They are known to the world on a double first name basis: Ben and Sally. Before Bennifer, before Brangelina, they took one look at each other and it was Kismet. He was barrel-chested and gravelyvoiced ...

When Brook Rose and Gregg Busch purchased their historic Georgian home in Kalorama in May 2004, plaster was mercilessly peeling from the ceiling and walls, and sections of the imposing crown molding ...

Once again, this year’s Best Friends Foundation Gala at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel stood out among the bevy of galas in the first week in May. The theme of “Do You Remember When Rock Was Young” ...

The 2004 Service to America Medals (SAMMIES) were presented at a dinner and awards gala at Union Station on September 28. The medals, awarded to nine recipients, honor those who have shown a strong ...

Born to Austrian parents, Christopher Reiter graduated from San Diego State University with a degree in finance. His real education, however, came from the vast amount of time he and his friends spent ...

Harvard alums and their friends gathered at the Chevy Chase home of Elbridge and Susan Colby to celebrate author Ross Douthat’s first book,“Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class” on ...

Cindy and Randy Bapst’s backyard in McLean was a sea of cowboy hats and sultry sun-dresses as friends of Al Fox gathered for the fi rst annual “Diamonds and Boots Under the Stars” on June 18.§ ...

Nancy Lammerding Ruwe, former White House social secretary to President and Mrs. Gerald R. Ford has sold her house at 2429 Kalorama Road, N.W. for $3.495 million in favor of living at the full-service ...

Think about living in New York's Soho district and images of lofts instantly come to mind. Think Washington and one might picture Georgetown's Federal-style townhouses or Kalorama's grand ambassadors' ...

THE EVENT: Young Smithsonian supporters made merry at the 17th annual Jolly Holiday party. THE SCENE: uests danced the night away as the DJ spun tunes. Santa Claus visited and partied with everyone ...

Not many of us have our lives and our global destinations tightly scheduled for the next five years, but Carl Tanner does. Tanner, the tenor who won kudos at the Choral Arts Society's Christmas ...

A few days after her nomination as the next U.S. ambassador to Barbados Mary Ourisman trekked across the Key Bridge to deepest Rosslyn for her first diplomatic negotiation. In a high security office, ...