By Punch Pulse Correspondent Niki Clark When sisters Ginger and Frances Park opened up their shop Chocolate, Chocolate in Dupont Circle, food allergies was the last thing on their mind. But after opening, Ginger discovered her young son’s sensitivities made even visiting the shop out of the question. A battery of tests, given from a very [...]
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The Great Gatsby Premiere at Lincoln Center and After Party at The Plaza
Last Wednesday I shot up (thank you Acela) to New York for the world premiere screening of The Great Gatsby at Lincoln Center with the after party being appropriately held at The Plaza. The sponsors were Tiffany & Co., Brooks Brothers, Samsung Galaxy and the party had Moët flowing like Niagara Falls (as it should be!). Director/Producer [...]
Addiction to be Addressed at this Thursday’s Q&A Cafe with Carol Joynt and Christopher Kennedy Lawford
Addiction, once the shunned and shied away topic of high society has slowly and surely made its way to the forefront of mainstream media. This Thursday, May 9th, Carol Joynt will interview Christopher Kennedy Lawford during the Q&A Cafe taping at the Ritz Carlton Georgetown. They will be talking addiction and recovery, saving one’s life and [...]
Young Playwrights’ Theater – Book Launch Tonight
By Punch Pep Correspondent Elizabeth Fischer The book launch is tonight at Busboys and Poets on 14th and V in Washington DC from 6:30 to 8:30. “Write to Dream” is a collection of plays by the students of Young Playwrights’ Theater and it also provides the tools to turn anyone into a young playwright. Who [...]
Punch Pick: Karin Tanabe’s “The List”
And to think there are SECRETS in Washington? Say it isn’t so. I thought this was the town of transparency, right? Obviously, I’m being a tad bit facetious, after all, the nation’s capital was declared by Forbes to be the capital of marriage infidelity. After living in the area since 1990, I figure one reason [...]
Punch Profiles: People to Know / 59 Minutes with Dating Coach and Author Jess McCann
Ask any woman her opinion on the state of dating in this town (or most major markets) and unless she’s a 22 year old 5’11″ 110 lb runway model dating Fisher Stevens in New York, she’ll most likely scowl, roll her eyes and give you an emphatic “DISMAL” or “It’s a cesspool” or “I just [...]
Your Dating Dilemmas Are About to Be Solved by Jess McCann
Women and men continuously face the treacherous landscape of dating on a daily and nightly basis. Â While it can be “fun”, it can also often be a nightmare. Â Author and dating coach Jess McCann (I am a fan of her first book “You Lost Him at Hello” released a few years ago) is back in [...]
NPR’s Michel Martin with Wyclef Jean: His Memoir, The Fugees, Extramarital affair, Manischewitz Wine and Performing with a Goat
By Punch Guest Correspondent Clara Benice During a recent conversation with Michel Martin of NPR’s “Tell Me More”, the multi-platinum musician, Wyclef Jean shared some of the details behind penning his revelation-filled memoir. Purpose: An Immigrant’s Story. Michel Martin: Would the art have been the same without the crazy? Wyclef Jean : I didn’t want [...]
Andrew McCarthy at National Geographic Live!
By Punch Pulse Correspondent Lindsey Clark On the scale of human emotion, the idea of being vulnerable probably falls pretty low on most people’s list of favorite feelings – generally, we struggle against it or try to avoid it, because it means owning up to the fact that we might actually need someone else [...]
Local Author Kerry Reichs Releases Yet Another Book: What You Wish For
She’s more than a budding novelist; she has a few published already, so if she keeps up this pace, soon she’ll be considered a veteran. Kerry Reichs (you may have heard of her mother, famous writer and woman behind FOX’s brilliant show Bones, Kathy Reichs) is releasing her latest book, What You Wish For on [...]
Bookworms Unite: National Book Festival Returns to the National Mall September 22nd-23rd
I may be the only person on earth who breathes in a book’s paper like it’s the oxygen I need to live. No really, I love smelling magazine and book paper. And touching it. Newspaper, not so much. And I may be the last person on the planet who will be patronizing a book store [...]
Domestic Affairs: Let the Truth Be Told
Washingtonians love movies, television series, and books about our lives in this nutty town. Usually though, we love it when it is less than truthful, you know, DRAMATIC (or comedic, like HBO’s VEEP) AND SEXY because frankly, we haven’t had a reputation for having a heightened sense of sexiness. Documentaries or shows trying to be [...]
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