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 [...]
Archive for Category: "People to Know"
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 [...]
Philippe Cousteau on CNN International’s “Extreme Science”
Hard to believe it was about five or so years ago that Brian Williams CEO of Viget Labs introduced Philippe “PC” Cousteau to me. Philippe, his mum Jan and sis Alexandra (who is about to have a baby, by the way) had just moved to the Washington region and Brian asked me to introduce him [...]
Local Artist Nia Tavlarides Stratos at The Byrne Gallery, Middleburg, VA
I cannot help but be biased, even when it comes to art. However, with Nia Tavlarides Stratos I don’t have to be because I truly find her art absolute perfection, if one is allowed to use that term when referring to art. Nia is the sister of dear long time friends. Art is subjective (all [...]
Punch Profiles: People to Know / 58 Minutes With Adam Clampitt
Sipping iced green tea in the Barracks Row Starbucks, newly elected DC Water board member Adam Clampitt talks D.C. politics, the importance of water, his mom, his upcoming nuptials and Afghanistan during one of those hot days on Capitol Hill. It’s a blistering hot day in Washington, D.C., the first of many more to come [...]
Publicyte Launches at L2 with Editor-in-Chief Dr. Mark Drapeau
My brilliant friend, Punch proponent and Twitter pusher, Dr. Mark Drapeau of Microsoft (I credit Mark as the one who pushed me over the edge and got me to join Twitter a few years ago) held a launch party Tuesday night at L2 in Cady’s Alley to celebrate the arrival of Publicyte, Microsoft’s digital magazine [...]
Punch Profiles: People to Know
With a launch date planned for July 1st (we know during the doldrums of summer, we are constantly ISO of fun, entertaining, interesting pieces to read) the Punch is proud to announce “Punch Profiles: People to Know”. Here we will feature the influencers, thought leaders, innovators, community caregivers, creators, leaders, and executors from all industries [...]
Tommy McFly Moves to Mornings on 94.7 FRESH FM
I call him the next Ryan Seacrest. Talented media personality and radio show host Tommy McFly and I have a great history of friendship and professional kinship. I was starting my personal-blog-turned-career in 2006 and he was entering the D.C. social zone as a “radio prodigy”, straight from the kind world of Scranton, P.A. (the [...]
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