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On April 21, the Vida Fitness on U Street celebrated the grand opening of the Penthouse Pool Club. Attendees were members of the new rooftop pool, which already has a wait list, and spent the night socializing while enjoying hors d’oeuvres and signature cocktails. Despite the rain, guests spent the whole evening enjoying the [...] 
Photo Credit: usda.gov The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the District of Columbia Daughters of the American Revolution (D.C. DAR) teamed up to create a People’s Garden at the Columbia Heights Educational Campus (CHEC). In this joint venture, D.C. DAR will provide funding, while USDA will provide technical expertise. Students on the Green [...] 
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 1st. This unexpected [...] 
The 7th Annual Chris4Life Colon Cancer Foundation Scope It Out 5K Run/Walk for Colon Cancer Awareness will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 25. The race kicks off at Freedom Plaza (13th & Pennsylvania) and will include a scenic tour of popular D.C. sites including the National Galley, Newseum, FBI Headquarters, Ford’s [...] 
Alice Waters, the famed chef and food activist from Berkeley, California will be visiting DC as part of an event honoring her and her new portrait being installed at the National Portrait Gallery. The event is scheduled for Friday evening, January 20. Photo by Dave Woody. Credit: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Waters [...] 
Acumen Solutions presents check to BUILD Metro DC (Photo Credit: Acumen Solutions) The results are in: Acumen Solutions Race for a Cause third annual 8K and 1-Mile Fun Run, which took place on October 16, 2011, raised $125,000 for DC area non-profits this year. In addition to a 54% increase over 2010 race [...] 
DC’s newest farm market, C.H.E.W. (Community, Harvest Education, in Ward 7), will be celebrating with host Top Chef Carla Hall on Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 11 a.m. Hall will be conducting a cooking demo for attendees. The C.H.E.W. located in the district, at the intersection of Good Hope Road, Naylor Road and Alabama Ave. [...] 
Photo Credit: Smiles at Fairfax Corner Fairfax Dentists Dr. Tara L. Zier and Dr. Riaz Rayek, of Smiles at Fairfax Corner are offering a significant discount on their dental services to help people in need of dental care and their community food pantry. The doctors realize that [...] 
Each year, thousands of participants raise money to fight homelessness here in the District through the Homeless walkathon. This year’s Fannie Mae Help the Homeless Walkathon takes place on the National Mall on Saturday, November 19. The walk is for the nearly 12,000 people in the Washington, DC area who are homeless – 40% [...] 
Domestic violence is the secret scourge that cuts across economic, social and racial boundaries. Because it is rarely discussed openly, and takes its shameful toll physically as well as emotionally, it can grow and flourish silently behind the doors of the best as well as the worst neighborhoods. Photo Credit: Yoga Salutes Nonviolence [...] |
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April 24th, 2012 
