Post by Punch Preview Correspondent Whitney Stringer Last Wednesday the Washington Literacy Council hosted its Love Letters for Literacy reception. The annual event gathers authors, media personalities and other notables to read works on the subject of love, and most importantly showcases the progress of students from their many life-changing programs. In existence since 1963, [...]
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Vida Fitness Zumba Riot
By Punch Passport Correspondent Lori González Lazzarini The highlight of my month so far has been a *Zumba event I went to last Saturday. I had the great opportunity to dance, dance, and dance (which is my preferred pastime of all time) with a group of top-notch fitness instructors from Vida Fitness (my fave gym [...]
Unleash the Hounds! Fashion For Paws Kicks Off at The Jefferson Hotel
May the best man and woman win. The competition is fierce, the playing field is feisty. With only 50 fundraising models allowed to walk this year because the amount each has to raise to even step foot onto the stage is now $5,000, up by a few thousand from last year, these otherwise civilized animal [...]
Jodi Cobb Kicks Off Nat Geo Live! 2012 Spring Series
By Punch Correspondent Karen Garnick “I became a photographer because I wanted to change the world…Now my ambitions are a little more realistic” These were the introductory words spoken by Jodi Cobb at National Geographic Live! on February 7th. The event was called “Uncovering Hidden Worlds”, and was the first of three in the master [...]
An Affair of Sugar & Champagne
By Punch Properties Correspondent Jason Mandel When you combine some of the Washington area’s most talented pastry chefs with their cocktail counterparts, and add more than 600 supporters of the Washington Humane Society (WHS), you get a fabulous evening as experienced in Wednesday night’s annual Sugar and Champagne Affair. For the eleventh year, [...]
Washington Business Journal Celebrates 30 Years and Its Book of Lists 2012
When I first started my career in the Northern Virginia corporate world way back in the day (no, it was not 30 years ago, thank you very much), besides WaPo, my managers and peers always pointed me in the direction of the Washington Business Journalas a source for news, information, leads, and business ideas. “You [...]
Tony Horwitz and Geraldine Brooks Speak at the Hay-Adams Author Series
I find one of the more civilized luncheon events in Washington is the Hay-Adams Author Series. Hotel President Kay Enokido (who is sincerely one of the more adorable and respected regional businesswomen) created the series in ’05 in order to revive a tradition that John Hay and Henry Adams originated in the late 1800′s: [...]
Automotive Rhythms Celebrates in D.C.
Post and photos by Punch Correspondent Darryl Keeton Kimatni Rawlins, President and Publisher of Automotive Rhythms, held a VIP reception Wednesday night prior to the kick-off of the Washington Auto Showthis weekend. D.C.’s LongView Gallery was filled with auto industry supporters along with local business and government officials who gathered to recognize Automotive Rhythms Communications [...]
Pink Tie Party 2012 Kicks Off
The March 20th annual Pink Tie Party which is the most festive food-focused event surrounding the National Cherry Blossom Festival kicked off Wednesday night at Lincoln, appropriately as the presenting sponsor of the Festival happens to be Lincoln, as in the car. Expect live entertainment as the area’s top chefs and mixologists feed you and [...]
Mandarin Oriental Welcomes in the Year of the Dragon
The Mandarin Oriental Washington D.C. held its always popular invite-only annual welcoming in of the Chinese New Year Wednesday evening. FOMO (Friends of the Mandarin Oriental) came out with their cameras and appetites. We were welcomed graciously by management, which is tradition, upon entering and next in the receiving line were live dragons, as [...]
A PR & Media Luncheon
I’m not complaining at all, but I typically try not to start my week off with a Monday luncheon that includes a multi-course family style meal. However, if the invite is there, I’ll take it. And not that there’s anything wrong with eating well, especially when it’s for a group of 30 or so media [...]
“Saturday Night Sips” at the Newseum
By Punch Passport Correspondent Lori González Lazzarini Saturday evening, I, along with a few other of Washington’s food luminaries, visited the Newseum in order to join James Beard Awardwinning hosts Alice Waters, Joan Nathan, and José Andrés. The event was “Saturday Night Sips”, an amazing event that is a three year old tradition which benefits DC [...]
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