Everything's Better When it's FRESH!

Adam Lambert

by senior contributor Brendan Kownacki

The house was rocking over the long weekend when the team from 94.7 Fresh FM overtook the Gaylord National Resort for the first annual FRESHtival.  The all day music fest was fun for the whole family and included performances from Scars on 45, Junior Doctor, Erin Willett, and Adam Lambert. 

We'll have what their having!

Photo credit: Getty Images

Fabergé celebrated the opening of its New York flagship with Champagne, caviar, fabulous jewels.........all part of the US launch and the opening of its first boutique in the country.

Do you meet the criteria?

Stephanie Greenfield, Jason Binn, Nicole Vecchiarelli, Kevin Ryan and Keith Pollack

Photo credit: Chantal Botana

and Janet Donovan  

While Katy Perry partied incognito in the Hamptons at The South Pointe Club over the weekend, Haley and Jason Binn were a visible presence at The Bridgehampton Surf & Tennis Club celebrating the start of summer and the up-coming launch of Du Jour Magazine with their team: Alan Katz, Cynthia Lewis, Gayle Sobel, Keith Pollock, and Nicole Vecchiarelli along with partners: Lisa and Jimmy Cohen and Kevin Ryan.  Bonfires and children included.

Fifty-One Books and Counting!

by columnist Donna Shor

Photo credit:  Courtesy of The Hay Adams

Kay Enokido of The Hay Adams Hotel hosted a fascinating lunch for her Author Series, this time featuring Joyce Carol Oates and the signing of her latest novel “Mudwoman.”

Oates, America’s and possibly the world’s most prolific author, started writing at age fourteen after her grandmother happened to give her a typewriter.

And the real stars shone....

Joe Mantegna greets an American hero

by contributor Maria Fda Giron R.
Photo credit:  PenFed Foundation

"I think people have forgotten the soldiers of America and it's very sad that this country has a short memory!" said actor Joe Mantegna at the PenFed Foundation's 8th gala: "Eight Annual Night of Heroes Gala: Honoring the Heroes at Home" at the Ritz-Carlton.

"California 37"

by senior contributor Brendan Kownacki

On May 23rd, Pat Monahan and the guys from Train stopped by The Hamilton in downtown DC for a private show with 94.7 Fresh FM, hosted by Tommy McFly and Kelly Collis. 

My... that's a lot of chairs....

Doreen Gentzler

Photo credit: Neshan H. Naltchayan

The University of District of Columbia celebrated it's 160^th Year of Scholarship and Achievement in the Nation’s Capital at the Mayflower Hotel.

Yes. THAT Train.

by contributor Wendy Gordon
Photo credit: Brendan Kownacki

Ladies and gentlemen:  We give you Train.  No, We aren’t raising funds for Amtrak.  No.  We aren’t talking WMATA.  We’re talking the San Francisco based GRAMMY winning band.  Yes.  THAT Train.

Do you have the right attitude to be the new Martini star?

Photo credit: GLOBAL LAUNCH OF MARTINI® Royale Casting with designer Christian Louboutin

"MARTINI, one of the most iconic brands in the world, launched a new campaign to find the next female MARTINI advertising star with Christian Louboutin as the international judge. 

Named after the MARTINI Royale drink, The MARTINI Royale Casting is a global search to find a woman who demonstrates the philosophy of MARTINI ‘LUCK IS AN ATTITUDE.’ 

They....We....Are serious...

Ashley Judd

Photo credit: Neshan H. Naltchayan

“For some wonderful and improbable reason, I’ve been given extraordinary access to vulnerable people who shared with me their stories.  The girls and women have this remarkable desire to live, to improve their lives, to achieve their outcomes for themselves and certainly for their families.

Between rain and cocktails…

Amanda McClements, Winston Lord and Kate Bennett

by columnist Maria Fda Giron R.

Photo credit: Joy Asico

What would be the reason for Amanda McClements, DC’s resident food connoisseur at Metrocurean; Mark Drapeau of Microsoft; Svetlana Legetic, mastermind behind Brightest Young Things; Winston Lord of Venga and Rich Amons of The Real Housewives of DC to meet in one place on a rainy Wednesday night?

Mamie's Mile....

CNN's Dana Bash

Photo credit: Neshan H. Naltchayan

Mamie's Mile is a one-mile walk/run to benefit The National Down Syndrome Society which took place in the Spring Valley neighborhood this year. 

Your daily Cannes fix......

Sean Penn, Petra Nemcova, Paul Haggis

Photo credit: George Pimentel/Getty Images

“People say that a great actor is by nature egocentric and that a great director is focused on his art.  Sean Penn is both a great actor and director. 

What he does above and beyond that for the people and the land of Haiti, giving freely of himself, his abiding presence, his work – one could almost say the work of his own hands – his whole discreet, human, moral and altruistic involvement as a benefactor, commands our greatest respect.”   Gilles Jacob - critic, essayist, filmmaker and personality in the world of French cinema and first managing director of the Cannes Film Festival. 

You've gotta have heart.....

Larry King with Murray SawChuck

Photo credit: Neshan H. Naltchayan

Larry and Shawn King along with dinner Chairman Daniel M. Snyder, Owner of The Washington Redskins, and event emcees noted Washington DC news anchor Leon Harris and ABC 7's Alison Starling honored Wayne LaPierre and Dr. Robert Salem CMO Emeritus Covenant Heath System at the Annual Gala.

Lighthearted fun in Cannes....

Photo credit: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images

"Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" stars Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo who join a traveling circus in an effort to get back home to New York.

"Bad Boy" gets his way, for good...

Giorgio Armani, Sean Penn, Petra Nemcova, Paul Haggis and Lyle Lovett

Photo credit:  Vittorio Zunino Celotto/WireImage for Electrolux 2012

Sean Penn is angry as hell and not going to take it anymore.  

He didn't have to at The Festival de Cannes which welcomed "Haiti: Carnival in Cannes," a benefit event presented by Giorgio Armani in support of Sean Penn’s J/P HRO, Paul Haggis’ Artists for Peace and Justice and Petra Nemcova’s Happy Heart’s Fund for their united and extraordinary work in Haiti.

99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall.....

Well actually  ......  if you take all the possible kinds of beer in the US, there would be closer to 13,000 bottles of beer on your wall according to the National Beer Wholesalers Association. 

What's for dinner?

Hmmm...too close for comfort?

Photo credit: Neshan H. Naltchayan

Well, the dinner menu would depend on what side of the fence you're on.  Just sayin'.

On the road again....

by contributors Brendan Kownacki

and Wendy Gordon

Kababji Grill, Dupont Circle's Lebanese treasure, is expanding their hold in the DC area............but it's not a new store front they are opening.  Instead, their newest venture is a food truck to spread their signature cuisine across the city. 

Olney goes Italian.....

Chef Enzo Fargione and Lisa Mushaw

Photo credits: Doug Terry and Judy Newton

The Olney Farmers and Artists Market opened for its sixth full season on Mothers Day

and will stay open Sundays through Nov. 4.

While there were lots of hits including Belgian waffles and Vietnamese specialties, Chef Enzo Fargione of ELISIR in D.C.'s Penn Quarter and Lisa Mushaw were a formidable duo.