Georgetowner's June 18, 2014 Issue

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$5,800,000 | ttrsir.com/id/67XL9F George Washington first surveyed the land on which this home was built. 2010 additions provide modern conveniences like radiant heated floors, automated lighting and security systems, hidden entertainment systems, and a family room off the expanded kitchen with butler’s pantry. 3 block walk to King St., and another 3 block walk to the Potomac River, and the Waterfront.

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KALORAMA $2,650,000 | ttrsir.com/id/V32YVQ This stately 1922 townhouse was recently renovated, adding contemporary spaces to this timeless 4,200 square foot home. The understated exterior of this Federal townhouse is complemented by pristine gardens and a red-brick lined flagstone walk. This home offers a well-appointed kitchen, study, wine cellar and garage.

ARLINGTON, VA $2,595,000 | ttrsir.com/id/C2F2EC This custom Classic Colonial is located in sought-after Lyon Village. This classic center hall floor plan on 4 levels, the approximately 6,400 sq ft home is upgraded and customized both inside and out.

OBSERVATORY CIRCLE $2,095,000

GEORGETOWN $1,395,000 Move-in ready town house with exceptional natural light and garage parking on desirable block in E. Village. Features original oak and pine floors, 2BR, 3BA, and finished lower level. Glass doors lead to wooden deck, patio and landscaped garden.

FOGGY BOTTOM $875,000 3-level penthouse unit in West End Place featuring 1410 sq ft, 2BR+den, 2.5BA, new wood floors, renovation from 2001, kitchen with Subzero and Miele, granite counters. Custom features, balcony plus private roof deck, garage parking. Building with 24-hour front desk, pets allowed.

ARLINGTON, VA Upper $800s Luxury townhome in North Arlington. This lovely home has 4BR, 3.5 BA, open floor plan, master suite is entire 3rd lvl, light filled, gourmet kitchen, lovely patio and 2 car parking. Close to metro, shops and restaurants.

WATERGATE $650,000 | ttrsir.com/id/SVQS4S This 1BR + loft penthouse features contemporary interiors, generous outside space and breathtaking panoramic views. The property comprises a generous living room, contemporary kitchen with an open-plan dining space, spacious wall space for art and renovated bathroom.

10TH ANNUAL DC JAZZ FESTIVAL: With more than 125 performances in dozens of venues across the city, the DC Jazz Festival is the largest music festival in Washington, DC. The Festival presents year-round music education programs and concerts for DC students and residents by local, national and internationally-known talent, promotes music integration in school curricula, and supports outreach to expand and diversify the audience of jazz enthusiasts.

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SPRING VALLEY $6,985,000 | ttrsir.com/id/8W8S3V

Located on one of the most exclusive streets in Spring Valley, this elegant stone residence with over 8,500 interior sq ft is sited on nearly 2 acres. Rooms are generously sized with high ceilings and feature many original finishes and materials. The grounds offer established plantings, mature trees, multiple terraces and stunning views.

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WATERGATE $750,000 2-level apartment with generous outside space and breathtaking views.

The property comprises a generous living room, contemporary kitchen with an open-plan dining room, spacious wall space for art and updated bathrooms. 24 hour front desk, doorman and on-site management.

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$4,995,000 ttrsir.com/id/N9HWE8 Four levels of breathtaking Potomac River views highlight the elegance and quality of this spacious townhouse along McLean/Arlington’s Gold Coast. This home is unmatched in terms of location, workmanship and uniqueness.

ttrsir.com/id/QGR46V This Craftsman was fully renovated in 2010 and offers an inviting front porch leading to open main level with living room, dining room, family room, open kitchen. Excellent light throughout, 6-7BR, 5.5BA, fully finished lower level, beautiful yard, rear deck, off street parking for 2 cars.

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the homeless community. Proceeds will benefit Miriam’s Kitchen, an organization dedicated to combating homelessness in the D.C. area. Tickets are $45. For details, visit EventBrite.com. M Street Bar & Grill, 2033 M St., NW.

Pixar in Concert at Wolf Trap Pixar’s animated classics “Finding Nemo,” “Up,” “Toy Story” and “Monsters, Inc.,” will play on the big screen at Wolf Trap with their scores performed live by the National Symphony Orchestra. Tickets are $30-58. For details, visit WolftTrap.org.

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Singers of every level of ability are invited to join Cathedral Choral Society Music Director J. Reilly Lewis to sing the Requiems of Fauré and Brahms accompanied by Todd Fickley, playing one of the world’s most extravagant pipe organs. Tickets are $10. For details, visit CathedralChoralSociety.org. 3101 Wisconsin Ave., NW.

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Kidney Action Day This free event includes kidney health screenings by the American Kidney Fund from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., healthy food samples, live fitness and cooking demos, children’s activities, entertainment and a Kidney Action Day Walk. For details, visit KidneyFund.org. Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex, 8001 Sheriff Rd., Landover, Md.

JUNE 25

Ben Folds with the National Symphony Orchestra The singer-songwriter and judge of NBC’s “The Sing-Off” showcases his new piano concerto arrangements of pop hits with the National Symphony Orchestra. Tickets are $25-125. For details, visit WolfTrap.org.

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A Midsummer Day’s Reading DC Public Library’s Adult Summer Reading program presents a reading of the first three acts of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Shakespeare’s classic romantic comedy, at 2 p.m. For details, call 202727-0232. Georgetown Neighborhood Library, 3260 R St., NW.

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aMAZEing Lawn Party Tour the BIG Maze and learn about its design process while sipping a drink on the National Building Museum’s West Lawn. Tickets are free for members of the Keystone Society, the museum’s emerging-professionals group, and $15 for others. For details, call 202-272-2448. 401 F St., NW.

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Diana Ross at the Filene Center A Motown living legend, Ross – founding member and lead singer of The Supremes, solo artist and movie actress (“Lady Sings the Blues,” “Mahagony” and “The Wiz”) – will perform her greatest hits at the Filene Center. Tickets are $35-60. For details, visit WolfTrap.org. 1551 Trap Rd., Vienna.

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Bromley Dinner and Art Reception The Embassy of Slovakia and Bruce McBarnette of Summit Connection will host a traditional Slovakian dinner and a reception, at which art will be displayed for sale. Thirty percent of the art sale proceeds will be donated to the Bromley Mission, which educates girls in Liberia.

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Red, White & Brew At this Drink the District event, there will be more than 100 all-American beers and wines, live music, lawn games and food trucks. Tickets are $30-50. For details, call 202-618-3663. The Lot, 50 M St., NE.

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Castleton Festival: King Mozart Eric Silberger will be the soloist in a performance of Mozart’s “Violin Concerto Diana Ross

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Twentythirtysomething Book Club Join T.T.B.C., a book club for those in their first two decades of adulthood, to discuss Kevin Roose’s “Young Money,” a book about the hidden world of Wall Street’s 2008 crash. For details, visit MeetUp.com. Breadsoda, 2233 Wisconsin Ave., NW.

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Landa, who retired in November 2012, said that the family is stunned by the 55-year-old’s death. Lara’s mother is devastated, he said. The heartbroken staff at Georgetown Hairstyling continued to work while preparing for Lara’s funeral on June 14.

Lara worked in the airline business before joining his stepfather at Georgetown Hairstyling. He was also a musician, playing guitar and drums, and a member of the band Prescription for Disaster, which has performed at several Volta Park events. Lara lived in Georgetown during the week because of his business and stayed at his Severna Park home on weekends.

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Georgetown’s Favorite Barber, Ed Lara, Dies Suddenly of Heart Attack Ed Lara, the popular and well-known owner of Georgetown Hairstyling, died suddenly Saturday night, June 7, of a heart attack at his home in Severna Park, Md. Lara had purchased the business at 1329 35th St., NW, from his stepfather Rigo Landa a few years ago. The classic, old-school barber shop has been run as such at the same location since 1913.

ANC, OGB on N Street, ‘Exorcist’ Steps Condos, Latham Apartments The Georgetown-Burleith Advisory Neighborhood Commission and the Old Georgetown Board have chimed in over the last two weeks on construction/reconstruction projects that include the old Latham Hotel, set to become apartments or “micro-units”; the old Alexander Memorial Church property at 2709-17 N St., NW, where a conversion and an additional house on the lot are planned; and the new EastBanc condominiums on the site of the Key Bridge Exxon on M Street, next to the “Exorcist” steps and the Car Barn.

ANC 2E opposed an additional house at the N Street church property and increasing

appear to be reaching the final-refinement stage with the OGB, which did not like the blocky, monolithic design and preferred more pleasing breaks in the design. The concerns of neighbors on Prospect Street, above the gas station site, about the stability of the hill where their homes sit and better coverage of the condo’s rooftop equipment, were heard by EastBanc.

The old Alexander Memorial Church property on N Street. the number of units in the old church, though it welcomed the property’s use as residences, adding life to an empty middle-of-the-block.

The OGB saw no problem with the church containing three condo units, while the parish hall would become a single-family home. It did not necessarily oppose the addition of another house, but wanted it to be smaller to fit with the historical openness of the lot.

As for the Latham property, the OGB again called for scaling back - specifically, of large windows, a new tower and signage - of the project at 3000 M St., NW. The retail corner in front of the 150-unit building will be demolished, with a new one built to fit in with the commercial space and sidewalk.

Both projects also will come under the purview of the zoning board, which may call for other changes.

At 3601-3607 M St., NW, EastBanc’s Hillside condos, next to the “Exorcist” steps,

Walking and Biking Trail from Palisades to Georgetown?

The Palisades Citizens’ Association announced May 30 that it is still in the “talking process” to help develop a walking and biking trail from the Palisades to Georgetown. The prospective trail project is expected to extend a little more than three miles from Georgetown to Galena Road along the Potomac River.

The project will include the construction of a paved trail with room for bicyclists, joggers and pedestrians, as well as the repair of old bridges in Glover Archbold Park.

Some in the neighborhood, however, expressed their doubts, posting signs arguing that the trail is better in its “natural” state. The signs urged people to make their voices heard so that the development plan is not approved.

In response, the Palisades Citizens’ Association said it is looking to host meetings to reach a general consensus about the project.

DEPARTMENT OF SMALL AND LOCAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Extension Of The Term of the Georgetown Business Improvement District

Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to section 18 of the Business Improvement Districts Act of 1996, D.C. Official Code § 2-1215.18, the Department of Small and Local Business Development on behalf of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development will hold a public hearing to determine whether to approve the request by the Georgetown Business Improvement District (BID) to extend the term of the BID for another 5 years.

The current term of the Georgetown BID will expire September 30, 2014.

If the request for extension is granted, the new term will expire on September 30, 2019.

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6:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 10, 2014 in Room 120 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. This public hearing is being conducted to inform citizens about the application to extend the term of the Georgetown Business Improvement District and to ensure that interested parties have an opportunity to present their views on the application in a public forum. Complete copies of the application will be available, effective Thursday, July 3, 2014, for public review between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Department of Small and Local Business Development (at Judiciary Square), 441 4th Street, NW, Suite 850N, Washington, DC. The recertification package will also be available at the Georgetown BID office between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm, effective July 3, 2014. The Georgetown BID office is located at 1000 Potomac Street, NW, Suite 122, Washington, DC. Those who wish to present testimony or wish to present written comments on the application with a deadline of 12:00 noon on Monday, July 7, 2014. All written testimony and comments may be submitted to Lincoln Lashley at lincoln.lashley@dc.gov, and questions about this hearing should be directed to him at (202) 741-0814.

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Annual Burleith Summer Picnic, the Green Lot, Whitehaven Parkway and 37th St., NW. The Danny Meyer Band will perform at the picnic, which also features food from Rocklands BBQ, popcorn, gelato, face-painting and the return of the Top-Dog Contest from 5 to 6 p.m.

SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 8 P.M. Rose Park Movie Night, 2609 Dumbarton St., NW. The Citizens Association of Georgetown will host a free movie night, screening the computer-animated Disney film “Frozen.” Bring your own blankets and chairs.

TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 12:30 TO 1:30 P.M. Riding Your Bike Safely in Traffic, Healy Hall, Georgetown University, 37th and O Sts., NW. A class with practical tips about riding bicycles in the D.C. metropolitan area taught by League of American Bicyclists-certified instructor, Jason Clock.

THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 6:30 P.M. TO 8 P.M. Public Meeting for Canal Road Preliminary Study, Palisades Neighborhood Library, 4901 V St., NW. The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) will host a second public meeting about a planning study to examine further into improving transportation safety to Canal Road, NW, between Chain Bridge and M Street.

BID REPORT: OPTIMISTIC ASSESSMENT OF GEORGETOWN’S ECONOMY

BY JOSEPH PAR K AN D N ATAL IE KOLTU N

The Georgetown Business Improvement District released the second edition of the State of Georgetown Report 2014 at its annual membership meeting June 10 at Pinstripes.

As a part of the Georgetown 2028 plan, which was released last year, this year’s Georgetown BID report examined statistics about core features of the Georgetown economy, including demographics, transportation, office activity, retail market and tourism in town.

“Businesses in our [BID] district are thriving,” said Josh Hermias, the Georgetown BID Economic Development Director.

“As D.C.’s densest retail market place, our local businesses are currently supporting 13,000 jobs.” According to the Georgetown BID, there were 11,000 jobs in the BID area in 2010. There has been an 18-percent increase in jobs from 2010 to 2013.

The report said that about 26 percent of jobs within the BID area fall under the professional, scientific and technical services sector. Other sectors that had a net gain in jobs created include: real estate (which had a net gain of 15 percent), accommodation and food services (a net gain of 11 percent), retail trade (a net gain of 34 percent).

The retail market in Georgetown is booming. Last year, Georgetown gained 18 new retail stores, including Billy Reid, Frye, Goorin Bros, Hat Shop and Steven Alan. According to the report, there are more than 450 shops, restaurants and salons all within a quarter square mile of the historic district. – further evidence that Georgetown contains the city’s densest retail area.

The tourism sector is also on the rise. With six hotels in Georgetown, the total revenue that hotels have made in 2013 grew seven percent from 2012, generating 64 million dollars in total revenue.

The report also highlights the transportation system in town and how it is shifting to meet the needs of young workers (ages 20 to 24) who have become the dominant demographic in the district. Apart from the BID’s effort for a Georgetown Metro station, the 2028 plan will consist of plans to make Georgetown a bicycle-friendly destination as Capital Bikeshare trips are on a constant rise.

To learn more and receive a printed copy or copies of the State of Georgetown 2014, email info@georgetowndc.com.

At its June 10 meeting, the Georgetown BID honored bakery and coffee shop Baked & Wired on Thomas Jefferson Street: Nancy Miyahira of BID, Tony Velazquez of Baked & Wired, BID CEO Joe Sternlieb, Teresa Velazquez of Baked & Wired and Maggie Downing of BID.

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We’re Not Kidding Around: Soupergirl Is Now on M Street Soupergirl, a small, eco-friendly restaurant featuring homemade vegan and kosher soups and salads, has opened a new takeout store at 1829 M St., NW, in the former Yo-Cake location.

Known for its various gazpachos in watermelon, beet, peach and tomato, the shop offers five soups, warm or chilled, that change daily on a rotating schedule. All of the soups – starting at $6 -- are plant-based, made up of fresh vegetables, beans, grains, herbs and spices, and have interesting names, which originate from the owner’s previous career as a standup comedian in New York City. In addition to soups, the menu includes green salads, grain salads, sides of bread and hummus, and desserts. It also features delivery and catering services.

The 750-square-foot site in the heart of the downtown business district is the second Soupergirl to hit Washington, D.C. The first, located on Carroll Street, NW, near the Takoma Metro Station, opened its doors in 2011, and is where all the food sold at both locations is prepared. Because of its smaller size, the new shop does not have the space for seating, but it features a counter window for

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customers to enjoy a quick lunch. However, the new takeout location offers a wider variety of soups each day than the Takoma store does.

Sara Polon, also known as “Soupergirl,” is the founder and owner of both locations.

She decided to get involved in the local food movement after reading Michael Pollan’s book, “Omnivore’s Dilemma,” and was inspired to create a restaurant that offers healthy dining options made from only the freshest seasonal ingredients, many of which are organic and grown on local farms. Her business began in 2008 as an online ordering system and has since developed into a popular lunch spot for Washingtonians on the go.

“This store is more of a ‘Soupergirl Express,’ ” Polon said. The takeout option is ideal for businesspersons who only have time to pick something up before eating lunch at their desk, she said, adding, “I am on a mission to provide good, healthy food to as many people in the area as possible.”

Polon’s success can partially be attributed to her mother, Marilyn, or “Soupermom.” She is responsible for crafting each recipe down to the final spice as well as cooking the soup from scratch each day.

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BUSINESS INS + OUTS OUT: 1055 High Sell-Out The Georgetowner’s most recent featured property – 1055 High – located at 1055 Wisconsin Ave., NW, is no longer on the market. The seven luxurious condominium units were priced at $3.6 million to $5.5 million, more than $1,000 per square foot, and were sold in just three weeks to seven all-cash buyers, according to the Washington Business Journal.

Developed by EastBanc, Inc., the mostly residential complex overlooks the C&O Canal and is still under construction. The building’s completion is expected in the fall.

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Georgetown is a Capital City Real Estate condo project under construction at 3220 Grace St., NW. At the corner of Grace Street and Cecil Place, the four-story complex will hold seven units. Prices begin around $450,000. Project architect is Dale Overmyer.

IN: Carlisle Wide Plank Floors Carlisle Wide Plank Floors, which specializes in luxury wide plank hardwood floors for residential and commercial spaces, has opened a showroom in the upper courtyard of Georgetown Court at 3251 Prospect St., NW. Carlisle also specializes in wide plank reclaimed flooring and antique flooring. Its engineered wood flooring and solid wood flooring is also available unfinished and prefinished.

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EDITORIAL/ OPINON

Where the Streets Have No Shame After moving our offices to the east side of Georgetown, we are happy to have the opportunity to get closer to another part of town. Besides checking out different businesses and meeting other nearby neighbors, this new perspective brings up some questions about east side traffic. Before, we watched cars leaving Georgetown. Now, we see cars entering from downtown.

As we all know, Georgetown can be a mix of obstructions, whether a quick motorcade to the Four Seasons or construction vehicles and tour buses going down the wrong street. There are the multiplying dumpsters for those renovating homes (yet again), meaning more parking spaces lost (yet again).

These hulking metal boxes are scattered east to west in town.

Streets are routinely blocked by D.C. Water or Pepco crews redigging, retooling, rewiring thing beneath them.

It seemed a crew was renting a place on Olive Street for awhile. Now, they are also at 30th and R Streets and elsewhere.

And those dump trucks: expect to see more of those as Georgetown University, Holy Trinity School and Duke Ellington School rev up their construction projects for the summer. Prospect Street is never short of any kind of vehicle. It seems there’s nothing else to do.

Yet traffic patterns or arrangements are always subject to change. Sometimes, things are turned back to the way they were. Witness the return of the set-up for Wisconsin Avenue in Glover Park.

Newly installed traffic lights are trying to rustle vehicles around Washington Circle, while New Hampshire Avenue between M Street and the circle is now a two-way street. A new traffic light at 35th Street and Wisconsin Avenue will slow down

traffic and help pedestrians cross the street. It’s a sensible idea, long overdue.

Here is one suggestion from your newcomers to tight 28th Street. As most drivers turn right coming from downtown, make it one-way north. How many more car mirrors must be maimed?

Then make 29th Street one-way south, from R Street to M Street. We are looking at 30th and 31st Streets, too. Which oneway should they be? (Remember 30th is already one-way south, from M Street to K Street.)

It is time to rethink some of our streets’ direction. It could be a question of safety, too. Let us know what you think.

Jack Evans Report Constituent Services Means Helping You

BY JACK EVANS

For the Love of the Flag:

Smithsonian, Hillary Clinton Honor Ralph Lauren

A powerful, emotional slice of America was on display June 17 at a naturalization ceremony at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History and presentation of the James Smithson Bicentennial Medal to designer Ralph Lauren. On hand was Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State and potential 2016 presidential candidate, along with Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, the Smithsonian’s Wayne Clough and John Gray and Sarah Taylor of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

The 15 new Americans -- from 15 different countries and 15 for the stars and stripes of the Star-Spangled Banner flag – were told by Johnson that from this point on they could say, “I’m an American, just like you.”

Lauren was cited for his multi-milliondollar contributions to conserve the tattered Star-Spangled Banner, the flag which inspired Georgetowner Francis Scott Key in 1814 to write the national anthem. In the late 1990s, Lauren worked with first lady Hillary Clinton’s Save America’s Treasures. He is “the embodiment of the American spirit,” Clough said.

Clinton cited Lauren’s parents who left Belarus and made a home in the Bronx, N.Y., where the businessman was born. America

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offers “the freedom to create,” she said. As for the flag, Clinton said Lauren “stepped up” and added that she could not “think of anyone more deserving” of the Smithson Medal.

Lauren spoke of stopping at the Lincoln Memorial the night before and said, “I started with nothing but PUBLISHER

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good parents, a good family.” America gave him the opportunity, he said, and still continues to give him opportunity every day. The work for the StarSpangled Banner, he said, “came from the heart,” not public relations. Lauren accepted the medal with tears of humility and patriotism.

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The D.C. Council is involved with many aspects of the city. Every year, we review and pass a budget for the District that funds everything from DCPS to Medicaid. We write laws for the city, we oversee government agencies like the Office of Tax and Revenue and the Commission on Arts and Humanities and, most important, we work to make our neighborhoods and communities better for the residents of the District.

This constituent services part of being a councilmember is why I enjoy this job so much, and I want to take this opportunity to explain a few ways my office can be helpful to you.

My office can help you follow up on service requests you’ve already made to the District. Many concerns such as trees that need to be trimmed or sidewalks or street lights in need of repair can be handled quickly by calling 311 or submitting a request online at 311.dc.gov. If your concern is not addressed, we can reach out to the relevant government agency.

Some requests are more complicated, and my staff and I stand ready to work with D.C. agencies on your behalf. Recently, the new trash bin delivery was a major problem for many Georgetown residents. My office worked with DPW to get the unwanted bins picked up more quickly than originally scheduled.

Next, we can organize meetings where residents and government agencies can discuss concerns and possible solutions. A few weeks ago, I held a meeting about public safety in parts of the downtown area with residents in nearby condo buildings and representatives from MPD, the Office of the Mayor, the D.C. Public Library and local nonprofit organizations. My office can address many concerns, but when the solution isn’t clear, these meetings can be a big help.

Third, we can help you figure out who is in a position to respond to your concerns. Navigating the various D.C. government agencies is getting easier, but my office can provide assistance when you’re having difficulty reaching the right person.

Fourth, we work with ANCs and community groups to better understand the thoughts and feelings of the neighborhood. I regularly attend the ANC2E monthly meetings, Citizens Association of Georgetown events and other community functions all across the Ward. My staff is at these meetings each and every month. I find these meeting incredibly valuable, letting me hear directly from you about what is happening in our community. Always feel free to work with these community groups or to come talk to me or someone from my staff about issues in your area.

It’s a privilege to serve as your councilmember.

If you ever need assistance with the issues I’ve mentioned here, or there is something else you feel that I can help with, please contact me at 202-7248058 or jackevans@dccouncil.us.

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1 Photos and Text by Jeff Malet www.maletphoto.com 1. The Fort McHenry Guard Fife and Drum Corps performs on Flag Day, June 14, as the Smithsonian National Museum of American History celebration commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Star-Spangled Banner.

2. Admiral Mark E. Ferguson III (left) recognized Battle of Midway veteran Chief Hank Kudzik who served as a Gunner’s Mate on board the submarine that torpedoed a Japanese carrier - on June 4, the 72nd anniversary of the famous naval engagement, at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington D.C. 3. The Nation commemorated the 70th Anniversary of D-Day at the World War II Memorial on June 6. D-Day veteran Antonio Gimenez, 92, of Miami, Fl. served with the Army 159th Infantry Regiment during the invasion of Normandy by allied troops that turned the tide of the war.

4. Veteran Robert Levine lays a wreath at the World War II Memorial. He was captured and lost a leg in the fighting in France.

5. Professional cyclists speed around a turn on the streets of Clarendon in Arlington Va. for the Air Force Association Cycling Classic on June 7.

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Nails Chic:

Personalized Care from Hand to Toe

BY N ATAL IE KOLTU N Hidden above a Wisconsin Avenue yoga studio, unbeknownst to many, is another oasis of relaxation.

Since November 2012, Nails Chic has offered nail care and waxing services – from the classic manicure and pedicure to a paraffin foot treatment – to Georgetown residents, businesspeople and students. Though the name says nails, the salon offers 16 types of waxing services for both men and women. Prices start at $8 and go up to $60.

The quaint salon features exposed brick and an excellent view of one of Georgetown’s main avenues.

Lining the far wall is a row of plush massage chairs to further pamper customers getting a pedicure.

Owner Linh Nguyen is an expert in the art of nail care. Born in rural southern Vietnam, she immigrated to the United States at 17 and Linh Nguyen, owner of Nails Chic, on the second floor of 1519 Wisconsin Ave., NW. immediately began her career

in the nail industry in Texas. Two years later, nail polish. The salon’s most popular service, she moved to northern Virginia with her a gel manicure priced at $35, lasts at least husband. With over 13 years of experience two weeks and is resistant to chipping and under her belt, Nguyen was encouraged by fading. her business partner to open her own salon “The gel is good for busy people because in Georgetown in 2012, just a year after her it lasts long and the customer doesn’t have to daughter was born. get their nails redone as often,” Nguyen said.

“I love D.C. The people are so nice here,” Just a short walk from Georgetown said Nguyen.

University, Nails Chic offers a student disNine months after the salon opened, her count, and many students frequent the salon, business partner pulled out, leaving Nguyen according to Nguyen. To give the businessto manage things on her own. Instead of people of Georgetown an opportunity to relax closing her doors, she chose to continue after a long workday, she keeps her store to provide a variety of nail services to the open until 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday Georgetown community. (when it opens at 10 a.m.). There are also Customers can choose from Nails Chic’s Sunday hours, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. large selection of OPI, Essie and China Glaze

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L A E R t e G Starting May 1, 2014, all DC residents who need to renew or request a duplicate driver license or ID card must do so in-person at a DC DMV Service Center. The requirements have changed to comply with Federal security standards.

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DOWNSIZING + CHANGE PHO TOS B Y PAUL SIM K I N

Summer in Georgetown. The trees and flowers are in full bloom. Earlier this spring, the annual House Tour allowed us a glimpse behind the closed gates and doors of Washington's oldest neighborhood. Founded in 1751, Georgetown lives on as a charming historic village that is thriving and attracting a new generation of Washington urban dwellers.

As Georgetown resident, councilman and recent mayoral candidate Jack Evans says, "This is the golden age of Georgetown."

If you are reorganizing your household or moving, the ideas and suggestions below may help you. Downsizing is a subject that we all encounter throughout our lives. It is closely linked to change. A change of job may lead to a change of address, sometimes even a change of climate. A change of family structure -- blending families, maturing children, retirement, the loss of a spouse -- may all lead to a change in the square footage we occupy. There are so many factors that can trigger the need to downsize and reorganize.

Regardless of the reason, as it relates to living space, change offers us an opportunity to refresh or reset the organization of our lives and also to examine our relationship to the things we hold on to along the way. It offers a chance to take inventory of our lives and to decide what holds the greatest meaning for us with respect to memory, personal history, beauty and value.

Fran and Ankie Barnes in their Georgetown home.

Our willingness to meet changes in a positive way will allow for transitions that keep us current with the realities and routines of our lives. Furthermore, it will allow for outward expressions of our own personal style and our need for beauty and order in our surroundings.

Practical questions to consider when downsizing (especially if you are moving): * How long will it take? Your move is imminent, your lead-time is a year or less, your lead-time is three-to-five years. Spend a little time devising a strategy before acting.

Have a recipe for success. * What should remain and what should go? Choose one room at a time and look at the objects in it. Rate them according to how much you have used, cherished and enjoyed them in the past year or so. * How much space will I actually have for the things I choose to keep? Is it wishful thinking? Do I love it? Do I use it? Can I live without it? Can it fit and/or be repurposed in my new space? Identify those things and sell, consign, donate or give the rest away to friends, family or charity.

REMEMBER: Sort not by the space you are in, but by the space into which you are moving.

If you get stuck, you can get more information on the internet or hire a professional space arranger. The National Association of Professional Organizers (napo. net) is a nonprofit association with more than 3,300 members throughout the world.

Create a place that actually represents how you live now.

Consider the following criteria: size, condition, value, comfort and aesthetics.

Size: Will the size and proportion of your furniture overcrowd your new space? Edit by removing, consigning, selling or donating furniture that is taking up valuable living space.

Establish its value, and if collectible, make sure it finds the most appropriate sales venue, be it consignment, auction or direct sale.

Condition: If a piece of furniture is broken, damaged, worn out or threadbare and you decide to keep it, have it cleaned, repaired, refinished or reupholstered. Otherwise, you will always be reminded of its shortcoming Value: If the things you own have intrinsic value -- such as antique furniture, art, objets d’art, carpets or collections of any sort

Cozy sitting room highlights the Barneses’ photography and art work.

age space, not choosing sends you down the path of boxing things you like but will rarely (or never) use.

Lastly, we suggest to our readers that good professional help is always available and well worth the expense when measured against the successful results. In the age of the internet, there are endless resources and much shared knowledge at hand.

We spoke with Georgetowners Fran and Ankie Barnes about their experience in downsizing and changing their home and lifestyle.

Living room features collected treasures from Ankie’s native South Africa.

– make sure that you have appraisal information in your important documents files. While you live with your valuables, keep them in top condition. The information on file will save future generations from opportunistic buyers or, worst-case scenario, having valuables end up in a garage or yard sale.

Comfort: Those chairs in the living room and that sofa in the guest room are beautiful and my grandmother gave them to me.

However, they are very uncomfortable. Your justification may be that you rarely sit in the living room or only occasionally have guests.

In every instance, ask yourself if you have the luxury of displaying furniture that you avoid using because it is uncomfortable. Everything in your living space should have a useful and aesthetic purpose attached to it.

Aesthetics: Each of us decides for ourselves what we consider beautiful. If a framed poster is more beautiful to you than a dark, brooding oil painting with no value other than that it came from a family member, get the painting out of your space. If you inherited three sets of china and you rarely set a formal table, choose the one that is most pleasing to you. Sell, consign or give away the rest.

Unless you have the luxury of unlimited stor-

Q. What advice would you offer someone who is downsizing?

A. Start early and be very organized as to where all your belongings will go. If you know measurements ahead of time, there won't be unnecessary surprises on moving day.

Downsizing makes one really analyze how many things one owns and how many things one can comfortably live without.

Q. Did you have any professional help or advice?

A. I had some design help from my husband's architectural office Barnes Vanze Architects. We also hired the services of Orchestrated Moves. We had many books to sort through, and we used Book Bliss Online.

Resources: OrchestratedMoves.com BookBlissOnline.com BarnesVanze.com

For questions or inquiries: Alla Rogers and Dena Verrill, principals at Dena Verrill Interiors – DenaVerrillInteriors.com

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Mortgage Interest Rates Defy Most Experts

BY BIL L STAR R EL S The mortgage market is defying almost all economists’ short-term forecasts. Most expected bond yields and mortgage yields to be on the rise in 2014. This has not been the case. The 10-year Treasury yield hit its highwater mark at 3.03% on Jan. 2. At the end of May, it was at 2.46%, very close to a low for the year. These numbers basically caught all by surprise.

Interest rates with no points on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages have been hovering around 4% on purchase-money conventional loans. Rates have been in the high 3s on government-backed 30-year fixed-rate FHA loans.

On 15-year fixed-rate purchase loans, rates recently have been close to 3% with no points.

Rates on adjustable-rate mortgages are also quite low. On a 5/1 ARM, with the loan fixed for the first five years, the rates are in the high 1s with no points.

Also important is the LIBOR index. The London Interbank Offered Rate is defined as the benchmark rate that some of the world’s leading banks charge each other for short-term loans. The LIBOR index is used by most of today’s adjustable-rate mortgages.

When an adjustable-rate mortgage is reset, the margin (usually 2.25%) is added to the index value; this determines the new rate going forward. As of the end of May, the one-

year LIBOR index was 0.549. The new rate is: 2.25 + 0.549 = 2.799%. This is why folks with adjustable-rate mortgages are happy these days.

In June 2012, there were criminal settlements against major European banks in connection with a LIBOR rate-fixing scheme that propped up the LIBOR index. The U.K. invoked the Financial Services Act of 2012, which brought the setting of LIBOR rates under U.K. regulatory oversight. The scandal has made it nearly impossible to track good historic data on the LIBOR index because normal market forces were not at work.

One of the catalysts for the currently low bond yields is weakness in the eurozone economy, with further stimulus announced by the German Central Bank. Another is the revised fourth-quarter GDP, which showed negative growth for the first time since 2011.

It is hard to predict where bond yields and mortgage rates are headed in the near term.

One thing is certain: current rates are very attractive for folks looking to purchase or refinance a home.

Bill Starrels lives in Georgetown. He specializes in refinance and purchase mortgages (NMLS #48502). He can be reached at 703625-7355 or bill.starrels@gmail.com.

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CASUAL, EVERYDAY DELICIOUS

It’s been a long time coming, but Washington is finally receiving international attention and wide acclaim for its ever-growing community of restaurants.

Recently named one of the Top 10 Foodie Cities by Livability.com, D.C. has blossomed with a collective culinary passion that is helping to reshape the unique identities of our neighborhoods.

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BY ARI P OS T PH OTOS B Y A NGIE M Y E R S Our reputation as the home of Capitol Hill power lunches – which, in many ways, our chefs are still trying to shake – has become a sort of cultural heritage, building a duality of seriousness and leisure that pervades the sensibilities of dining rooms and kitchens across the city.

It is excellence meets informality, seriousness meets raucousness. Washingtonians work hard and expect good food to come from places that soothe their collectively weary spirits. We want a place to sit and relax without putting on appearances.

Here at Georgetown Media Group, we were excited to explore this side of dining: the restaurants and chefs that offer extraordinary cuisine without requiring a bank-breaking budget or jacket and tie. We wanted to know where the city’s frequent diners grab a great bite, to track down the casual, everyday delicious. With the RAMMYs -- Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington’s annual restaurant awards -- coming up on June 22, it was a perfect time to highlight some of our favorite nominees.

Washington’s restaurant community recently lost an important member of the family, former Washington Post food writer Walter Nicholls. A longtime champion and translator of our area’s food culture, particularly significant in calling attention to the once-cloistered pockets of authentic Asian and Latino cuisine, his passion for food helped elevate our culinary scene to its current status. This issue is made in his memory: these are the kind of restaurants that Walter loved.

TIM MA Water & Wall, Maple Avenue Restaurant

RAMMY Nominations: Rising Culinary Star of the Year, Upscale Casual Restaurant of the Year

Tim Ma should never have opened a restaurant. At least that’s what he says. Working for eight years as an engineer before attending culinary school, he found a restaurant for sale on Craigslist in Vienna, Va., and bought the lease. With a handful of friends and his wife and business partner, Joey Hernandez, he opened Maple Avenue Restaurant in 2009.

“It should never have happened,” he said.

“And it didn’t go well for a very long time.

But I’m pretty used to succeeding through failure. So we just evolved very quickly and kept drastically changing the menu until we hit on something that we knew was right. And in the process we taught ourselves how to run a restaurant.”

An experimental fusion of French and Asian cuisine, Maple Avenue is a culinary destination, currently RAMMY-nominated for Upscale Casual Restaurant of the Year. Their seared scallops – served on a bed of coconut risotto with scallions and basil ice cream – are alone worth the trip.

“You see risotto in a lot of places,” says Ma. “But we wanted to introduce these Asian flavors that I knew would pair well with the scallops. And infusing a delicate herb like basil into such a rich plate was an interesting challenge.”

“I love what’s happening with this area’s food culture.”

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Despite Maple Avenue’s success, Ma took his unique culinary style and approach in a different direction with Water & Wall, his new restaurant in Arlington, to better fit the profile of the surrounding neighborhood.

“Eventually it’s the neighborhood who will support you,” he said. “And the French-Asian thing didn’t catch on in the same way as it did in Vienna. The tilt that we’ve taken is now more traditional French-American food, but in our style. It tends to be a lot more playful, a little tongue-in-cheek.”

For example, Maple Avenue had a rib platter with a Dr. Pepper-based barbecue sauce. At Water & Wall, it was reimagined as a cured, slow-braised beef brisket. “My sous chef is from Tennessee and has a southern tilt to his cuisine, so we made it a Cheerwine-based sauce,” utilizing the red cola distributed exclusively in the South. It is paired very simply with applewoodsmoked mashed potatoes and pickled mustard greens (Ma’s favorite part of the dish).

Water & Wall’s soft-shell crab is a seasonal must, gently tempura-fried and served with sauteed spinach, house pickles and an Old Bay aioli.

“I love what’s happening with this area’s food culture,” says Ma. “If this were ten years ago, I would have never been interviewed for anything – no one would care who I was. But the fact that there’s all this attention on D.C. food makes you feel rewarded for working hard in an industry that for the most part, until five years ago, was never rewarded for working so hard.”

WaterAndWall.com 3811 N Fairfax Dr, Arlington 703.294.4949

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WILL ARTLEY Pizzeria Orso

RAMMY Nominations: Everyday Casual Restaurant of the Year, Everyday Casual Brunch of the Year “As a cook and an eater, I’m really most attracted to the craftsmanship of old, lost arts like bread making,” says Will Artley, head chef of Pizzeria Orso. “Pizza dough takes an extreme amount of discipline and you will always continue to learn.”

Artley and Pizzeria Orso defy every expectation. A neighborhood pizza place in Falls Church, Va., Pizzeria Orso sits on the ground floor of a four-story office building off Lee Highway. A makeshift vinyl sign dangles next to gray block letters that read “TAX ANALYSTS,” visible from the interstate beyond a local burger joint and an auto-parts retailer.

But inside this unassuming building, Artley is making some of the best pizza in the Washington area. A RAMMY-winning chef for his work at Evening Star Cafe in Alexandria and a finalist on Food Network’s “Chopped,” Artley had been looking for

his next move. When Pizzeria Orso came his way, he saw an opportunity to put Falls Church on the map and return to his roots as a neighborhood chef.

“I had never done pizza,” he says. “But what I saw in Falls Church was a tight-knit community who stuck by each other. And I wanted to be a part of that.” He immediately enrolled in a bread program at the Culinary Institute of America, and before long, Pizzeria Orso was making waves.

“It’s instilled in chefs from the get-go to constantly strive for perfection,” he says. “But neighborhood restaurants are so special because they teach you that perfection is subjective. Perfection is someone walking out of your restaurant satisfied, happy and wanting to come back.”

His pizzas, crafted in the age-old Neapolitan tradition, are simple and extraordinary. The marinara pizza with house sausage is perhaps the perfect example: tomato puree with hand-chopped tomatoes, sea salt, olive oil, shaved garlic and oregano.

“It’s one of the most classic pizzas,” Artley says. “I know it seems strange not to have cheese on a pizza, but I promise you’ll

be sold. It’s simplicity and beauty, without being crushed under the weight of forty toppings.”

Beyond the pizzas, diners would be remiss not to try the grilled lentil salad over grilled squash with green peppercorn dressing. The seared scallops with corn succotash and tomato jam is also an unexpected highlight. Grilled octopus with white artichoke puree and white bean ragout is a slice of southern Italian divinity, worthy of Poseidon himself.

“I want people to come get to know us,” says Artley. “If you’re a vegan, gluten-free, I can cook for you. I want to do it. I want everybody who walks in these doors to have a great experience.”

PizzeriaOrso.com 400 S Maple Ave., Falls Church 703.226.3460

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Images from left to right Tim Ma at Water & Wall, Victor Abisu at Del Campo, Del Campo’s Smoked Cherry Old Fashioned cocktail, Will Artly at Pizzeria Orso*, Tim Ma and his wife Joey Hernandez, facade of Pearl Dive Oyster Palace*. *Restaurant’s own photos.

JAMES HUFF Pearl Dive Oyster Palace

RAMMY Nomination: Everyday Casual Restaurant of the Year, Everyday Casual Brunch of the Year, Manager of the Year (Tyes Zolman) Chef James Huff has spent his career falling into the sea. From cutting his teeth with groundbreaking D.C. seafood chef Bob Kinkead in the late nineties to working at Emeril Lagasse’s Delmonico Steakhouse in New Orleans, his career seems to have been destined for a focus on fish.

It is only natural that he would end up in Washington working for Black Restaurant Group, arguably the royal family of Washington-area seafood culture. But when he came across the opportunity to run Pearl Dive Oyster Palace, Black Restaurant Group’s 14th Street hot spot, Huff wanted to bring more to the table than your average array of fine-dining oceanic gastronomy.

“Everyone in our kitchen comes from fine-dining backgrounds,” he says. “And that knowledge and technique is the backbone of all our cooking. But there are a lot of people in this city just like me – three kids and a busy life – and I want to cook for them, give them a neighborhood gathering place, somewhere they can swing by any time of day and get simple, consistent, quality food and service.”

The highlights of the menu, to hear Huff tell it, are the simple delicacies, such as the wood-grilled oysters with garlic, red chile butter and gremolata and the wood-grilled redfish, a skin-on filet that picks up the natural richness of the wood smoke, served with cayenne stoneground grits and a simple brown butter sauce with sage and pecan and lemon. The

cornmeal-fried oyster po’ boy with cayenne aioli and the Dive Burger with roasted green chilies, pepper jack and bacon are also things of not-so-guilty epicurean pleasure.

The servers wear t-shirts and jeans and greet you with a warm smile. The exposed brick of the walls reflects the streetlights, making you feel like you’re hanging out in your best friend’s kitchen. Pearl Dive is a place to relax and enjoy the simple pleasures in life.

“At the end of the day,” says Huff, “we just want to make food taste good. That’s our mantra.”

PearlDiveDC.com 1612 14th St., NW 202.319.1612

VICTOR ABISU Del Campo

RAMMY Nomination: New Restaurant, Chef of the Year “I like eating really authentic foods,” says chef and restaurateur Victor Abisu. “And that’s what I wanted to cook. Good food, the food of my heritage.”

This was the inspiration for Abisu’s flagship restaurant, Del Campo, when he opened it in Chinatown in 2012. The airy, agrarian space is home to a meat-driven, wine-centric menu that brings together the chef’s Latin American roots – from his Peruvian mother and Cuban father – as well as his childhood experiences in an Argentine butcher shop.

“We are focused on the grill culture of South America, the

parrilla,” he says. “My mission is to showcase these cultures in the ways that they affected me, and paint a picture of what I love about each one.” Everything touches the grill at Del Campo, transporting diners to the Andes Mountains, where they are connected to the history of it all.

The restaurant’s grilled octopus causa is based on a traditional Peruvian dish dating back to the late 19th-century War of the Pacific. Abisu breaks it down in a way that is undeniably tasty. The octopus is served with tuna confit, prawns, pickled leeks, potato, piquillo peppers and avocado. Each ingredient is independently grilled, then they are stacked together, offering a smoky, 360-degree crunch.

Rolled Wagyu skirt steak stuffed with cheese, burnt onions and rosemary is inspired by an Argentine dish called matambre, a rolled piece of meat stuffed with vegetables and poached.

Needless to say, Abisu’s variation goes right to the grill, and results in a flavor both ancient and mesmerizing.

Del Campo’s tuna ceviche utilizes a citrus dressing made from smoked uni. “Even our ceviche touches the grille,” says Abisu. Putting together timeless, old-world techniques and elevating them to an approachable level, Del Campo offers a perspective on dining unique to Washington’s culinary scene.

“It’s a balance you have to strike,” says Abisu. “You want to be satisfied as a chef and cook the food you love, but you also want to reach a wide audience. Hopefully that goes hand in hand when you stay true to yourself.”

DelCampoDC.com 777 I St., NW 202.289.7377

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YOUR DINING GUIDE TO WASHINGTON DC’S FINEST RESTAURANTS

1789 RESTAURANT 1226 36TH ST., NW 202–965–1789 1789restaurant.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.

BISTRO FRANCAIS 3124-28 M ST., NW 202–338–3830 bistrofrancaisdc.com

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.

BISTROT LEPIC & WINE BAR

1736 WISCONSIN AVE., NW 202–333–0111 bistrotlepic.com 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.

CHADWICKS

3205 K ST., NW 202–333–2565 ChadwicksRestaurants.com A Georgetown tradition for over 40 years, this friendly neighborhood restaurant/saloon features fresh seafood, burgers, award-winning ribs and specialty salads and sandwiches. Daily lunch and dinner specials. Late-night dining (Sun.-Thu. until midnight, Fri.– Sat. until 1 a.m.). Champagne brunch served Sat. and Sun. until 4 p.m. Open Mon.–Thu. 11:30 a.m.–2 a.m., Fri.– Sat. 11:30 a.m.–3 a.m. Sun. 11 a.m.-2 a.m. Kids’ menu available.

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.

Overlooking the new Georgetown Waterfront Park

I-THAI RESTAURANT AND SUSHI BAR 3003 M ST., NW 202–580–8852

I-Thai Restaurant and Sushi Bar offers a taste of authentic Thai cuisine and Thai noodle dishes, where quality is never compromised. Using only the freshest ingredients, each dish is carefully prepared by our talented house chefs. With their extensive knowledge and expertise they are able to transform each dish with the perfect blend of herbs and spices into a delightful experience with the boldest and most genuine flavors possible.

Sun.–Thu. 11:30 a.m .–10:30 p.m.

Fri.–Sat. 11:30 a.m.–11 p.m.

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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).

DAS ETHIOPIAN 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.

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.

See what Chef Martinez has cooking for the spring!

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

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.

Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily.

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

ENO WINE BAR

2810 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., NW 202–333–4710 enowinerooms.com Visit ENO Wine Bar and enjoy wine flights, charcuterie, cheese and chocolate. ENO offers 100 bottles under $50 and 30 wines by the glass starting at $9. Try the ENO Experience for a perfect pre-theater meal or our dessert wine and chocolate flights after.

Wine down Sun.–Thu. from 5 to 7 p.m. and sip select wines on tap for $5.

During the World Cup, try the “Group of Death” flight featuring wine from Germany, Portugal and the U.S.

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 dinning available.

Join us for Happy Hour, Mon.-Fri. from 5 to 7 pm, featuring $1 oysters and half-priced drinks

Lunch Mon.–Sat. 11:30 a.m.–3 p.m.

Dinner Mon.–Sat. 5–10 p.m.

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CAFE BONAPARTE

1522 WISCONSIN AVE., NW 202–333–8830 cafebonaparte.com 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'tmiss 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!

FILOMENA RISTORANTE

1063 WISCONSIN AVE., NW 202–338–8800 filomena.com Filomena is a Georgetown landmark that has endured the test of time and is now celebrating 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 award-winning Italian chef. Try our spectacular lunch buffet on Friday and Saturday or our Sunday Brunch.

Open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner.

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.

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“Drawing on the club-like style of the district's old establishments and forward thinking menus of buzzy new hotspots, it's definitely the city's ” best-kept secret (which is saying a lot in a city full of leaks).”

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Loudoun County is the next…Loudoun County. One Loudoun, a development in Ashburn, will host metro-area restaurant groups ready to expand west. Robert Wiedmaier plans to open a new Italianconcept restaurant. Matchbox Food Group plans to open a Matchbox next summer.

Bryan Voltaggio is already northwest of D.C., so he’ll travel south to open his second Family Meal (the first one is in Frederick) at One Loudoun in late summer or early fall. More outside-of-D.C. concepts slated to open there include Uncle Julio’s Mexican restaurant (from the folks who brought you Rio Grande) and Redskins Grille, from a company that opens NFL-themed restaurants.

Texas de Brazil plans to open where Buddha Bar used to be in NoMa (aka Mount Vernon Triangle) on Massachusetts Avenue, NW. The churrascaria-style Brazilian steakhouse with Texas-style hospitality is known for its all-you-can-eat service right at the table. There is currently

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Robert Irvine of “Restaurant Impossible” and “Dinner Impossible” cut a deal to open Robert Irvine Fresh Kitchen at the Pentagon. It’s a restaurant in Arlington you may not be able to visit unless you an employee or a contractor. Irvine has the military creds, as he began his career in the British Royal Navy and was a guest chef at the White House mess (run by our navy). It will offer full-service, as well as fast-casual and fast food, for breakfast and lunch. A February 2015 launch date is expected.

A new Italian restaurant, Noelia, opened where Finemondo was at 1319 F St., NW, near Metro Center. Owner Kaiser Gill hired Carmen Piazza, formerly of Sette Osteria and Café Milano, as executive chef. The businessman comes from a restaurant family that owns and operates Aabshaar, a Pakistani restaurant in Springfield, and Shineys in Annandale. Noelia, named for his niece, will serve modern Italian comfort food.

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FOOD & WINE

A TRIBUTE TO WALTER NICHOLLS

(1949–2014)

The following is a selection of remembrances of Walter Nicholls, who passed away June 1. A Washington native and Georgetown resident, he was a former staff writer for the Washington Post Food section and created the popular column in The Georgetowner, “What’s Cooking, Neighbor?”

Nancy McKeon I dragged my friend Walter Nicholls to a Washington Post Christmas party some years ago. While I was still in the entryway taking my coat off, he was already two rooms away

used to show up to my Arlington restaurant surveying the food. Ditto our excursions to the within an hour of us placing our vanilla order Georgetown Gala one year and the Embassy via email (he lived near by in Arlington). I was Chef Challenge: While some of us shmoozed and bellied up to the bar, Walter buzzed so excited when he was hired by Arlington Magazine, because this neighborhood was his around the food displays, sampling here and backyard, if not in the there, reporting back on Blue Ridge Mountains. what not to miss and what wasn't so great.

“So glad to have had "Our whole team you as a friend Walter. at Bayou An old friend once Bakery in Your brilliance and Arlington was very said to me, "Walter's saddened by the news 'idle' speed is just a bit enthusiasm for life of his passing. I miss higher than ours." I told will be missed!” him already."

Walter that because – Chef David Guas it so amused me. But – Richard Klug now I can't tell him "We will miss you anything, not (again) Walter Nicholls but we how I lived vicariously will never forget you. You will always be an through his travel features and so enjoyed important part of our life story." reading about his food adventures.

– Sophie and Katherine of Georgetown Cupcake Chef David Guas I met Walter at a party in 1998, shortly after I "I'm so sad to learn of Walter's death. moved to DC. I remember someone telling me What a true gentleman and a gentle soul. who he was, that he wrote for the Washington Gonna miss you, my friend."

Post and was a very "tough" critic. I went right – Tricia Messerschmitt up to him to introduced myself and I remember him being very "reserved." After that "Walter Nicholls, better known to me as point, I started looking for his articles to try to "Wonder Wal" back then, was also, among understand who he was through how he wrote all of these things, "Drop Dead Gorgeous"! about food - and he knew food!

His intellect and conversation...when we met about 43 years ago, was then, and is still, a Walter was also the vanilla salesperson for highlight in my life. Unique humor and a gramy cooks at Bayou Bakery since opening in cious man. He loved so much, so young. He November 2010, introduced to me by Carolyn also gave gifts to me and his friends, that were Lochhead (I remember telling Carolyn 'Oh, so unusual and beautiful...they are in my home I know Walter, everyone knows Walter!') He

and hanging on my walls today, throughout... many moves, changes etc. "Wonder Wal" knew great art when he saw it! I haven't kept in touch in years...but I feel his presence...just as much now...as I always will."

– Heather P. McConnell "I had the great good fortune of working with Walter for many years. He was smart, kind and wickedly fun and funny. Walter never did anything in first gear. He always operated in overdrive. His energy was amazing. He was amazing.

And very much missed."

– Sukiq (Washington Post reader) "My spouse and I had a dinner party when Gorbachev, premier of the USSR, came to Washington in the '80's. I decided to call it "Glasnost," indicating his opening to the West, while rapidly liberalizing the Soviet system at home. I hired Walter to cater it, and he took on the assignment with a vengeance, researching old Russian cookbooks from the Czarist era and other sources. He arrived with his staff and provisions early the morning the day of, dismissed us and set to work, clearing out our furniture to accommodate 25 to set up tables for a seated dinner which turned out to be beyond fabulous.

Course after course was authentically Russian in every way. He did it again the next evening for a similar crowd, followed by a brunch the next day after that with a more conventional menu. He was exhausted by the end of it all, but appropriately self-satisfied that he did a fine job."

– Amabala1 (Washington Post reader)

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IN COUNTRY

A Royal Sprint to New York and the Hamptons

Water Mill Post Office History Exhibit Free exhibit at the Water Mill Museum: learn more about the historical background and its significance to the local community. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., six days a week all summer; closed Tuesday. 41 Old Mill Road, Water Mill, N.Y.

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The next day, after he hit his real estate office, Brown Harris Stevens, in Southampton, we stopped

by Hagins & Mortimer Design, a new store featuring important 20th-century artwork and furnishings, and caught a glimpse of Dash, the controversial Kardashian retail venture.

In Sag Harbor, a short jaunt to the north, we had a memorable sidewalk luncheon at the historic American Hotel and wandered down to the marina and the adjacent famed Bay Street Theater, where a matinee of the current production, “Conviction,” was letting out.

Shopping, several opulent open houses, dining at Pierre’s and Bobby Van’s in Bridgehampton…the whirlwind trip wrapped up with a farewell lunch at Silver’s in Southampton, now manned by the fourth generation of the founding family. Stuffed to the gills, I was deposited at Islip for a flight back to reality.

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BY M ARY B IRD My recent jaunt to New York City and the Hamptons started in splendid style aboard the Royal Sprinter, a recently introduced luxury van with two daily trips to and from the Big Apple. My uniformed driver, Nacer Abdelisser, arrived ahead of time at our departure point, the Park Hyatt on 24th and M Streets, NW. With no takers for the optional pick-up at Embassy Suites in Chevy Chase, we were on our way.

Each custom-designed Mercedes Sprinter vehicle – equipped with individual reclining leather seats with leg extensions, power outlets, tray tables, seven-inch flat screen monitors with DirecTV and a WiFi connection – can accommodate up to eight passengers.

On this occasion, the $90 trip took more than the estimated four hours to reach the Loews Regency Hotel on Park Avenue (New Jersey Turnpike accident, Puerto Rican Day Parade).

The East Side drop-off was particularly convenient as I was headed to the Intercontinental Barclay on 48th Street, under the able management of Hervé Houdré, who spent several years in D.C. at the Intercontinental Willard. My two-night stay allowed me to catch up with old friends and see the exhibitions “Charles James: Beyond Fashion” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and “Degenerate Art: The Attack on Modern Art in Nazi Germany, 1937” at the nearby Neue Galerie.

I also had several excellent meals, including dinner at the Sea Fire Grill, a half-block from the Barclay, and a happy lunch at Arté on East 9th Street.

My Hamptons host and I then motored out to the Southampton hamlet of Water Mill. After excellent sushi and sashimi at Suki Zuki, we ended the evening in the over-the-top elegance of Bridgehampton’s

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‘Swells & Swirls’: Photo exhibition features award-winning photographers Matt Clark and Mike DiRenzo and Alex Ferrone’s Aerial Observations. Artists will have a gallery talk on July 13 at 2 p.m. Alex Ferrone Photography Gallery, 25425 Main Rd., Cutchogue, N.Y.

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Evening approaches at Mission Hills Resort – Dongguan Whether your arrival is straight from a knee-crunching, 20-hour airline experience or a shuttle over the border from the spacestarved city of Hong Kong, the welcoming 20 square kilometers that comprise the world’s largest golf resort at Mission Hills promise plenty of leg room, long irons and lady loopers. Mission Hills Dongguan and Shenzhen edged out Pinehurst in 2004 for the Guinness

Book of World Records honor, boasting a total of 12 championship courses. Combine these with the ten additional courses located at Mission Hills Haikou Resort on Hainan Island, and you can see where an eight-day trip there might be an option-wrenching experience for a golfer. No one has expressed anything like real sympathy for me as of yet.

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Having arrived skeptical as to how a resort could uniquely differ from so many neighboring golf tracts, I left overwhelmingly impressed. The thick forest-lined Norman course weaved in and around the Mainland China Hills and was probably the most challenging course at Dongguan. The meandering layout promoted solitude, and my inability to speak Mandarin prompted a fun practice of miming out shot intentions to my caddie.

Knowledgeable caddie notwithstanding and appreciated, I very much enjoyed playing by myself and will remember this quietly pleasant Norman walkabout for some time. The number of sand traps on the famed Olazabal Course necessitate the creation of greenside outdoor showers and a name change to “Playa Del Iraq,” but make it an outstanding test of

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Algebraically, I learned that: My Hands < Nick Faldo’s Hands < Yao Ming’s Hands.

It was a special treat to play a Pete Dye course in China, where the trademarked railroad-tie designs came complete with the exotic three-noted chimes of emerald doves overseeing play. The highlight round of Dongguan and Shenzhen was the World Cup Course, designed by Jack Nicklaus. Made famous when Fred Couples and Davis Love III won here in 1995, it remains one of the most famous courses in China.

I flew into Mission Hills Haikou on Hainan Island, having no idea what to expect, and I was wowed all over again. Hainan Island is generally referred to as the “Hawaii of the East,” as it has the same tropical climate and volcanic rock. I was even necklaced with a flowered lei upon hotel arrival. Mainland Chinese flock here for the relaxed attitude and recreation it provides.

The golf courses I played at Haikou were unbelievable. The Blackstone Course, which hosted the exhibition match between Rory and Tiger last October, featured a contrasting

The famed 15th hole of the Olazabal Course shot placement skills.

Mission Hills Shenzhen, a short shuttle away, was no less expansive or inviting. While waxing golf is something I am partial to, no account of time spent here would be complete without addressing the magnitude of activities besides golf that are available to the “golfedout” and non-golfer. If world-renowned spas, eco-friendly trail hikes, curvy swimming pools or optical illusionary “Trick-Eye Museums” become old hat, guests can go buy new ones in Hong Kong. Culinary possibilities featuring Chinese, Japanese, American and Korean menus are available in venues, ranging from your bed to private dining rooms. A golf course science and technology museum is available for kids (and held my attention), while life-size dioramas espousing resort responsibility for green and responsible growth are educational and captivating. Just walking through the grand ballrooms is fun. Visiting celebrities have all left cement handprints in walkways throughout the grounds, and find-

Mission Hills top notch caddies responded to the authors request for a war cry trio of lava rock, white sand and green grass in a sharpness that I have never seen before.

International awards and competitions litter its pedigree. If Blackstone were the heavyweight, then the Lava Fields Course would be a barroom-brawling cousin. These two courses were more alike than any others I played at Mission Hills, and this was not only forgivable

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but desirable. I saw the sun rise at Mission Hills Haikou from the Blackstone Course my last day because I had to play it a second time.

The amenity base at the Haikou Resort already surpasses anything I have ever seen at a golf resort, and future expansion plans are no less promising. A Lan Kwai Fong shopping, dining, and concert venue to sister the

existing one in Hong Kong is set to deliver late this year (think East Asian Times Square), and an entire movie-themed town is also just wrapping up. Hyatt and Hard Rock are under construction. Mission Hills may have most of its golf courses situated, but the Mission Hills brand is just getting underway. Home to the world’s largest spa and mineral springs, the

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resort is also the largest tennis facility in the world. The vast real estate holdings that make all of this expansion possible could hide a million people, and yet it would not feel crowded.

If you want to feel crowded, you can visit nearby Haikou City. Not only did I wander off campus to do this, I even undertook an evening “Hainan Impression” show, showcasing the history of the island. A seafood dinner expedition in town allowed me to pick out whatever I wanted to eat from hundreds of fresh seafood tanks.

There are more than 600 golf courses in China, and that number is growing monthly.

The sheer numbers associated with the

breakout of the Chinese upper middle class is something the world has never seen, and the number of golfers there are predicted to eclipse their American counterparts inside of ten years. Mission Hills Resorts will be there to cater to them, and a family or group trip to China to experience them will round out any American golfer’s resume. The inability to portray the monumental number of experiential possibilities available to me on this trip in a single column leave me no choice but to leave you with this simple directive: Google Mission Hills, and go there. I definitely will be going back soon.

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– Done With Listening Dear Done, You actually do sound like a good friend, but a friend who is fed up. That’s okay. Many of us in the field have clients who first came to therapy saying, “My friends are sick of listening to me, so I needed to find someone else.”

If you think you can be gentle about it (and I mean really, really gentle), you might suggest that she find someone who is trained to help support a person going through a divorce, because you “know she is hurting” and you “want her to feel better.”

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There is no reason to be harsh about it (e.g., “You are such a downer, Louise.”). If you are a good friend, you might be doing her a favor by admitting that her experience has become a burden for you (e.g., “I am noticing that I have a hard time moving on after we talk about your divorce. If I am having this kind of reaction by proxy, I can only imagine how hard it is for you. I really hope you can get to a place where you don’t have to bring this into the office every day. Is there anything I can do to help you with that?”).

Venting is a wonderful – and often necessary – tool for people to express pent-up emotions and move into a better space. But this behavior can be addictive. When we are

allowed to take up all the space in a relationship with our own airing of grievances, we don’t always see that we are taking some of that space away from a friend. Acknowledging your true feelings about the circumstances can help steer the friendship back to more of a balance.

And if the end result is that she is motivated to find a professional to talk with? Well, then you’ve been the catalyst for a real solution.

Stacy Notaras Murphy (www.stacymurphyLPC.com) is a licensed professional counselor and certified Imago Relationship therapist practicing in Georgetown. This column is meant for entertainment only and should not be considered a substitute for professional counseling. Send your confidential question to stacy@georgetowner.com.

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Once upon a time, say, Oct. 16, 1997, a musical opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway.

This is not news today, nor was it then. Musicals open on Broadway all the time, some to move on to glory and musical memories everlasting, and some to exit street left, never to be heard from again.

The musical in question was called “Side Show,” with a book and lyrics by Bill Russell and music by Henry Krieger of “Dreamgirls” fame. It was a show about the life and times of Violet and Daisy Hilton, conjoined (“Siamese”) twins who were sideshow (“carny”) attractions and even bigger vaudeville stars.

Directed by Robert Longbottom, it featured Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner as the sisters and received Tony Award nominations for best musical, best book, best music and best acting in a musical (Ripley and Skinner for one role).

But 91 days after it opened, “Side Show” was gone. Over the years, it became something of a legend, a theatrical rumor about remembered magical moments.

“I don’t know exactly what happened,” said Bill Russell when we sat down and talked with him. “It was a lot of things, I suppose. I think a lot of people thought the show would sell itself, and just about everybody we ever talked to who actually saw it loved it. Maybe it wasn’t marketed enough, maybe the whole idea of a musical about people who were very, very different from everybody else – and especially the twins and their attempts to find love – rubbed some people wrong.”

“Side Show,” of course, is back, bigger than ever with new characters and ten new songs added, directed by Bill Condon, the Oscar-winning director of the movie version of “Dreamgirls.” It’s a Kennedy Center production – part of the Michael Kaiser legacy of rescuing critically acclaimed shows with passionate followers such as “Ragtime” and “Follies” – in association with the La Jolla Playhouse in California, where it had a successful run.

“One thing I know, and one thing I saw, was that young people seemed to really get into this show,” Russell said. “And I’m not surprised. Thinking in terms of the characters in the show, people that were considered freaks, outsiders, and here they’re the main people in a musical and you see their yearnings and strivings to be like other people, to love and shine.

“The sisters were real people. They even played themselves in that 1930s movie ‘Freaks’ by Todd Browning. But they were never alone from each other, people always looked at them, they were different from each other.”

The production at the Kennedy Center, more of a musical drama than a musical, is by all accounts elaborate. And while it may appear larger and richer, and thick with memorable music and songs (not to mention memorable costumes and makeup) – “Here are the Freaks” still opens the show in rousing fashion – it aims straight at the hearts and emotions of the audience.

This is a show that includes not only promoters and ballyhoo folks, but the bearded lady, little people, the three-legged man, the living Venus de Milo, reptile man and, of course, the girls. Emily Padgett, a veteran of several national tours (“Rock of Ages,” “Cats” and “Legally Blonde), plays Daisy and Erin Davis (“A Little Night Music,” “Grey Gardens”) plays Violet.

Russell’s list of credits includes the long-running OffBroadway show “Pageant,” which won two Olivier nominations for its West End production, as well as “Elegies for Angels,” “Punks and Raging Queens” and “Family Style.” But it’s probably fair to say that “Side Show” is something special for him, and not just because of the Tony nominations and the Broadway run.

“I know a little something about being an outsider,” he said.

“Think about this: I was born in Deadwood and raised in a town called Spearfish in the Black Hills of South Dakota. “My father was a popular guy whom everybody called Cowboy. He was a cowboy, and here I am, coming out to him and the town news-

paper as gay. He was not happy with me. He worked in rodeo, he herded cattle. Eventually we reconciled, and he got to see some of my work and I think he appreciated what I did and who I was. But it wasn’t easy.”

Fathers stay in the heart. Russell wrote poems about his father including one called “Cowboy.”

As for “Side Show,” which is in the Kennedy Center Opera House through July 13, what happens next? Broadway?

“Hard to say,” Russell said. “Sure would be great, wouldn’t it?”

Emily Padgett and Erin Davis as conjoined twins Violet and Daisy Hilton.

D.C.’s ‘Experimental Orchestral Laboratory’ is Ten Years Old

BY RIC HA RD SE L DE N

Post-Classical Ensemble cofounder and conductor Angel Gil-Ordóñez.

“We’re radical subversives,” asserts Joe Horowitz, former New York Times music critic and author of eight books, including a 2005 history of classical music in America that the Economist named one of the best books of the year.

Horowitz is executive director of PostClassical Ensemble, a D.C.-based “experimental orchestral laboratory” that has completed ten seasons of thematic, cross-disciplinary programming and educational collaboration, with another on the way.

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On June 12, the Austrian Cultural Forum hosted an event announcing the ensemble’s 2014-15 season, which will include two of its signature immersion experiences: “Iberian Mystics: The Confluence of Faiths,” part of the Kennedy Center’s Iberian Festival in March, and “A Mahler Portrait.”

The event was also a launch party for Post-Classical’s new Naxos CD, “Dvorák and America,” featuring the “Hiawatha Melodrama,” a work for narrator and orchestra created by Horowitz and Dvorák scholar

Michael Beckerman using excerpts from the “New World Symphony” and Longfellow’s “Song of Hiawatha.”

The culminating event of next season’s Mahler programming will take place on April 28 at the Austrian Cultural Forum, when baritone Christoferen Nomura will sing “Songs of a Wayfarer” and the “Abschied” from “The Song of the Earth” with the ensemble. In between, the audience will watch a playlet about the marriage of Gustav and Alma.

Among the related events is a Nov. 23 performance at Georgetown University of Mahler’s “Symphony No. 4” and “Kindertotenlieder” by the Georgetown University Orchestra conducted by Angel GilOrdóñez.

Madrid-born Gil-Ordóñez is music director of both Post-Classical Ensemble – which he cofounded with Horowitz in 2003 – and the Georgetown University Orchestra. Former associate conductor of Spain’s National Symphony Orchestra, he studied with Pierre Boulez and Iannis Xenakis in France and worked closely with legendary conductor Sergiu Celibidache in Germany.

Gil-Ordóñez, who met Post-Classical’s cofounder through a mutual friend in 1997, says that Horowitz “opened my eyes about the future of orchestras.” Horowitz immediate adds: “If there is to be a future.”

The two have created a unique model in

which, first, a small orchestra of excellent musicians plays works that are in one way or another outside the standard classical repertoire; and, second, these works are put in context through film and other visual media, drama, dance and commentary. Post-Classical’s tenth season, for example, concluded with a bilingual multimedia presentation, songs of the Mexican Revolution and a screening of the 1936 film “Redes” accompanied by a live performance of the score, composed by Silvestre Revueltas.

Next season is also Post-Classical’s second as ensemble in residence for Dumbarton Concerts at Georgetown’s Dumbarton Church.

The ensemble performs in the center of the church, and Gil-Ordóñez praises the acoustics, especially in the lower range: “This octave between cello and bass is extraordinary.”

Post-Classical will present a program called “Bach and the Divine” at Dumbarton Church on Nov. 15, when bass-baritone Kevin Deas will sing the solo cantata “Ich habe genug” with the ensemble. Another work, “Nun ist das Heill,” will be performed with audience members singing along. Georgetowner readers who like to sing are encouraged to sign up for the optional rehearsals by emailing info@postclassical.com.

ART WRAP

Museum Guide: Two to View

BY AR I P OS T

Isamu Noguchi’s “Okame” “Speculative Forms” at the Hirshhorn Speculative realism is a philosophical notion that emphasizes equal relationships among subject, object and space. In the realm of visual art, it highlights the importance of installation and the viewer’s eye in relation to the object.

For instance, the iron sculpture “Okame” (1956), by Japanese American artist Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988), is a vaguely organic form, rust-colored with a single, slanted eye and what may be four ears and a mouth. The

title means “bystander” in Japanese, and as one moves around the small work there is a prevailing sense that the audience is not the only participating viewer; it is a work that looks back. Noguchi is manipulating the notion of the work itself observing, even as it is observed by the viewer.

Drawn from the Hirshhorn’s private collection, “Speculative Forms” reconsiders the historical development of sculpture since the early twentieth century and the ongoing critique of the autonomy of the object. Ranging from the well known to the rarely exhibited, the selected works challenge the modernist notion that sculptures exist in isolation from their surroundings.

Including more than fifty works, this two-floor exhibition – while proceeding through Surrealism, Constructivism, Assemblage, Op and Kinetic Art, Minimalism and Post-Minimalism – collapses conventional art historical divisions such as figurative versus abstract, still versus kinetic, representational versus simplified geometric, interior versus exterior. The works oscillate between these dichotomies, turning one’s preconceived notions of sculpture inside out and raising intriguing questions about the potential and limits of the perception of objects and the larger world.

“Modern American Realism” at the

Smithsonian American Art Museum Sara Roby (1907-1986) was a beloved art collector who established a foundation in the 1950s to encourage figurative artists when Abstract Expressionism was at peak popularity. Through her foundation, she collected over 150 paintings, drawings and sculptures by the country’s leading figurative artists, including Edward Hopper, Will Barnet, Isabel Bishop, Paul Cadmus, Arthur Dove, Nancy Grossman, Wolf Kahn, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Jacob Lawrence, Reginald Marsh, Ben Shahn and Honoré Sharrer.

Acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 1984 from the American Federation of Arts (formerly administered by the Whitney Museum), the collection has been one of Washington’s hidden gems of the visual arts for thirty years.

“Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection,” currently on view at the museum, presents some of the most treasured artworks from this now permanent collection, featuring seventy paintings and sculptures from the 1910s to the 1980s. Selected by chief curator Virginia Mecklenburg, the works encompass a range of what can broadly be called modern realism, from sociopolitical to psychological, from satirical to surrealist. The resulting exhibition captures both the optimism and the apprehen-

sion of the years following the Second World War, from the poignantly human to the whimsical to the complex and enigmatic.

Roby gave essential support to realism at a time when critics celebrated abstraction that bore little resemblance to the natural world.

She recognized that modern life allowed for many kinds of realism. This collection ensures that her legacy, as well as the legacies of the many great artists she championed, will not be forgotten.

Richard Merkin’s “Gertrude and George” “Speculative Forms” opened June 16 at the Hirshhorn Museum (the closing date will be announced). “Modern American Realism” will be on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum through Aug. 17.

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27th Annual Bark Ball

BY MARY BIRD

“Washington’s black-tie gala for the four-on-the-floor crowd” was a sellout at the Washington Hilton on June 14. WHS President and CEO Lisa LaFontaine said over 1000 two-footers were attending and they lost count after 550 dogs. “Voice of the Washington Redskins” Larry Michael was Master of Ceremonies and called the evening the “the Super Bowl of dog events.” All proceeds will support the critical WHS programs and services that benefit thousands of homeless, lost and abused animals in the District of Columbia.★

Friends of Volta Park Close to $50K Goal

BY ROBERT DEVANEY

The Friends of Volta Park completed its annual festive get-together at Georgetown Visitation Prep June 6 with food and drink from 1789 Restaurant and the added fun of a live auction, called by Griff Christie and Andy Kline with Friends of Volta Park Jenkins of Fox News. It is one of the best neighborly parties in town. The group is near its annual President Steven Barentzen. goal of $50,000 for Volta Park maintenance and improvement.Park.

HSUS President and CEO Wayne Pacelle, Lisa FletcherPacelle, Andrew and Christina Weinstein.

Alma Bertolino with Molly Fetgatter Jessica Haywood, Sierra Clark, Elena Tompkins and Kristen Lever, VP of Friends of Volta Park.

Elizabeth Barentzen, Kelle Glass and Lisa Meyers.

Tony and Joe’s Fetes Tony on His 77th Birthday

BY ROBERT DEVANEY

Erin Sullivan and Baxter

Ethel Taylor with Joy, the mascot of Doggie Washerette.

Tony Cibel celebrated his 77th birthday with a couple hundred of his closest friends June 5 at his waterfront restaurant at Washington Harbour, Tony and Joe’s Seafood Place, which marked its 25th year in 2012. Cibel is a native Washingtonian and is the patriarch of the Oceanside Management Family of restaurants, which has included the Dancing Crab, Tony & Joe’s Seafood Place, Nick’s Riverside Grille, Kaufmann’s Tavern, Cabanas and the Rockfish. Tony and Joe’s survived the April 2011 flooding at the waterfront that damaged it and several other places. With a re-design, it emerged better than ever.

Future Rep. Don Beyer Fundraises in Georgetown PHOTO BY NESHAN NALTCHAYAN

Vicki and Roger Sant hosted a reception for the Democratic candidate for Virginia’s 8th Congressional District, Don Beyer, at their N Street home June 5. Beyer hopes to fill the seat, being vacated by retiring Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., whose district borders D.C. Michael Saylor, Monica Richter and Nick Cibel.

Gala Guide

JUNE 22 The RAMMY Awards and Gala The RAMMY Awards Gala, a fundraiser for the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington, brings together hospitality leaders for an evening devoted to honoring excellence in the restaurant and food service community. For details, visit www. ramw.org/rammys. Walter E. Washington Convention Center, 801 Mt. Vernon Pl., NW.

Mark Ein, Roger Sant, Don Beyer, Vicki Sant and Councilman Jack Evans.

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Councilmember Marion Barry with Tony and Lynn Cibel.

JULY 17 Brew at the Zoo Join FONZ – Friends of the National Zoo -- at its annual Brew at the Zoo, where you can sample the best beers from more than 60 craft and microbreweries. Proceeds from this festive event go towards animal care and conservation at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and around the world.

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‘Les Papillons de Nuit’ Benefits International Eye Foundation

BY MARY BIRD

Guests at Carderock Falls Manor, Robin Phillips’ in-home stage in McLean, were transported to the ambiance of an old French music hall on June 7. The evening of wine, delicacies and song supported IEF’s blindness prevention programs in developing countries. The multi-talented Ms. Phillips choreographed and sang her heart out as she brought to life Colette, Maurice Chevalier and other great early 20th century Parisian artists. PHOTOS BY JO A.S. CARPENTER

Dr. Jane Elsten, Robin Phillips.

Actress Tea Leoni Makes Powerful Plea for Refugees at UNICEF Fundraiser

BY ROBERT DEVANEY

Actress Tea Leoni -- a UNICEF ambassador and star of the upcoming CBS drama, “Madam Secretary” -- headlined a June 5 fundraiser, hosted by Samar and Will Langhorne at their N Street home to benefit UNICEF’s education programs for Syrian children.

Leoni spoke movingly of her visit to the Za’atari camp -- the world’s second-largest refugee camp -- in Jordan during an interview with Lynn Stratford of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF at the Langhorne home.

For Samar Langhorne, the benefit was personal. Her father was in a Palestinian refugee camp, she told the crowd, and got an education through UNICEF. She, herself, lived in a refugee camp for a time.

We will be seeing a lot more of Leoni in D.C. this fall -- at least on television. As a actress, Leoni will be in a lead role that is decidedly Washingtonian. She plays the Secretary of State in “Madam Secretary,” a new CBS drama, set for a September debut.

Samar Langhorne and Tea Leoni at UNICEF fundraiser at the Langhorne home on N Street.

Abeer and Yousef Al-Otaiba, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the United States.

IEF President & CEO Victoria Sheffield, Ambassador of Bulgaria Elena Poptodorova, Kathy Leckey.

Hillwood Bedazzles

BY MARY BIRD

Ambassador of France François Delattre was the Honorary Chair at Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens on June 3 for an elegant dinner and preview of the current exhibit, Cartier: Marjorie Merriweather Post’s Dazzling Gems. The extraordinary jewels provided an insight into the collector’s commitment to “finest craftsmanship, historical significance, and true splendor.” Mrs. Post’s granddaughter Ellen Charles is stepping down as board president after ensuring that the house museum will continue to be the well run venue it is today.

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