Cover Story
PASSPORT DC
Image: Flamenca dancer -Joy of Motion
“When we first started looking at this as a project, we thought in terms of neighborhoods,” Linda Harper, the CEO of Cultural Tourism, DC said. “Culture and neighborhoods and accessing a whole new world.”
Harper was talking about the world of embassies in Washington DC, a kind of free-floating neighborhood, large, international in scope, that exists nowhere else in the United States.....
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By Gary Tischler
MAY 2008
health & Beauty
Drink up and lose!
As the days get longer and hemlines get shorter, losing weight could be weighing heavy on your mind! Now it may sound too good to be true, but drinking a daily cup of oolong tea -- fortified with green tea -- is a great way to lose a few extra inches!.... [more]
By Charlene Louis
MAY 2008
IN COUNTRY
USA Wins Second America’s Cup
Clouds and rain filled the sky on Saturday May 10. The Morven Park Polo field in Leesburg, Virginia and the surrounding grounds rested in a muddy condition as on lookers questioned the future of the much anticipated USA vs. Italy Polo match..... [more]
By Joe Coronato
MAY 2008
wining & Dining
the latest dish
Nicholas Stefanelli has plans to open Hint, a modern American restaurant with Italian influences, at the original site of the Dancing Crab in Tenleytown. (The Dancing Crab moved next door 3 years ago!) Nicholas followed Fabio Trabocchi from Maestro to New York City’s Fiamma, where he became the chef de cuisine. Now he’s back..... [more]
By Linda Roth Conte
MAY 2008
Chapter five
Diary of a Georgetowner
The war is over. Georgetown itself has escaped unscathed but has sent many fine men to distinguish themselves in the fighting. Now they were to concern themselves with their commerce and with the government of the new nation. John Hanson of Maryland was president of the Continental Congress, and Daniel Carroll would sign the Articles of Confederation on March 1781 (Maryland being the last to ratify)..... [more]
Edited by David Roffman
MAY 2008
town topics
Trees for Georgetown
The appeal of Georgetown is enhanced by residential street trees throughout the community. Since Trees of Georgetown was launched nearly 20 years ago as an all volunteer committee under the auspices of the Citizen’s Association of Georgetown, over 1300 trees have been planted and maintained. President Betsy Emes is justly proud that the group has arranged with Northeast Iron Works to place orders for custom fitted tree box fences at a special price. One custom fence was raffled at the annual fundraiser hosted by Julie and Mike Connors at their P Street home on May 8..... [more]
By Mary Bird
MAY 2008
the village
Square Dedicated to Joe Pozell
Photo: Ella Pozell and son Joseph during the ceremony on Saturday, May 2 in Georgetown where the city dedicated the intersection of Wisconsin and M Streets as Joe Pozell Square. Reserve Officer Joseph Pozell was hit and later died while directing traffic at t his intersection..... [more]
the georgetowner
MAY 2008
opinion
Ten Simple Truths About Oil
The Democrat Party has long made “Big Oil” their favorite punching bag, confident that the public has no idea what influences the price and supply of oil. Saying anything favorable to Big Oil is immediately deemed evidence that one is in their pay and whatever facts are offered are therefore invalid..... [more]
By Alan Caruba
MAY 2008
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