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‘I Have Such a Deeper Appreciation for the Teachers I Had’
‘I Have Such a Deeper Appreciation for the Teachers I Had’
‘I Think We Are Changing the Face of Retail’
‘I Think We Are Changing the Face of Retail’
‘I Believe Any City Truly Becomes Great When It’s Diverse’
‘I Believe Any City Truly Becomes Great When It’s Diverse’
‘I Believe My Life Is My Message’
‘I Believe My Life Is My Message’
 
 
 

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Food
‘I Was Changing the Face of Thai Food’
‘I Was Changing the Face of Thai Food’
‘I Sold Lemonade While My Mom Smoked Fish’
‘I Sold Lemonade While My Mom Smoked Fish’
‘I’m Interested in the Stories & Community Behind the Food’
‘I’m Interested in the Stories & Community Behind the Food’
‘I Think Burmese Food Is the Best of All Worlds’
‘I Think Burmese Food Is the Best of All Worlds’
‘I Wanted to Open a Badass Falafel Shop’
‘I Wanted to Open a Badass Falafel Shop’
‘I Was Fascinated by Entertaining’
‘I Was Fascinated by Entertaining’
‘I’ve Been Cooking Since I Was Four’
‘I’ve Been Cooking Since I Was Four’
‘We Try To Tell Stories, Through Food, That Are Overlooked’
‘We Try To Tell Stories, Through Food, That Are Overlooked’
‘I Know More About Whiskey Than Anything Else’
‘I Know More About Whiskey Than Anything Else’
‘I Do Everything I Can to Bring the Ice Pops to the People’
‘I Do Everything I Can to Bring the Ice Pops to the People’
‘I Wanted to Start a Business to Support Myself, But Also Give Back to the Community’
‘I Wanted to Start a Business to Support Myself, But Also Give Back to the Community’
‘I Can’t Imagine Opening a Restaurant Anywhere Else’
‘I Can’t Imagine Opening a Restaurant Anywhere Else’
‘I Put Fabio’s Magic Into Play’
‘I Put Fabio’s Magic Into Play’
‘I’m Very Proud of the Baguette Recipe’
‘I’m Very Proud of the Baguette Recipe’
‘I Describe Myself as a Conscious Culinary Body’
‘I Describe Myself as a Conscious Culinary Body’
‘I Came Here With a Suitcase 30-Something Years Ago’
‘I Came Here With a Suitcase 30-Something Years Ago’
‘I Can’t Be Any Happier Of Where I Am Right Now’
‘I Can’t Be Any Happier Of Where I Am Right Now’
‘I Don’t Cook; Let That Be Known’
‘I Don’t Cook; Let That Be Known’
‘We Wanted To Create Our Own Italian Village’
‘We Wanted To Create Our Own Italian Village’
‘I Couldn’t Find A Decent Macaron In All of DC’
‘I Couldn’t Find A Decent Macaron In All of DC’
‘We Felt Like The Stars Had Aligned’
‘We Felt Like The Stars Had Aligned’
‘I Make It Happen’
‘I Make It Happen’
‘We’re Not Trying to Hide That We’re Feeding You Vegetables’
‘We’re Not Trying to Hide That We’re Feeding You Vegetables’
‘I Don’t Get Sick of Beer’
‘I Don’t Get Sick of Beer’
‘I’m A Simple Person From Sicily’
‘I’m A Simple Person From Sicily’
‘I Was the Only Woman In My Culinary Group’
‘I Was the Only Woman In My Culinary Group’
‘I Said ‘But This is French; We’re Afghans!’’
‘I Said ‘But This is French; We’re Afghans!’’
'I Could Fall On My Face'
'I Could Fall On My Face'
‘I Love the Generations of Regulars’
‘I Love the Generations of Regulars’
'We're Baking On Demand'
'We're Baking On Demand'
Fashion
‘I Was Hooked On Art Jewelry Right Away’
‘I Was Hooked On Art Jewelry Right Away’
‘We See Fashion As a Chance to Connect With People’
‘We See Fashion As a Chance to Connect With People’
‘I Want to Represent My Home Country of Mongolia’
‘I Want to Represent My Home Country of Mongolia’
‘I Think Chemistry is Such a Big Deal With Photography’
‘I Think Chemistry is Such a Big Deal With Photography’
‘I Have Thousands of Sneakers’
‘I Have Thousands of Sneakers’
‘We Had to Get On the Map By Being Ridiculous’
‘We Had to Get On the Map By Being Ridiculous’
‘I Always Shopped Consignment’
‘I Always Shopped Consignment’
‘I Sell From My Heart’
‘I Sell From My Heart’
‘I Get To Put Pineapples On Stuff’
‘I Get To Put Pineapples On Stuff’
‘I Want Them To Get To a Point Where They Don’t Need Me’
‘I Want Them To Get To a Point Where They Don’t Need Me’
‘I Saw Fashion and Beauty Everywhere’
‘I Saw Fashion and Beauty Everywhere’
‘I Was Definitely A Bit of a Wild Child’
‘I Was Definitely A Bit of a Wild Child’
‘We Appreciate That Brides Put Their Trust In Us’
‘We Appreciate That Brides Put Their Trust In Us’
‘I Don’t Want to Dress Like My Daughter, Or My Mother’
‘I Don’t Want to Dress Like My Daughter, Or My Mother’
‘I Love Being Able to Wardrobe From Head to Toe’
‘I Love Being Able to Wardrobe From Head to Toe’
‘I Wanted to Make a Place That Wasn’t Ridiculous’
‘I Wanted to Make a Place That Wasn’t Ridiculous’
'I Don't Think Fashion Should Be Expensive'
'I Don't Think Fashion Should Be Expensive'
Culture
‘We’re Very Committed to Producing Artists’
‘We’re Very Committed to Producing Artists’
‘I Started With a Couple Thousand Bucks and a Dozen Prints’
‘I Started With a Couple Thousand Bucks and a Dozen Prints’
‘I Depict What I Know or Care About’
‘I Depict What I Know or Care About’
‘I Loved Every Kind of Puzzle Growing Up’
‘I Loved Every Kind of Puzzle Growing Up’
‘I Wanted to Be a Movie Star’
‘I Wanted to Be a Movie Star’
‘I’m All In My Head, But the Songs Are Better’
‘I’m All In My Head, But the Songs Are Better’
‘We Met Working at Olsson’s Books and Records’
‘We Met Working at Olsson’s Books and Records’
‘I Never Get Tired of Playing Those Songs’
‘I Never Get Tired of Playing Those Songs’
‘I Couldn’t Believe When We Won a Grammy’
‘I Couldn’t Believe When We Won a Grammy’
‘I Like the Combination of Art and Technology’
‘I Like the Combination of Art and Technology’
‘I Can Get Lost in the Music’
‘I Can Get Lost in the Music’
‘I’ve Found People Think Bigger When They’re Given More Space’
‘I’ve Found People Think Bigger When They’re Given More Space’
‘I Love Hearing What People Are Seeing or Feeling in the Art’
‘I Love Hearing What People Are Seeing or Feeling in the Art’
'I Tattooed My Parents'
'I Tattooed My Parents'
‘I Look at Every Work Like a Little Miracle’
‘I Look at Every Work Like a Little Miracle’
‘I Was Quoted as Hairdresser to the Fallen Women of Washington’
‘I Was Quoted as Hairdresser to the Fallen Women of Washington’
‘I’ve Seen the Exorcist Hundreds of Times’
‘I’ve Seen the Exorcist Hundreds of Times’
‘I Already Did Edgy When I Was Young’
‘I Already Did Edgy When I Was Young’
‘I’m a Wreck All Day Before a Show’
‘I’m a Wreck All Day Before a Show’
‘I Grew Up Around Old and Rare Books’
‘I Grew Up Around Old and Rare Books’
‘I Reject the Notion That Music Today Isn’t Good’
‘I Reject the Notion That Music Today Isn’t Good’
‘I Love Making Something Out of Mud’
‘I Love Making Something Out of Mud’
‘I Saw My First Show in 1973’
‘I Saw My First Show in 1973’
Community
‘I Have Such a Deeper Appreciation for the Teachers I Had’
‘I Have Such a Deeper Appreciation for the Teachers I Had’
‘I Think We Are Changing the Face of Retail’
‘I Think We Are Changing the Face of Retail’
‘I Believe Any City Truly Becomes Great When It’s Diverse’
‘I Believe Any City Truly Becomes Great When It’s Diverse’
‘I’m Always in Search of Community’
‘I’m Always in Search of Community’
‘I Believe That To Those Whom Much Is Given, Much Is Required’
‘I Believe That To Those Whom Much Is Given, Much Is Required’
‘I Have the Ability to Have My Ear to the Ground’
‘I Have the Ability to Have My Ear to the Ground’
‘I Knew I Needed to Run Into My Fear’
‘I Knew I Needed to Run Into My Fear’
‘I’m the Perfect Gentleman’
‘I’m the Perfect Gentleman’
‘I Don’t Let Fear and Doubt Win’
‘I Don’t Let Fear and Doubt Win’
‘I Vowed I Would End My Career at Dumbarton Oaks’
‘I Vowed I Would End My Career at Dumbarton Oaks’
‘I’m Not the Paragon of Perfect Spirituality’
‘I’m Not the Paragon of Perfect Spirituality’
‘I Wanted to Know How We Coexisted’
‘I Wanted to Know How We Coexisted’
‘I Love Sitting Around a Table Coming Up With Answers’
‘I Love Sitting Around a Table Coming Up With Answers’
‘I Think People & Communities Without Privilege Are At Risk’
‘I Think People & Communities Without Privilege Are At Risk’
‘I Still Think Georgetown Is the Strongest Market’
‘I Still Think Georgetown Is the Strongest Market’
‘I’ve Seen the Exorcist Hundreds of Times’
‘I’ve Seen the Exorcist Hundreds of Times’
‘I Love Meeting New People’
‘I Love Meeting New People’
‘I Realized They’re Human Beings’
‘I Realized They’re Human Beings’
‘I’ve Seen Six Engagements From My Balcony’
‘I’ve Seen Six Engagements From My Balcony’
‘We’ve Been Riding Together for 20 Years’
‘We’ve Been Riding Together for 20 Years’
‘I Think Georgetown Has a Unique DNA’
‘I Think Georgetown Has a Unique DNA’
'I Use My Platform To Share Our Stories'
'I Use My Platform To Share Our Stories'
'I Had the Same Fears When I Left of What's Next'
'I Had the Same Fears When I Left of What's Next'
History
‘I Happened Upon This Very Strange Job’
‘I Happened Upon This Very Strange Job’
‘I Wanted to Know How We Coexisted’
‘I Wanted to Know How We Coexisted’
‘I’m a Keeper of the Flame’
‘I’m a Keeper of the Flame’
‘I Think People & Communities Without Privilege Are At Risk’
‘I Think People & Communities Without Privilege Are At Risk’
‘I Applaud These People Three Quarters of a Century Later’
‘I Applaud These People Three Quarters of a Century Later’
‘I Love the Generations of Regulars’
‘I Love the Generations of Regulars’
‘I Saw My First Show in 1973’
‘I Saw My First Show in 1973’
'I Just Go Where the Wind Blows'
'I Just Go Where the Wind Blows'
'I Use My Platform To Share Our Stories'
'I Use My Platform To Share Our Stories'
Specialty
‘I Believe My Life Is My Message’
‘I Believe My Life Is My Message’
‘I Was the 14th African-American Woman Architect in the U.S.’
‘I Was the 14th African-American Woman Architect in the U.S.’
‘I Get So Attached to the Animals’
‘I Get So Attached to the Animals’
‘I Think Kitchens are Where the Heart of the Home Beats’
‘I Think Kitchens are Where the Heart of the Home Beats’
‘I Think Georgetown is Facing its Biggest Opportunity Yet’
‘I Think Georgetown is Facing its Biggest Opportunity Yet’
‘I’m a Serial Obsessionist’
‘I’m a Serial Obsessionist’
‘I Want Women to Get Up and Move’
‘I Want Women to Get Up and Move’
‘I Prefer to Work in Historic Environments’
‘I Prefer to Work in Historic Environments’
‘I Think Beauty Becomes Dangerous When You Make It a God’
‘I Think Beauty Becomes Dangerous When You Make It a God’
‘I Want People to Know It’s OK to Like Your Skin’
‘I Want People to Know It’s OK to Like Your Skin’
‘I Started an Anonymous Twitter Account That Went Viral’
‘I Started an Anonymous Twitter Account That Went Viral’
‘I Joke That We Have Free-Range, Cage-Free Cats’
‘I Joke That We Have Free-Range, Cage-Free Cats’
‘We Have Magical Stuff Happen in Our Store’
‘We Have Magical Stuff Happen in Our Store’
‘I’m a Personal Trainer and I End Up Being a Therapist’
‘I’m a Personal Trainer and I End Up Being a Therapist’
‘We Love Helping Brands Tell Their Story’
‘We Love Helping Brands Tell Their Story’
‘We’re Stewards of the Old Architecture of Georgetown’
‘We’re Stewards of the Old Architecture of Georgetown’
‘I Love the Freedom to Go Places Using My Own Body’
‘I Love the Freedom to Go Places Using My Own Body’
‘We’re Looking for that Hidden Gem We Can Bring to the Store’
‘We’re Looking for that Hidden Gem We Can Bring to the Store’
‘We Both Row But Have These Totally Different Experiences’
‘We Both Row But Have These Totally Different Experiences’
‘I Felt Like My Whole Body Evaporated’
‘I Felt Like My Whole Body Evaporated’
‘I Love Knowing the Backstory of a Piece’
‘I Love Knowing the Backstory of a Piece’
‘I Knew If I Didn’t Do It Now, I Never Would’
‘I Knew If I Didn’t Do It Now, I Never Would’
‘I Like How the Kitchen Layout Impacts How You Live’
‘I Like How the Kitchen Layout Impacts How You Live’
‘I Have No Final Destination’
‘I Have No Final Destination’
‘I Was at a Redskins Game and I Had This Epiphany’
‘I Was at a Redskins Game and I Had This Epiphany’
‘I Love That Everyone Who Comes Aboard is Celebrating’
‘I Love That Everyone Who Comes Aboard is Celebrating’
‘I Feel Like I Was Born a Trainer’
‘I Feel Like I Was Born a Trainer’
‘I Was Fascinated With This Little Microcosm’
‘I Was Fascinated With This Little Microcosm’
‘I Don’t Throw in the Towel Very Well’
‘I Don’t Throw in the Towel Very Well’
‘I Like to Challenge Conventional Forms and Functionality’
‘I Like to Challenge Conventional Forms and Functionality’