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Cover Story
Magnifico Matador!
Photo: Jose Andres by Tom Wolff
Esplendorsa, José! The James Beard Foundation nominated José Andrés Outstanding Chef for his work at minibar by josé andrés. On Sunday evening, June 8, at Avery Fisher Hall, in the Lincoln Center, in the big apple, our very own Jose Andres, born in Mieres, Asturias, Spain some forty years ago, was in elite company competing for the ulimate prize at the prestigious James Beard Foundation awards show, OUTSTANDING CHEF, given to a working chef in America whose career has set national industry standards and who has served as an inspiration to other food professionals.....
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By david roffman
June 2008
health & Beauty
Eat more, gain more, and lose the weight!
Are you stuck thinking that you must eat three meals a day? Are you following diet trends that require you to eat only certain colors or food groups at a time? Well its time to take these “diets” and throw them out!.... [more]
By Charlene Louis
June 2008
cooking - fathers day
The list are you on it
Don’t forget your dear ol’ Dad – Father’s Day will be here in a few short days and you can bet we have a list of ways to let Dad know that he means more than some silly soap on a rope..... [more]
By Nycci Nellis
June 2008
IN COUNTRY
Shuckin’ A Light For The Northern Neck
Puerto Vallarta, Cabo San Lucas, and Marina Del Ray only slightly pale in comparison to Virginia’s oldest-newest destination for boat and automobile owners looking for a place to relax for the weekend.... [more]
By Wally Greeves
June 2008
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Chapter seven
Diary of a Georgetowner
As 1787 draws to a close, Georgetown finds itself prospering and growing. We continue with our Pages from a Georgetown Diary. Spelling and punctuation have been changed to conform to modern usage, and wherever necessary present-day street designations have been added to aid in locating places mentioned. Only imagination is required of the reader.... [more]
Edited by David Roffman
June 2008
dc diary
The Summer of ‘58, and More
The beginning of summer is a good time for reflection and as I write this I am reflecting back 10, 20, 30, 40 even 50 years. What was I doing in the summer of 1958?
In the summer of 1958, I was almost five years old and getting ready to start kindergarten. My only memories are of laying in the yard at night looking up at the sky to see anything moving. It was the summer after Sputnik and the question on everyone’s mind was what’s up there? I spent my summers at Harry’s Lake, Pennsylvania. My memories are mostly good
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By Jack Evans
June 2008
town topics
Sen. Charles H. Percy Honored
Georgina Horsey, Georgetown Garden Club, Gail Percy, Senator Percy’s daughter who received the award on his behalf, and Dede Petri, also with the Garden Club. Senator Charles H. Percy was recently awarded the Garden Clubs of America Meritorious Service Award for his contributions to the Georgetown Waterfront Park. The award was presented to his daughter, Gail Percy, at the annual meeting of the Georgetown Garden Club... [more]
the georgetowner
June 2008
The village
Sen. Charles H. Percy Honored
Volta Park kicked things off for the thirteenth year on Friday, June 6th with a silent auction and concluded the festivities on Sunday, June 8th with the annual picnic. Live entertainment was performed by the Eric Rose Band again this year. Sunday was filled with fun times for kids including a dunk tank, bounce house, and slides. The festivities over the weekend included a multigenerational tennis tournament and pie eating contest, not to mention the East versus West softball game... [more]
By Joseph Frye
June 2008
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Curtain Call by Hillary
At the end of her campaign for the 2008 Democratic Party Presidential Nomination Campaign, nothing delighted Hillary Rodham Clinton more than the thought of leaving of it.
At the National Building Museum, before several thousand of her supporters, volunteers, campaign workers, most of them women, some of them openly crying, a considerable number still angry and visibly disappointed, Clinton officially closed her campaign by unequivocally endorsing the victor and her rival Barack Obama....
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By Gary Tischler
June 2008
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The Commercial Insider
1030 Wisconsin Avenue:The owners of the Prada Gallery sold their property in May to a consulting firm who will be using the property as office space. The property was sold for approximately $715 per square foot and has no parking. The gallery bought the property in 2005 and the new sale reflects a twenty percent increase from the ‘05 sale price
3240 P Street: Public records show the owners of Jean Luc Vivier, owner of the eponymous salon, sold the property to one of his stylists for $1,740,000. The property is approximately 4,000 square feet and was recently renovated. It is unclear whether the business was sold as a part of this transaction. The property is located adjacent to the old Addison School..... [more]
Andrew O’Neill
June 2008
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Olympic Artist Mark T. Smith
Teatro Goldoni was the recent venue for a special dinner featuring Mark T. Smith, the official artist of the 2008 Summer Olympics....
Embassy Series at Indonesia
On a recent Sunday afternoon, The Ambassador of Indonesia and Mrs. Parnohadiningrat opened their residence for an Embassy Series Summer Gala featuring jazz pianist and Jakarta native Nial Djuliarso leading his combo with James King on bass, Lenny Robinson, drums, and Bruce Harris, trumpet.....
Meridian Spring Garden Benefit – An Evening in Kyoto
Meridian International Center’s Second Annual Spring Garden Benefit celebrated “An Evening in Kyoto” under the honorary patronage of Ambassador Ryozo Kato and Mrs. Kato of Japan. The event chaired by Judy Bishop raised over $70,000 to support programs that serve Meridian’s public diplomacy mission and the much-needed restoration of Meridian’s historic gardens,...
The Washington Performing Arts Society
The Washington Performing Arts Society (WPAS) held its annual Gala and Auction at the Marriott Wardman Park in May. Annie Totah and Carolyn Ross Wilson served as Co-Chairs with Zelda Segal as Auction Chair. Mexican Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan and Mrs. Veronica Valencia-Sarukhan were diplomatic patrons...
Honoring Our Pawed Protectors
Dog about town Campari Feld has led a charmed existence. No wonder that he decided that his fifth birthday celebration should benefit his fellow canines. On May 18 he invited his “well-behaved friends” to join him on the patio at Hudson for his pet cause, the Robert Morgan Foundation, a non-profit established by his personal physician Lee Moran of Georgetown Veterinary Hospital and his wife Kris in memory of their son....
June 2008
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Still “Waiting for Godot
“Waiting for Godot” is a play about two tramps waiting every day for someone named Godot. He never comes. But of course, he always returns. Or rather, the play is never far from the back of a director’s mind somewhere, a fluttering memory of a theater-goer and the thick lore of the theater itself and as a kind of underground popular culture reference.... [more]
By Gary Tischler
June 2008
“The Visit”
There’s enough theater glitz in “The Visit” at Signature Theater that they should really have put up a really, really big Broadway sign, something that says Great White Way the way it used to. There are legends here.
There’s the authorial names, of course, being Kander and Ebb, and Terence McNally of course, who among them have enough big Broadway musicals and plays to their credit to remind everyone of the kind of glory that the theater produced with regularity..... [more]
By Gary Tischler
June 2008
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