Cover Story
Annual Georgetown House Tour
Image: Robert and Mary Moore photo by: Paul Simkin
The annual Georgetown House Tour for the benefit of St. John’s Church will take place on Saturday, April 26, preceded by the now annual Patron’s Party to be held on Thursday, April 24 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Moore. Of Georgetown it has been written that it “is a living record of the Republic’s architecture since its founding. Federal, Classic, Revival, Victorian and Modern homes – all are here ... ” Hardly two square miles in all, the Town gives to the walking explorer a tour of many delights. Small and friendly, yet wholly self-contained, it perches in the hills above the Potomac, conscious of its history and aware of its charm.....
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By David Roffman
APRIL 2008
health & Beauty
Are you ready for a Challenge?
With summer’s fast approach and our fears of holidays and island getaways, it’s time for us to take the challenge given to us by our bodies! Lifestyle Weight Management of Tyson’s Corner is one location that is on your side! With their 10-Week Weight Loss Challenge to promote health and weight loss in the Washington, DC region, hope is still on the horizon. Partnering with other local organizations, The Challenge will reward one individual and the top three teams (3-5 people) with cash and prizes for losing the highest percentage of their weight over ten weeks. So in other words...not only will you be satisfied with how you look in your swimsuit...you will be rewarded handsomely! This program is a win-win situation. Even if you are not a winner of the fabulous prizes, you will be a winner in the sense that you have finally received the help needed to get into shape.... [more]
By Charlene Louis
APRIL 2008
In country
Hot Glass, Cool Art GLASS ARTIST
It’s part craft, part art, and part magic – transforming glowing 2,000-degree molten glass into beautiful, colorful art. The greatest gathering of glass artists in the eastern U.S takes place in Staunton at the 6th Annual Virginia Hot Glass Festival on April 26 and 27.... [more]
By John W. Prince
APRIL 2008
cooking - tablehopping in dc
A New Tradition Too Good To Pass Over
Passover—the Jewish holiday that commemorates the exodus of the Jewish people from their enslavement in Egypt in ancient times. In DC, restaurateur Alan Popovsky has served the traditional Passover feast—the Seder—every year from 1997 to 2005, in his establishments. But this year the venue is more special than those past.... [more]
By the georgetowner
APRIL 2008
Chapter Three
Diary of a Georgetowner
Two generations have made their home at the spot where Rock Creek flows into the Potomac River - the place called Tohoga by the original Indian inhabitants, then, briefly, New Scotland by the white settlers. On June 8.... [more]
Edited by David Roffman
APRIL 2008
Town Topics
DC Yoga Week On Mall
Image: Jacqueline Kennedy walking along the C&O Canal in Georgetown in 1954. Photo by Orlando Suero
Black Georgetown Revisited
Saturday, April 26 – 12 noon - 1:30 pm
This tour highlights the rich black history of Georgetown, starting in Herring Hill, named by the African American residents who lived in that western part of the city since its founding in 1751. Visit the Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, a stop on the Underground Railroad, and hear tales of prominent citizens. Led by Noel Paige and presented by UC Tours.
Meet at Georgetown Harbor at Wisconsin Avenue and Water Street, NW. Ends at Rose Park, 26th and P Streets, NW.... [more]
the georgetowner
APRIL 2008
the village
You Should Know...
Dixie Liquors, LCC., has begun selling premium imported Costa Rican cigars at their retail liquor store outlet located in the heart of Georgetown. The cigars will be directly imported from the Vegas de Santiago factory in the Puriscal region of Costa Rica. Dixie Liquor will be the primary dealer of these fine crafted cigars in Washington DC.... [more]
By the georgetowner
APRIL 2008
Opinion
Pulitzer Puke
Isn’t it about time we all just admit that the Pulitzer Prizes are a sham? Let’s see who the winners are this year. There’s The Washington Post that took six of the 14 journalism categories. Six! It’s the most ever for the newspaper and second only in history to The New York Times which won seven Pulitzers in 2002, mostly for its 9/11 coverage... [more]
By Alan Caruba
APRIL 2008
Music World
Washington National Opera’s Rigoletto
It is a testament to the genius of Giuseppe Verdi that he could take the unsavory character of the court jester Rigoletto, and build an opera around him that finds the humanity in the character. The story stems from a never performed play by Victor Hugo banned for fifty years because of a response to the link between power and corruption. Verdi, attracted by the power of the central character, struggled mightily to finally bring it to the stage....
*** Rossini’s Bianca e Falliero ***
Washington Concert Opera presented Rossini’s “Bianca e Falliero” under Maestro Antony Walker and turned it into another evening with a standing ovation at the end..... [more]
By vera tilson
APRIL 2008
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