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GEORGETOWN $3,995,000

Grand, sun-filled Victorian with large garden and breathtaking views of the Kennedy Center, Monuments and Rosslyn skyline. Located in the heart of Georgetown’s east village, this elegant and inviting home features well-proportioned rooms, 10’ ceiling height on all floors, exquisite moldings, 3 woodburning fireplaces, 4 plus BRs, 4.5 baths, and garage parking

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KALORAMA $1,895,000 Beautiful Federal townhouse on Kalorama’s Embassy Row. Features include 2 fireplaces, built-ins, wood floors, kitchen with island and attached family room. Vaulted ceilings, skylights and water-heated radiant floor heat on the ground floor. 3 car parking.

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This is a spacious, sun filled, two bedroom corner unit. A mustsee Watergate West building located in one of Washington’s “Best Address” co-ops.Offers an estimated 1,200 square feet of living space in a full service building with doorman, front desk, and on-site management. Utilities and taxes included.

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For Vienna-based swimwear designer Karla Colletto, it’s the women and the swimsuits they wear that bring an idyllic summer setting to life. The Georgetowner’s 2015 swimsuit issue features Colletto’s designs, including this Cobalt One Shoulder Powernet swimsuit, worn by model Maggie Parsons of THE Artist Agency, photographed by Alexa Kinigopoulos.

Creative Director: Lynda Erkiletian of THE Artist Agency. Wardrobe styling by Pascale Lemaire of THE Artist Agency. Hair and makeup by Janice Kinigopoulos of THE Artist Agency.

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UP & Coming May 23 Welcome to St. Tropez

Black Knight Events presents “Welcome to St. Tropez! A White Pink Blue Affair,” a stylish spring evening of fashion, music and art from the French Riviera. The event will feature a “fashion in motion installation” with an art exhibit. Tickets are $20-30. For details, visit styleitforward.org/white-bluepink-welcome-to-st-tropez. The Manor, 1327 Connecticut Ave. NW.

May 26 Spanish Conversation at the Georgetown Library

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The Georgetown Neighborhood Library offers weekly casual conversation hours for those looking to grow, revive or begin to develop their Spanish skills, led by instructor Luz Verost. For details, visit dclibrary.org node/48084. 3260 R St. NW.

May 28 Glendalough Whiskey Dinner

The Whiskey Room at Rí Rá Georgetown presents a Glendalough Distillery Dinner and Tasting including a Poitín cocktail hour with a selection of charcuterie and Irish cheeses, a three-course specialty menu and a Glendalough whiskey pairing.

Tickets are $60. For details, email marycatherinecorson@rira.com. 3125 M St. NW.

May 29 Army Historical Foundation Inaugural Classic

This morning of golf, an 18-hole scramble on the Fort Belvoir Golf Course, supports the National Museum of the U.S. Army. The future site of the museum may be viewed from the tournament course, a combination of holes from both the Gunston and Woodlawn courses. All levels of experience are welcome. For details, visit birdeasepro. com/2015AHFgolf. 8450 Beulah St., Building 2920, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

May 30 Benny Goodman’s Birthday at Glen Echo

Virtuoso clarinetist Halley Shoenberg performs with the Tom Cunningham Orchestra and the YazooZazz vocal trio at this celebration of Benny Goodman’s 106th birthday and International Lindy Hop Day. America’s Swing Dance Teachers Tom Koerner and Debra Sternberg will give a beginning swing lesson at 8 p.m., with dancing on the sprungwood floor in the Spanish Ballroom from 9 p.m. to midnight. Admission is $18 for 12 and older, $10 for 5 to 11 and free for 4 and under.

Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, Md.

May 30-31 Great Falls ArtFest on the Green

Sponsored by Arts of Great Falls, the Great Falls Studios Spring Art Show and Sale takes

place under the big tent and a few little tents.

The event includes a plein air competition and a quick draw, with prizes and a reception.

A “Blues Explosion” will close the weekend and start the season of Concerts on the Green

by Celebrate Great Falls. For details, visit greatfallsart.org/artfest/. Intersection of Walker Road and Georgetown Pike, Great Falls, Va.

June 2 Movable Feast Classics Reading Group

Movable Feast, a D.C. Public Library book club that focuses on reading classic works of literature, will host a discussion of Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility” at the Georgetown Neighborhood Library. For details, email julia.strusienski@dc.gov. 3260 R St. NW.

June 3 Harbour Nights at Washington Harbour

The season of Harbour Nights, at which local bands perform live on the Georgetown waterfront every Wednesday, kicks off in June and continues through September. The schedule is subject to change and is weatherdependent. For the latest information, visit thewashingtonharbour.com or Washington Harbour’s Facebook and Twitter pages. 3050 K St. NW.

June 6 Glover Park Day 2015

Now in its 26th year, Glover Park Day – on the grounds of the Guy Mason Recreation Center – showcases the best of Glover Park: good friends, great food, live music, crafters, community organizations, local businesses, kids’ activities and more. For details, visit gloverparkday.org. 3600 Calvert St. NW.

June 9 Free Chamber Concert at Dumbarton House

Glen Echo Park will celebrate Benny Goodman’s 106th birthday and International Lindy Hop Day May 30. Photo courtesy Glen Echo Park.

At the season finale of the Friday Morning Music Club’s free Tuesday night chamber concerts, soprano Deborah Sternberg, viola da gamba player Doug Wolters, lutenist Charles Mokotoff and violinist Audrey Wright will perform Renaissance songs by Dowland, Ford, Campion and Rosseter and works by Bach and Schubert. Dumbarton House, 2715 Q St. NW.

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The Savopoulus home on Woodland Drive NW is a crime scene. Inset: Savvas and Amy Savopoulus.

Police Seek Person of Interest in Quadruple Homicide in Woodley Park

The May 14 murder of Savvas Savopoulus, 46, and his wife, Amy Savopoulos, 47, as well as their 10-year-old son, Philip, who attended St. Alban’s School, and a housekeeper, Veralicia Figueroa, 57, has shocked friends of the family, which lived blocks away from the Washington National Cathedral and the Vice President’s Residence. After the attacks, the Savopoulus house – valued at $4.5 million – on Woodland Drive NW was set on fire. The couple’s two teenage daughters were at boarding school at the time of the murder and are safe. Savopoulos was the president and CEO of American Iron Works.

He and his wife were known around town and were involved with school and other social benefits.

NBC4 News reported on May 19, “It’s likely that the killers had knowledge of the family and how they lived their day-to-day lives, sources said. There was no sign of forced entry at the home. … Investigators believe it’s likely that the killers gained access to the home Wednesday, and kept the victims bound and threatened through Thursday afternoon, when Savvas Savopoulos gave them what they were looking for, sources said.” It is also believed that more than one person was involved in the crime.

A June 1 funeral is planned for the slain members of the Savopoulos family at St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral on Massachusetts Avenue.

D.C. police issued this request over the weekend: “Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating a quadruple homicide. Investigators seek the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a person of interest in a quadruple homicide, which occurred on Thursday, May 14, 2015, in the 3200 block of Woodland Drive, NW. The subject was subsequently captured by a surveillance camera. The subject was possibly operating a blue 2008 Porsche 911 sports car which was located, abandoned, in the 8000 block of Annapolis Road in New Carrollton, Md. Anyone with information about the vehicle, or who saw it being operated between Wednesday,

May 13, and Thursday, May 14, 2015, is asked to contact police.”

Call police at 202-727-9099, or text the tip to the department’s Text Tip Line to 50411 – Ref. CCN #15-069-981. Visit mpdc.dc.gov/rewards.

Obama at Georgetown: ‘It’s Hard Being Poor’

A unique panel met May 12 at Georgetown University’s Gaston Hall to discuss the topic of poverty in America. One of the panelists happened to be the President of the United States.

President Barack Obama sat next to discussion moderator E.J. Dionne, a Washington Post columnist and Georgetown faculty member, along with Harvard professor Robert Putnam and Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute.

The four men looked for solutions, and advanced perspectives that went beyond the everyday left-right rigidity in addressing the plight of poor Americans, a widening economic gap and how to advance opportunity for all.

If the dialogue was not quite a clarion call for concerted national action, it almost became that, as the president showed a more personal side to issues about national policy.

See the full story at Georgetowner.com.

Murphy’s Love: Advice on Intimacy and Relationships “Be Different, or Else!”

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“If this is just who I am, and I want to still be married, why can’t we make some kind of agreement?”

70 Years on, Spirit of the Elbe Evoked at Russian Embassy

By G ary Tischler

Among the many 70th anniversary salutes, there was one last week that recalled a time of American and Russian cooperation in defeating Nazi Germany.

ARCCF Executive Director Alexander Potemkin, Amb John Beryle, Susan Eisenhower and Rabbi Arthur Schneier.

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D.C. Cracks Down on Unlicensed Rentals By r o b ert d evaney

Sometimes a house is more than a home.

President Barack Obama at Gaston Hall at Georgetown University May 12.

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The film, based on a New York Times Magazine article, “The Worst Marriage in Georgetown,” will begin production in October, Variety reported.

“Voltage Pictures has come aboard to fully finance and produce the picture, which will be sold at Cannes,” according to Variety. “The film will be produced by Waltz, Erica Steinberg

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(‘Inglorious Basterds’) and Nicolas Chartier. Zev Foreman and Jonathan Deckter will be executive producing for Voltage, alongside M. Janet Hill, who originally optioned the material. The script was written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and playwright David Auburn (‘Proof’).”

Waltz – who appears to be perfectly cast for the film – won Academy Awards for “Inglourious Basterds” and “Django Unchained.” He will make his directorial debut in “The Worst Marriage in Georgetown.” He plays the villain in the James Bond movie, “Spectre,” set for a November release.

Drath and Muth were known around Georgetown for their dinner parties, and moved about in Washington society. In fact, Muth once visited the offices of The Georgetowner to purchase tickets for a benefit. A staffer recalled that he made her feel “uneasy.”

The following is the sad, you-cannot-makethis-stuff-up story, as previously reported in The Georgetowner.

Albrecht Gero Muth was convicted of killing his 91-year-old wife Viola Herms Drath in 2011 in their Q Street home in Georgetown, and given a 50-year prison sentence.

At the April 30, 2014, sentencing, Judge Russell F. Canan of D.C. Superior Court said he found the evidence against Muth “overwhelming” and scoffed at his hunger strikes in the hospital, where Muth remained during the trial and the sentencing, and participated via videoconference. Muth’s lawyer, Dana Page, spoke on his behalf, reading a statement that claimed Muth was innocent and that his wife was killed by Iranian agents.

Drath was found dead in the third-floor bathroom of her home on Q Street on Aug. 12, 2011, after being strangled and beaten.

At the time, medical examiners determined Drath’s death to be a homicide – and not a result of falling, as Muth first contended. There had been no forced entry into the house. He was arrested a few days later on P Street, after being locked out of the house, wandering around the neighborhood and sleeping in nearby Montrose Park.

A veteran journalist, and married previously to an Army colonel, Drath married Muth in 1990.

The couple was known around town for their dinner parties with a mix of political, diplomatic, military and media VIPs. Drath was 44 years older than Muth.

Seen around Georgetown in faux military garb, the cigar-smoking Muth was perceived by neighbors and shopkeepers as an oddball. He said that he was a member of the Iraqi Army –

which the Iraqi government denied. Muth went so far as to have arranged a 2010 ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery for Iraqi Liberation Day. He was also known around government and foundation lobbying circles as Count Albi of the EPG (Eminent Persons Group).

One of Two ‘Good-Looking’ Thieves Arrested

A suspect believed to be one of the two welldressed “beautiful” robbers, who mugged two Georgetown University students at gunpoint, at two locations, has been arrested.

The suspect, Ja’khori Ellerbe, was apprehended by the Georgetown University Police Department around 5 p.m. on May 8, according to GUPD Chief Jay Gruber.

He was reportedly in possession of a silver revolver, which was the weapon used in the robberies that took place on the Georgetown campus.

The robberies occurred on May 6, according to authorities. One robbery took place on the 3700 block of O Street NW around 10 p.m., and the other on the 1000 block of 31st Street NW around 11 p.m.

Ellerbe was charged with two counts of armed robbery and carrying a pistol without a license.

Authorities are still looking for a second suspect involved. The individual has been described as a black female in her 20s, tall, with a thin build and a light complexion. She was wearing a black ball cap.

Another “sharp dressed bandit” was arrested in April in Arlington for committing a series of bank robberies in Dupont Circle, Old Town Alexandria and Ballston. His given name is Sunny Parekh.

Council Members Todd, May Sworn In

The Council of the District of Columbia now stands fulfilled.

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Kesher Israel Synagogue at 28th and N Streets NW. Photo by Paul Simkin. elected in the last several years, including May, Todd, Chair Pro Tempore Kenyan McDuffie of Ward 5, at-large members David Grosso and Elissa Silverman, and Brianne Nadeau and Charles Allen of Ward 6.

The more veteran members of the council include Ward 2’s Jack Evans, the longest serving member of the council, Mendelson, at-large members Vincent Orange and Anita Bonds, Mary Cheh of Ward 3 and Yvette Alexander of Ward 7.

The newest members, Todd and May, have clear ties to Mayor Muriel Bowser. Todd was a former aide to Bowser, and May worked on Bowser’s mayoral campaign. The mayor endorsed both candidates in their council races.

Barry Freundel, former rabbi of Kesher Israel Congregation at 28th and N Streets NW, was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison for voyeurism by Judge Geoffrey Alprin of D.C. Superior Court May 15.

Over a period of years, Freundel secretly videotaped dozens of women during a ritual bath at the Georgetown synagogue.

The 63-year-old Freundel received 45 days in jail for each of the 52 counts of voyeurism.

Prosecutors had asked for a sentence of 17 years in prison. The former religious leader was taken into custody upon his sentencing.

Freundel once led Kesher Israel, a modern Orthodox synagogue, at 2801 N St. NW, five blocks from his home, which was owned by the congregation. He was arrested at the O Street house on Oct. 14, 2014, by the Metropolitan Police Department.

Since 1987, before being fired last year, Freundel had been with the synagogue, which counts among its members former Sen. Joe Lieberman and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew.

OGB: Fix ‘Stucco House’

The Old Georgetown Board wants the house at 3107 Dumbarton St., owned by Alla Bakhtina of Chevy Chase, Md., who has already been penalized $16,000, to be restored to the condition it was in before the illegal construction that occurred last year.

The May 7 OGB meeting listed the extensive changes – including stucco on brick, raised roof and new windows – made without permits. Built in 1898, the house is in the Georgetown Historic District and is thus under federal restrictions from the Commission of Fine Arts.

The Citizens Association of Georgetown, the Georgetown advisory neighborhood commission and the OGB have asked that the Dumbarton Street house be restored to its previous condition.

The homeowner must attend a D.C. hearing to proceed with any further work on the house.

Community Meetings May 21, 5 to 7 p.m.

Georgetown Ambassador Info Session

The Georgetown Business Improvement District needs volunteer Georgetown ambassadors to staff the Georgetown Visitor Center, opening soon.

Ambassadors will assist visitors by giving directions, answering questions and making recommendations. For details, visit georgetowndc.com.

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May 23, 2 p.m.

Unveiling of Peabody Bust

A bust of George Peabody, benefactor of the Georgetown Library’s Peabody Room, a treasure trove of Georgetown history, will be unveiled Saturday, May 23. The bust is the work of Georgetown artist Jeannette Murphy, whose studio is at the Jackson Art School on R Street.

For details, call 202-727-02333. 260 R St. NW.

May 27, 7 p.m.

Citizens Association Annual Meeting

The Citizens Association of Georgetown will hold its annual meeting May 27. The meeting will include the election of officers and the presentation

of CAG awards. For details, visit .cagtown.org.

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June 1, 6:30 p.m.

ANC Monthly Meeting

The Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission will hold its monthly meeting June 1. The agenda is available at anc2e. com. For details, call 202-724-7098. Georgetown Visitation School, Heritage Room, 2nd Floor. 35th Street at Volta Place NW.

June 24, noon GBA Leadership Awards Luncheon

The Georgetown Business Association will honor Wes Foster, co-founder of Long and Foster Real Estate, the largest privately owned real estate company in the country, at this year’s Leadership Awards Luncheon. Join the GBA as it salutes real estate legend Wes Foster for his years of service to the Washington region and the nation. Tickets are $50 for GBA members and $75 for nonmembers. For details, visit georgetownbusiness.org.

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Culture of Traffic, Culture of Transit

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early 60 years and roughly half a trillion inflation-adjusted dollars after President Eisenhower signed the Federal Aid-Highway Act of 1956, most of us spend a significant chunk of our lives on Uncle Ike’s interstates.

Few imagined how the highway system would transform our lives and our nation.

One who did was sociologist and critic Lewis Mumford, who wrote the New Yorker column “The Sky Line.” In addition to attacking highways as destroyers of city neighborhoods (and, in the long run, cities themselves), he deplored the overreliance on the private automobile that would result from such a massive investment: “Now that motorcars are becoming universal, many people take for granted that pedestrian movement will disappear and that the railroad system will in time be abandoned; in fact, many of the proponents of highway building talk as if that day were already here, or if not, they have every intention of making it dawn quickly.”

Any Beltway commuter would recognize Mumford’s 1958 description of the selfdefeating process by which the automobile’s promise of freedom leads to gridlock. Washingtonians – and other Americans in densely populated regions – have embraced a culture of traffic.

Twenty years after the highway act, the first segment of D.C.’s Metrorail system opened (Farragut North to Rhode Island Avenue). Probably the country’s greatest transit initiative of the second half of the 20th century, Metrorail went from a standing start to the second-busiest rapid transit system in the United States.

It’s hard to imagine Washington without it or remember what the city was like before it.

Yet even as Metrorail continues to expand, what was once a world-class system has been allowed to deteriorate and, in certain respects, become obsolete – sometimes (as recently as this past January) with fatal consequences.

The same process is consuming our national rail system, even as ridership increases. Last week’s derailment in Philadelphia – which resulted in eight passenger deaths – is only the most tragic of numerous warning signals. Even if the investigation ends up calling it a case of human error, the incident is a tangle of contributing factors and if-onlys.

To what extent the deficiencies of Metrorail, Amtrak and other rail (and bus) systems are due to inadequate funding, inept management, insufficiently qualified and trained staff and bureaucratic snafus is debatable.

However, all of these conditions are made worse by the absence of a culture of transit: a widely held belief that public transportation is of social and economic value.

Despite the multiplication of services that reduce the reliance on privately owned automobiles, such as Zipcar, Car2Go, Uber, Lyft and Capital Bikeshare; the implementation of bike lanes; and the lower rate of car-ownership among millennials associated with these trends, our obsession with personal vehicles continues to leave public transportation in the dust.

Just how destructive of our time and sanity, not to mention the environment does America’s culture of traffic need to become before a culture of transit – supporting the kind of reliable, efficient and affordable service taken for granted in Europe, Japan and elsewhere – gains traction?

In D.C., Memorial Day Means a Little More

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e are fast coming up on the celebration of Memorial Day, the long weekend that is a signal and a symbol for so many things in the lives of Americans.

In America, Memorial Day means remembering, an ending and a beginning, gatherings at memorials and cemeteries, at parade routes and in your or someone else’s backyard. It means roundthe-clock war movies on Turner Classic Movies.

It means that school’s out, summer is starting and baseball is being played at every level and on many fields in heartland America and here, too.

Every town in America has a cemetery where veterans of our too-many wars are memorialized by headstones, angels and dates, and many towns have their parades – big, medium and small – characterized by the family of man, some distant or recent memories of loss and heroism and by the total lack of self-consciousness of the marchers.

Here in Washington, Memorial Day inevitably means a little more, because we have our

own wall of remembrance here, still reaching out from mirrored stone at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Here are the battle wreaths and theaters of war at the National World War II Memorial, and here and everywhere are busts of men and generals, and the stark, solemn graves on the expanses of green at Arlington National Cemetery.

Generals will come out, and so will the president, and men old and not-so-old will don uniform and medals and roam the grounds near the fountains of the World War II Memorial, their numbers dwindling, the green and brown jackets worn, the grandchildren and greatgrandchildren increasing the multitudes.

This is our national memorial by the pool and the trees, the Korean War platoon still seeming to move uphill with grit, the site of the small World War I Memorial, the picnic lawns and speeches and taps and the current soldiers standing squared away and tall, the newspapers still carrying rumblings of war in far away places.

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Jack Evans Report: Taxes, the Arts, Alleys and Body Cameras

By Jack Evans April and May are busy months for the D.C. Council. Mayor Bowser released her budget request for fiscal year 2016 early in April, and the Council has been undertaking a complete evaluation. Much of the initial review is finished, and I’m happy to share some of the Council’s recommendations.

I’ll start with the Finance and Revenue Committee, which I chair. The committee recommended that the sales and parking tax not be increased in the upcoming budget (as the Mayor had proposed). Our economy – and the revenue that the District government collects in taxes and fees – continue to grow. At a time when the government has more money to spend than ever before, we shouldn’t be raising taxes on residents, instead making sure we are utilizing those funds as appropriately and effectively as possible.

The committee also recommended that the Council find $4 million in additional funding for the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH). Currently, DCCAH is scheduled to receive just $16 million to support programs for our children, artists across the city and the diverse community that makes Washington the most dynamic city in the country. In the nation’s capital, we should commit more than $16 million to this valuable work.

In addition to chairing the Finance and Revenue Committee, I also sit on the Judiciary and Transportation Committees. Both panels have submitted their recommendations to the full Council for review and approval.

about losses as it is about individual sacrifice.

With all unbounded respect, we do not celebrate triumphs and victories and defeats here as if wars were won and lost on playing fields. We respect the memory of people who answered a need and call, for hearth and country, and gave up, not willingly, but with fight and courage, their lives, leaving behind the rest of their unlived lives among us all.

We ought to really think and let it wash over us as we watch the parade, all the proceedings and flags and the tanks and jeeps and the muskets and rifles and politicians among us. There are heroes among us, remembered, and men and women just as heroic, protecting our communities, like policemen who do things right and fall in the line of duty, or D.C. Fire Lt. Kevin McRae, who died just after fighting a fire in Shaw.

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I was disappointed that the Transportation Committee suggested reducing funding for alley and street rehabilitation, while we have alleys all across the city that are literally crumbling. I proposed an amendment to increase the funding by $5 million next year, but despite my vigorous lobbying on the dais, my colleagues rejected the increase. There is still some funding available for alley rehab, and I will continue to push the D.C. Department of Transportation to make sure Ward 2 alleys are being fixed as quickly as possible.

On the Judiciary Committee, the most notable change from the mayor’s proposal was a reduction in funding for police body cameras in the upcoming budget year. Council member Kenyan McDuffie, who chairs the Judiciary Committee, and I both fully support the body cameras. The recommendation is based on limited planning for how the cameras would be deployed and the stillundecided policy on how the footage would be made available to the public and the press.

The mayor has proposed to exempt all of this footage from the District’s open records law, but this significantly undermines our goal of greater accountability and safety. I’ll continue to work to make sure we have a fully funded, accountable body camera program for the District’s police officers.

The next step in the budget process is a review and vote by the entire Council on May 27 at 10 a.m. in the Council Chambers. The hearing will be open to the public and available on television and on the Council’s website. I’ll continue to keep you apprised of updates to the planned use of your tax dollars.

Jack Evans is the Ward 2 Councilmember, representing Georgetown since 1991.

visitors and the folks who live here.

And here they come, the drum and the fife, the blue coats and Billy Yanks, marines and airmen and sailors and grunts. And the people will bring what they died for: the families, the kids, the T-shirts, the car keys and pride, their photo IDs and precious phones and the memories, some of them, of men and women they lost.

The 90 somethings will wander with their families at the memorial, the motorcycles and tanned, grizzled faces from Vietnam, leather vests and ponytails, rolling like thunder.

And then, some part of that time, the old pictures will come out, from a scrapbook or a computer file. There will be a different, sweet and dusty parade in the neighborhood, smoke coming from the barbecue. And on Capitol Hill, they will gather for the yearly concert, and then the long summer commences in familiar heat, and beaches and sparklers and hoses beckon, in a time when the need for heroes remains strong.

At the memorials, at night, they are all at rest, remembered.

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What 20-something, much less a recent college graduate, can afford that rent by herself? I often hear people say that they don’t know how kids these days can afford to live, but this didn’t sound right.

I went home and crunched some numbers.

When I lived in my daughter’s neighborhood 34 years ago, my rent was $875 with an inflation rate of three percent. That same rent would be $2,390 today. I did some more math.

My starting salary was $18,000, which is the equivalent of $49,175 today.

It is any wonder that over the next couple of weeks college graduates all across the country will be accepting jobs, packing their bags and moving back in with their parents?

As parents we have raised our children, begged them to do their homework, sent them packing for college and cheered at their college graduations. After they graduate, it’s time for them move out, pay rent and start contributing to their 401(k), right?

It’s harder than ever for college graduates to find jobs, afford rent and pay off rising student-loan interest rates. Even more worrisome, only one in four Americans has emergency savings. We, their parents, are the primary source of help when our graduates have to deal with emergencies.

This got me thinking. Maybe, if we really want our children to be independent, we should welcome them back home rather than encourage them to move into an apart-

ment they cannot afford without our financial support. Perhaps we are making the biggest parenting mistake of all by helping them with money, rather than with wisdom and experience.

This is the time to help our recent college grads get a head start on their financial future by saving for law school tuition, for a down payment on their first house or for the seed money to launch their own business.

But no matter what it is, make them pay.

If they move back home, mandate that they save the monthly equivalent of rent in the community they want to live in, teach them to maintain a budget, encourage them to sign up for online money-management apps and show them how to grow their credit score.

After a couple months, they will have saved enough money for an emergency fund and to splurge on life experiences. You will have taught them to live within their income, while giving them the tools and understanding to save systematically. Perhaps most important, you have also given yourself the time to get to know your kids as adults, a friendship that you will treasure.

Walking around my old stomping grounds with my successful, financially independent daughter reminded me that parenting sometimes means being flexible. But when you get to watch them set themselves free, it is worth every penny.

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If Alster and Frazer end up moving closer to the canal, they’ll be neighbors with National Public Radio CEO Jarl Mohn, who just moved into the same building. Mohn began his storied media career with almost 20 years as a radio DJ, then jumped to an executive position at MTV in the mid-1980s. Years later, he became president and CEO of E! Entertainment Television, best known these days for “Keeping Up With the Kardashians.” He served stints on the boards of XM Radio and the Southern California ACLU, and currently sits on the boards at ComScore Tina Alster, M.D., and Ambassador Paul Frazer at their N Street home. (a web analytics company), Photo Robert Devaney.

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Another media powerhouse, Fred Ryan, has been living in Georgetown for several years. Ryan, who served as chief of staff to President Ronald Reagan and helped found Politico, transitioned to a new role as publisher of the Washington Post at the end of 2014. He last made news in the neighborhood when he bought the Guards sign that used to identify that famous restaurant, which closed in 2012. The Guards was located at 2915 M St. NW, now the address of Maxime. Ryan lives on Q Street near 30th Street.

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n its 125 years of existence, the Secor Group (formerly known as Security Storage) has been led by just six individuals. Chuck Lawrence, who has been with the company for 26 years, is the sixth.

“We’ve reinvented it, while maintaining its history,” Lawrence said.

Secor recently revamped its logo and marketing campaigns to mark the milestone. But there will be no celebrations until the fall.

“This is our peak season,” he said of the summer. “We won’t have a anniversary party until September.”

A global force, the company operates in New Dehli, Dubai, Belgium, 14 African nations and many other places around the world. About 40 percent of Secor’s business comes from D.C., Maryland, Virginia and Connecticut. With

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its corporate headquarters on Florida Avenue, adjacent to Adams Morgan, Secor has large storage facilities at Dulles Airport and throughout the District, as well as 100,000 square feet of storage in Connecticut.

The company moved both Bush families, the Clintons and the Obamas into the White House.

Its massive logistical operations support not only the movement of possessions, but also complete relocation services, including finding new housing at the destination, helping to close on the current property, locating schools and activities for children and setting up utilities for new homes.

The company motto has evolved along with its services, from “Keeping in safe custody” in the Security Storage days to “Assurance delivered” under the Secor umbrella.

According to Lawrence, it’s the technology at the center of these operations that holds Secor together. Secor is responsible for Vision, the only software that creates a global database to track all elements of moving and relocation services.

This technology proved to be particularly important during the company’s involvement with shipping resources to West African countries on behalf of the U.S. government during the Ebola crisis.

The software allows clients like Bloomberg, Anheuser Busch and the Department of State to monitor the movement of their products and belongings, as well as to stay in constant contact with Secor staff.

Lawrence sees opportunities for growth through the acquisition of other companies.

Secor recently purchased Military One Click, a website that receives two million hits a month and aims to provide military families with news and job listings. The company has also started working with Hiring Our Heros to place veterans in positions throughout its transportation and relocation departments.

“We look to become more actively involved with the military,” Lawrence said.

Locally based and internationally minded, Secor seems to have hit on the perfect formula for continued success. All partnerships are highly integrated.

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You’re on a beach. The sun sparkles on water the deep blue color of lapis lazuli. Palm fronds flap softly in an ocean breeze. These descriptions are the backdrop, but for Vienna, Va.-based swimwear designer Karla Colletto, it’s the women and the swimsuits they wear that bring an idyllic summer setting to life. By Sallie Lewis

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olletto grew up in the town of Wrentham, Massachusetts, on the Rhode Island border. Her grandmother was a seamstress and her grandfather was a tailor. Both inspired her from a young age. She went on to study fashion design, and after graduation was introduced to couture designer Alfred Fiandaca.

“He gave me invaluable hands-on training, taught me the many intricate details that go into creating a couture piece and inspired me to start my own label,” she says. In the beginning, Karla wasn’t drawn directly to swimwear. Rather, she wanted to approach the fashion industry in a smart, progressive way while utilizing the fine dressmaker techniques passed onto her.

In 1981, Karla and Lisa Rovan, her sister and business partner, created a custom design company with pieces ranging from sportswear to bridal gowns. “While I was designing custom pieces for clients, I became intrigued by stretch fabrics and realized that swimwear was overlooked in the world of high fashion.”

Colletto learned to design swimwear through “trial and error,” using the skills of pattern making, grading and sewing to piece a garment together. Rovan had apprenticed with a swimwear contractor in the past, and, together, they honed in on the world of aquatic couture. By 1987, they sold a small collection to Saks Fifth Avenue. The following season, they made additional sales to Bergdorf Goodman.

From the start, Colletto sought to give her designs with an innovative edge. Undoubtedly, one of the distinctions of a Karla Colletto swimsuit is the fabric. “Textiles are always evolving,” she says. “Right now there is a push toward 3D digital printing on fabrics to give an illusion of depth and texture.” Colletto has experience with this technique, and with the use of bonded microfiber, laser-cut details and no sew technologies.

Colletto imports most of her fabrics from Italy. “We are able to buy in smaller quantities, important to our brand since we try to be as ‘green’ as possible by cutting to order and generating little waste,” she says.

For 18 years, she has been working with Eurojersey Sensitive microfiber. Combining the best in eco-friendly manufacturing and fabric longevity (not to mention comfort), this fabric offers up to 10 times more chlorine resistance than traditional swim fabrics, plus UV protection and quick-drying fibers. Additionally, many of the fabrics Colletto uses are made with Xtra Life Lycra, a fiber that resists degradation and has notable recovery performance.

“I like to combine fabrics and components in an out-of-the-box way. I pull, stretch, drape and slice the goods to discover unique textures and patterns,” she says of her approach. She adds that technology has revolutionized the industry. “Fiber and textile technology has transformed swimwear fabrics. They are technical, functional and fashionable, making the design possibilities endless.”

Colletto’s design process is an intricate one and her attention to detail and artistic originality has earned her a name in a competitive industry. “I design with a mix of form, function and high fashion in mind,” she says. “For me, the fit of the swimsuit is just as important as the style.”

She starts with inspirations and concepts, then chooses fabrics and the components for each garment before sketching and draping. She does this until she’s entirely satisfied with the garment’s overall concept.

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After that, she creates the pattern and the first sample of several is made. “Throughout the process, the swimsuit is constantly evolving. And usually what I initially set out to do transforms into something completely different and even better than what I envisioned at the start,” she says.

After she has approved the samples, they go to production. All Karla Colletto swimsuits are made inhouse and rigorously inspected, ensuring the best quality control. Colletto uses dynamic fabrics and tests different patterns and constructions to ensure the best fit, with comfort and durability in mind. “We even continue our quality trend in the smallest pieces of our swimsuits using the best eyelets, underwires, zippers and other components,” she says.

Colletto finds inspiration in myriad places, from modernist paintings to old movies, in classic architecture and the intricate details of a dahlia. Ever the artist, textures and colors in the surrounding world can trigger moments of stimulation and creativity. “It could be a coral dress in a magazine or a piece of coral I find on the beach,” she says. As a Virginia resident working in close proximity to Washington, D.C., Colletto is also inspired by the region’s multicultural landscape and the strong women she designs for.

Who is the Karla Colletto girl? She is “a modern, confident woman who wants to make a fashion statement with her swimwear, whether it’s in her own backyard or while on some exotic getaway,” she says.

“She appreciates good quality and is smart when it comes to the best fit for her body.”

Most people abhor the process of bathing suit shopping – that is, magnifying their own bodily insecurities before mirrored walls and fluorescent lights. Colletto aims in her designs to counteract this tendency.

“It is so important for us to make swimwear that women feel absolutely confident in,” she says. “It’s about finding the right swimsuit for your personality and your body. We like to think our swimwear offers the best of both worlds.” The team constructs each garment with progressive patterns and innovative techniques, while incorporating details such as silent underwires and ruching (gathering or pleating) to enhance the silhouette. Over the years, the designer has noticed swimwear’s burgeoning place in women’s wardrobes, a stylish intertwining of swimwear with ready-to-wear.

“My goal with each swimsuit is to create an innovative, fashion-forward piece without degrading the importance of a tailored fit,” she says, adding, “A swimsuit should be more than just a beautiful piece. It should be a reflection of the wearer herself.”

Colletto’s artistic talents are well known, yet she’s also business savvy, with a shrewd awareness of the marketplace that’s changing around her. “Marketing and advertising have changed incalculably over the years, especially with the advent of social media,” she says. “Our social platforms give us a firsthand connection with our admirers.” Though Colletto’s brand is not currently in the e-commerce game, the designer has plans to enter the online market over the next year or two.

“We want to take the time to do it right and ensure any online shopping endeavors match the quality of our brand,” she says. And when that time comes, Colletto believes that people will confidently buy her swimsuits online, even though that means not trying them on in a dressing room. “Because of the consistency

of our fit, once the customer knows their size, it’s easy for them to buy online,” she says.

In addition to social media, Colletto uses stylish, retro-chic video campaigns to promote her collections, working with Pum and Jake Lefebure, co-founders of D.C. based Design Army, and the talented director and cinematographer Dean Alexander. “Their input and unique approach is a huge part of our brand success in collaboration with our social media platforms,” she says.

Colletto’s branding has an air of whimsy and nostalgia to it, a faint reminder of the past coupled with a strong sense of the future. Her swimsuits manipulate modern fabrics to achieve silhouettes that are unflinchingly fashion-forward, even when influenced by past designs.

“Although my designs have changed over the years, there are some distinctive Karla Colletto details that make our suits recognizable,” she says. The Colletto design team often looks to their own archives for designs that could be taken in a fresh, contemporary direction.

“I continue to experiment, challenge and innovate,” she says of her process. Colletto has been a pioneer in the swimwear industry, utilizing the best of today’s fabrics and manufacturing processes, while defying the limitations of design. This drive and steadfast commitment to originality has garnered recent attention from Elle, InStyle Spain, Glow Magazine and Trillionaire Magazine, to name a few.

Colletto works with retailers both large and small. She recently designed an exclusive swimsuit for Everything But Water in honor of the retailer’s 30th anniversary. The bold red one-piece, triggered by a 1960s photo of model Peggy Moffitt in Rudi Gernreich, features a plunging V-neck with cutouts, crisscrossing bands and strong structural details.

Like the swimsuit, Colletto’s brand is bold, strong and structural, and there’s much still ahead for the company. In addition to adding e-commerce to the business model, Colletto hopes to expand her brand into active wear and sportswear in the future. In the meantime, however, Karla Colletto’s swimwear offers women everywhere the opportunity to suit up in style this summer. Go ahead – take the plunge.

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Barbara Rohde/Karen Washburn 703-867-9457/703-598-2841 Great Falls Office 703-759-9190

Exquisite home in coveted Langley Farms! Designed and built to highest standards, expansive, dramatic and luxurious. Main level master bedroom wing. Resort-style pool framed by lush landscaping.

5 Bedrooms, 5 Baths, 2 Powder Rooms.

Jane Peil/Great Falls Office 703-403-2917/703-759-9190

Charming 3BR, 2BA home in West Village on one-way street close to shops, restaurants, & GU. Original WD flrs, exposed brick, open flr plan w/new European kit & high-end SS appl. New bathrooms. Bright, LL w/ walk-out to charming garden & patio.

Scott Polk/Georgetown Office 202-256-5460/202-944-8400

$920,000

Gorgeous new listing in Turnberry Tower! 1BR +Den, 2FB w/European flair. State-of-the-art Miele appl, Sub-Zero, Snaidero Italian cabs, Jacuzzi, Italian marble, recessed lights, bamboo flrs, 254 SF priv bal, 24-HR desk, valet parking, pool & gym. Pure Luxe!

Bridgit Fitzgerald/Woodley Park Office 202-812-8281/202-483-6300

Italian Renaissance revival with 5 bedrooms, 6.5 bathrooms, 3-car garage, 3 fireplaces, fabulous master bedroom/master bath – ALL NEW. Nathan Carnes/Miller Chevy Chase Office 202-321-9132

Beautifully expanded & extensively renovated 3BR, 3.5BA home that has been transformed with new bathrooms, kitchen, 2 large family rooms, fabulous millwork, loads of windows & beautiful wooded views.

Miller Spring Valley Office 202-362-1300

Brookland, Washington, DC

$549,000

Total renovation w/expansion – elegant open LR, DR, new gourmet kitchen w/granite/SS/breakfast bar. Wood floors, recessed lighting, crown molding & all new baths. MBR suite w/private BA w/jetted tub. Finished LL w/office, FBA, laundry, & walk-out. Deck & fenced yard.

Friendship Heights Office 202-364-5200

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McLean, Virginia

$1,799,000

Wesley Heights, Washington, DC

$1,695,000

Chevy Chase, Washington, DC

$1,119,000

Foxhall Village, Washington, DC

$1,065,000

Major price adjustment. Elegant all-brick home on 5 acres w/5BR, 5BA’s, 2-story grand foyer, theater, heated pool. Large master bedroom with gas fireplace. Enjoy the comforts of a stunning home and the serenity of the surrounding nature!

Wendy Gowdey/Foxhall Office 202-258-3618/202-363-1800

Great price for 5BR, 3BA Mid-Century home featuring almost 5,000 SF of space w/designer kitchen w/adjoining family room plus loads of big rooms & attached garage. Close to Rock Creek Park, access to Downtown, Bethesda & Silver Spring.

Chevy Chase Uptown 202-364-1300

Stately diplomatic residence in sought-after Wesley Heights! Stunning views of Glover Park! 6BR, 3FB, 2HB center-hall brick Colonial – 4 fin levels. Exquisite architectural detail, large light-filled rooms, high ceilings, perfect for entertaining.

Miller Bethesda Office 301-229-4000

Wonderfully finished 5BR, 3BA Tudor Townhome. Overlooks Glover -Archbold Park. New, open design kitchen, dining room adjoins breakfast, family room and deck. Third floor master suite with arched ceilings.

Finished lower level. Garage.

Scott Polk/Georgetown Office 202-256-5460/202-944-8400

Georgetown, Washington DC

$1,650,000

Stunning 2BR, 2.5BA renovated Federal TH in Georgetown’s East Village. Lower level den could be third bedroom. Granite and SS kitchen, separate dining room. Spectacular view of gorgeous rear garden from large, light-infused living room.

Helen Lyons/Georgetown Office 202-439-3696/202-944-8400

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Wesley Heights, Washington, DC

$530,000

Large, sun-filled 2BR, 2BA unit at The Towers. 1,478 SF of space with living room, separate dining room, balcony. Amenities galore with front desk, hair salon, dry cleaners, bus at front door & close to shops, restaurants and Georgetown.

Mary Jo Nash/Foxhall Office 202-258-4004/202-363-1800

Capitol Hill, Washington, DC

$519,000

MUST SEE spacious row house with full basement and parking! Large living room, generous dining room, open kitchen, 3BR, 1BA Up, lower level with BR/Den and half bath. Charming front porch and large rear patio.

Julie Roberts 202-276-5854 Chevy Chase Office 202-363-9700

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Rosé Colored Glasses at the Red Hen

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By Sall ie L ew i s hat happens when an innovative winemaker partners with one of D.C.’s hottest restaurants? A custom wine is born.

That’s exactly what occurred when Michael Shaps Wineworks of Charlottesville, Virginia, paired up with the Red Hen. The new arrival is named Dahlia, a vanity label of rosé wine.

Virginia viticulture grows stronger every year, thanks, in part, to producers like Shaps. Making wine in Virginia since 1995, Shaps started a wine consulting business in 2000. In 2007, he launched his own independent winery, focusing on small-batch production.

Prior to his Virginia winemaking days, Shaps’s interests were in Burgundy, France, where he earned a BPA in oenology and viticulture from the Lycée Viticole de Beaune and worked at Chartron and Trebuchet in Puligny-Montrachet as an assistant wine maker. Since 2004, he’s been a partner in the boutique Maison Shaps Winery in Meursault.

unique that would complement their summer menu, they knew just the person to call. Sebastian Zutant, co-owner of the Red Hen with the restaurant’s sommelier and beverage director, has known Shaps for many years.

“He’s one of the pillars of Virginia wine,” said Zutant, adding that Shaps is “more of a naturalist” when it comes to local winemakers.

For example, his wines utilize natural yeast fermentation.

On March 23, after working with Shaps, the Red Hen’s Dahlia rosé launched, with the namesake flower on the label. “Stylistically it’s a very different rosé,” said Zutant.

Strawberry-driven with red fruit flavors, the wine is pale in color: blush with a light orange tint. “It’s a hard-to-say-no-to, knock-back rosé,” he said.

The wine’s easy drinkability and fair price-point ($10 a glass, $40 a bottle) has made it a strong seller. It pairs particularly well with lighter fare, from scallops to fish. Zutant suggests trying it with the restaurant’s black linguini with squid; the dish’s pickled Fresno chilies add heat, but the wine’s crispness cools the palate.

“I’m definitely going to be making more next year,” said Zutant.

Sebastian Zutant the co-owner and sommelier at The Red Hen.

Michael Shaps. Photo by Kim Veillon.

Shaps travels to France every other month and enjoys applying Burgundy winemaking philosophies to his Virginia business.

Ordinarily, all the traveling back and forth would be exhausting, but Shaps is clearly doing what he loves. “The passion of winemaking keeps me grounded,” he said.

Unique to Shaps’s impressive portfolio is his contract winemaking service and custom crush facility, the first of its kind in the state.

With this service, independent growers and individuals interested in making their own wine can work with Shaps and his team from start to finish to create something unique, from sourcing grapes to designing a label and bottling for distribution. With access to Virginia’s finest vineyards, the team has many grape varieties to work with – from Chardonnay to Cabernet Franc to Viognier.

When the Red Hen in D.C.’s historic Bloomingdale neighborhood was looking to create a spring-to-summer rosé, something

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Shaps Pairings in Great Falls On April 28, the celebrated L’Auberge Chez Francois in Great Falls celebrated Michael Shaps with a special five-course meal prepared by chef Jacques Haeringer, each course paired with Michael Shaps and Maison Shaps wines.

A grilled breast of chicken with morel mushrooms paired beautifully with a Maison Michael Shaps Savigny-Les-Beaune 1er Cru from 2012. Shaps actually lived in the French village of Savigny at one time. The wine he chose showcased the true essence of Burgundy Pinot Noir, with the firm tannins characteristic to the village.

Next, a roasted and coffee-crusted filet mignon with Bordelaise sauce was paired with a Michael Shaps Petit Verdot from 2010. This dark, inky wine brought diners back to Virginia and exuded blackberry notes with coffee and cocoa.

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Your Dining Guide to Washington DC’s Finest Restaurants

1789 RESTAURANT

Bistro Francais

BISTROT LEPIC & WINE BAR

THE GRILL ROOM

CAFE BONAPARTE

1226 36th St., NW 202–965–1789 1789restaurant.com

3124-28 M St., NW 202–338–3830 bistrofrancaisdc.com

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.

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. In addition to daily specials, our specialties include our famous Poulet Bistro (tarragon rotisserie chicken), Minute Steak Maitre d’Hotel (steak and pomme frites), Steak Tartare, freshly prepared seafood, veal, lamb and duck dishes and the best Eggs Benedict in town.

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 every day for lunch and dinner.

Now serving brunch Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m.–3 p.m.

Reservations suggested.

Tucked up along the historic C&O Canal, a national park that threads through the Georgetown neighborhood, The Grill Room at Capella Washington, D.C., specializes in hand-cut, bone-in, artisan meats, bracingly fresh seafood and tableside preparations. Framed with a wall of floor-to-ceiling windows and fluid geometric lines, the ambiance is one of relaxed refinement.

Captivating customers since 2003, Cafe Bonaparte has been dubbed the “quintessential” European café, featuring award-winning crepes and arguably the “best” coffee in D.C.! Other can't-miss attractions are the famous weekend brunch every Saturday and Sunday until 3 p.m. and our late-night weekend hours serving sweet and savory crepes until 1 a.m.

We look forward to calling you a “regular” soon!

DAS Ethiopian

ENO Wine Bar

Filomena Ristorante

Visit ENO Wine Bar and enjoy wine flights, charcuterie, cheese, chocolate & seasonal small plates. ENO offers 100 bottles under $50 & 45 wines by the glass starting at $9. The ENO Experience is perfect for a pre-theater meal or try our dessert wine & chocolate flights after.

Filomena is a Georgetown landmark that has endured the test of time for over 30 years. Our old-world cooking styles and recipes brought to America by the early Italian immigrants alongside the culinary cutting-edge creations of Italy’s foods of today executed by our Executive Chef and his team. Open 7 days a week 11:30am11:00pm. Free salad bar with any lunch entrée Mon-Sat and try our spectacular Sunday Brunch Buffet complete with carving stations, pasta stations!

Clyde's of Georgetown 3236 M St., NW 202–333–9180 clydes.com

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.

1201 28TH ST., NW

202–333–4710 dasethiopian.com DAS Ethiopian offers you a cozy twostory setting, with rare outside dining views and al fresco patio dining. DAS is located at the eclectically brilliant historic corner of the internationally renowned shopping district of Georgetown.

A tent under which all come to feast is the very Amharic definition of DAS. From neighborhood diners, nearby students and journalists to international visitors and performers, all enjoy the casual but refined atmosphere that serves up the freshest Ethiopian dishes from local and sustainable food sources.

1736 Wisconsin Ave., NW 202–333–0111 bistrotlepic.com

2810 Pennsylvania Ave., NW 202–295–2826 enowinerooms.com

Monthly Sunday Wine Classes & ENOversity’s with local producers Wine down Sun –Thurs from 5 pm -7 pm. Select wine on tap $5 Mon 5pm -11 pm; Tues- Thurs 5 pm 12 am; Fri & Sat 4 pm – 1 am Sun 4 pm - 11pm

1050 31ST ST., NW 202-617-2424 thegrillroomdc.com

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

Brunch Sat.-Sun. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

1063 Wisconsin Ave., NW 202–338–8800 filomena.com

1522 Wisconsin Ave., NW 202–333–8830 cafebonaparte.com

Malmaison

3401 K ST.,NW 202–817–3340 malmaisondc.com Malmaison opened in June 2013 and features elegant French dining in Washington D.C’s historic Georgetown waterfront. Housed in a majestically refurbished industrial warehouse reminiscent of NYC’s Meatpacking District, the modern restaurant, pastry shop and event lounge features the culinary talents of legendary 2 Michelin Starred French Chef Gerard Pangaud and Pastry Chef Serge Torres (Le Cirque NYC).

Advertise your dining Martins Tavern

1264 Wisconsin Ave., NW 202–333–7370 martinstavern.com Don't let the beer fool you, it's a compliment to your dining experience.

Since 1933, the warm atmosphere of Martin’s Tavern has welcomed neighbors and world travelers looking for great food, service and years of history within its walls. Fourth generation owner Billy Martin, Jr., continues the tradition of Washington’s oldest familyowned restaurant.

Serving Brunch until 4 p .m.

7 days a week!

SEA CATCH Restaurant

1054 31st St., NW 202–337–8855 seacatchrestaurant.com Overlooking the historic C&O Canal, we offer fresh seafood simply prepared in a relaxed atmosphere. Outdoor dining available.

The Sea Catch will be open on Sundays, serving Brunch and dinner.

Sunday Brunch 11:30 - 3:00 Sunday Dinner 5:00 - 8:00 Lunch / Monday- Saturday 11:30 - 3:00 Dinner/ Monday- Saturday 5:30 - 10:00 Happy Hour Monday- Friday 5:00 - 7:00 3 Hours FREE Parking

THE OCEANAIRE 1201 F St., NW 202–347–2277 theoceanaire.com

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.

Lunch Mon.–Fri. 11:30 a.m.–5 p.m.

Dinner Mon.–Thu. 5–10 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 5–11 p.m., Sun. 5–9 p.m.

TOWN HALL

2340 Wisconsin Ave., NW 202-333-5640 townhalldc.com Situated just north of Georgetown on Wisconsin Ave, Town Hall has been a neighborhood mainstay in Glover Park since 2005. Whether you’re popping in for dinner, drinks, or weekend brunch, Town Hall is the spot you’ll want to call home to Gulp, Gather & Grub.

Free parking is available nightly after 7PM, and during warmer months, our outdoor courtyard is one of DC’s best kept secrets.

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Middleburg’s Magnetism

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By Sall ie L ew i s ust 50 miles west of Washington, D.C., sits the historic town of Middleburg, Virginia, celebrated for its horse and hunt country. Driving west, the roads become slimmer as they thread through lush countryside; overhead, the treetops converge into a trellised canopy. Near and far, jagged rock walls and white fences section off sprawling estates.

Virginia’s communal culture prides itself on the state’s land, history and sporting traditions, all of which pervade Middleburg. Visitors and locals alike can enjoy the outdoors by hiking, biking and bird-watching, go to horse races and polo matches, try local wines and shop for antiques.

In an age in which e-commerce and department store giants dominate, Middleburg’s quaint boutiques offer a welcome respite.

At Foxfire Gallery and Antiques, owner Kathy Alexander sits in a space that is itself a jewel box of precious European antiquities and objets d’art. In the center of the store, open for two years as of this month, a large skylight bathes the treasures below in natural light.

Originally from New Orleans, Alexander seeks out these items in France and England: angel statues, heavy tapestries, trumeau mirrors and delicate tiaras, nesting amid old books on a shelf of carved wood.

The shop’s loveliness springs from its contrasts of color and texture: rosemary candles, green topiaries and boxwood wreaths, etched hurricanes and crystal chandeliers. It is a study in chalky whites and dusty blues. In the back,

a large wooden armoire filled with Fortuny pillows stands adjacent to a beautiful 1920s French birdcage with white doves cooing inside.

The immensely popular women’s clothing and accessories shop Lou Lou first opened its doors in Middleburg in the summer of 2004.

Another town favorite is Crème de la Crème, a classic home-goods store that exudes comfort in the familiarity of its objects, from pretty mirrors and candles to colorful glassware and paperweights.

Crème de la Crème’s small paperie invites rummagers to peruse the walls of cheeky cards, journals, photo albums and coffee table books.

Most popular? The store’s array of French linens and Italian pottery.

J. McLaughlin is the newest shop to open for business on Middleburg’s charming streets.

For lodging, the Red Fox Inn in the heart of town is not to be missed. For a more rural, yet luxurious experience, venture a few miles to the Goodstone Inn, a country retreat set on 265 acres.

Goodstone’s owner, Mark Betts, a lawyer turned hotelier, bought the estate for his family in 1996. To maintain it, he began renting the property’s existing structures until he was eventually approached about starting a B&B. The inn formally opened in 1999, and their awardwinning gourmet restaurant followed in 2005.

Restaurant manager Mimi Schneider proudly says that much of the food – from eggs to vegetables and herbs – are culled daily on the property, keeping true to the farm-to-table concept.

June 1st thru June 7th

A welcoming block of boutiques in Middleburg. Photo Tripadvisor.

Classic Virginia: the grounds of the Goodstone Inn. Courtesy Goodstone Inn.

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In country “You’ve got to try the omelets here,” said Mark, touting Goodstone’s Sunday brunch. The team has also grown their wine program considerably over the years, with nearly 500 labels now available. Wine dinners are offered every other month. On June 23, the restaurant will host a dinner celebrating the wines of Bourgogne.

The team behind Goodstone Inn just opened a sister property in Costa Rica, an eco-lodge called Playa Cativo.

A short drive from Goodstone is the new Salamander Resort and Spa, a 340-acre equestrian estate in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The interiors are elegant and airy, yet there is a certain whimsicality, evidenced in the life-size chess set that stands on the back lawn. The resort – open since August 2013 – has 168 rooms, a world-class 23,000-square-foot spa, a private dining facility in a 150-year-old stallion barn, the Gold Cup Wine Bar, a full service equestrian center with instructional classes available and an attractive Virginiathemed restaurant called Harrimans.

With a new general manager, Reggie Cooper, Salamander is prepared for a full summer season. To start it off, every Friday from May 22 to Aug. 21, the resort’s Culinary Garden will host a Farm-To-Wine Summer Music Series with live music and food and wine from local growers.

Upcoming Events:

• 56th Annual Hunt Country Stable Tour, May 23-24 • Zip Line Under the Stars with Empower Adventures, May 22-24 and June 5-6

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The Manor House at the Goodstone Inn. Courtesy Goodstone Inn.

• 162nd Upperville Colt and Horse Show, June 1-7 • Greenhill Wine and Vineyards Concert on the Lawn Series, Fridays from May 8 to Sept. 25 • Great Meadow Polo Club’s Twilight Polo, Saturdays from May 9 to Sept. 19

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TYSONS CORNER IS BOOMING

By Ca it l in F ranz

Hyatt Regency Hotel. Photo courtesy Hyatt Regency Hotel.

“Welcome to Tysons. America’s Next Great City.” So reads the sign as you enter the Fairfax County, Virginia, revitalized commercial and business center on the border of McLean and Vienna.

The Plaza

Metrorail’s new Silver Line runs directly to the hub of activity. An overpass allows visitors to cross to The Plaza, with entrances to the Hyatt Regency, which opened in April, and the Tysons Corner Center mall. The Plaza itself is an entertainment venue, with a playground, Giant Jenga, a large chessboard and cornhole. It also hosts live music and a farmers’ market.

The Stores

Tysons is home to a wide variety of stores, including Lord and Taylor, Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Nordstorm, L.L. Bean, Old Navy, the Gap,

Victoria’s Secret and Everything But Water. Some highlights for children include American Girl and the Disney and Lego stores. Dining options are scattered throughout the mall: Haagen-Dazs Café, Coastal Flats, Shake Shack, Luciano, Chipotle, Brio Tuscan Grille and more. Visitors can top off the experience by catching a movie on the third level of the complex at the AMC Theatres’ Tysons Corner 16 near the food court.

The Hyatt

“We were built as an amenity to the mall, but it goes well beyond that with all the businesses coming into the area,” says Dan Amato, general manager of the Hyatt Regency, who has worked for Hyatt for 39 years. This is his 15th hotel and his fifth opening.

Many elements of the hotel’s design are inspired by fashion and the close proximity to the mall. The glittering light fixtures in the lobby,

The Tower Club, Reinvented By ri c ha rd S ELD E N

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Reserve, the new restaurant at the Tower Club. Photo courtesy Tower Club.

o experience the Tower Club Tysons Corner, go to the Towers Crescent building and take the elevator to the 14th floor. Then – if you’re a Tower Club member, a ClubCorp member, a member of D.C.’s City Club or attending a private event – take a second elevator to the 17th floor.

General Manager Kara Carmichael discovered only recently that the Towers Crescent architects added that separate trip to the top by design – as a symbolic ascent to the building’s exclusive upper floors.

That “you have arrived” feeling was recently taken up a notch with the completion of the Tower Club’s $2.2 million renovation. But don’t call it a renovation around Carmichael. To her, it was a “reinvention.”

The grand reopening of the 25-year-old

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club was Jan. 8, with work continuing. The Reinvention Celebration took place April 16.

Gone are the staid hues of an earlier time.

The former color scheme of dark woods and fabrics has been swapped out for a palette of light, contemporary colors. New furniture – and upgraded Wi-Fi – is suited to the modern business environment.

The new facilities include a Work Zone; the Touchdown Rooms, for four-to-five-person meetings; and the Crescent Lounge, a new “anytime bar.” The Lobby Lounge has been refreshed and the outdoor terrace dining area – with 360-degree views – expanded.

The name of the club’s new upscale restaurant, Reserve, is a play both on restaurant reservations and the term for a specially aged vintage.

The wine selection is extensive and impressive.

leading from the check-in desk to the elevators, are modeled after women’s tennis bracelets. A series of hanging lights by the ballroom incorporate pearl-like orbs to mimic earrings.

Amato takes prides in the unique characteristics of this hotel. “There’s not one like it in our portfolio,” he says. The hotel features a large ballroom perfect for conferences, as well as several other meeting rooms.

The corporate lounge area is cozy with books and knickknacks surrounding comfy chairs and coffee tables. Coffee and drinks are available all day long; breakfast foods are served in the morning and hors d’oeuvres in the evening.

Bushel and Barrel, the restaurant inside the Hyatt, was created specifically for the Tysons location. The menu offers classic American favorites with a twist, as well as 22 craft beers from local breweries. “There’s a lot of character in every dish,” Amato says.

The interior is modern and clean with just a touch of rustic charm. High glass ceilings and transparent walls create an open and relaxed environment. Beer kegs are on display. The wood tables have stools that swing out on a hinge for seating, but otherwise remain invisibly tucked underneath. Terrace dining, which looks out on The Plaza, is also available and a private dining room can be booked for events.

Vita

Vita, a new luxury apartment building, is opening at Tyson’s Corner Center. The 30-story building is filled with studios, one-bedroom, two-bedroom and penthouse apartments. There is a rooftop pool with cabanas, a sky lounge with an indoor/outdoor cantina and an all-season outdoor terrace with grills. The official opening will take place by the fall, but leasing has begun.

Judging from social media, the reinvention has been a hit: “awesome” (the renovation), “stellar” (the menu), “top notch” (the experience). “The only downside was that I’m more accustomed to this in Los Angeles than Northern Virginia…made me homesick,” wrote one reviewer.

Of course, one of the goals was to add members, especially younger and female. The club has more than 1,200 members and, gratifyingly, those who have joined in the past year include a higher percentage of millennials and women than the overall membership.

Another attraction for younger business people and entrepreneurs is the ramped up calendar of events. Coming up, among others: a Bourbon & Bacon Dinner on May 27; Network After Work, hosted by the Young Executive Society on June 3; and a Harvest Cooking Class with Executive Chef Marc Wilson on June 15.

Carmichael, who came to the Tower Club in May 2014 from nearby Chef Geoff’s, pointed

out the appeal in today’s business world of giving back. The club is raising money to buy 500 backpacks from Stillbrave, the club’s charity of the year for 2015, for Fairfax County kids with a cancer diagnosis.

Two private events directors are on staff to build that side of the business, including wedding receptions. The Tower Club received five stars in the Weddingwire 2015 Couples’ Choice Awards.

As noted above, the Tower Club has reciprocity with D.C.’s City Club, and members have access to clubs nationwide through its affiliation with Dallas-based ClubCorp, the owner-operator of more than 200 private golf, country, business and alumni clubs, which recently acquired Sequoia Golf.

All in all, the 26 members of the Tower Club’s Advisory Board of Governors should congratulate themselves on a job well done.

Transported to the reinvented club, Don Draper of “Mad Men” would probably approve of everything but the business casual dress code.

Tower Club GM Kara Carmichael oversaw the club's recent "reinvention." Photo Paul Simkin.

The Tower Club's calendar include numerous wine events.

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Back to the Mediterranean for Evo Bistro

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By Sall i e Le w i s

ith cranes animating the Tysons Corner skyline, the Silver Line extension and a new Hyatt Regency, it’s clear that the area is experiencing a major facelift.

Just three miles away, in McLean, Virginia, another facelift is underway at Evo Bistro. The restaurant, which opened in 2007, has gone through a succession of leadership changes over the years, but the original owner and executive chef, Driss Zahidi, is back, restoring the restaurant’s authentic Mediterranean character.

Zahidi was born and raised in Casablanca, Morocco, a city that exhibits a variety of culinary styles and influences. The oldest of five children, he regularly helped his mother in the kitchen. By the time he was in high school, he landed his first job as a line cook. After college, he got a master’s degree in physics and spent a year working in France as a chemical engineer before returning to his passion for cooking.

In 2000, Zahidi moved to the United States, relocating to Washington, D.C., after a brief stint in New York. He worked in a number of commercial kitchens before co-founding Evo Bistro.

Zahidi’s goal since the beginning was to serve elegant, upscale Mediterranean cuisine alongside an extensive wine list, which he did until 2011.

At that time, Zahidi left Evo Bistro, which slowly moved away from its Mediterranean roots.

In February of this year, Zahidi’s ambition to restore Evo Bistro to its original concept became a reality when he resumed ownership and the executive chef position. He also continues to operate Le Mediterranean Bistro in Fairfax, a French Moroccan restaurant, which he opened in 2013.

At a recent Evo Bistro lunch, the atmosphere was relaxed and inviting. The open dining room was bathed in natural light and accented with colorful artwork by Buck Nelligan. The menu has shifted back to a Mediterranean montage of dishes influenced by Spanish, French, Italian and Moroccan flavors. Tapas range from garlic shrimp with white wine sauce to lightly fried artichokes with jalapeno aioli, sweet peppers stuffed with wild mushrooms and savory goat cheese and saffron paella.

Above: Paella is a specialty of Evo Bistro. Left: A shrimp and peppers dish comes to the table in a skillet. Photos courtesy Evo Bistro.

“Back home we used to have paella weekly,” said Zahidi of his Moroccan upbringing. The restaurant now has three paella dishes to choose from: a vegetable version, rich with piquillo peppers, spring squash and asparagus; a chicken and chorizo rendition with wild mushrooms and peas; and a seafood interpretation with mussels, shrimp and scallops.

The menu’s diverse flavor portfolio

complements the diverse wine selection for which Evo is known. In addition to this impressive wine list, Evo Bistro also has a retail wine shop, with every bottle on the list available for purchase either individually or by the case. Guests can call ahead and pick up their order or simply take it home after their lunch or dinner.

Since Zahidi’s return, every day at Evo Bistro is a cause for celebration. Tuesday is Spanish Night, with a variety of paella specials plus 25 percent off Spanish wine bottles. On Thursdays, diners get 50 percent off select Champagne bottles, and on Mondays and Wednesdays until 9 p.m., and Fridays at lunch,

guests get 50 percent off featured wines.

Additionally, from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Monday through Friday, Evo has happy hour in their bar and lounge that includes $5 and $6 drink specials, plus $6 and $9 tapas. The workweek lunch special is also not to be missed, with three tapas plates for $12.

Evo Bistro sits in the crosshairs of a fastgrowing region, and Driss Zahidi’s return helped sharpen the restaurant’s focus while restoring its originality. Evo Bistro has successfully revamped its look and reclaimed its identity as McLean’s premier destination for Mediterranean cuisine.

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Body & soul

Don’t Show Your Age this Summer

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By C ha rl e ne L ouis o here’s the good news: the weather is warming up, and we are showing more skin. The bad news is: it’s warming up and we are showing more skin.

All of this past winter’s dry air has likely left you with dull skin. Your skin may not look as fresh as you recall from last summer, and as we get older the effect is more severe.

Taking care of our skin should be a bigger priority. Just about everything that you do to your skin during the course of your lifetime will leave some lasting impression, but the internal aging process is something that happens naturally.

Wrinkles, thinning, sagging and dryness are all part of this process. Exposure to the sun definitely ages your skin. But, there is help.

As Dr. Tina B. West, M.D., of the West Institute, says, “Think Maintenance Instead of Surgery.™” West, founder of the West Institute for Skin, Laser and Body Contouring, is a board certified dermatologist. Since 1996, she has been a leading expert in non-invasive and minimally invasive procedures for facial rejuvenation and maintenance.

“If you ignore your skin, you’re going to suffer the consequences of having to do a major overhaul down the road – whether to address cosmetic issues like sagging, wrinkles and brown

Dr. Tina B. West, M.D., of the West Institute

spots, or more importantly, skin cancers that may require extensive surgery to remove,” says West.

West is an expert in minimally invasive techniques to maintain the health and appearance of skin of the face and body in women and men.

The doctor uses the most advanced techniques in fillers, Botox, and laser surgery to achieve and maintain youthful, healthy skin for life.

As we get older, Elastin and collagen, the proteins that keep your skin strong and elastic, are produced more slowly. And you can’t stop these changes from happening. The West Institute offers services that allow for the face to stimulate the body to produce new collagen, thereby replacing volume and restoring contours to a fuller, more youthful appearance.

Sculptra is a facial injectable that produces subtle results over time. It is long-lasting, but not a quick fix, and requires three treatments, on average, over a few months. Sculptra is not a wrinkle-filler, but rather a volumizer. It is not used directly in lines and folds, but is placed in multiple areas of the face in an attempt to address the volume loss that leads to their appearance.

Sculptra helps the body replace the lost collagen that diminishes as we age.

That dreaded fuzz, endearingly known as “peach fuzz,” vellus hair makes applying makeup difficult and is a sure telltale of one’s age. Vellus

hair is tough to remove permanently, but there are a few things you can do to temporarily eliminate its appearance. The West Institute offers dermaplaning, which helps reveal radiant, healthier skin – and removes the dreaded fuzz!

Though only temporary, it will leave your skin glowing, without any redness or irritation.

Dermaplaning is a quick, non-invasive, painless procedure in which surface dead skin cells and vellus hairs are manually scraped away. Dermaplaning requires absolutely no recovery time. It increases cellular turnover, smoothes and softens skin, and provides immediate results.

To learn more about other services offered by the West Institute, visit www.westskinlaser.com.

The West Institute; 5530 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 925, Chevy Chase, Md. Here are some other helpful tips to make sure you don’t show your age this summer: Exfoliate, scrub and rub Tip: After you exfoliate, make sure to follow up with a hydrating body cream to seal in moisture.

Make H2O your friend Tip: Make sure to drink 8-ounce glasses of plain, filtered water every day to help maintain critical moisture balance of the body and skin. Keep in mind, if you drink caffeinated beverages, you will need to increase you water intake!

The Truth About Standing Desks

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By Josef Br an d enburg tanding desks are becoming increasingly popular as the idea that “sitting is the new smoking” gains popularity.

By replacing sitting with standing, the thinking goes, you are counteracting the risks of sedentary office work. There is some truth to this, but it’s important to have the whole story, including guidance on how to safely transition to a standing desk.

Problems With Sitting Sitting is not the problem. But sitting for extended periods of time (60 to 90 minutes or more) without a break seems to lead to tight hips, poor circulation and decreased insulin sensitivity. The decreased insulin sensitivity increases diabetes risk and may result in weight gain or difficulty in losing weight.

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better hydrated and you’ll be forced to take walking breaks. Research indicates that as little as two minutes of walking per hour of sitting is enough to reduce your risk of disease.

• Set an alarm to alert you to get up every 50 to 60 minutes. Besides reducing the risks of extended sitting, these breaks help your brain work better. Mini breaks – especially with movement – help people process information and solve problems that have become frustrating.

A best-selling author and fitness expert with 16 years of experience, Josef Brandenburg owns The Body You Want club in Georgetown. Information about his 14-Day Personal Training Experience may be found at TheBodyYouWant.com.

Proper Stand-Up Desk Transition • Get an adjustable desk. You want to be able to go from standing to sitting when your body needs a break, or for tasks requiring greater concentration. Without the ability to make these transitions – especially in the beginning – you put yourself at a very high risk of injury.

• Stand on a pad. Most offices have thin flooring over concrete, so having something soft will help reduce the risk of foot, back and knee pain.

Alternatives to a Stand-Up Desk If you decide a stand-up desk isn’t for you, but still want to break up your sitting time, here are two simple suggestions: • Keep and drink more water at your desk.

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summer arts

Performing Arts

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Sofia Jean Gomez as Elmire and Steven Epp as Tartuffe in Berkeley Repertory’s 2015 production of Molière’s "Tartuffe," coming to the Shakespeare Theatre. Photo by Kevin Berne/Berkeley Rep. usic and theater continue through the summer in the D.C. area, though the level of activity and the list of venues change. A sampling of seasonal highlights follows.

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at the National Theatre (June 9 – 21). And last, and perhaps not least, there’s “Zombie: The American,” a political satire by Robert O’Hara, directed by Howie Shalwitz, at (where else?)

Woolly Mammoth (May 25 – June 21).

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Fear not, theater fans, there are still plenty of plays to be seen between Memorial Day and Labor Day. A new version of Tom Stoppard’s take on two clueless characters from “Hamlet,” “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,” will be at the Folger Theatre (through June 21). Studio Theatre’s Second Stage will be host to “Mary-Kate Olsen Is in Love,” directed by D.C. actress and star Holly Twyford (June 3-21), and the nicely titled “Silence! The Musical,” directed by Keith Alan Baker (July 15 – Aug. 9). Signature Theatre has brought back a new production of “Cabaret,” directed by Matthew Gardiner with Wesley Taylor as your host (through June 28). Moliere’s classic “Tartuffe” is the end-of-season offering at the Shakespeare Theatre (June 2 – July 5), which brings us to “The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife” by Charles Busch, master of the outrageous satirical romp, at Theater J (June 3 – July 5). The Kennedy Center brings back “The Book of Mormon” to the Opera House (June 16 – Aug. 16), and the sweet and Tony Award-winning musical “Once” to the Eisenhower (June 7 – Aug. 15). Speaking of music, there’s Disney’s Broadway hit “Newsies”

During the summer, no venue can quite match the sheer variety of performance offerings than the folks at the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts at the Filene Center. From the National Symphony Orchestra and Wolf Trap Opera to oldies-but-still-goodies to country to jazz to dance, Wolf Trap has something for just about everyone. Probably unique to Wolf Trap is the annual Louisiana Swam Romp, which brings Louisiana and Cajun-flavored music from the likes of the Pine Leaf Boys and Allen Toussaint (June 7). The National Symphony Orchestra will perform the ever-popular Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, with Emanuel Ax playing Brahms (June 21). Trekkie Alert! The NSO presents “Star Trek” (Aug. 1). Opera lovers should check out Verdi’s “Aida” in concert, with Wolf Trap Opera Alumni, the Washington Chorus and the NSO (July 24). Others in the mix: Garrison Keillor and “A Prairie Companion” (May 22 – 23), pop star Ingrid Michaelson (June 3), perennial parodist Weird “Al” Yankovic (June 12), neo-lounge orchestra Pink Martini (July 10) and the National Ballet of China (July 14).

Strathmore

The Music Center, the Mansion, the Backyard Theater for Children, Gudelsky Gazebo. . . it’s all Strathmore, keeping us entertained right through the summer.

Check out the Blues Alley 50th Anniversary show featuring Kindred the Family Soul, Angela Winbush and Chelsey Green (July 18). Picnic at any or all of the seven free summer outdoor concerts (Wednesdays, July 1 – Aug. 12) and don’t miss the annual Uke Festival (Aug. 19).

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Tucked away in Columbia’s Symphony Woods, the Merriweather Post Pavilion will host some of the latest and greatest this summer: fierce singer-songwriter Florence + the Machine (June 9), Irish electric troubadour Hozier (June 20), stoner rapper Wiz Khalifa and emo pop-rockers Fall Out Boy (June 27), soulful English singer Sam Smith (July 24) and psychedelic rockers Phish (Aug. 15 – 16).

Castleton

The seventh Castleton Festival of opera, music and – this year – theater will be the first since the passing of Maestro Lorin Maazel in 2014. The Virginia festival, which will run for a month, from July 2 to Aug. 2, will include a new production of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town,” with the participation of young singers from the C.A.T.S. opera-training program (July 9 and 18). The opera offerings include Charles Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliet,” directed by Dorothy Danner (July 3, 5, 10 and 18) and a double bill of comedic operas, “The Spanish Hour” and “Scalia/Ginsburg” (July 11, 17 and 19). “Scalia/Ginsburg” is a new America opera

by Derrick Wang about Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia, both noted opera buffs.

Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga will give two Kennedy Center performances of their "Cheek to Cheek" album.

Kennedy Center

Wolf Trap welcomes Pink Martini on July 10. Photo courtesy Wolf Trap.

Merriweather

Two major musical events of the summer will be at the Kennedy Center. The blueeyed ghost of Frank Sinatra will rise again when NSO Pops Director Steven Reineke hosts a stellar list of performers in “Let’s Be Frank: the Songs of Frank Sinatra,” with acclaimed vocalists like Storm Large (June 5 – 6). Later in the season, living legend Tony Bennett joins forces with Lady Gaga for a concert celebrating their collaborative Grammy award-wining album, “Cheek to Cheek” (July 31 and Aug. 1).

Glimmerglass

Speaking of opera – and Justice Ginsburg – the Glimmerglass Festival in Cooperstown, New York (the home of the Baseball Hall of Fame), will mark its 40th season with four major productions, concerts, master classes and an evening with Ginsburg, who will share her passion for opera and her unique perspective on the arts and law. Francesca Zambello, artistic director of Washington National Opera and a Georgetown resident, is also the artistic director of the Glimmerglass Festival. Rising star Eric Owens will sing the title role in Verdi’s “Macbeth” (July 11 – Aug. 22). In addition, the festival will present “The Magic Flute” (July 10 – Aug. 23), Vivaldi’s “Cato in Utica” (July 18 – Aug. 22) and Leonard Bernstein’s “Candide” (July 19 – Aug. 21).

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ne newly opened exhibition and five due to open later in May and in June are profiled below. Along with the two National Gallery of Art exhibitions marking the 25th anniversary of the gallery’s photography collection, they are among the most intriguing of this summer’s museum shows.

“Shirin Neshat: Facing History”

Hirshhorn Museum May 18 – Sept. 20 This exhibition of works by New Yorkbased Iranian-American artist Shirin Neshat illustrates how she has responded over the last two decades to cultural and political events connected with her native country, where she lived until 1975. The show includes the “Women of Allah” photographs of the 1990s – portraits under a layer of Persian calligraphy – and the “Book of Kings” and “Our House Is on Fire” series of 2012 and 2013, respectively, made following the Green Movement and the Arab Spring. Video installations are also on view.

“Eye Pop: The Celebrity Gaze”

National Portrait Gallery May 22 – July 10, 2016 This exhibition of photographs, paintings, prints and time-based media “questions the separate roles of subject, artist and viewer in creating and experiencing the celebrity.” A few examples: Will Cotton’s airbrushed portrait of Katy Perry; Colin Davidson’s close-up of Brad Pitt; and Luke Dubois’ internet-based portrait-in-flux of Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page.

“Super Natural”

National Museum of Women in the Arts June 5 – Sept. 13 Exploring “historical and contemporary women artists’ unrestrained absorption with nature” – from still-life paintings and botanical studies to contemporary works that depict fruits, flowers, insects, spiders, reptiles and the earth itself (or herself) – “Super Natural” comprises pieces by 25 artists, including Ana Mendieta, 17th-century artist-naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian, Rachel Ruysch, Kiki Smith, Sam Taylor-Johnson and Janaina Tschäpe.

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“American Moments: Photographs from the Phillips Collection”

The Phillips Collection June 6 – Sept. 13 This exhibition of more than 100 photographs from the Phillips Collection’s permanent collection includes works by such important American photographers as Bernice Abbott, Paul Strand and Clarence John Laughlin. The images – from early to late 20th century – capture major events, the growth of cities and industry, daily life and the life of the streets in a range of tones: modernist, provocative, evocative, journalistic.

Enigmas: The Art of Bada Shanren (1626–1705)

June 20, 2015 – January 3, 2016 Freer Gallery of Art Born in 1626, a prince of the Ming imperial house, painter and calligrapher Bada Shanren lived his adult life in the Qing Dynasty which followed. He became a Buddhist monk before taking up his artistic profession, developing a unique – and often daring and idiosyncratic – visual vocabulary. “Enigmas” includes examples of his work from the 1660s through the early 1700s.

Will Cotton, "Katy Perry," 2010, from "Eye Pop. Courtesy National Portrait Gallery.

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“The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire”

National Museum of the American Indian June 26 – June 1, 2018 More than 20,000 miles long, the Great Inka Road ran from Cusco, the Inka capital and spiritual center, to the farthest reaches of the empire.

Added to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites in 2014, the road continues to serve and have symbolic importance for Andean communities in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile. This exhibition – and a good deal of related programming – looks at the Inka Empire through the lens of its essential road network, covering cosmology, technology and social structure, also discussing the Inka Road’s legacy in the colonial and contemporary periods.

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ARTS

Steven Knapp's Wide Embrace: GW and the Arts

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By Gary T is chl er here is a lot more to Steven Knapp, 16th president of the George Washington University, than meets the eye.

Standing up and speaking at the George Town Club recently, the last of the spring speakers in Georgetown Media Group’s Cultural Leadership Breakfast Series, is one sort of person, an affable, impressive man talking about a range of subjects, but focused on the university’s rise to its own cultural leadership role in Washington.

But this is the same man who – when he became president of the university in 2007 after a stint as provost at Johns Hopkins – focused on building the stature of the university as an “intellectual contributor to the solution of national and global problems,” presided over the building of a new Science and Engineering Hall and hired a neurobiologist as president of research.

Talking with him later in a corner of the George Town Club, and reading about the man on paper, you get a sense of how it all fits together.

“You can no longer focus on one thing in terms of leadership, in terms of the kind of university we are,” he said. This, to him, is about being an urban institution of learning in Washington, “the most unique city in the country.”

What’s happened is also a reflection of the man who wanted to be a percussionist and still plays, who thinks that Dostoevsky is relaxing reading and who bonded with students who were initially skeptical of him by participating (at some risk) in a snowball fight.

His memberships and leadership in any number of organizations reflect a drive toward cross-pollination, not only of disciplines but of institutions and of intellectual and artistic taste. He has seen the future – for quite a while now – and finds it rife with opportunities for collaboration.

“Our world,” he has said, “has reached a level of complexity at which problems can no longer be solved by relying on the contributions of any single discipline.”

You have to think a little about his specialty: Romanticism, literary theory and the relation of literature to philosophy and religion. A longtime teacher of English literature at the University of California, Berkeley, Knapp is used to dealing with intersections in thinking and creating; he knows how poetry can become infused – in the case of a Blake or a Coleridge – with matters near-holy.

The arts were a place rife with opportunity.

GW was a major player, along with Arena Stage and, later, other universities and theater companies, in the National Civil War Project conceived

by choreographer Liz Lerman, a GW alumna. “It was something important, and it was a chance to work with other institutions for me and for us. It was a great experience.”

“The arts are the source of innovation, a constant search for innovation, and we have to do everything in our power to become involved, to innovate and lead, in the arts,” he said.

His belief and focus on enhancing partnerships with neighboring institutions couldn’t be better illustrated than by the moves GW and Knapp have made over the last two years.

In 2014, GW joined with the National Gallery of Art to assume responsibility for the Corcoran, saving the venerable museum and its art school, which was merged into GW’s Columbian College of Arts and Science. According to Knapp, there will continue to be art on display in the landmark 17th Street building – the National Gallery, which has control of the collection, is planning to mount “Corcoran Contemporary” exhibitions and to show works representative of the Corcoran legacy – free of charge. The college is now called the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, the plural suggesting that studies in the non-visual arts will be added.

The university also took under its wing the Textile Museum, a small, almost unassuming institution of the kind often described as a hidden treasure. Hidden no longer, the Textile Museum moved from its former location on S Street to its current one on the GW campus at 21st Street. Its new building, connected to historic Woodhull House, now home to the Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection, is part of the complex called the George Washington University Museum and the Textile Museum.

In the May 6 issue of The Georgetowner, Ari Post called the Textile Museum’s “Unraveling Identity” exhibition “a well-earned retrospective of the museum's historic collection of textiles, spanning centuries and almost every continent.”

In addition, the university has a high functioning, high profile performing arts center at the Lisner Auditorium, where Executive Director Maryann Lombardi oversees a program laden with global performers and artists.

It’s all of a piece for Knapp: science and pragmatics, the Economics Council as well as the NSO board, drums and snowballs, art singular and the arts plural, textiles and Washingtoniana, being part of the city and a citizen of the world. His wide embrace suits a university whose mission – from its namesake – was and is to “educate future leaders, not only for the nation, but for the world.”

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Fairmont’s annual mother/daughter fashion show of Lilly Pulitzer fashions from Pink Palm, Bethesda Row, benefits the Make-AWish Foundation. The afternoon includes a silent auction, tea and prizes for the best vintage Lilly. Fairmont Hotel. Call 202-4575019 or email diana.bulger@fairmont.com.

JUNE 4 Step Afrika! VIP Gala The event includes dinner, dancing and prime seating for the opening night of the troupe’s home performance series. Atlas Performing Arts Center. Call 202-399-7993, ext. 112, or email jcoutts@stepafrika.org.

JUNE 6 Washington National Opera Ball Washington National Opera’s 2015 Opera Ball will be hosted by German Ambassador Peter Wittig and Huberta von Voss-Wittig and chaired by Capricia Marshall. The blacktie event will include intimate dinners hosted by many ambassadors, followed by dancing, dessert and music at the embassy. Call 202416-8496 or email operaball@kennedycenter.org.

JUNE 7 RAMMY Awards Gala The Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington honors outstanding members of the area’s restaurant and foodservice community. Walter Washington Convention Center. Call 202-331-5990 or email therammys@ramw.org.

WPA Gala Has Rhythm

C H R IS BU R C H PH OTOGRAPHY The Washington Performing Arts Gala Passport at the Marriott Marquis May 2 celebrated the 40th anniversary of its Embassy Adoption Program, which acquaints D.C. Public School fifth and sixth graders to the people, culture and arts of another country. D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson was honored at the dinner, which ended to the sounds of the Hot Sardines, whose jazz evokes the spirit of an earlier Paris and New Orleans.

JUNE 15 Will on the Hill This annual Shakespeare Theatre Company benefit welcomes members of Congress, senators and distinguished Washington insiders onto the company’s stage to perform scenes from Shakespeare, infused with comedic references to contemporary politics.

Proceeds support STC’s many education, artistic and community engagement programs. Harman Center. For details, visit shakespearetheatre.org.

JUNE 20 28th Annual Bark Ball The black-tie gala for the “four-on-the-floor” crowd benefits the Washington Humane Society. Washington Hilton. Call 202-7350324 or email events@washhumane.org.

WPA board chair Reginald van Lee and D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson.

Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan and Jenny Bilfield, president and CEO of Washington Performing Arts.

Gillian Anderson Headlines Birds of a Feather Gala

The Freer Sackler Gallery got its peacock on May 15 and encouraged party-goers to do the same, as the Birds of a Feather Gala celebrated the opening of “Peacock Room REMIX” and Darren Waterston’s “Filthy Lucre,” which re-imagines James McNeill Whistler’s iconic Peacock Room “as a decadent ruin collapsing under the weight of its own creative excess.” Co-chaired by Jillian Sackler and Max Berry, the gala was hosted by actress Gillian Anderson, a friend of Waterston for 20 years. Anderson wore a custom dress designed by Misha Nonoo that was inspired by Whistler’s Peacock Room.

Stuti and Ashok Kaveeshvwar, curator of South and Southeast Asian art Debra Diamond, Sudhakar and Aruna Kaveeshwar. Photo by Joyce Boghosian.

Darren Waterston and Gillian Anderson.

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Edy Yin and Chris Reynolds.

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Darren Waterston. Photo by Joyce Boghosian.

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Georgetown Village Spring Festival Fundraiser

By m ary b ird On May 13, Georgetown Village “Neighbors Helping Neighbors” celebrated with its supporters and volunteers on the rooftop at Georgetown Harbour in the handsome penthouse offices of Foley & Lardner, LLP. Executive Director Lynn Golub-Rofrano was cited as the heart of Georgetown Village, the volunteers as the second heart and the guests as the third heart. The non-profit provides services and programs so older residents can live better and longer in their homes. Major donor Nancy Taylor Bubes sent everyone home with a marigold plant and gardening gloves in appreciation for helping her business “bloom.”

Phillips: ‘Postcards from Japan’ and ‘Tokyo Nights’

Ph otos b y Pau l M orig i The Phillips Collection held its 2015 Annual Gala and Contemporaries Spring Bash May 8. The gala was at the Phillips with the theme, “Postcards from Japan,” and with Japanese Ambassador Kenichiro Sasae and his wife Nobuko Sasae serving as diplomatic chairs. The bash, labeled “Tokyo Nights,” was held at Union Market for the younger, hipper after party.

Art and Sela Collins.

Fran Kenworthy, advisory neighborhood commissioner Tom Birch, Nancy Taylor Bubes and Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans.

Kate Semerad, Luis Bakker and Betsy Scott Kleeblatt.

Opera Camerata Presents Carmen

By mary b ird Ambassador of Spain Ramón Gil-Casares hosted Opera Camerata’s production of Carmen at his Foxhall residence on May 15 with a cocktail reception and seated buffet dinner prior to the performance. President Randall Roe spoke of the power of voices in an intimate setting and expressed appreciation to Robin Phillips, the evening’s narrator. Opera Camerata also brings complimentary opera performances to classrooms around DC throughout the year.

Japanese Ambassador Kenichiro Sasae and Nobuko Sasae.

Meg Thompson, George Hill, Robin Phillips

Monaco’s Prince Albert Receives Benchley Award

Pho tos b y J ef f rey D u b i n s k y Prince Albert II of Monaco was first among those honored at the 2015 Peter Benchley Ocean Awards ceremony May 14 at the Carnegie Institution for Science. The ocean honors are named after the author of “Jaws” and lifelong marine conservationist Peter Benchley. The awards were co-founded

by Wendy Benchley, an ocean conservation and policy advocate, and David Helvarg, author and executive of Blue Frontier. Often referred to as the “Academy Awards” for the ocean, the swards recognize excellence and achievement across a range of categories, including policy, science, media, youth and grassroots activism.

Wendy Benchley, Todd Miller and Prince Albert II of Monaco.

Capricia Marshall, Ann Stock and Rita Braver.

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Sylvia Earle, National Geographic explorerin-residence, and awardee Madison “Pip” Stewart, subject of the documentary, “Shark Girl.”

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