Wednesday evening’s "Young Capital Benefactors" Happy Hour Series which was held at Mate’, turned out a healthy crowd.  Thank you to everyone who attended and donated $10 or MORE (which many of you did so a great amount of money was raised) to the Capital Hospice.  Thank you also to Jessica Gibson, Mauricio Fraga Rosenfeld [...]

… go out to my fellow Leos: shutterbug Betsy Spruill, Kate Roberts, the gorgeous Brit who founded YouthAIDS (the Gala “The Power of Music” is Friday October 3rd and will honor Annie Lennox, Bob Geldof and Judy McGrath, Chair/CEO of MTV Networks), Miss Dimple Shah, the lovely Anne Lee and architect Christy Schlesinger.

Don’t forget this evening after you leave the Liaison Hotel for the Rooftop Rendezvous benefiting the Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund, you cab it to The Rookery (2519 Penn Ave, NW).  I have to say, the "Battle of the Biceps" (BOTB) looks to be pure entertainment and quite hilarious, yet is being taken extremely seriously by [...]

This is hot off the website presses!  Congratulations to entrepreneur and founder of the social networking site, Late Night Shots, Reed Landry (and thank you for sending this to the Punch): BuyYourFriendADrink partners with LateNightShots to launch the first-ever loyalty card for an online social network …. New York City, NY (PRWeb) July 31, 2008 [...]

Thank you to Evelyn Brooks for sending this to the Punch and for generously donating her time and creativity to the mission of Fashion Fights Poverty.  Proceeds from sales of the charms and lapel pins will go to the charity.  I personally have a Sun charm which I wear on a necklace and love it [...]

Hooked on seafood and sushi but live in the ‘burbs (and I mean real suburbs … like Sterling, VA)?  Look no further than Hooked, which is located in the Great Falls Plaza (at Algonkian Pkwy & Lowes Island Blvd).  Only open for a year by former tech exec Doug Palley and Chef Richard Beckel, this [...]

While the Natural Body Spa & Shoppe (“NB”) in DC’s West End has been quite successful since the location’s opening in November, Monday night they really had something to celebrate. As you’ve read on The Punch, this boutique spa’s District location recently received its Gold LEED certification from the US Green Building Council. LEED stands [...]

Can you say “yummmmm”?  Once again, the creative staff over at Hudson has a new reason for you to come in and try out their always satisfying menu.  For only $40 a person ($54 with three flights of wine!) you get a taste of what Chef Ryan Arnold has to offer.  First Course French Onion Soup – [...]

Becky Lee (from "Survivor: Cook’s Island") and the nice people at Becky’s Fund invite you and friends to attend the "Summer Solstice" event at Skye Lounge this Saturday August 2nd from 7pm-10pm. For a mere $10 cover charge you will enjoy hors d’oeuvres and drink specials.  Please dress in Cocktail Attire. Becky’s Fund is a [...]

Local designer Rochelle Behrens will be showing off her new collection Wednesday the 30th at 6pm at a sample sale.  Check out this line of smart women’s clothing at http://www.rochellebehrenscollection.com/ as a sneak preview.  By clicking on each photo on the website, you can move to the next picture.  For your convenience, sizes 0-12 will [...]

Ok folks hold onto your “W” hats.  This entire week through the weekend you will get a chance to go to Nationals games.  The team is back in town.  Tuesday through Sunday the Nationals play from home so jump on the website and grab your tickets. http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=was If you aren’t heading out to Nationals Ball [...]

…ington House.  Yup, Darlington House in Dupont Circle has not only been up and running for a few months, its business is booming. And it should be because the owners, Jeffery Holibaugh (Vida), along with Patricia and Fabio Beggiato aka “DC restaurant power couple/husband wife team” are no newcomers to the world of creating a place [...]