Harvard alums and their friends gathered at the Chevy Chase home of Elbridge and Susan Colby to celebrate author Ross Douthat’s first book,“Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class” on ...

When Brook Rose and Gregg Busch purchased their historic Georgian home in Kalorama in May 2004, plaster was mercilessly peeling from the ceiling and walls, and sections of the imposing crown molding ...

Once again, this year’s Best Friends Foundation Gala at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel stood out among the bevy of galas in the first week in May. The theme of “Do You Remember When Rock Was Young” ...

They are known to the world on a double first name basis: Ben and Sally. Before Bennifer, before Brangelina, they took one look at each other and it was Kismet. He was barrel-chested and gravelyvoiced ...

Think about living in New York's Soho district and images of lofts instantly come to mind. Think Washington and one might picture Georgetown's Federal-style townhouses or Kalorama's grand ambassadors' ...

When Erica Jong first published her best-selling book, Fear of Flying, over 30 years ago, it was clear she was not afraid to speak her mind. After a string of successful novels and memoirs, Jong ...

Placido Domingo and Michael Sonnenreich wanted to make sure that prominent opera lovers Be y Knight Scripps, Ina Ginsburg, Jacqueline Badger Mars, Jo Ann Mason, Lucky Roosevelt, John Pohanka and ...

A Moscow-on-the-Potomac evening at P Street's Studio Theater, which with its 1997 upgrade began the revitalization of the 14th Street strip (scene of the 1968 riots) and nearby Logan Circle. The ...

The 2004 Service to America Medals (SAMMIES) were presented at a dinner and awards gala at Union Station on September 28. The medals, awarded to nine recipients, honor those who have shown a strong ...

A few days after her nomination as the next U.S. ambassador to Barbados Mary Ourisman trekked across the Key Bridge to deepest Rosslyn for her first diplomatic negotiation. In a high security office, ...

Born to Austrian parents, Christopher Reiter graduated from San Diego State University with a degree in finance. His real education, however, came from the vast amount of time he and his friends spent ...

The Kalorama estate of the late television personality Deena Clark has been sold. Mrs. Clark, who had lived in the home since 1942, was born Ruby Constandina in La Jolla, California, and was a world ...