Weekend Round Up June 6, 2013
• June 10, 2013

Alex’s Lemonade Stand

June 7th, 2013 at 11:00 AM

The Westin Georgetown will host its 3rd Annual Alex’s Lemonade Stand as part of the National Lemonade Days weekend.

Lemonade Days is a three-day event held every June. Proceeds benefit childhood cancer research.

The stand will be at the corner of 24th and M St., NW, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Address

2350 M St., NW

Friends of Volta Park Cocktail Party Fundraiser

June 7 at 7 p.m. | 125 | friends@voltapark.org | Tel: 202-258-4732 | Event Website

This annual event brings Georgetowners together to raise funds for the landscape and maintenance of Volta Park. FOVP is in partnership with DC Department of Parks and Recreation; together they maintain the beautful park. Friday, June 7, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Georgetown Visitation Prep. $125 individual ticket; $200 for two, walk-ins welcome

Address

Georgetown Visitation Prep, 1524 35th St., NW

Young Professionals in Foreign Policy 6th Annual Affairs of State Gala & Fundraiser

June 7 at 8 p.m. | $69-80 | shelly.zhao@ypfp.org | Event Website

Kick-off summer with YPFP! This year’s event will feature music from DJ Neekola, a silent auction, casino room, open bar, complimentary cigar rolling and much more! For more information please visit: https://ypfp.org/event/6th-annual-affairs-state-gala-and-fundraiser-6.

Address

City Tavern Club, 3206 M St., NW

Address

National Building Museum; 401 F St., NW

Casbah Belly Dance Theater by Saffron Dance

June 8 at 5 p.m. | $30 – $35 | info@saffrondance.com | Tel: 703-2762355 | Event Website

Join Saffron Dance for its spring dance theatre production: Casbah. More than 90 dancers will perform a full spectrum of classical, modern, fusion, folkloric and tribal belly dance set in the elegance of the Gonda Theatre. Casbah will feature spectacular choreographies by Saffron’s Resident Dance Companies and performance companies as well as Saffron faculty soloists.

Two shows available: 5 p.m and 8 p.m.

$30 by June 2. $35 after June 2.

Address

Gonda Theater, Georgetown University Davis Performing Arts Center, 37th & O Streets, NW

Old Fashioned Picnic for IEF

June 8 at 2 p.m. | $70 per person, $150 for family | cbaerveldt@iefusa.org | Tel: 1-240-290-0263 ext 118 | Event Website

Kick off Summer with IEF for an Old Fashioned Picnic. Coming up Saturday, June 8, from 2 to 5 pm, the picnic will be held at the beautiful farm of Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Pilkerton outside of Potomac, Maryland. Listen to the foot tapping music of King Street Bluegrass while enjoying hearty picnic fare. There will be hay rides and games for the children. Bring the whole family. Support the sight saving programs of the IEF with your reservation or sponsorship.

Address

Dr. and Mrs. A. Raymond Pilkerton, 15111 River Road, Potomac, Md.

For the Birds

June 9 at 1:30 p.m. | $10-15 | [Event Website] (http://www.nbm.org/)

Learn about reusing unwanted materials and making a difference in your neighborhood. Bring recyclable containers or use what the museum has collected to create unique objects.

GBA Yoga in the Park

June 12 at 06 p.m. | Free | info@­gtownbu­siness.­com | [Event Website](http://www.gtownbusiness.com/)

Every Wednesday through the month of June, join the Georgetown Business Association for Yoga in the Park at the Georgetown Waterfront Park. Instruction provided by Down Dog Power Yoga teachers. Serendipity3 will be giving out complimentary Frrrozen Hot Chocolate drink cards to attendees.

Address

Georgetown Waterfront Park, 3100 K St., NW

Ground Gives Way at Condo Work Site, Overturns Trailer
• June 7, 2013

On Friday morning, a construction trailer at 1045 Wisconsin Ave., NW, next to the C&O Canal was found overturned, when the ground beneath it gave way.

A residential condominium by EastBanc, Inc., is planned for the site.

Workers from McCullough Construction said they did not know exactly when the trailer fall from street level down toward the canal but added that no one had been in the trailer and no one was hurt.

The trailer, along with concrete sections from the sidewalk and fence railing, was pulled from the collapse zone toward the more level parking lot, next to the construction site.

Also on the scene June 7 was the Metropolitan Police Department roadway emergency team.

According to one observer, there is worry about water seeping from water main work farther up Wisconsin Avenue down to the canal bridge. Whether the rain storm contributed to the earthen collapse is unclear.

McCullough Construction Co., also built out the Ritz-Carlton Residences, a half block away on South Street. The Ritz-Carlton condos were a EastBanc and Millennium Partners project.
[gallery ids="101328,151426,151422,151411,151418" nav="thumbs"]

Bloomers to Open Soon
• June 6, 2013

Bloomers, a sleepwear and loungewear store, is set to debut at 3210 O St. NW in the middle of June. While it does not sell lingerie, Bloomers offers some fashionable underwear. There are two other stores in Virginia. The O Street shop occupies the former space of Billy Donahue’s Antiques of Georgetown.

Jean Stapleton: She’ll Always Be Our Edith Bunker, Too
•

If you’re of a certain age and were watching television regularly on Saturday nights in the better part of the 1970s, Jean Stapleton was probably a big reason for watching.

If you’re a lot younger, her real name might not resonate so much, but Edith Bunker, the character she played on the hit social and political bellwether sitcom “All in the Family” from 1971 to 1979, will probably hit a memory note.

Stapleton, playing wife to the late Carroll O’Connor’s bigoted Archie Bunker, easily riled and to fulminate about all the liberal irritants of his times, was, as one writer noted, the heart of that show, created by Norman Lear from a British working-class sitcom. Her Edith, big-hearted, sweet, but stridently voiced opened the show each week with she and Archie singing off-key but happily, “Those Were The Days,” a song that soon became one of those un-melodic melodies you couldn’t get out of your head.

“All in the Family” was a life-and-mood-changing television show—somehow “The Beverly Hillbillies” or “Mr. Ed” didn’t quite seem so funny anymore. Instead, Lear’s show—and O’Connor’s and Stapleton’s and their daughter and hippie son-in-law’s—seemed more real, more pungent and earthy like a late-delivered tabloid. From there, you got “Maude” and the life and struggles of single women, and black—racially and otherwise—comedies and the old silliness retreated, at least until Charlie Sheen came along.

The show—in which Bunker regularly railed against peaceniks, blacks, gays, liberal politics, women’s liberation, potheads and his son-in-law, whom he delighted in calling “meathead”—was a watershed in some ways. It also made everybody in it famous, including Stapleton. Edith wasn’t a feminist. She was one of those good-hearted women spending her life with a husband she loved, but who didn’t shower her with respect. He often called her “dingbat,” a not so endearing term. But Edith, who felt real and complicated with Stapleton’s performances, undid him with illogic, kindness, humor and irony that was likely unintended but confounded Archie in mid-rage.

Stapleton was a stage actress who was little known at the time and not much of a politically conscious person at that. She had performed in musicals like “Damn Yankees,” in Pinter plays and those gems penned by Horton Foote and would continue to do so after she left the show, fearing herself typecast, the curse of being on a hit television show.

She went back to the stage, performed a one-woman show about Eleanor Roosevelt (as well as one on Julia Child, pre-Streep, at the Kennedy Center) and worked hard for the Equal Rights Amendment.

Yet, most likely many fans passed on her real name over the weekend. They probably said: “Edith died at the age of 90.”

Capitol Prague Opens at M & Potomac
•

Capitol Prague opened last week on 3277 M St., NW, in the old Morso space, at the corner of M and Potomac Streets. It also operates a coffee shop two doors away. With Czech and Slovak cuisine—schnitzel, goulash, grilled sausages, braised pork and dumplings—as well as various beers, Capitol Prague claims to be the only restaurant in Washington, D.C., with Czechvar lager on draft. That beer is made by the famed Budweiser Budvar Brewery (Bud?jovický Budvar) in the Czech Republic.

Weekend Round Up May 30, 2013
•

20th Annual Taste of Georgetown

June 1st, 2013 at 11:00 AM | $5: One Tasting Ticket $20: Five Tasting Tickets | Event Website

The 20th Annual Taste of Georgetown showcases the spectacular cuisine of over thirty of Washington, D.C.’s finest restaurants, highlighting Georgetown’s culinary personalities and featuring nearly sixty delectable dishes to sample. The Taste of Georgetown has become the premier food and wine festival of D.C. and benefits Georgetown Ministry Center’s (GMC) services supporting the homeless.

Address

Georgetown; Wisconsin & M ST NW

8DC Restaurants Hate Cancer

June 1st, 2013 at 03:00 PM | $20 | littleowe@gmail.com | Tel: 202-253-3838 | Event Website

Amazing food and beverage specials at the restaurants listed below. Event starts at the Greenbrier Upper Lobby where you will receive a bracelet.

Participating Restaurants:

Bobby Van’s, 809 15th St NW; BLT Steak, 1625 I St NW; Blackfinn, 1620 I St NW; The Woodward Table, 1426 H St NW; P.J. Clarke’s, 1600 K St NW

All proceeds benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society which funds research for a cure for blood cancers and new cancer medications, patient services and financial assistance.

Address

Greenbrier Upper Lobby; 1427 H Street NW

20th Annual Stonewall Regatta – Crew Race on Anacostia River

June 2nd, 2013 at 08:30 AM | 0 | nniehammel@gmail.com | Tel: 202 544 0914 | Event Website

Join us for the 20th Annual Stonewall Regatta and watch teams from across the globe battle it out on “DC’s other’ river”, the Anacostia.

What’s not to love? Fast paced races, cheering crowds, food trucks, music, and sunshine! The event is free to all (no admission).

Interested in helping out at the event? We love volunteers! Email volunteers@stonewallregatta.org

Address

1900 M St SE, Washington DC 20003

Join us at the boathouse, where you get the best view of the finish line and the pre- and post-race action (along with concessions and restrooms). To get a full few of the complete race, we recommend the Anacostia Trail pedestrian bridge or across the river at Anacostia Park.

ANC 2E monthly meeting

June 3rd, 2013 at 06:30 PM

6:30pm — at Georgetown Visitation Prep, 35th Street and Volta Place, main building, Heritage Room, second floor.

Address

Georgetown Visitation Prep, 35th Street and Volta Place, main building, Heritage Room, second floor.

GBA Presents: Yoga In Park

June 5th, 2013 at 06:00 PM | FREE | Tel: 202 640 1279 | Event Website

Free yoga every Wednesday in June at 6PM at The Waterfront Park in Georgetown. Classes will take place (weather permitting) on June 6th, 12th, 19th, and 26th.

There will be giveaways at each class for dining, spas and yoga.

Address

Waterfront in Georgetown (in front of Georgetown Floor Coverings, 3233 K ST NW)

Malmaison to Open June 10 With Chef Gerard Pangaud
•

It has been long anticpated, but Malmaison, now a lunch and dinner restaurant as well as a dessert specialty eatery and bar, being put together by Omar Popal, will open in a matter of days. Shall we say Monday, June 10? The Popal family, headed by Zubair Popal, also runs Cafe Bonaparte on Wisconsin Avenue and Napoleon Bistro and Lounge on Columbia Road. The building at 3401 K Street, NW — or 34th and Water Streets — also houses Gypsy Sally’s Acoustic Tavern.

Gerard Pangaud is set to become Malmaison’s executive chef. Pangaud is well known in town for his now-closed Vintage on M Street near 30th Street and Gerard’s Place at McPherson Square. Most recently, he has been consulting and running the Pentagon Dining Room.

Georgetown Salon & Spa: Serving Summer Styles
•

Turgay Yavuz, owner of Georgetown Salon & Spa on M Street, has been involved with the salon and spa scene for 32 years. After his 16-year start in his hometown of Istanbul, Turkey, in a family of hair professionals, Yavuz, known just as Turgay to loyal clients, has been in the District for another 16 years. Turgay came to the United States and to D.C., specifically to live the American dream and become successful. Working alongside his two nephews, Turgay aims to be the most successful salon in D.C., and in doing so, deliver good service, make his clients happy and bring the ultimate day spa experience.

Georgetown Salon & Spa changes treatments about every six months to provide new and loyal clients alike with the latest trends in hair care. Currently, the list of popular treatments include the Keratin treatment for summer to take the frizz out and blonder and longer hair for the summer sunny look. Turgay has extensive experience and enjoys giving clients new looks, especially in the color-changing department. “I like to do color. Highlight and color,” Turgay said as he blow-dried a client’s hair. After 32 years in the salon scene, Turgay is not planning on leaving any time soon. “I enjoy my job,” he said. “That’s why I have worked 32 years.” ?

BID’s Georgetown 2028 to Meet June 13
•

Here is an invitation and memo from the Georgetown Improvement District:

“The Georgetown BID has just launched a planning initiative called Georgetown 2028 that will result in a vision and action plan for the next 15 years for Georgetown’s commercial district. The goal in doing such a plan is to help Georgetown maintain its status as a world-class commercial district, and ultimately continue to make it a thriving community for all. The process and final plan, which is set to be completed before Thanksgiving, focuses on transportation, economic development and public space issues. We value your opinion and invite you to take part in Georgetown 2028 by attending the first of two Community Engagement Meetings.”

The first will be 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday, June 13, at the Foundry Office Building, 1055 Thomas Jefferson St., NW, 5th floor. RSVP to: georgetown2028@georgetowndc.com

Custom TV Solutions at 35th & N
•

Speaking of Custom TV Solutions, it moved down to 1301 35th St., NW, next to Georgetown Cleaners. At the corner of 35th and N Streets, the specialty video and audio expert is now open, says Matt Foley, who invited people to stop by the new place.