February 2008

From the GPCA President

GPCA Hosts Mayor Fenty Again PLEASE JOIN US in welcoming We have word that Mayor Fenty is scheduled to visit with Glover Parkers at Mayor Fenty to the GPCA meeting the February 5 GPCA meeting. on Tuesday, February 5 at 7:00pm in the sanctuary at St. Luke’s (not Guy Mason If this date changes, we will post notice of the change at www.gpcadc.org. But as previously advertised). since we have little time to organize a good turnout, I’m hoping that everyone who reads this will either try to make to the sanctuary at St. Luke’s at 7 p.m. or will e-mail their concerns or questions to me at [email protected]. When the Mayor previously came to our meeting the turnout was excellent and the interaction was very productive. Let’s be sure to take advantage of this opportunity to be heard.

Streetscape Improvements GPCA has received a grant from the developers of the St. Lukes’ condos of $25,000 for streetscape improvements. At February’s meeting, if there is time, we will begin to discuss how to allocate these funds. Ideas so far include pur- chasing tree box grates, maintenance of the now-planted triangle at Calvert and Wisconsin, and contracting with our local muralist and former GPCA president, Jarrett Ferrier (see Pearson’s), to paint a “Welcome to Glover Park” mural on the side of the new building at 2440 Wisconsin. If you stand at the triangle, north of the gas station, you’ll see what an opportune site that wall is. Think about it. In this issue: Volunteers Needed Get Involved! 2 In March, we will be appointing a nominating committee to develop a slate for the GPCA Meeting Minutes 3 May election of new GPCA offi cers. Our bylaws require me to step down as Presi- Letters to the Editor 4 dent after two years, so we’re looking for someone to step forward and take on this very rewarding and very important post. Two or three other offi cer slots will Needed! Gazette Deliverers 5 be open as well, so there’s room for several new people to help run GPCA. You can Who Ya Gonna Call? 5 email me at [email protected] if you are interested and I will pass your names Get the Lead Out! 5 along when we create the nominating committee. Also, we may need a new volun- Make a Difference with St. teer accountant to fi le our non-profi t tax form this year. Let me know if you have Luke’s 6 this skill and the time to prepare our fi ling before it is due next fall. GP History 6 GP liquor license moratorium – ANC3b and GPCA weigh-in Police Report 7 ANC3B voted on January 10 to seek renewal of Glover Park’s liquor license morato- Scoop the Poop 7 rium with an amendment to allow three additional CR licenses (restaurants that JP’s Burns 7 serve beer, wine and spirits). At its January 8 meeting, GPCA voted to join ANC3B in Romantic Nut 8 this renewal request only if the ANC limited expansion to 3 or fewer new licenses. Le Big Chili is Coming! 8 So both groups will now ask the Alcohol and Beverage Regulatory Commission to rule in favor of renewing the moratorium for fi ve years and adding three more CR From the Boards 9 licenses. It is likely that the proposed new CR licenses will be sought by Breadso- The GP 411 10 da (taking over the My Bakery site) and the new establishment taking over Apollo Home Stay Sponsors 11 Chief Lanier’s Book Club 11 Glover Park Gazette

GLOVER PARK CITIZENS’ ASSOCIATION | Meeting ANC 3B PUBLIC MEETING | February

SPECIAL GUEST: Mayor Adrian Fenty Date: Thursday, February 14, 2008 (tentative at press time; check www.gpcadc.org for any change Time: 7 p.m. in his schedule). Please note location change! Bring questions Place: Guy Mason Recreation Center or e-mail them in advance to [email protected]. Agenda: Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2008 2nd DISTRICT POLICE REPORT Time: 7:00 p.m. OLD BUSINESS Place: Upstairs in the sanctuary at St. Luke’s Church • Update on Plans for Stoddert Recreation Center, Allen Lew, Ofﬁ ce of the Mayor • Trash and Vermin Problem at Starbuck’s, Wisconsin Av- GLOVER PARK CITIZENS’ ASSOCIATION | Agenda enue NEW BUSINESS Business Agenda (if there is time) OPEN FORUM • $25,000 grant for streetscape improvements ADMINISTRATIVE • Outreach for new GPCA ofﬁ cers and volunteers • Treasurer’s Report • Discussion of the 30-route bus line changes • Approval of January Minutes • Open forum for new business To place items on the agenda contact the ANC-3B Commission at [email protected]

Elected Ofﬁ cers of GPCA (terms end May 2008): President, Jackie Blumenthal; First Vice President, Jack Everett; Second Vice President, Frank Martorana; Treasurer, Anslie Stokes; Secretary, Jody Schwarz; Sergeant-at-Arms, Dennis Soiberman. Federation of Citizens Associations Representatives: Christopher Lively and Patricia Clark. Gazette Staff: Peggy McNamara, Julie Dugger; Advertising Manager: Joan Sapienza; Membership Director: Joe Alfenito. Glover Park Day: Jarrett Ferrier, Brennan Hogan. Contacts Advertising: [email protected] Editorial: [email protected]

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GPCA Meeting Minutes January 8, 2008 The meeting was called to order by President Jackie Blumenthal at 7:05 pm. Other ofﬁ cers in attendance were: Jack Everett, First Vice President; Frank Martorana, Second Vice President; Dennis Soiberman, Sergeant-at-Arms; Anslie Stokes, Treasurer; and Jody Schwarz, Secretary

Minutes The November meeting minutes were corrected. The location for the Daphne Henry memo- rial tree has not been decided. Decision will be made prior to planting this Spring. Motion to Know your price up front approve corrected minutes was passed. Straight Forward Pricing Reports Offi cer Zuniga, PSA 204 offi cer, presented the 2007 crime report statistics. Overall, crime was down 50% but robberies remained even from the previous year. Theft from cars remains a 202.882.4500 problem, arising from items, such as laptops, being left in plain view in cars. A new schedule 1351 Quincy Street, went into effect for the area and new offi cers have been assigned. Offi cer Zuniga cautioned NW Washington, DC residents against speeding in the area and discussed the tickets that were issued last month for traffi c violations. (It was in excess of 185- so please slow down and pay attention to your surroundings!). Offi cer Zuniga, in response to questions about recent helicopter activity in the area, stated that it most likely involved the Arlington, Virginia area. A welcome was extended to Aretha Robinson, who is in charge of Guy Mason Rec Center for the Department of Parks and Recreation. $20 OFF SERVICE (not diagnostic fee) Treasurer’s Report: Anslie Stokes presented the Treasurer’s report. Opening balance for the GPCA checking account was $8,672.07. After adjustments for income of $7,995.25 and ex- penses of $1,609.19, the closing balance is $15,058.13. Upon motion made and seconded, the Treasurer’s report was approved by the body.

Membership Report: Joe Alfenito delivered the report that 71 new members joined in Decem- ber, bringing the membership total to 1280.

Old Business ANC Liquor License Decision: As has been reported, the ANC 3B voted to not oppose the renewal of the liquor licenses for Good Guys and JPs Niteclub. Alan Blevins, one of the ANC 3B Commissioners, appeared at the meeting to listen to residents’ comments and to answer questions regarding the ANC 3B’s vote. Commissioner Blevins read into the record a letter dated January 8, 2008, in which Andrew J. Kline, attorney for Good Guys, stated that Good Guys was withdrawing its request for expansion of its premises to include 2313 Wisconsin Avenue, NW in connection with a Voluntary Agreement negotiated with ANC3B. Commis- sioner Blevins also stated that JPs had likewise entered into a Voluntary Agreement regarding / Ê* , /Ê-"1/" Ê",Ê its liquor license renewal. These Voluntary Agreements will be posted on the GPCA website, "1/"/"7 Ê1 -/-t www.gpcadc.org. We thank Commissioner Blevins for attending the meeting and responding to the many questions posed by the residents of Glover Park. A motion was entertained to put the GPCA on record as to opposition to future renewals of the liquor licenses. This issue will be taken up at a later date. A motion was made to appoint a committee to study what actions the neighborhood and the GPCA may take to protest future renewals of the Good Guys and JPs liquor license. Two opposed the motion and it car- ried.

New Business The ANC 3B will hold a meeting on Thursday night to discuss amending the current Glover Park liquor license moratorium. A motion was made for GPCA to fi le its own separate ap- plication for the renewal of the moratorium if the ANC 3B votes for adding more than the two additional licenses approved by GPCA. The motion was amended so that if the ANC 3B votes for three additional liquor licenses, the GPCA Executive Board would be authorized to accept that decision and to then jointly move with the ANC 3B for the modifi cation of the Glover Park liquor license moratorium. If the ANC votes for more than three, then the GPCA would fi le a separate renewal request supporting only the originally authorized two additional licenses. The motion passed as amended.

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I see the north wall expanse every night as I drive home from work across Calvert Street from Massachusetts and it struck me that that blank space – now under the banner seek- ing tenants - presents an opportunity to add to the beauty of Glover Park .

In my reveries, the space is transformed into the equivalent of Woodley Park ’s Marilyn, U Street ’s Duke Ellington, Massachusetts Avenue ’s Frederick Douglas, and countless other For rent One-bedroom cottage on 4+ acres murals adorning formerly bleak city walls throughout the city. in scenic Rappahannock County, Virginia. 2 If I had my way, I would ask local artist Jarrrett Ferrier, a former Glover Park Citizen’s miles from the Inn at Little Washington, 10 Association President, to paint a mural on the newly constructed building. Jarrett added minutes from Shenandoah National Park, immeasurably to the beauty of our neighborhood several years ago when he turned a 80 miles from D.C., 1,000 miles from the rat grimy, nondescript Pearson’s Liquor Store façade into a quaint, sun-dappled townhouse. race. Sleeps four (one bedroom and queen I propose that the GPCA spring for the cost of materials and labor for Jarrett to paint sofabed in living room), wood-burning stove, again. Or we could take up a neighborhood collection and ask for contributions from lo- screened-in porch, pond. Dogs are welcome; cal businesses. Jarrett could choose his own design, or we could take a vote. cats are not. A beautiful place to relax. $275 a Maybe Jarrett has no interest. Maybe another artist does. The logistics don’t matter to weekend. Contact Carol: [email protected] me. What I care about is bringing more beauty into our lives and neighborhood. Let’s or 202-342-7375. adorn those new, stark walls begging to be beautiﬁ ed. Anyone?

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DC Ofﬁ ce of Uniﬁ ed Communications announces that all police-related calls should now be made to 911. Previously, 311 was used for “non-emergency” police calls.

Other important phone numbers ROCKLANDS Barbeque and Grilling Company •To Request City Services (graffi ti removal, assistance with abandoned cars and abandoned houses, etc.) dial 3-1-1 •Sex Offender Registry: http://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_ ~ Summer’s Over! ~ Welcome back all students GID,1541. asp & beach bums! •Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit: http://mpdc. dc.gov/mpdc/ cwp/view, a,1232,q, 540949,mpdc- www.rocklands.com nav_ gid,1523, mpdcnav,% 7c31417%7c. asp •Latino Liaison Unit: 673-4445 Eat Your Barbeque! •A School Visit from McGruff the Crime Dog: 727-8809 •Criminal Records/Police Clearance: 727-4245 •Operation TIPP (Terrorist Incident Prevention Program): TERRORIST TIP LINE – 1 877 YOU WATCH (877 968 9282) http://mpdc. dc.gov/mpdc/ cwp/view, a,1238,q, 555173,mpdcNav_ GID,1578, mpdcNav,| 32355|.asp •GUN TIP LINE- 1 800 GUN – TIPS (800-486-8477) •CRIME SOLVERS – 1 800-673-2777 (PICK DC, VA OR MD) •Child Support Enforcement: (202) 442-9900 http://csed. dc.gov/csed/ site/default.asp •DC’s Legal Brief: Gun Ban: http://www.nbc4. com/download/ 2008/0104/ 14980193.pdf •City’s Customer Services Operations: 3-1-1 or http://dc.gov/ mayor/customer_ service/core_ 2428 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W. services. shtm Washington, DC 20007 (202) 333-9200 www.provideoinc.com Get the Lead Out! Julie Dugger Lead is a widely recognized health hazard to humans, particularly children, causing signifi - cant damage to brain function. Over the past few years DC’s municipal water system, built PARDON MY GARDEN a century ago with lead pipes, has undergone changes to upgrade many of the lead mains Fall Cleanup/Landscaping/Hauling/ in the city. However, Glover Park has been neglected – and our main (and many of the pipes Painting/Deck Cleaning/Power directly into our homes) are defi antly lead. A quick review of WASA’s website indicates that Washing/ Exterior Property Care not only has the ANC 3-B area not had any upgrades since this initiative began, we are not even on the schedule for the foreseeable future. Cleveland Park, Georgetown, and AU Park have all had partial or complete upgrades.

The water you drink, bathe in, and cook with contains lead and it’s time to change that. I have contacted the ANC 3-B and encourage you to do the same. Or ask Mayor Fenty at the February GPCA meeting. Or attend WASA’s upcoming meeting on changes to their Lead Service Replacement Program from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 26 at Ft. Stevens Jim Cardaci-Owner Recreation Center, 1327 Van Buren St, N.W. Let’s get the lead out! (202) 543-7127 [email protected] 319 5th Street NE Washington, DC 20002 Glover Park Gazette

Make A Difference with St. Luke’s By Adam Briddell, ([email protected])

The Washington Metropolitan Area is at once an area of tremendous afﬂ uence and an area of tremendous need. Over thirty percent of DC’s children live in poverty. The life expectancy of DC residents is among the lowest in the United States. And DC’s rate of newly reported AIDS cases is higher than rates in Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City or Chicago.

At the same time DC placed in the top ﬁ ve in a CNN ranking of the most expensive places to live in the United States. The city blocks around the Naval Observatory warranted mention in a Forbes piece on our nation’s most expensive neighborhoods. But despite this, the Gates Foundation has found that in “Wards 7 and 8 only one in three students ﬁ nish high school and only one in 20 earn a college degree.”

The challenges we face require city-wide reform, but as individuals we can make a contribution. St. Luke’s United Methodist Church is a small congregation on the border between Glover Park and Massachusetts Heights, at 3655 Calvert Street, NW. We have made a commitment that the ﬁ rst Saturday of every month, we will be out in the city offering out time, talents and service to area food banks, soup kitchens and other community service projects. We hear our call to action in the 25th chapter of the Gospel of Matthew: “The King will say to those at his right hand, come, for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me. Truly I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.”

Meet us in the church parking lot at 9:45 on February 2nd, when we will be serving a meal at SOME’s (So Others Might Eat) soup kitchen. Or join us at 9:00 AM on March 1st when we will be volunteering at Bread for the City’s Food Bank. All are welcome at St. Luke’s, and all are invited to join us on the ﬁ rst Saturday of every month as we live out our mission to serve God and neighbor!

GP History by Carlton Fletcher Charles Carroll Glover

The District of Columbia is indebted to the vision and generosity of banker and philanthropist Charles Carroll Glover (1846-1936) for more than three thousand acres of parkland, including Rock Creek Park and the National Zoo. Glover was also instrumental in the building of the National Cathedral, and in the completion of the Washington Monu- ment, and it was Glover who envisioned the twenty-year project of dredging of the Potomac Flats, where the Lincoln and the Jefferson memorials are today.

The development of Massachusetts Avenue –– Glover lived at 4300 –– was a favorite project, and in 1928, when Glover provided a site for a new British Legation at 3100, Embassy Row was born.

In 1924 Glover gave the newly instituted National Capital Parks Commission seventy-seven acres in the valley of Foundry Branch, which, with the addi- tion of twenty-eight acres from Anne Archbold, became Glover-Archbold Park, just west of the neighborhood that bears his name.

The Centennial History of Washington, 1892 February 2008 . page 7 Police Report A summary of police activity in the neighborhood Theft •2400 block of Wisconsin Avenue NW; an employee reports that between the hours of 9:15 AM and 5:00 PM company checks were taken and cashed by unauthorized persons. . Theft from auto •2100 block of WISCONSIN AVE NW on 1/06/2008 between 2:15 pm and 11:17 pm. Unknown suspect(s) smashed the driver side window on a vehicle, and stole a GPS system, and jacket. . • 3900 block of DAVIS PLACE NW between 1/08/2008 at 6 pm and 1/09/2008 at 1:30 pm. A car stereo was stolen after unknown suspect(s) entered a vehicle by prying open the front door.

• 4100 block of W STREET NW on 1/15/2008 between 5 pm and 6:15 pm. Unknown suspect(s) entered a vehicle by smash ing a front passenger side window with an unknown object. Stolen from inside were a handbag, glasses, and assorted credit cards.

Stolen Auto • 2600 block of Tunlaw Road NW; a citizen reports that between 3:00 PM on January 13, 2008 and 5:00 PM on January 16, 2008; his motor cycle was taken from the rear alley in an unknown manner. Scoop Your Pet’s Poop: A friendly reminder that we all need to be responsible and courteous neighbors by Jody Schwarz

It’s a beautiful day in Glover Park. The sun is shining and you’re enjoying the brief respite from the wintery air to get in some outside time. Standing in line at Rocklands, it begins: the smell. People in line take a step back away from you. You glance around, hoping the source is elsewhere; you took a shower this morning. Walking back home, the smell lingers. Entering your house, the pungent stench is worse. Sighing, you know the culprit. Checking the bottom of your shoes, there it is. This is a friendly reminder that DC has a strict law against failing to remove dog waste. The law states that no person owning, keeping or having custody of a dog, except a seeing eye dog, shall allow dog waste to remain in any public place. The DC government reminds us that it is important to scoop your pet’s poop because:

• Properly disposing of pet waste helps to keep park grounds and sidewalks clean. • Pet waste transmits disease, such as worms, including roundworm, ringworm, whipworm; bacteria such as E. Coli, and viruses like the deadly Parvo virus. • Pet waste attracts rats and ﬂ ies. • Pet waste is bad for the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers and the city’s smaller neighborhood streams. Rain carries waste into storm drains and nearby streams, contaminating the water with harmful bacteria which make the water unhealthy to touch. • Pet waste adds unwanted nutrients to local waterways causing algae blooms and poor water quality.

Pet owners who fail to pick up their dogs’ waste will be subject to a ﬁ ne up to $1,000. That’s a lot of money! Instead of having to pay such a hefty ﬁ ne and inviting the ire of your neighbors, we remind everyone to please be respectful of the great neighborhood we all share by picking up after your dog and properly disposing of the waste in your own garbage can or in one of the public waste recep- tacles scattered around the area.

JP’s Burns

A massive, 2-alarm gas fi re destroyed most of JP’s strip club and the neighboring vacant laundry early in the morning of January 22. Wisconsin Avenue was closed for several hours and fi re crews remained at the scene the following day on watch for fl are-ups. No word yet on whether there are plans to rebuild or not.

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Romantic Nut By Reem Nourallah Chiaviello

Many of us at Glover Park celebrate Valentine’s Day with red roses, boxes of chocolate, cute teddy bears but never with nuts. No one knows yet that a box of pistachio is the ultimate romantic gift to any signiﬁ cant other.

The pistachio tree is native to the Middle East were it grew in the wild in the high desert regions of Syria. Archaeological evidence have shown that this nut was used as food as early as 7,000 B.C. The pistachio was introduced then to Italy early in the ﬁ rst century A.D. and consequently its cultivation spread to other Mediterranean countries soon after.

The pistachio tree is a broad, bushy tree which grows slowly to reach 25 - 30 feet in height with one or several trunks. The pistachio tree is very similar to the olive tree as it is inclined to live and produce for centuries. Its leaf is about 4 inches long and both male and female trees have to be present in order to produce fruit.

Pistachios should be planted in full sun. The size of the trees can be controlled by pruning to enhance its yield and hasten cultivation. The pistachio tree can survive in poor soil conditions and is tolerant to drought. It would be best, however, to plant the pistachio tree in well drained soil that retains moisture and allows deep infrequent watering for its roots.

What makes this nut romantic is its pink color hull. The rosy hull protects a thin, ivory-colored, bony shell. When the pistachio fruit matures, its shell splits open only at full moon light during late summer nights. Millions of crack sounds fi ll the fi elds while young lovers roam around and night travelers roll down their windows to hear this beautiful sound. Families tell children about this romantic nut so they, in turn, visit the pistachio fi elds when they get older during cool and moonlit summer nights.

The fresh pistachio nut is then sold in Middle Eastern markets. Its rosy hull maintains its color for a week to ten days. Many keep the fresh pistachio nut in the refrigerator so that its life span is extended. When the hull turns brown, the pistachio nut is then is stripped of its hull, mixed with salty water and is spread out on thin pans to dry under the sun. This process takes about a couple of weeks and then the dried pistachio supply is ready to be enjoyed among family members, relatives and friends.

It has been a little over ten years since I told my mother-in-law to be about the pistachio its romantic history. Many years later I found out that this special nut did grant me her love and the love of a brand new family.

Le Big Chili is Coming! By Molly Evans

Mark your calendars for April 27, 5-8 pm when Stoddert Elementary will hold its biggest fundraiser of the year, Le Big Chili! This evening of dinner, drinks and a silent and live auction will be held at La Maison Française at the French Embassy. Money raised at the Big Chili helps to meet our school¹s critical needs. The PTA provides funding for important elements of the educational program: books for the library and classrooms; computers; and stipends for teachers to purchase supplies for their classrooms.

Stoddert consistently ranks among the top-scoring public K-through-5 schools in the District. Over 200 pre-kindergarten through ﬁ fth grade children from the Burleith, Glover Park and Massachusetts Avenue Heights neighborhoods attend Stoddert, which serves children from dozens of countries and cultures in a small school environment with great student achievement.

You do not have to have a child attending Stoddert to make a donation or attend the auction. Whether you are a Stoddert parent, or just care about our local public school, please make a donation -- and plan to take advantage of this opportunity to socialize at the French Embassy, get to know Stoddert parents and teachers, pick up some great auction items, and help Stoddert’s PTA.

We’re now soliciting donations from the community, so please contact Molly Evans ([email protected]) if you would like to do- nate or get involved. Watch this space for ticket information in an upcoming issue. February 2008 . page 9 From the Boards A summary of some discussions on the local listserves A listserve member responds to a question about the trees in Glover Park The trees in Glover-Archbold & Whitehaven Parks are primarily American Beech, Yellow Poplar (aka Tulip Poplar), Sycamore, and a few oaks, and even fewer black locust, basswood, American Holly, and other stragglers. The beech are probably the dominant species and can be spotted easily, even in winter, by their smooth, silvery bark (often bearing the initials of various starry eyed youths) and their graceful horizontal habit; they have a nice orange col- or in fall and have oblong toothed leaves. Yellow poplar / Tulip poplar have very rough bark and a distinctive four-pointed leaf; they are not true poplars and have a tulip-like fl ower, and you can see a handful of lovely tall specimens in stoddert fi eld (next to, but not in, the tot lot). Sycamore as you know have the distinctive patchy bark and maple-looking leaves. The grand stoddert fi eld tree is of course an oak, as are many of the trees on neighborhood streets (e.g. W street) and on the south side of the dog hill in Whitehaven park. A challenge is to fi nd one of the three or four basswood in the woods which can be identifi ed by their 12”, heart-shaped light green leaves.

If you’re wondering about street trees, we have a mix of maples, oaks, gingko (plus a number of ornamentals like cherries, japanese maples, & dogwood). There are only a few black walnuts and one chestnut in the neighborhood ... who can ﬁ nd it? (If you know, don’t give it away!)

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The GP 411 by Laurie England

Let’s all welcome Bodysmith Personal Training Gym, 2200 Wisconsin Avenue, 939-0800, [www.bodysmithdc.com] to Glover Park! I had the pleasure of meeting both of the owners Stuart Smith and Patrick Castro at their opening so I can personally tell you that you will immediately feel at home in their new location. With more than ten years of experience in the personal training business and another location at Logan Circle, Stuart has made the former space even more inviting and attractive. There are lockers and personal bathrooms with showers and heated ﬂ oors. The training gym will offer small classes in martial arts, boxing, yoga and kettle bells, personal training for all ﬁ tness levels and massage. And yes the opening which was catered by our own neighborhood Bourbon was indeed a grand suc- cess!

Congratulations to Whole Foods, 2323 Wisconsin Avenue, 333-5393, which is celebrating their 12th Anniversary! The store has many upcoming events [check the blackboard at the front near the service desk] including Valentine’s Day so there will be plenty of fl owers and chocolates on display. During the past year their 5% days have benefi ted the DC Public Library’s children rooms, Georgetown Min- istries and Washington Parks and People. And right in our own back yard Whole Foods donated four picnic tables made from recycled materials to the Guy Mason baseball fi eld. Sponsorships included Taste of Georgetown, Georgetown Ministries benefi t, Glover Park Day, St. Luke’s 15th Anniversary Gala, Police Department Safe Night Out, Georgetown Hospital Kids Mobile Medical Clinic, Race for the Cure, Walk for Autism Now, Washington Ballet plus all the area schools and the list goes on!

For the next month the Hair Lounge Salon at 2201 Wisconsin Avenue, 337-0951 [www.hairloungesalon.com], will be collecting scarves [please dry clean!] and donations for the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Hospital. Thank you Daniel!

The Georgetown Hoya basketball show continues at Town Hall, 2218 Wisconsin Avenue, 333-5640, for all away games. Paul Holder plays host to the Hoya Hoop Club, the alumni group which supports Georgetown basketball. Upcoming games will be on February 9 vs Louis- ville and February 16 vs. Syracuse, both rivals in the Big East Conference.

Did you know that Ace Hardware, 2251 Wisconsin Avenue, 333-6378, now sharpens knives and scissors? If you have ever tried to do this task on your own like I have, you know that it is not as easy as it looks and you have to be careful not to cut yourself! Other services of- fered include delivery, rekey locks, match paint color you see in a magazine and special order everything from door hardware to ﬁ lters to pink duct tape!

Reviews and news of Glover Park businesses in the new year: Two Glover Park restaurants made Washingtonian’s Magazine top 100 [January 2008]. Sushi-Ko, 2309 Wisconsin Avenue, 333-4187, was listed at #29. “From sushi and sashimi to rarely found Japanese tidbits and fusion plates, owner Daisuke Utagawa and head chef Koji

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Terano offer one of the more far-reached Japanese menus in the area. Utagawa, who travels the world for inspiration, is the force behind the restaurant’s unconventional pairing of Japanese food and Burgundy wines.” Heritage India, 2400 Wisconsin Avenue, 333-3120, was listed at #52. “elegant Indian cooking that demonstrates the difference between heat and genuine spice and is done with fl air-often in copper pots warmed over a fl ame at the table. The kitchen goes beyond the standards with vegetable stews and fi sh dishes rarely seen on local menus.” More comments were given regarding the mood, best for, best dishes, insider tips and service.

Dr. Howard Brooks, dermatologist and medical director of SKIN: Cosmetic Dermatology of Georgetown, 2233 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 230, 298-SKIN [www.Georgetownskin.com]. was quoted in City Living Source magazine [January-February]. “the two most important things I believe a person can do to help keep his or her skin healthy are to wear sunblock and to drink plenty of water each day.” So put on your to do list sunblock with an SPF of 15 protects against the UVA and UVB rays and at least eight large glasses of water daily.

SomaFit was named Best Athlete’s Retreat in an article on “Beauty’s New Age” [DC Magazine, January 2008]. “Hop off the treadmill and book your 1,000 maintenance visit to SomaFit’s ultra-modern spa for a soak and runner’s massage to keep hips, hamstrings and calves set.”

E-mail [email protected] with news about Glover Park! A Program of World Learning Seeks Home Stay Sponsors World Learning is expanding its network of home stay hosts for international visitors participating in State Department sponsored exchange programs. The program is looking for hosts to open their homes to visiting professionals and students for one week at a time, roughly every other year. During their stay in the U.S., visitors participate in experiential tours, and meet their professional counter- parts, and learn about American culture. Contact Cecilia Golombek at (202) 898-0950 x7139 or [email protected]..

Police Chief Lanier’s Book Club A Message from Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier

I have asked my staff to read two great books called Tipping Point and Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. I’d like to meet with residents in a book club setting to discuss these books and any ideas you may have generated from reading either book. I am looking at a few dates in March to hold this discussion. If you are interested in joining me, please visit my E-vite at http://www.evite.com/app/publicUr/UIEY- HOHOLZGUIYUTKNXW/ChiefsBookDiscussion. This link can be forwarded to other residents in the city.

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