By Punch Power Correspondent Ghazal Vaghedi I recently interviewed Colleen Fisher, stay-at-home mom to four boys, ages ranging from 2 1/2 to 7. On top of managing a full house, Colleen also teaches spinning classes five mornings a week. Colleen like many other’s involved with Cycle for Survival has a personal connection to the [...]
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Punch Profiles: People to Know / 5 Questions With Cycle for Survival Cyclist Colleen Fisher
“Happenings at the Harman” Kicks off in January
The Shakespeare Theatre Company just announced the Winter/Spring 2012 schedule for Happenings at the Harman, a free programming series offered Wednesdays at noon held in the Forum in Sidney Harman Hall (610 F St. NW). Featuring discussions and performances by Washington-area scholars and artists, Happenings at the Harman is a great FREE way for [...]
Punch Profiles: People to Know / 9 Questions With Nutrionist Heather Bauer
By Punch Power Correspondent Ghazal Vaghedi I recently interviewed Heather Bauer, RD, CDN, a nationally recognized nutritionist, entrepreneur, author, and mother of three. Over the last decade she has taught thousands of people how to safely lose weight and keep it off through her nutrition counseling company, Nu-Train. She has written two books, The Wall [...]
Actor/Activist Tim Daly Stands Up to Cancer
We recently were sent this video featuring actor and activist Tim Daly (“Private Practice”) in a video as he “Stands Up” to cancer. Tim is also the President of The Creative Coalition and I had the good fortune of being on a panel with him for Rebecca Cooper’s WJLA “Washington Business Report”during spring’s White House [...]
Michelle Money of “Bachelor Pad” and “The Bachelor” to Attend Blue Hope Bash
Michelle Money, reality show star of this season’s ABC’s “Bachelor Pad” (runner up) and of season 15 of “The Bachelor” knows what it’s like to be affected personally by colon cancer. Just this August she lost her father Scott Cartwright to the disease. She has pledged to fight against the cancer with her focus [...]
Off to a Global Blogger Trip to Wales…
…yes as in the United Kingdom. We at the Punch are honored to be a part of a week long trip that will include travel bloggers from all over the world, hosted by the Tourism Bureau of Wales, where we will cover Culture, Cuisine and Adventure. All of the writers had a chance to request [...]
Shakespeare Theatre Company Honors Michael Kahn & 25 Remarkable Years at the Theatre
Please mark your calendars (or better yet, purchase your ticket/sponsorship) for the biggest celebration yet when we honor the handsome, talented, revered and debonair Artistic Director Michael Kahn for his 25 years with the Shakespeare Theatre Company. And for all of his greatness, he remains to be one of the coolest people whom I’ve had [...]
Celebrating the Anniversary of New Heights Communications with Founder Christy Setzer @ The Russian House
By Punch Pep Correspondent Elizabeth Fischer In May 2010, Christy Setzer embarked on a new chapter in her life. In spite of the odds and the turmoil in the economic environment (and perhaps sleepless nights, heart palpitations and endless questions), Christy forged ahead and is now celebrating the success of New Heights Communications – a [...]
The 2011 Bisnow Growth Expo and Dining Schmoozarama : October 11th
Oh ye who craves to gain knowledge from the region’s best of the best, ye who desires to exchange worthwhile information with quality professionals, ye who needs to be in a room with those who can help GROW your business, your base and your opportunities. Oh ye, hear ye, this expo is for ye. For [...]
Happy Trails to You ….
In case you are living in a world where the Hill and White House skip down Constitution Avenue holding hands like school children, you probably are A #1) delusional and B #2) unaware that NBC 4′s long time smart, savvy, beautiful blond Lindsay Czarniak is moving to ESPN (fiancé Craig Melvin, who is joining her [...]
Bisnow Hosts Red-Hot Start-Ups Entrepreneur Series Event
Post by Guest Contributor Lauri Tamney It‘s Hot in DC and I’m not just referring to the weather. I was shocked to see the temperature had already registered 90 degrees when I hailed a cab early this morning but I really felt the heat of anticipation once I arrived at Bisnow’s Red-Hot Start-Ups Entrepreneur Series [...]
Greg Staley Joins Destination DC
In case you were wondering why it was quiet on the restaurant and hotel media/press release front during the hours of 1230pm-2pm today, it was because almost every pro of that world was found in a private room at Carmine’s in Penn Quarter. Guests of Jill Collins of Jill Collins Public Relations Group (all women [...]
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