WASHINGTON, DC- The inside design of the resort is mixture of heat and alluring colours and textures … [+] that makes the resort feels cozy and homey. Pictured is the Presidential Suite- West Wing.
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and their inaugural wine competition this weekend that boasts culinary luxurious craftsmanship whereas giving again
The outside of the resort.
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Taking over a whole metropolis block is the 4 Seasons Washington, DC, a resort that’s unequalled to different accommodations in America’s capital, it’s a one-of-a-kind place with one-of-a-kind employees. From a distance you discover the brick edifice. The entryway is at all times hustling and bustling with giant black SUVs dropping off and selecting up, and also you by no means know in the event you’ll see a head of state, diplomat, or dignitary coming by way of the revolving door.
The reception of The 4 Seasons Washington, DC.
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The resort is absolutely the very first thing you see as you enter prestigious Georgetown from the town of Washington. The foyer is inviting with its cozy aesthetic of taupe, gold, black marble, and trendy furnishings. As autumn has absolutely set it, the very first thing that’s noticeable is the black marble hearth with the massive mirror above. As you proceed to stroll you’re met with reception on the left and concierge on the best. As with each Washington, DC resort there may be loads of hustle and bustle with conferences, visitors which are high-end right down to the on a regular basis visitor, in addition to guests on the resort to dine or have a espresso assembly. The 4 Seasons Washington, DC is the one 5-star and 5-star Diamond resort within the metropolis. The nice and cozy colours and the lighting make it some of the inviting and homey accommodations within the metropolis.
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The resort’s arrange is a collection of triangular hallways. It’s a really geometric place, in order one obtains their room key, relying on which wing of the resort they’re in, you will see that your self making your method by way of the resort’s mazed hallways to get to your room, one of many 222 luxurious rooms and suites.
Rigorously styled rooms
The Royal Suite
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There are 10 suites within the resort and the grandest and ornately designed is the 4,000 sq. foot Royal Suite. Coming with a king mattress, a full marble rest room + powder room, views of Georgetown, a eating room, a personal examine, library, train room, his and hers stroll in closets, you’ll be able to’t go mistaken. There are each female and masculine touches to the suite. The eating room has a female contact and a taupe colour palette, whereas the lounge with hearth has a mixture of each. The grayscale rest room is stress-free with the oval sculptured soaking bathtub, and the non-public terrace is the very best spot for entertaining.
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The eating space of the Presidential Suite- West Wing.
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The bed room of the Presidential Suite- West Wing.
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The lounge of the Presidential Suite- West Wing.
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The Presidential Suite- West Wing contains views of the Ohio Canal. It’s vibrant in colour and provides loads of daylight with the array of home windows. With 1,900 sq. toes it features a eating desk, a king-sized bed room, and marble rest room. The suite can be changed into two or three bedrooms.
The Premier Suite- East Wing.
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The Premier Suite- East Wing is 600 sq. toes and has a separate bed room from the lounge. The model of the room features a impartial wall colour with mild and darkish brown designed carpet, and heat tones with shimmery gold, bronze, and cognac accent colours. The lounge design contains an L-shaped couch with a curved leaning ground lamp and two spherical espresso tables, a desk for working, a big display TV, and two giant home windows with cream coloured drapes. The bed room features a king-sized mattress with white linens, facet tables, and a one-seater stress-free chair with accompanying ground lamp. The big marble rest room off the spacious closet features a large sink space, soaking tub, and stroll in bathe.
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A Deluxe Room
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Guestrooms just like the Deluxe Room are designed in buttery impartial tones as nicely, and heightened with concord mauves or sage greens. Together with a king mattress, spacious couch with heightened ground lamp, and a 2-seater eating desk, art work additionally awakens the room. Pops of colour will be seen all through with orange eating chairs.
Georgetown Wine & Dine Weekend
The resort is internet hosting, together with Bourbon Steak, the Mina Group and Firm High quality Wine the Georgetown Wine & Dine Weekend, November 4-6th.
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Chef Michael Mina, the resort’s Michelin-starred chef; Chef Robert Curtis from Bourbon Steak; sommelier Winn Roberton; Matt Wilson from Firm High quality Wine; winemakers; and different notable movie star cooks from Michael and Bryan Voltaggio, Kyle Connaughton, Michael Rafidi, Adam Sobel, and Mei Lin- will probably be helming the weekend with their gastronomic truthful. And wine tastings from vineyards like Abreu Vineyards, Bonneau du Martray, Dos Hombres, Grace Household Vineyards, The Hilt, The Macallan, Mayacamas Vineyards and Screaming Eagle will all be taking part. Proceeds will profit World Central Kitchen.
The Georgetown Wine & Dine Weekend will happen from November 4-6, 2022.
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“We’re so excited to have these great winemakers and cooks in to hitch our distinctive craftspeople at Bourbon Steak for this occasion,” states Chef Mina in notes. “It’s such a possibility to point out off the nice interval of American meals and wine we discover ourselves in. Our aim is to make this the preeminent annual wine occasion not simply of the DC space, however of the entire East Coast. Wanting on the lineup we’ve got deliberate for this preliminary weekend, I feel we’re heading in the right direction.”
On Friday evening the welcome reception will happen within the Bourbon Steak Courtyard from 6-10pm the place there will probably be wine and spirits stations, in addition to heavy hors d’oeuvres and chef stations. Tickets are $350 per particular person. Saturday will probably be crammed with grasp courses, a go to to Virginia wine nation at Early Mountain Vineyards, or Vinotherapy at The 4 Seasons Washington, DC Spa for vinotherapy therapy that’s specifically curated for the weekend. And within the night the Winemaker and Superstar Cooks Dinner will happen. And on Sunday the Farewell Champagne Brunch with a luxurious buffet that can embrace shellfish, caviar, and champagne stations will occur for $320 per particular person and restricted to 120 attendees.
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Each a part of the 4 Seasons Washington, DC is inviting, even Bourbon Steak with it’s very masculine with robust wooden paneling, rustic coloured drapes, darkish brown leather-based seating, and hardwood flooring. The manicured menu of largely steak choices, and a few non-steak choices is inviting and satisfying.
Pores and skin revitalizing facials on the spa
The Spa is adorned in heat tones of browns and neutrals. Situated on the Floor ground, it provides an array of providers from massages to new facials, just like the Biologique Recherche Signature Facial that lasts fifty or eighty minutes. Utilizing the long-lasting Biologique Recherche French skincare line, that makes use of lively botanical, marine, and biotechnical extracts, a nod the very best skincare the town provides. Restoring the face with nicely all through therapies, it brings lengthy lasting outcomes for all pores and skin varieties and ages.
The spa makes use of the long-lasting Biologique Recherche French skincare, providing varied facial varieties.
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“Our visitors are already raving in regards to the new IonixLight Facial at The Spa. Paired with the fast results of the Biologique Recherche skincare line, our visitors are seeing unbelievable outcomes, supplied in our stress-free and opulent 4 Seasons Spa setting,” states the Spa Director, Misty Stewart in notes. The Georgetown Glow Facial oxygenates, detoxifies, and balances the pores and skin with concentrated serums and an oxygenating therapeutic massage; whereas the Anti-Gravity Facial incorporates LED Gentle Theraphy, Myolight Microcurrent, and lively elements to spice up the pores and skin; and the IonixLight Facial makes use of Lymphatic Drainage to energise lymph circulation and take away toxins, Diamond Microdermabrasion to even out the pores and skin’s texture, and Biosonix Ultrasound to tighten the pores and skin. Utilizing cutting-edge expertise and science backed methods, the face and necks are left flawless with cells regenerated. This identical facial is for pregnant girls, the place the esthetician gives to-be moms with the very best merchandise and methods which are wanted throughout being pregnant.
Situated on the identical avenue because the White Home, The 4 Seasons Washington, DC is likely one of the greatest selections of keep within the metropolis. The model and structure of the resort makes it really feel prefer it’s its personal oasis within the midst of a robust and vibrant metropolis. Heat and impartial colour and calm lighting makes for a comfy keep. The cultural choices just like the upcoming Georgetown Wine & Dine Weekend of the resort makes for an mental keep, whereas the Spa makes for a second to heal the physique and pores and skin. It’s positively a resort value visiting when within the Nation’s Capital.
Discover out extra aboutThe 4 Seasons Washington, DC at fourseasons.com|2800 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20007.
American Airlines and the union which represents tens of thousands of flight attendants at the carrier have been summoned to a rare Saturday meeting of the National Mediation Board (NMB) in Washington DC as a decision looms over whether flight attendants will be allowed to go on strike.
The NMB is an independent federal agency which oversees labor relations in the railway and aviation sectors. The NMB’s three-person board of members selected by the President gets the ultimate say over whether transport workers are allowed to go on strike.
Despite the overwhelming majority of flight attendants at American Airlines voting to back strike action back in August 2023, the NMB has so far blocked the union’s request to take ‘self-help’ action and has been pushing the two sides to reach a compromise deal in protracted contract talks.
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Those negotiations entered a new make-or-break phase several weeks ago, but despite intensive bargaining sessions, which even involved Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su meeting flight attendants, the talks ended in failure.
Since then, the NMB has been mulling whether to finally allow American Airlines flight attendants to go on strike.
That decision may be announced after the agency summoned representatives from American Airlines and the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) to the NMB’s headquarters in Washington DC, on June 29.
“After weeks of intensive mediation broke off last week, your APFA Negotiating Team has continued to aggressively press our case that American Airlines Flight Attendants need a contract that addresses our concerns,” the union said in a statement.
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“The time is long overdue for American Airlines management to resolve these negotiations and agree to the contract we deserve.”
If the NMB does approve the union’s request to take self-help action, the agency will declare an impasse in negotiations and release the two sides into a 30-day cooling-off period, after which flight attendants would be allowed to go on strike.
The flight attendant union has already indicated that it wouldn’t call an all out strike but instead adopt the so-called CHAOS system which was pioneered by sister union, the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA-CWA).
CHAOS, which stands for ‘Create Havoc Around Our System’, involves calling out flight attendants from seemingly random flights at the last minute. The tactic means that the airline wouldn’t have enough time to restaff affected flights while passengers would have no idea if their flight were about to be hit by a walkout.
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Of course, the tone of the union’s Friday afternoon memo also suggests that the two sides may be nearing a compromise deal and strike action could be averted.
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Looking for a show in the sky to celebrate America’s birthday? Here are some of the best D.C.-area spots to see fireworks in the next week.
The West Lawn of the Capitol opens at 3 p.m. for the audience of the free A Capitol Fourth concert, hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro, which begins at 8. Performers include Smokey Robinson, Fantasia, Darren Criss, Fitz and Noelle of Fitz and the Tantrums, Sheila E., the National Symphony Orchestra and various military bands. The fireworks display begins at 9:09 p.m., and the concert is timed so the NSO performs Tchaikovsky’s “1812” Overture while the fireworks are booming over the Washington Monument. Visitors will be required to go through security screenings to enter the Capitol grounds or public viewing areas on the Mall west of 14th Street. (There’s a map of closures, first aid stations, restrooms and other important landmarks on the National Mall website, nps.gov/nama.) If the crowds or the lines are too much, there’s usually more room to spread your picnic blanket closer to the Smithsonian Castle.
Mount Vernon’s An American Celebration gets underway at 9:30 a.m. with a reading of the Declaration of Independence and features an 18th-century magic show, Revolutionary War music and Army encampments, talks with reenactors, and, to the delight of all ages, daytime fireworks that create billowing puffs of colorful smoke over the Potomac River at 1 p.m. Admission is $26 for adults, $13 for kids, and free for children age 5 and younger.
Fireworks beyond the Fourth
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Love shimmering pyrotechnic displays but can’t swing it on July Fourth? Fear not: The fun isn’t limited to Thursday night. Here are more events taking place throughout the week leading up to the holiday.
Saturday: Fireworks, Food and Family Fun at Lake Fairfax
Fairfax County’s annual celebration kicks off at noon June 29 with live music and food trucks, while fireworks begin at 9:15 p.m. Tickets are $15 per car in advance, which does not include admission to the Water Mine Family Swimmin’ Hole; those tickets are sold separately.
Tuesday: Vienna’s Independence Day Celebration
The town of Vienna’s annual party fills George C. Yeonas Park with a mix of live music — Latin American from Cantaré, pop and funk from Thunderball — as well as family activities, food trucks and picnicking on baseball fields. The event runs from 6 to 10 p.m., with fireworks beginning around 9:30. Free parking is available off-site.
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Wednesday: Baseball and fireworks
Fireworks illuminate baseball diamonds across the region on Independence Day Eve. The Nationals, who won’t have fireworks after their July 4 day game, will launch “Freedom Fireworks” after the last out of their 6:45 p.m. game against the Mets on July 3. The Bowie Baysox, who regularly host fireworks after weekend games at Prince George’s Stadium, promise their biggest show of the year after the Orioles’ AA affiliate’s 6:35 p.m. game against the Richmond Flying Squirrels. The single-A Fredericksburg Nationals, home of the regular “Fireworks Friday” promotions, host a “patriotic edition” of the popular event following a 6:05 p.m. game against the Delmarva Shorebirds.
This French Colonial-style house at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac in D.C.’s Massachusetts Avenue Heights neighborhood is somewhat deceiving. Its out-of-the-way location, two miles from downtown Washington, helps camouflage the role it has played as a gathering spot for high-powered business, political and sports leaders.
Seclusion is part what attracted owners Michelle Fields and Jamie Weinstein to this white, painted-brick house, built in 1966, as the venue for their much-discussed (in some circles) off-the-record dinner parties.
Weinstein, a journalist and political commentator, runs the flagship podcast for conservative digital media company the Dispatch. He began hosting soirees at his Ritz-Carlton Georgetown corner unit in 2012, pairing young reporters with their sources — and subjects — for evenings of privileged discussion. Since 2020, the parties have been held at 3115 Normanstone Terr. NW, now on the market for $3.29 million.
The get-togethers, Weinstein said, sometimes last four or five hours. There are no planned topics of conversation for the reporters and notable guests, who recently have included New York Mayor Eric Adams, former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, businessman and TV personality Mark Cuban and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Weinstein declared the dinner with Sanders “particularly fiery” in an Instagram post.
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Such parties were “top of mind,” Fields said, when she and husband Weinstein bought the house. They wanted one that had plenty of entertainment space and that was removed from the bustle of downtown.
“It helps [guests] open up a little bit more because you’re not in the center of the work world in a certain way,” Weinstein said. “When you’re in D.C., you see the buildings all around and feel work, work, work, work, work. And when you’re here, you feel like you’re in the country.”
Another consideration favoring a larger house was their growing family. The couple had a year-old child, and Fields was pregnant with a second. They made some child-friendly renovations, including closing off a spiral staircase.
Before Weinstein and Fields lived here, the house was owned for decades by Stanley Rabinowitz, a long-serving rabbi at the Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, where he led services attended by members of Congress, White House officials and visiting Israeli prime ministers.
The house was built in 1966 and has two floors above a finished lower level and more than 5,000 square feet of living area. The front door opens to a foyer with marble floors. On one side is a dining room with hardwood floors and crown molding. The other side has a living room with a fireplace and French doors that open to a rear terrace. The kitchen — with an island, wine storage and a breakfast area — connects to a family room with oversize paned windows and a vaulted ceiling. This level also has a powder room and a gym.
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The second floor has a primary bedroom suite with a fireplace, a balcony, a walk-in closet and a bathroom with a two-sink vanity. There are three more bedrooms on this floor, one with an en suite bathroom and two that share a bathroom, one of which has a balcony.
On the lower level, a recreation room with a fireplace connects to an office. This level also has a bedroom with an en suite bathroom, and it has a laundry room and access to a covered terrace.
The property includes a detached two-car garage across the street.
3115 Normanstone Terr. NW, Washington, D.C.
Bedrooms/bathrooms:5/6
Approximate square-footage: 5,000
Lot size: nearly half an acre
Features: This 1966 house has several fireplaces, crown moldings, French doors, paned windows and several outdoor spaces. The property includes a detached two-car garage.
Listing agent: Michael Rankin, TTR Sotheby’s International Realty
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