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Restoring Georgetown’s Historic Gold Dome
07/23/2024

Restoring Georgetown’s Historic Gold Dome

https://www.amazon.com/Dinner-Party-Diaries-Jos%C3%A9-Andr%C3%A9s/dp/B0CVLHSSHD
03/19/2024

https://www.amazon.com/Dinner-Party-Diaries-Jos%C3%A9-Andr%C3%A9s/dp/B0CVLHSSHD

Step into the home of world-renowned chef José Andrés for a dinner party like no other! With the help of his celebrity friends Jamie Lee Curtis, Bryan Cranston, and O’Shea Jackson, José cooks up delicious recipes that inspire intimate and hilarious conversation. It's an evening of food, fun and...

DIGEST DESIGN XV: Hugh Jacobsen Mausoleum"Always plant lilac to make your lawn look greener," Hugh Newell Jacobsen said ...
09/20/2022

DIGEST DESIGN XV: Hugh Jacobsen Mausoleum
"Always plant lilac to make your lawn look greener," Hugh Newell Jacobsen said in a college lecture he gave too many decades ago. I've been a fan ever since. I lived around the corner from his son Simon and a block from the first Jacobsen home I ever adored, his Tuscan villa on Q Street in Georgetown for a decade.

Hugh Newell Jacobsen is now interred in the courtyard of Christ Church Georgetown, which was his initial request. Simon explained, "But his time out here on Margo Farm in his sunset years allowed him to fall in love with the rolling hills and meadows that reminded him of Wales. He also loved all the the signs for the town next to us that said 'Paris.' So it seemed appropriate that his 'other remains’ be interred here overlooking the orchard and pond."

Something else Simon shared and which further endeared me, "Hugh Jacobsen was such a Francophile that he just decided he was, at the end of the day, French. He left serious and thought out instructions for me to also scatter his ashes in his favorite restaurant, Brasserie Lipp, on Boulevard Saint-Germain-des-Prés, in Paris. The legality of that is still being quietly researched."

One hour west of Washington, D.C. in the enclave of Delaplane, Virginia, lays the final resting place of Hugh Newell Jacobsen, Architect.

The mirrored pavilion was designed and constructed using many of Hugh Jacobsen’s unique details and methods. Clad in single pieces of Low-E Starphire mirrors, it is traditionally framed, like many of his houses, in 2x4 and 2x6 framing and plywood sheathing. Inside, Hugh’s ashes sit contained on a stainless steel and bluestone plinth.

The proportions of the little pavilion are those of significance to the Great Man himself: It is 6’-0” wide (His height), it is 3’-11” deep (his birthday) and it faces Michigan and Washington at each gable.

The mirrored mausoleum resides on the estate of his son and business partner, Simon Townsend Jacobsen.

Visitors are welcome by appointment. Please contact [email protected]

Georgetown Cookshttps://www.thegeorgetowndish.com/articles/georgetown-cooks/Elizabeth Miller hosted an elegant luncheon ...
11/22/2021

Georgetown Cooks
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Elizabeth Miller hosted an elegant luncheon at her art-filled Georgetown home on November 19, 2021 to celebrate the release of Georgetown Cooks.

Everything on the menu was an edible sneak peek!

Over 150 Georgetown residents contributed to the book which has recipes ranging from Wine Jello (Tom Birch) to Baked Shrimp Scampi (Kelly Doolan) and Yummy Vegan Cream of Chicken Soup (Kristin Cecchi) to Almond Cookies (Mirella Levinas).

Georgetown’s own LouLou Baker designed the charming cover art. Along with her whimsical paper collection, Georgetown Cooks is now available for purchase online.

As Elizabeth says and The Georgetown Dish agrees, “Everyone in your family should be gifted this special book … for the recipes, for the artwork, for the craftsmanship, and for the final goal of raising money to cure cancer.”

The printing of the book was sponsored by Nancy Taylor Bubes, a real estate agent at Washington Fine Properties. Her sponsorship allows all the proceeds from the sale of the cookbook to be donated to Ewing’s Sarcoma research at Lombardi Cancer Center at Georgetown University Hospital.

Gaëtan de Séguin at Sofitelhttps://www.thegeorgetowndish.com/articles/gaetan-de-seguin-sofitel/Sofitel Washington and Ba...
11/19/2021

Gaëtan de Séguin at Sofitel
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Sofitel Washington and Batignolles in DC hosted the opening of an exhibition of paintings by Gaëtan de Séguin on November 18, 2021. Mark Huntley, Regional Vice President and General Manager at The Fairmont Hotel, Diana Bulger, Area Director, Public Relations for The Sofitel and Sophie Caporossi of Batignolles in DC invited guests to enjoy cocktails and hors d'oeuvres as they explored the new installation gracing the walls of the hotel lobby and bar.

The artist was in attendance, sharing insights about his work, which often features an individual within the crowd, a theme inspired by the tragic Charlie Hebdo attack.

Gaëtan's crowd paintings illustrate how we are stronger together in love and friendship, fighting against racism and terrorism, and happier in our daily lives when we work together.

Visit Sofitel Washington at 806 15th Street NW through March 2022 to see Gaëtan's art.

GRüNBAG and UsCreating waterproof fashion with a unique story and exclusive Danish design, GRüNBAG makes bags from old s...
11/06/2021

GRüNBAG and Us

Creating waterproof fashion with a unique story and exclusive Danish design, GRüNBAG makes bags from old seat belts, discarded white sails, tarpaulins, old lifeboats and recycled plastic bottles.

Sustainable statements.

We love that.

We love it even more when it's a perfect fit!

Skålhttp://www.thegeorgetowndish.com/thedish/skalThe road from smørrebrød to New Nordic is paved with hot dog stands and...
09/28/2021

Skål
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The road from smørrebrød to New Nordic is paved with hot dog stands and 7-Eleven.

A century-old institution, the popular Danish street food is served from hot dog carts around town. Everything from traditional smoked pork sausage with cardamom and nutmeg topped with apple ketchup, mustard, remoulade, fried onions and pickles to all vegan tofu dogs.

On street corners and in trains traveling ‘7-Eleven girls’ serve snacks. Go figure.

The new cuisine started in 2004 when the Danish culinary entrepreneur Claus Meyer gathered 12 visionary Nordic chefs (including René Redzepi from world-famous Noma) in Copenahgen. Together they created the Nordic Kitchen manifesto pledging purity, season, ethics, health, sustainability and quality.

Fast forward to this year when Guide Michelin Nordic Cities 2021 awarded a total of 23 stars to 14 restaurants in Copenhagen.

About their water. Safe and delicious. A Danish company even fills recyclable cartons with tap water and plants a tree for every 100 cartons sold. But in restaurants, tap water is by request only and there's a charge for it.

At Kødbyens Fiskebar, fresh seafood is served raw and rustic in Copenhagen’s Meatpacking District.

American convenience and head scratching water protocols aside, almost everything is artfully arranged and sprinkled with weeds and twigs and edible flowers.

Five stars to the dessert at Høst (Danish for harvest) made of birch bark ice cream, deliciously shrunken chewy Russian pine cones (not sure how they did that) with blueberries and white chocolate.

This cozy neighborhood restaurant, with lots of exposed brick, recycled wood and live trees, has won several international design awards. So hygge!

DIGEST DESIGN XIII: Villa Copenhagenhttp://www.thegeorgetowndish.com/thedish/digest-design-xiii-villa-copenhagen-0After ...
09/26/2021

DIGEST DESIGN XIII: Villa Copenhagen
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After spending a week in Copenhagen, I can see why our hotel chose a shushing symbol for their lobby. Stille og roligt means 'quiet and quiet' or another translation, ‘nice and easy.’ Even their trains have quiet zones. By no means are the Danes not welcoming or friendly. They simply do it without a lot of noise.

Housed in the 1912 Danish Post and Telegraph building, adjacent to the central railway station and Tivoli Gardens, is the new Villa Copenhagen.

The $190 million Universal Design Studio overhaul of this stunning Neo-Baroque structure evokes the ambiance of a sophisticated Danish residence, with rooms featuring high ceilings, herringbone floors, restored original windows, gold accents, and a muted color palette that pays homage to the paintings of 19th century Danish master Vilhelm Hammershøi.

As with everything Danish, the hotel champions an eco-sensitive ethos, from a sustainable lap pool warmed using excess heat from the building’s cooling system, to wood hotel key cards and Do Not Disturb signs.

Villa Copenhagen is also home to the city’s finest private art collection starting with their lobby centerpiece. Minna’s Words is a bronze sculpture suspended from the ceiling by Jaume Plensa, the Spanish artist who recently designed Behind the Walls at Rockefeller Center.

On Hygge Holidayhttp://www.thegeorgetowndish.com/thedish/hygge-holidayOff to the land of fairy tales and *hygge, in Denm...
09/19/2021

On Hygge Holiday
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Off to the land of fairy tales and *hygge, in Denmark and Sweden digesting great design and New Nordic cuisine.

Will share my adventures and let you know why the Danes are so happy.

In a few weeks we’ll be launching the NEW Georgetown Dish!!

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*Hygge is a Danish term defined as “a quality of coziness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being. Pronounced “hoo-guh,” it derives from a sixteenth-century Norwegian term, hugga, meaning “to comfort” or “to console,” which is related to the English word “hug.” Associated with relaxation, indulgence, and gratitude, hygge has long been considered a part of the Danish national character

The Georgetown Dish is a news and social media blog about the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. designed to inform, entertain and amuse.

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09/05/2021

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