"Street" Style

Nomatter on which side of the street he struts, a man in DC has style options these days.  That street style is the raison d’etre for the HMX Group’s new “Streets” concept, which opened in Georgetown in late September, yet held its grand opening event Wednesday… Read More

Geek2Chic: Who Walked It Best?

Geek2Chic, a runway event held Tuesday (11.8.11) at Bloomingdale’s in Chevy Chase, featured man candy couture on some local titans of tech.  So, who walked it best?  Check out Thrillist DC’s Leo Schmid, GoVenga’s Winston Lord, GeniusRocket’s Peter Lamotte, Facebook’s Andrew Noyes, TroopSwap’s Blake Hall and so… Read More

Literary Death Match

by Jordana Merran DC9 packed a full house Tuesday night as it played host to the critically-acclaimed literature read-off known as Literary Death Match, now halfway through a nineteen-city tour across North America. Four writers—including Huffington Post blogger Sean Carman, author Sacha Scoblic, comedienne Vijai Nathan, and… Read More

Getting Geeky: Geek2Chic 2011

iStrategyLabs’ Peter Corbett explains one of the DCWeek‘s most popular events. Geek 2 Chic, an event Tuesday evening put on by Microsoft at Bloomingdale‘s, transformed successful, innovative tech-savvy men from the private and public sectors into fashion models for one night to raise funds for… Read More

Mike Isabella Puts Mexican on M Street

This isn’t his Grandmother’s kitchen – technically, it’s Jonathan Umbel’s – but Chef Mike Isabella, famous from Top Chef and his just-like-my-family-made-it Grafiatto eatery, announced plans this week to open a second restaurant in DC. Bandolero, described as a “modern Mexican small-plates concept,” is set… Read More