
Be sure to RSVP by Tuesday, July 21st to Lauren@urbanchiconline.com

Tuesday night venture to Neyla to support Suited for Change, a non-profit who provides professional clothing and ongoing career and life skills education to low-income women in DC.
Tuesday, July 21
6:00 – 10:00 pm
Neyla (3206 N Street, NW)
$10 donation at the door
Specials:
$5 wine, $5 beer, $5 sangria/$20 pitchers
$4-$9 hot and cold mezze bar menu dishes
For more information about Suited for Change, please visit: www.suitedforchange.org.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009, 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM
For BNO updates visit www.sinpr.com/BNO.
On May 20th, women in the restaurant industry and their children gathered for a portrait at The
On July 21, from 3 to 5:30 at the hot new glam spot, Policy (
Policy will open to the public at 5:30, offering guests a chance to meet the chefs. The entire evening, a portion of the percentage of cocktails sold at the venue will be donated to the HSUS, and an oversized petition will be available to guests to sign to show their support. RSVP's are required and must be confirmed at celine@restauranteve.com

FOR GUESTLIST please email dcthisweek@gmail.com by Saturday at 9 a.m. This is a guest list only event. | * approximate times |

Today my Cole Hann leather tote arrived from Gilt. I'm in heaven and love it even more in person. Gilt Groupe provides access, by invitation only, to Men’s, Women’s and Children’s coveted fashion and luxury brands at prices up to 70% off retail. Each sale lasts 36 hours and features hand selected styles from a single designer. This Sunday check out Tory Burch. Sign up today HERE.
Don't forget to purchase you're Ride to Thrive tickets for this October's event. Tickets are currently $85 and will increase to $125 on August 1st. Purchase your tickets HERE.
I’m honored to serve on the host committee for the Fifth Annual Ride to Thrive Polo Classic Benefitting the Northern Virginia Therapeutic Riding Program (NVTRP).
Join me October 10, 2009 as we enrich the lives of those with disabilities. The Northern Virginia Therapeutic Riding Program will host this coveted Polo Classic at the exclusive Merriweather Manor, in
Gates open at 2:30 p.m. with the First Chukker Foundation match beginning at 3:30 p.m. followed by the Ride To Thrive Polo Classic, featuring Team Booz Allen Hamilton vs. Team Warren Capital, beginning at 5 p.m.
Several young equestrians from Northern Virginia Therapeutic Riding Program will treat match-goers to a therapeutic riding demonstration, while guests enjoy incredible fare by Design Cuisine, and sweet treats from Georgetown Cupcake. Sponsors for this year’s event include Booz Allen Hamilton, The Warren Capital Group, Gold Dog Communications, Design Cuisine, Georgetown Cupcake, Laura Crayton Photography, Mer riweather Manor and Paradise Springs Winery.
Please join me and my fellow host committee members for this phenom event and I'll see you on the field with my chicest polo attire on. Purchase your tickets HERE.
Also, you can take advantage of bus transportation to and from the event. The Polo Bus Package is $125 and includes the Official 5th Annual Ride to Thrive Ticket and Bus transportation to and from the Ride to Thrive Polo Classic Pick-up is at 2:30 p.m. sharp at Gin & Tonic in


Public Bar is offering $3 domestic & $4 import beers and $5 rail drinks. The address is 1214 18th Street and is equidistant from the Farruget West and Dupont Circle metros, right off of Connecticut Avenue. www.publicbardc.com
The cover charge for the event is $5 for Members; $7 for Non-Members and FREE for new members of Friends of St. Jude. Sign up today at www.friendsofstjude.org/dc - only $25! Proceeds will go to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
For additional information please email dc@friendsofstjude.org or visit www.friendsofstjude.org/dc
We look forward to seeing you at Public on Thursday, July 16!
Join us Friday for some cocktails and to support a great cause at FLY Lounge from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Fashion Fights Poverty will host DC's first ever "fashion swap" on Saturday, July 18th from 12noon to 5pm at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel. Clothing items will be donated to
Consign: Bring your former favorites for consignment with Current Boutique. Current will consign quality items that can be resold. Consigners can also choose to donate their consignment to Fashion Fights Poverty.
Saturday, July 18 12pm-5PM
Mayflower Hotel


Creative, Stunning, and Bold are the perfect words to describe Lisa Jones’ artwork. Jones’ unique ability to create mesmerizing life-like scenes by manipulating light, shadow, and space presents viewers with illusory effects of her artwork lifting off the canvas, glass, or wood. Using everything from leaf paint to guitar strings, Jones’ paintings evoke powerful emotions, leaving viewers wondering how she arrives at such clever, multi-layered creations. Her artwork, both cultural and sensual, graces the walls of The Pentagon, New York Jets’ Kris Jenkins, singer Anthony Hamilton, producer Yvette Lee Bowser, entertainers the Wayans, and many more.
Complimentary hors d'oeuvres, a gourmet prix-fixe menu, and cash bar will be available. To attend this memorable occasion, R.S.V.P. via 202-464-2100 or prdept@ssasarts.com




I recently read a Chronicle of Higher Education article on giving in the U.S. It stated that Americans contributed a total of $307 billion to charity last year down from $314 billion in 2007, according to Giving USA. I know what you're thinking, $3 billion is a lot of money and foundations and non-profits should be more than able to sustain their programming with that.
But I challenge this notion. I sit on the Board of Directors for a local DC non-profit who, along with thousands of others throughout the country, rely on foundations and individual donors to pay for programming, pay for staff, overhead, fundraising expenses, health insurance, rent, printing, etc. etc. You name it, and when you take a million dollar budget or a ten million dollar budget, every dollar counts.
| WISH LIST $100: books and educational games for the House library; $500: books and fees for needy, college-bound students; $1000: nutritious snacks and evening meals for 25 students for 6 months |
1529 Pennsylvania Avenue SE Washington, DC 20003 (202) 547-1345 |
Happy Hour Specials - 1/2 off appetizers until 8pm.
Drink Specials - until 1:30am
$199, available in October, calvinklein.com

Starting at 7 p.m., a DJ spins French hits!
Napoleon Bistro


Mark your calendars for Beauty Night Out (BNO), Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at The Beacon Hotel from 5 to 10 p.m. Discover the latest in beauty trends from Beauty 360 and get the scoop on your favorite celebrity hair styling from PR at Partners.
WHAT: Shop, sample, and score all-star beauty products. See what's new and hot in beauty services, products and fashion. Accessorize your beauty styles with the must have summer 2009 designers. Enjoy 5 fun fabulous hours of complimentary cocktails and hors d'oeuvres.
WHEN: Wednesday, July 22, 2009, 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM
WHERE: The Beacon Hotel
Price: $25 in advance; $35 at the door (No Beauty Bag)
ADVANCE BUYERS are guaranteed the Beauty Bag. A portion of all ticket sales will be donated to Through The Kitchen Door.
Dedicated to empowering recent immigrant and low income adults and at-risk youth, Through The Kitchen Door® training programs are designed to enhance and support increased self-esteem, self-confidence, knowledge and skills. The hands-on cooperative training techniques create an aspirational environment encouraging and enabling healthy life choices, improved family stability, success in school, professional advancement and active community involvement. We do all this in the kitchen, working and learning together in a known, safe, nurturing setting teaching delicious, healthy, economical, culturally respectful cooking and important life skills.





To take advantage of the drink specials, please note that the restaurant's rooftop bar accepts cash only. The restaurant is offering $4 Dos Equis and $5 Bud and Bud Light bottles, $6 Absolut and Absolut Peach cocktails and $7 house red and white wines.
Free Food: BLT's signature popovers, peppered beef filet, mini grilled cheese, stuffed mushroom caps and black bass ceviche.
We have more great prizes at this happy hour, too. You could win gift certificates to BLT Steak or CommonWealth or a two-night stay at the Bellmoor Inn in Rehoboth Beach, Del.
Want to discuss dating in DC? We'll be all ears on that topic at this happy hour, and we've even brought along the editors of Date Lab from The Washington Post Magazine. If you want to be contacted about signing up for Date Lab, you can tell us when you get there. Michelle Jacoby of the company DC Matchmaking will also be on hand to offer mini-consultations about dating. Thanks to Greg's List for the skinny.
BLT Steak
1625 I Street, NW
Washington, DC, 20006
United States


Check out Mrs. O Blog for the scoop on the Obama's trip to Rome this week HERE. Photo by Alessia Pierdomenico / Reuters

Friend. Actor. One Man Storytelling and Comedy Show. Enter Sheldon Scott, a staple on DC's urban scene. Sheldon brings to you this Friday a rural grooming and urban blooming performance all part of the Capitol Fringe Festival.



Dan Mesches, CEO of Stir Food Group, has been committed to sourcing only the highest quality ingredients at his restaurants since founding his company in 1999. Over the past few months, Mesches along with Ralph Rosenberg, Vice President of Operations for Stir, Bryan Moscatello, Executive Chef/Partner of Stir, and Ryland Johnson, Executive General Manager of Stir, have taken this direction one step further by working with the Virginia Department of Agriculture to introduce local products from Shenandoah Valley and

One Day tickets just $30 • Round Trip Transportation Available. Over 20
From thoughtfully created meatless entrées to multi-course tasting menus, vegetarian dining has never been better at some of the DC area’s top restaurants. Veg out DC!Vermilion: (pictured above) Vegetarians and vegans alike can delight in their options at Vermilion. Executive Chef Anthony Chittum offers several meatless options on his ever-changing menu. This season has brought Spring Pea Ravioli with sheep's milk ricotta, Davon Crest spearmint, lemon zest & morel froth and
The Source by Wolfgang Puck: A recent, yet welcome entrant in the DC dining scene, The Source is fast turning into a mecca for vegetarians. The restaurant’s menu includes a footnote encouraging guests to inquire about its vegetarian tasting menu as well as meatless specials of the day, and Executive Chef Scott Drewno will go to great lengths to please his plant-eating patrons – even devising a vegetarian version of his signature Spicy Tuna Tartare in sesame-miso cones using a house-made vegetable tartare, avocado and asparagus. While the menu changes frequently, recent meatless options have included Tempura Tofu “3 Ways” with garlic chili, golden curry and General Tso’s and “
Proof: Asparagus and sunflower shoot salad, Warm Hen of Woods mushroom quiche and Spring onion and ramp soup are just a few of the many meatless options that greet vegetarians at the wine-centric Penn Quarter restaurant right now. Executive Chef Haidar Karoum is known for his relationships with area farms, and these close ties are evident in dishes such as the light Potato Gnocchi with ramps and asparagus, served with wild mushrooms, spinach and Parmesan. Proof is located at
2941 Restaurant: Modern French-American vegetarian fare has never tasted better, as Executive Chef Bertrand Chemel creates innovative meatless dishes that include Roasted Artichoke with braised fennel, saffron rouille and a petite salad, and Gnocchi Alla Romana with pickled ramp vinaigrette and jumbo green asparagus. He offers a daily-changing vegetarian tasting menu as well as specially created a la carte dishes, ensuring that guests at his
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Evening Star Café: Vegetarians need never fear the typical vegetable plate at this Del Ray neighborhood jewel. Executive Chef Will Artley trained with a vegetarian-vegan-macrobiotic chef early on in his career, and is well versed in creating thoughtfully composed entrées for vegetarians. Housemade ricotta and roasted garlic gnocchi with a mint-hazelnut pesto and carrot caramel, a flavorful Brown Rice and Tofu burger served with a fresh herb aioli and marinated tomatoes and Housemade wild mushroom ravioli served with market fresh vegetables are just a few of the many vegetarian offerings guests at Evening Star Café can enjoy. Evening Star Café is located at
Tallula: Executive Chef Barry Koslow’s new summer menu at Tallula is stacked with vegetarian delights, including Sunny Side Up Duck Egg with spring vegetables and rustic bread and Bibb Salad with French beans, farm egg, fried capers and a shallot dressing. Vegetarians will delight in the chef’s entrée of Pan Roasted Hearts of Palm, polenta, rapini, pistachios and pickled ramps as well the restaurant’s excellent cheese selection. Tallula is located at
Rustico: Vegetarians will be spoiled for choice at this

Join them as they film their new music video this Thursday. Here them HERE. Also check out John Thornley and friends every Wednesday night at Chi Cha lounge. I was there last week and it's a dope way to chill out after work.




Friday BLISSPOP goes down at 9:30 Club. Details HERE.













Hillyer Art Space at 9 Hillyer Court, NW, is proud to present Six in the Mix, a group exhibition curated by famed D.C. artist Renee Stout. The exhibition opens Friday, July 3rd, 2009, with a reception from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. featuring music by DJ Deep Sang. $5 suggested donation. The exhibition closes Friday, August 28, 2009. Reception Opening: July 3, 2009 6 - 9pm
Six in the Mix: Selections by Renee Stout brings together a divergent company of mid-Atlantic emerging and mid-career artists for Hillyer Art Space’s summer program. This show will feature the work of Cianne Fragione, Kenyatta Hinkle, Adam Griffiths, Marc Roman, James Swainbank, and Gilbert Trent.
Stout has set out to create a mixed bag of local talent not based in the obligatory conceptual framework predominantly exhibited in group shows. Instead of the varying inspiration and ideas behind the individual bodies of work, it is the "natural dialogue that may occur between these works" which Stout would like the audience to experience.
The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities is pleased to present the DC Hip-Hop Theater Festival, beginning on Monday, July 6, 2009. Highlights for this year include a deeper level of engagement with local artists through a residency program with
Opening the weeklong list of activities and performances is the AM Radio Live Art and Performance in association with ART UNPLUGGED at 7 p.m. at The Library Saloon, located at 3514 12th St., NE. Events also expected to draw large crowds are “The Voices Remix: A People’s History of the United States” with Lupe Fiasco, Michael Ealy, Walter Mosley, Regie Cabico and W. Ellington Felton as well as “Zomo the Rabbit: A Hip-Hop Creation Myth”, the first family friendly program to be included as part of the Festival.
Each year, in addition to the various performances, the Festival also incorporates educational components and a forum for District residents and visitors to engage in dialogue that addresses relevant issues affecting the Hip-Hop generation. This year’s topic is A Conversation on the Power of Hip-Hop Arts and Culture to Create Change. The discussion will take place on Wednesday, July 8 at noon in the Flashpoint Mead Theater Lab, located at
As with all Commission events, the Festival programs and performances are free and open to the public. Performances will take place at a variety of venues throughout the city including Children’s Hospital, Studio Theater,
Founded in 2000, The Hip-Hop Theater Festival continues to invigorate the fields of theater and Hip-Hop by nurturing the creation of innovative work within the Hip-Hop aesthetic; presenting and touring American and international artists whose work addresses the issues relevant to the Hip-Hop generation; and serving young, urban communities through outreach and education that celebrates contemporary language and culture.
In addition to offering the annual Hip-Hop Theater Festival, the Commission is committed to reaching the District’s arts community to assist in the growth and preservation of Hip-Hop by offering the Hip-Hop Community Arts Initiative, a grant program offering funding for quality Hip-Hop arts activities throughout the city. Grant recipients are invited to submit their funded work to the Hip-Hop Theater Festival.
Full Festival schedule can be found at www.hhtf.org. For more information on the Hip-Hop Theater Festival and The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, visit dcarts.dc.gov or call 202/724-5613.



