Even a possible five hour Caps v Rangers playoff game couldn’t keep many away from Comet Ping Pong Wednesday night. I watched as about dozens upon dozens piled in to the rustic playful space for a private book launch party, supporting a well-known and beloved Washington family, the Reyes family. Jimmy Reyes has been a [...]
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A Love Story Lives Through 50 Years : Double Life
Life is hard enough; throw “love” into the mix and it becomes much more complicated. Love itself is never easy, then again anything worth its salt is not a cakewalk, as much as we wish it were. To make this thing we call life even more challenging, try having to carry on a love affair [...]
Women Writers on the Queen of Pop Read “Madonna & Me” at the Darlington House
As someone who was in grade school around the time that Madonna was making a name for herself, I was particularly drawn to the Madonna & Me event held at the Darlington House’s Library Level Monday night. Yes, at that bright young naive age, I had a tape that I listened to incessantly of “Madonna”, [...]
Helping Bright Beginnings Reach Its Goal for Read Across America Month
The Junior League-founded Bright Beginnings is taking part in the annual Read Across America Month and it has an aggressive goal of 600 books being read to its homeless and in-transition children during March. Once again, I had the opportunity to come by to read to the little ones, all of whom are sweet, innocent, [...]
Punch Pick: Holiday Book
If you’re looking for a heartwarming story to share with your loved ones this holiday (especially the pet lovers in your life), here’s our pick for you! They say you never forget your first love… Simon & Schuster recently released a wise and heart-warming debut novel about a beloved dog from platinum-selling musician/composer Alan Lazar. ROAM [...]
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 [...]
The Creative Coalition’s Book “Art & Soul” is Hot Off the Presses
The Creative Coalition’s (TCC) CEO Robin Bronk just shot a note out last night informing us that its coffee table book is hot off the presses just “in time for the holiday season.” This is particularly good for anyone ISO just the perfect gift, especially for those people in your life who have everything. Robin [...]
Wizards in the Kitchen at L2 Lounge
By Punch Pep Correspondent Elizabeth Fischer I love many things in life and am passionate about many others. Those who know me know my favorite month is October, my favorite holiday (well I have three and each holds a special meaning but my fave…) is Halloween (the others: Thanksgiving and St. Patty’s Day). If I [...]
Bobby Flay Takes “Bar Americain” to Sixth & I
By Punch Premiere Correspondent Lindsey Clark I don’t spend a whole lot of time in the kitchen. Wait. Let me rephrase that: I don’t spend a whole lot of time in MY kitchen (and if you knew how tiny my kitchen is, you would totally understand). That doesn’t mean that I don’t like to cook [...]
Library of Congress National Book Festival 2011 to Cover Two Days
The Library of Congress National Book Festival is an annual outdoor event that is truly one of my personal favorites (so yes, it’s a PUNCH PICK). I come from a family of avid readers and growing up, since we really weren’t permitted to watch television as kids, we were either running around outdoors or holed [...]
Adam Mansbach Asks the Kids to “Go the F**k to Sleep”
While we at the Punch missed this much-talked-about event last week with author Adam Mansbach (“Go the F**k to Sleep“), my friend presented the book to me so I could read the actually for adults-only children’s book Sunday night. I was laughing my a** off to say the least. It was f**king hilarious. And by [...]
A Party to Celebrate “How to be a Man: A Guide To Style and Behavior For The Modern Gentleman”
And to think men, the creatures who snub the mere thought of getting directions from point A to point B, would actually not only accept a style and behavior guide for the modern gentleman, but flock en masse to a party being held in the author’s honor? Heaven’s to Betsy Washington. But such was the [...]
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