“Bread is Satan,” Eve Ensler declares definitively early on in the production of The Good Body, her one-woman show and follow-up to the wildly popular Vagina Monologues, now playing at the Lincoln Theatre. As she nevertheless waxes on about the joys of bread and dismisses such derivatives as flatbread as the mere “memory of bread,” Atkins aficionados, South Beach slaves, and whole-grain worshippers in the audience can’t help but grin with understanding. The tension between…

Our city, splendid and powerful as it may be, is certainly not very sexy. While DC is infused with a vibrance and energy that other cities may lack, the sights, smells and sounds of a newly opened Pottery Barn, sprung forth from the rubble of a block of Southeast row houses do not provide quite the same sensory scintillation as, say, a South Beach mambo, or a West Village table for two. Capitol Hill sexploits,…

After several weeks of renovations, Savino Recine is set to open his new dining lounge at One Dupont Circle. Recine, whose eponymous Savino’s Café and Lounge previously inhabited the location, closed his three-year-old fine dining restaurant and lounge after realizing the marriage was less than optimal. Recine has switched concepts and rechristened the space Cloud. The decor will reflect the new theme, with “a pearly, iridescent white floor, white faux leather seating, and gauzy white…

We have to say that we haven’t been more intrigued about a restaurant than the Bleu Group’s IndeBleu, which is set to open at Seventh and G streets NW later this month. The opening lines from its press release set the bar high for the fusion Indian-French-lounge-restaurant-experience: “Think Parisian cachet set against the lively backdrop of South Beach. Think refined linens splashed with exuberant colors. Think of world-class French cuisine accented with the exotic flavors…

Honorary DCist and former president Bill Clinton has been hospitalized in New York City after complaining of chest pains. CNN.com is reporting doctors told the former president, who has no history of heart problems, that he needs bypass surgery. Clinton, who has sung the praises of the South Beach diet recently, used to be a regular patron of the 17th Street McDonald’s, just up and around the corner from the White House….