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CenesPhotos by Jeff Malet

FacesofDC1. A fife player from the Army Old

Guard Fife and Drum Corps, 3rd U.S. Infantry, marches down Constitution Avenue on the morning of July 4 in

the nation’s annual parade.2. Derui Zhang from China listens to

a dramatic reading of the Delaration of Independence during the July 4

Celebration at the National Archives.3. The Union Pines High School

Band of Cameron NC. marches in front of the Capitol building.

4. Bob Geier and Kathy Silver ride in a 1903 Curved Dash Oldsmobile

in the July 4 parade.

Kastles head coach Murphy Jensen celebrates the team’s 21-15 victory over the Philadelphia Freedoms.

The Samoan Community of D.C. performs at the Smithso-

nian Folklife Festival.

A woman dances with the Cambodian Buddhist Society of

Silver Spring, MD.

A member of Mariachi Tradicio-nal Los Tios plays the guitar-

rón mexicano.

Bobby Reynolds of the Kastles greets more than 2,000 spirited fans at Kastles Stadium.

Venus Williams serves against the New York Buzz. Williams helped win three sets to vault the team to a 25-15 victory in front of a national television audience.

Fireworks explode over the National Mall in

front of the Washington Monument on July 4.

The fireworks show was preceded by the

annual concert at the Capitol building, A Capitol Fourth. This

year’s guests included John Schneider, Darius

Rucker, Reba McEntire, LangLang, David Archu-

leta and Gladys Knight. The evening’s emcee

was actor Jimmy Smits.

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Head to Farragut Square for Golden Tri-angle Summer Concerts from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. This week Crowded Streets performs a Dave Matthews tribute on the newly renovated Farragut Square Park. Bring a blanket and picnic. For more information, call 202-463-3400.

Friday, July 16

Target’s free Arts and Wonder program will feature performers ages 15 to 20 inNSO’s Summer Music Institute Chamber Music at the Kennedy Center at 6 p.m.

Saturday, July 17

Target’s free Arts and Wonder program will feature performers ages 15 to 20 inNSO’s Summer Music Institute Chamber Music at the Kennedy Center at 6 p.m.

Mt. Pleasant Main Street hosts a farmer’s market from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Sat-urday until November. Visit the Lamont Park, location between 17th and Mt. Pleas-ant Streets. For more information, visit www.mtpfm.org.

Thursday, July 22

FotoWeek DC and the Corcoran will host a summer kick-off party from 7 to 10 p.m. to launch a new and exciting partnership and the 2010 festival dates, which are No-vember 6-13. Come to hear music by DJ Chris Nitti and Matt Hemerlein, photo pro-jections and a complimentary admission to the exhibition, “Chuck Close Prints: Pro-cess and Collaboration.” Pre-registration is required. Contact 202-639-1867 or [email protected] for more information.

Friday, July 23

Check out the Marine Barracks evening parade at 8:45 p.m. at Eighth and I Streets. Guests are admitted at 7 p.m. and should be seated by 8 p.m. The parade is a symbol of professionalism and discipline of the Es-prit de Corps of the U.S. Marines and the story reflects Marines around the world. Admission is free. For more information, visit www.mbw.usmc.mil/parade_eve-ningdefault.asp.

Saturday, July 24

The Middleburg Humane Foundation pres-ents Dog Day in the Plains from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at several locations on Main Street. Activities include a puppet-show, book signings by local authors of pet-themed books and a dog agility demonstration. The foundation will also be on hand with dogs

up for adoption as well as information on animal rescue on the Clark House Lawn. For more information, call 540-253-9797 or 540-253-5790.

Mt. Pleasant Main Street and Cricket host the ever-popular movie night around this year’s theme, “Road Trip” at Lamont Park, location at 17th and Lamont Streets. Rain date for movie is July 25. Movies will also be shown on Aug. 14 and Sept. 11. For more information, contact [email protected].

monday, July 26

The astronauts that flew into space aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis will speak at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. Guests must register for the event online at georgetownnasa.eventbrite.com. The event will be held at Lohrfink Auditorium of the Rafik B. Hariri Building at 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, July 27

Washington International Piano Festival will be at the Kennedy Center’s Millenium Stage at 6 p.m.

Thursday, July 29

Taberna Del Alabardero presents a wine tasting dinner with Elias Mora Winery. A reception will start at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m. Tickets are $90 per per-son. For more information, visit www.ala-bardero.com or call 202-429-2200.

Gallery Plan B, 1530 14th Street, will hold an opening reception for artist Jason Wright from 6 to 8 p.m. His new oil paint-ing show, called “Take You Home” high-lights Wright’s experience as a profession-al skydiver. The exhibit will run through August 29.

Saturday, July 31

The Swiss Embassy is holding a celebra-tion for Swiss National Day. The day will include Swiss food and music, alphorns, super raffle prizes, tombola, flag swinging, performances by Swiss Folklore Group, kids’ corner, moon bounce, lampion pa-rade, bonfire, T-shirts, Swiss wines, beer garden and Swiss bakery goods.

Tuesday, July 20 – Tuesday, Aug. 24

Renaissance Dupont Circle Hotel and the D.C. Commission on Arts and Humani-ties present a series of independent film screenings called Summer Screenings. Ev-ery Tuesday evening through August, the Lounge at the Renaissance Dupont Circle hotel will show independent films. For more information and a schedule of films being shown, contact [email protected].

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d t o b s e r v e rCompiled by Ari Post

District ADDresses OverheAD Wires fOr NeW streetcAr trANsit system

A new bill from the D.C. council, The Transportation Infrastructure Amend-ment Act of 2010, has been put in

place to address the addition of aerial wires to

be used in the 37-mile, eight-line streetcar sys-tem, expected to begin service in 2012. The law would prohibit installation of any additional telephone, electric lighting, or other wires over

any streets in the City of Washington beyond those that existed before July 1888, except for aerial wires that the Mayor may authorize for the streetcar transit system. The bill limits this use to H Street/Benning Road — one of the two lines currently under construction — until a citywide plan is devel-oped for using the wires for additional streetcar lines. For the time being, the city wants to use more advanced vehicles that can operate for limited distances without an overhead power supply in order to preserve the aesthetic of areas

with scenic or historical value. The only streetcar propulsion sys-tem that meets the affordability, reli-ability and serviceability test will re-quire overhead wires for most of the designated route covered by the tran-sit system, without having an adverse impact on the visual experience, ex-plained Richard Bradley, president of DC Surface Transit, Inc. (DCST) and executive director of the Downtown BID. In a Committee on Public Works and Transportation hearing, Bradley testified that the proposed streetcar system has the potential to more posi-tively and dramatically impact com-munity and economic development than even the Metro system — anoth-er transportation system attempting

to revamp itself, with the planned Silver Line expected to be running by 2016. With due attention paid to urban design, these overhead wires can blend seamlessly into the city scene. Federal laws constraining the city,

he added, pre-date D.C.’s Home Rule Act and were enacted by Congress in the 19th century. They do not take into account modern streetcar design and technology. “It is our view,” said Bradley, “that the city should make its own determinations about how it will grow and be sustained into the future. This legislation puts the responsibility for de-termining an acceptable balance between com-munity development and historic preservation upon the city.”

Public Wi-fi cOmiNg tO chiNAtOWN AND PeNN QuArter

July 11-15 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Microsoft and the Dis-trict will host the Worldwide Partners Con-

ference (WPC), a five-day partner event offer-ing opportunities for businesses to network and build connections with the WPC. As a tremen-dous bonus to the public, free Wi-Fi spots will be coming to the Chinatown and Penn Quarter neighborhoods. The city will activate publicly available wire-less internet several days before Microsoft wel-comes some 10,000 international delegate to the conference, which are to remain in place per-manently after the conference ends. The goal is to help to propel D.C.’s economy in one of the city’s busiest commercial and destination neighborhoods. The hotspots are powered by the D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Offi-cer, and powered by D.C.-Net.

DePArtmeNt Of eNergy AND cOulOmb tech PrOviDe chArgiNg stAtiONs fOr electric vehicles

The US Department of Energy has given a $15 million grant to Coulomb Tech-nologies (CT), the flagship company for

electric vehicle charging station infrastructure, which will be used to give away electric vehi-cle chargers to Washington area residents and building owners. The grant is part of a larger project by CT to create a nationwide electric vehicle infrastructure by providing nearly 5,000 no-cost home and public charging stations to program participants in nine regions of the US, expanding the largest networked infrastructure for electric vehicles in the world. The $37 million ChargePoint America pro-gram is made possible by the grant from the Department of Energy, which administered the Transportation Electrification Initiative through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The initiative is being further supported by part-nerships with auto companies Ford, Chevrolet, and smart USA, who have committed to deliver electric vehicles in the designated U.S. regions, D.C. among them. “The Obama Administra-tion has set significant and considerable goals for the widespread adoption of electric vehicles in the coming years,” said Richard Lowenthal, CEO of Coulomb Technologies. In response to the federal grant, D.C. plans

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As you leave the Dupont Circle Metro sta-tion’s north exit, you will see words carved into the granite walls — lines from a poem

by Walt Whitman, called “The Wound Dresser.” Since it’s hard to get the whole inscription when you are riding the escalator, here it is:

Thus in silence in dreams’ projections,Returning, resuming, I thread my way through the hospitals;The hurt and the wounded I pacify with sooth-ing hand;I sit by the restless all the dark night — some are so young,Some suffer so much — I recall the experience sweet and sad.

This was a subject Walt Whitman knew a lot about, since he served as a volunteer nurse during the Civil War. Already known as a journalist and poet, he first got involved after the bloody Battle of Fredericksburg in 1862, where he went to take care of his brother who had been wounded in battle. There he met another impressive volunteer nurse, Clara Barton, with whom he would cross paths again in Washington. When Whitman arrived in the District to help out as a medical volunteer, the city’s public buildings were turned into crowded way stations for wounded soldiers. There were not enough doctors, and no formal nursing profession, so the military had to rely on recruits and volun-teers. Even with that, doctors could not deal with the types of wounds inflicted by the advanced bul-

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lets and weapons of the war. The quickest solu-tion to treat an infected limb — and save the soldier’s life — was to amputate. Meanwhile, the wounded were crowded into any shelters available, waiting for the meager medical help to arrive. One of the most haunting passages in Whit-man’s journal about his experiences during the war was his account of the makeshift hospital at the Old Patent Office in Washington. This build-ing, recently restored to its original grandeur and serving as the National Portrait Gallery and Museum of American Art, made for a bizarre hospital ward. The maze of long narrow galler-ies was originally created to hold glass display cases, which held wood and metal models of inventions submitted for patents. Wounded sol-diers, sometimes as many as 800, were laid on cots arranged alongside the glass cases, creating a path so inspectors and inventors could still get through the maze to view and judge the models, stepping over the soldiers as they moved along. This was one of many hospitals where Whitman volunteered during the war, bringing food, pa-per and pens for the men and sometimes just staying on so a wounded soldier would not have to die alone.

Out of these terrible experiences came some good. The war encouraged many advances in medical science. Volunteer nurse Clara Barton went on to found the American Red Cross, an organization that we rely in times of national emergencies and disasters. Meanwhile, Walt Whitman, who continued to write poetry, sup-ported himself with a job at the Department of the Interior. Ironically, when Secretary of the Interior James Harlan discovered that Whitman was the author of “Leaves of Grass,” he fired him, citing the poems as “damaging to the mor-als of men.” By that time, though, Whitman was revered as a poet and supporters rallied to his cause, soon securing him another government job. Whitman’s war experiences earned him the title “the good gray poet,” and his poems about the Civil War are forever burned into our col-lective memory. There are many, among them “O Captain! My Captain!”, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d” and, of course, “The Wound Dresser.” And while his words carved on the subway’s wall describe the horrors of war, they also tell about human compassion, which will always be our saving grace.

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E d i t o r i a l / o p i n i o n

On July 8, city council chairman candidates Kwame Brown and Vincent Orange squared off at

a public forum held in the basement of Georgetown’s Latham Hotel, one of several debates between the pair in recent weeks, as the days leading up the Democratic primary in September begin to wind down. At the forum, during which the two men alternately delivered extemporaneous responses to policy and ethics questions sub-mitted by Georgetown’s community leaders and the public, it was disappointing to hear from both men what amounted to little more than canned, anemic responses to the issues confronting Georgetown today. Granted, the chairman race has been and will be overshadowed by the Fenty-Gray mayoral battle, and Georgetowners are prob-ably still a little puzzled why their own coun-cilmember withdrew his bid right out of the gate, despite earlier indications that he would go head to head with Brown for the council’s highest seat. But even though neither candidate lives in Georgetown, should we be impressed by their coy and cautious responses to the issues confronting the neighborhood? At best, the two spoke obliquely. When CAG President Jennifer Altemus asked about

Too much doublespeak aT chairman forum

Georgetown University’s 10-year campus plan, specifically whether the council chairman would “ensure that the community’s concerns are given great weight when the [Zoning Commission] votes on the plan,” Brown called for “transpar-ency” and “consensus” without bringing much to the table. Orange was a little more direct, declaring that “residents always come first,” but seemed to lose rhetorical momentum when the conversation turned to finance, dusting off the old “tax and spend” line that seems to lose teeth more and more every time it gets used. At worst, the candidates seemed to pursue contradictory objectives. While both endorsed tax breaks and increased government spending for local, privately owned businesses in Georgetown (and the District), each later said he supported incentives for large luxury retailers to entice them back into the city. That balancing act will surely prove a headache for District legislators down the road, the future chairman included.

As we’re suffering through Washington’s worst heat wave of the year, take a moment to check in with your elderly or ill neigh-

bors who might need a little assistance. Weather like this can effect even the healthiest of us. This promises to be a long, entertaining summer in terms of Washington’s number one spectator sport, politics. With heated contests for mayor, council chair, two at-large seats and four ward council seats, there will be no short-age of candidate forums, neighborhood rallies and straw polls. The best thing that any Washingtonian can go do is get out there and participate. Attend a neighborhood forum and ask the candidates about what’s on your mind — from educa-tion to crime, from the economy and jobs to improving city services. I truly believe each of us has something to contribute to this important dialogue about the future of our city. So in addition to our new pitcher Stephen Strasburg heating up the mound at Nationals Park and the Washington Kastles gracing downtown with World Team Tennis this month, we have plenty in the sport of politics to look forward to! The responsibility of governance will return soon enough in the fall and we have many challenges ahead. We may even have to revisit the FY 2011 budget, due to declining revenue projections. It’s anyone’s guess, but looking at states and localities around the country, one can’t but watch and continue to wonder. Jurisdictions are trimming back, instituting employee reductions, mandating furlough days and retrenching some programs. Some states are even borrowing from pension funds to meet current expenses and issuing IOUs to taxpayers for tax refunds the states cannot afford to send. I am grateful D.C. has managed to do better than others, but I do have to chuckle a bit when I read these stories about other states — who’s calling for control boards for these folks? President Obama and some in Congress have been talking about additional stimulus spending, particularly to keep state employ-ees and teachers on the job. While there are merits to this, it would also add to the federal deficit most likely, in itself another problem. Ultimately I think that may be a short term fix at best, which I’d rather avoid. We’ve managed to avoid a severe day of reckoning here in D.C. through a variety of means — some of which I don’t support — such as spending reserves and other one-time measures. Ultimately, given the unlikely return of the “irrational exuberance” in the boom economy of a few years ago, we will have to align the District’s budget to actual sources of revenue, which can be tweaked here and there, without the use of one-time gim-micks and fixes. In short, while our most recent revenue estimate is flat — which is good news in itself — we still have yet to address some of the fundamental, structural problems with matching the size of the government to our revenue sources. Finishing up, I want to take a brief moment to remember my staffer Desi Deschaine on the upcoming one-year anniversary of his death. We have truly missed Desi as part of our office and part of our lives, and I know those of you who were touched by him do as well. Here’s remembering you, Desi — you remain in our hearts and minds.

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By Ari Post

The Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) at 1518 M St. appeared recently on the National

Trust for Historic Preservation’s list of the country’s 11 most endangered historic plac-es, and on the D.C. Preservation League’s annual list of the most endangered places in Washington. Founded in 1838, the structure stands as a significant piece of cultural and architectural heritage, a bastion of advocacy for human rights. From anti-slavery leadership in the mid-19th century, to fighting on the front lines for civil rights, to AIDS education and voter reg-istration projects today, Metropolitan AME Church has not only been a major center of worship, but also an institution in the fore-front of the civic, cultural, and intellectual life of African Americans. In 1895 it hosted the funeral for Frederick Douglass, a regular attendee, and in 2005 held the memorial ser-vice for Rosa Parks. The red brick Victorian Gothic-style church was constructed exclusively by donations from AME congregations across the country. Their goal was to establish a permanent pres-ence near the White House and U.S. Capitol in order to pressure the federal government for equal treatment of the African American community. Walled in on three sides by recent devel-opment projects, the church has suffered numerous structural cracks resulting from vibrations during adjacent construction. The

congregation has been a responsible steward, funding major repairs over the years to maintain the building, and has begun a restoration drive. However, previously unknown, ongoing water infiltration has caused more extensive damage. Over the years, the 29 stained glass windows have been compromised due to deteriorated lead jointing, the grand staircase and sanctuary floors have settled, and inadequate internal gutters have caused water damage to the walls and ceiling. The building urgently requires a multi-million-dollar rescue effort, an investment that Metropolitan AME Church’s community of dedicated support-ers simply cannot afford.

The purgaTorial resToraTion of an hisToric dc church

And while the U.S. government and Dis-trict BIDs have been manically funneling its resources into a kaleidoscope of poten-tially unstable city programs and distrib-uting grants in attempts to defibrillate the economy — the blind faith in the success of electric cars comes to mind, despite al-most a century’s worth of evidence to the contrary — they sometimes neglect the true strength of communities. In history and unity lies strength, and by neglecting the foundations of our country’s past as it de-teriorates beneath infinite parking garages and office buildings of the big businesses that tanked the financial sector in the first place (which are in themselves on the life support of government loans), we are only further impeding the recovery of our local communities. This is probably nothing that will go no-ticed in the short term, nor will the detri-

ment ever be precisely quantifiable. But with-out the surrounding culture and the history of fighting for human rights, for freedom, a fight that Metropolitan AME Church has stood for since its foundation, Washington as a city has little to stand for at all. The health of a richly historic community in the nation’s capital is surely worth the price of one building’s renova-tion. While Metropolitan AME hosts patron-de-pendent “Historic Restoration and Preservation Crab Feasts” at $55 a ticket, one wonders who could step in and lend a hand.

leTTer To TheeditoRTo the editor:

In the June 30 issue of The Georgetowner, you gave your implicit endorsement of a re-cent decision to allow left turns to be made

from M Street eastbound onto Wisconsin Av-enue northbound (“Return of the left turn,” GT Observer). The decision was “coaxed” by Ward 2 councilman Jack Evans and others, probably those living on the side streets north of M Street, which were getting added traffic. According to DDOT officials, they intend to eliminate park-ing spaces on the south side of M Street to help traffic flow. While the concept sounds great in theory, one has to wonder whether or not this will add to an already horrific traffic jam on M Street. If anyone truly believes that the entire curb-side lane on M Street will remain empty all day, they are dreaming. Those spaces will be occupied by delivery trucks, UPS and FedEx trucks, and the everyday assortment of illegally parked service trucks and cars. Why should anyone believe that these assorted drivers, who park illegally al-ready, will not merely use this new space as just another area to park illegally? And if that does occur, and since the District police force barely enforces illegal parking on M Street now, this new rule will make M Street even more difficult for all drivers, both residents of Georgetown as well as commuters coming into the District. gary LangbaumWater Street, georgetown

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What’s happened to sports? thoughts about LeBron JamesBy Jeff malet

As everyone on the planet now knows, basketball superstar LeBron James decided to abandon the city of

Cleveland, its team, the Cavaliers, and its loyal fan base as soon as his contract ran out. Cleveland owner Dan Gilbert called his departure a “cowardly betrayal.” Former fans burned his number 23 jersey and stomped on cardboard cutouts of his image. What is most surprising of all is that anyone could have expected any other outcome. At the heart of organized professional sports is a tenuous balance between fans, players and owners. For the better part of the last century, team owners had the upper hand and could exercise monopoly control over its players. If a player was not satisfied with the team’s salary offer, he had no alternative except to sit out the season or play overseas. Team owners were also free to sell or trade player’s contracts with other teams, often without the player’s consent. This was commonly referred to as “the reserve clause,” which kept a player beholden for life to the team with whom they originally signed. This had the natural effect of keeping players’ salaries (and ticket prices) low. There

was a sense of order to the league. Players tended to stay with teams, often for their entire careers, and fans could develop a loyalty and true attachment to them. It was a time when it was not uncommon for star players like Stan Musial, Ted Williams, Willie Mays and Hank Aaron to spend virtually their entire baseball careers with one team. When a player did depart for another team, he was “traded“ for like value. This comfortable system started to unravel when baseball player Curt Flood, a star center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, refused to accept a trade to Philadelphia following the 1969 season, and took his case all the way to the Supreme Court. Though Flood’s legal case was ultimately unsuccessful, it encouraged other players in the league to begin a quest for free agency. Ultimately the reserve clause was struck down in 1975 when an arbitrator ruled that since pitchers Dave McNally and Andy Messersmith played for one season without a contract, they could become free agents. The decision essentially dismantled the reserve clause and opened the door to widespread free agency. Players in other sports demanded and

ultimately received the right to negotiate with other teams at the expiration of their contracts. The result was predictable. Players salaries escalated to such a high altitude that some have even become team owners. In 1930, Babe Ruth was making $5,000 more than President Herbert Hoover. When asked by a reporter if he thought it was right to be making more than the President, Babe responded “Why not? I had a better year than he did.” LeBron James will roughly match the current President’s salary every two games. Sadly for the fans, the breaking up of team cohesion has become the norm and their loy-alties have been tested. Players today swap jerseys faster than Larry King changes wives. The advent of free agency inevitably tilted the balance of power in favor of those teams with the largest war chests and stretches fundamen-tal principals of fairness. Players want to move to successful franchises, tilting the balance still further. Compared to what it was, the overall product is debased. Alas, most of us are too young to know that for sports fans, things used to be much better.

turn up that ’stat, stat!By Veena Trehan

For D.C. residents wilting in 90-plus-degree days, stepping out of the heat can be a welcome relief. But chilly stores and

restaurants are bringing winter back at great harm to our budget, bodies, and planet. Crank up your thermostats, Washingtonians, and rack up these benefits:

#1 An Accidental Bikini-Ready Bod Georgetown saleswoman Durban Clarke is on an unintentional diet. “Normally I have a big ol’ sandwich for lunch,” she sighs languidly, withering in an 84-degree store with broken air conditioning. “Today I could barely finish a pear.” Not surprising: eating less and lighter is typical when hot. That’s useful information for locals trying to shed a few pounds before lounging in swimwear as well as others aiming to drop more. And the evidence is beyond anec-dotal. A study in a 2006 International Journal of Obesity cites air conditioning as an important, often overlooked contributor to the nationwide obesity epidemic. It’s time for Washingtonians to warm up — and slim down.

#2 Eliminating the Implicit Instruction: “Bring a Jacket, It’s 95 Degrees”Many workers must dress both for inside tem-peratures in the 60s or low 70s and sweltering outside air or suffer the consequences. For one Georgetown worker keeping warm starts at her core. “I wear a padded bra every day to work,” she confesses. But avoiding frequent battles over thermostat settings with her male cowork-ers requires even more — her chair holds a jacket and a sweater while her desk hides a space heater. Numerous other locals use their props in winter and summer with little basis.

Four of five people around the world are com-fortable between from about 76 and 89 degrees at a 92-degree outdoor temperature, according to analysis in the air conditioning book “Losing Our Cool” by Stan Cox. #3 “It’s How much?” (or Avoiding Statement Shock)It took the last seven summers to bring two 100-degree days but the mercury’s already reached 100 three times this year. And June featured more than twice the usual count of 90-degree days. The soaring heat is sending electricity bills skyward. Boosting the ther-mostat can keep them in check. Pepco recom-

mends setting air conditioning to 78 degrees and using energy-efficient fans. “Every degree you raise your thermostat can result in a 5 per-cent savings on the cost of cooling your home,” says Clay Anderson, spokesman for the electric company which serves more than 750,000 Maryland and D.C. residents.

#4 Conserving Energy: It’s In Again Conservation may not be as hip as it was in 1979 when solar panels topped the White House and jumpsuit-clad residents pored over electric bills. But the reasons to cut back are just as compelling. Local provider Pepco’s fuel mix relies much more on carbon-emitting

sources (three-quarters overall, including 40 percent coal) than carbon-free (about one-quarter nuclear and renewables). And using carbon-producing energy can contribute to a nasty cycle where greater greenhouse gas emis-sions bring warmer temperatures which prompt more a/c use. Turning down the thermostat — particularly during hot daytime hours — can also help avoid electrical equipment failures. Make it warmer to shrink carbon footprints and lessen grid stress.

#5 (No more) “You’re Hot Then You’re Cold”So sings a furious Katy Perry afraid of being jilted at the altar. Frequent temperature hic-cups might be easier on the emotions but they’re uncomfortable physically. In fact, a year after central air conditioning was installed in the U.S. Capitol, Rep. John Rankin rose to complain that the 15 to 20 degree temperature differential was too much. “This is a regular Republican atmosphere,” said the Mississippi Democrat, “and it’s enough to kill anyone if it continues.” In fact, surrounding temperatures rarely varied by 30-plus degrees until this century, and many signs show we aren’t made to duck in and out of cold spaces. The quick switch stresses out bodies that have to adjust their internal thermostat, which can bring on headaches and chills and lower immunity to colds.

Of course, the usual cautions apply. Stay hydrated. Be alert for symptoms that might indicate heat illness, particularly in vulnerable populations like seniors and children. But gen-erally, boost those temps as an act of consider-ation for your coworkers and clients, and for people everywhere.

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Few Washingtonians need an introduction to Jacobsen Architecture, the George-town firm behind some of the snazziest

edifices in Washington and the world, including the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery, the U.S. embassies in Paris and Moscow and several external additions to a little building called the U.S. Capitol. John Blee sits down to chat with father-son architecture aces Hugh and Simon Jacobsen.

When you work with a client, do you merge with their aesthetic, or do you try to shift their taste in your direction? Our approach is that a client is not just another client or project, but rather an individual with a very unique set of circumstances, tastes, experi-ences, fears and enthusiasms who, out of all the architects in the world, has come to us to de-sign their house and, hopefully forever, change their lives for the better. We listen with a kind of architectural stethoscope for the blatant de-sign instruction and for the subtle murmur of something that they can neither explain nor de-scribe.

In designing a house what do you enjoy the most, and what do you have to struggle with, other than financial constraints? There is no greater satisfaction for architects and designers that when the initial presentation is complete, the client is no longer sitting in their chair but jumping up and down shaking your hand and trying to kiss you. The struggle for us comes in the form of try-

ing to get the project past the oceans architectural review boards in the international and national jurisdictions that we work in. We like to say “it is like giving birth to a barbed wire fence.”

Where did you study and who has influenced you as an architect? Hugh: Yale, much influenced by Lou Kahn. Simon: The Chicago School of Architecture-UIC, influenced by Richard Meier and many deconstructionists and theorists of the Chicago School.

What is the easiest thing about working with clients, and what is the most difficult? The easiest thing, of course, is being permit-ted to do what we do best, which is to stream-line the project on time and on budget. The hard

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part comes when the client makes changes dur-ing construction, for whatever reason. We have very innovative and unique details and methods that are not intuitive at first sight to the builder. Much planning goes into the construction prep-aration and for it to change can be frustrating and expensive for everyone.

Do you do interiors, including placement of furniture? If so, is that more complex in terms of client preference? We are one of the few firms in the world where the design of the building starts with the furni-ture (both ours and the owners’), in addition to art and light. Therefore, our completed building is a total envelope of a congruent aesthetic of a single company, rather than other firms, who seem to lock arms in an uncomfortable collabo-ration of people trying fruitlessly to coordinate the thousands of parts and hopefully getting them to fit together like ill-fitting puzzle pieces. In our work, the interiors and furniture is part of the architecture, and it doesn’t look as if some-one stopped by at the last minute and lobbed in a bunch of stuff, hoping that it would work.

Is the contractor someone you carry over from job to job? We are currently working in the Cayman Is-lands, California, Colorado, Maine, Nantucket, Washington, Melbourne (Australia), Florida, etc. We prefer to always work with the same builders when possible, for we go through a kind of teaching and explanation period on every new project and new builder. However, many of our projects are in “one-shot” loca-tions, and in those places we are unable to use a preferred builder.

What’s the fastest turn around, in designing from scratch with a house, from drawings to the client moving in?One year, and we still can’t believe it. The client didn’t make any changes!

Do you do kitchens, and if so, what’s the most expensive job you’ve done and what did it include?

Well, we have done million-dollar kitchens and we have done ten thousand-dollar kitchens. Our expertise is not building expensive kitch-ens, but really good ones. Yes, the $1 million kitchens do pop up, but we would rather spend that money on the roof or the pool — or just put the pool on the roof.

Light is what your firm is known for in his houses, how is that achieved? To most people who know the work, it may appear that buildings just have a great deal of glass. Although this is key, it is only a fourth of the issue. We bring light inside, then it is prismed on reflective plains of the interior. The houses are positioned so that the sun doesn’t overpower the spaces, damaging art and fabrics, and we use walls of books, art and furniture to introduce color where the light then dances off all of the surfaces.

What is the house you’ve worked on that you are most proud of?The ones we have underway now.

Name the five best buildings in the D.C. area you did not design.The British Embassy, the East Wing of the Na-tional Gallery of Art, Society of Cincinnati, The Metropolitan Club, The US Capitol.

Other than your own houses, what house in D.C. would you most like to live in? Hugh: Evermay. Simon: The Egyptian Embassy off Sheridan Circle.

Did you design your own home, and if you did, what are you happiest with about it? Hugh: That it has survived 40 years of chil-dren, mumps, measles, holidays, teenagers, illness, prosperity and the occasional visiting Republican. Simon: That people walk by and look in the windows. I think it is also on a local tour map, where it is listed as “some weird guy’s all-white house.”

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Capital Fringe festival largely showcases lesser-known artists and avant-garde work to the public, often new works, highlighting some of the local D.C. talent. The theatrical styles run the gamut, from comedies and dramas to musicals to solo performance. There are even a few puppet shows in the mix.

However, the festival will also include some estab-lished classics, such as “A Walk in the Woods,” a play by Lee Blessing, which has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, a Tony Award and an Oliver Award. “H.M.S. Pinafore” by Gilbert & Sullivan will be returning to the Fringe Festival for its fourth summer in a row. Performances will be held in venues around Penn Quarter and Mount Vernon Square, such as an old cigar shop abandoned, since the ’60s, a historic church, a converted restaurant, and a German cul-tural institute.

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A Walk in the Woods american ensemble theater at the goethe institut (ages 13 and up)July 15 - 8:30 p.m.; July 17 - 11:30 a.m. and 9 p.m.; July 18 - 4 p.m.; July 24 - 3 p.m.

H.M.S. Pinaforeg&s Youth Company at the Mountain July 16 - 5:30 p.m.; July 17 - 12:45 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; July 18 - 4:45 p.m.

Macbethpush/pull theater Company at redrum (ages 13 and up) July 10 - 8 p.m.; July 11 - 4 p.m.; July 15 - 10:30 p.m.; July 17 - 7 p.m.; July 18 - 9:30 p.m.

No Gentlemen of Veronathe rude Mechanicals at Warehouse July 11 - 8:30 p.m.; July 14 - 10 p.m.; July 16 - 10:30 p.m.; July 17 - 7:30 p.m.; July 22 - 6 p.m.; July 24 - 8:30 p.m.

A Magical Way of Thinking: Magician David Moreyat the point July 11 - 1:15 p.m.; July 15 - 9 p.m.; July 20 - 6:30 p.m.; July 24 - 12 p.m.

for more events check out:www.capfringe.org By Jenna DeWitt

Florida DaysAs part of the Fringe Festival this month, Ra-chael Bail’s “Florida Days” premiered at The Apothecary on July 10.

The play, performed by the McLean Drama Company, follows the journey of Betty, a South-ern girl living in Brooklyn, New York. Betty, played by Elise Edwards, transforms from fiery young journalist to a wife and mother while her world crashes down around her. The audience seems transfixed by the depth of Edward’s tal-ent. Her character’s chemistry with Thomas Linn’s character, Vincent, is equally apparent. The onstage couple carries the production with a truly convincing portrayal of two lovers fac-ing life’s hardships while seeking the deeper meaning of it all.

The physical appearance of the production could be described as minimalist, with few costumes, about 10 props in all, and projected images on a back wall instead of sets. Yet nothing is lacking. The comparatively few materials only aid the intensity of the emotions portrayed. Even the audience’s seating seems to transform from a few church pews, since the first scene is a wed-ding, to benches in a blue-lit coffeehouse, when the action quickly transitions to New York City. The setting then remains in New York for most of the play, despite the title. The Apothecary, a tiny dance studio with exposed brick and un-painted wood, conveyed the sense of watching this family in their city home, living off of Vin-cent’s salary as an opera conductor.

Though the quality of acting from much of the supporting cast leaves much to be desired, Ed-wards and Linn give performances of which they should be proud. For a small community

theater group the company showed potential, and will be a group to look forward to in future festivals.

I would give “Florida Days” three out of five Fringes.

No gentlemen of VeronaElizabethan English flows aplenty with this renovated Shakespeare play. “No Gentlemen of Verona,” Joshua Engel’s take on “Two Gentle-men of Verona,” takes place in the 1940s.

The time period works surprisingly well for the play, though the explanation of that specific ad-aptation is a bit hard to follow. According to the program, it was successful in Engel’s past ex-periment with “Much Ado About Nothing” and was thus chosen for the time period for this ven-ture as well. Mobsters, Navy sailors and bright red lipstick make the setting work, however, and make the show more relatable to a modern American audience.

The Rude Mechanicals were as quick and witty as The Bard himself could have expected. The cast’s past experience with Shakespearean dia-logue shows in their skillful delivery. It is obvi-ous that the members of this all-female troupe not only know their lines, but they fully under-stand their meaning. In fact, it is as if they natu-rally speak Elizabethan English in their daily lives. The few trips over the complex lines were quickly remedied and never skipped a beat.

Overall, “No Gentlemen of Verona” is a comic delight for Shakespeare lovers that enjoy a new spin on an old favorite.

I would give “No Gentlemen of Verona” four out of five Fringes.

the Mclean Drama Company presents “florida Days” at the apothecary at 1013 seventh st. the play runs on select dates through July 22. tickets are $15 each.

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Gods & Conservation: Paul Jett at the Freer/sackler

By John Blee

Walking down the long staircase and into the galleries of the Sackler, a large stucco Gandharan head of a

Bodhisattva from Afghanistan sits on a pedestal above eye level. Sensuous and spiritual at once, its lips are full and it is crowned and has flow-ing hair. The spiritual dimension is evoked with the semi-closed eyes and the tension of the eye-brows, seemingly meditative. It is many times larger than human scale and must have stood on top of a very large body. When Paul Jett, head of the Department of Conservation and Scientific Research of the Freer/Sackler, first saw the piece, it was covered with detritus of almost 2,000 years. Jett related to me, “Pieces you spend a long time working on you get more attached to. I feel very attached to the Bodhisattva. No one would display it be-cause of the way it looked. I thought this piece had potential, so I spent eight months working on it, often through a microscope, as stucco is very delicate. Everyone liked it so much that now it is on permanent exhibition.” Adjacent to the Bodhisattva is an exhibition of Khmer art curated by Paul Jett and Louise Court, the highly regarded curator of ceramics at the Galleries. The exhibition will later go to the Getty in Los Angeles. The Khmer bronzes displayed are extraordinary in their energy and refinement. They have a certain formal reserve

that is very apparent in Khmer stone sculpture, but due to the scale of the pieces they are more intimate. Paul Jett played a major role in this exhibition, mentoring the conservation staff at the Phnom Penh museum in Cambodia where these works are from. As we walked through the exhibition, Paul Jett recalled his early career: “I grew up in New Mexico, where I pursued interests in photogra-phy, painting, and sculpture. I got a Bachelor of Fine Arts in New Mexico. I worked at the Bos-ton Museum of Fine Arts doing a post-graduate fellowship and came to D.C. and got the job at the Freer/Sackler. I studied bronze casting at Glen Echo. When I started working at the Freer/Sackler, I realized that I had prepared for it by studying Mandarin, as well as Chinese philoso-phy and history.” Working with Asian bronzes has involved Jett in precarious, technical studies with gold and silver. Asian bronzes often have silver as inlay or are coated in gold. The philosophy of conservation today, according to Jett, is “Do no harm to the object, make repairs unobtrusive, though not exactly invisible. And importantly, all repairs have to be able to be undone.” In looking at art in museums he says, “I do notice how it’s been restored, it’s hard to turn that part of me off.” He says of his work on pieces, “It will last for hundreds of years. We make deci-sions sometimes on our own or will consult with curators or directors depending on the piece.” The work with the Phnom Penh Museum started in 2005, setting up the conservation lab. Most of the training took place in Phnom Penh. Jett says, “There was a blank slate for most of the students.” He says that this was an advan-tage, as he did not have to deprogram anyone. Jett became close to his colleagues and students

who did most of the work on the pieces in the exhibition. “They are doing fine on their own,” he says. One thing he did as a demonstration was to fill in a bit of the Nandi, a large 12th- to 13th-century bronze. It is discernibly not an Indian Nandi, yet having a similar languor. Many of the figures of the gods in the show are based on Indian prototypes, but have evolved into their own distinct Khmer-ness. The Ganesh has none of the earthiness found in his Indian prototype, even though it has a similar physique. Being with Paul Jett at the Gods of Angkor show made me look harder at how the pieces were put together originally and through restoration. We stopped to admire an incredible bronze crowned Buddha from the 12th century. Holding up its arms in abhaya mudra it blesses this beautiful show.Paul Jett photo by Tom Wolff

Naga-protected Buddha with Avalokitesh-vara and Prajnaparamita Cambodia, Angkor period, late 12th-/early 13th-century Bronze with mercury gilding Image Credit: National Museum of Cambodia, Phnom Penh

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10 Trailheads Inside the Beltway

By Ari Post

“I went to the woods because I wished to live delib-erately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”

— Henry David Thoreau

Billy Goat Trail Description: 4 miles. Moderate difficulty.

A roundabout portion off the C&O Canal Towpath, the Billy Goat Trail is rightfully a local favor-ite among hiking veterans and families. The trail stretches along the Potomac Gorge, a rocky, diverse 15-mile section of the Potomac River from above

Great Falls south to Theodore Roosevelt Island. The path itself is a tempered balance between dirt crosscuts woven through the lush forestry, and rugged cliff faces with sweeping views of the adjacent river, rock faces and woodlands. Convenient river ac-cess has also made it a popular destination for kayaking, canoe-ing and fishing. The trail, broken into sections A, B and C, has varying levels of difficulty. Stretching along Bear Island, Section A, while the most strenuous, is also the most frequented. And there are good reasons for this. Access to the trailhead is absurdly simple and conveniently located minutes outside the city — just off I-95 on MacArthur Boulevard, the parking area across from the Old Angler’s Inn. The path itself is a two-mile stretch along Bear Island, affording premier vistas at the top of high rock faces that hikers must scramble up for the reward. The trail is something of a U-shape up the island, starting and ending at different points along the C&O Canal Towpath, which is a nice cool-down from a challenging hike, walking beside the reflective canal shaded by the forest’s florid, abundant eaves. The trail is almost always busy on a fair-weather day, so try and get there early to avoid the throngs. BrooklandDescription: 8.5 miles with shorter options. Easy.

The Brookland section of Northeast Washington is an un-usual and distinctive area of the city. In fact, it feels like a separate community from the District altogether, com-

prised of so many churches, school campuses, residential neigh-

borhoods and historic cemeteries. Walking along any portion of the nearly all-pavement trail, you are bound to run into friendly people bursting with local pride. This natural diversity and seren-ity makes it one of the best neighborhood hikes in the area. The trail in full circles around Catholic University, Rock Creek Cemetery and National Cemetery, as well as a Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, cultural center, Brooks Mansion, Howard University Divinity School, and an ex-panse of quiet neighborhoods. This is the kind of hike where you put your dog on a leash, a smile on your face, and be as sociable or contemplative as you see fit. It’s also right off the Metro red line at Brookland/CUA, so it doesn’t require any planning so much as a slow afternoon and an itch for something experiential. En route, savor the strik-ing exteriors, and consider returning another time to explore the interiors.

Capital Crescent TrailDescription: 11 miles in full with shorter options. Easy.

For much of the 20th century, the Capital Crescent Trail, or CCT, was the right-of-way of a railroad spur line that deliv-ered coal and building supplies to the Georgetown waterfront.

When the remaining coal customers switched to truck delivery in 1985, the rail line was closed, and in 1996 was reopened as a recre-ational nature trail, affording inner city residents from Bethesda and DC backyard access to an unanticipated community walkway. Used largely as a neighborhood recreational trail, and abuzz year-round with cyclists, dog-walkers and stroller-toting joggers, the CCT has been heralded by the International Project for Public Places as one of the 21 greatest places that show how transportation can enliven a community. If you’re looking for a good hike, Fletcher’s Boathouse would be a good starting point. It’s about two miles above Georgetown and can be navigated upstream along the Potomac until it veers off and takes you all the way up to Bethesda. Once in Bethesda, treat your-self to a well deserved meal at any one of the scores of restaurants within the city proper.

Columbia IslandDescription: 5.7 miles. Easy.

This one is one of the city’s best-kept natural secrets. It’s hid-den in plain sight, in the Potomac River across from the Lincoln Memorial. You might know it better as the beautiful

forestry surrounding the GW Parkway with all those scenic out-looks over the Potomac onto mainland Washington. Surrounding the island, and crisscrossing over, under and around the shrouded parkways and arching, concrete bridges, quiet pathways lie wait-ing to be explored. The 121-acre island has been designated by the National Park Service as Lady Bird Johnson Park to honor the then-First Lady’s efforts to beautify the country, and is now in rolling abundance with dogwoods, pines, and flowering bushes. Access the trail from the Virginia side, where there is a juncture from the Mount Vernon trail.

Great FallsDescription: Expansive. 1 mile -10 miles. Easy to Difficult.

Great Falls is nothing short of a national landmark. Frequent-ers of this national park (and there are many of us) are sure to see tourists, family picnickers, and recreational events in

droves up and down the expansive recreational areas. The flagship representative for purple mountain’s majesty in the nation’s capital,

Ferris Kelly, a fan of Billy Goat Trail. Photo by Andrew Newhart

Ari Post, photo by Shaun Sterling

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visitors come from around the world to glimpse the thundering waterfalls of the Potomac that separate Virginia and Maryland. Good weather will find the park packed to capacity, amateur pho-tographers sardined around scenic overlooks. Experienced climb-ers are known to hop the ledge and climb down the rocky cliffs to the riverside and look up into the ferocious mouths of the falls. If you’re lucky, you’ll see a kayaker braving the extreme rapids and freefalling 30 feet from one exhilarating threshold to the next. But the real beauty of Great Falls is that it’s really two parks rolled up into one: The Virginia side and the Maryland side. Each half of the park has a wealth of dynamic pathways and sites to keep a hungry adventurer occupied for weeks.

The Virginia Side

The Virginia side of Great Falls boasts rugged trails and con-venient riverfront access (though if you’re venturing all the way down there, convenience is to be gauged relatively).

You will hear many locals refer leisurely to “rock scrambling” along the water, as the staggered and jagged cliff faces make for deliciously spontaneous rock climbing. The mountainous heights and plumbing depths in such immediate vicinity to one another cre-ate treasure troves of natural beauty hidden from view of the trails, such as a cliff-encircled, sandy beach with jungle-like shrubs, and a small lake that may recall that fishin’ hole Mr. Griffith always whistled so fondly about.

The Maryland Side

With a maze of raised plank walkways that take hikers through a seeming marshland of tall grasses and over-hanging trees and a towpath running along an adjacent

canal further inland, the Maryland side of Great Falls is also a northward connection to the Billy Goat Trail off MacArthur Boule-vard. The views of the waterfalls themselves are arguably more ex-pansive than its sister park across the river, and creeks and streams that feed into the Potomac offer hikers peaceful, secluded resting sites to wait out the beating sun.

Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens and MarshDescription: 2-4 miles. Easy.

For a hike within the city limits, just off Anacostia Avenue N.E., the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens and Marsh are disarm-ingly exotic and wild — and anything but urban. The Aquatic

Gardens are part of the 77-acre marsh, located on the east bank of the Anacostia River. Within this marshland hikers will find tidy gar-den landscapes and small, explosive bursts of wilderness. Acres of water-lily ponds — containing enormous communities of butterflies — wildflowers, an impressive collection of flowering lotuses, and tidal marshes rich with plant and wildlife patch together this diverse expanse of inner-city biodiversity. The water-lily blooming season lasts from May to September, and the land lilies are at their peak in June and July, so now is the perfect time to go experience the back-yard you never knew existed.

Scotts Run to Roosevelt Island along the Potomac Heritage TrailDescription: 11.5 miles in full with shorter options. Moderate Difficulty.

The longest trail east of the Mississippi after the Appalachian, the Potomac Heritage Trail (PHT) is a network of trails ex-tending from Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands to the Chesa-

peake Bay, which includes more than 800 miles of trails that are, in many cases, pre-existing arteries of a different name. This branching path system has long been touted as a premiere urban-area hike destination. Scotts Run Nature Preserve is at the base of the GW Parkway, where this hike begins, and where you could take any number of roundabout hikes of a different destination, as this is the meet-ing point of a number of other trails. Additionally, there are no closer waterfalls to the D.C. area than those in Scotts Run. Head north up the trail, designated as a segment of the PHT, parallel to the parkway, and enjoy a meditative hike along the Potomac, where you will pass Fort Marcy, a well-preserved Civil War fort, some private riverfront estates, a small, rocky gorge equipped with handrails and eventually get to Potomac Overlook Re-gional Park. As you come upon the end of your journey, eyeing Roosevelt Island while passing under the Key Bridge, you might find yourself amazed by the ever-expanding natural world just beyond your doorstep.

Rock Creek ParkDescription: Expansive. 1 mile – 10 miles. Easy to Moderate Difficulty.

Rock Creek Park was founded in 1890 as one of the first federal parks. When the park was founded, it was al-ready a favorite area for rural retreat in the growing city

of Washington. In the establishing legislation, Rock Creek Park was “dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasure ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of the United States … [The park will] provide for the preservation from injury or spoliation of all timber, animals, or curi osities within said park, and their retention in their natural condition, as nearly as pos-sible.” On forest hills lie systems of Union Army fortifications from the Civil War, woven seamlessly into the dense wildlife of the surrounding area. Paths run around and throughout the historic park, highlighting the northern to southern regions. The hilly and often-ignored forests of the northern section are some of the city’s best hikes for complete emersion into nature. The unpaved trails are laden with horse tracks, and wildlife abounds. The cen-tral area of Rock Creek, is a popular area comprised of a rocky stream valley set amid the forestry. The premiere attraction is the Boulder Bridge, a (arguably) beautiful concrete arch bridge, adorned with boulder faces, that stretches across Rock Creek. Well-wooded parklands comprise the southern section, and the hikes, much like your favorite record, only get better by repeat-ing the experience.

US National ArboretumDescription: 8 miles in full with shorter options. Easy to Moderate Difficulty.

Though not as well known as perhaps it should be, the U.S. National Arboretum ranks among the city’s finest outdoor discoveries and easily the most botanically diverse hiking

destination in or around the city. Almost 450 acres, the arboretum sits between New York Avenue and the Anacostia River. While it serves primarily as a U.S. Department of Agriculture horticul-tural research center, it is also a magnificent hiking destination that can overwhelm and dazzle the senses. Though deceivingly natural, the entire area is manmade, once but a plain tract of farmland. The scenery changes with each passing season, and communities of varying plants bloom through all 12 months, making it a great outdoor venue any time of year. The scenery includes a five-acre forest of dwarf conifers, a single-trunk weeping blue Atlas cedar, an azalea grove, dawn redwoods (once believed to be extinct), tulip trees, a collection of plant life from Asia, Fern Valley, a wooded stream valley filled with Native American plants, and even a collection of free-standing columns, once part of the Capitol. There is more to be seen here than can be justly described in a few short paragraphs. We can only urge you to discover it for yourself.

Winkler Botanical PreserveDescription: 2 miles. Easy.

A private nature sanctuary hidden in western Alexandria, the Winkler Botanical Preserve is a great way to jump outside of the city without ever actually having to leave.

With its small, easy network of hilly trail ways that stretch over 44 acres, there is much to be explored, including a small lake with several streams, a baby waterfall, meadow and covered bridge, and even of a bonafide Hobbit House. The playful scen-ery changes every few meters. Through its collection of 70 spe-cies of trees and around 650 species of flourishing wildflowers and plants, the Winkler family has created a private botanical preserve dedicated to serving as both a sanctuary and an institu-tion specializing in trees and plants native to the Potomac River Valley. Guided tours of this preserve are monumentally benefi-cial, as it is so small and the plant life is unlabeled.

Beyond the Beltway:

Bull Run Mountains Natural AreaDescription: Expansive. Moderate difficulty.

If you’re every feeling more adventurous than usual, or sim-ply have too much time on your hands, Bull Run is worth the drive. About thirty miles down I-66 at exit 40, the Bull

Run Mountains are made up of a 16-mile mountain range that rises above the Piedmont area. Around Haymarket, this nature preserve offers hikers 2,500 acres of heavily wooded mountains to explore, including the headwaters of the Occoquan River, and one hell of a cliff-top vista of the surrounding area. The trails are well preserved and well labeled, with references to the area’s rich history. They are color-coded and appear on the preserve’s maps. Guided tours are available and summer camps for children even run throughout the summer from the preserve.

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A Trip To The ‘hAwAiiAn’ BeAch AT TwilighT poloBy Caitlin White

Don’t have plans for Saturday night? You do now. Green Meadow’s Twilight Polo events

are “the place to be on a Saturday night,” says Margaret McCann, Great Meadow’s promotional manager. There is nothing better than watching horse and rider race up and down the field battling to get the ball into the goal, even if you don’t have any clue about horses. “It’s exciting, fast action,” McCann says. “It’s even good for a novice.” Yet at Twilight Polo, fans get more than just two exciting sports matches, because at Great

Meadow there are theme nights, a mascot for kids and the option to tailgate. Twilight Polo offers something for everyone and is family friendly. This Saturday’s theme is Hawaiian beach party, which is a popular theme since it ties in well with tailgating, McCann says. Great Meadow uses the theme nights as a way to get everyone involved. Fans dress up, and Twilight Polo even offers games based on the theme. “The gays love Flamenco night, as it gives them a chance to get all dressed up,” McCann says.Different polo teams come to compete and “a lot of them are huge polo families around here.” Last week, Twilight Polo hosted a large crowd

of 1,800 people from nearby coun-ties in Virginia and from the city. “It’s an exciting way to social-ize where you’re not stuck in a crowded bar or restaurant,” Mc-Cann says. Especially since the night also offers dancing under the pavilion after the two matches. It’s also the only place in the area with a DJ. “I left at 12:30 a.m. and people were still dancing,” says McCa-nn. Kids are even welcome on the dance floor, particularly because Polo Bear, Twilight Polo’s mascot,

may be dancing the night away. Polo Bear also hands out candy during the night and plays games, such as tug-of-war and potato sack races, between the matches. Fans are welcome to bring in their own food, wine and alcohol, and also have the option to purchase barbecue from Boss Hawg BBQ or wine from Boxwood Vineyards. Twilight Polo offers two matches each Saturday at Great Meadow Foun-dation, located at 5089 Old Tavern Road, The Plains, VA. The gates open at 6:30 p.m. and the first match starts at 7 p.m. The cost is $30 per carload or $10 per individual ticket. The 2010 season’s last night is Sept. 18 and there is no event Sept. 11. Great Meadow was founded in the 1980s by the Arundel family, who purchased the land so it would not be developed, according to McCann. It’s the only arena polo facility in the area and serves multiple uses. The area is now home to the Virginia Gold Cup event, rocketry and other community events. Their Fourth of July celebration hosted over 40,000 people this year.

Fans watching July 10 polo match at Great Meadow.

Polo players meet and greet at the polo match.

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CIRCLE BISTROOne Washington Circle, NW

Washington, DC 22037

Circle Bistro presents artfulfavorites that reflect our adventur-

ous and sophisticated kitchen.

Featuring Happy Hour weekdays from 5pm-7pm, live music every Saturday from 8pm-12midnight, and an a la carte Sunday Brunch

from 11:30am-2:30pm.

Open dailyfor breakfast, lunch and dinner.

www.circlebistro.com

(202) 293-5390

CITRONELLE(The Latham Hotel)

3000 M St, NW

Internationally renowned chef and restaurateur

Michel Richard creates magic with fresh

and innovative American-French Cuisine, an

exceptional wine list and stylish ambiance.

Open for Dinner.

Valet parking.

www.citronelledc.com

(202) 625-2150

CLYDE’S OF GEORGETOWN

3236 M St, NW

This animated tavern, in the heart of Georgetown, popular-ized saloon food and practically

invented Sunday brunch.

Clyde’s is the People’s Choice for bacon cheeseburgers, steaks, fresh seafood, grilled chicken

salads, fresh pastas and desserts.

www.clydes.com

(202) 333-9180

DAILY GRILL1310 Wisconsin Ave., NW

Reminiscent of the classicAmerican Grills, Daily Grill is best known for its large portions of fresh seasonal fare including

Steaks & Chops, Cobb Salad, Meatloaf and Warm

Berry Cobbler.

Open for Breakfast,Lunch and Dinner.Visit our other locations at 18th & M Sts NW

and Tysons Corner.

www.dailygrill.com

(202) 337-4900

FAHRENHEIT Georgetown 3100 South St, NW

Restaurant & Degrees Bar & Lounge The Ritz-Carlton,

As featured on the cover of De-cember 2007’s Washingtonian magazine, Degrees Bar and Lounge is Georgetown’s hidden hot spot. Warm up by the wood burning fireplace with our signa-ture “Fahrenheit 5” cocktail, ignite your business lunch with a $25.00 four-course express lunch, or make your special occasion memorable with an epicurean delight with the

fire inspired American regional cuisine.

www.fahrenheitdc.com

(202) 912-4110

CAFé LA RUCHE1039 31st Street, NW

Take a stroll down memory lane. Serving Georgetown for more than

35 years - Since 1974

Chef Jean-Claude CauderlierA bit of Paris on the Potomac.Great Selection of Fine Wines Fresh Meat, Seafood & Poultry Chicken

Cordon-Bleu *Duck Salmon, & SteaksVoted Best Dessert-Pastry in

town, The Washingtonian Magazine

FULL BAR Open Daily from 11:30 a.m. Open

Late ‘til 1 am on Friday & Saturday night

“Outdoor Dining Available” www.cafelaruche.com

(202) 965-2684

FILOMENA RISTORANTE

1063 Wisconsin Ave., NW

One of Washington’s most cel-ebrated restaurants, Filomena is a Georgetown landmark that has endured the test of time for almost a quarter of a century. Our old-world cooking styles & recipes brought to America by the early Italian immigrants, alongside the culinary cutting edge creations of Italy’s foods of today, executed by our award winning Italian Chef. Try our spectacular Lunch buffet on Fri. & Saturdays or our Sunday Brunch, Open 7 days a

week for lunch & dinner. www.filomena.com

(202) 338-8800

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Nick’s RiveRside GRille

3050 k st. NWWashington, dc 20007

Nick’s Riverside Grille is a fam-ily-owned waterfront restaurant serving great American fare, fine steaks, authentic pasta dishes and the freshest seafood! Our George-town waterfront dining room has spectacular views of the Potomac River, kennedy center, Washing-ton Monument, Roosevelt island, the key Bridge, the surrounding Washington, dc area, plus our spa-cious outdoor terrace is a great din-ing spot to take in all the waterfront scenery!

www.nicksriversidegrille.com(202) 342-3535

seA cATcH1054 31st st, NW

lovers of history and seafood can always find something to tempt the palette at the sea catch Restaurant & Raw Bar. sea catch offers fresh sea-food “simply prepared” in a relaxed atmosphere. Overlooking the historic C&O Canal, we offer seasonal fire-side and outdoor dining. Private party

space available for 15 - 300 complimentary parking

Lunch monday - Saturday 11:30am - 3:00pm

Dinner monday - Saturday 5:30pm - 10:00pmClosed on Sunday

Happy Hour Specials at the Barmonday - Friday 5:00pm -7:00pm

www.seacatchrestaurant.com

(202) 337-8855

seTTe OsTeRiA1666 conn. Ave at R st. NW

(dupont circle)

edgy. Witty. casual. THe patio near dupont circle for peoplewatching. Pizza masters bake delicious Neapolitan thin-crust pizzas in a wood-fire oven. Menu favorites include pastas, salads, lasagnas, italian specialty meats and cheeses, and lowcarb

choices.

daily specials,lunch & dinner. late night dining

& bar service.

www.SetteOsteria.com

(202)483-3070

GARReTT’s GeORGeTOWN

3003 M street N.W., Washington, dc 20007

celebrating over 31 years of keeping bellies full with good food and thirsts quenched with

tasty beverages.

· Fantastic Happy Hour· Free WiFi internet

· Buck Hunter· Trivia Night Tuesdays

including: Terrace dining Upstairs

www.garrettsdc.com

(202) 333-1033

PANAcHe ResTAURANT1725 desales st NW

Tapas – specialty drinks - Martini’s

citrus - cosmopolitan - sour Apple - Blue Berry

summer Patio – Open Now! coming soon.

“New” Tyson’s corner location Open NOW!

dining RoomMonday - Friday: 11:30am-11:00pm

saturday: 5:00pm-11:00pm Bar Hours

Mon.-Thursday: 11:30am-11:00pmFriday: 11:30am- 2:00am

saturday: 5:00pm- 2:00am

(202) 293-7760

lA cHAUMieRe 2813 M st. Northwest, Washington, dc 20007

Whether it’s a romantic dinner or a business lunch, enjoy wonder-ful Boudin Blanc, Fresh dover sole Meunière, cassoulet or Pike Quenelles by the fireplace in this unique “country inn”. chef Pat-rick Orange serves his Award Winning cuisine in a rustic atmo-sphere, where locals and celebrities alike gather. la chaumiere also of-fers 2 private dining rooms with a prix-fixe menu and an affordable

wine list. Washingtonian’s Best 100

restaurant 28 years in a row.www.lachaumieredc.com

(202) 338-1784

M | sTReeT BAR & GRill& the 21 M lounge2033 M street, NW,

Washington, dc 20036-3305

M street Bar & Grill, in the st. Greg-ory Hotel has a new Brunch menu by chef christopher Williams Fea-turing live Jazz, champagne, Mi-mosas and Bellini’s. For entertain-ing, small groups of 12 to 25 people wishing a dining room experience we are featuring Prix Fixe Menus: $27.00 lunch and $34.00 dinner.

lunch and dinner specials daily.

www.mstreetbarandgrill.com

(202) 530-3621

PeAcOck cAFe3251 Prospect st. NW

established in 1991, Peacock cafe is a tradition in Georgetown life.

The tremendous popularity of The Peacock Happy day Brunch in Washington dc is legendary. The breakfast and brunch selections offer wonderful variety and there is a new selection of fresh, spectacular des-serts everyday. The Peacock café in Georgetown, dc - a fabulous menu

for the entire family.

Monday - Thursday:11:30am - 10:30pm

Friday: 11:30am - 12:00amsaturday: 9:00am - 12:00amsunday: 9:00am - 10:30pm

(202) 625-2740

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sMiTH POiNT1338 Wisconsin Ave., NW

(corner of Wisconsin & O st.)

smith Point has quickly become a favorite of Georgetowners. The Washington Post Magazine calls smith Point “an underground suc-cess” with “unusually good cook-ing at fair prices.” chef Francis kane’s Nantucket style fare chang-es weekly, featuring fresh com-binations of seafood, meats, and

farmers market produce.

Open for dinner Thurs- sat from 6:30 pm-11pm.

www.smithpointdc.com

(202) 333-9003

THe OceANAiRe1201 F st, NW

Ranked one of the most popular seafood restaurants in , dc, “this cosmopolitan”send-up of a vin-tage supper club that’s styled after a ‘40’s-era ocean liner is appointed with cherry wood and red leather booths, infused with a “clubby, old money” atmosphere. The menu showcases “intelligently” prepared fish dishes that “recall an earlier time of elegant” dining. What’s

more, “nothing” is snobbish here.

lunch: Mon-Fri- 11:30am -5:00pm dinner: Mon-Thur 5-10pm. Fri &

sat 5-11pm. sun-5-9pm.www.theoceanaire.com

(202) 347-2277 (202) 333-5640

TOWN HAll2218 Wisconsin Ave NW

Town Hall is a neighborhood favorite in the heart of Glover Park, offering a classic neighborhood restaurant and bar with contemporary charm. Wheth-er its your 1st, 2nd or 99th time in the door, we’re committed to serving you a great meal and making you feel at home each and every time. come try one of our seasonal offerings and find out for yourself what the Washing-ton Post dubbed the “Talk of Glover Park”Make a reservation online today

at www.townhalldc.com

serving dinner daily5PM-10:30pmBrunch sat & sun 11:30AM-5PM

Free Parking available

57 57DELICIOUS SEAFOOD WITH A VIEW

Dive into Tony and Joe’s Seafood Place this summer and enjoy the best seafood dining Georgetown has to offer. Make your reservation today and mention this

ad to be entered to win a FREE Brunch for Two!

202-944-4545 | www.tonyandjoes.comWashington Harbour | 3000 K Street NW | Washington, DC

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TONy ANd JOe’s seAFOOd PlAce

3000 k st, NW if you’re in the mood for fresh delica-cies from the sea, dive into Tony and Joe’s seafood Place at the George-town Waterfront. While enjoying tempting dishes such as Maryland crabcakes, fresh lobster and shrimp scampi you have spectacular views of the Potomac River, kennedy center, Washington Monument, Roosevelt island, and the key Bridge. visit us on sundays for our award winning brunch buffet. come for the view,

stay for the food!sunday thru Thursday: 11AM -10PMFriday & saturday: 11AM - Midnight

Beverage service until 1:30AM every night

www.tonyandjoes.com(202) 333-4710

Zed’s1201 28TH st, N.W.

eTHiOPiAN iN GeORGeTOWN

Award Winning seafood | Poultry | Beef

vegetarian dishes also available

100 very Best Restaurants Award 100 very Best Bargains Award

Also, visit Zed’s “New”

Gainesville, virginia location(571) 261-5993

At the corner of M & 28th streets1201 28th street, N.W.

email: [email protected]

seqUOiA3000 k st NW, suite 100 Washington, dc 20007

eclectic American cuisine, coupled with enchanting views of the Potomac River make sequoia a one of a kind dining experience.

Offering a dynamic atmosphere featuring a mesquite wood fire grill, sensational drinks, and

renowned River Bar. No matter the occasion, sequoia will provide

an unforgettable dining experience.

www.arkrestaurants.com/sequoia_dc.html

(202) 944-4200

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By Jordan Wright

On June 24, bracing spirits and sublime hors d’oeuvres enlivened a steamy night at Georgetown’s Puro Café. Stunning

Euro stylistas in tiny shorts teetered on four-inch heels while mixing with chic Georgetowners for the opening of the new all-white trellised patio. It was easy to keep our cool under a draped pavilion replete with comfy lounges and twinkling lights while sipping “Copper Fox Bayou Cooler,” cre-ated and served by Alembic’s chief mixologist, Jon Arroyo. The soothing summer punch recipe, given to me by Arroyo, consists of Wasmund’s Single Malt Whisky, agave sweetened iced tea, fresh lemon juice, Grand Marnier, Peychaud’s bitters and Angostura bitters. A few julep cups of this elixir and the blazing heat becomes a fleeting memory. 42 Degrees Catering, which does special events around town and for Puro Café’s private parties, created heavenly savory and sweet delicacies for the evening’s guests. Here’s what Chef Frederik de Pue prepared for the guests. I wouldn’t want you to miss a bite!

menu of Savory Treats

Carpaccio of foie gras with a remoulade of cel-ery root and coffee liquor dressing; Hearts of

Purely Puro: Georgetown Café opens Patio

palm vol-au-vent with little cilantro pesto jellies; Grilled baby octopus rolled into in a phyllo cigar with tapenade of kalamatas and pine nuts; Seared sea scallops with a minty ginger miso mustard sauce; Muscovy duck breast in a spicy mango cube with balsamic vinegar and Thai basil; Crisp

Photo by Jordan Wright

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By Linda Roth Conte

Clyde’s Restaurant Group is expanding outside its familiar borders with a new project on 14th Street (now Borders

bookstore) that incorporates live music into their popular food and beverage operations. The working name is Hamilton Square grill, aptly named after the neighborhood. There is a lot of renovation to make it a music spot, so a late 2011 opening is planned. New York Invasion (continued): Manhattan landmark P.J. Clarke’s is the latest of the New York restaurants making a move into D.C. They plan to open at 16th & K Streets, where Olives was, by the end of September. Just around the corner is another New York landmark, Kellari. Speaking of high-profile New Yorkers, Bobby Flay has been checking out the restaurant scene in D.C., so look out for a new casual concept from the popular chef and TV personality. Pure Hospitality Restaurant Group’s Jonathan Umbel will open a second Tackle Box at the for-mer site of a McDonald’s in Cleveland Park by year’s end. He’s also hiring a consulting chef — to be revealed soon — who will oversee all his restaurants, Hook and Georgetown’s Tackle Box among them. Pizza Autentica is opening on Third Street S.W., its fifth location in the area. They have other restaurants open in Penn Quarter (Sev-enth Street), Tenleytown (4200 Wisconsin Ave.), Downtown (15th Street) and Ballston. Also opening soon: Look for a new steakhouse to open after Labor Day in the 600 Watergate spot, with some familiar faces running it. Keep your eyes peeled for a Buzz Bakery and Rustico restaurant in Clarendon. Vapiano is planning to open a new store in Bethesda before end of sum-mer. That will make five in the area.

The LaTesT Dish Rockville-based Panas gourmet Empan-adas will open in the P Street space vacated by Pizza Paradiso. Federico Garcia Lopez is making empanadas that are not necessarily like his mother used to make. Lopez acknowledges that many of his flavors are “more sophisticat-ed and less traditional,” but he plans to keep Mom’s beef empanada on the menu (or risk her wrath). Opening soon: matchbox in Rockville, MD is now slated to open in late fall. Sala Thai just opened its newest location in Petworth — props to that part of the city. Casa Nonna in downtown D.C. is aiming for an August open-ing date. Georgetown’s Serendipity3 is still renovating, but plans to be open in the fall. Roberto Donna says galileo III will open in August. Chef Update: Michel Richard has hired Levi Meznick to run his newest operation, michel, at The Ritz-Carlton in Tyson’s Corner. He is the former executive chef at The Jockey Club, but his CV also includes stints at New York’s Per Se, Daniel and Café Boulud. Enzo Feb-braro, formerly of D’Acqua, is now at Bond 45 at National Harbor. Chef Ed Witt is no longer at morso in Georgetown. Chef RJ Cooper is no longer at Dupont’s Vidalia, but plans to open his own place soon. manager Update: Dave Crane, formerly of morton’s in Bethesda, is now running the Lexus President’s Club at National Park for Levy Restaurants. Andres Hayes has been named general manager of B. Smith’s at Union Station.Linda Roth Conte is president of Linda Roth Associates, Inc., specializing in making cre-ative connections through media relations, marketing initiatives, community outreach and special events for the hospitality industry. Contact Linda at 703-417-2700 or [email protected].

By miss Dixie

The steak and martini is a classic food and cocktail pairing. It’s

something your grandfa-ther would have ordered at an old boy’s club steak-house, and it’s something you would feel comfortable ordering today with a cut of Japanese wagyu beef. So it was no surprise that the martini and its various incarnations were highlighted during a re-cent mixology seminar at Georgetown’s Bourbon Steak restaurant. Bourbon Steak’s bartender Duane Sylvestre taught the class, in which guests received a primer on basic bar tech-niques, an overview of various spirits and the history behind many cocktails. The martini, according to Sylvestre, is one of the most misunderstood cocktails. The classic martini consists of gin and dry vermouth, stirred and served with either olives or a lemon twist. But over the years, the drink has transformed into different things. The vodka martini, in particular, has evolved from its original form. While a traditional vodka martini should be made with vermouth, Sylvestre says that most vodka drinkers prefer theirs with-out. However, many people mistakenly order an extra dry vodka martini, believing that the term means “no vermouth,” when it actually means the opposite. A “dry” martini refers to the addition of dry vermouth. This term came into play years ago as a way to distinguish the martini from its forerun-ner, the Martinez, which was a gin and sweet ver-mouth mixture. Therefore, the term “dry” came to mean dry vermouth and extra dry came to sig-nify extra vermouth. Even though James Bond has dictated the mar-tinis should be shaken, not stirred, Sylvestre is a stickler for stirring. His rule is that any cock-tails containing only alcoholic ingredients, such as gin and vermouth, should always be stirred, while drinks that include non-alcoholic mixers should be shaken. However, he makes an exception with vodka martinis. “Most vodka drinkers want their vodka cold and served straight up,” he says so he lets the market dictate how the drink is prepared.

sTirreD, noT shaken

After making a vodka martini for the crowd, Duane mixed a classic gin martini with a twist using Plymouth gin, which he calls a mild and agreeable gin. “It’s going to add complexity, depth and character,” he said, “without the gin taking over the cocktail.” The choice of garnish — either an olive or lemon twist — is a simple matter of taste, un-less you are ordering a dirty martini, which includes olive juice. Duane taught the class how to make a lemon garnish by using a vegetable peeler. After cut-ting the peel from the fruit, he stretched the skin around the rim of the glass in order to extract the citrus oils before dropping it into the martini. When I got a chance to sample the finished tipple I could see the citrus oils floating in the drink. The added hint of lemon provided a refreshing twang combined with the gin and vermouth. The timeless classic was an ideal balance of bitter, citrus, dry and sweet.

gIN mARTINI2 ounces Plymouth gin1 ounce dry vermouth Stir well. Serve in a martini glass. Garnish with lemon peel or olives.

Readers may sample the martini at Bourbon Steak restaurant, located in the Four Seasons Hotel at 2800 Pennsylvania Ave. Ingredients to make the martini may be purchased at Di-xie Liquor, 3429 M St.

CoCktail of the Week

Arctic char with steamed leeks with apple cider coulis and parsley chips; Maryland jumbo lump crab tempura with black truffle soy sauce and chervil salad; Confit of rockfish filet with Creole salsa, Peruvian aji pepper and watercress cream; Queso blanco tequenos topped with avocado cream and scallions; Black pepper chicken spring rolls with rice vinegar dressing; Beef tenderloin marinated with chardonnay and soy sauce.

Sampler of Sweet Treats

Single-origin Venezuelan chocolate; Saigon car-amel mousse; Chocolate caramel mousse with vanilla sponge cocoa liqueur; Mango cilantro ba-varois; Goat cheese with dark chocolate mousse and fresh raspberry; Cherry wrapped in single-origin Tanzanian dark chocolate.

Maryland Jumbo Lump Crab Tempura with Black Truffle Soy Sauce and Chervil Salad

1 pound fresh jumbo lump crab meat2 cups tempura flour1 teaspoon curcuma (turmeric)1/4 bunch chervil3 tablespoons mayonnaise2 tablespoons truffle juice1 tablespoon soy sauceSalt PepperFrying oil

Mix mayonnaise, truffle oil and soy sauce with a pinch of ground black pepper. Depending on saltiness of soy sauce you might need to add little more salt. Add one tablespoon of chopped chervil to bring color to the sauce. Place whole pieces of crabmeat gently on a paper towel to dry the crab, so the batter will stick. In a separate bowl, mix tempura flour and curcuma with a little water to create a thick, smooth batter. Add several ice cubes to the mixture — the ice will cool down the batter and will create a nice crispy tempura. Preheat frying oil to 320 degrees. Place spoon-ful-sized pieces of crab into the batter and then into the oil. Give them enough time to form a nice crispy exterior. Once they’re golden, re-move and place on a paper towel. Serve imme-diately with dipping sauce on the side.

Visit Puro Café at www.purocafe.com.For private parties, visit www.42cateringservices.com.For cocktail catering, visit www.drinkalembic.com.

For questions or comments on this article, con-tact [email protected].

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Is the PrIce rIght ?

By Caitlin White and Jenna DeWitt

grocery store items aren’t the only sum-mer goodies that can be compared in Georgetown, so this week we brought

you a whole new perspective on pricing. After experiencing the heat wave with triple-digit weather last week, we realized items to protect and moisturize your skin might be good to ex-plore. Plus, let’s be honest, these sorts of items smell great!

So this issue for “Is the Price Right?” we looked into summer skin goodies at Lush, Blue Sephora, Blue Mercury and CVS.

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Soothing Summer SenSationSCVS faired the best this time as the cheapest

place to buy your summer products. Yet we’re not sure if we would say CVS is the highest quality, especially when compared to Lush, Blue Mercury and Sephora.For a lotion that sooths sunburn, CVS charges

$6.49 for an 8-ounce bottle of their name brand item. Lush’s 8.8 ounces of Dream Cream Lo-tion, which soothes the skin and contains cham-omile and lavender, is $24.95. Blue Mercury has Kiehls lotion with aloe vera at $19.50 for 8.4 ounces, and Sephora has a 7-ounce bottle of Lavanila Laboratories lotion for $15. To keep your skin moisturized and safe from

UV rays, we checked each store for SPF lotion. CVS had Olay Complete All-Day Moisturizer with SPF 15 at $9.99 for 6 ounces when it is normally $13.19. Sephora was the most expen-sive at 2 ounces of Baby Block SPF 40 for $20. Blue Mercury was the second cheapest for their 8.4 ounces of Kiehls for $22. An 8.4-ounce of Ultra Light SPF 30 at Lush was $49.95. Lush’s lotion is designed to protect your skin from sun, wind or cold and can even be mixed in with your foundation.After a long day of walking around the city,

everyone could use some ocean salt scrub to soften their feet. Blue Mercury has a 12-ounce container of Bliss Hot Salt Scrub for $36 and Sephora has the same brand as Blue Mercury at 14.1 ounces for $36. Lush has an 8.8 ounces of Ocean Salt, containing lime and coconut for $34.95. At CVS you can’t get a salt scrub, but a 6-ounce Neutrogena Sugar Scrub is $12.29.

Then for a special treat, we chose one summer item from each store. Lush has Glorious Mud Body Mask squares for $5.95, while Sephora has a sun safety kit, which contains 12 sun pro-tection products, two single-use UW monitor bracelets and a travel bag for $25. Blue Mer-cury has a Bliss Poetic Waxing Kit for $45 and CVS has two for $3 Bioluxe Hair Products.Check out our next issue for another new spin

on “Is the Price Right?” and visit our Web site at www.georgetowner.com for a detailed chart of the prices.

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body & soul

By Katherine Tallmadge

A client of mine was thrilled when, after a recent run outside, he lost several pounds. He figured, as he put it, “losing any weight

is good!” I hated to burst his bubble, but had to inform him, under no uncertain terms, that losing weight during exercise is caused by water loss and is not only unhealthy and hurts performance, but can kill.

I work with many athletes to improve their ten-nis game or their running, for instance, in prepa-ration for an important match or a marathon, and find that avoiding water losses — among other things — effects a huge improvement in their per-formance, and increases their energy levels and recovery time.

Ignoring your hydration and nutrition needs as an athlete is a huge mistake. There have been many reported cases of teenage and adult football play-ers who have died from heat stroke, which is ex-cessive water loss caused by exercising without proper rehydration or cooling off. Football players are particularly vulnerable because of the heavy equipment and clothing they wear while playing outside in the heat. Sadly, simple measures can prevent these tragic deaths.

I witnessed these techniques firsthand last year when I was assisting in the emergency medical tent at the Marine Corps Marathon. A couple of women staggered into the tent, their temperatures were taken and it was determined they were ex-periencing heat stroke. Their body temperatures were about 105 degrees; they were so disoriented, they didn’t know their own names or birthdates. Emergency measures had to be taken there and then. Luckily, the tent was equipped with abso-lutely everything needed, including some of the most compassionate, experienced and dedicated doctors I’ve ever encountered. The heat stroke victims were immediately dunked into one of the many ice water tanks in the tent and given IV flu-ids until their body temperature came down to the point when they could be rushed to the hospital emergency room. It took some time and a lot of hair-raising screaming. But it saved their lives.

It’s important that all athletes have access to cool-ing areas, plenty of fluids and ice water tanks. These measures save lives, and they’re so simple.

How you can avoid danger:

Nutrients don’t only come in the form of food; water is the most important, and often most for-gotten, nutrient. You can last a long time without food, but only days without water. Your lean body mass contains about 70-75 percent water, with fat containing much less, or about 10-40 percent wa-ter. Because of increased muscle mass, men’s and athletes’ bodies contain more water than women, overweight or older persons, because of their pro-portionately lower muscle and higher fat content.

Water is:

• The solvent for important biochemical reactions, supplying nutrients and removing waste

ExErcising this summEr? Drink this

• Essential for maintaining blood circulation throughout your body

• The maintainer of body temperature. As you exercise, your metabolism and your internal body temperature increase. Water carries the heat away from your internal organs, where it can do serious damage (leading to heat stroke and even death), through your bloodstream to your skin, causing you to sweat. As you sweat and the sweat evaporates, this allows you to cool off and maintain a healthy body temperature, optimal functioning and overall health.

Daily water intake must be balanced with losses to maintain total body water. Losing body wa-ter can adversely affect your functioning and health. Once you are thirsty, you’ve probably lost about 1 percent of your body water and are dehydrated. With a 2 percent water loss, you could experience serious fatigue and cardiovas-cular impairments. It’s important to note that individual fluid needs differ depending on your sweat rate, the temperature, clothing, humidity and other factors.

It is important that you:

• Drink enough water to prevent thirst.

• Monitor fluid loss by checking the color of your urine. It should be pale yellow and not dark yellow, too smelly, or cloudy

• Begin exercise well hydrated. Drink plenty of

fluids the day before and within the hour before, during, and after your exercise session

• Supplement water with a sports drink that con-tains electrolytes and 6-8 percent carbohydrates any time you exercise in extreme heat or for more than one hour.

• Avoid alcohol the day before or the day of a long exercise bout, and avoid exercising with a hangover

• Consider all fluids, including tea, coffee, juic-es, milk and soups, as acceptable sources of hy-dration (excluding alcohol, which is extremely dehydrating). The amount of caffeine in tea and coffee does not discount the fluid in them, even if they have a slight diuretic effect, according to the most recent report by the National Academy of Science’s Food and Nutrition Board

• Eat at least five cups of fruits and vegetables per day, which all contain various levels of wa-ter.

• For those who experience high sodium losses during exercise, eat salty foods in a pre-exercise meal or add salt to sports drinks consumed dur-ing exercise

• Rehydrate following exercise by drinking enough fluid (water or sports drinks) to replace fluid lost during exercise. Replace fluid and so-dium losses with watery foods that contain salt (soup, vegetable juices). Replace fluid and po-

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Book Hill Doggie ParaDeIt was a barking good time on the morning of July 3, as Georgetown’s finest canines accompanied their families to Book Hill Park behind the Georgetown Library. After savoring treats and abundant water, they ventured down Wisconsin Avenue to Jane Huelle’s Dog Shop. Jane has been a generous co-sponsor together with Georgetown Belle Pet Boutique. Ginny Poole and husband John (Uncle Sam) Rentzepis are the driving force behind the event. The post-parade competition categories included smallest dog, best costume, most friendly, etc. Schnazer Penny delighted Bob Laycock by winning best dog tricks with her high five. Bella Nelson, a Boykin Spaniel, won best in show. — m.B.

FourtH oF July at SmitHSonianFortunate guests had a privileged view of the July 4 fireworks from the roof terrace of the Na-tional Museum of American History. The eve-ning was hosted by Patty Stonesifer, Michael Kinsley and Mrs. Clough, wife of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Arriving guests were greeted by strolling musicians, a magi-cian, face painter, balloon-sculpting clown and caricaturists. They enjoyed bars, buffets and hot dog, popcorn and ice cream carts in Flag Hall and on the roof as the fireworks burst forth in glory. — mary Bird

Pictured left: Peter, three-year-old Lane, Leslie, three-month-old John, and Leslie Kimball with Uncle Sam.

Shigeko and Skye Bork with Aspen.

Linda Roth Conte and Bella.

Sarah Barak with Kacy.

Happy families watching the judging .

Gwen Mikell, board member of National Museum of African Art (NMAFA); G. Wayne Clough, secretary, Smithsonian Institution, Johnnetta Betsch Cole, NMAFA director, Christine Warnke, NMAFA board member; LuciaRiddle, NMAFA vice chair.

Allyn Kurin with her husband Richard Kurin, Undersecretary for History, Art and Culture of the Smithsonian Institution.

LocaL Leaders’ Power recePtion at L2The second Georgetown Leaders’ Get Together was held June 30 at L2 on Cady’s Alley. It was powerful face-to-face net-working — even better than Facebook. There to meet and greet were more than 100 guests representing all sides of George-town — from the residents (CAG), merchants and bankers (BID and GBA), the university (GU) and politicians (ANC and the D.C. city council). Councilmembers Jack Evans and Kwame Brown showed up, along with Clark Ray and Vin-cent Orange. Event organizer and GBA board member Rokas Beresniovas proclaimed the evening “a great success.” The next leadership event is planned for late September, he said. — Robert Devaney Hope Solomon with John Dreyfuss, backed

by Justin Shine.Rokas Beresniovas with Simone Meek, holding toy poodle Tinkerbell.

Realtor Robin Waugh with Allen Lewin.

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Senior Vice President

Dear Friends and Neighbors,

For more than a year, University staff have been meeting with community leaders and residents as we develop plans for our 2010 campus plan. We have held open forums, attended civic meetings, and held numerous one on one and small group conversations. We conduct these conversations in good faith, with the hope that open and constructive dialogue will result in a final plan that meets the University's needs and responds to community interests.

As we finalize our plans for the next 10 years, we do so guided by our commitments to academic quality, to strengthening on-campus community life, to being a good steward of our environmental resources, and to actively engaging local citizens in our efforts. Unfortunately there are a number of mischaracterizations about our plan that must be addressed in order to move forward together.

In fact, Georgetown's 2010 Campus Plan: Provides more on campus undergraduate housing

Calls for

than any university in the city other than Gallaudet.

no increase in the current enrollment capIncreases

for full-time traditional undergraduates. graduate

Calls for

student enrollment only -1,370 in School of Continuing Studies programs and 1,095 in other graduate programs. Similar growth over the past decade shows no significant correlation between graduate enrollment and neighborhood housing or conduct issues.

no increase in Medical School student enrollmentIncludes one of the most

.extensive university programs in the city for monitoring and responding

to off campus student conduct

Proposes 120

-including new residential staff, increased safety patrols, a 24/7 hotline, and noise and trash abatement.

on campus graduate student and/or faculty housing and neighborhood serving retail space behind existing buildings, with below grade parking.

Improves on campus air quality by raising the height of an existing chimney to prevent re-entry of emissions into nearby buildings. Heating and cooling plant capacity and emissions remain unchanged and well under allowable EPA limits.

Improves parking garage access and adds additional on campus spaces for visitors and evening graduate students via Canal Road.

We have been steadfast in honoring the District of Columbia's zoning process, including conditions imposed from previous plans related to enrollment, student conduct, parking and transportation. We take these obligations seriously and will move forward with the firm belief that we can continue to be a good citizen and contribute much to our immediate neighborhoods as well as the larger D.C. community.

For more information and to sign up for electronic updates about Georgetown's campus planning process visit community.georgetown.edu/campusplan.html.

Sincerely,

Spiros DimolitsasSenior Vice President

A d v e r t i s e m e n t

Hope Solomon with John Dreyfuss, backed by Justin Shine.

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Ditch the sweltering and “un-cool” outdoor happy hours and enjoy re-freshing summer cocktails in our stylish Degrees Bar & Lounge and enjoy. Sip on the Razz Carlton, a revitalizing combination of black raspberry vodka, Chambord, rasp-berries, and lemons; the Blue Basil made with vodka, lemon, blueber-ries and basil; or indulge in a Capi-tol Kiss comprised of 10 Cane Rum, simple syrup, raspberries, blueber-ries and fresh spearmint leaves.

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I hope to you will join me soon for a refreshing cocktail or rejuvenat-ing spa treatment right here in your home away from home, The Living Room of Georgetown!

Best wishes,Grant DipmanGeneral Manager

Cita tenum Presents a night in indonesia: Fashion showPhotos NeshaN NaltchayaN

On Wednesday, July 7 at the Ritz Carlton, a program initiated by the BKPM (Indonesian Investment Coordinating Board) and supported by the Indonesian Embassy. The event was a portrayal of the blend of Indonesian culture culminating in tenun as one of traditional textiles used by two of Indo-nesian top fashion designers, Oscar La-walata and Denny Wirawan, at this years fashion event. Through the Indonesian cultural night, CTI hoped that the audience became aware of and appreciate the cultural value of the elegant, stunning and exclusive Indonesian tenun industry. — Charlene Louis

JamaiCan women oF washingtonPhotos DoNovaN Marks

Dr. Jacqueline Watson, the founder and president of Jamaican Women of Washington (JWoW), was delighted to welcome Washington’s First Lady Michelle Fenty, Jamaican Ambassador Au-drey Marks and WJLA’s ABC Channel 7 anchor Leon Harris to the group’s Eighth Annual Tea-Off Fundraising Reception, held at the Fours Seasons Hotel. JWoW is a non-profit charitable organization that works to raise awareness of homelessness as a complex public health and social challenge, not just in D.C., but also in Jamaica and Haiti. In Washington, My Sister’s Place, a shelter for battered women, and Harriett Tubman Women’s Shelter were recipients of donations. — m.B.

JWoW President Dr. Jacqui Watson with 2010 board and host members.

Model in Denny Wirawan

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Fine ArchitectureForest Hills. Gorgeous apartment in cherished Old World bldg has 2 Brs, 1 Ba, 1167 sf of living sapce, high

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