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On the cover: Indonesian Ambassador Dino Djalal and his wife Rosa exemplify
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Washington's glamorous diplomatic corps. (Photo courtesy of the Indonesian Embassy). ABOVE from top LEFT: Monaco's Amb. Giles Noghès and Chief of Protocol Capricia Marshall. (Photo by Gail Scott);Mark Lowham, Pamela Hughes and Joe Ruzzo at the Ambassadors Ball. (Photo by Kyle Samperton);The Residence of the Ambassador of Colombia (Embassy Photo); Model Imena de Barros in ALDOFO DOMINGUEZ sequined floral mini-dress ($808), feather wrap in jade ($240); The Shops at Wisconsin Place, Wisconsin Avenue, Chevy Chase, Md., 20815; EMPORIO ARMANI watch in rose gold ($445); AQUA link bracelet ($40). Makeup: Make Up For Ever HD primer and foundation, Aqua Cream in Turquoise, Rouge Artist Intense lip color in Matte Violet Pink. Photo by Violetta Markelou, lighting by Yassine El Mansouri, styling by Toni Leinhardt, makeup/hair by Monae Everett.
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fyidc INSIDER'S GUIDE Colorful fall pursuits, a British invasion and Washington's dining scene........................................................... 14 Who's next Grenada's rising star.......................................... 26
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LIFE OF THE PARTY Arena Stage Season Opening...................................................... 30 LUNGevity's Musical Celebration of Hope..................................... 31 Noche de Gala and After Party.................................................... 32 Welcome Back Party................................................................. 33 Wolf Trap Celebrates 40 Years...................................................... 34 A Standing Ovation for DC Teachers............................................. 35
pollywood HOLLYWOOD ON THE POTOMAC Beau Bridges speaks............. 38 Thelonius Monk Benefit Gala..................................................... 39 MSNBC 15th Anniversary........................................................ 39 Jamal Simmons Birthday Party.................................................... 40 cause celeb Political commentator Jamal Simmons on giving back.... 40 Vivek Kundra's Going Away....................................................... 41 WNO Opening Night.............................................................. 41 washington insider Janet Langhart Cohen and Sharon Malone on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr................................................ 42 Bob Graham's Book Party.......................................................... 44 Marshall Foundation Awards Dinner............................................. 44 Women Ambassador's Roundtable & Young Women's Leadership Summit 45
LIFESTYLES TREND REPORT Fashion Week: New York and London................. 72 Glitterati Silver Stars........................................................ 74
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Around town Raising the Bar.......................................... 76 2011 NCLR Anniversary Conference Latinas Brunch . ..................... 79 Reception for YOA Orchestra of the Americas .................................. 80 OVER THE MOON Social Swirls and Charity Chukkers.............. 81 David Wise Book Party ............................................................ 83 Sacha Scoblic Book Party . ......................................................... 83 The Washington Humane Society's Bark Ball . ................................ 84 Parties, Parties, Parties ............................................ 85 WL-SPONSORED Events After Dark @ The Arc ............................................................. 77 Pride Fine Art Gallery Opening................................................... 77 La Fiesta del Sol...................................................................... 79 Japan Aid: Healing and Hope for Kids and Seniors............................ 80 HSBC Tennis Cup.................................................................. 82 Wimbledon on the Water............................................................ 82
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WL-exclusive Events Alexandra de Borchgrave Book Party............................................. 78 Jeremy Ben-Ami's Book Launch................................................... 78
HOME Life my washington Mexican Amb. Arturo Sarukhan's favorite places 65 RE NEWS Notable Negotiations................................................ 92 OPEN HOUSE Metropolitan Mix............................................ 94 in memoriam A tribute to Kara Kennedy............................... 98
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Distinguished Diplomats Your essential guide to Embassy Row
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nious Monk Gala, put on our dancing shoes for LUNGevity’s Celebration of Hope, dressed in our black-tie best for the Washington National Opera’s opening celebration and lifted a glass at the second annual Standing Ovation for D.C. Teachers. With gala season in full swing, there’s hardly a minute to rest. Join us next month as we circulate through the Washington Ballet’s Great Gatsby celebration, the Meridian Ball, CharityWorks Dream Ball and many other events of note. I end on a sad note about a dear friend. Over the years, we covered Kara Kennedy and her best friend, Linda Semans Donovan, at various events, including their 40th and 50th birthday parties. Kara knew my husband, Soroush, from his college days and she was present the night we met.When we had a baby after years of trying, she wanted to visit us in hospital but in the end the visiting hours conflicted with one of her many volunteer commitments. This defined Kara, who was shy but also lots of fun and one of the most genuinely thoughtful and good-hearted people I have ever known. Linda and Kara’s brother, Ted Kennedy Jr., spoke so eloquently at her funeral and we remember her here with a few excerpts from their eulogies. She will always have a special place in our hearts.
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Enjoy craft cocktails and connect with your inner songbird at The Jefferson’s Show Tunes and Cocktails October 10 to 11. Accompanied by pianist Glenn Pearson, you can belt out your favorite theater tunes while indulging in a specialty bar menu at Quill. Twenty percent of the proceeds will support the yearround audience building efforts of the Helen Hayes Awards supporting Washington’s everburgeoning theater scene. For more information, www.helenhayes.org
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International Gold Cup For the 74th time in history, the International Gold Cup will be run on October 15 at Great Meadow in The Plains, Va. There’s plenty for both equine enthusiasts and more casual observers to see, including nationally sanctioned horse and terrier races and a tailgate contest.The event is known for being well attended by Washington’s diplomatic community. For more information, www.vagoldcup.com.
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You don’t need to visit a consulate to get a visa in fashion. Drop by Shops at Wisconsin Place’s Passport to Style event on October 13 instead. Not only will you be able to take advantage of promotions and deals from your favorite retailers, you’ll also get to enjoy complimentary b i t e s and a fashion show by Lydia Santangelo of TESstylist. Best of all? Proceeds benefit the Hope for Henry Foundation and the Washington Humane Society’s Fashion for Paws. For more information, www.shopswisconsinplace.com
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Fright Night
In the mood for seasonal spirits? Get spooked by a host of ghouls at Markoff ’s Haunted Forest, which bills itself as Maryland’s oldest Halloween event. Throughout October choose between two terrifying trails in the Poolesville woods, each with about a dozen scary scenes.These tricks aren’t just for kids. Be bold, grab a hot cider and leave your flashlight at home. For more information, www.markoffshauntedforest.com
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Ben’s Chili Bowl
It can be tough rooting for the Washington Redskins, but one thing fans can look forward to this season is the opening of Ben’s Chili Bowl in Fedex Field. Two kiosks are set to operate outside sections 341 and 420 of the stadium, featuring all the half-smoked flavors that made the U Street shop famous. For more information, www.benschilibowl.com
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Just a few storefronts away from fellow British label Rag & Bone, AllSaints Spitalfields is styled to resemble a turn-of-the-century London factory.Their cool, vintage-inspired designs make effortless style a breeze. Visit at 3235 M St. NW.
CLASSIC YET MODERN
Rag & Bone
When British schoolboys Marcus Wainwright and David Neville met at boarding school in Berkshire 20 years ago, they never dreamed that they would one day head a U.S. fashion brand with a celebrity following that includes Angelina Jolie, Keira Knightley, Rihanna, Cameron Diaz and Blake Lively.Today Wainwright and Neville’s fashion creation, Rag & Bone, produces classic yet modern clothing for both men and women.The brand recently opened up a store in Georgetown, so you too can enjoy smart, tailored pieces this fall. While you’re there, check out the photos of Rag & Bone Washington D.C. style ambassadors sporting some of the brand’s coolest looks. Visit at 3067 M St. NW.
COUTURE QUEEN
Vivienne Westwood Although she was first known as the queen of punk,Westwood’s current muse is the royal family. Her popular trunk shows at Muléh allow shoppers to see her seasonal collections and pre-order selections on the spot. Visit at 1831 14th St. NW.
GASTRO-PUB MANIA the REAL DEAL
Virgin Atlantic is celebrating 15 years of flying over 1.9 million passengers from Washington, D.C. to London with special deals through March 2012, including fares starting as low as $251 each way. See special offers on www.virgin-atlantic.com for details.
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This contemporary gastropub serves traditional British pub cuisine in the shadow of the Capitol.Whether you try the crispy fish and chips or the seared Scottish salmon, be sure to top off your meal with a Pimm’s Cup No. 13, a British classic made here with homemade ginger syrup. Visit at 1099 New York Ave. NW.
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FYIDC | THE DISH The Manual Appetizer: José Andres and Charlie Palmer
highlight Bryan and Michael Voltaggios’ talents in a forward to their new cookbook. Dinner: “VOLT ink: Recipes, Stories, Brothers” showcases 20 ingredient groups from citrus to grains to gourds, striving to make professional techniques (think sous vide, cooking with liquid nitrogen) accessible to all. Dessert: Check out Michael’s casual sandwich spot, ink.sack, the talk of L.A. since it opened in mid-September.
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Appetizer: Gourmet Boston pizza chain
stretches territory to include Washington Dinner: Having won accolades that include “Best Gourmet Pizza” from Boston Magazine, the 1747 Pennsylvania Ave. NW location is the first restaurant outside of New England for The Upper Crust, famous for its thin namesake. Dessert: These sauce specialists just announced plans to open 10 additional restaurants in the D.C. area over the next five years.
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The Cocktail Appetizer: The Margarita Francesa served at
Rosa Mexicano through October 15 to honor the 25th anniversary of National Hispanic Heritage Month Dinner: 1.5 oz Grand Marnier 1 oz Alma Tequila 1 oz Lime Juice 1/2 oz Orange Juice 1/2 oz Simple Syrup Dessert: Combine Grand Marnier, tequila, lime juice, orange juice and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Strain into a tall glass with ice and garnish with an orange wheel and lime wedge.
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more than 80 of the city’s best restaurants,Taste of DC will feature a Farm-to-Fork zone and the chance to meet with local chefs and winemakers. Dessert: Location of the October 8-10 festival will be announced soon. Visit ww.thetasteofdc.org for more information.
Appetizer: Unable to survive
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without a liquor license, the much-anticipated Shaw’s Tavern flo closed after only a week. rida av en Dinner: The closing has caused a ue nw nasty back-and-forth over the liquor license acquisition process in D.C. on the local and national stage.The tavern apparently failed to get the special one-day liquor license for a charity event they held before securing a permanent license. Dessert: Authorities are expected to deliver a verdict on a permanent license within 90 days, but in the meantime, restaurant-hungry Shaw residents just have to wait.
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The Burger Appetizer: Arlington-grown burger bar rocks
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Zagat Dinner: Founded in 1986 by locals Janie and Jerry Murrel and their five sons, Five Guys was just awarded the 2011 titles of Best Burger and Most Popular Large Fast Food Chain. Dessert: There are more than 750 Five Guys locations across 40 states and Canada.
The Meat Appetizer: Pork, bacon, ham, hocks, gammon,
trotters, pork belly and fatback Dinner: EatWell DC announces the opening of The Pig restaurant, which sources its hogs from its own farm, EatWell Natural Farm and Dorsey Meats. Dessert: The Pig is set to squeal in spring 2011 at 1320 14th St. NW.
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The Watering Hole Appetizer: Capitol Hill institution famed for its rumored involvement in a Kennedy
scandal (and an appearance on “West Wing”) is sold. Dinner: Hawk ‘n’ Dove’s new owner, Xavier Cervera of the Chesapeake Room, plans to keep the funky décor and vibe of the 44-year veteran the same, while completing a renovation before re-opening in October. Dessert: A menu overhaul in favor of locally sourced bistro fare.
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HUMan Rights Campaign Dinner This gathering of over 3,000 supporters is the single largest annual fundraiser for the Human Rights Campaign, which supports and advocates for the LGBT community. Walter E. Washington Convention Center; 5:30 p.m.; $275; black-tie optional; contact Molly Levin, 202-572-8911.
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CAPital for Children Casino Night 2011 The area’s top private equity professionals enjoy food, fun and gaming to support the District’s children in need. Long View Gallery, 1234 9th St. NW; 7:30 p.m.; individual tickets $175; contact Michelle McCann, michelle.mccann@ey.com.
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NATIONAL SPORTING LIBRARY & MUSEUM OPENING GALA Celebrate the opening of this exciting new library and museum, dedicated to showcasing Virginia’s historic horse country. 102 The Plains Rd., Middleburg, Va.; 6:30 p.m.; black-tie; individual tickets $500; contact Judy Sheehan, 540-687-6542.
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43rd Annual Meridian Ball One of Washington’s most venerable events, the Meridian Ball is widely attended by diplomats, members of the Cabinet, Congress and the international business community. Meridian House, 1630 Crescent Place NW; Pre-ball embassy dinners and ball tickets start at $650,White-Meyer Dinner and Ball tickets start at $450; black-tie/military dress; contact Leonor Chiarella, 202-939-5574, lchiarella@meridian.org.
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CharityWorks Dream Ball This year’s Dream Ball benefits Live It Learn It and ThanksUSA to create positive change in the community and unite corporate leaders, donors and volunteers to help break the cycle of poverty. The National Building Museum; 6 p.m.; black-tie; sponsor tickets start at $1,500; contact charityworks@aol.com.
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National museum of catholic art & library’s ‘a roman gala’ This event honors prominent Catholics, including Thomas P. Melady, Richard L. Trumka, Edward M. Smith and Gordon Root. Joseph Cinque will receive the “Lifetime Achievement Award.” Cocktails and dinner catered by Cafe Milano will be followed by a concert by Michael Amante. The Embassy of Italy; 6 p.m.; black-tie; tickets start at $750; contact www.nmcal.org.
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Barry Dixon, Leah Gansler and Mark Lowham at 2010’s CharityWorks Dream Ball. (Photo by Tony Powell)
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JOAn Hisaoka “Make a Difference” Gala Don’t miss this elegant dinner dance to support organizations that assist people suffering from cancer, including Life with Cancer and the Smith Center for Healing and the Arts. Mandarin Oriental Hotel; 5:30 p.m.VIP reception, 6 p.m. general reception; blacktie; $600; contact Vivian Thompson-Goldstein; 202-302-0053, joansdifference@ aol.com.
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The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington Women’s Leadership Group Icon 11 Gala This 12th annual event showcases the talents of Boys & Girls Clubs of Washington members. Dinner and a live auction are followed by a performance on the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage by five winners of the organization’s Talent Search. Four Seasons Hotel; 6 p.m.; cocktail attire; tickets start at $350; contact Terri Johnson, 202-540-2323.
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Champions of Democracy Awards Dinner – Empowering the District D.C.Vote’s annual Champions of Democracy awards dinner celebrates local and national leaders for democracy and D.C. voting rights.This year Maudine Coopers and Walter Smith will
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of the breast cancer movement for an evening of inspiration, world-class entertainment and awards of distinction. Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center; 8 p.m.; cocktail attire; tickets start at $150, sponsorship packages start at $2,500; contact Ariel Metzger, ariel@campbellpeachy.com.
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be honored. The Mayflower Hotel; 6:30 p.m.; business attire; $175; contact Abigail Levine, 202462-6000 x.17, alevine@dcvote.org.
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Honoring the Promise Benefiting Susan G. Komen for the Cure, this event brings together heroes
The National Italian American Foundation Gala More than 3,000 guests from the U.S. and Italy are expected to attend the 36th anniversary gala. Television anchor Maria Bartiromo will serve as mistress of ceremonies. Other celebrity guests include Italian President Giorgio Napolitano and Rep. Nancy Pelosi.The Washington Hilton; 6 p.m.; black-tie; tickets start at $400; contact Jerry Jones, 202-939-3102, jerry@niaf.org.
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Celebration of Hope & Progress Gala In honor of Sibley Memorial Hospital’s rich
history, the 11th annual gala returns to the Sibley campus. The evening will begin with a festive cocktail reception in the new Medical Building followed by a formal dinner under the stars. Sibley Campus; 7 p.m.; black-tie; individual tickets start at $500; contact Carol Perline, 202-537-4257.
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Grenada’s independence was marked in 1974, and its first international airport was opened in 1984. There must be unique challenges and excitement in representing such a young country. Grenada is a nation of proud, ambitious and accomplished people. We are excited about the potential of our tri-island nation and want to share our wealth of human resources and investment opportunities with the world.We may have competition in the global market, but our unspoilt beauty and commendable human rights and public integrity records combine to make Grenada a unique and promising market.
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What Is one unexpected thing Grenadians and Americans have in common? With our shared history, Grenada and the United States have more in common than we would think, but it might surprise some Americans to know that one of their national sports, basketball, is also one of the most popular sports in Grenada. Atlanta Hawks center Etan Thomas is a Grenadian national! We just have to get Americans to play cricket and Grenadians to play baseball. It may be surprisING to some that you are on twitter. How has being an ambassador changed in the digital age? Multitasking has been redefined with digital interface, making communication instantaneous, which in turn means that I can meet deadlines and increase efficiency. But this also raises expectations, significantly increasing the demand on my time. After a few months on the job, I had to learn to use the silent button on my Blackberry, although I still don’t dare turn it off completely even while I am asleep. What Is the most challenging part of your job? Convincing others that while Grenada is a developing country it is seeking partnership with other nations and investors, not a handout. It is equally challenging educating others about a micro economy (U.S. $750 million) where even a small investment can have a significant impact. You’re undoubtedly very busy. With several portfolios, a very small embassy staff (two diplomats including myself) and being a single parent, striking a balance between work and my personal life is extremely challenging. Nonetheless I try to find time to enjoy life’s simple pleasures. I am an avid reader and fan of the dramatic arts, sports and travel. I also love to entertain at home. Your personal philosophy. There are no problems in life, only challenges. With a positive outlook, faith and respect for others we can erase obstacles and achieve even our most improbable dreams.
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HONORING A LEGEND: Arena Stage kicked off a second year of programming at its brand new home on the Southwest Waterfront with a VIP evening of cocktails and dinner plus a lavish dessert display. The evening featured the presentation of the American Artist Award to Tony- and Emmy awardwinning actress Leslie Uggams followed by the opening night performance of “Trouble in Mind� by Alice Childress in the Kreeger Theater. View all the photos at www.washingtonlife.com!
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HELPING HOPE: Guests at LUNGevity’s Musical Celebration of Hope enjoyed an evening of musical entertainment and dancing at the Mellon Auditorium. Hosted by Grace Bender, the dinner was underwritten by Dr. Paul Stern and his family in memory of the late Pat Stern. VIDEO INTERLUDE: A major highlight of the evening was a special film that was produced to inform guests about the pervasive nature of lung cancer, which claims more victims than breast, uterine and ovarian cancers combined. The superb Design Cuisine-catered meal primed patrons for a notably successful live auction, which raised more than $50,000 for lung cancer research. One generous donor gave $100,000 to bring the event’s proceeds past the $1 million mark.
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ARTISTS IN ACTION: Always a highly anticipated event early in the fall social season, this year’s Noche de Gala once again benefited the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts, which grants scholarships to young people of Hispanic heritage with dreams of working in television and film. Making the celebration even more poignant was three-time NHFA scholarship recipient, Rashaad Ernesto Green, whose first film, “Gun Hill Road,” is currently showing in theaters. Green spoke movingly of NHFA’s efforts to help him achieve his lifelong dream of filmmaking. Later, guests headed to Cuba Libre for a rollicking after party with a Latin twist. View all the photos at www.washingtonlife.com!
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HELLO FALL! How better to herald in the social season than a glam gathering of the tribe for dinner, dancing and a bit of innovative dabbling on strategically placed blank canvases? Back after a one-year hiatus due to renovation of the hosts’ art-filled Georgetown home, the event was a notto-be-missed opportunity to see friends that hadn’t been seen since the opera ball. MELODIC INTERLUDE: Stars sang under a giant marquee lighted by tall white tapers, no doubt keenly aware that maestro Plácido Domingo himself was listening rapturously in the shadows.
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Wolf Trap CELEBRATES 40 YEARS Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts PHOTOS BY BEN DROZ
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CENTER STAGE: Wolf Trap marked its 40th anniversary with 1,000 of its fiercest supporters waltzing in to raise over $1 million for its renowned arts and education programs. Guests entered past a ragtime band and onto the massive Filene Center Stage, transformed for the occasion into a glittering setting for cocktails, dinner, dancing and musical performances. “For more than 40 years, Wolf Trap has brought the stars out to play,” Wolf Trap President and CEO Terrence D. Jones said. “Every step of the way our members have been right beside us.” View all the photos at www.
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“A” PLUS: The second annual event honoring 663 “highly effective” D.C. public school teachers featured headline-making presenters, including Alfre Woodard, Mayor Vincent Gray, Grammy-winner John Legend and “godfather of go go” Chuck Brown, who was so excited he felt like “bustin’ loose!” Seven teachers and one principal were singled out for excellence awards of $10,000 each this year, with 20 teachers and five principals receiving “Rubenstein” awards of $5,000 apiece donated by event chairman David Rubenstein. Emcee Jim Vance noted this year’s festivities raised over $800,000 for awards organizer D.C. Public Education Fund. View all the photos at www.washingtonlife.com!
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Actor Beau Bridges reveals his seafaring connection at The Lone Sailor Awards
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answer to Beau Bridges, but that’s not actually my real name. My real name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges the III.” Be it Beau or Lloyd, there was no mistaking he is deeply ingrained in the Bridges family history. In town to receive The Lone Sailor Award, an honor which he shared with his dad Lloyd (in memoriam) and brother Jeff as well as three other recipients, he explains the connection this way: “My grandpa was the first in our family to go to sea. He was from Liverpool, England — a poor family, 12 kids. He used to sit on the docks and watch these clipper ships come through. He stowed away on one when he was 16 and they got too far out to sea to take him back so he went around the world seven times in an open boat,” Bridges retells. “Ordered to unfurl the sails in a snowstorm, his hands got so cold that he couldn’t hold on and he fell. But a line caught him and
dropped him gently onto the deck, otherwise I wouldn’t be sitting here talking to you.” Move forward to the Cuban blockcade.... “When Kennedy put up the Cuban blockade we thought we were going to war against Russia. There was talk of a draft. I was 17 and my dad said, ‘Son, maybe you better pick your branch of the service and join up.’ My dad was doing a series at that time called ‘Sea Hunt.’ He had met a lot of the Coast Guard on set.” He subsequently received the Honorary Commodore Commission, which is part of the reason why Beau received Award winners: C-SPAN the award — to founder Brian Lamb, famed honor his father; an Major League Baseball baseman Jerry ocean away from second Coleman and actor Beau Liverpool. Bridges.
“If Speaker Boehner switches from Camel Ultra Lights to electronic cigs, maybe the powers that be in the Capitol will finally let him hang expensive paintings in his office without fear of smoke damage.”
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Senator Scott Brown on gays in the military: “It has never mattered to me whether they are gay or straight. What matters is whether their service and sacrifice is with pride and honor.”
Michael Jackson’s publicist Ramone Bain on Dr. Conrad Murray: “I’m headed to L.A. for the trial. He should take a plea deal.”
career at age 10, after his TV watching habit earned him the nickname “TV Guide.” “It is probably my most edgy film and it deals with the gang element, but it deals with why and how to escape.” Vivica A. Fox, who stars in the film as “Billie,” added: “I play somewhat of a dark character in the film which is a surprise to a lot of people. I play a very dysfunctional mamma. A lot of our young African American men are being discarded, Hive school offers a better alternative.”
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“Glee” star Charlotte Ross on lobbying for The Great Ape Protection and Coast Saving Act: “Ever since the first time I looked in the eyes of a Chimpanzee I have been compelled to try to do everything I can to help them.”
Ask CBS’s Bob Schieffer. “I came to CBS in 1969...literally walked in off the street. I tried for five years to get a job at CBS News and could never get an appointment,” he said. “So I walked in without an appointment, went to the second floor, asked to see the bureau chief, said I am Bob Schieffer and have come to see Bill Small about a job and the woman said ‘yes Bob, come right in’. As a result of that interview I was hired.” The interview was actually meant for Bob Hager. Fortunately, Hager had a successful career elsewhere. Bob Schieffer with Sen. John McCain
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Thelonious Monk Gala The Kennedy Center | photos by alfredo Flores QUEEN OF SOUL: Aretha Franklin revisited her first love — jazz — in a surprise performance for the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz’s AllStar 25th Anniversary Benefit, held during the annual International Jazz Competition. Former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell presented Franklin with the Maria Fisher Founder’s Award for her contributions to Monk Institute. BOWERS GOES BIG: Many aspiring Billie’s and Duke’s have launched careers from here, and this year, Kris Bowers took it away with a version of Monk’s “Shuffle Boil.” When the curtain fell, the Queen of Soul herself suggested they collaborate. View all the photos at www.washingtonlife.com!
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300 New Jersey Ave. NW | PHOTOS BY ALFREDO FLORES 90’s FLASHBACK: Where were you on July 15, 1996? Perhaps sitting at a computer, patiently waiting for your dialup to connect to the World Wide Web. In another part of the country, the cable network MSNBC was launching. To mark the date, Comcast and NBC Universal hosted a lunch for those who have helped the company flourish. View all the photos at www.washingtonlife.com!
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Writer and political analyst Jamal Simmons celebrated turning 40 by giving back Why is Detroit’s Rosa Parks Facebook and my website to gin up interest. S c hola r shi p F o u ndation Hill Harper and Rosario Dawson were the important? It gives away $2,000 first people I asked this year and they agreed scholarships to 40 high on the spot to help. Then Kerry school seniors in Michigan Washington agreed, and we Motto or quote each year. I received one were off and running. you when I graduated from high live by? school, and it helped me How much have you “Our lives no go to Morehouse College, raised through this longer belong to a private school in Atlanta. campaign? So many great us alone; they I wanted to make sure that people helped out like Sherrie belong to all those more kids from Detroit had Shepherd from “The View,” who need us the same opportunities I did. comediennes Kim Coles and desperately.” Loni Love, Tanika Ray from –Elie Wiesel Why give back, why “Extra,” pundits Kevin Madden, Karen Finney, Jeff Johnson and now? I turned 40 this year and wanted to do something more than just Sophia Nelson and some other local hotshots have a party for myself. I came up with the like Paul Wharton, Nicole Venable and my “$40 for 40 kids” campaign using Twitter, Washington Life Magazine cover-mate Maria
Teresa Kumar.Together we were able to get the scholarship to about $70,000 (after expenses.) Whom do you admire the most? Paul Robeson, Nelson Mandela and my grandfather, Charles LeBron Simmons, who was a civil rights activist and labor lawyer in Detroit in the 1930s. These people stood up for their beliefs despite the consequences. I would add Rosa Parks. She sat down for her beliefs, but you know, same thing. [laughs] Favorite book? “Dune” by Frank Herbert. So many ideas have been lifted from that book. It’s like the source code for modern science fiction. “King of the Cats” by Wil Haygood about Adam Clayton Powell. It taught me a lot about politics when I was in my early 20s.
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Vivek Kundra’s Farewell Hay-Adams Hotel | PHOTOS BY Kyle Samperton White House ADieu: Guests gathered atop the Hay-Adams to honor the White House’s first Chief Information Officer, Vivek Kundra, with an appreciation award for his work in streamlining the administration’s IT infrastructure, something the tech pro has been perfecting over the past 10 years. Kundra leaves his White House post for a Harvard fellowship teaching the ins and outs of his most notable work, cloud computing. View all the photos at www.washingtonlife.com!
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Q: You have been actively involved in journalism over the years. You have been a successful TV personality and have written several books. What inspired you to write a play?
A: While I was writing “From Rage to Reason, My Life In Two Americas,” I was casually chastised by a friend for wanting to speak about the past and what my experience has been as a black woman in a white man’s world. She thought such a discussion would be “unbecoming,” given my personal and professional success. I was struck by the irony that she expected me to be sympathetic to her people’s past, while she remained willfully indifferent to mine. “The Diary of Anne Frank” was mandatory reading when I was a young girl and it forced me to confront the Holocaust, a period of European history that
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will forever remain an ineradicable stain on mankind. I wanted to know why the horrors of slavery, Jim Crow laws and lynchings, segregation and persistent racism were not worthy of recollection and reflection? I said nothing at the time, but later that night, went home and vented my anger by imagining how Anne Frank might have responded to the question of whether my history was worthy of discussion. In my mind’s eye I saw Anne engaging in a conversation with Emmett Till, a young black boy who was brutally murdered in Mississippi for whistling at a white woman. Q: The story of the murder of Emmett Till was a flash point in the fight for civil rights in America. It brought the senselessness and brutality of racism in the South into the living
rooms of America. “The Diary of Anne Frank” personalized the horrors of the Holocaust. How did you come to connect these two historical figures as the main characters of your play, “Anne & Emmett”?
A: While Anne and Emmett couldn’t be more different in their race, ethnicity, location and education, they both became victims of institutionalized hatred. The tactics of the haters in our lives are surprisingly common and quite identifiable. They begin with hateful speech, the dehumanization of any and all who are different, followed by their degradation, domination and destruction. The language of the haters may change, but their message is always the same. They don’t have to wear armbands or white hoods to signal their membership in the ranks of sociopaths. They can cover their true identities with business or
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casual suits, use coded language and denounce any who dare to look behind their words and see the villainy that lurks there. The codes of conduct forced upon Jewish people in Europe and those for African-Americans here in America were virtually the same. Q: What is the message that you are trying to convey to your audiences with this imaginary dialogue?
A: I want everyone, but especially young people, to be aware of the dangers that hateful speech and conduct pose. My older cousin, Jimmy, was lynched for refusing to give up his land to a white man who wanted it. My young niece, Myrna, was murdered by a hate monger while she was singing in a church choir. When my father came home from fighting Hitler’s Nazis and liberating Jewish people from those unspeakable concentration camps, he could not wear his uniform in the South for fear of
being beaten or lynched. And for those who think that racism and anti-Semitism is dead, they should have been at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on June 10, 2009, the date when “Anne & Emmett” was to have debuted. James Von Brunn, an 88year-old, white racist and anti-Semite walked into that hallowed place and murdered Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns, an innocent, black security guard.Von Brunn was dismissed as just a lone wolf, a crazy old man who didn’t reflect the thoughts or actions of a larger segment of society. But he was the same kind of man who was a “Night Rider” who terrorized me as a child when I visited my family in Kentucky. He was part of those who live in the underbelly of society and stir a witch’s brew of poisonous venom and violent hatred. He was part of those who wrap themselves in the American flag while saluting Hitler’s Nazi flag and the KKK’s burning cross.
Q: For whom did you write this play, and by that I mean which audiences did you try to reach with the message of Anne and Emmett?
A: I wrote the play primarily to touch the consciences of young people, but have found that it resonates powerfully with older generations as well. I want young people, not only to remember our common experiences, but to take action, to stop the haters and the bullies before they take refuge in their numbers or rationalize that they are just exercising their Constitutional rights. The free expression of ideas, however vile and hateful those ideas may be, should be protected. But when speech becomes advocacy and urges others to take violent action or incites others to give form to their words, then I believe it’s important for each of us to stand up and speak out against the Hitlers and the haters who wear the mask of freedom. In essence, “Anne & Emmett” is a call to action.
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300 New Jersey Ave. NW | PHOTOS BY Kyle Samperton CELEBRATING MLK: What better way to evoke the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. and the social issues he championed than to invite a diverse mix of opinion-makers to participate in a spirited dialogue on diversity and race? Hosted by Chevrolet’s Chris Perry and the General Motors Foundation’s Vivian Pickard, the Table of Brotherhood Project-sponsored event was a four-city tour that kicked off in Atlanta and ended in Washington. View all the photos at www.washingtonlife.com!
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NOVEL IDEA: Former Sen. Bob Graham revealed that certain guests had made cameo appearances in his new spy thriller “Keys to the Kingdom” and while he kept most specifics a secret, he did reveal that Sen. Jay Rockefeller inspired the character “Senator John Stoner.” The author’s first foray into fiction took a total of five years to write. View all the photos at www.washingtonlife.com!
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Assistant Secretary of the Navy Juan M. Garcia III and Denise Garcia
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National Building Museum | Photos by Ralph Alswang DEDICATION TO DEMOCRACY: This year’s Marshall Foundation Award was given to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for her outstanding work promoting global democracy and economic development, and her devotion to public service. The Marshall Foundation works to preserve the memory of Gen. George C. Marshall‘s steadfast leadership and achievement in foreign policy as secretary of state after World War II.
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iplomacy is a gypsy profession; those who enter this international army of thinkers and speakers promote their countries while keeping unfriendly nations at bay. When diplomats “join up,” they sign on for duty far from home, for inexact periods that don’t necessarily coincide with their spouses’ career moves, vacations and their children’s school schedules. These political science wonks and economic whiz kids learn to live like turtles, carrying their homes with them as they repeatedly set up housekeeping on other continents many time zones from home. Bringing up children abroad is a real art; so is finding new friends and appearing to feel instantly “at home” when you aren’t. When it’s time to leave, sometimes with little if any notice, they pack their bags, gracefully say farewell and move on to create a new life all over again. As we enjoyed the beach or mountains this summer, many of our foreign friends were packing their bags for good. There was no opporunity to organize the customary farewell parties. Then they were gone. Friendship interruptus! As we prepared to dive into the fall social season, we were utterly surprised to find that many of our diplomatic favorites had departed … their replacements already in place. Sometimes we’re the ungraceful ones. After all, it’s hard to
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instantly welcome the latest envoy waiting to be credentialed when we are still coping with the loss of dear friends. This time it was a “sea change.” Many more than usual of the most highly popular and successful ambassadors had left. After nearly a decade at the epicenter of social and political Washington, Moroccan Amb. Aziz Mekouar and his popular wife, Maria Felice, had only two weeks to pack up! India’s Meera Shankar and her husband Ajay quietly slipped away as did envoys from Germany, Finland, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Croatia and Malta. Now Iceland and Austria are heading home as well. Our old address books are a crossed-out mess and our hearts are skipping a beat. Thanks to email, Skype, faster-than-ever international travel and a 24-hour global news cycle, our world is smaller than ever and it’s likely we will see our old friends again, or, at least, be able to follow their lives and continue our friendships as digital pen pals. Over the years of too many good-byes, I’ve learned from these brave global citizens that it’s harder on us than it is on them. At least, that’s what they think. As one diplomatic wife gently told me, “From the moment we arrive on American soil until the day we leave, we know we are only here for a short time. It is all of you who forget.”
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Afghanistan Eklil Hakimi SPOUSE: Sultana Hakimi EMBASSY: 2341 Wyoming Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-483-6410 RESIDENCE: 2001 24th St. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR:
Algeria
Neegiar Aliyev 2741 34th St. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-337-3500 RESIDENCE: 3131 Connecticut Ave. NW, Apt. 2502, 20008 SPOUSE:
Abdallah Baali SPOUSE: Rafika Lakreche Baali EMBASSY: 2118 Kalorama Rd. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-265-2800 RESIDENCE: “The Elms,” 4040 52nd St. NW, 20016 AMBASSADOR:
EMBASSY:
Bahamas Cornelius Alvin Smith Clara Smith EMBASSY: 2220 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-319-2660 RESIDENCE: 5100 Warren Pl. NW, 20016 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Andorra Narcís Casal De Fonsdeviela EMBASSY: 2 United Nations Plaza, 25th Fl., New York, NY, 10017 TELEPHONE: 212-750-8064 AMBASSADOR:
Angola
Eklil Hakimi Afghanistan African Union Amina Salum Ali Ali Mansour Vuai EMBASSY: 1919 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 20006 TELEPHONE: 202-293-8006 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
AMBASSADOR: Alberto do Carmo Bento Ribeiro SPOUSE: Maria Odete Bento Ribeiro EMBASSY AND RESIDENCE: 2108 16th St. NW, 20009 TELEPHONE: 202-785-1156
Antigua and Barbuda
Alberto do Carmo Bento Ribeiro Angola
Bahrain Houda Nonoo Salman Idafar EMBASSY: 3502 International Dr. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-342-1111 RESIDENCE: 4646 Hawthorne Ln. NW, 20016 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Australia Kim Beazley Susanna Annus EMBASSY: 1601 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20036 TELEPHONE: 202-797-3000 RESIDENCE: 3120 Cleveland Ave. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Deborah-Mae Lovell EMBASSY: 3216 New Mexico Ave. NW, 20016 TELEPHONE: 202-362-5122 RESIDENCE: “The Elms,” 4040 52nd St. NW, 20016 AMBASSADOR:
Bangladesh Akramul Qader Rifat Sulpana Akram EMBASSY: 3510 International Dr. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-244-0183 RESIDENCE: 4 Highboro Ct., Bethesda, Md., 20817 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
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Albania Gilbert Galanxhi SPOUSE: Etleva Galanxhi EMBASSY: 2100 S St. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-223-4942 AMBASSADOR:
(The) Arab League Hussein Hassouna SPOUSE: Nevine Hassouna EMBASSY: 1100 17th St. NW, Suite 620, 20036 TELEPHONE: 202-265-3210 RESIDENCE: 3003 Van Ness St. NW, Apt. 1133, 20008
Barbados
AMBASSADOR:
Argentina
SPOUSE:
Alfredo Vicente Chiaradia Argentina
AMBASSADOR: Alfredo Vicente Chiaradia
1600 New Hampshire Ave. NW, 20009 TELEPHONE: 202-238-6401 RESIDENCE: 1600 New Hampshire Ave. NW, 20009 EMBASSY:
Armenia Tatoul Markarian Anna Makarian, PHD EMBASSY: 2225 R St. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-319-1976 AMBASSADOR:
Gilbert Galanxhi Albania
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John Beale Leila Mol Beale EMBASSY: 2144 Wyoming Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-939-9200 RESIDENCE: 4850 Linnean Ave. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR:
Belarus Oleg Kravchenko Marina Kravchenko EMBASSY: 1619 New Hampshire Ave. NW, 20009 TELEPHONE: 202-986-1604 RESIDENCE: 4311 Embassy Park Dr., NW 20016 CHARGÉ D’AFFAIRES:
Austria
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Christian Prosl Patricia Prosl-Hurni EMBASSY: 3524 International Ct. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-895-6700 RESIDENCE: 2419 Wyoming Ave. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
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Belgium Jan Matthysen Agnes Matthysen EMBASSY: 3330 Garfield St. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR:
Azerbaijan AMBASSADOR:
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DIPLOMATIC ROCK STARS The ambassador of Indonesia and his glamorous wife follow their destiny to new heights on Embassy Row
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lready famous in their exotic homeland, Dino and Rosa Djalal arrived in Washington like flash lightening. Rarely do an ambassador and spouse make a splash so fast, especially when they are brand new to diplomacy. Official Washington was soon buzzing about this highly effective and talented couple, who work hard to represent modern Indonesia, the world’s third largest democracy and the world’s largest Muslimmajority country. Today the expansive Pacific archipelago cuts as wide a geographic swath as the entire continent of Europe. This exotic land of unlimited natural beauty consists of more than 17,500 islands, 33 provinces and three different time zones, with 240 million inhabitants practicing five main religions and speaking hundreds of dialects within one national language. Back home, “Dino” (as he will immediately request you address him) is a handsome and dynamic rising star, well known as the long-time presidential spokesman for Indonesia’s first elected, and now two-term President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Amb. Djalal’s “inspirational” national bestseller, “Harus Bisa!” (“The Can Do Leadership”), became a TV show and is used in the training curriculum of Indonesia’s foreign ministry, military and national police.This thoroughly modern diplomat, who graduated from McLean High School at 15 when his father was ambassador here, and earned a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics, uses an I-Pad for his speech notes, regularly “tweets” on Twitter and maintains his own personal website. There are more than whispers about the political potential and ambition of this diplomatic son, who got a dishwashing job at the embassy during his father’s era so he could afford a trip to Hawaii with his high school chums. Now, as ambassador, Dino Djalal doesn’t deny his quest to finish his public career in “something other than diplomacy.” His beautiful wife, Rosa, is the mother of their three young children and a dentist with a master’s degree in Hospital Administration. She remains active in Indonesia despite living here. As founding and managing partner of two all-purpose dental clinics employing nine specialists from orthodontists to aesthetic dental surgeons, she runs her operation via early morning emails (Jakarta is 11 hours ahead) and a two-hour Skype call to Jakarta every other Sunday night from their official residence on Tunlaw Road NW. Rosa Djalal is also the founder of the Al Hamid Foundation which provides free education for 250 elementary school students each year in Banten Province; sits on the board of Mutu Manikam Nusantara, the nonprofit organization that aims to enhance
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Indonesia’s jewelry industry; and is one of the founders of Perhimpunan Kebayaku (or My Kebaya Association) which promotes Indonesia’s national dress, the Kebaya, and other traditional cultures and customs of her country.When you meet her, it will not surprise you that this former Miss Indonesia was also first runner-up for Miss World in 1995. Married only seven and a half years, the Djalal’s have three children: Alexa, 6; Keanu, 5; and Chloe, 4, who enjoyed their first Halloween in America accompanied by their parents who also donned costumes for the annual “Trick or Treat” ritual even though they had to leave the next day for the 22-hour trip back to Jakarta to prepare for President Obama’s visit to the land he once called home.
The Indonesian Am bass made quite a splash ador and his wife in Washington. (Pho to courtesy Indonesian Embassy)
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202-333-6900 2300 Foxhall Rd. NW, 20007 TELEPHONE: RESIDENCE:
Belize Nestor Mendez SPOUSE: Elvira Mendez EMBASSY: 2535 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202- 332-9636 RESIDENCE: 1686 Chain Bridge Rd., McLean, VA, 22101 AMBASSADOR:
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
AMBASSADOR:
Mitar Kujundzic SPOUSE: Lea Kujundzic EMBASSY: 2109 E St. NW, 20037 TELEPHONE: 202-337-1500 AMBASSADOR:
Botswana Tebelelo Seretse SPOUSE: Kgosi Tholego Seretse EMBASSY: 1531-1533 New Hampshire Ave. NW, 20036 TELEPHONE: 202-244-4990 RESIDENCE: 1000001 Bent Cross Drive, Potomac, MD 20854 AMBASSADOR:
Benin Dr. Cyrille S. Oguin Hortense Oguin EMBASSY: 2124 Kalorama Rd. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-232-6656 RESIDENCE: 9901 Sorrel Ave., Potomac, Md., 20854 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Erika Angela Dueñas Loayza EMBASSY: 3014 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 CHARGÉ D’AFFAIRES:
Burundi Angele Niyuhire Simeon Kirabisha EMBASSY AND RESIDENCE: 2233 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Suite 212, 20007 TELEPHONE: 202-342-2574 SPOUSE:
Cambodia Hem Heng Savine Ek EMBASSY: 4530 16th St. NW, 20011 TELEPHONE: 202-726-7742 RESIDENCE: 4500 16th St. NW, 20011 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Brazil Mauro Vieira 3006 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-238-2700 RESIDENCE: 3000 Mass. Ave. NW, 20008 EMBASSY:
Cameroon Joseph Foe-Atangana Veronique Foe Biloa EMBASSY: 2349 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-265-8790 RESIDENCE: 2825 Normanstone Dr. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR:
Canada Gary Albert Doer Ginny Devine EMBASSY: 501 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 20001 TELEPHONE: 202-682-1740 RESIDENCE: 2825 Rock Creek Dr. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR:
Monaco Amb. Gilles Noghès and Capricia Marshall
Brunei Darussalam Dato Yusoff bin Haji Abdul Hamid SPOUSE: Datin Mahani Abu Zar EMBASSY: 3520 International Ct. NW #300, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-237-1838
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Bulgaria Elena Poptodorova Petrova SPOUSE: George Petrova EMBASSY: 1621 22nd St. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-387-0174 RESIDENCE: 1621 22nd St. NW, 20008
Burkina Faso AMBASSADOR: Paramanga Ernest Yonli SPOUSE: Araba Kadidiatou Yonli EMBASSY: 2340 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008
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Chile Arturo Femandois Vöhringer SPOUSE: Carolina Santa Cruz EMBASSY: 1732 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20036 TELEPHONE: 202-785-1746 RESIDENCE: 2304 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20036 AMBASSADOR:
China Yesui Zhang Naqing Chen EMBASSY: 3505 International Pl. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-328-2500 SPOUSE:
Colombia Gabriel Silva Mariana Espinosa de Silva EMBASSY: 2118 Leroy Pl. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-387-8338 RESIDENCE: 1520 20th St. NW, 20036 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
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Cape Verde Maria de Fátima Lima da Veiga SPOUSE: Manuel Veiga EMBASSY: 3415 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-965-6820 RESIDENCE: 6509 Kenhill Rd., Bethesda, Md., 20817 AMBASSADOR:
AMBASSADOR:
2401 Mass. Ave. NW, 20008 202-462-4009 RESIDENCE: 16833 Harbor Town Dr., Silver Spring, Md., 20905 EMBASSY:
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Bolivia
202-332-5577 6338 16th St. NW, 20011
Central African Republic Stanislas Moussa-Kembe EMBASSY: 1618 22nd St. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-483-7800 AMBASSADOR:
Chad Mahamoud Adam Béchir Nouracham Niam Béchir
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Comoros Mohamed Toihiri 420 E. 50th St., New York, NY 10022 TELEPHONE: 212-972-8010 AMBASSADOR: EMBASSY:
Congo, Democratic Republic of Dr. Faida Mitifu Dr. Maurice Shalishali EMBASSY: 1736 M St. NW, Suite 601, 20009 TELEPHONE: 202-234-7690 RESIDENCE: 1736 M St. NW, 20036 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Congo, Republic of Serge Mombouli Stella Corine Mombouli EMBASSY: 4891 Colorado Ave. NW, 20011 TELEPHONE: 202-726-5500 RESIDENCE: 10809 Riverwood Dr., Potomac, Md., 20854 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
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Do you know your neighbors With backgrounds ranging from the private sector to veterinary medicine, these diplomats are multi-talented
Panama
Germany
Appointed by Panama’s President Ricardo Martinelli Berrocal in February, this Central American busi-
The new German Ambassador Peter Ammon and his wife Marliese Heimann-Ammon (along with two
nessman has settled into Panama’s McGill Terrace Embassy and corner residence with his wife Elsa Jaramillo (they have two children: 28-year-old Mario Ernesto and 25-year-old Ana Marie). Most recently Ambassador Jaramillo was chosen out of 92 candidates to become the Executive Secretary of the National Concertation for Development, a national forum for dialogue between the government, political parties and civil society sponsored by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), aimed to develop a National Plan to strengthen democracy and combat poverty. Ambassador Jaramillo comes from the private sector, where he was Chairman of the Panamanian Association of Business Executives (APEDE).
Finland
For the first time, Finland’s ambassador is a woman.
grown daughters: Ariane and Christina) have arrived just in time for Germany’s gigantic Unity Day on October 3 when thousands of guests are not just offered wursts and sauerkraut but Berlin’s haute cuisine and jazz in this united nation’s mega-celebration on the big slope of the German Residence. No stranger to the U.S., he has deep family roots and friends here from a stint as the Embassy’s Economic Advisor, 1999 to 2001. His personal interests include fitness, hiking and listening to Bob Dylan.
Dominican Republic The Ambassador is a true gentleman, ladies. Recently
at the Embassy’s popular Cigar Night sponsored by ProCigar when guests stayed way into the night, this gracious host most recently posted at St. James quietly ordered a round of the finest champagne. After flutes were ceremoniously passed, this career diplomat politely suggested with a toast that the night was over, simply saying, “It has been my pleasure to have you here with me tonight.”The lights came up, the bar closed and everyone got the hint.
Trinidad & Tobago
And, why not? For the past decade, this Nordic country well known for its genderequality policies and way of life has had a female president: Tarja Halonen. Ambassador Koukku-Ronde, after serving almost three decades in Finland’s Foreign Ministry, she was Under-Secretary of the Ministry prior to this prestigious appointment. Declaring Finnish-American relations “excellent,” she celebrates almost four centuries of ties between the countries since the first Finnish immigrants settled on American soil. “We are two dynamic nations and our economies are among the most competitive in the world...An open market economy can best promote prosperity.”
sador and his wife Lucia Mayers-Parsan carry a heavy mandate from their country’s first female prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to bring new and rich business opportunities to this serene and lush island nation. Natural promoters, they have jumped in with both feet and can’t wait to entertain (and win new friends and business partners) for their tropical paradises in their new Embassy Extension – the Embassy Row former home of AOL’s Steve Case. At home in their expansive, hilltop brick residence overlooking Rock Creek Park, the ambassador’s favorite takeout, KFC (aka Kentucky Fried Chicken), is a regular on the menu.
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Veteran diplomatic observers believe this is the first time an appointed ambassador has come to Washington from a career as a practicing veterinarian. That’s just his first profession. This appointed ambas-
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Denmark Peter Taksoe-Jenson 3200 Whitehaven St. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-234-4300 AMBASSADOR:
embassy and RESIDENCE:
Djibouti
Vice Skra di CROATIA Costa Rica AMBASSADOR: Meta Shannon Figueres Boggs SPOUSE: Santiago Felipe Real de Azua EMBASSY: 2114 S St. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-234-2945 RESIDENCE: 1830 24th St. NW, 20008
AMBASSADOR: Roble Olhaye, Dean of the Diplomatic Corps SPOUSE: Amina Farah Ahmed Olhaye EMBASSY: 1156 15th St. NW, Suite 515, 20005 TELEPHONE: 202-331-0270 RESIDENCE: 10101 Sorrel Ave., Potomac, Md., 20854
Dominica Hubert John Charles Syliva Charles EMBASSY: 3216 New Mexico Ave. NW, 20016 TELEPHONE: 202-364-6781 RESIDENCE: 17639 Charity Lan, Germantown, MD 20874 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Croatia Vice Skracic SPOUSE: Helena Skracic EMBASSY: 2343 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Suite F13, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-588-5899 RESIDENCE: 4871 Glenbrook Rd., NW 20016 AMBASSADOR:
rey Amb. Chan Heng Chee, Amb. Aud e attr Del is nco Fra b. Marks and Am East Timor Constancio Pinto 4201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 504, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-966-3202 RESIDENCE: 1220 East West Hwy, Apt. 1105, Silver Spring, Md., 20910 AMBASSADOR: EMBASSY:
Ecuador Chargés d’affaires : Efraín Baus Palacio
2535 15th St. NW, 20009 202-234-7200 RESIDENCE: 2320 Bancroft Pl. NW, 20008 EMBASSY:
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Egypt Sameh Shoukry Suzy Shoukry EMBASSY: 3521 International Ct. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-895 5400 RESIDENCE: 2301 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Cuba REPRESENTATIVE: Jorge Bolaños Suarez EMBASSY: In care of the Embassy of Switzerland, Cuban Interests Sections, 2630 16th St., NW, 20009; TELEPHONE: 202-797-8518
El Salvador Francisco Roberto Altschul Fuentes SPOUSE: Melinda Delashmutt Altschul EMBASSY: 1400 16th St. NW, Suite 100, 20036 TELEPHONE: 202-595-7507 RESIDENCE: 5171 Macomb St. NW, 200016 CHARGÉ D’AFFAIRES:
Cyprus Pavlos Anastasiades SPOUSE: Maria Antonpoulou-Anastasiades EMBASSY: 2211 R St. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-462-5772 RESIDENCE: 2501 Mass. Ave, NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR:
Czech Republic Daniel Kostoval Nadesda Kastoval EMBASSY: 3900 Spring of Freedom St. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-274-9100 Chargé d’Affaires: SPOUSE:
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Jorge Bolaños Suarez CUBA Dominican Republic Aníbal de Castro EMBASSY: 1715 22nd St. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-332-6280 RESIDENCE: 2930 Edgevale Terr. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR:
Eritrea Ghirmai Ghebremariam Azeb Ghebremariam EMBASSY: 1708 New Hampshire Ave. NW, 20009 TELEPHONE: 202-319-1991 RESIDENCE: 7127 16th St. NW, 20012 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Estonia Marina Kaljurand Kalle Kaljurand EMBASSY: 2131 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-588-0101 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Ethiopia Girma Birru Geda 3506 International Dr. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-364-1200 AMBASSADOR:
Equatorial Guinea AMBASSADOR: Purificacion Angue Ondo
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ay the name “Esther” in VIP circles and everyone immediately knows whom you mean: Esther Coopersmith — the smalltown girl from Wisconsin who started out as a fresh-faced assistant to Sen. Estes Kefauver and wound up serving as President Bill Clinton’s “global ambassador” and representative to the UN and UNESCO. She’s been an under-theradar advisor to numerous U.S. presidents (she’s known every one since Truman), monarchs, world political and religious leaders, Cabinet secretaries and members of Congress, ambassadors and Hollywood stars. An invitation to Coopersmith’s palatial Kalorama residence for a command performance seated dinner (she “hates” little hors d’oeuvres) is one Washington invitation you don’t turn down. Those so favored have Herbie Hancock, Kevin learned to covet the “Inside Circle” status Euba nks and Wayne Shorter that Esther’s friendship confers. Get used with Esther Coopersmith to eating down-home barbecue style, albeit (Photo by Gail Scott) with place cards (she planned such affairs for LBJ) and endless gooey desserts for le tout Washington on the day after Thanksgiving. Her gatherings always feature an opportunity to chat up the most powerful and interesting people in Washington and are particularly useful for newly arrived envoys and political appointees who haven’t had the opportunity to mix and mingle among peers just yet. At 80, she’s best known for going around the room and introducing every single guest in a clever, colorful “Esther-esque” sentence or two, summing up each person’s personality and Quntell Woilliams and position without so much as one written note in Robin Carter her hand or sour comment from her lips. A proud Democrat who always has room for everyone at the table, Coopersmith just wishes “everyone would start talking with each other like they used to.” She pronounces this lack of social discourse as nothing short of terrible. “We have real problems to figure out,” she says, “and we can only do that together.” Coopersmith’s Legacy: “Open your heart,” something she does time and time again. Ambassadors take note: she is the best mentor Kay you will ever have in Washington. Hixson
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Connie Coopersmith and Christian McBride
BARBECUE HONORING HERBIE HANCOCK Esther Coopersmith Residence PHOTOS BY kyle samperton
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SPOUSE: Ana Jara de Carvalho AMBASSADOR: Francisco Villagrán de León SPOUSE: Donna Sue Eberwine Villagran EMBASSY: 2220 R St. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-745-4952 RESIDENCE: 2839 Woodland Dr. NW, 20008
FIJI AMBASSADOR:
Winston Thompson
SPOUSE: Queenie Thompson EMBASSY: 2000 M Street NW, Suite 710, 20036 TELEPHONE: 202-466-8320 RESIDENCE: 8402 Tysons Trace Court, Vienna, VA, 22182
Guinea
Ritva Koukku-Ronde Hidde Ronde EMBASSY: 3301 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-298-5800 RESIDENCE: 3001 Woodland Dr. NW, 20008 SPOUSE:
FRANCE AMBASSADOR:
François Delattre
SPOUSE: Sophie l’Helias-Delattre
4101 Reservoir Rd. NW, 20007 TELEPHONE: 202-944-6000 RESIDENCE: 2221 Kalorama Rd. NW, 20008 EMBASSY:
Gabon Michael Moussa-Adamo EMBASSY: 1630 Connecticut Ave, NW TELEPHONE: 202-797-1000 RESIDENCE: 2416 Tracy Place, NW 20008 AMBASSADOR:
Gambia Alieu Momodou Ngum SPOUSE: Aminatta Ngum EMBASSY: 2233 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Suite 240, 20007 TELEPHONE: 202-785-1379 RESIDENCE: 1941 Westchester Dr., Silver Spring, Md., 20902 AMBASSADOR:
Georgia Temuri Yakobashvili Yana Fremer EMBASSY: 2209 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
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Mory Karamoko Kaba Salematou Traore Kaba EMBASSY: 2112 Leroy Pl. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-986-4300 RESIDENCE: 2948 Edgevale Terr. NW, 20008
RESIDENCE:
Iceland Hjálmar W. Hannesson Anna Birgisdóttir EMBASSY: House of Sweden, 2900 K Street, NW, Suite 509, 20007 TELEPHONE: 202-265-6653 RESIDENCE: 2443 Kalorama Rd. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
AMBASSADOR:
Gyorgy Szapary HUNGARY
FINLAND AMBASSADOR:
202-362-6730 2215 30th St. NW, 20008
TELEPHONE:
Guatemala
2175 K Street NW, 20037 TELEPHONE: 202-862-9500 RESIDENCE: 2534 Belmont Road, NW, 20008 EMBASSY:
202-387-2390 4701 Willard Ave., Chevy Chase, MD, 20185 TELEPHONE:
SPOUSE:
RESIDENCE:
Guyana Bayney Karran Donna Karran EMBASSY: 2490 Tracy Pl. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-265-6900 RESIDENCE: 6911 Bradley Blvd., Bethesda, Md., 20817 AMBASSADOR:
Germany Peter Ammon Marliese Heimann-Ammonn EMBASSY: 4645 Reservoir Road, NW, 20007 TELEPHONE: (202) 298-8140 RESIDENCE: 18000 Foxhall Rd. NW, 20007 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
India Nirupama Rao Sudhakar Rao EMBASSY: 2107 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-939-7000 RESIDENCE: 2700 Macomb St. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
SPOUSE:
Haiti
AMBASSADOR:
Louis Harold Joseph 2311 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-332-4090
SPOUSE:
RESIDENCE:
AMBASSADOR: EMBASSY:
Ghana Daniel Ohene Agyekum Rose Ohene Agyekum EMBASSY: 3512 International Dr. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-686-4520 RESIDENCE:
Greece Vassilis Kaskarelis SPOUSE: Anna Kaskarelis EMBASSY: 2217 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-939-1300 RESIDENCE: 2221 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR:
Grenada Gillian Margaret Susan Bristol EMBASSY: 1701 New Hampshire Ave. NW, 20009 TELEPHONE: 202-265-2561 AMBASSADOR:
RESIDENCE:
The Holy See Monsignor Jean-François Lantheaume EMBASSY AND RESIDENCE: 3339 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-333-7121
Nirupama Rao INDIA
CHARGÉ D’AFFAIRES:
Indonesia Dino Patti Djalal Rosa Rai Djalal EMBASSY: 2020 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20036 TELEPHONE: 202-775-5200 RESIDENCE: 2700 Tilden Lane NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Honduras Jorge Ramon Hernandez-Alcerro SPOUSE: Mariza Veiga EMBASSY: 3007 Tilden St. NW, Suite #4M, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-966-2604 RESIDENCE: 5312 Portsmouth Rd., Bethesda, MD, 20816 AMBASSADOR:
IRAN REPRESENTATIVE: Mostafa Rahmani
Mahboubeh Rahmani In care of the Embassay of Pakistan, Iranian Interest Section, 2209 Wisconsin Ave. NW, 20007 TELEPHONE: 202-965-4990 SPOUSE:
EMBASSY:
Hungary Gyorgy Szapary 3910 Shoemaker St. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR: EMBASSY:
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Iraq
RESIDENCE:
AMBASSADOR: Samir Shakir Mahmood Sumaida’ie SPOUSE: Mai Ying Yang EMBASSY: 1801 P St., NW, 20036 TELEPHONE: 202-483-7500
Jordan Dr. Alia Hatoug-Bouran Ishaq Bouran EMBASSY: 3504 International Dr. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-966-2664 RESIDENCE: 1232 Perry Williams Dr., McLean, VA, 22101 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Ireland Michael Collins Marie Collins EMBASSY: 2234 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-462-3939 RESIDENCE: 2244 S St. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Kazakhstan Erlan A. Idrissov SPOUSE: Nurilla A. Idrissova EMBASSY: 1401 16th St. NW, 20036 TELEPHONE: 202-232-5488 RESIDENCE: 2910 Edgevale Terr, NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR:
Israel Michael B. Oren Sally Oren EMBASSY: 3514 International Dr. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-364-5500 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Italy Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata 3000 Whitehaven St. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-612-4400 RESIDENCE: 2800 Albemarle St. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR:
Daouda Diabate Cecile Diabate Nee Coffi EMBASSY: 2424 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-797-0300 RESIDENCE: 5111 Broad Branch Rd. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR:
Jamaica Audrey Patrice Marks Jassel Dunstan EMBASSY: 1520 New Hampshire Ave. NW, 20036 TELEPHONE: 202-452-0660 RESIDENCE: 3103 Rolling Road, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Muktar Djumaliev KYRGYSTAN Kenya Elkanah Odembo Absalom SPOUSE: Aoko Odembo EMBASSY: 2249 R. St. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-387-6101 RESIDENCE: 10201 Serrel Ave., Potomac, MD, 20854 AMBASSADOR:
KOSOVO Avni Spahiu 1101 30th Street, NW, Suite 330/340, 20007 TELEPHONE: (202) 380-2581 AMBASSADOR: EMBASSY:
Japan Ichiro Fujisaki SPOUSE: Yoriko Fujisaki EMBASSY: 2520 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR:
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· Don’t use the title Ambassadress or Mrs. Ambassador for the spouse of an ambassador. Instead address them as Mr.___ or Mrs.____ · For a female ambassador, do address them as Madame ambassador. · Don’t invite a female ambassador to join a lunch, dinner or event with spouses of ambassadors.
· Don’t expect an ambassador to attend a weekend event.
The Ivory Coast SPOUSE:
· Do remember that casual in diplomatic circles simply means “not formal.”
· Do learn how to pronounce ambassadors’ names correctly and brush up on information about their countries prior to an event.
EMBASSY:
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Diplomatic Do’s and Don’ts
· Do send a hand-written thankyou note after attending an event. · Do check diplomats’ drink and food preferences in advance (e.g., vegetarian, non-alcoholic). · Don’t dress more elaborately than the ambassador or the spouse. (For example, if you wear a sari to an Indian, Pakistani or Sri Lankan event, make sure it does not have more gold on it than theirs’. Courtesy of Diplomatic Dance: The New Embassy Life in America, by Gail Scott, Fulcrum Publishing.
Glossary Chancery: The embassy office; often a seperate building Consulate (Consular Posts): Embassy office(s) not in the capital city of the host country that provides services such as visas and travel information Embassy: The official location of the foreign mission Chargé d’affaires: A member of the embassy staff (usually the deputy chief of mission) who temporarily assumes control of the embassy in the event that the ambassador travels outside the post country; literally in charge of affairs in the ambassador’s absence Consul: Designated head of the consulate Diplomacy: The art and practice of international negotiation Deputy Chief of Mission (“DCM”): The secondranking individual in an embassy, second only to the ambassador Secretary: An embassy staff member; not to be confused with the position of receptionist or a highranking U.S. Cabinet official Embassy secretaries are usually ranked by seniority (i.e., First Secretary, Second Secretary, etc.)
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Al-Jaber Al-Sabah SPOUSE: Rima Al-Sabah EMBASSY AND RESIDENCE: 2940 Tilden St. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-966-0702
Kyrgyzstan Muktar Djumaliev EMBASSY: 2360 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-449-9822 AMBASSADOR:
Laos Seng Soukhathivong Somdy Soukhathivong EMBASSY: 2222 S St. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-332-6416 RESIDENCE: 2222 S St. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Latvia Andrejs Pildegovics Elena Pildegovica EMBASSY: 2306 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-328-2840 RESIDENCE: 4525 Foxhall Crescent, NW, 20007
EMBASSY: 2600 Virginia Ave. NW, Suite 705, 20037 TELEPHONE: 202-944-9601 RESIDENCE: 2201 Wyoming Ave, NW, 20008
Liechtenstein Claudia Fritsche Manfred Fritsche EMBASSY AND RESIDENCE: 2900 K St. NW, Suite 602-B, 20007 TELEPHONE: 202-331-0590 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Lithuania Zygimantas Pavilionis Lina Pavilioniene EMBASSY: 2622 16th St. NW, 20009 TELEPHONE: 202-234-5860 RESIDENCE: 5105 Lowell Lane, NW, 20016 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Lebanon Antoine Chedid SPOUSE: Nicole Chedid EMBASSY: 2560 28th St. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-939-6300 RESIDENCE: 2841 McGill Terr. NW, 20008
Jean-Paul Senninger SPOUSE: Louise Åkerblom EMBASSY: 2200 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-265-4171 RESIDENCE: 3933 Fordham Rd, NW, 20016 AMBASSADOR:
Macedonia Zoran Jolevski Suzana Jolevska EMBASSY and RESIDENCE: 2129 Wyoming Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-667-0501 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Lesotho
Stephen Dick Tennyson Matenje SPOUSE: Isabel Matenje EMBASSY: 2408 Massachusetts Ave. NW, goes 20008 Caption TELEPHONE: 202-721-0270
Malaysia SPOUSE:
RESIDENCE:
Maldives Abdul Ghafoor Mohamed SPOUSE: Mariyam Khalida EMBASSY: 800 2nd Ave., Suite 200 E, New York, NY, 10017 TELEPHONE: 212-599-6195
Malta Dennis Grech 2017 Connecticut Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-462-3611 RESIDENCE: 4501 29th St. NW, 20008 CHARGÉ D’AFFAIRES: EMBASSY:
Marshall Islands Charles Rudolph Paul 2433 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-234-5414 RESIDENCE: 3212 Brooklawn Terr., Chevy Chase, MD, 20815 Ambassador: EMBASSY:
Mauritania Mohamed Lemine El Haycen SPOUSE: Laaziza Houzali EMBASSY: 2129 Leroy Pl. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-232-5700 RESIDENCE: 2339 S St. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR:
CHARGÉ D’AFFAIRES:
Liberia Edwin F. Sele 5201 16th St. NW, 20011 TELEPHONE: 202-723-0437 AMBASSADOR: EMBASSY:
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Malawi AMBASSADOR:
Dr. Jamaludin bin Jarjis Dr. Kalsom Ismail EMBASSY: 3516 International Ct. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-572-9700
David Mohlomi Rantekoa SPOUSE: Mantsane Cecilia Rantekoa EMBASSY: 2511 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-797-5533 RESIDENCE: 7013 Loch Lomond Dr., Bethesda, Md., 20817
Ali Suleiman Aujali SPOUSE: Naima M. Bseikri
Eulalie N. Ravelosoa SPOUSE: Jean de la Crois Rabemananjara EMBASSY and RESIDENCE: 2374 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-265-5525
AMBASSADOR:
AMBASSADOR:
AMBASSADOR:
202-332-2249 2131 R St. NW, 20008
TELEPHONE:
Madagascar CHARGÉ D’AFFAIRES:
Luxembourg
AMBASSADOR:
Libya
Amb. Eklil Ahmad Hakimi
Mali
Srdjan Darmanovic MONTENEGRO
Mamadou Traore Sarafing Traore EMBASSY: 2130 R St. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
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Mauritius Somduth Soborun Omila Devi Soborun EMBASSY: 4301 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 441, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-244-1491 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Mexico Arturo Sarukhan Verónica Valencia Sarukhan
AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
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scavenger hunt Test your Embassy Row knowledge by identifying these colorful features from embassies and residences
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Answers: 1. Chandeliers inside the Danish residence 2. A quilt of President Barack Obama inside the Danish residence 3. Enameled harp plaque at the Irish Embassy 4. Staircase inside the Chilean ambassador’s residence 5. European Union ambassador’s residence 6. Decorative Thai figurines from the royal Thai residence
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EMBASSY: 1911 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 20006 TELEPHONE: 202-728-1600 RESIDENCE: 4925 Loughboro Rd. NW, 20016
202-234-1530 2315 Wyoming Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: RESIDENCE:
Montenegro Srdjan Darmanovic 1610 New Hampshire Ave. NW, 20009 TELEPHONE: 202-234-6108 EMBASSY:
Yosiwo P. George Antilise Y. George EMBASSY: 1725 N St. NW, 20036 TELEPHONE: 202-223-4383 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Morocco Vacant EMBASSY: 1601 21st St. NW, 20009 TELEPHONE: 202-462-7980 RESIDENCE: 9109 Clewerwall Dr., Bethesda, Md., 20817 AMBASSADOR:
Moldova Igor Munteanu Angela Munteanu EMBASSY: 2101 S St. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-667-1130 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Mozambique
Mongolia
Amélia Matos Sumbana SPOUSE: Adriano Fernandes Sumbana EMBASSY: 1525 New Hampshire Ave. NW, 20036 TELEPHONE: 202-293-7146 CHARGÉ D’AFFAIRES:
Khasbazaryn Bekhbat SPOUSE: Gerelmaa Jamsran EMBASSY: 2833 M St. NW, 20007 TELEPHONE: 202-333-7117 RESIDENCE: 1021 Iron Gate Rd., Potomac, Md., 20854 AMBASSADOR:
Myanmar
Monaco
Renée Jones-Bos Dr. Richard Jones EMBASSY: 4200 Linnean Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 877-388-2443 RESIDENCE: 2347 S St. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR:
New Zealand Michael Kenneth Moore Yvonne Moore EMBASSY: 37 Observatory Cir. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-328-4800 RESIDENCE: 27 Observatory Cir. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Gilles Alexandre Noghès Ellen Noghès EMBASSY: 4000 Connecticut Ave. NW, 20008 SPOUSE:
Francisco Obadiah Campbell Hooker EMBASSY: 1627 New Hampshire Ave. NW, 20009 TELEPHONE: 202-939-6570 RESIDENCE: 6828 Tammy Ct., Bethesda, MD 20817
Myint Lwin SPOUSE: Khin Thi Win EMBASSY: 2300 S St. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-332-3344 RESIDENCE: 2223 R St. NW, 20008
Namibia Amb. Peter Takso Jensen
EMBASSY:
Nauru Marlene Moses 800 Second Ave., New York, NY, 10017 TELEPHONE: 212-937-0074 EMBASSY AND RESIDENCE:
Catherine Adefuye 3519 International Ct. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-986-8400 SPOUSE:
EMBASSY:
Norway Wegger Christian Strömmen SPOUSE: Rev. Dr. Cecilie J. Strömmen EMBASSY: 2720 34th St. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-333-6000 RESIDENCE: 3401 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20007 AMBASSADOR:
Oman
Martin Andjaba 1605 New Hampshire Ave. NW, 20009 TELEPHONE: 202-986-0540 RESIDENCE: 4509 W St. NW, 20007 AMBASSADOR:
AMBASSADOR:
Jose L. Cuisia Jr. PHILIpPINES
Nicaragua AMBASSADOR:
CHARGÉ D’AFFAIRES:
AMBASSADOR:
AMBASSADOR: Adebowale Ibidapo Adefuye
SPOUSE:
AMBASSADOR:
Micronesia
Netherlands
Hunaina Sultan al-Mughairy SPOUSE: Amb. Fuad al-Hinai EMBASSY: 2535 Belmont Rd. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-387-1980 RESIDENCE: 2000 24th St. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR:
Harold Winston Forsyth Mejia PERU
Pakistan Husain Haqqani Farahnaz Ispahani EMBASSY: 3517 International Ct. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-243-6500 RESIDENCE: 2343 S St. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Nepal Shankar Prasad Sharma SPOUSE: Kalpana Sharma EMBASSY: 2131 Leroy Pl. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-667-4550 RESIDENCE: 2702 34th Pl. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR:
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Niger Aminata Maiga Djibrilla Touré SPOUSE: Boubacar Touré EMBASSY: 2204 R St. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-483-4224 RESIDENCE: 3100 Argyle St. NW, 20011 AMBASSADOR:
Palau Hersey Kyota Lydia Shmull Kyota EMBASSY: 1701 Pennsylvania AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Nigeria
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Do you know your dinner partner? How to waltz into a fascinating conversation with your diplomatic dinner partner
LUXEMBOURG louise akerblom
She is Swedish and proud of it! She’s also a great sailor and captains their family sailboat on a big lake near her parents’ summer place. “I was born Swedish and everything Swedish is still in my blood but I love Luxembourg and it is now my home country. I’ve even become fluent in Luxembourgish, the ancient language similar to German and very difficult for many to learn.”
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RUSSIA Natalia Kislyak There’s a proud lady with half her heart in Moscow inside this very proper and gracious diplomatic wife. A former TASS arts and cultural correspondent, this wellcoifed Russian and her husband are ardent supporters of the arts and have hosted many cultural organizations here, but if you really want to make a home run, ask these proud grandparents about their only grandchild Polina, or “Polya” (as her babushka and dedushka lovingly call her). This 7-year-old used to live with them in the “Pullman Mansion” on 16th Street and play on weekends at the Russian dacha on the Eastern Shore. The conversation can start with Cabbage Patch Dolls and move to Stoddard Elementary.
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JAPAN Yoriko Fujisaki The delicate silk flowers you see displayed around the formal rooms of the Japanese Embassy were fashioned by this quintessential diplomatic veteran. “I used to teach people how to make them,” admits this soft-spoken author of a new book in Japanese about their family dog, a black lab named “Skipper,” who had a great canine career sniffing out trouble in the Milan’s international airport.
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Philippines Jose L. Cuisia Jr. Maria Victoria Jose EMBASSY: 1600 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20036 TELEPHONE: 202-467-9300 RESIDENCE: 2253 R St. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Sally Shelton-Colby, Amb. Gillian ifu M.S. Bristol and Amb. Faida Mit
Poland Robert Kupiecki Malgorzata Kupiecki EMBASSY: 2640 16th St. NW, 20009 TELEPHONE: 202-234-3800 RESIDENCE: 3101 Albemarle St. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR:
Nuno Filipe PORTUGAL Ave. NW, Suite 300, 20006 TELEPHONE: 202-452-6814 RESIDENCE: 2214 Creek Dr., Alexandria, Va., 22308
SPOUSE:
Portugal Nuno Filipe Alves Salvador e Brito EMBASSY: 2012 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20036 TELEPHONE: 202-328-8610 RESIDENCE: 2125 Kalorama Rd. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR:
Panama Mario E. Jaramillo Elisa Jaramillo EMBASSY: 2862 McGill Terrace NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: (202) 483 1407 RESIDENCE: 2601 29th St. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Papua New Guinea
SPOUSE:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Russia Sergey I. Kislyak Natalia M. Kislyak EMBASSY: 2650 Wisconsin Ave. NW, 20007 TELEPHONE: 202-298-5700 RESIDENCE: 1125 16th St. NW, 20036
La Celia A. Prince 3216 New Mexico Ave. NW, 20016 TELEPHONE: 202-364-6730 AMBASSADOR: EMBASSY:
AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Saint Kitts and Nevis Jacinth Lorna Henry-Martin SPOUSE: Michael Martin EMBASSY: 3216 New Mexico Ave. NW, 20016 TELEPHONE: 202-686-2636 RESIDENCE: 1016 Laurel Leaf Pl., Potomac, MD 20854
Samoa Ali’ioaiga Feturi Elisaia Maria Lei Sam-Elisaia EMBASSY: 800 2nd Ave., Suite 400-J, New York, NY, 10017 TELEPHONE: 212-599-6196 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Sao Tome and Principe Ovídio Manuel Barbosa Pequeño SPOUSE: Leopoldina Pequeño EMBASSY: 1211 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 300, 20036 TELEPHONE: 202-775-2075 RESIDENCE: 3024 Covington St., Fairfax, VA 20151 AMBASSADOR:
AMBASSADOR:
Jacinth Lorna Henry-Martin SAINT KITS AND NEVIS
AMBASSADOR:
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Adrian Vierita Codrina Eugenia Vierita EMBASSY: 1607 23rd St. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-332-4829 RESIDENCE: 2500 30th St. NW, 20008
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Paraguay
Harold Winston Forsyth Mejía SPOUSE: María Verónica Sommer Mayer EMBASSY: 1700 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20036 TELEPHONE: 202-833-9860 RESIDENCE: 3001 Garrison St. NW, 20008
SPOUSE:
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AMBASSADOR:
Peru
AMBASSADOR:
James Kimonyo Marie Murekatete EMBASSY: 1714 New Hampshire Ave. NW, 20009 TELEPHONE: 202-232-2882 RESIDENCE: 1752 Sycamore St. NW, 20012
EMBASSY:
202-364-6792
RESIDENCE:
Rwanda
Evan Jeremy Paki 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Suite 805, 20036 TELEPHONE: 202-745-3680 AMBASSADOR:
Rigoberto Gauto Estela Espinola-Gauto EMBASSY: 2400 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-483-6960 RESIDENCE: 3238 Broad Branch Ter., 20008
TELEPHONE:
Romania
Qatar Ali Fahad Falil Al-Shawany Al-Hajri SPOUSE: Afra Al-Mansouri EMBASSY: 2555 M St. NW, 20037 TELEPHONE: 202-274-1600 RESIDENCE: 4839 Indian Ln. NW, 20016 AMBASSADOR:
Saint Lucia Dr. Michael Louis SPOUSE: Greta Louis EMBASSY: 3216 New Mexico Ave. NW, 20016 AMBASSADOR:
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Saudi Arabia Adel Al-Jubeir Farah Meshal D. Alfayez EMBASSY: 601 New Hampshire Ave. NW, 20037 TELEPHONE: 202-342-3800 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Senegal Fatou Danielle Diagne 2112 Wyoming Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-234-0540 RESIDENCE: 4500 Linnean AMBASSADOR: EMBASSY:
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Dynamic Chileans Make a Difference A new diplomatic family exhibits grace under pressure
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nly a few months after their midsummer arrival, Chilean Ambassador Arturo Fermandois and his vibrant wife Carolina faced one of the biggest crises in the history of their country. Thirty three Chilean miners were trapped 2,000 feet below the earth’s surface with little prospect of making it out alive. For the rescue, Ambassador Fermandois had a giant TV set up in his embassy’s own front yard for the live feed from Chile, a move that brought public diplomacy to the sidewalks of Washington. The bold, public viewing not only demonstrated Chile’s transparency, but it also made an early and lasting impression for Chile and the Ambassador himself on those in Embassy Row and beyond. Yet the young Latin diplomat is far more than his ingenious efforts to bring support and attention to his country; he has varied personal interests and is a veteran of
Didi Cutler, Bill Haseltine and Maria Felice Mekouar
two rock bands. He charmed everyone with his guitar playing and singing on the State Department’s fall trip to Alaska and became known throughout Washington’s diplomatic corps for his bold decisions under pressure. While some of his colleagues were said to be envious, others marveled at his instant “star status” and the grace with which he handled difficult decisions early in his ambassadorship. His wife Carolina, a PTA Mom at Little Flower in Bethesda, thinks often of their first tests in Washington, noting in particular that the miner’s rescue gave this first-time diplomatic family an “instant bonding experience” with the embassy staff, as everyone worked together in crisis mode. She reflects, “We inherited a great team, and we quickly got to know and trust each other. They help me so much in everything I do.”
Moroccan Amb. Aziz Mekouar and John Mason
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FAREWELL TO THE MOROCCAN AMBASSADOR John and JoAnn Mason Residence, Kalorama
Erika Guetierrez and Howard Lee
PHOTOS BY Kyle Samperton
PARTY LIGHTS ON EMBASSY ROW: It came as no surprise that longtime friends John and JoAnn Mason would fête Moroccan Amb. Aziz Mekouar and his wife Maria Felice prior to their departure after nine years en poste. Le tout Washington bid the popular diplomatic couple a fond farewell with cocktails, a delicious buffet and warm toasts prior to the Mekouars’ official good-bye party at the Metropolitan Club the following week. View all the photos at www.washingtonlife.com!
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Veronica Sarukhan, Spanish Amb. Jorge Dezcallar de Mazzaredo and Lucky Roosevelt
Richard and Liz Dubin with Grace Bender
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Serbia Vladimir Petrovi EMBASSY: 2134 Kalorama Rd. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-332-0333 AMBASSADOR:
Singapore Chan Heng Chee 3501 International Pl. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: (202) 537-3100 RESIDENCE: 2620 Rock Creek Dr. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR: EMBASSY:
Slovak Republic Peter Burian Nina Burianova EMBASSY: 3523 International Ct. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-237-1054 RESIDENCE: 7718 Carlton Pl., McLean, Va., 22102 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Slovenia Roman Kirn Jovana Kirn EMBASSY: 2410 California St. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-386-6601 RESIDENCE: 2412 California St. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR:
Subhas-Chandra Mungra SURINAME Seychelles Ronald Jean Jumeau EMBASSY: 800 2nd Ave., Suite 400C, New York, NY, 10017 TELEPHONE: 212-972-1785 AMBASSADOR:
SPOUSE:
Bockari Kortu Stevens Musu Stevens EMBASSY: 1701 19th St. NW, 20009 TELEPHONE: 202-939-9261 RESIDENCE: 4821 Colorado Ave. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
SOUTH KOREA Han Duk-soo Ah Young Choi EMBASSY: 2450 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-939-5600 RESIDENCE: 4801 Glenbrough Ave., 20017 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Spain AMBASSADOR: Jorge Dezcallar de Mazarredo SPOUSE: Teresa Valente Dezcallar EMBASSY: 2375 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 20037 TELEPHONE: 202-452-0100 RESIDENCE: 2350 Foxhall Rd. NW, 20007
Sri Lanka Jaliya Wickramasuriya Priyanaga Wickramasuriya EMBASSY: 2148 Wyoming Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-483-4025 RESIDENCE: 2503 30th St. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Solomon Islands Collin David Beck Helen Beck EMBASSY: 800 2nd Ave., Suite 400L, New York, NY, 10017 TELEPHONE: 212-599-6192 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Sierra Leone
Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-232-4400 RESIDENCE: 3100 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008
Sudan Akec Khoc Aciew Khoc EMBASSY: 2210 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-338-8565 CHARGÉ D’AFFAIRES:
South Africa Ebrahim Rasool Roseida Shabodien EMBASSY: 3051 Massachusetts AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Dr. Neil Parsan TRINIDAD & TOBAGO RESIDENCE: 10804 Brickyard Ct., Potomac, MD 20854
Sweden Jonas Hafström Eva Hafström EMBASSY: The House of Sweden, 2900 K St. NW, 20007 TELEPHONE: 202-467-2600 RESIDENCE: 3900 Nebraska Ave. NW, 20016 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Switzerland Manuel Sager Christine Sager EMBASSY: 2900 Cathedral Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-745-7900 RESIDENCE: 2900 Cathedral Ave. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Syria Imad Moustapha Dr. Rafif Al-Sayed Moustapha EMBASSY: 2215 Wyoming Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-232-6313 RESIDENCE: 2833 McGill Terr. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR:
Italian Amb. Guilio Terzi de Sant’Agata, Antonella Cinque and Nancy Brinker
Suriname Subhas-Chandra Mungra 4301 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 460, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-244-7488 RESIDENCE: 6 Sotweed Ct., Potomac, MD., 20854 AMBASSADOR: EMBASSY:
Swaziland AMBASSADOR: Rev. Abednego Mandla Ntshangase SPOUSE: Phindile Ntshangafe EMBASSY: 1712 New Hampshire Ave. NW, 20009 TELEPHONE: 202-234-5002
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TAIWAN (REPUBLIC OF CHINA) Jason Yuan Maggie Yuan EMBASSY: 4201 Wisconsin Ave. NW TELEPHONE: 202-895-1800 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
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Abdujabbor Shirinov Gurg Rajabova EMBASSY: 1005 New Hampshire Ave. NW, 20037 TELEPHONE: 202-223-6090 AMBASSADOR:
Trinidad & Tobago
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Vietnam
Dr. Neil Parsan SPOUSE: Lucia Mayers Parsan EMBASSY: 1708 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20036 TELEPHONE: (202) 467-6490 RESIDENCE: 7530 17th St. NW, 20012
Nguyen Quoc Cuong Ha Hoang Cuong EMBASSY: 1233 20th St. NW, Suite 400, 20036 TELEPHONE: 202-861-0737
AMBASSADOR:
Tanzania Mwanaidi Sinare Maajar 1232 22nd St. NW, 20037 TELEPHONE: 202-939-6125 AMBASSADOR:
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Tunisia Mohamed Salah Tekaya EMBASSY: 1515 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20005 TELEPHONE: 202-862-1850 RESIDENCE: 5131 Broad Branch Rd. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR:
Thailand Kittiphong Na Ranong 1024 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Suite 401, 20007 TELEPHONE: 202-944-3600 RESIDENCE: 2145 Decantur Pl. NW, 20008 AMBASSADOR: EMBASSY:
Turkey Namik Tan SPOUSE: Fügen Tan EMBASSY: 2525 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-612-6700 RESIDENCE: 1606 23rd St. NW, 20008
SPOUSE:
Nguyen Quoc Cuong VIETNAM Ct. NW, Suite 400, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-243-2400
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Togo AMBASSADOR: Limbiye Edawe Kadangha Bariki SPOUSE: Zaina Pierette Bodjona chancery: 2208 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-234-4212 RESIDENCE: 1615 Crittenden St. NW, 20010
Turkmenistan Meret Bairamovich Orazov SPOUSE: Irina Borisovna Orazova EMBASSY: 2207 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-588-1500 AMBASSADOR:
Uganda Perezi K. Kamunanwire Carolyn Hubbard-Kamunanwire EMBASSY: 5911 16th St. NW, 20011 TELEPHONE: 202-726-4758 RESIDENCE: 4000 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20016 AMBASSADOR:
Ukraine
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
SPOUSE:
Sonatane Tu’akinamolahi Taumoepeau-Tupou SPOUSE: Amelia Latuniua Ahome’e EMBASSY: 250 E. 51 St., New York, NY, 10022 TELEPHONE: 917-369-1025
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Sheila Siwela 2419 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-265-9717 RESIDENCE: 2300 Wyoming Ave. NW, 20008
Sir Nigel Sheinwald Lady (Julia) Sheinwald embassy and rESIDENCE: 3100 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-588-6500 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
EMBASSY:
Zimbabwe Machivenyika Mapuranga Shupikai V. D. Mapuranga EMBASSY: 1608 New Hampshire Ave. NW, 20009 TELEPHONE: 202-332-7100 RESIDENCE: 7116 Helmsdale Rd., Bethesda, Md., 20817 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Uruguay Carlos Gianelli Derois Maria Monica Nari Lloveras EMBASSY: 1913 Eye St. NW, 20006 TELEPHONE: 202-331-1313 RESIDENCE: 9001 Clewerwall Dr., Bethesda, Md., 20817 AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
Uzbekistan
Amb. Han Duck-Soo
AMBASSADOR: Ilhomjon Tuychievich Nematov SPOUSE: Gulnara Rashidovna EMBASSY: 1746 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20036 TELEPHONE: 202-887-5300
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Tonga AMBASSADOR:
Olexander Motsyk Natalia Terletskaya EMBASSY: 3350 M St. NW, 20007 TELEPHONE: 202-349-2920 RESIDENCE: 4744 Foxhall Cres. NW, 20007
Zambia AMBASSADOR:
SPOUSE:
Mohamed Salah Tekaya TUNISIA
Abdulwahab A. Al-Hajjri Saboura Al-Hajjri EMBASSY: 2319 Wyoming Ave. NW, 20008 TELEPHONE: 202-965-4760 RESIDENCE: 4850 Glenbrook Rd. NW, 20016 AMBASSADOR:
United Arab Emirates Yousef Al Otaiba Abeer Al Otaiba EMBASSY: 3522 International AMBASSADOR: SPOUSE:
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Angelo Rivero Santos EMBASSY: 1099 30th St. NW, 20007 TELEPHONE: 202-342-2214 RESIDENCE: 2443 Massachusetts Ave. NW, 20008
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Jovana Kirn and Slovenian Amb. Roman Kirn
Sen. Scott Brown and Gail Huff
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Kalpana Sharma and Shankar Sharma
Lisa Collis and Amey Upton
GLOBAL REUNION: Fall kicked into high gear at one of the most glamorous evenings of the social season with two dozen high-ranking diplomats joining members of Congress to raise funds to combat Multiple Sclerosis. Emceed by CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell and chaired this year by Lisa Collis, wife of Sen. Mark Warner, and Amey Upton, wife of Rep. Fred Upton, the ball featured a global-focused silent auction and entertainment by the Arpan Dance Academy and the Kardlelen Turkish Dance Ensemble. TRUMPETS BLARE: The event has raised $15 million over the years for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. View all the photos at www.washingtonlife.com!
Israeli Amb. Michael Oren and Sally Oren
Toni and John Gore
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My Washington photos : arturo sarukhan and mexican cultural center courtesy o f the mexican embas sy. b l ack salt restaurant courtesy b l ack salt.
Arturo Sarukhan, Ambassador of Mexico Washington has a unique place in my life. I obtained a master’s degree here, worked at the Mexican Embassy during the 1990s as chief of staff to the ambassador and then met my wife Veronica (who obtained her B.A. in Washington). I picked up my allergies to pollen here, and now have a daughter, our second, who was born at Sibley Hospital. Veronica and I, in fact, were pioneers of Washington’s urban renaissance, when, after dating for some time, we decided to move into a brownstone at 14th and Corcoran Street NW in 1997. What is the most important part of your mission in Washington? Underscoring how uniquely important Mexico and the U.S. are to each other’s prosperity, well-being and security, and that citizens on both sides of the border need to understand that they must become costakeholders of the strategic relationship we are developing. 1. MEXICAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE (2829
16th St. NW) Washington boasts one of the finest collections of art museums in the world, but we also have a crown jewel in our landmark Mexican Cultural Institute!
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What do you like best about living in the United States? The sense of boundless energy and possibility and the Americans’ ability to laugh about themselves. I wish many more societies, including my own, would understand the bracing effects and social, political and philosophical underpinnings of a good roast like the Gridiron Club dinner or the Bill Mahers and Jon Stewarts of America’s public opinion landscape. 2. BRIDGES ON THE POTOMAC AND OVER ROCK CREEK PARK I enjoy the stunning
architecture of the Key Bridge, Dumbarton (or “Buffalo”) Bridge (shown above), Memorial Bridge and William Howard Taft Bridge. Can you imagine the sight if the city were to light them up at night? 3. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS is the most beau-
tiful building in Washington and one of the most stunning in the nation. That Reading Room! 4. BLACK SALT RESTAURANT (4883 MacAr-
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of edge and a fish-monger’s at the same time. I should not be sharing this secret. 5. THE BARTHOLDI FOUNTAIN in the Botanic
Garden on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol was designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (who later created the Statue of Liberty). It is in one of the city’s best urban spaces. Great for an evening date. How have you been promoting Mexican art and culture here? Aggressively and continuously, both through traditional mediums like art exhibits, film or gastronomy, and new social media platforms. As the first ambassador to tweet in Washington, I believe cultural promotion is a perfect fit for these new instruments of an interconnected world.
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FANCY free A night on the town yields unexpected glamour PHOTOGRAPHY
Violetta Markelou www.violettamarkelou.com lighting by
Yassine el mansouri www.yassinephoto.com
Shot on location at Donovan House Wardrobe
Toni Leinhardt www.tonileinhardt.com Makeup/hair
Monae Everett
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Imena de Barros T.H.E. Artist Agency
Shoot assistants Brittany Britto, Jane Easton and Nicole Robert
AQUA gold sequined long-sleeved dress with low draped back ($228); Bloomingdale’s, 5300 Western Ave., Chevy Chase, Md., 240-7443700, www.bloomingdales.com; TALBOTS bronze ring with bumblebee design ($24), squared bracelet in black (price upon request), metallic silver bracelets (price upon request); The Shops at Wisconsin Place, Wisconsin Avenue, Chevy Chase, Md., 20815. Makeup: Make Up For Ever HD primer and foundation, Aqua Cream in Turquoise, Rouge Artist Intense lip color in Matte Violet Pink. Hair: Bumble and Bumble Defrizz, Styling Lotion, Thickening Hairspray and Classic Hair Spray.
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ALBERTO MAKALI ombre matte silver sequin gown with scarf ($1,250), crystal earrings ($285), crystal drop necklace ($425); Aram at Tysons Galleria
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DKNY black stretch leggings ($60), printed red silk vest ($195); LAUREN RALPH LAUREN black waist belt ($38); KATE SPADE gold rimmed bracelets in white (Crème de la Crème), black (An Ace Up Your Sleeve), and black and gold striped (Come Full Circle) ($48 each), black and marble printed stone bracelet ($178), gold cubic zirconium drop earrings ($58); AQUA gold necklace with studded jaguar ($48), gold necklace (price upon request); Bloomingdale’s, 5300 Western Ave., Chevy Chase, Md., 240-744-3700, www.bloomingdales.com; ADOLFO DOMINGUEZ black lace up rubber bottom heeled boots; The Shops at Wisconsin Place, Wisconsin Avenue, Chevy Chase, Md., 20815. Makeup: M.A.C. Cosmetics Mineralize Skin Finish in Gold Deposit. Eye shadow in Electra, Naked Lunch and Night Devine. Blush in Blunt. Lip Glass in Illicit. Hair: Bumble and Bumble Shine On Finishing Spray.
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CYNTHIA STEFFE CODY faux fur jacket ($395); AQUA black laced shorts ($88), link bracelet in silver ($40); DIANE VON FURSTENBURG accord wave sheer chiffon printed blouse ($265); COMMANDO sheer black polka dotted tights ($32); FENDI calf hair leopard print platform pumps ($755); Bloomingdale’s, 5300 Western Ave., Chevy Chase, Md., 240744-3700, www.bloomingdales.com. Makeup & Hair: See previous page. WA S H I N G T O N L I F E
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ADOLFO DOMINGUEZ black sheer and crepe blouse ($240); TALBOTS woven ch drape necklace, ($139); The Shops at Wisc sin Place, Wisconsin Avenue, Chevy Chas Md., 20815. Makeup: M.A.C. Cosmetics E shadow in Contrast, eyeliner in Smolder, Z Lash mascara, lipstick Cyber. Hair: Bumb and Bumble Defrizz and Shine on Finishin Spray. Tigi Bedhead Stick for Cool People
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d silk hain conse, Eye Zoom ble ng e.
OSCAR DE LA RENTA black silk organza gown with latticework bodice and paillettes ($6,990), Neiman Marcus crystal cocktail ring and bracelet (Price upon request); Neiman Marcus at Mazza Gallerie. Alberto Makali crystal earrings ($285) Aram at Tysons Galleria.
LAUNDRY long ruffled dress in plum ($248); KATE SPADE layered gold necklace (price upon request); Bloomingdale’s, 5300 Western Ave., Chevy Chase, Md., 240-744-3700, www. bloomingdales.com; AdOLFO DOMINGUEZ sequined bronze peep-toe sling-back heels ($265), sequined evening clutch ($140); TALBOTS three-quarter length zip gloves ($129); The Shops at Wisconsin Place, Wisconsin Avenue, Chevy Chase, Md., 20815. Makeup & Hair: See previous page. WA S H I N G T O N L I F E
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NewYork
Top Trends Short Changed: Guys,
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keep an eye out this spring for shorts with a suit jacket.
Color Blind: Bright colors are for men and women. People will be blending and mixing oranges and reds come spring.
Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Spring 2012 was all about color - By Melissa Henderson
Train Ride: Don’t worry
Recap ved early with daringly vibrant palettes
if you’re not invited to a state dinner, you can still glam up your nightlife attire by wearing dresses with dramatic trains. L o n d o n : P hotos b y S a m a n th a S a ult Ne w Y or k : P hotos b y Ar n a b K a r
Spring arri also of oranges, reds and blues. Designers and midpresented visions of business casual eback as did com century ball gowns. Trains made a alluring renditions of the mini dress.
venexiana
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luca luca
Spotted: Ashley Tisdale, Kris Humphries, Wendy Williams, Angela Simmons, Patricia Fields at Vivienne Tam, Solange Knowles front row at Luca Luca, her sister Beyonce at Vera Wang, and Kelly Osbourne and Selita E. Banks at Marchesa.
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P H O T O S C O U R T E S Y o f e a ch co m p a n y .
Show Stealer
Luca Luca with her edgy models and electr ifying runway music.
Tommy Hilfiger's entire d spr ing mens collection an r Rebecca Taylor’s alabaste s. snake print cropped top
Recap
London is the bi rthplace of som e of the world’s m ost groundbrea king designers, an d London Fash ion Week is the birt hplace of some of the world’s mos t innovative ru nway trends. Thanks to a stylish new duchess and he adline-grabbing young designers, Lond on’s fashion indu stry is getting the atten tion it deserves .
Sass & Bide
Garden Party Somerset House was ground zero for innovation at London Fashion Week - By Samantha Sault
Top Trends Digital Prints were everywhere, from the mixed florals at Clements Ribiero to the mythological prints by sustainable designer Ada Zanditon.
Show Stopper
From the moment you ste pped inside the impressive tent in Hy de Park – which featured a 4D ho logram of the new face of Burberry Body Rosie Huntington-Whiteley – you knew you were going to love the Burberry Prorsum show.
Christopher Raeburn
Athletic Attire: London’s burberry
ashingt’sosprningiaconllection For theseeW Roksanda Ilincic We will likely ama. She’s already worn on First Lady Michelle Ob dful of times, and Ilincic’s the designer's clothing a han ath dress with a twisted trousers and turquoise she Mrs. Obama’s taste. neckline seem tailored to
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Spotted: The Burberry Prorsum front row was especially sparkling with Kanye West, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Sir Ben Kingsley, Sienna Miller, Rachel Zoe and husband Rodger Berman, Mario Testino, and American editors Anna Wintour of Vogue and Joe Zee of Elle, to name a few. Vivienne Westwood made headlines for her front-row invitation to a svelte Pamela Anderson and denim-clad Kate Moss reportedly graced the front row of Mulberry. Pippa Middleton sat front row at Temperley.
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designers must be thinking about the upcoming Olympics, because many with a sporty feel. Christopher Kane, who showed tennis-y sweaters and skirts paired with flat sandals.
Neon Brights: Sass & Bide’s metallic blue leather and neon statement necklaces and Mary Katranzou’s mixed technicolor prints stood out.
Pastels: Ed Meadham and Ben Kirchoff of Meadham Kirchoff made headlines with Easter-egg colored furs and skirts.
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Silverados Add shimmer and shine with this season's understated metallic hue
“Layer” necklace. ($445); Ben-Amun by Isaac Manevitz, Jones & Jones, 84 Village Square, Baltimore, Md., 410-532-9645, www. ben-amun.com.
“Torque” bangle and ring in concrete with sterling silver by Frank Gehry for Tiffany & Co. ($1,350 and $375); Tiffany & Co., Fairfax Square, 703-893-7700.
Leaves brooch set in 18 kt. white, yellow and rose gold with diamonds by famed artist Frank Gehry for Tiffany & Co. ($45,000); Tiffany & Co., Fairfax Square, 703-893-7700.
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Custom-designed 18 kt. and sterling silver geometric-inspired ring featuring two 18 kt. yellow gold, high-polished “bands” along the domed top and a hand-applied hammer finish on the rest. ($2,298); Jorge Adeler Design, 703-759-4076, www. adelerjewelers.com.
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P H O T O S C o u r t e s y o f e a ch co m p a n y .
Bedrock Collection bangle bracelet, exclusively for Saks Fifth Avenue. ($995); Ippolita, Saks Fifth Avenue, Tysons Galleria, 703-761-0700.
Washington s o c i a l d i a r y NCLR brunch, Japan-Aid, Bark Ball, Over the Moon and more exclusive parties!
Kelly Troup, Puffin Travers and Carolina DeSouza at the David Wise book party. (Photos by Kyle Samperton)
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DIPLOMATS DANCE
Dancer Warin Tepayayone and Nuchjaree Klongsungsom, wife of the ambassador of Thailand, at the Ambassadors Ball (Photo courtesy of the Sister to Sister Foundation). Pat Skantze and Julia Hopping at the Eye Foundation wine tasting (Photo by Jo A.S. Carpenter).
Raising the Bar
Grace Bender sets a new standard for gala glamour, Lynda Webster’s gathering of the tribe and a dance-worthy Ambassadors Ball By DONNA SHOR
MAKING A MARK
No question, Grace Bender raised the bar for all ball chairwomen when she spearheaded the bold debut of LUNGevity’s Musical Celebration of Hope, which included masses of flowers, a delectable dinner in a ballroom veiled with shafts of soft-colored light and music, music, music everywhere. It couldn’t have been easy to sell out the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium for a new cause (lung cancer) in this charity-surfeited town. Really, Grace, you had a lot of nerve! Then to amass $1 million from the newbie event. Startling! And to create such a lovely evening, with every detail perfection – what are we coming to? A dozen dinner-jacketed violinists lined the entry stairs with a harpist serenading during cocktails. With dinner came a solo pianist followed by an orchestra that played very danceable but well-modulated tunes that actually permitted conversation, so rare at a gala. The dinner: crab, lobster and avocado salad, grilled rack of lamb and fresh peach ice cream
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cake was served on carefully chosen table settings, with excellent wines in tall Venetian glasses worthy of the Doge’s Palace. The evening was inspired by the late Pat Stern, a lung cancer victim and a warm and charming woman, dear to many. Her husband, Dr. Paul Stern, and his family, underwrote the evening, so the entire proceeds will fund lung cancer research to save others. Their daughter, Andrea Stern Ferris, CEO and founder of LUNGevity, evoked her mother’s spirit in telling us of the work ahead. KAFFEEKLATSCH
Each September at Lynda Webster’s Chevy Chase Club coffee’n’chat, guests catch up on each other’s summer activities.Among the crowd: Ann Hand, Mary Ourisman, Nini Ferguson, Ann Kenkel, Susanna Quinn and Connie Lawson. Lynda and Mary’s summer story? These always-elegant women, only a few days before donning skirts and heels for the coffee, were camping out while fly-fishing on a Colorado river, no makeup and hair flying in the wind.
The 33rd Ambassadors Ball honored the diplomatic corps and benefited the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell emceed the program that included performances by two local ethnic dance groups and The Wright Touch dance band. ARPAN Kathak Dance Academy’s lead dancer, Bratati Saha, said the classic Kathak, a story-telling style, came from the nomadic bards, or storytellers, of Northern India more than 1,000 years ago. The Kardelen Turkish Dance Ensemble is named after a tiny Anatolian mountain flower that manages to survive in difficult surroundings. Earnings from the group’s performances sustain its work to help children struggling to survive. The co-chairwomen were Lisa Collis and Amey Upton, with Esther Coopersmith serving as diplomatic chairman. Sens. Kay Hagan and Johnny Isakson, and Reps. Barbara Lee and Kevin McCarthy received awards. GLOBAL COOKS AT THE WORLD BANK Philanthropist Irene Pollin created the Sister
to Sister Foundation to spread nutrition information to limit obesity, a major risk factor for heart disease, the number one killer of women around the world. At the World Bank, chefs from five countries cooked heart-healthy meals on different days as part of the foundation’s program. On the day sponsored by the Royal Thai Embassy, Nuchjaree Klongsungsom, wife of the Thai ambassador, presented Warin Tepayayone, a dancer from the local Somapa Thai Dance Company who entertained with grace and style. SANGRIA WITH A KICK That’s what Julia Hopping promised when
she hosted the International Eye Foundation’s 50th Anniversary Ambassador’s Wine Tasting at her handsome residence. It was enjoyed, along with the excellent bottles donated by Helen and David Choi of Pearson’s Wine and Liquor. Julia’s late father, former Nicaraguan Amb. Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa, was the longtime dean of Washington’s diplomatic corps. The foundation works to prevent blindness and restoring sight among the 10 million people worldwide who are afflicted by eye disease.
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Kim Donatelli, Jean-Marie Fernandez and Amy Baier
Bob Bennett, Rhona Friedman and Ellen Bennett
Marc Albert and Carol Schwartz
Michelle Freeman and Kay Kendall Austin Bryan, Kimball Stroud and Kris Arnold
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after dark @ thearc THEARC | PHOTOS BY KYLE SAMPERTON DANCING DELIGHT: Guests gathered to dine and dance to support THEARC and its partners, including the Washington Ballet, Building Bridges Across The River, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington and the Children’s National Medical Center. The sold-out gala is a must-attend event for enlightened philanthropists committed to providing support services to residents of Washington’s Anacostia neighborhood. VIEW all the photos at www.washingtonlife.com!
Barry Dixon with Leah and Jack Gansler
Brett Baier and Raul Fernandez
Marnie and Dennis Kenney
James Peak with Jim and Suzanne Nicholson
Tom McHugh and Tom Buchanan
Tom Frank, Pride Winkenwerder and Erika Kennedy
Robbie Branstrom and Elizabeth Foss
Pride fine art gallery opening Pride Fine Art, Alexandria, Va. | PHOTOS BY KYLE SAMPERTON PAINTING PRIDE: Guests gathered to view a show dedicated to the Italian-trained artist Pride Winkenwerder, who is renowned for her oil on canvas and more contemporary photographic works. Gallery-goers shared drinks and perused the expressive works in a cool, modern space that let Winkenderder’s colorful paintings shine. View all the photos at www.washingtonlife.com!
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Agnes Matthyson and Belgian Amb. Jan Matthyson
ALEXANDRA DE BORCHGRAVE BOOK PARTY Italian Ambassador’s Residence | PHOTOS BY KYLE SAMPERTON SPIRITUAL JOURNEY: Italian Amb. Giuliomaria Terzi di Sant’Agata and Antonella Cinque hosted a memorable gathering to honor Alexandra Villard de Borchgrave upon publication of her fourth book of poetry, “Beloved Spirit: Pathways to Love, Grace and Mercy.” The slim, handsomely bound volume, based on 16th-century Persian manuscript illustrations from Abdul Rahman Jami’s “Haft awrang” (“Seven Thrones”) at the Freer Gallery of Art, earned heartfelt tributes from Freer Director Julian Raby, writer David Ignatius and the author’s husband, journalist Arnaud de Borchgrave. GIFT OF HOPE: Many copies are donated to comfort hospital patients and their families in times of adversity. View all the photos at www.washingtonlife.com!
Judith Barnett, Amb. of Oman Hunaina Sultan Al-Mughairy and Connie Coopersmith
Deborah Diamond, Andrew Sostek and Rhoda Septicili
John and Kristin Cecchi with Alexa Gelmi
Carl Colby, David Brown and Renato Miracco
Harvey and Faye Levin with Alisa Ben-Ami
Shira Frank, John Donvan and Milton Viorst
Giovanna Fruntini and Sebastiano Fulci
Bethany Haas, Gail Ross, Mike Trister and Anna Lefer Kuhn
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PAGE TURNER: Guests enjoyed a Middle Eastern feast in celebration of the launch of J Street founder Jeremy Ben-Ami’s new book, “A New Voice for Israel: Fighting for the Survival of the Jewish Nation.” After a warm introduction by Judith Barnett and Connie Coopersmith, the author signed copies and answered questions about his views on the importance of supporting a peaceful twostate solution in the Middle East.
Jeremy Ben-Ami
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Mio Restaurant and Lounge | PHOTOS BY KYLE SAMPERTON A SCHOOL CAUSE: The Ladies of Twelve Days of Christmas rolled out warm-weather cheer with a “Party with a Purpose” to raise funds for school supplies for needy Washington families. Prominent African-American leaders led by Events DC’s Chinyere Hubbard and Gregory O’Dell mixed with congressional and business leaders and local celebrities at a lively evening infused with Latin cocktails and DJ Marc Mckayle’s festive beats. View all the photos at www.washingtonlife.com!
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2011 NCLR Anniversary Conference Latinas Brunch Marriott Wardman Park | PHOTOS BY Alfredo Flores empowering voices: Over 1,800 guests heard uplifting words at the National Council of La Raza’s annual brunch where speakers Eva Longoria and Arianna Huffington recounted tales of the influential Latinas in their lives. Top media executives including Telemundo Communications Group’s Jacqueline Hernandez, ZGS Station Group’s Julissa Marenco and Time Warner’s Lisa Quiroz discussed work-life balance, rounding out an inspirational day. View all the photos at www.washingtonlife.com!
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Reception for YOA Orchestra of the Americas Mexican Ambassador’s Residence | PHOTOS BY Kyle Samperton A MARIACHI SENDOFF: Members of the YOA Orchestra of the Americas gathered at Mexican Amb. Arturo Sarukhan’s residence to celebrate the launch of YOA’s 2011 Latin American tour. Guests including Executive Director Katarina Weir, Project Manager Samuel Robles and Executive Committee Chairman Hilda OchoaBrillembourg, enjoyed cocktails and hors d’oeuvres to the sounds of a Mariachi band composed from both local and YOA musicians. View all the photos at www.washingtonlife.com!
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Caring cultures: The Embassy of Singapore’s benefit for victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan featured the Shizumi Kodomo Dance Troupe, the Sage String Quartet and a buffet featuring delicacies prepared by chefs from 15 Asian embassies. GOOD-HEARTED GUESTS: Singaporean Amb. Chan Heng Chee, Calvin Cafritz and Ina Ginsberg. View all the photos at www.washingtonlife.com!
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Juan Salinas-Bentley, Dea and Beau Van Metre and Ashley Van Metre at the Commonwealth Cup polo match. Beth Benhard, Jon Carloftis and Celeste Wheelwright at the Piedmont Garden Club Luncheon. (Photos by Vicky Moon)
Social Swirls and Charity Chukkers The Hunt Country closes out the season with polo, a garden club brunch and celebrating a local legend’s recent memoir. BY Vicky moon
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he last charity polo matches of the season came to pass at Great Meadow for the 25th Annual Commonwealth Cup, presented by Nespresso, with the usual bevy of gorgeous, globetrotting players from England, Scotland, Argentina and Chile. There was an even larger flock of fascinating female fans, of course, along with patrons Maite and Kevin Dougherty, Tammy and Juan Salinas-Bentley and Dea and Beau Van Metre (whose daughter Ashley played for the U.S.). All were gathered in a large white tent on the end of the field for a luncheon catered by Outback Steakhouse (think Bloomin’ Onions) and hosted by Nespresso Grand Cru coffee Vice President Michelle McFaul. The U.S. defeated Great Britain 8-7 with proceeds benefiting the British Forces Foundation, USO and the Wounded Warriors Family Support Mission. The social swirl continued when the garden club crowd turned up en masse for a luncheon
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and lecture on “Putting Style in Your Garden” by designer Jon Carloftis who shared anecdotes about his notable clients and signed copies of his book, “Beautiful Gardens of Kentucky.” Sponsored by the Piedmont Garden Club, the event was orchestrated by club president Nicky Perry and executed by Aline Day, Lynn Wiley, Beth Benhard and Peggy Richardson. The day ended with a tranquil sunset supper by the pool for Carloftis, his partner Dale Fisher and the committee members at Peggy and John Richardson’s Oakwood Farm. One of the most charming aspects of life in Middleburg is the presence of so many creative people from all walks of life. Octogenarian Burns Robertson is certainly one of them. Fondly called “Mr. Burns” by local residents, he recently published an eponymously titled book recalling his days growing up at “The Mill” (the old Jay Phipps Estate), attending Boy Scout meetings at the Red Fox and dabbling in the race horse business. For many years he served
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such celebrity clients as Isabel Dodge Sloane, Liz Busch Burket, Liz Whitney Tippett, candy mogul Forrest E. Mars and weatherman Willard Scott from his service station in Middleburg and later in Upperville. Now retired and living near Myrtle Beach, S.C., “Mr. Burns” recently returned to hunt country for a signing at Second Chapter Books. “He continues to bring a spark of life to those who know him,” his daughter Suzie Robertson noted. Another talented Middleburg native, L.A.-based event planner Virginia Fout, briefly settled in at her family’s Cloverdale Farm while orchestrating the Oct. 8 National Sporting Library and Museum Gala. She will create a “sporting look” décor with elegantly tailored touches including pewter linens and centerpieces of roses and hydrangea that will be illuminated by special pin spot lights to make them “pop.” Antique equestrian etchings printed on fabric and sporting and fishing memorabilia shadow boxes will serve as table and bar tops. Fout is also handling Elton John’s AIDS benefit Oscars party in Los Angeles next year. Constantly multitasking, she’s also masterminding design aspects of the Environmental Media Awards at Warner Brothers and a memorial service for Elizabeth Taylor just days before she expects to become a first time mother. Finally, Betsee Parker opened “Huntland” to members of the Middleburg and Piedmont hunts to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the completion of the estate’s palatial stables and kennels. Originally built by Joseph Thomas, a founding member of the American Foxhound Club, master of the Piedmont Foxhounds and author of the definitive “Hounds and Hunting Through the Ages,” the 129-acre historic property was purchased by Parker in 2007 and has since been restored. REAL ESTATE NOTES Kathy and John Giovenco are heading to Pasadena after selling Tiger Trap farm to neighbors Lisa and Marvin Jawer. The 50acre property was listed for $3.8 million by John Coles of Thomas and Talbot.
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The Verizon Center | PHOTOS BY ERIC JEAN MATCH POINT: Tennis greats Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Michael Chang and Jim Courier took on any player willing to donate $1,500 for a clinic before the HSBC Tennis Cup, helping to raise funds for the USTA Tennis & Education Foundation’s programs to enhance the lives of disadvantaged children. Chang defeated Courier 8-3 in the finals to triumph in the second event of the $1 million 2011 Champions Series.
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Kastles Stadium | PHOTOS BY ALFREDO FLORES STADIUM LIFTOFF: Journalists and loyal supporters of Washington’s professional tennis team, many in their best Wimbledon whites, assembled for courtside cocktails to celebrate the Kastles’ new digs on the Southwest Waterfront. Owner Mark Ein’s “Kardiac Kastles,” directed by coach Murphy Jensen and led by Wimbledon faves Serena Williams, Leander Paes, Rennae Stubbs, Bobby Reynolds and Arina Rodionova, finished the season undefeated, 16-0. View all the photos at www.washingtonlife.com!
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BOOK BASH: “Tiger Trap: America’s Secret Spy War with China” by David Wise takes readers deep into U.S. efforts to root out Chinese agents both here and abroad. The nonfiction thriller is brimming with fascinating facts about Chinese espionage and cocktail-sipping guests were soon immersed in lively discussions about just what might be done to counter it. PUZZLE SOLVERS: Ed Pennington, Thomas Cochran and Michael Pillsbury.
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Sacha Scoblic Book Party International Arts & Artists Gallery | PHOTOS BY ALFREDO FLORES LUSH RECEPTION: A mostly media crowd gathered for popsicles and faux-jitos to celebrate the launch of Sacha Scoblic’s memoir “Unwasted: My Lush Sobriety,” a comical take on her personal battle with alcoholism. The former New Republic and Reader’s Digest editor thanked guests for their support, eliciting laughter when she promised “to do nothing of consequence next year.” View all the photos at www.washingtonlife.com!
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THE Washington Humane Society’s Bark Ball
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DOG DAYS ARE OVER: Humane Society supporters arrived with their fashionable canine companions to enjoy dinner, dancing and a live auction. All four-legged guests were treated to a doggie bar hosted by Barkley Square Gourmet Dog Bakery and Boutique. The black-tie benefit raises more than $250,000 each year toward various services, including promoting pet adoption in the D.C. area. View all the photos at www.washingtonlife.com!
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Premiere of ‘The Last Mountain’ ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. and Sen. SHELDON WHITEHOUSE share smiles at E Street Cinema./REP. DENNIS and ELIZABETH KUCINICH (Photos by Ben Droz)
CB2 Georgetown VIP Party TIMUR TUGBERK sports a fierce look with MELANIE SUBBOTIN./HEATHER PERRY and TRAVIS PRICE. (Photos by Tony Powell)
Celebration of Peace Players International FRANCESCO ADDIS and MARIA LUISA PILO relax (above) at Peace Players International’s 2011 Celebration./JULIE MASON ZIEMBA, MARNE LEVINe and NICOLE ELKON. (Photos by Kyle Samperton)
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CelebratING Chris Licht, Executive Producer of MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ MIKA BRZEZINSKI and JOE SCARBOROUGH proudly display their April WL cover. Guest of Honor CHRIS and JENNY LICHT. (Photos by Alfredo Flores))
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the woodrow wilson house tour opens the door to exquisite embassies and residences. P H OTO CA PT I O N H E R E
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TOUR HIGHLIGHT: The imposing ballroom of the Colombian Residence has a unique baroque floor plan and decorations. It is the perfect setting to showcase the diversity and richness of Colombian art. At least two art exhibitions per year are hosted in the house. This photograph shows the work of 87 Colombian artist Ana Mercedes Hoyos.
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resident Woodrow Wilson’s Washington residence perches along the northwest corridor of Massachusetts Avenue next to a collection of over a dozen embassies and ambassadorial residences. Coincidentally, the American president who encouraged the establishment of a League of Nations and drafted the Fourteen Points for Peace laid his final home in what has since developed into a neighborhood of nation-states. Woodrow Wilson House, which is located in the heart of Embassy Row and has been preserved as Washington’s first and only presidential museum, now extends the legacy of the deceased president. Every year, gracious neighbors in the historic Sheridan-Kalorama district allow Woodrow Wilson House to organize an open-house tour, so visitors can admire embassy residences. These intimate views inside the private homes of ambassadors provide a special dimension to the backdrop of international culture and politics in the nation’s capital. The tour has helped raise nearly a million dollars over almost three decades to maintain the presidential museum. The tour occurs annually on the second Sunday in September. In the past four years, every tour has featured different residences. This year, close to a thousand people visited the residences of the ambassadors of Costa Rica, Cypress and the European Union. The magnificent jewel of the tour,
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however, belonged to Colombian Ambassador Gabriel Silva. The house on 20th Street NW, constructed in 1901, prefaced an aesthetic movement of building and beautification in Washington. Before residents of the city could have predicted the Great Depression looming in the decades ahead, the streets pulsed with potential. Luxury apartment buildings and downtown office structures reflected a change in economic and social patterns in Washington. Commercial and cultural activities were melding in the nation’s capital and demand for extravagant residences began the evolution of the city into “the Versailles of the new world.” The aristocratic French lineage of American-raised Jules Henri de Sibour made it highly likely that he would be the primary architect to pioneer the boom. He was Washington society’s stately architect du jour, and the houses along Embassy Row bear his signature. In fact, a walk down Massachusetts Avenue reflects the perfect pairing of French influences and the American dream. He eventually went on to design the current residences of the ambassadors of France, Luxembourg, Portugal and the Canadian Chancery. The façade of the Colombian ambassador’s red brick manor resembles the 17th-century château de Balleroy in France, which served as its inspiration. Enter the forecourt, however, and the interior reflects a marriage of several styles — not just of different eras but of different
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TOUR HIGHLIGHT: The Residence of the Embassy of Colombia was built in 1906 by the renowned architect Jules Henri de Sibour, a descendant of Louis XVI. The house is an example of the late 18th, early 19th century eclecticism. It is very well preserved and is the perfect showcase for the fresh Colombian flowers that are shipped every week to Washington.
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TOUR HIGHLIGHT: Each room of the Colombian Residence has a distinct style reflecting the eclecticism of the time. When one walks from one room to the other, it is like travelling through time. The dining room was inspired by the Italian Renaissance.
TOUR HIGHLIGHT: The Colombian government purchased the house in 1944. Since then, it has served as the official residence for the Colombian Ambassador to the United States. All of the houses built by Jules Henri de Sibour, at that time, are characterized by magnificent staircases, impressive reception halls and grand chimneys.
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Mariana Espinosa de Silva and Amb. Gabriel Silva. (Photo courtesy of the Colombian Embassy)
regions as well. Evident of the Parisian Ecole des Beaux Arts school, where de Sibour studied architecture and design, functional planning and classical structures precede style, a close second. The dark-paneled reception hall welcomes with a monochromatic wood scheme that evokes warmth and richness. A wooden stairwell with ornate scrollwork wraps around the floor above. In direct contrast with the deep, ornamental tones of the entrance hall, the lighter drawing room is panelled with windows and eggshell-colored walls. It is clear that the original owner was a man of eclectic taste. A dignified staidness carries over into the dining hall, which features Elizabethan wainscoting and furnishings. The influences of the Italian Renaissance are present in the room with elaborately carved garnishes, and as a testament to its Mediterranean traces, the hall features a sideboard from an Italian monastery. Symmetrical elements reflected throughout the house are mirrored in the dining hall. The earnest grandeur of the rooms carries an added dimension when one realizes its practical elements. Juxtaposing Elizabethan-era adornments of the interior, the residence reflects an open plan of a later era in which one room flows into another and a single room can serve multiple functions. In the sitting room, a moveable wall controls the sunlight emitted into the two-story ballroom situated just on the other side. A skylight caps the dome in the center of the ballroom, which features a carved wooden ceiling with embellished plasterwork. The hall, also aptly referred to as the “event room,� additionally serves as a dining room, gallery or concert hall, depending on the occasion and has been known to house salsa classes as well — a nod to the inseparable element of Colombian culture and dance.
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Get Ready, It’s the New Washington Smart and innovate trendsetters ensure that culture and the arts are evolving at a rapid pace in Washington BY DONNA EVERS
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n his book “The World is Flat,” and the Kennedy Center, there are numerous columnist Thomas Friedman says that new venues for art and music that feature the Internet changed the world, so that emerging local talent - what Svetlana Legetic no matter where you live it is possible of Brightest Young Things calls “newbrow” to participate in the global society. Urban culture. New restaurants, wine bars and coffee studies theorist Richard houses are springing up Florida sees it differently. every week, scenesters are In a 2002 Atlantic staging pop-up parties in Monthly article called empty warehouses, and “The World is Spiky,” the H Street NE corridor tend to gravitate to he showed that most of and other neighborhoods the world’s cultural and cities that are known for that were once largely economic output comes abandoned are thriving diversity’ from relatively few urban with popular hang-outs centers. In ”The Rise of and art galleries. the Creative Class” (2002) and “Who’s Your Local playwright Richard Byrne says City?” (2008), he argued that besides the Washington is now the second largest theater obvious attraction of living in a place with town in the United States. Legetic, who used jobs and a healthy economy, creative people to be an architect, left her job to build her gravitate to cities that are known for diversity, events website featuring soirées around the to be among kindred spirits. pool at the Capitol Skyline Hotel, owned by These magnet areas possess what he calls the the Rubell family, world-class art collectors “three T’s”: talent, technology and tolerance. As from Miami who are building their own “culture producers” from the arts, sciences and art museum right technology move to an area, more will follow. across the street. The result is an urban area teeming with the Philippa Hughes, best and the brightest. an ex-lawyer and art collector, started Washington, D.C. is one of those Salon Contra in her areas. While only 11 percent of the spacious 14th Street District’s population is employed in the federal NW loft where government, the culture producers who live artists and enthusiasts here are involved in enterprises and professions can rub elbows and that surround the government. And, while exchange ideas. Scott Washington has long been rich in established Shrake and Cathy “highbrow” culture with the Smithsonian Alter’s Story League
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allows participants to share life experiences in seven minute stand-up appearances at the Black Fox in Dupont Circle and Busboys and Poets on U Street NW. Mary-Alice Farina left her teaching job to start the go-to blog, “365 Things to Do in D.C.” Pop-up workspaces are the norm for these creative types. Philippe Chetrit started Affinity Lab on U Street NW for budding entrepreneurs, with rental offices wired for tech and open to those wishing to collaborate with others. Novelist Carolyn Parkhurst composes on her laptop at the corner coffee shop. Shrake and Alter interview would-be storytellers in the Social Room at the Ontario apartments where Shrake lives. In describing the city’s vibrant culture, these artists and entrepreneurs have one thing in common: they speak of each other as “community” and they mean it. September’s (E)merge Art Fair at the Capitol Skyline Hotel, the first gathering of major magnitude to showcase emerging Washington artists, attracted collectors from around the world. It was the brainchild of Leigh Conner and Jamie Smith of Conner Contemporary Art and Helen Allen, who directed the influential Pulse Art Fair of Miami and New York. In talking about (E)merge and the developing Washington art scene, Conner may be describing a seismic cultural shift when she says, “Now is our time.” Donna Evers, devers@eversco.com, is the owner and broker of Evers & Co. Real Estate, the largest woman owned and run real estate firm in the Washington Metro area; the proprietor of Twin Oaks Tavern Winery in Bluemont,Virginia; and a devoted fan of Washington history.
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Sheryl Barnes 202.262.3542 Christopher Rouse 202.288.5349
Jayne Ehrens 240.401.7025 Emily Ehrens 202.380.8125
Alex & Paul Group Yale Scott 202.412.2221
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Located on historic Cox’s row, this Federal townhouse was built by Colonel John Cox circa 1805. With spaces allowing for both formal entertaining and comfortable living, this home has a total of 6 BR, 6 full baths, 3 half baths, 8 fireplaces and private parking for three cars. $10,000,000.
On the 7th floor featuring 6,650 sf, dramatic vistas, consummate finishes & award-winning contemporary design featured in Elle Decor. Includes 7 BR, 5 full and 2 half baths, library, family rm, French balconies, 4 garage spaces & rooftop pool. Steps from fine shops, restaurants, and Georgetown Potomac River Waterfront Park, while exemplifying comfort and urban elegance. Available December 2011. $7,777,777.
“Normanstone” is a magnificent estate on 1.08 acres in a secluded, forested enclave between Embassy Row and lush Rock Creek Park. A unique combination of contemporary and traditional styles allow for large scale living and entertaining. Features include a gated driveway w/ extensive prkg, dramatic music rm, art gallery & 2 MBR suites. Convenient to the White House, Kennedy Center & two airports. $5,995,000.
This stunning carriage house has undergone a complete renovation, boasting 4 BR + office + den, 5 full baths & 4,800 sf of living space. Highlights include a rooftop pool, private elevator & over 2,000 sf of outdoor roof deck & terrace space. Easy access to galleries, restaurants, Embassy Row & downtown, this exclusive offering is a rare oppty to acquire one of the most unique & private DC residences. $4,995,000.
Sophisticated Federal in the East Village, ideal for grand entertaining. Restored with extensive improvements. Excellent scale, large formal rooms, high ceilings, and 4 fireplaces. Inviting front library, formal dining room, chef’s kitchen, and a second level double-parlor living room with adjoining sunroom. 4 BR with 4 full and 2 half baths. Backyard features private patio and garden. Excellent views from the upper BR. One-car gar & extra parking. $3,995,000.
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2501 Penn is one of the premier luxury condominiums in Washington. This developer’s penthouse features 2,335 interior sf with a 300 sf private terrace and amazing views, 2 BR, 2.5 baths, custom Poliform cabinetry throughout, bathrooms with Waterworks, top-of-the-line kitchen, private elevator entrance, 2 car garage parking. Secure building with 24 hour front desk. $2,995,000.
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Brent Jackson 202.263.9200 Robert Sanders 202.744.6463
Robin Waugh 703.819.8809
Alex & Paul Group Paul Pike 202.550.8871
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A perfectly restored 1870s historic row house in Capitol Hill. 6 BR, 4.5 baths spanning over 4,200 sf. Includes double LR w/ twin frplcs, den/office, eat-in kitchen w/ comml appliances, miles of granite, brkfst bar, family rm, dining rm w/ full wet bar. 2-story loft blazing w/ light from a 7’x7’ skylight. Master suite w/ soaking tub & jets & separate shower. 2 BR in-law suite, deep rear yard & 3-car prkg. $1,495,000.
Foxhall Crescents. Architectural Design Chic with walls of windows, gourmet kitchen, 3 spacious BR, elegant baths on 3-levels, circular staircases, gleaming hardwoods, marble flooring, formal living room, dining room and library, 3 marble fireplaces. Elegant & gracious, entry-level 2-car garage, privately sited on a premium lot with glorious terraced gardens! Minutes to the White House! $1,350,000.
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Set on a private 1.14 acre lot, this contemporary home underwent a complete renovation in 2005. Striking and unique, this home is highlighted by light-filled spaces & custom built-ins, all within a modern floor plan. Features 5 BR, 7 full baths, 2 half-baths, gourmet kitchen, media room, gym and wine cellar. $2,950,000.
Renovated & spacious 2 BR, 1.5 bath. Well designed layout features chef’s kitchen with granite counters and custom cabinetry, radiant hardwood floors throughout and a large private outdoor terrace. Just steps to restaurants, shopping and galleries in Georgetown! $929,000.
Downtown, D.C. 202.234.3344
Georgetown, D.C. 202.333.1212
Beautiful Center Hall Colonial on .51 acre lot, within prestigious Arlington Ridge neighborhood. 4 levels of luxury living meticulously renovated and updated. Incl 3-car detached gar, wine cellar, home office w/ sep entrance, mud rm, music rm, exercise rm, lovely manicured grounds, slate roof, designer wrought iron rails, much more. Minutes from Washington DC, Georgetown, the Pentagon, Reagan Airport, Army Navy Country Club and Metro. $1,995,000.
This quintessential 2 BR + Den, 2 bath condominium feels like a house. Occupying the entire main floor of an historic 1897 Dupont Circle row house, features stunning living room, a new chef’s kitchen, soaring ceilings, crown molding and original Georgia Pine hard wd flrs. Additionally, there is abundant storage & a roof top deck with panoramic views of the city. This unique residence is not to be missed. $699,000.
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Chevy Chase, MD 301.967.3344
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Notable Negotiations Lobbyist John Ashcroft sells in Arlington, Peggy Cooper Cafritz buys a duplex on Embassy Row, former senators Kit Bond and Fred Thompson plan their moves By Stac e y G r a z i e r P fa r r
THE DISTRICT Stephen “Spike” Karalekas and his wife Tina
didn’t wait long for their Kalorama digs to sell; they listed 2433 TRACY PLACE NW in August for $3,999,500 and it recently sold for almost $200,000 more, at $4,175,000. Mr. Karelekas, a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, was managing partner at the Karalekas and Noone law firm for 30 years after serving as an assistant to President Richard M. Nixon and as legislative assistant to a member of Congress. Mrs. Karelekas worked with the state department in Vienna, Austria, during the Nixon and Ford administrations and was special projects officer for Nancy Reagan in the White House. The pristine 1925 fivebedroom residence is listed by Jim Bell of Washington Fine Properties. The property was designed and built by Harry Wardman who built the Wardman Park, Hay Adams and Jefferson hotels. Laurie Firestone, social secretary to President George H.W. Bush, is one of the former owners. IDI Residential LC sold 3020 DUMBARTON STREET NW in Georgetown to an undisclosed buyer for $3,150,000. Nancy Taylor Bubes of Washington Fine Properties was the listing agent.The five-bedroom Federal townhouse in the East Village was built in 1888 and recently renovated from top to bottom by the seller to include Waterworks bathrooms throughout, a gourmet kitchen and a brand new rooftop deck perfect for entertaining. Daniel Steinkoler purchased 3010 DUMBARTON STREET NW in Georgetown from Alyce Rideout for $1.1 million. Mr. Steinkoler is founder and president of Superior Home Services Inc., a design firm specializing in historic renovation. He plans to restore the
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The five-bedroom contemporary at 2800 Chesterfield Pl. NW in Forest Hills sold for $2,301,000.
property and have it back on the market this spring. Ms. Rideout is a sales associate with TTR Sotheby’s who resides in Round Hill,Va. TTR Sotheby’s Greg Gaddy and Carroll Dey were the buyers’ agents. Dr. Eliot Battle and his wife Sally bought 2800 CHESTERFIELD PLACE NW in Forest Hills for $2,301,000 from JP Morgan Chase Bank. Dr. Battle is founding partner of Cultura Cosmetic Dematology & Laser Center in the Chevy Chase Pavilion. The five-bedroom contemporary was built in 2005 and boasts an amazing 400-window view of Rock Creek Park. TTR Sotheby’s Greg Gaddy and Carroll Dey were the buyers’ agents for the transaction. Arkadi Gerney and Nancy Meakem bought
4220 FORDHAM NW from Age and Klara Bakker for $1,450,000. Mr. Gerney is an
executive at the computer software company, OPOWER. He’s also the former first deputy justice coordinator and special advisor to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Mr. Meakem previously worked for the New York Department of Education. The Spring Valley six-bedroom residence was built in 1957 and boasts spacious light-filled rooms, and lush, well-kept gardens. Washington Fine Properties’ Heidi Hatfield was the listing agent and the buyers agent was Diann Heine, also of Washington Fine Properties. It’s a buyer’s market and apparently even David Stevens, a former Federal Housing Administration commissioner and current
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STREET NW in Spring Valley for $1,899,000.
Long & Foster represented the buyers for the transaction. The five-bedroom slate-roof Colonial was built in 1925. Peggy Cooper Cafritz recently bought a duplex at 2000 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE NW for $3,254,697. Mrs. Cafritz is the former chairman of the D.C. Board of Education, founder of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and ex-wife of real estate developer Conrad Cafritz. She is also selling a lot at 3030 CHAIN BRIDGE ROAD NW for a cool $5 million. Listing agents are Washington Fine Properties’ William F.X. Moody and Robert Hryniewicki. The 15,000-square-foot house that once sat on the Chain Bridge Road property was demolished in 2009 after a massive fire left it in ruins. The pool and tennis court remain intact and are included in the listing.
The recently renovated five-bedroom townhouse at 3020 Dumbarton St. NW in Georgetown sold for $3,150,000 to an undisclosed buyer.
head of the Mortgage Bankers Association, is switching from renting to owning. He is also the former chief operation officer of Long & Foster Real Estate. Mr. Stevens and his wife, Mary, recently purchased 5053 SEDGWICK
VIRGINIA Attorney General-turned lobbyist John Ashcroft and his wife Janet sold their luxury town home in Rosslyn’s Highgate neighborhood to Patricia Duthler. 1586 COLONIAL TERRACE NORTH fetched $1,122,000 at closing. The listing agent was John Eric of Washington Fine Properties and the buyers agent was John Stansfield of Keller Williams.The four-bedroom, three-and-a-half-
bath brick home was built in 1993. Dr. Russell Seneca and his wife Jeannette sold their condominium in Wooster Mercer Lofts in Rosslyn for $850,000 to Peter and Nancy Adornato. Dr. Seneca is the recently retired former chairman of the department of surgery for INOVA Health System. Mr. Adornato is a business development advisor for the Americas for ExxonMobil. The North Arlington condominium development at 1615 QUEEN STREET NORTH was built by District real estate legend Jim Abdo. The listing agent for the transaction was John Eric of Washington Fine Properties while the buyers agent was Keller Williams’ Joan Stanfield.
MARYLAND Architect Cheryl Mohr sold 3626 RAYMOND STREET in Chevy Chase for $3,250,000 with the help of Sylvia Bergstrom of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. Ms. Mohr is a founding partner at Gardner Mohr, a Chevy Chase-based architecture firm. The sevenbedroom house, which was listed in July, was renovated and expanded by the former owner to include a lower level in-law suite, gourmet kitchen and separate office space. The 95year-old structure sits on 21,000 square feet of immaculate grounds with a pool and parking for up to 10 cars.
PROPERTY LINES EMBASSY MOVES: 2209 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE NW, currently home to the Georgian Embassy and former digs of the United Arab Emirates, is now up for sale in a closed, sealed bid auction. LPC Commercial Services Inc., in cooperation with Hollywood Real Estate Services L.L.C., will conduct the sale of the 23-room mansion. To get a ballpark selling price, it’s worthwhile to note that just a few blocks away on Embassy Row, the Republic of Trinidad and Tabago recently acquired 1714 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE
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NW for $11,984,000. POLITICAL JACK-OF-ALLTRADES LISTS: Fred Thompson and his wife Jeri Kehn have listed 1287 BALLANTRAE FARM DRIve in McLean for $3,187,000. Mr. Thompson is a former Tennessee senator, “Law & Order” cast member, radio host and columnist. Ms. Kehn is a radio talk show host and columnist for the American Spectator. The house features a heated pool surrounded by brick terraces, an open air pool house and grill station.
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BOND HOME ON THE MARKET: Former Missouri Sen. Kit Bond and his wife Linda have listed 10 HESKETH STREET for $2,250,000. Washington Fine Properties’ William F. X. Moody and Robert Hryniewicki are listing agents for the pre-war English manor style five-bedroom residence in the heart of Chevy Chase Village. The house boasts a brand new gourmet kitchen and professionally landscaped garden.
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Alexandria
9326 Old Mansion Road, Alexandria, Va 22309
Asking Price: $3,750,000
This 7,466-square-foot European-style villa was built in 1933 and is set on grounds overlooking the Potomac River. Adjacent to President George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate, there is an additional parcel of .34 acres available for $1,250,000.This majestic home has both space and style with 24-foot ceilings and 15-foot windows overlooking the Potomac.The master suite features soaring river views and a spa-inspired private bath. Additional amenities include a media room, workout area, sauna, massage room and a heated in-ground pool. NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Sonny Jurgensen lived here from 1970 to 2004.
Listing Agent: Amy Dorcy 202-276-8732 TTR Sotheby’s International Realty
Chevy Chase Village
10 Hesketh Street, Chevy Chase, Md 20815 Located on a quiet tree-lined street, this sun-filled English Manor has maintained all of the original charm and patina of its classic pre-war architecture. Detailed finishes include custom moldings, the original white oak hardwood-pegged floors and hinged windows with oneof-a-kind brass hardware. The main level’s new gourmet kitchen adds clean, modern lines to the house with white marble counters and professional stainless steel appliances. A glass door with sidelights opens from the kitchen to a charming rear garden. The upper levels feature a master suite with plentiful closet space and bath, four additional bedrooms, two full baths, an office and a cedar closet.
Columbia Heights
1305 Fairmont Street NW Washington, DC 20009
This spacious architectural gem offers four bedrooms plus a separate one-bedroom unit.The large rooms are flooded with light, and luxurious features include hardwood floors, stained glass, a fabulous kitchen and an office with hand-crafted cherry built-ins. Located in the exciting, bustling neighborhood of Columbia Heights, this charming town home is any city dweller’s dream abode.
Asking Price: $2,250,000 Listing Agent William F. X. Moody Asking Price: Listing Agent:
& Robert Hryniewicki
$1,100,000
202-243-1620
Lenora Steinkamp 202-246-4475
Washington Fine Properties, LLC
Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.
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Country French stone & stucco home of approx 12,000 SF on 5.5 acres. The main house boasts a gourmet kitchen, library, sunroom, 6BR, each with a FBA, 3HBA. Studio apartment, pool, generator, & parking for 10 cars. $5,450,000
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IN MEMORIAM
Remembering Kara
Linda Semans Donovan, best friend
• I am blessed to be considered,
A brother and best friend share memories of Kara Kennedy, excerpted from her funeral at Georgetown’s Holy Trinity Church
Ted Kennedy Jr., brother
• Kara
was unique in today’s world because she was never interested or impressed by your job title. What mattered to her most were your trustworthiness, loyalty and your willingness to share your vulnerabilities and emotional experiences.
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She had the ability to put herself in other people’s shoes. I experienced this first hand when we worked together side by side as relief workers with the Red Cross in refugee camps in Somalia, Ethiopia and the Sudan. After three weeks, I became depressed by the despair, death, flies and disease. But Kara had the ability to endure. She developed a bond with an orphan girl named Abeba, whom she bottleand spoon-
fed all day for weeks. I remember her saying, “We have to stay and do this.” We ended up staying for two and a half months and there’s no question in my mind that Kara’s commitment and compassion helped to save that child’s life.
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Kara and Dad were always very protective of each other. One Thanksgiving, Kara, Patrick, Dad and I had to sail back to Hyannis from Martha’s Vineyard. It was cold and with no motor we had to hug the coast. When we ran aground on a sandbar, Dad announced that someone had to get into the freezing water and push. I said don’t look at me because my prosthetic leg will rust. Patrick said not him because it could trigger his asthma. My dad said he couldn’t because of his back. Seeing where this was going, Kara said, “all right, I’ll do it but you all have to look away because I am going to take all my clothes off so that I have something dry to change into afterwards.” Well, that was way too much for Dad to deal with, so that’s when he got into the water. Like my father, Kara had a unique understanding of how to motivate people.
• Kara
Linda Semans Donovan and Kara Kennedy at the Children’s Law Center Benefit (Photo by Kyle Samperton)
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and I co-managed our father’s senate reelection campaign in 1988. Kara was in charge of media message. Like many political campaigns, the poll numbers suddenly tightened after Labor Day. Many consultants argued that the only way to impact public opinion was to “go negative.” I remember Kara disagreeing with nearly everyone. She implored Dad to emphasize instead his primary strengths — his compassion and willingness to fight for what he believed in. She reminded him why he was in political life. It was a gusty move and Dad was persuaded. He won that election with a larger margin than ever before and he credited it to Kara.
at least nominally, her best friend. I was always tickled when she introduced me to movie stars or heads of state as “My best friend Bolla,” as though we were little kids. But I also know that there are at least 50 other people who would say that Kara was their best friend, too, and probably a hundred or two on the waitlist. And they are equally right because Kara was the best friend anyone could have. She paid attention to the smallest details of your life and she took action. She inherited her mother’s sense of wonder and generous hospitality, and her father’s legendary capacity for friendship. Like him, she reveled in her friends’ uniqueness, making them tell that joke, or do that imitation, or sing that song. again This love for friendship and family is what gave her life meaning.
Final Analysis People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may not be enough. Give your best anyway. For you see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway. -A quote by Mother Teresa that Kara carried folded in her wallet.
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This grand home built by society architect Donald Drayer offers elegant and spacious rooms designed to flow for gracious entertaining as well as private rooms for comfortable daily living. David Crossland 202.320.5046. DConDC@LNF.com or Susan Cahill-Tully 240.423.9147 sctully@aol.com/ 202.364.1300 (O).
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$1,450,000
This unique, one-of-a-kind home with a contemporary, all wood California feel is located on 6 wooded acres. Baronial fireplaces and a dramatic 3-story open stairway overlooking the library and living room enhance the residence. Margaret McLaughlin 202.297.3914/ 202.363.9700 (O). margaretmclaughlin@yahoo.com
Georgetown, D.C.
$1,395,000
This light-filled home sited on a large lot with a private garden is just blocks from all that Georgetown has to offer. The huge master suite boasts an office, a fireplace, and a wall of closets. The lower-level au pair suite has a separate entrance. Chevy Chase North Office 202.966.1400.
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McLean, Virginia
$1,950,000
This 3-level custom home is located in the heart of McLean on a private, wooded lot. Features include a chef’s kitchen, a 2-story great room, multiple balconies, tray ceilings, fluted columns, a wet bar, and an outdoor kitchen. www.LILIAN.com. Lilian Jorgenson 703.407.0766/ 703.790.1990 (O).
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$1,757,000
Sited on one acre in McLean Hundred, this private lot offers a tennis court. Highlights include a kitchen with new granite countertops, a multi-tiered deck off the family room with a see-thru fireplace shared with the sunroom, and a walkout lower level. www.LILIAN. com. Lilian Jorgenson 703.407.0766/ 703.790.1990 (O).
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This stately colonial exudes elegance from its soaring ceilings to its tranquil stone patio with a fountain and Koi pond. Sited in a quiet cul-de-sac beside Avenel Park, one will love this location. Bethesda All Points Office 301.229.4000.
Chevy Chase, Maryland
$1,169,000
This fabulous penthouse boasts spectacular views. An expansive wraparound balcony, 2-car parking, and luxurious amenities are some of the highlights of this magnificent 2-bedroom, 2-bath penthouse at Somerset. Bethesda Avenue Office 240.497.1700.