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Days away from the supreme court’s new session, we reflect on the career of Thurgood Marshall, the first african american to assume the highest legal office. by doug kendall
We will never see the likes of Thurgood Marshall again. The great-grandson of a slave, Marshall grew up in a modest Baltimore home at the beginning of the 20th century. Yet by age 30, he had succeeded in developing and implementing a legal strategy to end state-sponsored segregation, ultimately producing Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the most famous and what some might call the most celebrated Supreme Court ruling in our nation’s history. What do you do as an encore? If you’re Thurgood Marshall, you go on to become a very successful appellate court judge, the first African American solicitor general, and then the first African American Supreme Court justice, serving on the court with distinction for more than two decades. Some 60 years after the Brown ruling, the legal revolution Marshall led in the civil rights arena can almost seem preordained, but it was nothing of the sort. In fact, the idea that the Supreme Court could help lead a civil rights revolution was quixotic when Marshall joined the fight in 1935. What Marshall had on his side at that time was the Constitution, amended after the Civil War to prohibit slavery and guarantee equal protection for all in the United States. The New
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York Times says Marshall was “brandish[ing] the United States Constitution the way Moses brandished the Ten Commandments.” Separate, Marshall argued simply, was inherently unequal, and thus segregation could not be squared with the Constitution’s 14th Amendment. The ultimately successful campaign devised by Marshall and his colleagues at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund to win this argument has been a model for every public-interest lawyer since. Marshall never stopped wielding the Constitution—stressing that its amendments are what truly makes the document what we know today. In a fiery speech delivered during the bicentennial celebration of the 1787 Constitution, Marshall reminded us that, great as it was, the original Constitution “was defective from the start, requiring several amendments, a civil war, and momentous social transformation to attain the system of constitutional government, and its respect for the freedoms and individual rights, we hold as fundamental today.” To Marshall’s list we should add that it took a lawyer as skilled and prophetic as he to envision and produce the positive role the Supreme Court played in this country-defining struggle. CF
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42 // styLe spotLiGht The freshest collections and debut boutiques in our nation’s capital.
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Septime Webre has been influencing DC-area ballerinas for 15 years as The Washington Ballet’s artistic director.
58 // NothiN’ but Stubble Special ops Captain Nicholas Karnaze’s skincare line helps men while benefting veterans.
60 // oh, brotherS Maryland natives John and T.J. Osborne are making musical waves as Brothers Osborne.
62 // DC’S Fight Night CelebrateS 25 YearS
For more than two decades, men of Washington have fought—literally— for District children.
TasTe 45 // StaND baCk Fleetwood Mac reunites at the Verizon Center this October.
48 // about time
An exhibit of original Time magazine covers from the 1960s at The National Portrait Gallery is a cultural and visual journey through the “Age of Aquarius.”
52 // Culture SPotlight Books, exhibits, and shows not to miss this season.
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75 // it’S a PleaSure to WagYu BLT Steak’s Executive Chef Jeremy Shelton has made it his mission to make Wagyu beef popular and accessible.
78 // the beSt SteakhouSeS iN DC Power-dine at the city’s top restaurants for choice cuts—and deal-making.
80 // luCk oF the iriSh No need to take a trip to the Emerald Isle—mixologists here in DC are embracing Irish whiskey.
82 // taSte SPotlight
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Restaurant openings and other noteworthy happenings on the DC culinary scene.
55 // oN PoiNte
84 // boN aPPétit!
Artistic director Septime Webre celebrates his 15th anniversary with The Washington Ballet.
Daniel Boulud and Patrick O’Connell talk evolution, advice, and new adventures over lunch at DBGB DC.
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The youngest members of the House, Aaron Schock (left) and Patrick Murphy share their points of view with Capitol File. on rep. aaron schock: Wool suit,
features 90 // renner revealed
Two-time Academy Award nominee Jeremy Renner takes on the CIA in his new drama, Kill the Messenger. By Elizabeth E. Thorp Photography by Sarah Dunn
94 // dC’s Young guns These fve movers and shakers are making their mark on the District. By Amy Moeller Photography by Gregg Delman
BOSS ($895). The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City, 703-418-0690; hugoboss.com. Cotton shirt, Giorgio Armani ($425). Neiman Marcus, Tysons Galleria, 703-761-1600; neimanmarcus.com. Silk tie ($160) and tie clip ($100), Paul Smith. Saks Fifth Avenue, Mazza Gallerie, 301-657-9000; saks.com. Pocket square, Ermenegildo Zegna ($100). Tysons Galleria, 517-730-1900; zegna.com. Wingtip oxford ($385) and dress belt ($98), Allen Edmonds. 1027 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-429-9494; allenedmonds.com on rep. patrick murphy: Suit, Ermenegildo Zegna ($3,095). Tysons Galleria, 517-730-1900; zegna.com. Dress shirt, Hugh and Crye ($85). 3212 O St. NW, 202-250-3807; hughandcrye.com. Tie, Emporio Armani ($145). Tysons Galleria, 703-761-3103; armani.com. Tie clip, Paul Smith ($125). Saks Fifth Avenue, Mazza Gallerie, 301-657-9000; saks.com. Cap-toe oxford ($385) and dress belt ($98), Allen Edmonds. 1027 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-429-9494; allenedmonds.com
100 // a step above Hit the trails this fall for fresh air and breathtaking views. By Virginia Coyne
104 // Congressional Collaboration
110 // Celebrating the three Cs Complexities, chronographs, and calendars are top features of the most popular watches on the market for DC men. By Roberta Naas Photography by Jeff Crawford
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Representatives Aaron Schock and Patrick Murphy talk politics, leadership, and working together to make America a better place. By Elizabeth E. Thorp Photography by Andrew Eccles
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haute property 117 // A Luxury FriAry A former monastery in Annapolis takes a vow of extravagance.
120 // LAvish reFuge Owners of high-end local homes are upgrading their entertainment spaces with elegant designs and high-tech amenities.
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Friends oF Cap File, i am writing this from a dock of a
home in Maine where my family and I escape for a week or two each summer. How appropriate that I’m watching rugged, handsome Maine lobstermen in yellow coveralls haul in their lobster buoys while I’m considering our Men’s Issue. And we have a whole host of masculinity packed into this edition. Our cover star, two-time Academy Award nominee Jeremy Renner, takes on the CIA in his new film, Kill the Messenger. Set in Washington, DC, California, and Nicaragua, the movie is based on the true story of Pulitzer Prize– winning journalist Gary Webb, who exposed the CIA’s role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua through cocaine distribution in the United States in the mid-1980s. I rendezvoused with Renner—star and producer of the film—at Chateau Marmont (in true Hollywood style) to chat about the movie, Washington, and being a new dad (page 90).
My husband and I, as we set sail in our turnabout, Misty, in Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
I also spent an afternoon before Congress’s August recess with the two youngest members of the House, Representative Aaron Schock (R-IL) and Representative Patrick Murphy (D-FL). We were slated to do a photo shoot and conduct the interview, and just like an episode of House of Cards, the House GOP called for a vote on the border-crisis package. The representatives and their staff came over to Hotel Monaco, then were called back to the Capitol for votes, then raced back afterwards for the photo shoot and interview. Phew! They were gracious under pressure, and both are passionate about helping their constituents and America. (See page 104.) We’ve got more young guns for you in our men’s feature on page 94. These dapper gentlemen are changing Washington for the better, and are easy on the eyes, too. DC isn’t the Hollywood for ugly people anymore, now is it?
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This issue, we celebraTe jusT a few of The fabulous young men moving
With two of my favorite men, my husband, Jay, and son, Dylan.
and shaking in our fair city. Cher once said, “Men aren’t necessities, they are luxuries.” All about luxury in Washington, we can’t wait to introduce you to our men! Some you’ve surely heard or read about, or maybe even know personally. Others are just getting their names out there. But all of them, we assure you, are incredibly accomplished. Our cover star, Jeremy Renner, is one of our big-screen favorites—cool, unassuming, charismatic, the essence of the luxury we love—fresh off the release of Kill the Messenger, set here in our fine city. With fall’s arrival, the theater and music scenes are ramping up here in Washington, and with it, the men we admire. On page 55, we talk to Septime Webre, who will continue to surprise and delight us this season at The Washington Ballet. On November 8, TWB will host Noche de Pasión: The Tango Soirée to benefit TWB’s scholarship program and the Latino Dance Fund as well as celebrate their fall repertory program, Masterworks. Capitol File is the media sponsor for this special evening, which will be bringing together so many diverse
members of DC to celebrate the arts in a very elegant yet fun evening. It is a night in the city that is not to be missed. Some other theaters in the city will have plenty of men on tap for must-see events, including The Lisner Auditorium, which has a stellar lineup this fall. Its performances cater to the GWU students but also to the general public, so spread the word. And finally I.M.P. Productions took over operations at the Lincoln Theatre last year, and its upcoming shows have an eclectic mix of comedy and music for all ages. But it’s not all about performance of the artistic type. Turn to On the Town (page 84) to check out two well-known creative chefs who are old friends chat about an evolving and an ever-luxurious dining scene. So, Cher, I think we’d better kick necessity to the curb. If these men are luxuries, in the words of Oscar Wilde, “Let me be surrounded by luxury, I can do without the necessities!”
suzy jacobs
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above, from left: At The Jefferson Hotel with some of DC’s finest luxuries; with Tommy McFly at the White House to learn more about the “It’s On Us Campaign.”
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Chris matthews broadcaster and journalist Following American politics since the first Eisenhower campaign, Matthews was a presidential speechwriter and top aide to House Speaker Tip O’Neill before becoming a full-time journalist in the ’80s. In 1994 he transitioned to TV news anchor, and in ’97 he launched MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews. The best-selling author of seven books, he penned our Art Full column for this issue (p. 48). What was enjoyable about writing this Art Full piece on the Time magazine covers exhibit? I think about the ’60s a lot, especially the feeling of that time. Writing about the Time covers of the era brought it all back, all the zest and spirit of those turbulent years. The topic was always Vietnam and the draft. It was a common fact of life shared by everyone you knew. Was there a particular piece of art that resonated with you most? John F. Kennedy remains the key figure of the decade. I believe the 1960s, as we think of it, began spiritually with his death in November 1963. After that came the hippies, the drugs, the war protests. Favorite DC haunts? I love wandering around Georgetown. Martin’s Tavern at Wisconsin and N is my favorite restaurant. It’s where Jack Kennedy proposed to Jacqueline. It’s a great place to get a feel of what old Washington was like. It’s never changed.
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steve Clemons commentator and journalist
amy rose Dobson real estate writer
Editor-at-large for The Atlantic and National Journal, Clemons is an MSNBC contributor and publisher of the political blog The Washington Note. He also serves as a senior fellow at the New America Foundation, and he wrote this issue’s Freely Speaking (p. 128). What sparked your interest in being a journalist? I knew I wanted to be a journalistwriter-commentator on October 16, 1985, when the Los Angeles Times printed my critique of the Henry Kissinger op-ed, which had a few problems. I sent him my note, and Kissinger wrote back. That got things going. Of what career moment are you most proud? I was happy when Richard Nixon thanked me for a meeting with Japanese politician Ichiro Ozawa. This meeting moved Japan to help save a collapsing Russia. Nixon carried a letter from President Bill Clinton to Japan, and we moved an important needle at a fragile time. It’s also most rewarding to see the many huge career successes of interns and staff colleagues whom I have had the pleasure of mentoring.
Born in Washington, DC, Dobson grew up just across the river in the Virginia suburbs. She is a writer who covers luxury real estate for Capitol File. What do you like best about writing our Estatements (p. 120) column? I get the inside scoop on area homes that are works of art in their own right. How do you spend your time when not writing about inspiring architecture or beautiful décor? I can be found strolling the halls of the National Gallery of Art, taking in the sights at the National Zoo, or indulging in any of the Ethiopian restaurants on U Street. Favorite fall activity? Now that fall is in the air, I love watching as much football and ice hockey as possible.
GreGG Delman photographer Getting his start in photography as an intern for the legendary Annie Leibovitz and later working as an assistant to Nigel Parry, Delman developed a love of portraiture. Known for his celebrity, music, and portrait photography, his work has appeared in Time, Rolling Stone, Interview, GQ, and in ads for major brands such as Pepsi, Sony, and Warner Bros. He photographed the men for our “Young Guns” feature in this issue (p. 94). What inspires you? When I’m in need of inspiration, I will take my camera out and go shoot. What was it like working with Annie Leibovitz? It was the perfect place to get my hands dirty with experience. Do you prefer digital photography or film? For commercial work I’ll shoot digital. But I love the whole process of film. I enjoy the separation of time between shooting and seeing the images. There also is the benefit of having something physical.
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STYLE The Style Setter Eduardo De Pandi is one of DC’s most sought-after master tailors.
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after Six decadeS of deSigning men’S SuitS, maSter tailor Eduardo dE Pandi announceS planS for a women’S line. by bryn kenny
Italian-born designer Eduardo De Pandi has spent most of his 60-plus-year career creating designs for men, but a recent influx of requests from women at his new location on Wisconsin Avenue in Chevy Chase has inspired him to expand into the world of women’s suits and tuxedos. In spring 2015, he will launch a women’s line in collaboration with his daughter, E! News coanchor and TV personality Giuliana Rancic. “Giuliana and I are still in the conceptual phase with the women’s line, but she’ll be wearing a prototype soon on the continued on page 34
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STYLE The Style Setter Eduardo De Pandi offers custom and ready-to-wear suiting by labels such as Versace and Luigi Borrelli.
Customers can add the finishing touches to a suit with the perfect Italian silk tie.
De Pandi measures a jacket in his Chevy Chase shop.
red carpet,” he says. “She’s been immersed in the fashion world since birth. She’ll help bring a fresh look to my style.” De Pandi may have cut his teeth as a young tailor in Naples, Italy, but DC— where he opened his first store, on K Street, several decades ago—is where he has found his true home. “My wife and I moved here to give our three children a better life,” De Pandi says of his decision to relocate his family to America. The move proved to be a wise one, as De Pandi—whose
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clients include opera singer Placido Domingo, actor Liev Schreiber, and Washington Capitals announcer Joe Beninati—has made quite a name for himself as one of the area’s most sought-after tailors. His store has also become a one-stop shop for the latest Italian fashions. In addition to custom designs and De Pandi’s own line of ready-to-wear suits, the Eduardo De Pandi boutique carries prominent Italian labels such as Ravazzolo, Pashmere, Italo Ferretti, and Dolcepunta.
For De Pandi, a career in fashion seems to have been written in the stars, beginning at the tender age of 9 at Sartoria Luigi Sangermano, one of Naples’s most prestigious tailor shops, where he worked as an apprentice tailor. “At the time, there were not many shops in Naples carrying ready-to-wear men’s suits. Everyone wore custommade suits, and most men kept the name of their tailor as a closely guarded secret,” says De Pandi, who cut and assembled his first suit at age
17. “My vision still encompasses the classic, elegant style of my roots but also incorporates up-to-date Italian fashion trends that are appropriate for the more conservative DC market, which tends to dress a bit more formally than most other American cities. I’m influenced by the latest trends, but I always try to be sensitive to a client’s tastes and what looks best according to the client’s body type. My customers always comment on how my suits fit like a second skin.”
For fall, De Pandi sees a return to more elegant and traditional styles for men, including double-breasted suits, wider lapels, singlepleated and cuffed slacks, as well as wing-collared tuxedo shirts, with the winglike tabs of the collar worn behind the tie. “People want something new and fresh—styles always change,” De Pandi says. “You’ll see older styles repeated but with a subtle difference, an update on the original.” 5518 wisconsin ave., chevy chase, 301-7181901; eduardodepandi.com CF
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“Giuliana and i are still in the conceptual phase with the women’s line, but she’ll be wearinG a prototype soon on the red carpet.” —eduardo de pandi
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STYLE Accessories Glove Story luxe leather gloves in a neutral palette are the perfect partner to a bold jade coat. Jacket ($2,600) and gloves ($390), Bottega Veneta. Tysons Galleria, 703-4423138; bottegaveneta.com. vest, Brunello Cucinelli ($2,845). Neiman Marcus, Mazza Gallerie, 202-9669700; neimanmarcus.com. Shirt, Burberry London ($325). 1155 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-463-3000; burberry.com. tie, Vince Camuto ($70). Nordstrom, Tysons Corner, 703-761-1121; nordstrom.com. tie bar, Burberry ($180). see above. Pocket square, Polo Ralph Lauren ($95). 1245 Wisconsin Ave. NW, 202-9650905; ralphlauren.com
This season’s go-To paLeTTe for dapper dC men is green and gray. photography by brian klutch styling by faye power
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fashion editor: lauren finney; GroominG by Casey Geren usinG oribe for abtP.Com; maniCure by Casandra lamar usinG dior Vernis at faCtory downtown; model: shane duffy for Parts models
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a sleek slate-colored watch face paired with a charcoal gilet completes the ultimate monochromatic look.
a structured, minimalist bag adds an extra surprise in a rich forest green.
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an unconventional emerald velvet bow tie brings a sleek elegance to eveningwear.
Statement-making cuff links in this cool shade of gray pair well with a range of shirts, from conservative colorways to fashionforward patterns.
tuxedo jacket ($2,295) and evening scarf ($295), Burberry London. 1155 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-4633000; burberry.com. Shirt, Ermenegildo Zegna ($345). Tysons Galleria, 571-730-1900; zegna.com. Bow tie, Marc Jacobs ($195). Solbiato, 1511 Wisconsin Ave. NW, 202-338-4005; marcjacobs.com. accutron ii watch, Bulova ($499). Lord & Taylor, Mazza Gallerie, 202-3629600; bulova.com
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Jacket, Gucci ($1,890). Tysons Galleria, 703-5066804; gucci.com. Sweater, Bottega Veneta ($8,000). Tysons Galleria, 703-4423138; bottegaveneta.com. Shirt, Etro ($591). Neiman Marcus, Mazza Gallerie, 202-966-9700; neimanmarcus.com. Pocket square, Salvatore Ferragamo ($140). Tysons Galleria, 703-748-7620; ferragamo.com. 18k white-gold crystal and hematite square cuff links, Penny Preville ($4,295). Tiny Jewel Box, 1147 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-393-2747; tinyjewelbox.com
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Gilet, Brunello Cucinelli ($1,005). Neiman Marcus, Mazza Gallerie, 202-966-9700; neimanmarcus.com. Shirt, John Varvatos ($250). Barneys New York, 3040 M St. NW, 202-530-5832; johnvarvatos.com. tie, Brooks Brothers ($80). 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-659-4650; brooksbrothers.com. Pocket square, Salvatore Ferragamo ($140). Tysons Galleria, 703-748-7620; ferragamo.com. modeltwo, Ploom ($40). Preston’s Pharmacy, 5101 Lee Hwy., Arlington, 703-522-3412; ploom.com. 43.5mm Classic Chronograph watch, David Yurman ($4,600). Tysons Galleria, 703-245-3515; davidyurman.com
Sweater ($850) and Porte-Documents Voyage ($2,830), Louis Vuitton. The Collection at Chevy Chase, 301-654-1101; louisvuitton.com. Pants, Etro ($370). Neiman Marcus, Mazza Gallerie, 202-9669700; neimanmarcus.com. 43mm stainless steel fifty fathoms Bathyscaphe watch, Blancpain ($10,500). Diplomatic Duty Free, 1818 N St. NW, 202-466-8524; blancpain.com. Sterling silver Meteorite signet ring, David Yurman ($795). Tysons Galleria, 703-2453515; davidyurman.com
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STYLE Social Network “on television, colors really need to pop or you’ll look washed-out. so a bright tie is essential” clockwise from far left: Steve Chenevey opts for dark suiting by designers like Hugo Boss and Ermenegildo Zegna with a bold tie, such as this one by Brioni ($230), available at Barneys Co-op; Chenevey is a regular of stylist Nuri Yurt at Toka Salon in Georgetown; off the clock, the anchor favors colorful menswear at J. Crew.
Lights, Camera, Action! Steve Chenevey has spent more than a decade waking up Washington with his morning news programs. And as the anchor of Fox 5 Morning and Good Day DC—which air from 6 to 11 am daily—he knows about looking camera-ready before most are out of bed. For work, Chenevey gravitates toward suiting in darker shades, such as a classic dark blue or black,
noting that Hugo Boss and Zegna are among his favorite brands. Available at Saks Fifth Avenue’s men’s-only store at Mazza Gallerie (202-363-2059, saks.com), the designers offer a noteworthy selection of both slim and athletic fits, the latter being Chenevey’s preference. Off the clock, he favors relaxed clothing. “Nothing beats a comfy tee after-hours, which for me starts at 2 pm,”
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he says. His top selections are J. Crew’s (3222 M St. NW, 202-965-4090; jcrew.com) collections of V-necks in bright hues like salmon, Kelly green, and cobalt. For accessories, Chenevey keeps his neckties classic, usually purchased at Harrods in London, Saks, or Barneys Co-op (3040 M St. NW, 202-350-5832; barneys.com). He opts for silk renditions, while bold colors and prints
add sartorial intrigue. “On television, colors really need to pop or you’ll look washedout,” he says, “so a bright tie is essential.” Chenevey feels that a great timepiece puts the finishing touch on any ensemble. “I love watches that look sharp and unique, but cost no more than a good dinner for two,” he says. His standby is a metal design he bought while vacationing in Capri.
“I wear it everyday. I always have a piece of my trip with me,” he adds. For grooming, Chenevey swears by Toka Salon in Georgetown (3251 Prospect St. NW, 202-333-5133; tokasalon.com). “I’ve been going to Nuri [Yurt] for as long as I can remember,” he says. “Great service! And he worked at the White House for years. You can’t get much more DC than that!” CF
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Baume & Mercier created the Promesse collection of automatic and quartz timepieces in homage to the brand’s history with a nod to the styles of its women’s pieces from the 1970s. The 30mm and 34mm Swiss-made watches utilize a round case and dial. An oval bezel and accents of diamonds and motherof-pearl add feminine appeal. The automatic versions feature a transparent caseback for viewing the movement. Pricing starts at $1,900. Lenkersdorfer Fine Jewelers, Tysons Corner Center, McLean, VA, 703-506-6712; baume-et-mercier.com —Roberta Naas
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Men’s footwear just got a bit more stylish. This fall, fashion mainstay Vince launches a men’s line that includes a range of sports-inspired boots and casual shoes. Italian-made nubuck, suede, and black pebbled leather silhouettes carry through the brand’s casually sophisticated look with some standouts, including the Abe—a hybrid sport suede boot that comes in autumnal colors such as flint, graphite, and olive. Bloomingdale’s, 5300 Western Ave., Chevy Chase, 240-744-3700; vince.com
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IVAN A TRUMP’S FINE JEWELRY LINE OFFERS WASHINGTON WOMEN REFINED DAYWEAR. Ivanka Trump certainly has inherited her father’s business savvy. Despite being the executive vice president of development and acquisitions for The Trump Organization and a mom to two young children, she still finds time to devote to her fine jewelry line. This year she’s launched three new collections under her Ivanka Trump Fine Jewelry umbrella, including the Metropolis collection, which is composed of polished yellow and white-gold pieces in geometric shapes adorned with pavé diamonds for a subtle hint of sparkle. The pieces make exceptional day jewelry for DC women looking for a bit of discreet refinement at their fingertips—as well as their necks and earlobes. Chas Schwartz & Son, Mazza Gallerie, 202-363-5432; ivankatrumpcollection.com
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Brooks Brothers ($265). 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-659-4650; brooksbrothers.com
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A NEW BOSS This Promesse timepiece is one of 14 styles in Baume & Mercier’s newest collection.
Now open at CityCenterDC, a 6,500-square-foot Hugo Boss store debuts womenswear BOSS collection by Artistic Director Jason Wu and carries BOSS and HUGO menswear, accessories, and fragrances. 1054 Palmer Alley NW, 202-408-9845; hugoboss.com
DC men are crushing for tartan accessories this fall.
Burberry ($295). 1155 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-463-3000; burberry.com
Hermès ($145). Tysons Corner, 703-506-4546; hermes.com
Etro ($3,830). Neiman Marcus, Mazza Gallerie, 202-966-9700; etro.com
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Stevie Nicks performs with Fleetwood Mac as a warm-up for the band’s fall tour.
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FLEETWOOD MAC REUNITES AT THE VERIZON CENTER THIS OCTOBER. BY BILLY MITCHELL After a witchy cameo on FX’s award-winning anthology American Horror Story: Coven, singer Stevie Nicks worked some magic in real life, reuniting the most celebrated Fleetwood Mac lineup of all time for a fall tour set to hit the Verizon Center on Halloween night. Sixteen years since she left the band, Christine McVie—keyboardist, vocalist, and writer of some of Fleetwood Mac’s biggest hits—will rejoin the formation famed for the platinum-certified 1978 Grammy album of the year, Rumours. Nicks and McVie will reunite with CONTINUED ON PAGE 46
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Check out these other not-to-miss shows coming to dC this fall. Todd RundgRen:
After a hard day’s work—during which we know you’d rather “bang on the drum all day”—join Todd Rundgren for “An Unpredictable Evening,” as the tour is billed, at the Birchmere in Alexandria. October 28, The Birchmere, 3701 Mt. Vernon Ave., Alexandria, 703-549-7500; birchmere.com So You Think You Can DanCe Live TouR:
drummer Mick Fleetwood, guitar virtuoso Lindsey Buckingham, and bassist (and Christine’s ex-husband) John McVie, whose bout with cancer caused the group to cancel shows late last year. Christine McVie took to the national spotlight of the Today show to make her announcement in March. “I think that can be said with a definite capital, ‘Yes,’” she told Carson Daly when asked if she’d be reuniting with the group. McVie blamed her departure from the band on a fear of f lying. During a stop at the Verizon Center in April of last year—35 years since winning the Grammy for Rumours—Fleetwood Mac (sans McVie) ran through nearly two-dozen tracks spanning its almost half-century existence, including two encores. With the revered gang back together, expect a heavy dose of greatest hits, including the smooth “Dreams,” the rocking “Go Your Own Way,” and the incomparable ballad “Landslide”—a testament to
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the ups and downs that Fleetwood Mac has endured since the ’60s— plus some McVie-sung hits the band didn’t perform last time, like “Over My Head” and “Say You Love Me.” “Silver Springs,” titled after the District suburb, is another favorite. If we’re lucky, Nicks will serenade our crowd of Washingtonians on the 31st with a sampling of the never-before-released tunes from her new studio album: 24 Karat Gold: Songs From the Vault hits stores October 7. True fans will have plenty of time to grab a copy and learn the lyrics to sing along before the big show. “Most of these songs were written between 1969 and 1987. One was written in 1994 and one in 1995,” Nicks said when news of the new album was announced. “I included them because they seemed to belong to this special group. Each song is a lifetime. Each song has a soul. Each song has a purpose. Each song is a love story…. They represent my life behind the scenes, the secrets, the broken hearts, the broken-hearted, and the
survivors. These songs are the memories—the 24-karat gold rings in the blue box.” The biggest highlight of the night, though, might not be hearing an unearthed gem from Nicks or the smoky voice of Christine McVie purring “You Make Loving Fun” as if it’s 1977 all over again. Rumor has it that since McVie rejoined the group, she’s been composing new songs and may have hit the studio in March with the rest of the band. We’ll be listening for the first taste of a yet-to-be-released Fleetwood Mac album. With such a round of major announcements leading up to the show, Fleetwood Mac’s circle of DC fans quickly jumped on the ticket queue, but those late to the box office should still be able to grab a seat at this can’t-miss concert from secondary ticket outlets. Of course, it will come with an inflated price tag, but an opportunity this rare is surely worth it. October 31, Verizon Center, 601 F St. NW, 800-7453000; verizoncenter.com; fleetwoodmac.com CF
Watch your favorites from Season 11 of So You Think You Can Dance twist, lunge, pirouette, and soar across Lisner Auditorium’s stage. Expect to see some of the memorable routines that amazed you on the show this summer, as well as new pieces created just for the tour. November 9, George Washington University’s Lisner Auditorium, 730 21st St. NW, 202-994-6800; lisner.gwu.edu Buddy guy:
A forefather of modern blues-rock, guitar legend Buddy Guy’s live performances are breathtaking. This infuential musician—loved by greats like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimi Hendrix—is 78 years old, and seeing him in person should be on any music lover’s bucket list. November 10, The Birchmere, see above AReThA FRAnkLin:
Take the short trip north to Baltimore to show your R-E-S-PE-C-T for a voice like no other. At age 72, Aretha Franklin— the Queen of Soul—can still saunter through vocal scales with ease, only to explode into notes that most singers only dream of hitting. November 13, The Patricia & Arthur Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric, 140 W. Mt. Royal Ave., Baltimore, 410-900-1150; lyricoperahouse.com
Aretha Franklin will dazzle fans at her DC show in November.
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The chemistry hasn’t faded for Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, performing together this summer.
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About time
an exhibit of original Time magazine covers from the 1960s at the national Portrait gallery is a cultural and visual journey through the “age of aquarius.” by chris matthews An optimistic John F. Kennedy appeared on the June 9, 1961, issue, six months into his first term as president.
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In the 1960s, Time magazine still commissioned portraits for its covers. They said to readers: this face, this event you see on the front of our magazine, will be remembered. It will matter always, just as it does now. Every moment of this tumultuous decade of history is chronicled visually in “Time Covers the 1960s,” an exhibit on display at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery through August 9, 2015. Study the portrait of John F. Kennedy from the June 9, 1961 issue. Here ( left) is the young president, fresh to the office, with the country’s flag at his back. His generation of junior officers who won WWII is now ready to lead. A new crispness bites at the air. JFK’s great rite of passage as president would come late in the next year, when he discovered that Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev had secretly placed offensive nuclear weapons in Cuba. After days of terrifying testing by both sides, an under-the-table deal was clasped. The US agreed to pull its missiles from Turkey if the USSR would do the same from Cuba. The agreement kept the world from an all-out nuclear war, even as it undercut Moscow’s devoted ally Fidel Castro. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s appearance on Time’s January 3, 1964, cover as Man of the Year spotlights the historic March on Washington the preceding summer. Standing before the Lincoln Memorial, the civil rights champion gave his “I Have a Dream” speech. On that hot August afternoon, in front of the anxious, sweltering crowd, he rose as no one else had ever before or since. The assassination of President Kennedy that autumn, an unforgettable national moment, robbed the country of its celebrated confidence. After that gothic funeral in late November 1963 came the long hair, the protests, the folk music of Joan Baez (who had been a Time cover in November 1962) and others, and the battles between white and black, father and son. It was a time when the sunny spirit of the country went dark and uncertain. Stirring the country, wildly if briefly, was the early 1964 arrival to America of The Beatles. At Holy Cross, our entire corridor crowded into the one room with a TV set to catch the Fabulous Four that wintry Sunday night on Ed Sullivan. Of greater portent, the quadrennial year also saw Congress pass the country-changing Civil Rights Act. It was President Lyndon Johnson’s greatest achievement, a partisan credit, too, to the strong majority of Senate Republicans led by Illinois’s Everett Dirksen. Then came tragedy and irony: Within a year of the ’64 election, President Johnson, who had run as the “peace” candidate, escalated the war in Vietnam. Afraid to be the first American leader to lose a war, he raised the US troop level to 500,000. His downturned head on Time’s cover presaged the agony to come. Millions of Americans passed those troubled years of war abroad and unrest at home by enjoying a nightly party hosted by conTinued on page 50
IllustratIon by rené robert bouché courtesy of the natIonal PortraIt Gallery, smIthsonIan InstItutIon/GIft of Time maGazIne/© DenIse bouche fItch
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Time’s iconic Neil Armstrong cover by Louis S. Glanzman for its July 25, 1969, issue. right: Rare for a musician, folk singer Joan Baez appeared on the cover of Time in November 1962, the heyday of the American roots revival.
“Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s appearance on Time’s 1964 cover spotLights the historic March on Washington that previous suMMer, When he gave his ‘i have a DreaM’ speech anD rose as no one eLse haD ever before or since.” Johnny Carson, who graced time’s cover in may of 1967. Carson made even the loneliest heart feel he or she had received a personal invitation. meanwhile, at the movies, something radical was happening. Warren Beatty’s bonnie and clyde and mike Nichols’s the graduate took the maverick’s side. Both somehow, without our saying so, were about Vietnam. Suddenly we found ourselves rooting not for “law and order” and the affluent society but for this gorgeous outlaw pair and this difficult, not particularly likable son of the nouveau riche. By 1967, the climate became more ominous. Race riots struck Detroit and other cities—the terror of the riots was captured in an August 1967 time cover. So did the “hippies” who challenged the get-ahead American way of life—both groups fueled by anger over young men being hauled off to Vietnam. Finally, there came the out-in-the-open electoral challenge. A minnesota senator named eugene mcCarthy came forth to challenge Lyndon Johnson’s renomination. Campus activists got their hair cut, getting “clean for Gene.” After mcCarthy gave
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Johnson a scare in New Hampshire, Robert Kennedy launched his own antiwar campaign for president. The assassination of martin Luther King Jr. in the spring of 1968, followed by the second Kennedy assassination in June, marked the emotional nadir of the decade. Yet despite this dual tragedy right in our face—captured on the 1968 time cover by Roy Lichtenstein of a pistol pointed right at us—it could not dislodge the country from its dug-in gun culture. Richard Nixon, narrowly defeated by Kennedy in 1960 and again for California governor in 1962, came back to pick up the decade’s pieces. His time covers in 1968 and 1969 would count among his record 55 appearances there. One of the decade’s last covers, of Neil Armstrong by Louis Glanzman, saluted the 1969 lunar landing, completing the bold mission young Jack Kennedy had envisioned at the decade’s outset. in a harrowing, violent decade, his Apollo space program, along with the Peace Corps, offered a light of hope. “Time covers the 1960s” at the smithsonian national portrait gallery, through august 9, 2015; npg.si.edu/time CF
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THE GOLDEN HOUR
The Pikes by Andrew Wyeth, 1965.
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This month Todd Moss, the former chief US diplomat for West Africa under President George W. Bush, debuts his first political thriller, The Golden Hour (Putnam Adult, $27), presenting a fictional tale of espionage, terrorism, and international security. It’s the first of a proposed series focusing on “the vital 100 hours following a political coup d’état, when there is still a chance that diplomacy, back channels, or military action might reverse a deadly chain of events,” according to Moss. Meet the author on October 7 at 4:30 PM at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. csis.org; Politics & Prose, 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-364-1919; politics-prose.com; toddmoss.com
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The 1989 film Driving Miss Daisy—which captured more than two-dozen awards, including four Oscars—comes to life on stage this fall at Ford’s Theatre. The Pulitzer Prize–winning play by Alfred Uhry, who adapted it for the screen, tells the story of the unexpected friendship between Daisy Werthan, a wealthy, stubborn Jewish matriarch (to be played by Nancy Robinette), and Hoke Colburn, a proud African American man (portrayed by Craig Wallace). Their relationship spans more than 20 years, during the civil rights struggle in Atlanta, and the play has likewise transcended the decades. Driving Miss Daisy was first performed off-Broadway in 1987, starring Morgan Freeman, who reprised his role in the film version. That production closed in 1990, but in 2010 the play was revived on Broadway with James Earl Jones. This new Washington edition is directed by Jennifer L. Nelson, with performances Tuesday through Sunday until October 26. Ford’s Theatre, 511 10th St. NW, 202347-4833; fords.org/event/driving-miss-daisy Craig Wallace and Nancy Robinette reprise the lead roles in award-winning play Driving Miss Daisy at Ford’s Theatre this fall.
On display now through November 30 at the National Gallery of Art, “Andrew Wyeth: Looking Out, Looking In” is a neverbefore-seen-together collection of Andrew Wyeth’s images of windows. One of his first of more than 300 paintings on this theme—and one of his most well-known works—1947’s Wind from the Sea was given to the museum in the spring of 2009, only a few months after the renowned artist’s death. The exhibit runs for just a few more weeks and can be seen only in Washington, DC. National Gallery of Art, 6th and Constitution Avenue NW, 202-737-4215; nga.gov
Political thriller The Golden Hour is released this month.
MONUMENTAL MAGDALENA THE THIRD INSTALLATION of the New York Avenue Sculpture Project—a public-art concept curated by the National Museum of Women in the Arts featuring contemporary works by female artists in DC—was unveiled September 27. It highlights five works by Magdalena Abakanowicz that will be on display through September 27, 2015. 1250 New York Ave. NW, 202-783-5000; nmwa.org Walking Figures by Magdalena Abakanowicz, 2009.
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Join Us for Our Sensational 2014.15 Performance Season Petite Mort: Masterworks by Kylián/van Manen/Wheeldon Company Premieres October 22 – 26, 2014 Harman Center for the Arts
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Sleepy Hollow World Premiere February 18 – 22, 2015 The Kennedy Center
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PEOPLE View from the Top Septime Webre is a prolific choreographer with wildly eclectic tastes.
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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR SEPTIME WEBRE CELEBRATES HIS 15TH ANNIVERSARY WITH THE WASHINGTON BALLET.
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Septime Webre’s feet rarely meet the ground. Fifteen years into his tenure as the artistic director of The Washington Ballet, Webre isn’t slowing down—he still brims with the same fiery enthusiasm as the boy who wrote his first play at age 10. “My sister was my muse,” he says, telling of costumes cobbled together with curtains and safety pins. He recalls this early foray over lunch at Georgetown’s Peacock Café in between meetings with composers and set designers of his most recent production, Sleepy Hollow, debuting at the Kennedy Center in February. Webre waxes poetic about ballet and his love of literature, which he has combined to create “The American Experience,” a 10-year project turning great American novels into ballets. “The American story hasn’t been told yet in the ballet canon,” he says. “I’m looking for projects that would distinguish The Washington Ballet from other great American ballet companies.” He’s well on his way with the success of his balletic renditions of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises in the past few years. He’s also mulling over the works of Edith Wharton and Tom Wolfe, pondering his next idea, and Gabriel García Márquez remains one of his favorite authors. conTinued on pAGe 56
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Washington Ballet dancers rehearse for the fall performance season.
EXCEL! scholarships to study ballet at The Washington Ballet, which is as much an education institution as it is a performing arts company. Webre’s advice for young dancers is: “Work hard and get the best training you can. Put a greater emphasis on your academic life than your dance life, because that’s the only way to be a fully realized person and artist. Education is foremost.” He doesn’t romanticize the grueling career of a ballerina. “It’s so tough,” he says. “There’s only room for the best of the best in ballet. You need a plan B.” Webre was one of the lucky ones. He got his first professional job at 22 as a dancer at Ballet Austin, then segued into choreography and hasn’t looked back. So is there a new mountain to climb for this cerebral man-child with fancy feet? “My dream job provides a challenge, a creative outlet, and allows me to collaborate with and mentor other artists,” he says. “I’m certainly doing that now.” The Nutcracker, Thearc Theater, Nov. 29–30, and Warner Theatre, Dec. 4–28, 202-397-7328; washingtonballet.org CF
Septime Webre is known for cultivating the next generation of dancers.
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Webre talks about his favorite spots in the city. on moving to washington:
“I was recruited by a headhunter; it seemed like a very interesting opportunity. The institution had great bones, a great history, and opportunity for growth… and it’s just so livable. I am captivated every day by this city.” Place for reflection:
“A brief walk through Meridian Hill Park or the Hirshhorn galleries is where I go to clear my head. The
Hirshhorn is my favorite museum for its thrilling contemporary art.” District vistas:
“I love the view from the Corinthian columns at The National Arboretum.” must-see ballet of the season:
“Giselle at the Kennedy Center by the Bolshoi Ballet.” best Dc meal:
“The Hottie pizza at Comet Ping Pong paired with a Belgian-style wheat beer.”
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Webre is adding his imaginative spark to Sleepy Hollow by delving into Ichabod’s psychology and creating more of a backstory. In it, Ichabod will find himself confronting the Salem witch trials and the American Revolution, in addition to the menacing headless horseman. This spring, for the first time, Webre’s dancers will perform the iconic Swan Lake with S&R Foundation’s Evermay Chamber Orchestra. Webre calls it “an audacious decision; it’s important for us to be tackling such a canonical work.” He describes the lead swan as “the great dual role. She has to have lyrical beauty with an air of tragedy. Then, within the 15-minute intermission, she has to be the epitome of the glamour of evil. There’s a lot of passion in both roles.” Four different ballerinas will be cast as Odette/Odile. Audacity and passion come naturally to Webre, who arrived at The Washington Ballet in 1999 after six years as artistic director of American Repertory Ballet in New Jersey. At the time, The Washington Ballet had a budget of $3 million. Today, that number is well over $10 million. Webre also faced an artistic challenge: determining where to take the company aesthetically. “Fifteen years ago, there was still a very aggressive physicality in ballet, with abstract art and postmodern influences,” he says. “Today there remains a strong emphasis on physicality, but there’s been a return to narrative, which has suited me.” Washington’s cultural renaissance has kept the wind in his sails. “There has been a cultural explosion in every way, and it’s been intense,” says Webre, who spent his previous 12 years in New York and New Jersey. “Obama’s election captured the American psyche. The arts, more than any other sector, distill that enthusiasm.” Webre also has brought a touch of whimsy to the company with his recent production of ALICE (in Wonderland), which returns to the stage in May, and his annual take on The Nutcracker. Webre’s Nutcracker is actually a George Washington toy soldier, and cherry blossoms, along with a silhouette of the Washington monument onstage, further endear the ballet to Washington patrons. This holiday season marks the show’s 10th anniversary. “We have some fun things planned and some guest surprises,” he says, unwilling to relinquish more details. Nurturing the next generation of dancers and arts patrons has been a hallmark of Webre’s tenure. “There was a great divide between the institution and the community,” he says. “I wanted to develop deeper ties to the fabric of the city.” Since launching TWB’s Community Engagement program 15 years ago, the ballet has reached almost 70,000 students, many of whom previously had little or no access to the arts. “DanceDC,” a program with the DC public schools, has given early dance exposure to some 10,000 second and third graders, since its inception in 1999. Every year, up to 50 of those students are given
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Today, Stubble & ’Stache, a skincare line founded by special operations marine Nicholas Karnaze, aims to treat troublesome stubble for all men. But both the company and its charitable outreach began with a single beard and one heroic soldier: Karnaze’s friend and fellow marine, Sergeant Justin Hansen, who was killed in Afghanistan in 2012. “Justin was one of those guys who we never thought would die. We thought he was invincible—such an amazing human being,” says Karnaze, a native of Alexandria, Virginia. “When he was killed, we were all at such a loss.” Hansen had grown out his beard during combat tours in Afghanistan and
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PEOPLE Dynamic Duo John and T.J. Osborne have been named by Rolling Stone and other publications as a rising duo to watch.
Oh, BrOthers
when he was about 12. Around town, they performed in a band called Deuce & Twenty years ago, in the backyard of a home just 30 miles east of DC in Deale, a Quarter with their dad. When they were old enough, the brothers headed— Maryland, John and T.J. Osborne could be found “fetching beers for a quarter separately—to Nashville; John first, attending school at apiece” at parties where loved ones gathered to listen to their Belmont University. Meanwhile, T.J. was finding his own father and other family members play music, recalls T.J. INSIGHT: way. “When I first got [to Nashville], John was really wellA half toolshed, half recording studio is where Brothers Major MoMeNT: known as a guitar player,” T.J. remembers. “I didn’t want to Osborne, a rising country music duo based in Nashville, got “We went home to shoot the video for ride on his coattails, so we did our own thing for a while. I its start. “My mom and dad were both singer-songwriters,” ‘Rum.’ You could have never told me 10 started writing songs and singing. And people started to says John. “We would sit back there… and play songs, and years ago that I’d be shooting a music video really respect us as individuals.” Realizing how deep the talthey would write. It’s where we cut our teeth playing as kids.” [in Deale] and all these people would be in ent pool is in Nashville was a cold awakening for T.J.: “You Coming a long way from the shed, Brothers Osborne it. It seemed like a wild dream.”—T.J. think you’re going to come down and kick ass, and then you released its debut self-titled EP on September 9, just two bIG TIMe: get here and everyone is awesome,” he says. “I spent the first days before kicking off a 12-stop tour opening for Eric “I really want to play the 9:30 Club. It’s a three years just getting up my chops.” Church. Country Weekly called the duo one of the “Ones rite of passage. [There] and Merriweather Around 2011 the brothers decided to give it a go together. to Watch in 2014,” and Rolling Stone named them one of Post Pavilion are the clubs I have to play “Within a year, we got signed to Capitol Records’ EMI “10 Artists You Need to Know.” And on the day we before I feel like I’ve made it.”—John Nashville imprint, and it was just moving lightning-fast,” caught up with them—hot off the heels of a successful T.J. says. “They have a saying in Nashville: ‘You’re a 10-year CMA Fest appearance and a tour of their own—they overnight success,’ and it’s true! It’s not a task for the weary, that’s for sure.” were set to follow our interview with one at Country Music Television. Brothers Osborne’s latest single, “Rum,” is climbing the charts, and their Growing up, both played stand-up bass in the school band, but explored other first full album drops in January. brothersosborne.com CF instruments. Two years T.J.’s elder, John began performing music passionately
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PEOPLE Spirit of Generosity
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Fight For Children Chairman Raul Fernandez; boxers Bayan Jargal and Eric Aiken spar at Fight Night 2012; preparations for a previous year’s Fight Night fundraiser.
DC’s Fight Night Celebrates 25 Years Last winter, I visited Friendship Public Charter School’s Friendship Southeast Elementary Academy, one of the schools participating in Fight For Children’s Joe’s Champs program. We were there to launch the program, named in honor of my great friend, Joseph E. Robert Jr., who passed away in 2011. Joe was passionate about every child having access to a high-quality education. He started Fight For Children and Fight Night—DC’s premier fundraising event, celebrating its 25th anniversary this year—to drive
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resources to education because he knew that access to it allows every child the chance to develop confidence and become one of tomorrow’s leaders. Before he passed away, Joe challenged Fight For Children to think boldly and to do even more to help more kids thrive and succeed in the future. Fight Night makes all of this possible. While the 2,000 men who will gather at the Washington Hilton on November 13 for the 25th annual Fight Night no doubt know that their donations are helping children, few
know the full extent of the impact they are making on the lives of the children who will follow in their footsteps. That one special night, the biggest names in business, sports, and philanthropy do what they know best—be guys. And they do good at the same time. And that’s why I stepped in and committed to continuing Joe’s legacy and giving more low-income children a chance for a bright future. When my friend Kevin Plank, Founder and CEO of Under Armour, agreed to chair Fight Night last year, I knew
“I’m commItted to contInuIng Joe RobeRt’s legacy and gIvIng moRe low-Income chIldRen a chance foR a bRIght futuRe.” big things were in store for this event. Under Armour respected the soul of Fight Night, but knew it could be bigger and better. The team brought much of the same innovation it brings to its
business to Fight Night: amazing acrobatics wowed us from the ballroom ceiling; 200 beautiful hostesses were all dressed in blazing red; seafood towers continued on page 64
photography by Stephen VoSS (fernandez); courteSy of fight for children (fight night)
FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES, DC MEN HAVE FOUGHT, LITERALLY, FOR DISTRICT CHILDREN. by raul fernandez
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PeOPLe spirit of generosity Charity register Opportunities to give. Care For Kids Children’s National Medical Center’s Board of Visitors’ hosts its annual shopping series in October. Purchase a Care for Kids Card for $50 and receive 20 percent off your purchase at hundreds of retail and restaurant partners in the greater Washington region when you present the card. Kick off the program at Mulberry in Tysons Galleria on October 9. When: October 9–26 Where: Hundreds of stores and restaurants in the Washington area Contact: boardofvisitors.com/careforkids Erica Petty’s three children attend Friendship Southeast Academy Public Charter School, one of 12 schools participating in Joe’s Champs, Fight For Children’s school readiness program.
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“What I saW at FrIendshIp southeast academy Fuels my Work WIth FIght For chIldren.... every chIld deserves a hIgh-qualIty educatIon, [and] We’re makIng real progress.”
The Meridian International Center works with the US Department of State, other government agencies, and international governments to cultivate global leadership through the exchange of ideas, culture, and people. Following a series of intimate ambassador-hosted dinners, toast with public offcials, media fgures, and dignitaries at the center’s annual black-tie celebration. When: October 17 Where: The Meridian House, 1630 Crescent Pl. NW, 202-667-6800 Contact: Olivia Dorieux, 202-450-5899, olivia@cblaneygroup.com; meridian.org/ball
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have—and should be treated as such. What I saw that day at Friendship Southeast Academy not only surprised me, but it also inspired me personally to do more to give low-income children a chance at a future. That visit continues to motivate me; it fuels my work with Fight For Children, and I want to continue the work that Joe started 25 years ago when he founded Fight Night. One of the things we believe at Fight For Children is that every child deserves a high-quality education, regardless of where they live or how much money their family has. I know we’re not all the way there—far from it—but we’re making real progress. I feel good that I am honoring my commitment to my dear friend Joe when I work to ensure that his legacy continues. I think Joe would be proud of Joe’s Champs and thrilled to hear the stories that each of us involved in the cause can share. He inspires me—and people like Kevin and the hundreds of others who support Fight Night—to do more and think more boldly, and to make those dreams a reality for children most at risk. Fight Night, Thursday, November 13, 6–11:30 pm, Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut Ave. NW; fightforchildren.org CF
Celebrate the Fair Chance organization’s commitment to improving the lives of youth in Washington’s underserved communities and honor local leaders at the annual Butterfy Bash. Enjoy cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and dancing with the celebrity host, Redskins’s Chris Cooley; tickets are $150. When: November 7 Where: Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, 202-369-5695 Contact: Linzee Feigenbaum, 202-467-2421, lfeigenbaum@fairchancedc.org; fairchancedc.org
noChe de Pasión: The Tango soirée Help The Washington Ballet’s scholarship programs and the Latino Dance Fund at the group’s largest fundraiser of the year. Hosted by TWB’s Women’s Committee, the Jeté Society, and Latino Dance Fund Host Committee, the event invites guests to enjoy an evening of cocktails, Argentine-inspired fare, and a performance from The Washington Ballet. When: November 8 Where: Organization of American States, 200 17th St. NW Contact: Alex Whetzel, 202-362-3606, ext. 122; awhetzel@washingtonballet.org; washingtonballet.org
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and prime cigars greeted us ringside. And at the end of the night, Fight For Children raised a record $4 million. A high bar was set for this year—one I know we are going to top. I am grateful to Kevin and Under Armour for agreeing to serve as the presenting sponsor of Fight Night for the next three years. As I stood that day at Friendship Southeast Academy with Mayor Vincent Gray and United Arab Emirates Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba, I realized how far Fight For Children could move the needle in such a short period at a school like that. Friendship Southeast Academy is located near the old St. Elizabeths hospital, which stands largely empty and crumbling. This special charter school, though, is the exact opposite; it is bright, colorful, and vibrant. College banners hang everywhere—even in the preschool classrooms—and they serve as a constant reminder that college is an accessible goal. I spoke with Principal Joseph Speight and Assistant Principal Tasia Bhegani, who told me how the program is changing their attitudes about early childhood education; they have come to recognize that preschool teachers are among the most important role models a child will
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The exclusive Wagyu tasting flight at BLT Steak.
It’s a Pleasure to Wagyu
photography by Jonathan timmes
BLT STEA ’S CHEF JEREMY SHELTON HAS MADE IT HIS MISSION TO MAKE WAGYU BEEF POPULAR AND ACCESSIBLE. by nevin martell
Move aside Black Angus. Wagyu is the king of beef. The well-marbled, highly flavorful meat comes from Japanese heritage breed cattle raised under strictly regulated conditions, both in the Land of the Rising Sun and here in the States. As some of the most expensive beef on the market, the primo protein can command $35 or more per ounce and can be nearly impossible for home cooks to obtain. Enter BLT’s Executive Chef Jeremy Shelton, Wagyu’s most passionate proselytizer in the midAtlantic. Starting last autumn, the 30-year-old toque expanded the steakhouse’s already impressive American Wagyu steak menu by adding a highly exclusive Wagyu tasting. The epic epicurean experience features five different Wagyu steaks: a pair of two-ounce Japanese cuts and a trio of three-ounce domestic cuts. (There is also a version of the tasting menu featuring only the American cuts.) The choices vary based on availability and Shelton’s whim. continued on page 76
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taste
Where’s the (Wagyu) Beef?
with avocado and soy-lime dressing; DC’s BLT Steak has distinguished itself with rare cuts and a modern atmosphere; Executive Chef Jeremy Shelton.
On a recent visit, the two imported selections were both A-5 grade—the highest score a Wagyu cut can receive—and sourced from Japan’s Miyazaki prefecture, which has overtaken Kobe as the top Wagyu-producing region. The über-umami top cap melts in one’s mouth like a pat of butter, while the well-marbled strip loin tastes like filet mignon, multiplied by a thousand. Recommended to be cooked medium rare, the meat is simply dressed with a bit of coarse sea salt. “There’s so much going on with the flavor, you don’t want to do anything else with it,” says Shelton. Sourced from Nebraska’s Imperial Wagyu Beef and Snake River Farms in Idaho, the American lineup featured a well-charred skirt steak drizzled with pickledramp chimichurri, a hearty strip loin topped with sweet
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miso onion mostarda, and rib eye dressed with a punchy pickled-pepper emulsion. “There’s a little bit of acid, a little bit of sweet, and a little bit of heat,” says Shelton. The acacia-wood board the meat is arranged on is rounded out with bone marrow, a head of roasted garlic, tempura-battered maitake mushrooms with yuzu-kimchi aioli, and pickled radish to cleanse the palate. “It’s enough for two people,” assures Shelton, “especially considering how rich the meat is.” Despite this decadence, he has considered offering an even more indulgent version of the tasting menu. “At one point I had 11 different Wagyu cuts in-house,” he says, “but if I wanted to put all of that on one platter, it would cost $500.” Shelton’s meaty love affair
“There is a ‘whoa’ facTor To wagyu. chefs are always exciTed To have iT in Their kiTchen.” —jeremy shelton
with Wagyu began in Miami during a stint working at Michael Mina’s Bourbon Steak. “There is a ‘whoa’ factor to Wagyu when you’re working at a steakhouse,” says Shelton. “Chefs are always excited to have it in their kitchen.” When he moved to DC to work at BLT Steak, he vowed to elevate his appreciation for Wagyu. His exponential expansion of the restaurant’s Wagyu offerings has been a huge hit. Between his tasting menu and the full-size
American Wagyu steaks on the regular menu, Shelton estimates he goes through approximately 150 pounds of Wagyu a week. “My supplier tells me no one orders as much as I do,” he says. As Wagyu’s star begins to rise with discerning diners, Shelton sees his own culinary destiny intertwined with it. “I’ve got to be known for something,” he says. “Wagyu doesn’t seem like such a bad thing to be known for.” We couldn’t agree more, chef. CF
BourBon Steak
Executive Chef Joe Palma presides over a four-cut selection of Wagyu steaks at this Georgetown power spot. A top pick is the A-5 New York strip loin sourced from Miyazaki, Japan. 2800 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 202-944-2026; bourbonsteakdc.com rural Society
Carnivores enjoy choice charcuterie at Iron Chef Jose Garces’s Argentinian steakhouse inside the Loews Madison Hotel. The primo pick is the thin-sliced Wagyu bresaola with punchy carrot mustard to cut through the meat’s salt-rich favor. 1177 15th St. NW, 202-587-2617; ruralsocietyrestaurant.com Zentan
Indulge in a Wagyu New York strip steak deftly grilled by chef Jennifer Nguyen at this pan-Asian restaurant on Thomas Circle (pictured). The decadent cut arrives with an aromatic sansho pepper sauce with subtle hints of lemon. 1155 14th St. NW, 202-379-4366; zentanrestaurant.com
photography by Jonathan timmes
clockwise from far left: Tuna tartare
Though BLT Steak offers the most robust selection of Wagyu in the city, it isn’t the only one featuring the peerless protein. These three restaurants meet our standards for stellar steak.
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Rural Society’s Bife de Chorizo (rib eye) with chimichurri and salsa criolla is a highlight of chef Jose Garces’s Latin steakhouse cuisine.
The Best Steakhouses
power-dine at the district’s top restaurants for choice cuts—and deal-making. by nevin martell In DC, more deals go down in steakhouses than on Capitol Hill. Whether beefing up an in-party allegiance or carving out a compromise with a colleague from across the aisle, these five prime spots are perfect for conducting serious business over some seriously good food.
Surf & Turf Perfection Executive Chef Joe Palma presides over a menu at Bourbon Steak (2800 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
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202-944-2026; bourbon steakdc.com) that balances tradition and trailblazing. “If you want a wedge salad, steak, baked potato, and chocolate cake, you can do it,” he says. Or you can sidestep the classics by indulging in an epic two-tier shellfish tower, a quartet of caviars, and artful appetizers, such as hamachi crudo brightened with grapefruit-cured golden beets. Regardless of the route you take, your meal at this popular Georgetown institution ends with a
breathtaking barrage of almost-too-pretty-to-eat petit fours—almost.
Sharing the Aisle When Congress is in session, Hill luminaries go to Charlie Palmer Steak (101 Constitution Ave. NW, 202-547-8100; charlie palmer.com) to see and be seen. Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are regulars, but plenty of their Republican counterparts go often as well. “We don’t cater to one party or the other,” says Executive Chef Jeffery
Charbroiled It’s an understatement to say Del Campo’s (777 I St. NW, 202-2897377; delcampodc.com) chef-owner Victor Albisu loves grilling. Every item on his menu at his ambitious Latin steakhouse gets a fiery kiss—from an Old Fashioned cocktail featuring smoked cherries and a burrata Caprese salad riff with blackened tomatoes to a sprawling selection of steaks. Tender and flavorful, the popular Tomahawk cut arrives with a handlebar bone jutting from one side, almost begging you to it eat with your hands. Please demur. After all, you don’t want to leave with charred bits all over your clothes.
By Land & Sea Miami import Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab (750 15th St. NW, 202-489-0140; joes.net) is best known for its headturning platters of crab
claws, which are deserving of every diner’s attention. However, the steaks turned out by Café Saint-Ex vet Billy Klein are equally worthy of fandom. A delicious volcanic sear gives way to a ruby-red core on the medium-rare, bone-in rib eye. Make sure you save some room for sides—like deep-fried asparagus and sweet potatoes with a decadent maple-praline-pecan butter—and at least one slice of pie for dessert.
Latin Flavors Taking his cues from Buenos Aires—where the cuisines of Argentina and Italy intertwine—Iron Chef Jose Garces has created the cowboy-themed South American steakhouse Rural Society (1177 15th St. NW, 202-587-2617; ruralsociety restaurant.com). Come hungry. The menu overflows with wood-grilled meats, charcuterie galore, pastas, and thick-crusted pizza-like fugazzas. Stay refreshed with a wine list that favors Latin varietals and more than 75 kinds of whiskey. Following such serious indulgence, it’s time to saddle up the horses and ride off into the sunset. CF
photography by NiNa Cazille (rural soCiety); CoNtrast Fx/justiN Kreil (Charlie palmer steaK)
Russell. “We just focus on hospitality.” Both parties rack up big bills. The steakhouse sells 1,000 pounds each of filet mignon and hand-cut fries during a busy week.
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Thin piece of ginger root for garnish Add all ingredients except the Connemara to a tin shaker. Shake vigorously and pour into a double old-fashioned glass. Float the Connemara on top of the cocktail. Garnish with a thin piece of ginger.
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No Need to take a trip to the emerald isle—dC mixologists are embraCiNg irish whiskey. by kayleigh kulp Thanks to an increasing interest in whiskey, the demand for the Irish variety has inspired a renaissance in DC. A bevy of handcrafted and unique products have attracted new drinkers who appreciate its lighter body and delicate range of notes—around the world and here, too, says Rachael Ewing, whiskey sommelier for Rí Rá Georgetown (3125 M St. NW, 202-751 2111; rira.com/georgetown). Revenues from Irish whiskey sales have jumped 576 percent since 2003, up to $500 million, according to the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS), and wholesale purchases have soared 485 percent since 2002. “Irish whiskey is the fastest growing category within the spirits industry,” says DISCUS spokeswoman Alexandra Sklansky. Like Scotch, Irish whiskey is aged at least three years and made from barley, but there are many differences. For example, Irish whiskey can be a
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single malt or a blend of grain and barley, and it is typically a mix between malted (barley soaked in water and allowed to germinate) and unmalted grain. Irish whiskey is often distilled three times to give it a lighter flavor, unlike Scotch, which is distilled twice. Peat, which gives some Scotches earthy or smoky characteristics, is rarely used in the Irish whiskey process. “Irish whiskey has a huge amount of potential,” Ewing explains. “We’re seeing things that haven’t been available in a long time.” Her favorites include Redbreast , the malted and unmalted barley mix that presents grassy and grapefruit notes, and Tullamore D.E.W. 10-year-old single malt, which is finished in port, sherry, and Madeira casks to create mellow honey flavors and a dark, stone-fruit tang. “You can find an Irish whiskey for anybody’s palate,” adds Samantha Barney, head bartender at Irish Whiskey Public House (1207 19th St. NW, 202-463-3010; irish whiskeydc.com). The Public House carries 66 different types of Irish whiskey and several rare varieties, such as the Green Spot 12, one of only 200 bottles produced that goes for $149 a dram. The Knappogue Castle 12, a lightly bodied emerald whiskey with brown sugar, oak, and marshmallow is a top seller. “A well-made Irish whiskey can stand on its own next to a great Scotch, bourbon, or Cognac,” says Jamie MacBain, head bartender at Bourbon Steak (2800 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 202-944-2026; bourbonsteakdc.com). “It’s best enjoyed how you prefer it.” That means it’s exquisite to drink neat or in cocktails, from the classics to innovative new tipples, which is often how novice Irish whiskey drinkers find their favorite, MacBain says. Go on. Try one, maybe two. You might just get lucky. CF
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Single-malt or blended, with honey or stone-fruit notes, Irish whiskey offers an unexpected range of tastes for a variety of drinkers.
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For two days, November 15 and 16, beloved food destination Union Market in northeast DC plays host to a one-of-a-kind shopping experience: The Emporiyum. Featuring a curated selection of international and local artisans, the expo of sorts is the perfect opportunity for foodies to sip, sample, and savor while shopping for edible gifts, learning about new products, and meeting the faces behind their favorite brands. Personalities, creators, chefs, and purveyors scheduled to be on hand include local notables Erik Bruner-Yang of Toki Underground and Maketto, Bryan Voltaggio of Volt, and Spike Gjerde of Woodberry Kitchen, as well as visitors from Momofuku Milk Bar, Mast Brothers Chocolate, Black Seed Bagels, Bittermilk, and more. Sample bites and libations from Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, Luke’s Lobster, and Heavy Seas Brewery. In its second year, the self-proclaimed “two-day market and celebration of everything delicious” is a ticketed event offering both VIP and general admission for $40 and $20, respectively, as well as a series of ticketed workshops. A limited number of day-of-event passes are available for $30. 1309 Fifth St. NE; theemporiyum.com
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A unique gourmet endeavor is in play in the nation’s capital. Earlier this month, Grilled Cheese DC (GCDC) kicked off a “cheese share”—Community Supported Agriculture-like concept—featuring weekly pickups of a different wedge of farmstead cheese with drink pairings and recipes, curated by resident turophile Sophie Slesinger. Over whelmingly successful, the $50 four-week program will continue monthly, kicking off each new buy-in the first Wednesday of the month. 1730 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 202-393-4232; grilledcheesedc.com
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Asian Delight
Things are really heating up at CityCenterDC. We’ve seen Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse and DBDG launch at the bustling new development. Now another venture will join the ranks: Mango Tree, an upscale Thai restaurant and the latest
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Mango Tree comes to CityCenterDC.
concept from restaurateur Richard Sandoval (left), will offer innovative yet classic dishes in a modern environment. The menu will include ingredients sourced locally and abroad, with dishes such as pla pow, a grilled fillet of sea bass wrapped in
banana leaf and fresh lemongrass with spice-lime sauce; larb pla tuna, a northeastern-style tuna salad with dry chilli and lemongrass; and gaeng kiew wan gai, corn-fed chicken in green curry. Mango Tree will open later this fall. 292 H St. NW; richardsandoval.com
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taste On the town Chefs and restaurateurs Patrick O’Connell and Daniel Boulud have been friends for decades.
Daniel Boulud does a trial run of dishes at his new DBGB Kitchen and Bar.
Bon Appétit! Daniel BouluD and Patric o’connell Talk EvoluTion, advicE, and nEw advEnTurE ovEr lunch aT rEcEnTly opEnEd dBGB. by amy moeller
The servers brings a tuna appetizer, and Patrick calls it “refreshing.” Patrick, you were born in DC, but Daniel, what brought you here? And what was the culinary scene like? Daniel Boulud: I came [to DC] after studying cooking for 11 or 12 years, in the 1970s. I worked as a private chef… but I was really observing what was happening at the time here. [Signifcant] restaurants in Washington really started in the Kennedy era, in the ’60s and ’70s. Patrick O’Connell: They were all French-dominated, I think in part because of the Kennedy administration. We had Sans Souci, Rive Gauche…
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DB: Voilà! Yes, Rive Gauche—a very famous Washington hangout in the heart of Georgetown. PO: Jean-Pierre [Goyenvalle] was the newcomer; he opened Jean-Pierre and then Le Lion D’Or, for 25 years. I went the week it opened and the week it closed—nothing changed. Gentlemen still had to wear jackets, and the menu was only in French. The server drops off a dish containing chicken oysters. PO: I served chicken oysters to [New York Times food journalist] Craig Claiborne once. DB: Oh, really? That is a classic we do at DBGB… Olivier Muller loved the dish at DB Bistro when he was chef de cuisine. PO: These are wonderful-looking. What a gorgeous plate! The [expression] in French is, “Only a fool will throw them away.” DB: Exactly! So how has the restaurant and dining scene in DC changed? PO: Washington used to close at 9 o’clock. DB: And I close at 10. [Laughter] PO: Things changed when young Americans got interested and involved—many of them were very bright. They’d been welleducated, they traveled, and they approached it very differently. It wasn’t so much a trade as a personal expression and art form. DB: All those established French CoNTiNueD oN PaGe 86
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Daniel Boulud and Patrick O’Connell are dear friends. When we meet at DBGB Kitchen and Bar in CityCenter DC, just days before its opening, they are having an animated chat in a booth in the corner. O’Connell has stopped in on his way back to his Inn at Little Washington from a trip to New York City, and Boulud is in town to check on the progress of his latest restaurant. They’re clearly delighted to see one another, which is evident by their visible chemistry. Our friendly conversation turns to famous chefs, the evolution of dining in America—and in DC—and the food culture they’ve each significantly inspired.
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DBGB’s slow-cooked French classic, coq au vin.
Daniel Boulud and Patrick O’Connell have both earned Michelin stars for their fine-dining restaurants.
restaurants were really training a whole generation of cooks who would become some of the fnest chefs. Before, you had to import things to pretend to be a fancy French restaurant. Ingredients were becoming available. PO: There was no American cuisine. [After French cuisine], an Italian wave came… with a different sort of approach, and DC embraced that. And I think it was [washington post food critic] Phyllis Richman who was a big infuence in promoting American chefs, American cuisine. DB: Absolutely, as well as discovering talent. the server presents a thai sausage dish.
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PO: [This] has a great kick, and the accompaniments are perfect. I love this. The portions are just right, too. Daniel, tell us your vision for DBGB here in DC. DB: With DBGB, I enjoy doing more casual dining. It’s about the craft of making delicious food using great ingredients, and it’s still affordable. There are some French classics, with my interpretations. There are casual American dishes. I started a bit of the gourmethamburger craze in the early ’90s—that’s why I did the Yankee, the Piggie, and the Frenchie [on the menu in New York]. Here I’m replacing the Piggie with a
Crabbie. I’m putting a crab cake on top of a burger—one with an American reduced glaze—so it’s going to be a very interesting burger. This is a great location. DB: I always loved DC. I started cooking in America in DC, and I didn’t know if I was ever going to come back here. When they developed [CityCenter and] approached us, we felt it would be something great to do. Within a fve blocks radius there is a lot happening. The Verizon Center, the conference center, the new Marriott… What advice do you have for young chefs just getting their start? PO: Their education is about
going to the best places, being inspired and infuenced. We used to go on these gastronomical pilgrimages to the greatest restaurants in the world. We’d spend all the money we’d made the whole year. But it’s essential. A mistake a lot of young people make is they don’t go out and experience a place as a diner. It’s important to know the best example of what they’re aiming for in the world. DB: Absolutely, even for a humble thing such as a burger. [Laughing] PO: But you’ve already won that one! [More laughter] You have the best hamburger in America. There’s nothing close. I remember once when
you were passing them out at an opening, and you weren’t even sure it was going to be a menu item. I had one and was trying to be polite, but I had to have another. I couldn’t help myself. When [you’re eating] something like that, the rest of the world is completely blocked out. Nothing else exists. For me that burger really did it. DB: Our earlier generation didn’t have access to as much information, so you really had to make an effort to take a journey to learn and to experience. Young people have to remember the most inspiring experience will be the journey they take to discover something themselves. PO: Yes, they have to feel it. CF
photography by abby greenawalt
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along with The Washington Post, wrote editorials mocking Webb’s reporting, even alleging that some of his sources didn’t exist. Under this intense media pressure, Webb’s editor Jerry Ceppos retracted the story and demoted Webb, causing him to quit the Mercury News. In 1998, the CIA quietly admitted it “tolerated” cocaine exportation to TWO-TIME ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE JEREMY RENNER TAKES fund the Contras. Despite the vindication, Webb still paid a ON THE CIA IN HIS NEW DRAMA, KILL THE MESSENGER. terrible price—he lost his job, his BY ELIZABETH E. THORP PHOTOgRAPHY BY sARAH dunn journalism career, his family— I am referring to the events of and never recovered. In 2004, the previous night when I saw Webb was found dead in his Renner in Bar Marmont with Northern California home from an apparent suicide. fellow actors Vince Vaughn and Sam Rockwell. I wanted to say a quick hello Renner was crucial in having this nail-biter of a CIA thriller made. “Being a to introduce myself in advance of our interview the next morning, but I was producer and the lead of a film is no easy task,” says Kill the Messenger director escorted away from the megawatt table by hotel security two sentences into Michael Cuesta. “At one moment, he’s in character, and the next, there’s concern my Capitol File spiel. regarding the budget. Jeremy handled both flawlessly. He was always encouragBack to our meeting this morning: As Don Draper flees the scene, Renner ing the actors and myself, never losing faith when things got difficult. He’s smiles and shrugs, explaining that his table was being bothered by some very passionate and laid-back at the same time.” Cuesta adds, “I directed Jeremy in a aggressive women, who were sending over drinks and desserts with notes that film called 12 and Holding back in 2006. I knew from the moment the camera was said things like, “We want to be your dessert.” The dark and smarmy side of on him that he was the real deal. One of the best actors of his generation. He has Hollywood. The dessert assault prompted the hotel to situate a security guard a face that speaks volumes. His inner life is constantly stirring.” around the boys’ table. Renner assures me he’s happy to be here and talk about his new movie, Kill the Messenger. I saw a screening of Kill the Messenger and loved it. Barry Pepper, Opening on October 10, Kill the Messenger is a dramatic thriller based on the Oliver Platt, Richard Schiff, Michael Sheen—what a cast! true story of Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Gary Webb. Renner, also a proWe’re very lucky to have the cast that we had. I was offering to do their launducer on the film, plays Webb, a reporter with the San Jose Mercury News, who dry, clean their car, whatever I could to have them come in. Ultimately, they stumbled onto the insidious origins of the crack-cocaine epidemic in the 1980s liked the parts. We got very lucky. Tremendous cast. during the Reagan Era’s “Just Say No” war on drugs campaign. Webb alleged The movie is based on real-life events—investigative reporter that the CIA was aware of dealers smuggling cocaine into the US and was using Gary Webb’s actual story. Did you meet the real Webb family? the profits to arm rebels in Nicaragua. Yes, but not until later on. I didn’t want to go prying and asking questions; I Despite ominous warnings from drug kingpins and CIA operatives to stop was very sensitive. I [also] did not want to get skewed by the family’s percephis investigation, in addition to a smear campaign allegedly led by the CIA, tion—I wanted to be very unbiased. fed to The Washington Post, and picked up by many other major news outlets, You did it based on his book, Dark Alliance? Webb kept digging to uncover a conspiracy with explosive implications that Yes, but the family also gave the production side a lot of help. They [shared] threatened his family and career. A few months after Webb’s story broke, videos, personal photos. I got to see little documentaries; it was great. I was major dailies, including the The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times, It’s quintessential Hollywood: meeting an A-lister for an interview at the iconic and discreet Chateau Marmont over some gluten-free, organic green juice. I head to the lounge for our 11 am assignation and interrupt Jeremy Renner in the midst of a goodbye with a bearded Jon Hamm. “Elizabeth?” he asks me sheepishly as we shake hands. I reply, “I told you we had an interview,” giving him my best “told you so” face.
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able to get their relationships and their humor, which is very important. Gary Webb was so brave to go public with this story. The subsequent smear campaign is heartbreaking to watch. That was a terrible thing, but I learned that Gary was not affected by that. If anything, he probably liked it because he knew that investigative reporting ruffled feathers. The paper’s retraction is what really broke his heart; that was an emotional betrayal. Lucas Hedges, who plays your oldest son, is remarkable. Again, we got so lucky with that. It was a fine line to find someone who had that youthful innocence, but who’s not too young. It was terrific. There’s a very emotional scene between you two in the garage. Director Michael Cuesta reviews a scene That story line is why I did the with actors Michael Sheen and Jeremy movie, for the artist in me, the perRenner (right) in DC for the upcoming film Kill the Messenger. sonal part in me. I did it for a lot of reasons, but that relationship with the wife and all, it was really fun for me to explore because I’d never played a father of an older kid. It was quite interesting and very, very emotional for me. You’re a producer on this film. Were you so captivated by the book and the script that you wanted to have a hand in this, beyond a starring role? It was going to be a big hill to climb to get it made. It’s not a movie that people were screaming to make. Having me as a part of it helped. I wanted to get it made, not just sit around and wait for someone else to make that happen. My producer role was quality control as well as acquiring and aggregating the cast, the directors, other producers, the team. Once we started shooting, [I couldn’t] just focus on producing anymore. So that’s where my duties stopped. Were you involved in editing? Yes, but I don’t micromanage. I was just there [to see] where my voice was in it. I think about things in terms of an audience member. For how long did you film in DC? That was pretty awesome. It ended up being three or four days. It’s a cinematic city; it’s so beautiful and so gorgeous. And there are so many similarities in the business in DC and the business in LA—the level of ambition, for one. Tell me a little about Mission: Impossible 5, which you’ll be filming. It’s already started [filming]. I know little about it except that the whole cast is coming back. Chris McQuarrie is directing and writing. It’s a cool franchise. Yeah, I really dig it. It’s a lot of fun—from cast all the way to production. How is working with Tom Cruise? It’s so much fun! He’s a great dude. I learned a lot from him, and he can be intense. I’m intense from a darker place; he’s intense because he’s got a lot of energy, and he’s very positive and works hard. He’s funny. He’s a cinephile. Tell me about fatherhood. You have a baby daughter? Does she live
with you? Are you married to her mother? Yes. [Smiling] I did not know that. Congratulations! How come nobody knows that? I have tried to protect my family’s privacy, my wife’s privacy. I don’t need her to get hammered with my life. Privacy issues are important because I want her to go about her day without being bothered. Do you get bothered a lot? Yeah… Paps follow me, [and] that’s fine. But it’s annoying being followed when I’m with my family. It’s not just me—everyone [in Hollywood] has to deal with that. I’ve been talked about a whole lot, because the less I put out there, the less people know, and it makes it interesting, I assume. How do you think fatherhood has changed you? It’s the best thing I have ever done— doing it later on in life. By then I achieved a lot of things that I wanted to achieve; I’m so blessed for that. Now I can really spend time with the family. The only thing I think about when I’m not with my baby is, How do I get to my baby? I need to get to her, and I’m very miserable when I don’t see her. I really love being a father. The only thing that has changed is my perspective on things. I still work, probably even more. It used to be for myself so I’m not old and broke. All these things I still do, but I do it now for the future of my baby, and if it gets in the way of her well-being, then I stop. How old is she? She’s 17 months old. It is just the best age. I can’t wait for her to get older, but I really enjoy her now. She’s the greatest. She’s into her sticker phase. The father-daughter connection is very special. Yes. As a father, I’m going to make it very difficult for her to find a man. What else do you want us to know about Kill The Messenger? It’s getting some great buzz. It was a really delicate task trying to show [Gary Webb] being right, but also being flawed. It’s the hero’s journey. He’s got a lot of flaws. It’s easy to point the finger: It’s the government, or the paper. I wanted to have a very subjective manner about this man. Thematically, that’s why I loved it, because it’s sort of a David and Goliath [story]. I felt a lot of empathy for Webb in the movie, and I wanted the truth to come out. Was he vindicated before his death? I don’t think Gary really cared about it. He was ousted from a job he loved most, and that’s what ruined him. I think people will love this film. I want people to like it and enjoy it. I think there are a lot of pitfalls; we did not want this to be a soapbox movie. I’ve never seen it with an audience before so I think I’ll stay and watch it at the screening in DC. It’s a date. Please leave your security guy at home. [Laughs] Fair enough. CF
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DC’s Young guns These five movers and shakers are making Their mark on The disTricT. by amy moeller photography by gregg delman
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ROBERT RANSOM Robert Ransom was born in Atlanta, attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville, and played professional baseball in St. Louis and Chicago, but he’s made DC his home. The son of a real estate developer, he was the handyman in the family growing up. His mom called him Mr. Fixit, and as an adult, he made miscellaneous chores a part-time job. After a few shoulder surgeries ended his baseball career, he came to DC to work for the Bush administration. In 2010 he left the public realm and jumped full-time into full-service construction, launching The Ransom Company. Last year, he connected with HGTV, and this summer, they shot a pilot. People would never guess: I speak Japanese and am a member of Mensa. Best advice received: Just do it. Just jump in. You feel like you need to be prepared… and you’re never going to be. Sometimes you just need to do it and figure it out along the way. Advice to other young people: No matter how experienced or inexperienced you are, nothing can replace hard work.
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CHRIS DUFFUS
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, to two Purdue University graduates, Chris Duffus never even thought about not going to college. It occurred to him as a young adult, though, that the same wasn’t true for everyone, and that many just didn’t have the information. In his first venture, he started the Scholar’s Club with his father, which sought to educate students and their families about the college track. In 2011, the Washingtonian took that initiative a step further when he launched LEAF College Savings, which allows employers to offer college savings the way they do retirement. “A research study [by the Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis] states that if a child has any amount of college savings, $100 or $10,000, they’re seven times more likely to attend a four-year higher education institution,” he explains. People question the causality [between savings and attendance] but to me, it’s an expectation that’s been set. [The financial contribution] shows that there’s someone who wants to support this endeavor and that they’re putting their money where their mouth is.” Best advice received: Patience is a virtue. Most opportunities take time to mature. Advice to young people: Go long. As a former Wall Street guy, there’s long, short, and hedged. You’ll never get a huge return hedged. Favorite aspect of DC: There’s a certain intellect everybody here has. Someone from DC is worldly, global, smart. Blazer, Hugh & Crye ($245). 3212 O St. NW, 202-250-3807; hughandcrye.com. Cardigan, J.Press ($270). 1801 L St. NW, 202-8570120; jpressonline.com. Shirt, Brunello Cucinelli ($530). Neiman Marcus, Mazza Gallerie, 202-966-9700; neimanmarcus .com. Tie, The Tie Bar ($15). thetiebar.com. Pocket square, Salvatore Ferragamo ($140). Tysons Galleria, 703-748-7620; ferragamo.com. Tasseled moccasins, Massimo Dutti ($180). 1220 Wisconsin Ave. NW, 202-944-8780; massimodutti.com. Jeans and watch, Duffus’s own
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JUSTIN HERMAN Leader of the federal-wide social media program SocialGov, Justin Herman built his own first computer, designed his school’s first website, became the first online editor at his college, and was a public affairs officer in the Air Force, where he once got kicked out of a room for mentioning an unfamiliar concept: a “blog.” He says, “I kind of grew up with the technology.” The funk band trumpet-playing, House of Cards– loving, social media guru says his “social media” is not just about PR and marketing. “We try to build a collaborative infrastructure that we say should either measurably improve services for citizens or measurably reduce the cost.” Advice to young people: Find a way—or make one. Why I love DC: I often say, “Here’s our local library. It’s the Library of Congress.” Then walk a bit and say, “You might have heard of this bank. It’s the World Bank.” Everything is historic in DC, and I find that really charming— juxtaposed with vibrant newness, new restaurants, new exhibits. It’s like a stone building with lush ivy growing on the outside of it. Industry challenge: The modernization of government sounds to some like an impossible challenge, but there are many people who are deeply motivated, focused, and passionate about improving public services. Knowing the people I know and knowing their dedication to it, it will be won. Sweater ($495) and foulard ($90), J.Press. 1801 L St. NW, 202-857-0120; jpressonline .com. Gold label dress shirt, Ike Behar ($245). 2900 M St. NW, 202-808-8715; ikebehar.com. Scarf, Ermenegildo Zegna ($425). Tysons Galleria, 571-730-1900; zegna.com. 36mm limited-edition brushed stainless steel Chiffre Rouge A03 watch, Dior Timepieces ($3,500). The Collection at Chevy Chase, 301-986-8715; dior.com. Pants and shoes, Herman’s own
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STUART HOLLIDAY
Ambassador Stuart Holliday grew up traveling the world— even living overseas—and quickly took great interest in cultural events and politics. At Georgetown University, he studied international affairs and says a career in public service was a natural fit. Becoming US ambassador for special political affairs at the United Nations and— his current post—the president and CEO of Meridian International Center all before age 45, he’s proven that young guns can achieve major accomplishments. Currently, he’s working on a book about global leadership. Why I love DC: It’s a truly global city. It’s the center of culture, of diplomacy, of government, and the way those different elements mix together makes just a fascinating place to live and work. DC has also become an incredible place to live—the restaurants, parks, and the kinds of free activities that are available to very few people elsewhere in the world. Where I take out-of-town guests: The National Cathedral, an amazing building. The Iwo Jima memorial and Arlington cemetery to see the sacrifices of our veterans. Advice for students: Learn how to write. Learn how to read a budget. Learn how to communicate verbally. Those are three skills that you’re going to need in almost any field. What’s next: I enjoy media work. I’d like to do more with television. Handmade suit ($3,800), gold label shirt ($245), tie ($115), and pocket square ($45), Ike Behar. 2900 M St. NW, 202-808-8715; ikebehar.com. Belt, Ermenegildo Zegna ($310). Tysons Galleria, 571-730-1900; zegna.com. Bruno Orlato lace-ups, Christian Louboutin ($895). Barneys New York, 202-350-5832; barneys.com
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MATHIEU GLASSMAN
Native Washingtonian Mathieu Glassman was certain that he wasn’t going to follow in his parents’ footsteps as a veterinarian. That is, until he went away to college and found himself missing the only lifestyle he knew. “Growing up I was always around animals, and I liked animals… but I was pretty sure that was not what I wanted to do.” But when he left for college in Ohio and found himself abruptly removed, his mind was changed. In 2011, after nearly 10 years of education, internships, fellowships, and residencies around the country, he joined his father at Friendship Hospital for Animals. To date, he’s the only board-certified veterinary surgeon in the District. People would never guess: I’m a slave to an eight-pound little foo-foo dog. I get home at night just fried, and I lay down on the couch with my wife’s dog, a little tiny Cavalier, on my chest. I decompress like that for about a half hour. Advice to other young people: It’s easy to start at the bottom of the mountain, look up, see the peak and think, there’s no way you can get there. If I had finished college and thought it was going to be another 10 years before I started my job, I don’t think I would’ve had the courage or the energy to do it. But everything is incremental, and I love what I do. CF Blazer, Hugh & Crye ($245). 3212 O St. NW, 202-250-3807; hughandcrye.com. Kane jeans, J. Brand ($154).Nordstrom, Tysons Corner, 703-761-1121; nordstrom.com. 42mm stainless steel Circa chronograph watch, Movado ($995). Fink’s Jewelers, Tysons Corner, 703-749-1601; finks.com. Belt, Allen Edmonds ($98). 1027 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-429-9494; allenedmonds.com. Shirt, Glassman’s own
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Enjoy the vistas of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Shenandoah National Park.
A Step Above hit the trails this fall for fresh air and breathtaking views. by virginia coyne With the midterm elections coming up in november, there’s no shortage of political posturing in the nation’s capital this time of year. However, if you’re yearning to escape the Hill and its environs and breathe in some fresh, nonpartisan air, you’re in luck: the Washington, DC, area also boasts an abundance of great hiking trails. Whether you’re looking for a leisurely nature walk, a sweat-breaking climb, or an all-day excursion to take in the fall foliage from a mountaintop, the perfect path for you is just a short drive away. We’ve compiled and categorized our favorites by activity level. Pick one, grab your hiking shoes, and go! Strolling Theodore Roosevelt Island Just minutes from the city and accessible via the northbound lanes of the George Washington Parkway, this 88.5-acre island, a memorial to our conservationist 26th president, features 2.5 miles of flat walking trails through woods, marshland, and swampy bottomlands. The National Park Service says more than 200 species of birds frequent the park, so bring binoculars if bird-watching is your thing. If you walk along the water’s edge, you’ll see Georgetown and the Kennedy Center across the Potomac River. End your hike with a picnic in the shadow of a 17-foot statue of President Theodore Roosevelt in the center of the island, as Jennifer Lavorel, a policy maker for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, does each year the day after Thanksgiving. Lavorel, her husband, and their two sons, ages 7 and 11, pack Turkey Day leftovers to reward themselves after the walk. Before leaving, be sure to read some of Roosevelt’s
famous quotes inscribed on the large stone monoliths behind the statue for a little inspiration. Want to walk a bit further? After completing your loop around the island, continue north along the Potomac River onto the Potomac Heritage Trail toward Turkey Run Park. nps.gov/this Active Rock Creek Park You don’t have to live next door to Rock Creek Park, as CNN anchor Jake Tapper and his family do (see sidebar), to take advantage of this in-town gem and its 32 miles of trails. Leave your car in the lot next to Peirce Mill on Tilden Street NW and head north on the woodsy Western Ridge Trail, marked in green, which extends nearly five miles to the Maryland border. You’ll encounter some steep inclines that will leave you wondering whether you’re challenging yourself enough at the gym, but the path levels out as you approach the Rock Creek Nature Center, serving as the park’s visitor center, which houses a planetarium and features exhibits on plants and animals. The Nature Center is exactly 1.5 miles from Peirce Mill, so retrace your steps for an even three-mile hike, or veer slightly off-trail and walk around the stables of the nearby Rock Creek Park Horse Center for a fun diversion. If it’s open, take a tour of Peirce Mill, an 1820s grist mill that was recently refurbished and still operates today, at the end of your hike. According to the National Park Service, mill demonstrations take place on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month from 11 am to 2 pm through the end of October. nps.gov/rocr
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HikinG EssEnTials Ten must-have items for every hike: Capitol File adds its own recommendations.
2) Map and compass. CF pick: The Suunto Elementum Terra Stealth watch ($950– $1200) includes a 3-D compass, an altimeter, and a barometer. Time Zone, 2179 Crystal Plaza Arcade, Arlington, 703413-0990; suunto.com 3) plenty of water. CF pick: The Aqua Vessel Insulated Filtration water bottle ($40) keeps water cold for up to 36 hours. Barstons Child’s Play, 5536 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-244-3602; ecovessell.com 4) Extra food. CF pick: Picky Bars ($23 for a pack of 10), are gluten- and dairyfree. REI, 3509 Carlin Springs Road, Bailey’s Crossroads, VA, 703-379-9400; pickybars.com 5) Rain gear. CF pick: Travel light and stay dry with the Marmot PreCip rain jacket ($100). City Sports Gallery Place, 715 7th St. NW, 202638-3115; marmot.com
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6) Safety items. CF pick: The Pelican 2350 LED fashlight ($33) fts in the palm of your hand and is powered by a single AA battery. pelican.com 7) First-aid kit. CF pick: The Ultralight & Watertight .5 medical kit ($17) contains all the supplies that an individual might need for a one- to two-day trip, such as Moleskins to protect against blisters. adventuremedical kits.com 8) Multipurpose tool. CF pick: We love the Climber Silver Tech Swiss Army knife ($33). Target, 3100 14th St. NW., 202-7773773; target.com; swissarmy.com 9) Sun protection. CF pick: The Revo Guide II sunglasses ($180) feature highcontrast polarization that blocks glare and flters light so you can see the clearest on your hikes. Sunglass Hut, 3251 M St., 202965-1012; revo.com 10) A daypack or backpack. CF pick: The Waxed Cotton Continental rucksack ($149) is roomy, weatherrepellent, and has a padded back. L.L. Bean at Tysons Corner, McLean, VA, 888-5529876; llbean.com
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Challenging Billy Goat Trail The Billy Goat Trail on the Maryland side of Great Falls is perhaps the most popular hiking path in the area. Section A takes you along the Potomac River on the west side of Bear Island. It’s a strenuous 1.7mile trail that will have you scaling boulders along the way, but will reward you with beautiful views above Mather Gorge. You’ll see kayakers in the water, rock climbers on the Virginia side, and great blue herons patiently waiting to snag fish everywhere in between. Walk back to where you started along the flat C&O canal side of the island to complete a 3.7 mile loop. Washingtonian and writer Kara Mullen used this trail as a go-to training spot for her June 2012 climb to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. “The views on the trail are the best of any urban trail around,” Mullen says. “It’s a great place to find a rock to sit on and soak in the sun and air. I have often spotted bald eagles along that part of the trail.”
If you’re not prepping to climb one of the world’s tallest peaks or not up for scrambling over boulders, Sections B and C of the trail are significantly less strenuous. When you’re ready to call it a day, head over to Old Angler’s Inn on MacArthur Boulevard, where Civil War soldiers would stop for sustenance, and raise a glass of wine or a cold beer to yourself. hikingupward.com/OMH/BillyGoatTrail Families and Pets Sky Meadows State Park Located in Delaplane, Virginia, about an hour outside of DC, this 1,864-acre state park on the eastern side of the Blue Ridge Mountains offers a mix of forested areas and meadows, and more than 19 miles of hiking trails ranging from easy to strenuous. “I love Sky Meadows because it has sweeping views of the Virginia mountains; it’s dog-friendly, and it feels like it’s a million miles away,” says Washington attorney Jon Sohn, a climate policy
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1) Appropriate footwear.. CF pick: The Scarpa Moraine GTX shoes ($139) in women’s and men’s versions are lightweight yet supportive. Eastern Mountain Sports, The Market Common 2800 Clarendon Blvd., Arlington, VA, 703-2488310; scarpa.com
WASHINGTONIANS’ FAVORITE HIKES Local luminaries share their most-loved hiking spots.
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SHEILA C. JOHNSON Owner, Salamander Resort & Spa, Middleburg, Virginia
The trails at Sky Meadow State park range from easy to difficult to suit hikers of all ages and fitness levels.
expert at the firm of McKenna, Long & Aldridge. Sohn and his wife, Devorah Churchill, frequently take their two dogs, Dexter and Zeus, to Sky Meadows for fall weekend hikes. The park asks that pets remain on a leash no longer than six feet. The Snowden Trail, a 1.1-mile loop, is great for families with young children. It’s an easy, self-guided trail with signs describing the local flora and fauna along the way. Children will also like the tour of the park’s historic Mt. Bleak House, where they’ll learn how a middle-class farming family lived in the 1860s. dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/sky-meadows.shtm MOUNTAINEERING Shenandoah National Park There’s a reason the traffic on Skyline Drive, the 105-milelong scenic byway that runs along the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Shenandoah National Park, can be bumper to bumper during peak foliage season—the views of the Shenandoah Valley are breathtaking. But there’s no need to take
“I like to take walks on the miles of trails we have at Salamander Resort & Spa. When we designed the resort, we placed more than 200 surrounding acres into a conservation easement, so there are plenty of paths on which to escape and explore.”
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JAKE TAPPER
Anchor, CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper “There’s a little path near our house off Rock Creek Park that meanders past the creek and up a hill through the woods, spilling out into an open field, where horses sometimes run and my kids always do. I called it the “Tapper Woods.” It feels far from any concerns; it’s a 30-minute journey for us to take together… It’s a magical place.”
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JIM VANCE
“The best hike is along Great Falls—in fact, I enjoy strolling the wide, curving path and following its rockier, more challenging offshoots so much that I wove them into my second novel, Skipping a Beat. When I’m physically active, my mind finds clarity and the writing comes more easily, so hiking in Great Falls will always hold a special meaning for me.”
in the scenery from your car. The park offers 500 miles of hiking trails, including 101 miles of the Appalachian Trail. If you’re up for a true mountaineering experience, Old Rag Mountain, which is about a two-hour drive from the District and best accessed from the park’s eastern boundary, won’t disappoint. It’s a serious nine-mile hike that the Park Service warns will take you through “a significant elevation change and a strenuous rock scramble that requires good upper body strength.” This is one you’ll definitely want to plan ahead for. Review safety information and travel tips on the park website, check and recheck the weather before heading out, and make sure to have all of your essentials (SEE SIDEBAR), including supportive shoes or hiking boots and plenty of food and water. Get there early in the day as the hike will take approximately seven to eight hours, but the panoramic views as you climb the mountain will make it worth every step. nps.gov/shen/ planyourvisit/old-rag-hike-prep.htm CF
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Best-selling author of Catching Air
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“My favorite place to hike is in Rock Creek Park. You go through the park and think you could be in the middle of Colorado or Utah. It’s absolutely magnificent.”
Founder, Hope for Henry Foundation and author of Saving Henry “I love White Oak Canyon Trail in Shenandoah National Park. It has a beautiful waterfall, mixed terrain, and some nice shady spots for a picnic lunch. At three to four hours or so you can do the hike, relax in the late afternoon, and still go to Stony Man Overlook for an evening walk. Now that’s a great fall day!”
Theodore Roosevelt Island’s woods and trails are just minutes from downtown DC.
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The Tea Party came along, and Allen West got elected in Palm Beach; that t’s Thursday, the last day of July, the day before the annual summer extreme agenda annoyed me. I’m fiscally responsible and socially accepting. Congressional recess. We’re at the Hotel Monaco in Penn Quarter Would you say you’re a Blue Dog Democrat? with a stylist, a photographer from New York, and a rack of dapPM: I would say I’m a New Dem—a business Democrat; a Clinton Democrat. per Hugo Boss suits waiting for Representatives Aaron Schock To get back to why I entered politics, I was tired of the complaining, tired of the (R-IL) and Patrick Murphy (D-FL). They are late and can only extremism. Aaron, much like myself, is about solutions. We care about solving commit 30 minutes to their joint photo shoot since they are problems, and in our country there are a lot of issues stacking up right now. jammed with voting sessions before members leave town for the Representative Schock… summer break. Flurries of e-mails from both of the congressmen’s AS: Call me Aaron, please! staffers come in: They had an unexpected procedural vote, and then the GOP Okay. Aaron, has being a younger member of Congress called an emergency meeting on the Border Bill after saying they would table helped or hindered you? it until after Congress’s August recess. AS: Youth does have an advantage; what we The debonair young congressmen arrive at don’t have in life experience, we more than make the hotel separately, both peeking at the wardup for in energy and determination to make robe before rushing back to the Hill without a things happen. We need diversity in governchance to try anything on. When Schock ment. Age is one of them. I would be the first to returns, he gets dressed and hops in front of the say not everybody in Congress should be in their backdrop. He’s comfortable in front of the cam20s or 30s. But one quick look at Congress and era, and we chat about Peoria (his district and you realize we could use a few more 20- or where my father grew up), his plans for the 30-somethings. Anytime you have too much of recess, and the Capitol File feature. A few minone thing, you get skewed government. utes later, Representative Murphy arrives and How has your freshman term been, jumps in next to Schock, who teases him that he’s Patrick? Have you had any mentors or taking all the good light. Their rapport is eviadvisors along the way? dent, and although they are from different sides PM: My first term has been great. I’ve enjoyed of the aisle, these young, passionate, tireless the challenge. There’s a lot to learn in the beginleaders have enormous respect for each other ning. As for mentors and advisors, I’ve reached and are vocal about the need for collaboration out to an equal group of Republicans and and cooperation for the better good. We find out Democrats—to become friends with them, get to how these trailblazers got their start in politics, —Patrick Murphy know them, and get advice from them. what motivates them, and what they love most Aaron, tell me a bit more about “skewed about Washington. We’re quite sure we’ll be seegovernment.” ing a lot more of these two political innovators. AS: When you’re younger you have a little more tenacity, new ideas, and a fresh perspective. It’s important in the legislative process that the younger perHow did you decide that you wanted to be in public service? spective is represented—that’s what Patrick does, obviously on the other side of Representative Aaron Schock: I ran for the school board at 19, out the aisle, but in many cases we share the same outlook because they aren’t of frustration that the school system would not allow me to graduate early. I Republican or Democrat issues; they’re generational. had all of my high school credits [at 17], but they wanted the $6,000 that the An example? state of Illinois gives that particular school district for every child enrolled. AS: It’s natural to think in terms of how many Republicans voted for this, After meeting with every school board member who denied me the opporhow many Democrats voted for that, as opposed to thinking, this was rural tunity [to graduate early], I went to a school board meeting and presented a America versus urban America, or this is how people 55 or older thought of check for $6,000. I said, “I’m buying my way out,” and they still wouldn’t let something done in Congress versus those under the age of 40. Patrick and I me leave. So I ran against the school board president as a write-in candidate have found the opportunity to work together on a number of issues. There and beat her with 6,406 votes. are problems that we feel need to be addressed, like Social Security, that Representative Patrick Murphy: For me, I was tired of complaining. we’re going to have to deal with for the rest of our lives. Someone in their 70s First, as a CPA, I got tired of watching our federal government get more and probably won’t be worrying about those problems. more involved in our business lives. Then I started up an environmental Patrick, you switched parties in 2011, which is rare in politics. organization after the BP oil spill in 2010 and again saw our government’s PM: Interestingly enough, my dad is a registered Republican and my mom [ineffective] involvement.
“Our generation needs to get more involved. Looking at climate change, debt, unemployment, immigration, and health care, these issues are more my generation’s than my parents’. And we better get involved.”
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is an independent. When I registered to vote at 18 years old, with my dad as my best friend and mentor, I thought, Heck, I guess I’m a Republican. The more I started to follow politics and what was happening on the global stage, I became disenfranchised with the Republican party, especially after we invaded Iraq; I thought that was a terrible mistake. What other Republican ideologies did you disagree with? PM: When the Tea Party movement started, it was primarily a fiscal agenda. I agree we need to be fiscally responsible, but the social agenda and the “my way or the highway” mentality I did not agree with. And like anything in life, you don’t get 100 percent of what you want, but you’ve got a group of folks up there who will not compromise. We saw it play out today [how the GOP refused to vote on the Border Bill, then changed tactics]. They will not budge,
and that’s no way to govern. Aaron, why do you think you identify more with the Republican party than the Democratic? AS: I’m a Republican not because I have any single problem with the Democratic party, but because I am committed to the principles of freedom that define both the Republican Party and the nation. Throughout history, bigger governments have inevitably led to smaller people. You both seem open to collaboration and compromise for the greater good. How are you working together? AS: One example of bipartisan collaboration is the Future Caucus [a bipartisan caucus, formed by members of Congress who were born in the 1980s and spearheaded by Republican Aaron Schock and Democrat Tulsi Gabbard;
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BOSS ($895). The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City, 703-418-0690; hugoboss.com. Cotton shirt, Giorgio Armani ($425). Neiman Marcus, Tysons Galleria, 703-761-1600; neimanmarcus.com. Silk tie ($160) and tie clip ($100), Paul Smith. Saks Fifth Avenue, Mazza Gallerie, 301-657-9000; saks.com. Pocket square, Ermenegildo Zegna ($100). Tysons Galleria, 517-730-1900; zegna.com. Wingtip oxford ($385) and dress belt ($98), Allen Edmonds. 1027 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-429-9494; allenedmonds .com. on rep. patrick murphy: Suit, Ermenegildo Zegna ($3,095). Tysons Galleria, 517-730-1900; zegna.com. Dress shirt, Hugh and Crye ($85). 3212 O St. NW, 202-250-3807; hughandcrye.com. Tie, Emporio Armani ($145). Tysons Galleria, 703-761-3103; armani.com. Tie clip, Paul Smith ($125). Saks Fifth Avenue, see above. Cap-toe oxford ($385) and dress belt ($98), Allen Edmonds. see above Grooming by Kathy Aragon for Oribe and Koh Gen Do Photography assistance by Christopher Puente and Jim Darling Digital tech by Daisuke Yoshida Location: Monaco Washington DC, a Kimpton Hotel
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research and development, which paints a really bad picture for the future. they hope to devise policy solutions that satisfy needs of the millennial generaWhat advice would you give to peers about getting into pubtion]. And another example is something like Social Security reform. The lic service or succeeding in their own field? trustees just came this week and said in the year 2023, the whole system will go PM: Get involved, at any level. Our generation needs to get more involved. bankrupt. Well, that belongs to our whole generation, and we’re expecting it You asked about the party switch… For me, deciding to even do it, to pull the to be there when we retire. This is not a Republican or Democrat issue, but if trigger, was by taking a look at the issues—looking at climate change, debt, you’re 30, you recognize that you need to find an alternate solution. unemployment, immigration, and health care—and realizing that these issues Patrick, what are your priorities for your constituents in are more my generation’s than my parents’. And we better get involved. Palm Beach? AS: My advice to young people is to find something you’re passionate PM: The number-one priority is our fiscal house. When I got elected, I about, kick butt in it, outperform your peers at it, was able to start a freshman bipartisan group exceed expectations, and you’ll be recognized called United Solutions, and we got about 50 for advancement and other opportunities— percent of the freshman class onboard talking whether that’s in the private sector, in school, about our fiscal house. We addressed tax or in public service. reform, Social Security, and Medicare. Anything else? Getting our fiscal house in order and in much PM: If you look at what’s happening around the better shape for our generation and our kids’ world in Syria and Ukraine—it is for democracy. generation is of utmost importance. If we don’t This is because people want democracy—they address it now, the challenges we face are want the right to vote and to have their voice going to be more difficult, and the decisions heard, and we’re sort of squandering that right we make are going to be tougher. now. A frustrating thing happened when I At the same time, I’m a freshman in the minorwent to visit a high school in my district to ity, which doesn’t mean I don’t work my tail off talk to the AP government class. You’d think every day for tax reform or to do something on that these are the most politically inclined big-picture issues, but in a divided house like students, but two minutes into my speech— this—which has been labeled the least producwhich didn’t start off that boring [Smiles]; I tive house ever—it’s perhaps more productive to —Aaron Schock tell a joke to engage them—and they’re tuned focus on local issues. For the same amount of out. They’re texting, Facebooking, etc. I guess energy, 100 hours a week, and my staff’s time, we I don’t blame them, but, gosh. can get a lot done locally. They weren’t embarrassed? Aaron, what are your priorities for your constituents? I was talking to a few of the kids after, and I asked them, “What do you think of AS: I agree with Patrick; it’s finding those problems that we can fix in a politics? What do you think of Congress?” And they basically all had the same divided Congress. The highway bill is one of those things—R and D aside. If impression that we’re in it for the wrong reasons, we’re selfish, we’re all bad we find other fuel taxes, other revenue streams… For Patrick and me— people; and that my voice doesn’t matter, my vote doesn’t count. whether in Congress or not—we know that our generation is going to deal Do either of you have any work-life balance? Being a memwith this, and if we want Social Security to be there for our generation, there ber of Congress is such a huge job. needs to be some changes. Education is also a big priority, and college affordAS: If you don’t take time for yourself, no one else will. Personal time is my ability is an issue. gym time in the morning; my staff knows not to mess with it. And I make sure Patrick, you have a particularly tough election ahead. Why I schedule time with my friends and my family. I’m someone who has always should you be reelected? liked to stay busy; I think Patrick’s the same way. PM: I’m very focused on solving problems. Number one—I’m motivated to PM: Despite the chaos, we both enjoy what we’re doing; we enjoy the chalreach across the aisle on any issue, while being cognizant that we’re not going lenges and the opportunity to serve. So working more than 100 hours a week up to get everything we want in life, especially in politics. But there are so many here is working on something that is really valuable and giving back to our comcommon-sense issues that we need to solve. munities, and actually making a difference. Whether we’re working here or in Another issue is making sure that we have an infrastructure that is comthe private sector, it’s probably the same amount of hours, but this is really makpetitive. Right now we’re ranked at a C or D level in the world, and that’s ing a difference. CF terrible. We’re pulling out of investing in children’s education, out of
“My advice to young people is to find something you’re passionate about, kick butt in it, exceed expectations, and you’ll be recognized for advancement and other opportunities.”
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the three cs Complexities, Chronographs, and Calendars are top features of the most popular watChes on the market for dC men. by roberta naas photography by jeff crawford
When DC men consider what timepieces will offer cool, crafted, classic form and function while also suiting their eclectic personalities, they often turn to the triumvirate of complex, chronograph, and calendar watches. These three functionalities and features are most sought-after by men who want to do more than mark the hour; they want to make a statement.
Complexities Timepieces that offer certain complex functions in addition to telling time are a valuable asset today. Those functions can include multi- and world-timers that chronicle several time zones, tourbillon escapements that compensate for the effects of gravity on timekeeping when the watch is in different positions on the wrist, or ultrathin designs so that the watch can fit well under shirt cuffs.
Calendars There are a host of watches that offer annual or perpetual calendar functions to help the guy-on-the-go keep track of the day, date, month, and more. With annual calendars, the wearer needs to adjust the function at the end of certain months of different lengths, whereas a perpetual calendar tracks and automatically changes according to months of varying lengths as well as leap years, and—in most instances—will not need an adjustment until the year 2100.
Chronographs Need a watch to time a morning run or record your daily steps? Chronographs are all the rage—measuring time to the minute, second, and even split second. The multisubdial faces of chronographs also make them especially alluring to look at, and they can be found in all price ranges.
Complexities
Highly crafted excellence for the exacting man.
Piaget’s Altiplano 38mm 900P ($27,800) is a world-record-setting watch as it is the thinnest mechanical timepiece on the market. Piaget
managed this revolutionary feat by integrating the 145-part movement into the case. The hand-wound piece was three years in the making and offers an all-time slimness of 3.65mm. It is crafted in white gold, and the movement is black coated. Diplomatic Duty Free, 1818 North St. NW, 202-466-4239; piaget.com This Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Extra-Thin Tourbillon ($135,800) is a special edition with a steel bracelet and blue dial that features a petite tapisserie pattern and white-gold hour markers. The timepiece houses the Caliber 2924 manufacture mechanical movement with 216 parts, tourbillon escapement, and 70 hours of power reserve. Lenkersdorfer
Fine Jewelers, Tysons Corner, McLean, VA, 703-506-6712; audemarspiguet.com The Ralph Lauren 45mm RL67 Safari Tourbillon ($55,000) is created in a gunmetal-finished steel case. It juxtaposes the toughness of a sport watch with the high-tech tourbillon escapement that compensates for errors in timing due to gravity’s effects. The RL67 self-winding mechanical movement features a power reserve of 38 hours. The steel of the case undergoes a chemical and thermal treatment that increases its durability and transforms its silver sheen into a rugged blackened finish. Ralph Lauren, 1245 Wisconsin Ave. NW, 202-9650905; watches.ralphlauren.com
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clockwise from near right: From Hermès, this Arceau Le Temps Suspendu ($20,750) translates as “time suspended.” The mechanical self-winding watch offers hours and minutes. However, it is also equipped with a unique system that enables the wearer to stop the watch (suspend time) from showing the time elapsed. When the wearer pushes a button, the watch automatically shows the correct time again. It is crafted in steel and fitted with a matte Havana alligator strap. Hermès, 5300 Wisconsin Ave. NW, 202-966-9700; hermes.com
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Multi-timing masterpieces for men in motion. clockwise from top: Hamilton is a company well-known for its history as a railroad watch. This Railroad Auto Chrono, H-21 ($2,045)— crafted in steel and housing a Swiss-made mechanical movement with 60 hours of power reserve— continues the brand’s tradition of distance and speed timing. The timepiece offers a dial with a tachymeter in the center with a railroad-track motif encircling it. Secrete Jewelry, 1607 Connecticut Ave. NW, 202-588-7275; hamiltonwatch.com
David Yurman’s Revolution chronograph ($6,400) is inspired by the world of muscle cars and auto racing. Crafted in stainless steel with a bold 43.5mm case and steel bracelet, it offers chronograph functions for split-second timing. Tysons Galleria, McLean, VA, 703-245-3515; davidyurman.com From Louis Vuitton, this Tambour Twin Chrono Grand Sport watch ($75,500) houses the LV 175 automatic caliber that has been assembled by La Fabrique du Temps, a Louis Vuitton manufacturer. Crafted in 18k white gold, the timepiece offers dual chronograph display and 60-minute counter thanks to the complex 437-part movement. Just 30 pieces will be made. Louis Vuitton, 5481 Wisconsin Ave., Chevy Chase, MD, 301-654-1101; louisvuitton.com This Movado Parlee limited-edition automatic chronograph ($7,500), created in partnership with Parlee Cycles, is a high-tech watch inspired by the ultralightweight material utilized to build their road bikes. In fact, it is made of the same unidirectional carbon fiber used in the Parlee racing bicycle frame construction. These superdurable sports-performance automatic chronograph watches are available with dial accents in green, orange, blue, or white. Just 250 pieces will be made. Fink’s Jewelers, Dulles Town Center, Dulles, VA, 571-434-6540; movado.com
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Practical pieces for modern-day movers and shakers with style. clockwise from top: This Carl F.
Bucherer Manero ChronoPerpetual watch ($52,600) is crafted in 18k rose gold with a silver dial that depicts the day, date, month, year, leap years, and moon phases. The chronograph has a flyback function and tachymeter scale for ultimate performance from the mechanical timepiece. La Belle Cezanne, 186 Main St., Annapolis, MD, 410-263-1996; carl-f-bucherer.com From Baume & Mercier, this Clifton 10057 ($4,950) is an annual calendar timepiece with Swiss-made self-winding movement and a power reserve of 42 hours. The 43mm steel watch with domed antiglare sapphire crystal offers moon-phase indication, day, month, and a central date hand on the elegant blue dial. Lenkersdorfer Fine Jewelers, Tysons Corner Center, McLean, VA, 703-506-6712; baume-et-mercier.com From Vacheron Constantin, this Patrimony Traditionelle openworked perpetual calendar watch ($174,900) is magnificently skeletonized, and each of the 276 parts of the complex caliber is hand-finished. The watch offers day, date, month, year, leap year, and moon phase, and carries the Hallmark of Geneva certification. Radcliffe Jewelers, 1848 Reisterstown Road, Pikesville, MD, 410-484-2900; vacheron-constantin.com The Breitling for Bentley Light Body Qp Midnight Carbon watch ($40,835) features a Royal Ebony dial and a black Bentley II strap. The timepiece is a perpetual calendar chronograph that is precise, powerful, and lightweight. The officially certified COSC chronometer movement holds 500 individual parts. In addition to day, date, week, month, and leap year scale, this watch also offers season and moon-phase indications. Liljenquist & Beckstead, Tysons Galleria, McLean, VA, 703-448-6731; breitling.com
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Set on a cliff overlooking the Severn River, The Friary, a 26,000-square-foot Annapolis home on 23 acres, features seven bedrooms, 11 fireplaces, a nine-car garage, a wine cellar, a conservatory, a ballroom, tennis courts, a 60-foot infinity-edge pool, and a six-slip private dock. In keeping with its oversize dimensions, the home’s history is larger than life. Built in 1922 as a sanctuary for a World War I arms dealer (complete with extensive underground passages, purportedly to stash illegal weaponry), the mansion was converted in the 1940s by the Catholic Church
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into a monastery for 60 Capuchin monks. Its most recent incarnation is perhaps its most fabulous: a luxury home for Phillips Seafood CEO Steve Phillips; his wife, Maxine; and their six children. In 2002, the Phillips family purchased the then-languishing estate. Collaborating with architect Charles Anthony, the couple restored the parts they liked and transformed what they didn’t. A five-story dormitory for the monks was torn down to make way for a cavernous yet soothing hotel-quality spa. “Steve’s pet project was the continued on page 118
This 26,000-square-foot estate on 23 acres was once home to a WWI arms dealer and later became a monastery for Capuchin monks.
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The monastery chapel was converted into an entertaining hall, which comfortably fits 200 guests.
spa,” says Anthony. “He had fun deciding the details, down to the type of nozzles used, which came from a spa in Austria that he and Maxine had just visited.” Further lifestyle-enhancing renovations included a chapel converted into a glassed-in entertaining hall (which has held 200 guests comfortably for weddings, concerts, and holiday parties), the addition of a rooftop garden with limestone pavers imported from India, and teakwood paneling (also from India) lining the walls and ceiling of the billiard room. The infinity pool was also a welcome addition. Technologically top-notch, the home features a control room located below the center rotunda, where the temperature and lighting can be adjusted, along with the spa humidity levels, pool temperature, entertainment system, and surveillance cameras. (If there’s a problem with any of the systems, the computer itself notifies a mechanic.) “It clearly was a labor of love,” says David DeSantis, who represents the home for Sotheby’s International. “The owners indeed bought a piece
of history, protected it, and brought it back.” But after only 10 years of living in their dream home, the couple put it on the market. Why? “Kids grow up faster than you think,” says DeSantis. “When your six kids are gone and you’re floating around in a 26,000-square-foot house, it gets to be a lot to take care of.” There is consolation for the owners, however, in that they paid $2.5 million for the property when it was a diamond in the rough and are now listing it for $28.8 million. A sale at that price “would clearly be a record for Annapolis,” says DeSantis, who emphasizes that in spite of its grand proportions, the home was designed for comfortable family living. “The scale of the rooms is impressive. There are so many different and purposed spaces. As big as it is, it really does feel very livable. Some grand houses are so precious that you don’t want to touch anything. But you can imagine a family living here—a very lucky family. David DeSantis, 5454 Wisconsin Ave., Chevy Chase, 202-438-1542; sothebysrealty.com CF
The restored wine cellar
One of the home’s most luxurious features is the sanctuary.
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The larger properties for sale in Annapolis appeal to a more independent type of buyer, says David DeSantis of Sotheby’s International Realty (5454 Wisconsin Ave., Chevy Chase, Maryland, 202-4381542; sothebysrealty.com). “People value their individuality and tolerate a variety of styles more in Annapolis than, say, in Nantucket or Martha’s Vineyard, where homes have the same architecture and are all shingled.” The custom-built mansion at 2858 Riva Road, listed at $21 million, “was the dream home that an owner of an Annapolis development corporation created for himself in 1989,” says listing agent Oleg Belinsky (703-987-3990). The 21,000square-foot, seven-bedroom residence—set on 15 acres, with a formal ballroom, two boat lifts, and two Jet Ski lifts—is distinctive for the depth of the surrounding South River, which allows for docking aboat of any size on it. The estate’s two boat lifts can handle up to 60,000-pound vessels. A four-bedroom home on Weems Creek, just off the Severn River, set on two acres and listed at $4.98 million (Coldwell Banker, 410-263-8686), has walls of windows with water views, handsome finishes (including a starburst wood inlay in the foyer), granite kitchen counters, and walk-in closets. Two vacant lots in Annapolis, totaling 3.6 acres and being sold together, are priced nearly as high. John Collins of Long & Foster Real Estate (410-224-4999) is listing the pair of Severn River lots, situated on the Point of Land (where the Severn and Clements Creek meet) at 815–817 Coachway, for $4.35 million. Sotheby’s International is listing the 10,000-square-foot home at 1514 Whitehall Road—featuring five bedrooms, four full and two half bathrooms, a pool, a spa, a pool house with a kitchen, and a 2,000-square-foot guest house, all set on a sweeping 39 acres—for $7.5 million. Who might want to live here? “Maybe it’s someone whose business is in the mid-Atlantic,” says DeSantis, the listing agent (202-438-1512). “Maybe they love to sail.” As a community, Annapolis is comfortable with its diversity of interests and incomes, DeSantis adds. “In the Hamptons or Beverly Hills, it’s all mansions. In Annapolis, there will be a big house next to a teeny house, then a big house and a medium-size house. A $7 million home I just sold was right down the street from houses that are under a million.” Sotheby’s International is also representing the $6.45 million, five-bedroom, 6,200-square-foot manse at 1837 Pleasant Plains Road, built in 1830 and set on 150 acres. No worries here about how large the neighboring homes might be: The nearest properties are so far away, it hardly matters.
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owners of high-end local homes are upgrading their entertainment spaces with elegant designs and high-tech amenities. by amy rose dobson
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designers are moving away from using theater-style recliners in favor of lounge chairs or sectionals to allow for different types of gatherings. A home in Locust Grove, Virginia (146 Harrison Circle, $979,000; Penny Ostlund, Coldwell Banker, 540-903-9732; cbmove.com), showcases how to achieve a comfortable layout for such oversize pieces of furniture in the long, deep space required by a screening room. Note that they also saved a foot or more of depth in the room by making the wall the projection site, instead of taking up space with a freestanding screen. Of course, entertaining isn’t just about showing films or hosting a Super Bowl party. Guests need a place to mingle and refresh their drinks, too. The owners of one house in Leesburg (40850 Robin Circle, $1,765,000; Scott Buzzelli, Atoka Properties, 540-687-6321; atoka properties.com) took that mission to heart and created an in-house Irish pub adjacent to their screening room. The full-size sports pub allows friends and family to gather around the bar without having to miss the action on the drop-down movie screen. For years designers focused on the master bedroom as the place to create a refuge, but recently the focus on public entertainment spaces have become the priority. Today’s luxury buyers want a place to unwind and entertain guests. Luckily, with modern technology and a few design tricks, they easily can have both. CF
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Moldings, columns, and fabric help disguise 9300 River Road’s sophisticated sound system; a Leesburg home’s screening room features an Irish pub–style bar with a full-size pool table.
photography by gordon beall (9300 river road)
One distinction in local luxury homes that can set them apart in the neighborhood is a posh, tricked-out entertaining space. Long gone is the era of installing a big-screen television surrounded by sports memorabilia and calling it a day. Instead, luxury designers are bringing a greater level of detail to every inch of these spaces so that the rooms meet the same standards of the rest of the house. Since high-end home entertainment options are often synonymous with the latest in technology, designers have to come up with a few strategic ways to merge the slick appearance of the machinery with the aesthetics of a house. In a classically designed home in Potomac, Maryland (9300 River Road, $14,000,000; Marc Fleisher, Long & Foster, 800-853-2285; homes.longandfoster. com), interior designer Haleh Niroo of Haleh Design (halehdesigninc.com) employs ornate columns on either side of the curved screen and hides the surround-sound speakers behind the vertical wood moldings along the wall to balance out the modern look. She emphasizes the importance of an audio system, saying, “When the volume is very loud, you do have to be concerned about the quality. Fabric is great for that since it absorbs vibrations.” She says she frequently uses deep velvet insets or draperies as a decorative way to absorb the excess sound. The latest trend in home entertainment spaces is to make them as versatile as possible—which means
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Voting out the Rats Voter turnout in the nation’s capital is a shameful 25 percent: fix that—get out and Vote. by steve clemons brainy geek who got past his no-charisma hurdle and ended up mayor of the city. I voted for him in 1998, and he got rid of the rats. He got a stop sign facing the wrong way turned around for me. He got DC’s finances in check. Forty percent of eligible voters in DC turned out for the Anthony Williams election. That number is not great, but it’s gotten worse. Embarrassing to admit for the general headquarters of the Free World, but Washington’s voter turnout today has plummeted to just 25 percent. It’s sad. DC has become a great city—hip, cool, great restaurants, less crime, bike shares and bike lanes, some better schools, fewer clowns on the city council—but it wouldn’t take much for alley rats to return as the high point of DC city bus tours. To the DC Board of Elections, perhaps consider enticing voters with Baked & Wired cupcakes or Le Diplomate’s famous mac and cheese. Or, announce an open casting call for House of Cards? They’ll come in droves. Voting matters. Voting in, voting out. Replacing and retaining. You and I and everyone get to politely slug it out and shape the future of the city and the country. In November, we have elections for senators, representatives, mayors, governors. In my book, there are always more rats to get rid of. Vote. CF
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When I moved to Washington, DC, in 1994, it was a cesspool of a city. As part of the tour I’d give visitors, I’d pull my car, bright lights on, up to the alley adjacent to El Tamarindo, at 18th Street and Florida Avenue. Not exaggerating: At least 200 rats would scurry everywhere, through the urine-fragranced alley, over pizza boxes, under the Dumpster, into cracks in walls of nearby buildings. At 17th and Euclid, a drug lord presided over a major crackhouse coven. In those days everything west of 16th Street in DC’s Northwest quadrant was highly unsafe. West of 16th could be called “less dangerous,” but never safe. What changed things? A little and a lot. People had for a long time been checked out of the city and began to check back in. Charter schools became beacons of hope for DC’s youth. Some of the proliferating social programs that linked investments to outcomes—and which hadn’t gotten traction in the past—began to work. Maybe it was technology. People could watch their local council meetings on cable stations or listen to them on podcasts and then zap those who were either idiots, drug addicts, or corrupt. Who knows? But one game-changer was the election of a number-crunching finance guy named Anthony Williams. Eccentric, in clear pain when glad-handed, Williams was just a
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