Your guide to the region's top events, mixed with some commentary about life, media, gossip and politics in Washington, DC.
Category: Washingtonian Favorites
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Alejandro Salinas
Every Thursday, we bring you interviews with noteworthy Washingtonians. This week, we catch up with Curtis Sittenfeld, author of American Wife, a fictional account of a First Lady loosely based on Laura Bush.
Photograph courtesy of Curtis Sittenfeld.
Name: Curtis Sittenfeld Age: 33 Occupation: Novelist and former Washingtonian; author most recently of American Wife, about a First Lady loosely based on Laura Bush.
Hometown: Cincinnati
Must-have item at all times: Chapstick. Signature drink: Water (yes, I’m boring). Finish this sentence: When not working, you can find me... ...Reading.
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Category Tags: Washingtonian Favorites
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Help us find the 2008 Washingtonians of the Year!
UPDATE: Nominations for Washingtonians of the Year are closed as of October 20, 2008. Who: For more than 30 years, the Washingtonians of the Year awards have been the highest honor our community bestows on the people who make this a better place.
What: The Washingtonian is seeking nominations for the 2008 Washingtonians of the Year. If you know someone who is helping to build a better city and region, help us recognize his or her contribution.
Please include any information you think might be helpful, and include your name and phone number or e-mail address.
Winners will be featured in the January 2009 issue of The Washingtonian and honored at a luncheon at the Willard InterContinental Hotel.
Where: Send or e-mail letters of nomination by September 30 to:
Washingtonians of the Year
The Washingtonian
1828 L Street, NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036
or woy@washingtonian.com >>See previous Washingtonians of the Year
Category Tags: Washingtonian, Washingtonian Favorites
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Alejandro Salinas
Every Thursday, we bring you interviews with noteworthy Washingtonians. This week, we catch up with Jon Gann, filmmaker and organizer of the DC Shorts Film Festival.
Photograph courtesy of Jon Gann.
Name: Jon Gann
Age: 42
Occupation:Filmmaker, Festival Organizer, Graphic Designer, Bon Vivant
Hometown: Washington DC
Must have item at all times: Sad, but my iPod.
Signature drink: Makers Mark on the rocks.
Finish the sentence: When not working, you can find me...
...Out with friends or my dog, Pilot. Washingtonian(s) you admire?
Anyone who runs a non-profit. What work!
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Category Tags: Washingtonian Favorites
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Alejandro Salinas
Every Thursday, we bring you interviews with noteworthy Washingtonians. This week, we catch up with Svetlana Legetic, the founder and editor of BrightestYoungThings, the popular web site about the young, urban DC scene.
Photograph courtesy of Svetlana Legetic.
Name: Svetlana Legetic
Age: A freshly turned 28
Occupation: Architect by day, cult leader by other hours (and founding member and editrix of BrightestYoungThings.com)
Hometown: Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
Must have item at all times: A very large purse to carry all the not-so-must-have items in.
Signature drink: My father’s homemade plum brandy.
Finish the sentence: When not working, you can find me...
...everywhere.
Washingtonian(s) you admire?
Everyone I know who has ever touched BYT is such a hero to me I may get sentimental here now. Every band, artist, designer, writer, chef, filmmaker, DJ who decided to be here instead of somewhere else and as a result made it as awesome as it is now.
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Category Tags: Washingtonian Favorites
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