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BY Andrea Rodgers
 March 15th, 2012
Lounging in the sun by VIDA's new rooftop pool.
On Wednesday afternoon I met with Aaron Moore, the Regional Manager of VIDA Fitness & AuraSpa at their the U-Street Corridor location. We started the tour with their crown jewel — the much anticipated rooftop Penthouse Pool Club which will open on Sunday, April [...]
BY Andrea Rodgers
 March 13th, 2012
RSVP for this amazing St. Patrick’s Day themed event celebrating a brand new partnership between Don-A-Matrix and Voli Spirits. Attendees will be treated to a special guest appearance by Voli spokesperson and co-owner, as well as a Don-a-Matrix training client, Fergie and her friend, will.i.am.
Voli Light Vodkas, the world’s first low [...]
BY Andrea Rodgers
 March 12th, 2012
On Saturday, March 24th, O’Neill Studios will host its 6th Annual Salon Party benefiting Research Down Syndrome, a non-profit foundation that supports Down Syndrome Cognitive Research. There will be over 60 pieces of art for sale by homegrown pop-artist, Maggie O’Neill, Washington Redskins’ tight end/painter and sculptor, #47 Chris Cooley, and many others. [...]
BY Andrea Rodgers
 March 12th, 2012
Jewelry Designer, Samira and her mother and owner of Tabandeh, Tabandeh Sizdahkhani
On Friday afternoon, I stopped by Tabandeh at Mazza Galleria to meet Samira Sizdahkhani. Samira was born into a fashion family blessed with her mother’s great taste, and started designing at age 12 in the workshop. Seven years ago, Samira worked [...]
BY Andrea Rodgers
 March 12th, 2012
(Photo Credit: talesfromtheroad.southernliving.com)
Last night, a friend and I went to Comet Ping Pong in Chevy Chase for the first time. John Bryce Reh was our server and took amazing care of us. The food served at the restaurant is the highest quality, organic, and is farmed and harvested in a sustainable manner. [...]
BY Andrea Rodgers
 March 9th, 2012
Congrats to my dear friend from my childhood days in Memphis, Katie Kalsi whose line of beautiful custom handbags has just been picked up by Belk department stores. Katie began her professional career as an artist painting contemporary works on canvas using oils and acrylics. But her eye for fashion has been an obvious [...]
BY Andrea Rodgers
 March 8th, 2012
Samira Sizdahkhani
Samira 13 is a fashion jewelry line launched in 2008 by Los Angeles-based designer/sculptor Samira Sizdahkhani. Born into a fashion family, Samira started designing at age 12 in the workshop, her mother’s famed D.C. fashion mecca, Tabandeh.
Shortly after completing university, Samira worked as a fashion stylist in L.A. for [...]
BY Andrea Rodgers
 March 3rd, 2012
Without missing a beat my second phone call after receiving the news that our campy YouTube tribute to Elton John and the Oscars had won us a trip through Emma.com to Hollywood to attend the Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscar Party was to Blo Blow Dry Bar at the W Hotel in Hollywood. [...]
BY Andrea Rodgers
 February 29th, 2012
My friend Cheryl Romero and I were notified this past Friday that we had won the bid for Tickets to Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscar Viewing Party through Emma.com with our campy YouTube video featuring Elton John’s Crocodile Rock tune which we shot at Madame Tussaud’s in DC. This was the 20th year for [...]
BY Andrea Rodgers
 February 22nd, 2012
Andrea Rodgers as Marilyn Monroe taken by Joseph Allen in 2008
My good friend Cheryl Romero told me about Emma.com’s offer to win an experience of a lifetime — an all expense trip to Los Angeles to attend the 20th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party. You have to understand [...]
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