The folks at the NBC4 Health & Fitness Expo are no dummies. They brilliantly hold this giant exposition every year in JANUARY. You know, the month when everyone suddenly becomes weight conscious and healthy. Get’em while they’re hot, as they say. Each year, this weekend excursion gets bigger and bigger as more and more people [...]
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Washington Wizards Seek to Establish A New Tradition
Post and photos by Punch Correspondent Darryl Keeton Attending a basketball game in D.C. is a commitment. By the time you unwind from work, make your way to the Verizon Center, find parking, and get to your seats you already have a lot of time and effort invested in the evening. It makes it [...]
January 11th : Strathmore presents Rising D.C. R&B artist and Strathmore Artist in Residence Jay Hayden
By Punch Pep Correspondent Elizabeth Fischer It is the beginning of 2012 and that means many things to many people but one prevalent theme is the new year’s resolution – for most it is about exercise and diet – yet it should be about living life more (heck if the Mayan’s are correct we [...]
Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games Kick-Off at the British Embassy
Post and photos by Punch Correspondent Darryl Keeton London, England will be hosting the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games this year. With less than 200 days left to the start of opening ceremonies, Pamelas Punch had the opportunity to attend a local promotional event for the Games, held recently at the British Embassy. The [...]
The Magnificent Artistry of Vienna
By Punch Correspondent Victoria Vaccari … who is traveling abroad this season and is willingly and able to share her chronicles with us … The orchestra is tuning. The lights are dim. The show, Tchaikovsky’s “Dornröshen”, begins as a wild array of gold, rose, and diamonds shimmering in the lights as regal damask paneled sets [...]
The Harvest Table : A Table Is More Than Just Four Legs Holding Up a Top
To me, dining and kitchen tables are more than just four legs that hold up a top. Granted, the definition certainly states those are the fundamental elements of a “table”, but I find that tables, ones at least upon which you dine, really represent coming together, gathering, socializing, conversation, learning, loving, laughing, family, friendship, fellowship [...]
An Evening in Monte-Carlo and La Grand Fête
Under the auspices of the Ambassador of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco and Mrs. Gilles Noghes The Board of Trustees of the National Museum of Women in the Arts request the pleasure of your company at the inaugural 25th Anniversary celebration An Evening in Monte-Carlo Friday, the third of February Two thousand twelve at [...]
Irish Whiskey Public House Opening
By Punch Palate Correspondent Megan McGrath None of you will be surprised that I’m Irish, a name like McGrath generally gives that away. My family went back to the motherland in 2011 to feast our eyes on the luscious green landscape, enjoy the warm hospitality, oh and sample the local pubs. So you know I’m [...]
Estonian Chef & Author to Introduce Estonian Cuisine at 2012 “Taste Awards” in LA
By special invitation, Estonia’s beloved chef Marika Blossfeldt, author of the best-selling, Essential Nourishment, Recipes from My Estonian Farm (Gourmand World Cookbook Awards nominee, 2011), will be participating & preparing food for the 3rd Annual Taste Awards & VIP Reception, introducing Estonian cooking to the global culinary stage for the first time. The Taste Awards, [...]
Elisir Ristorante Cocktail Primary
By Punch Palate Correspondent Megan McGrath We all know that DC is a politico’s paradise. This is a city that values sharp thinking, and smooth-talking with a side of scandal. You can imagine my excitement when I heard about Elisir Ristorante’s Cocktail Primary on Wednesday. This was my first event of the year, and what a way [...]
11th Annual Sugar & Champagne Affair to Happen February 1st
Got a dog? Love sugar? Then Sugar & Champagne Affair is the event for you. For the 11th year (where does the time go?) husband and wife team Chef Todd and Ellen Gray of Equinox & Watershed Restaurants and Muse at the Corcoran Gallery of Artwith Trade Center Management Associates invite you to join them [...]
Vindication : Why We Feel the Need & What We Can Do About It
Post by Punch Purpose Correspondent Lena Aburdene I was recently having lunch with a friend and the topic turned to a recent dating situation she was in. The guy she had been dating stopped calling her and dropped off the face of the earth. Now this wasn’t a new or unheard of situation for a [...]
