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DINING IN DC—APRIL 9TH AT THE RUSSIA HOUSE RESTAURANT & LOUNGE
SIGN UP TO COME EARLY FOR A BUFFET DINNER TOO
The topic for the April 9th membership meeting is
"Dining Out in Washington". Our speaker will be Phyllis Richman,
who will talk about A Half Century of DC Dining. We will be meeting at
7:30 pm at The Russia House Restaurant & Lounge at 1800 Connecticut
Avenue NW (the northwest corner of Connecticut and Florida Avenues).
In addition to hosting the meeting, Russia House's Aaron
McGovern is putting together a special, two-course buffet menu (several
starters and main dishes) beginning at 6:00pm for up to 35 people at $35
per person plus gratuity (tax included), with a cash bar.
If you would like to join us for dinner, please RSVP to
DCCA (not the restaurant—as soon as possible and no later than noon on
April 5 – either (1) by replying
to this e-mail and including April 9th dinner in the subject line or
(2) by calling 202-265-3222, selecting #9 (general message), and saying
April 9th dinner. In your response, please include your name, telephone
number, and, if possible, an e-mail address in your response so that we
can get back to you if too many people already have signed up or as
otherwise necessary.
Phyllis Richman served as the restaurant critic for The
Washington Post for almost a quarter of a century and as its food editor
for eight years. She also has written restaurant guidebooks, articles for
various magazines, and three mysteries The Butter Did It, Murder on the
Gravy Train, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Ham. Ms. Richman is a native
Washingtonian and longtime Dupont Circle resident. She graduated from
Brandeis University and did graduate work in city planning at the
University of Pennsylvania and in sociology at Purdue University.
The Russia House was established more than a decade ago
to promote East-West business development and continues to be a resource
in understanding Russia's evolving political, economical, and cultural
environment. It also served as a private restaurant and lounge until the
spring of 2003, when our host, Aaron McGovern (a Washington metropolitan
area resident for more than 30 years and now lives in Dupont Circle) and
his partner, Arturas "Jeepo" Vorobjovas, opened it to the
public. DCCA will be dining and meeting in the upstairs lounge, an opulent
room with damask-covered walls and Russian paintings. Aaron says that the
interior was done in 1991 by Russian architects and interior designers to
mimic the way the czars lived.
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