The Burleith Bell2008 May disruptive behavior. PleaseseeNeighborhood Noiseonpage7. New signsarebeing placed throughoutBurleithtohelpcurbloud and New sig ns iBurleith Editorial President’s Message Burleith’s spring Her role on the board was groundbreaking, cleanup was a big as she helped bridge the gap between success, and it residents and landlords. We will miss her revealed how far tremendously. Her position as a landlord we have come. Our liaison has been assumed by Betty McDonald. streets and alleys This past month, several homes in are in much better Burleith homes were burglarized. This is condition than in an unusual occurrence for us and needs previous years. A big thank you goes to GU’s to be taken seriously. In one instance, the Ray Danieli and our very own Mark Gisler. culprits obtained access through a basement Ray and Mark are instrumental in getting door. I’ve spoken with Lt. Hoyle, who has the resources together to help collect and alerted foot beat and patrol cars. For more remove trash. information on how to keep your home safe, I attended an MPD safety meeting with please see page 3. representatives from Georgetown and the The summer picnic is just around the ANC to meet with our new commander, corner. The board needs help from the Mark Carter. We spoke frankly about our community if we are to continue having this quality-of-life issues, safety concerns and event. Please contact me if you would like to moving forward with the programs assist and help organize the gathering. started under Cdr. Solberg. We will miss Cdr. Solberg. He was a tremendous partner, highly See you around the neighborhood! respected and well-liked by many. Lenore Rubino The neighborhood experiences a spike in 202.262.1261 noise-related incidents in the spring and early [email protected] fall months. GU and the BCA are working hard to reduce noise levels. Please email me with your concerns. The Board wishes Judith McCaffrey the very best for her new life in New York City. Judith resigned from the board this month.

BURLEITH NEIGHBORHOOD: CLEAN FOR SPRING On the morning of Saturday, April 12, approximately two dozen neighborhood was clean, the Georgetown University Grilling Society Burleithians and Georgetown University students and officials fed volunteers with delicious barbeque. Special thanks go out to: converged on the Ellington Field Track for the annual spring clean-up. Georgetown University Hospital, who provided a generous financial Armed with garbage bags, rakes and shovels, the group fanned out donation; Ray Danieli and Chuck Van Sant, who mobilized student into the neighborhood. Georgetown University and DC Department volunteers; Hillandale Citizens’ Association for its donation of water; of Public Works provided several vehicles to patrol streets and Georgetown University and DCDPW for donating vehicles for picking alleys, picking up dozens of garbage bags, large items and brush. up and crushing trash and debris. Mostly, Burleith thanks all who All trash was quickly and efficiently crushed on the spot in a large came out to help. Our neighborhood looks terrific! garbage truck provided by DCDPW. Later in the morning, when the Burleith Citizens Association Board of Directors President Lenore Rubino 262-1261 Membership Vice President/ Landlord issues Betty McDonald Membership Jennifer Jarratt 270-0903 Treasurer/ Cleanup events Mark Gisler 342-1922 Volunteer Coordinator Marjorie Wolfe 965-1699 Recording Secretary May Vaughan 333-1280 Newsletter Corresponding Secretary Jennifer Jarratt 270-0903 Editor Pat Davies 337-0991 Members at Large Editor Lenore Rubino 262-1261 ANC liaison & past president Ed Solomon 337-2030 Editorial advisor Michael Farquhar 338-2921 Legal & tax advisor Dwane Starlin 368-2737 Circulation Marjorie Wolfe 965-1699 Event planning Design/layout Heather Woods heather_woods @comcast.net Infrastructure issues Walter Hillabrant 338-6519 Web site Newsletter Pat Davies 337-0991 Web master Jen Perry 338-1201 Write to board members and the BCA at: PO Box 32262, Calvert Street Station, 2336 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington DC 20007 | E-mail [email protected]  The Burleith Bell www.burleith.org The Burleith Bell | June 2007

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IONA Senior Center Georgetown Senior Center Some events have a fee ($) and/or 4125 Albemarle St., NW, St. John’s Episcopal Church require reservations. Please call 895-9448 | www.iona.org 3240 O Street NW ahead. Check the organizations’ Join fellow seniors for exercise classes, For information about adult day care, care Web sites for additional events. management and counseling, classes, meals, support lunch, and educational programs on Mon, Thanks to Ann Carper, groups, volunteering, and more, call 895-9448. Check out Wed., and Fri. Pick up by van. For details and IONA’s online Resource Guide (or call for a copy) membership info, contact Virginia Luce Allen, ([email protected]) for and 2007-08 Medicare Drug Benefit Toolkit. 338-2219, or [email protected]. providing calendar events

sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Takoma Park House and Garden Tour ($)1-5 pm Self-guided Philip Johnson Discussion ($) Poets on the Fringe 8-9:30 pm tour of one of DC area’s first commuter 6:30 pm Reading/workshop/feedback for suburbs. www.historictakoma.org; With exhibition curator Hilary Lewis, poets (18+), Guy Mason Center. Poet 301-270-2831 critic Ben Forgey, and Alan Ritchie of Pamela Passaretta; 203-919-9199; Behind the Scenes Tour ($) Philip Johnson/Alan Ritchie Architects. [email protected] 2:30 pm; Tudor Place; 965-0400; Kreeger Museum; 338-3552; www. www.tudorplace.org kreegermuseum.org David et Jonathan ($), 5 pm See May 2 for details

Capitol Hill House and 4Garden Dance Production ($) 105 am DC’s Most Endangered Places6 2008 Dance Production ($) 107 am Tour ($) noon-5pm Duke Ellington School of the Arts; 337- 12:30 pm; Media announcement at S See May 12 for details See May 10 for details 4825; www.ellingtonschool.org tevens Elementary School, 1050 21st Tea Tasting 5:30-7:30 pm Street NW. DC Preservation League Led by tea professional Lynayn Mielke. Dance Production ($) 10 am Dumbarton House. See May 12 for details Poets on the Fringe 8-9:30 pm See May 7 for details

Friday Morning Music Club Shepherd Park Garden11 Tour ($) 12noon-1 pm; Chamber1 music concert3 Inside the Artists’14 Studio ($) 1-4 pm; Shepherdpark.org at Dumbarton House. 337-2288 x 450; Noon-2 pm www.dumbartonhouse.org Visit studio of Renee Butler & Joe Overcoming Climate Change ($) White. Kreeger Museum; 338-3552 7: 30 pm Poets on the Fringe 8-9:30 pm Visionary activists Majora Carter, See May 7 for details K.C. Golden, and Betsy Taylor discuss ways to achieve a “green” future. Washington Natl. Cathedral; 537-2221.

18Ward 2 Pools O19pen thru Sept. 3 20Poets on the Fringe2 8-9:301 pm M-F 1-8 pm; Sat-Sun, noon-6 pm. See May 7 for details Georgetown: 282-0381; Francis: 727- 3285

“Big2 Read” 5 26 Georgetown2 Public7 Library Children’s Programs28 Through May 24 Month-long exhibit, film Hi-Tech Bookmobile, Mon.-Fri. 1:30-5:30; closed Sat.-Sun. Ongoing, Corcoran Registration 3265 S St. NW (Jelleff Boys and Girls Club), 409-9346 series, and discussions Register online for continuing on Fitzgerald’s The Great Toddler Time at Georgetown Lutheran Church, education classes, which begin Tues. 10:45-11:15 am, 1556 Wisconsin Ave. Gatsby at MLK Jr. and Jan. 23. 298-2541; branch libraries. www.corcoran.edu/continuing Call 409-9346 for location of these children’s events www.dclibrary.org May 20 - “Joe Pipik’s Backpack Puppets & Lula’ ‘Going Buggy’” 10:30 am May 28 - “Magi, Wit & Bugs” 1:30 pm May is National Preservation Month Burleith “This Place Matters” is the theme of this year’s event sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and partners across the country. Celebrate by Activities visiting one of the Trust’s three DC sites—Decatur House, Woodrow Wilson House, Citizens or the newly restored Lincoln’s cottage at the Soldiers’ Home. Or sign up for a Association house, garden, embassy, or neighborhood tour listed below.

Thursday Friday Saturday Important Phone Numbers Flower Mart 10 am-6 pm Gargoyle’s Den ($) 10 am-2 pm and Websites Fun, activities, & food at Washington See May 2 for details for City Services Natl. Cathedral; www.cathedral.org EU Open House 10 am-3 pm Gargoyle’s Den ($)10 am-2 pm Visit 26 embassies of EU Member Metropolitan Police Ages 6-12. Washington Natl. Cathedral; States. Free admission and shuttle bus Department Washington, DC 537-2934 service. www.europeindc.com David et Jonathan ($), 8 pm Flower Mart 10 am-5 pm Police & Fire Department’s Charpentier’s 1688 opera. GU’s Gonda See May 2 for details Emergency & Non Emergency Theatre; 687-3838; performingarts. David et Jonathan ($), 8 pm Number: 9-1-1 (per Office of Unified georgetown.edu See May 2 for details Communications Jan 14, 2008) To Request City Services (graffiti removal, assistance with Bird Walk 8:30 am 1 2 3abandoned cars and abandoned Walk in restored Cathedral woods with experienced birder Sheila Cochran. houses, etc.) dial 9-1-1 Washington Cathedral; 537-2319; www. see bottom of page for details Sex Offender Registry: http:// cathedral.org mpdc.dc.gov/mpdc/cwp/ view,a,1241,q,540704.asp Watch Your Car Program: http:// mpdc.dc.gov/mpdc/cwp/view,a,1242 ,q,547151,mpdcNav_GID,1541.asp Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit: Bird Walk 8:30 am 8Dance Production ($) 7:309 pm Georgetown Garden10 Treasures http://mpdc.dc.gov/mpdc/cwp/view See May 8 for details See May 12 for details ($) 11 am ,a,1232,q,540949,mpdcnav_gid,1523, IONA Gala and Silent Auction Guided tour of Tudor Place and mpdcnav,%7c31417%7c.asp Dumbarton Oaks gardens. Tudor Place. ($) 6:30 pm; 895-9488; www.iona.org Latino Liaison Unit: 673-4445 Dance Production ($) 7:30 pm Dance Production ($) 7:30 pm http://mpdc.dc.gov/mpdc/cwp/ See May 12 for details See May 12 for details view,a,1232,q,540963.asp Georgetown U.Commencement Gargoyle’s Den ($)10 am-2 pm; See through May 18. May 2 for details A School Visit from McGruff the Crime Dog: 727-8809 Criminal Records/Police Catch the Reading Bug Clearance: 727-4245 Corcoran Open15 House 6-8 pm 11:30 am-12:30 pm; Summer16 reading kick-off 17 For ceramics, sculpture, and party (1st-6th grades) with storytime, Operation TIPP (Terrorist Incident photography. Downtown campus. speaker, & refreshments. West End Library; Prevention Program): TERRORIST 724-8698; [email protected]. TIP LINE – 1 877 YOU WATCH (Contact her for info on Metamorphosis@ (877 968 9282) http://mpdc.dc.gov/ your library for teens.) Opera Workshop Performance mpdc/cwp/view,a,1238,q,555173,mpd ($) 10 am, 7:30 pm; Fully staged & costumed cNav_GID,1578,mpdcNav,|32355|.asp scenes from Lakme’, Madame Butterfly, & GUN TIP LINE- 1 800 GUN – TIPS Don Giovanni. Duke Ellington. (800-486-8477) Piano Lab Recital 2:45 pm CRIME SOLVERS – 1 800-673-2777 22Piano lab and theory23 students show off Gargoyle’s Den2 ($)10 am-24 pm (PICK DC, VA OR MD) what they’ve learned this semester! See May 2 for details Child Support Enforcement: Duke Ellington. (202) 442-9900 http://csed.dc.gov/ CityVision Final Presentation csed/site/default.asp 6-8 pm; Hardy & Charles Hart Middle School students present final designs DC’s Legal Brief: Gun Ban: for N. Capitol St. Corridor (in partnership http://www.nbc4.com/ with Natl. Capital Planning Commission). download/2008/0104/14980193.pdf Natl. Bldg. Museum, 272-2448; www.nbm.org City’s Customer Services Operations: 9-1-1 or http://dc.gov/ 29 30 31mayor/customer_service/core_ M ay 1 0 t h services.shtm Walking Tour of Mt. Vernon Area Georgetown Garden Tour ($) Big Read, noon-1 pm Councilmember ($)10 am-12:30 pm; DC Preservation 10 am-5pm; With tea, 2-4 pm, at Discuss Fitzgerald’s The Great Jack Evans (Ward 2) League 783.5144; www. Christ Church; 965-1950; www. Gatsby, followed by his “Bernice 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW #106 dcpreservation.org georgetowngardentour.com Bobs Her Hair” at 2:30. West End Washington, DC 20004 Library; 724-8698; rebecca.fritz@ Gargoyle’s Den ($) 10 am-2 pm; Capitol Hill House & Garden Tour 724.8058; fax 724.8023 See May 2 for details (and pub crawl) ($) 5-8 pm 543-0425; dc.gov. (June book: Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake) [email protected] www.chrs.org jackevans.org Our community Restaurant Review: ground, and topped with the yolk of a quail egg. 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Dining room tables are arranged lemony dressing is an excellent starter. along one wall; dark, comfortable booths are A luscious dessert, easily shared, is a rich, arrayed against the opposite wall and small sweet, warm, butterscotch bread pudding with tables with high-backed armchairs occupy the Real estate group caramel sauce and sliced bananas. middle space. Service is efficient and friendly. Kemble Park Tavern serves brunch on The menu is a nice mix of classic American Sundays and lunch will be served soon. dishes, with a few international variations. One of the high points is an appetizer LenoreRubino.com — which could serve as a small main course KEMBLE PARK TAVERN: — of broiled chicken wings drizzled with an 5125 MacArthur Blvd. 202/966-5125. excellent horseradish and honey mustard HOURS: Dinner Tuesday to Thursday and sauce. 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