit rescue operation which she runs out of her home Nashville. The “Big Black Dog” in question and music is one Bella, a mix “of just about every breed you can a think of,” who travels with her when she tours in her bus.”

“I can’t believe I never did that before,” she says about traveling with a dog. “It is, I don’t know, such a gift, the companionship of a dog.

It’s soothing, full of love.”

She seems to have a gift for easy and long friendships, a natural affinity for musical collaboration. Look her up, and you’ll find almost everybody that’s ever picked up a guitar and banjo, pounded on drums or sung songs for a living in Nashville listed in the “worked with” category.

Harris—while her life has surely been dramatic—isn’t the type of person that get’s talked or whispered, or yacked about a lot about as a star, or god-forgive-them, super-star. She’s the kind of singer-songwriter-performer you remember just a little after the last note is gone as well as years later.

John Prine and Emmylou Harris, Aug. 15, Wolf Trap, Filene Center, Vienna, Va. -- www.

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More to Come From Wolf Trap, An August Selection: Steve Miller Band, Aug. 10 Creators of some of the best classic rock hits of all time like “Fly Like an Eagle” and “Rock’n Me,” the Steve Miller Band returns to Wolf Trap after their last appearance in 2011.

Lyle Lovett, Aug. 14 Texan singer/songwriter Lyle Lovett and his Acoustic Group take the Wolf Trap stage for an evening of country, folk, pop, and rock fusion. His newest album, “Release Me,” is an eclectic compilation of covers of his favorite songs by other influential artists.

Dave Koz, Aug. 22 American jazz saxophonist Dave Koz returns to the Wolf Trap stage after his last performance there over a decade ago. His latest album release, “Hello Tomorrow,” peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart and received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Album.

Al Green, Aug. 24 American gospel and soul singer Al Green returns to Wolf Trap after his last appearance in 2008. His most recent release, “Lay It Down,” was his first Top 10 album since 1973’s “Call Me.” Green made his solo debut with the record, “Al Green Gets Next To You,” which included the hit single “Tired of Being Alone,” the first of seven consecutive gold-certified singles. Continuing to gain popularity throughout the ‘70s, Green released three back-to-back hit songs, “Let’s Stay Together,” “I’m Still In Love With You” and “Call Me.”

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In the Quechua language, “Kaypi Peru” means “This is Peru.” The festival featured continuous dance and music performances, photo exhibitions, paso horse shows, alpacas and traditional Peruvian food. 4. The Navy Band Sea Chanters is the United States Navy’s official chorus, here performing in a free concert at the Navy Memorial on July 31. 5. Mardy Fish was the top seed at the Citi Open tennis tournament. 6. The Smithsonian’s American Indian museum hosted its third Living Earth Festival from July 20 to 22, featuring Native American music, dance, crafts and a special cooking competition. One of the featured acts was the popular group Brule’, featuring contemporary music accompanied by traditional dancers.

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Silver Plume Gala

BY M ARY B IRD The Washington Area Concierge Association honored its superstars with the presentation of the Silver Plume Awards July 29. The event, which was co-sponsored by Where magazine and the Occidental Restaurant, began with cocktails on the restaurant’s terrace before guests proceeded inside to enjoy a feast highlighted by filet mignon and a jumbo lump crab cake. Luis Colmenares, head concierge at the Hotel Monaco and current WACA president, graciously accepted his award as “Concierge of the Year.”

First Annual ‘Botox and Locks’

BY M ARY BIR D On July 30, hairstylist Luigi Parasmo and plastic surgeon Dr. Ayman Hakki of Luxxery Medical Boutique hosted their first annual “Botox & Locks” event at the Luigi Parasmo Salon, which opened this April on Wisconsin Avenue. The beauty gurus partnered for a night of glamour offering discount treatments to guests who enjoyed delicious hors d’oeuvres from Lebanese eatery Neyla. Washingtonian’s Kate Bennett, former Miss D.C. Jen Corey and Gilt City D.C.’s Marissa Schneider celebrated with their favorite beauty men who make certain the ladies look their best.

Luigi Parasmo and WPGC’s Sunni.

Photos by Dave Phillipich Four Seasons Hotel’s Jeff Morgan with Monaco’s Ed Virtue.

Javier Calvo, Dr. Ayman Hakki and Luigi Parasmo. Photos by Dave Phillipich Palomar’s Stephane Vogel with Monaco’s Luis Colmenares.

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