Kate Michael

Kate Michael, @kstreetkate, is a Writer/Model/On-Camera Host and Event Emcee. Notable as the Founder and current Editor-At-Large of K Street Magazine, Kate started the site while serving as Miss District of Columbia 2006 and competing in Miss America (2007). Currently, Kate works as a professional spokesperson and model, walking the runway for such industry icons as Valentino, Derek Lam, Naeem Kahn and Oscar de la Renta. Her media portfolio includes a spread in Elle magazine and features on Inside Edition and BBC World News’ “The Real Cities” series. You’ll catch her interviewing guests on DC’s NewChannel8′s Let’s Talk Live and showcasing products on BestBuy.com, as well as work appearing on NBC, Fox, Comcast and local print publications.

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Oldest Gondola at the National Gallery of Art

Posted on February 25, 2011 in Around Town

One of the oldest surviving gondolas from Venice is now on view on the mezzanine of the East Building at the National Gallery of Art.

Complementing the exhibition Venice: Canaletto and His Rivals, the gondola, on loan from The Mariners’ Museum, dates from the mid-19th century and was once owned by American painter Thomas Moran. (While in Venice, Moran and his wife – typical tourists – hired a personal gondolier, and subsequently purchased his boat and brought it back to the United States.)

Check it out, now through May 30, 2011.