editor’s letter
Underaged to Perfection The Young and the Guest List: are you on it, or is it past your bedtime?
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laywright and critic George Bernard Shaw once quipped,“Youth Lamborghini we used as a getaway vehicle. is wasted on the young.” More or less, this translates to “youth is Speaking of the young reaching extraordinary heights, we follow Katie a wonderful thing – what a crime, therefore, to waste it on mere Tarbox to the tippy-top of Mt. Kilimanjaro in our Travel section.We also children.” It’s what the neighbor yells at It’s A Wonderful Life’s timid explore adventures at sea-level;WL gets the details on the best nightclubs, Jimmy Stewart, who just can’t muster up the gumption to plant one on Donna restaurants, artists and events this month in Nightlife,The Dish, Paint the Reed; it’s what Shaw himself likely muttered Town, and (of course) our Parties! Parties! under his breath while penning Pygmalion, as Parties! pages, with February’s finger pressed visions of cold marble lying unresponsive to firmly on the pulse of the under-40 set. the touch mixed – like T.S. Eliot’s April – with While your average twenty- and memory and desire. Shoulda, woulda, coulda thirty-something schlubs are still “month– but frankly, just too tired.The ultimate – to to- monthing” it in Logan and Shaw, WL harness the vitality of youth and team it with knows the truly forward-thinking young the wisdom of an elder statesman – is rarely mogul is clued-in to real estate investments. reached. When achieved, this marriage of These kids don’t rent; and if they do, you will and wit is something to celebrate. WL’s can be sure it’s their second address and it Young & the Guest List returns with this end comes with a slip at the marina. What’s the in mind.While some come from old money, latest in luxury location-scouting? The real all have the freshness and vigor of a ’30s estate impresarios behind Washington Fine Hollywood ingénue: they’re world-shakers, Properties dish in our Home Life section. love-takers and all-around play-makers. We bring you a detailed look at the We set the scene with a run-down Kennedy Center Honors, as well as an of the year’s best under-40 events, the exclusive excerpt of Michael Maccoby’s hottest bachelors and bachelorettes, top “The Leaders We Need,” coverage of tracks (thanks to Deep Dish’s manager, Peter Jennings’ “A Reporter’s Life,” Oasis Arash Shirazi, for dishing deep on his of Hope at the Embassy of Yemen, the Ipod contents) and profiles of the “bright Red Cross Kickoff at Bonnie McElveen Nancy Bagley and Soroush Shehabi at the young things” who are making their way Hunter’s residence and “Let Your Motto Kennedy Center Honors. (Photo by Tony Powell) to the top ... in record time. Angela Valdez Be Resistance” at the National Portrait tracks the rocky road to success with an Gallery. We were also the proud sponsors in-depth look at the social climber’s last resort – party-crashing. And, of Fight Night, the WPAS Opening Night, the Corcoran 1869 Society’s while Japanese Ambassador Ryozo Kato may not have made the age Fall Fête, the Choral Arts Society Gala and the Starlight Starbright limit cut for the Y&GL, his youthful enthusiasm (check out that photo Children’s Foundation 1st Annual Wine Dinner. Looking ahead, mark of him in full baseball uniform!) more than meets the mark in Executive your calendars for the March of Dimes Gourmet Gala and the Phillips Editor Michael Clement’s Embassy Row excursion. Collection Gala, both in April. Often, the young are prone to faddism; however, keeping au courant can be a positive thing – check out our Trend Report, where yellow, blingy and slinky are the words to shop by … this month, at least. Just watch where you shop, as we hear the paparazzi have been hounding our young luminaries recently.We captured the commotion on Cady’s Alley in this month’s fashion feature – thanks to ’razzi royale Tim Nancy R. Bagley Coburn, stylists Lana Orloff and James Cornwell, and our wunderkind Editor in Chief models Pamela Brown, Brooke Daley, Will Thomas, Grant Allen and Readers wishing to get in touch with Nancy can email: letters@washingtonlife.com Dominique Dawes. Thanks to Capital Dream Cars for the yellow
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