Carnaval del Corazon

Enjoy the music of some of the best local Latino musicians and learn some of the dances you've always wanted to do! Kick off Carnaval with high energy salsa dancing and beats from Puerto Rico and Cuba. A legend of the D.C. salsa scene, Eileen Torres, brings along her dance ensemble and band to get you into the groove. Watch dance demonstrations and then show off your own moves on the dance floor.

Date : 7/3/2008
Time : 5-8 p.m.
Location : Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th & F Streets NW

Canada Day at the Embassy

Don't forget to register TODAY for tomorrow's celebration iwth BBQ, Beer and Entertainment in celebration of our beloved neighbor!

The Embassy of Canada invites you and your guests to join us on
July 1, 2008 from 11:30 am–2:30 pm

to celebrate Canada’s 141st birthday!

Meet Bravo TV’s Top Chef Reality Show FinalistSpike Mendelsohn

who has moved to DC to open his new restaurant Good Stuff Eatery.

Music and Entertainment!
Performance by Lennie Gallant and special guest Michelle Campagne.
Fun activities for the kids! Food and Drinks!
Grilled hot dogs and hamburgers, sodas, beer, and poutine! Let’s Celebrate 400 Years!
Celebrate the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec City.
RSVP by June 30

Doc Walker's Networking Event

Doc Walker's Networking Event 25

Vespucci's Restaurant

10579 Fairfax Blvd (corner of Lee Hwy and Chain Bridge Road)

Wednesday July 2nd 6-10 p.m.

Food,fun,prizes,former NFL greats and plenty of networking opportunities

Cigar and Wine tasting on the patio

Live Jazz

CEG's 4th Annual Party on the Potomac

Don't miss out on D.C.'s finest Fourth of July Party!

Take me out to the ball game...

I love the new ball park... honestly, love it! Yes, it is eco-chic but it is also just run so well. If you haven't had a chance to check it out, please do!

Thanks again to Victoria Michael, the maestro, for getting such phenomenal tickets in the President's Box... what a view!


Batting practice anyone?

WeBook Celebrates the Fourth with Free Ice Cream!!!

Friday, July 4 2008, 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Gifford's Ice Cream and Candy Co.
Corner of E & 10th St. NW

Washington, DC

(202) 347-7755
Official Website

WEbook celebrates Independence Day with Free Cone Day at Gifford's Ice Cream. Avid writers and/or ice cream eaters can pop in before the fireworks and submit a short "WElib," and just a few nouns and adjectives will earn a free cone. Participants can also enter to win a free Amazon Kindle.WEbook held an Independence Day Flavor Contest and asked the WEbook community to create their own hilarious, delicious, delirious idea for a new ice cream flavor that captures the essence of what it means to be a writer. MORE:Bethesda-based WEbook.com is hoping to do for publishing what Linux did for software, what American Idol did for music, and what Wikipedia did for information. WEbook will lead the convergence between the Internet and publishing by creating a new category: Community-Sourced Books. WEbook was founded by Itai Kohavi and is backed by Greylock Partners Israel. The first WEbook, "Pandora," was published in April 2008.

Zengo's Feng Shui Class Tonight

Today, June 30 2008, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Zengo Restaurant
781 Seventh Street, Nw
Washington, DC
Official Website

Join Zengo Executive Chef Graham Bartlett and Mixologist Claudia Maia for the latest re-incarnation of their Feng Shui class coming up on Monday, June 30th. The class will be full of great 'energy' and tasty dishes that focus on mojitos and ceviches - perfect for summertime entertaining. Learn how to muddle your own mojitos and make your own ceviches with Zengo's distinctive Latin-Asian approach. Additional cocktails and appetizers will be provided. Groups welcome. Monday, June 30th from 7-9PM

Please call: (202) 393-2929 for pricing details and to reserve your spot!

Walking Tour of DCs Most Haunted Houses

Lafayette Square
1120 20th Street NW

Washington, DC
Official WebsiteTickets
$10.00

"I know not how it was - but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit," wrote Edgar Allan Poe, describing the home of Roderick Usher.

Imagine the observations Mr. Poe might have penned about the homes encountered on this walk and their various owners. Some, like the fictional house of Usher, have disappeared into the fissures of history. Others stand as reminders of the often harrowing events that transpired within. President Andrew Jackson, navy hero Stephen Decatur, man of letters Henry Adams and his wife Clover - these are only a few of the famous Washingtonians whose homes have tales to tell.You'll end this walk at the house considered the most haunted home in the city: The Octagon. As you hear the stories associated with each room, no doubt you'll agree, to quote Mr. Poe, that "evil things, in robes of sorrow, assailed the monarch's high estate."The walk will be given rain or shine and is led by Carolyn, Emily, or Sonia.

Interstages at Marvin on Monday

Please come out to support Interstages on June 30th for an event that Sheldon Scott from Restaurant Marvin put together to benefit Interstages, on whose board I sit. Interstages provides arts and music education after school to 6th-8th grade women in Anacostia. Can you think of a better place to eat a leisurely Monday dinner (avoid weekend crowds, people), enjoy excellent food and drink, and help out a local charity?

The set-up this month is similar to last month's event, which raised over $2100 for Pediatric AIDS/HIV Care Inc. in one night. Sheldon waits tables and donates 100% of his tips to charity. Due to the overwhelming success of last month, Sheldon instituted a 25% match program. If he gets multiple 25% matches, he feels it more evenly spreads the burden of donation among his 'matchers' and ultimately makes the night more profitable! But he'll take whatever his 'matchers' and donators can give.

So this months' charity is none other than our own Interstages --

Interstages: Success is in the Experience
Interstages is a nonprofit after school youth development program designed specifically for middle school girls in Southeast DC. Founded three years ago by two former D.C. Public School teachers, Interstages provides opportunities for early adolescent girls in low-income neighborhoods to discover talents, strengthen and develop skills, and heighten self-awareness, setting the stage for a successful transition into young adulthood. Three key elements make the Interstages model uniquely effective in engaging 6th-, 7th-, and 8th-grade girls: (1) exclusive focus on early adolescence; (2) academic personalization; and (3) connecting to history through music. Please call (202) 824-0740 to learn how you can get involved!

SO, please let me know if you want to join me for dinner next Monday night at 5:30p. If you cannot make it that time, feel free to come anytime between 5p and 10p but please make sure your reservations are for the 'Tip Out' so it benefits Interstages. And do reserve ASAP as the event overbooks very quickly!

Restaurant Marvin

2007 14th Street NW

Washington, DC 20009

202-797-7171

Bisnow's CEOs Bash at L2

Anyone who knows me knows that my "element" is anywhere that I can network and pass out business cards like candy... I just love meeting new people and find a contagious passion in the exchange of new ideas.

Met some very fascinating folks at L2 at Bisnow's networking event on Wednesday such as Footage Firm founder Joel Holland, Destination Cellars founder David Kuehner, and Jamie Test of Condo Authority ; while mixing and mingling with the usual suspects like Mark Ein of the Washington Kastles, Ronnie Mervis of Mervis Diamonds, and Rob Jewell of Gratis Internet.

If you haven't checked out Bisnow yet, you should! They're the new authority on DC businesses!

Kicking-It Film Premier

KICKING IT tells the compelling story of seven athletes in a sport with billions of fans worldwide -- athletes who share a common condition with one billion of our fellow humans: they are homeless. In the summer of 2006, while the football world's attention was focused on Germany, thousands of players around the globe were training hard and competing to be part of another World Cup...The Homeless World Cup.

DC APA FILM FUNDRAISING

Propper Toppers New Lease on Life

Please join us to celebrate our spectacularly transformed Dupont Circle shop and our new lease on life.
The party will feature champagne and other bubbly beverages, great music - including a live appearance on Friday by local fave Brandon Butler (not only one of our favorite musicians, but also our contractor!), and special gifts with purchase.

Dupont Circle Shop

Thursday & Friday, June 26 & 27th

4pm - 8pm

We have 2 whole weeks of savings in store for you - earlier in the summer than ever! Beginning Saturday, June 28th, come in to both stores for amazing deals (up to 80% off!) on men's, women's and kids' hats, women's clothing & accessories, jewelry, children's clothing & accessories, home decor, and gifts galore.
As always, shop early and often - we'll replenish our shelves throughout the sale. And be sure to check out the expanded selection of ridiculously marked-down treasures in our Georgetown Patio Sale.Of course, don't forget to shop our great clearance selection online!

dupont circle

just south of the circle
1350 connecticut avenue, nw

washington, dc 20036

ph 202.842.3055 dupont@propertopper.com

Billy Glading vs Andy Corno this Saturday as the Bayhawks take on the Barrage!

When the Washington Bayhawks suit up against the Philadelphia Barrage this weekend, it won’t just be two Eastern Conference juggernauts going head to head; it will also be a battle between the Bayhawk’s Billy Glading and the Barrage’s Andy Corno to see who is top in lacrosse in the metro area. Glading and Corno have been battling for DC dominance since high school.

Glading attended Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C. where he was a two time All-American and was named the Metro-Area Player of the Year his senior year. Corno attended nearby Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland, where he was named to the High School All-American team and a member of the All-Met team. Glading went to the University of Virginia, a mere two hours from DC, where he became a third team All-American, ACC Tournament MVP, and the team MVP his senior year.

Corno attended Georgetown University, in the heart of Washington, where he was a three time All-American, team captain, and became one of the top five NCAA leaders in face-off percentage and ground balls.

Today, the two metro-area natives are still following the same path. Glading is living in Bethesda, Maryland, and playing for the local fans with the Washington Bayhawks. Corno resides in Georgetown and is on the Bayhawks’ Eastern Conference rival, the Philadelphia Barrage. Both are involved in youth lacrosse in the area. Glading is working for The Next Level, an athletic training center in DC, and coaches The Next Level youth lacrosse teams, as well as being recently named co-director of the Washington Bayhawks camps, along with Kyle Dixon. Corno is the founder of Leaders Lacrosse, a local lacrosse organization that offers youth teams, camps and clinics, private lessons, and college consulting.

So who wins the battle for DC area lacrosse dominance? This one may be too close to call. Come to this Saturday’s game between the Bayhawks and Barrage to find out who wins it on the field. Face off is at 7:00pm at George Mason Stadium in Fairfax, VA.

Canadian Embassy's Canada Day this Tuesday!!

Canada's Network in the United States
The Embassy of Canada invites you and your guests to join us on

July 1, 2008 from 11:30 am–2:30 pm

to celebrate Canada’s 141st birthday!

Meet Bravo TV’s Top Chef Reality Show Finalist

Spike Mendelsohn who has moved to DC to open his new restaurant Good Stuff Eatery.

Music and Entertainment!
Performance by Lennie Gallant and special guest Michelle Campagne.
Fun activities for the kids! Food and Drinks!
Grilled hot dogs and hamburgers, sodas, beer, and poutine! Let’s Celebrate 400 Years!
Celebrate the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec City.
RSVP by June 30

Abasi Couture Presents: Phoenix Rising

Abasi Couture presents Phoenix Rising...A night of fashionable elegance and style. The evening will include networking and a fashion show for designer Aswad Abasi (Abasi Couture) a DC native. All ticket prices include complimentary wine, hors d'oeuvres and admission to afterparty. VIP includes reserved seating and special gift. A portion of the night's proceeds will go to WVSA ARTiculate Gallery, a non profit organization providing an arts-infused education to children and young adults with special needs, special skills and special talents.
Date : 6/27/2008
Time : 8p.m.-10 p.m.
Location : WVSA ARTiculate Gallery, 1100 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036
Attire : Chic and Stylish
Ticket : $40.00 General Admission/$50.00 VIP
Contact/Ticket Buying Information : info@jswmediagroup.com

Lettie Gooch Boutique Jewlery and Make-Up Soiree

Lettie Gooch Boutique is pairing up with freelance makeup artist KiKi L'Italien and manu jewelry for a trunk show and demo event on Saturday, June 28 from 3:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. The event will feature all things pop culture - shopping, drinks, treats & gossip! KiKi L'Italien, favorite among area production companies, photographers and bridal clients, will provide demos of her makeup services for bridal, portfolio and special events. Just in time for summer, manu will feature picnic jewelry: little ladybugs, colorful fruit and floral designs! As an added bonus, guests can have their picture taken by a professional photographer at the event! Experience the celebrity lifestyle at Lettie Gooch Boutique!

Lettie Gooch Boutique

1911 Ninth Street, NW

Washington , DC 20001

202-332-4242

When: Saturday, June 28, 2008

Time: 3:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Crafty Bastards' Arts and Crafts Festival this weekend

Now in its 5th year, Crafty Bastards(sm) Arts & Crafts Fair is an exhibition and sale of handmade alternative arts and crafts from independent artists presented by the Washington City Paper. The fair is all-day, outdoors, free to attend, and will offer goods for sale, food, entertainment, prizes, and more!

There are two shows in the DC metro area this year: Saturday, June 28th in Silver Spring, MD and Sunday, September 28th in Adams Morgan DC.

Crafty Bastards' Arts and Crafts Festival this weekend

RAMMY Awards this Sunday!!

Get your ticket to Sunday's RAMMY awards!!

The RAMMYS” is one of the areas’ most anticipated and glamorous evenings where we celebrate and recognize the many extraordinary professionals that comprise the restaurant and associate membership of RAMW. Join us as RAMW brings together esteemed hospitality leaders for a special evening devoted to honoring excellence in our restaurant and food service community.

Sunday, June 29, 2008 at 6:00pm

Marriott Wardman Park Hotel

Attire: Black Tie

Individual Ticket Price:Member $ 200 /Non-Member $ 250To buy your ticket here. This event is open to the public; visit www.ramw.org for ticket information.