In the Garden: ‘Tree-age’ for Temperature Swings

March 2, 2017

Suggestions for home gardeners as D.C.’s unusually warm winter comes to what may be a bitter end.

)verheard at Lunch: D.C. Gossip Girls


**44 at 55: Obama Celebrates at Fiola Mare; Gets Pie Sisters Cuppies** Georgetown made quite an impression on President Barack Obama on his 55th birthday. After getting Pie Sisters cuppies […]

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**Turning Out For (and Against) Trump** D.C.’s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency was expecting 800,000 to 900,000 people to attend the Jan. 20 inauguration of President Donald Trump. Turns […]

Warm Welcomes for the Literate Drinker

February 22, 2017

As much as it’s about politics, D.C. is also a very creative city, full of passionate people who are experts at their chosen craft. Speaking of craft — as in […]

Inauguration Week Festivities

January 19, 2017

The first of more than two dozen parties, balls and galas takes place tonight…

Downtowner DC 1-11-17

January 12, 2017

**Rolling Out the Inaugural Welcome Mat** Preparation for the presidential inauguration is underway. Dozens of security agencies are getting ready for not only a million Trump supporters but also for […]

Downtowner D.C. 12/7

December 7, 2016

Room & Board Hosting Holiday Event Tonigh Room & Board, the furniture store on 14th Street NW, is hosting a free holiday pop-up event tonight, Dec. 7. Local entertaining experts […]

Downtowner D.C. 11/9

November 9, 2016

New Executive Chef at Lupo Verde 14th Street Italian restaurant Lupo Verde has named a new executive chef: Matteo Venini, a native of Lake Como (does he hang out with […]

D.C. Gossip Girl 10/9


One Last Try … at Connie’s Lawyer and philanthropist Connie Milstein and her husband, Count Jean-Christophe de La Haye Saint Hilaire, opened up their Georgetown home last Thursday evening for […]

Long & Foster’s New Urban Pace

November 8, 2016

It’s a match made in heaven: Urban Pace, a company that provides marketing, sales and other services to real estate developers, has joined up with the Long & Foster Companies. […]