November 17th, 2010 Issue

A stellar House-side location only begins the story! Entertain elegantly in this tall, wide & handsome 2-3BR, 2.5BA center bay Edwardian TH on lovely tree-lined ave 2 blks to Capitol South metro! Flexible spaces on all 3 levels & the private walled brick patio allow for best in casual or formal Hill living. CAC, wd floors, pkg potential off alley & architectural interest in & out. Price: $899,500

Barbara McConaghy Johnson and Staci Capuano co-chaired Runway en Relevé Troisieme, the third annual fundraising fashion event of the Women’s Committee of the Washington Ballet at Bloomingdale’s Chevy Chase, on Nov. 12. Company dancers, with members of the Women’s Committee, Board of Directors and Jeté Society, modeled fashions capturing the 60’s look of Mad Men. The evening’s Parisian theme heralded Jackie Kennedy’s triumph of European fashion and diplomacy. The raffled “Grand Prix” was a Las Vegas package highlighted by a stay at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, the newest member of the Marriott Autograph Collection.

The announcement of Jim Brady’s departure from TBD is not just the old “different direction” story. It is akin to Roger Ailes leaving FOX, Aaron Sorkin leaving the West Wing, or Steve Jobs leaving Apple. TBD, Brady’s visionary idea for the next great media thing, was a truly online local news organization that leveraged all those much-ballyhooed elements of new media — blogs, linking, social media etc. It really was a different concept.

Centrally located on a quiet street, in Georgetown’s sought-after East Village, this residence is only minutes away from the Dupont Circle and Foggy Bottom Metro stations. The updated, fully detached Federal features a gracious Reception Hall, a Powder Room opening through double doors to the elegant Dining Room, complete with wood-burning fireplace, and a comfortable Living Room with extensive built-ins. A surprisingly large gourmet Kitchen, with an eat-in breakfast bar, encompasses the remainder of the first level.

Ari is a trained draftsman, and it shows in his series, “Place Names,” showing at the Parish Gallery in Georgetown, November 19-30. Ari’s paintings are “old school”—stripped of flash, subject matter irony and mixed media techniques of many painters showing today. The work is straight oil paining: pigment, linseed oil, turpentine and board, all applied with earnest, grit and hard labor.

You know the drill. It’s time to celebrate the holidays. Not Thanksgiving. That’s practically yesterday. We’re talking about THE HOLIDAYS, when families reunite, and the grandparents will inevitably come bearing sweaters for everybody.