Sep 15, 2005
D.C.: Design Capital?
If you’ve been at work all week lamenting the fact that you’re crunching numbers in a cube instead of rubbing elbows in Bryant Park, fear not: DC Fashion Week is here. We won’t pretend it compares to New York’s Fashion Week, but we can’t argue with its mission. “DC Fashion Week was created to increase economic development in the area of fashion design, clothing merchandising and modeling, and to enhance the visibility of the nation’s…
Aug 12, 2005
Coalition of the Swilling: That Other Waterfront
Sometimes you’re in a Gulf Coast mood. You know, the kind of mood that compels you to do any number of things you’d normally avoid. Like wear a Hawaiian shirt, or drink mai tais, or listen to Jimmy Buffet. For those moments (and admit it — you’ve had at least one, right?) there’s Cantina Marina, located not on the Georgetown Waterfront, but on the water in Southwest — one of the new epicenters for development…