Archive for July, 2009

Crooked Monkey’s Micha Weinblatt on The District Dish

Watch the latest webisode at Founding Farmers where we dish with Micha Weinblatt, Crooked Monkey tees’ co-Founder.  This won’t be the last we hear from the college idea turned national business.  Micha is quite the entrepreneur with creative ideas, excellent execution, keen business sense, and Peter Pan sense of humor. www.thedistrictdish.com

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Jones Lang LaSalle as Platinum Sponsor for Warm-up for KEENFest

Jones Lang LaSalle as Platinum Sponsor for Warm-up for KEENFest

Thank you to real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle for stepping up last week and becoming a Platinum Sponsor for the Wednesday Warm-up for KEENFest at the W Hotel Washington D.C. JLL’s Hotel Group was an integral part in the redevelopment of the space and Amy Bowser, a Sr. VP with the firm has recently [...]

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The Continuing Story of a Hotel Named Watergate

Buyer’s market? Let’s just see how much so when the (in)famous Watergate Hotel goes up for auction Tuesday.  The high drama property continues its soap opera life while making the lives of its condo residents heck.  Those that dwell within the residential part of the Watergate Complex are unfortunately paying for the law suit through [...]

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Runners, Take Your Place

Words which shall never be spoken to me because I. do. not. run. I have loose knee caps, so it’s not good for me to run. I can barely walk as it is … Anyway, for you sporty in-shape crazy marathon runners, here are three races for you to enter.  Go for it and run [...]

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Dinner with DC Police Chief Cathy Lanier

DC Police Chief Cathy Lanier will be at the American News Women’s Club to speak to you on Wednesday, July 29th at 6:30pm.  The event, which includes dinner, wine, networking and a good learning experience is open to the public and held in the beautiful historic ANWC building on Embassy Row (1607 22nd Street, NW). [...]

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Happy Trails to You

Wow, July 2009 will go in the history books for a lot “Good-bye’s” and changes.  The latest farewell goes to Mike O’Meara of the Mike O’Meara Show on 106.7FM WJFK (CBS).  I began listening to Mike with his partner Don Geronimo in 1990 when I first moved to the DC area on WAVA 105.1FM because [...]

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Off to Greener Pastures

Off to Greener Pastures

Saturday, hundreds of Washingtonian polo fans who support living a greener, sustainable way of life, came out to the Capitol Polo Club located in Poolesville, MD.  The weather was literally perfect and we were more than entertained by the matches throughout the day as well as the demos and performances provided for us in between. [...]

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Drama, drama, drama …

Drama, drama, drama …

Good ole Johnny Mac didn’t disappoint in the drama category during last night’s heated (and I do mean hot heated) Kastles match against his New York Sportimes. Between the balls hitting players on purpose, over reactions, arguments, penalties, and teammates storming the court in an unsportsmanlike manner, the umpire was kept pretty darn busy.  Unfortunately, [...]

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Michael Wilbon of WaPo and ESPN’s PTI on The District Dish

He’s from Chicago (south side, but loves The …?), great friends with Charles Barkley, a new daddy, a renown sports columnist for the Washington Post, a co-host on ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption and soooo many other things. He’s Michael Wilbon and you can watch him dish with us on the newest webisode of The District [...]

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Things to do …

Dear Loyal Punch Readers, Thank you to everyone who has been attending the multiple summer events and supporting our causes (and fun!). Hopefully, I will see you at the Green Cup of Polo this Saturday at the Capitol Polo Club in MD. This event is the greenest polo event and looks to be even more [...]

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A Guilt Free Farmers Market Brunch

How often do you get to gorge yourself at Sunday brunch and actually feel GOOD about it? Not too often, believe me, you.  Well, this past Sunday, I inhaled (and chewed slowly with lovely conversations in between bites, of course!) a few plates of some of the most delightful dishes I’ve had in awhile. The [...]

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John McEnroe Returns to Kastles Stadium

John McEnroe Returns to Kastles Stadium

Tonight at 7pm (Thursday), the great and outspoken John McEnroe returns to Kastles Stadium with his team the New York Sportimes.  Last year, the seasoned champion/professional commentator (off and on court) left no attendee un-entertained by his antics and arguments with our Kastles.  If you recall, badboy Justin Gimelstob, a former pro/Kastle who is now [...]

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