November 2006 Contents

WL FEATURE
ROLAND FLAMINI ON THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S ART IN EMBASSIES PROGRAM

WL SPOTLIGHT
100 YEARS OF GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEN'S BASKETBALL

COVER STORY
ADRIAN FENTY AND WIFE MICHELLE AT HOME IN D.C.

WASHINGTON LIFE'S 15TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY
INSIDE THE A-LIST ACTION AT CAFÈ MILANO

FEATURES

• EVENT FEATURE
  A decade of the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts
• LITERATURE
  The PEN/Faulkner Gala gets revenge!
• VERBATIM
  Q and A Cafè with powerbroker Vernon Jordan
• WL SPORTS
  Metro area basketball preview and Coaching Style with Maryland's Gary Williams
• ANTIQUES
  The Baltimore Summer Antique Show

FASHION & BEAUTY

• TREND REPORT
  Scarlet fever, medieval and Napoleonic looks
• FASHION
  Possessed by Peter Langer
• WHAT'S HOT
  Jewelry is golden and a masculine touch
• WL AND BLOOMINGDALE'S MAKEOVER

COLUMNS

• DIPLOMATIC DANCE by Gail Scott
• POLLYWOOD: HOLLYWOOD ON THE POTOMAC by Janet Donovan
• MEDIA SPOTLIGHT by Janet Donovan
• AROUND TOWN by Donna Shor
• OVER THE MOON by Vicky Moon
• THIS TOWN by Michael Strange

DEPARTMENTS

• EDITOR'S LETTER
• CONTRIBUTORS
• CALENDAR OF EVENTS
• FYIDC
• HOTEL WATCH The Peninsula Hong Kong
• TRAVEL 10 to do in Hong Kong

WL SPONSORED EVENTS

• Meridian Ball
• Washington National Opera Opening Night
• Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition
• Washington Performing Arts Society Opening Night
• Ambassador's Ball
• Tiny Jewel Box Wish List Party

WL EXCLUSIVES

• Sidney Blumenthal Book Party
• Paralyzed Veterans of America celebrates 60 years

LIFE OF THE PARTY

• Hubris Book Party
• Love You Daddy Boy release party
• Chanel and Saks at the French Residence
• Charity Works Dream Ball
• Time magazine's party for Rick Stengel
• Yeas and Nays Launch
• Atlantic Media's 150th Anniversary

REAL ESTATE & DESIGN

• INSIDE HOMES
  The Hut: Jeffrey Steiner's Middleburg Retreat
• HISTORICAL LANDSCAPES
  Alice Roosevelt Longworth
• REAL ESTATE NEWS
  With Mary Mewborn
• OPEN HOUSE

ON THE COVER Adrian and Michelle Fenty. Mr. Fenty wears a Zegna black tuxedo ($2100), Canali tuxedo shirt ($250), and a Tino Cosma black pleated tie ($295). All from James at Tyson's Galleria, Va. Mrs. Fenty wears a Vera Wang pink with brown belt gown ($795) and Mystique vintage collection amethyst/pearl chandelier earrings ($165). All from Saks Jandel, Chevy Chase, Md. THIS PAGE FROM TOP: Adrian and Michelle Fenty at home; Georgetown players cutt ing down the nets aft er the Hoya's 1984 NCAA national championship win; Janet Langhart Cohen and Maria Chiara Ferrari at WL's 15th Anniversary Party at Café Milano; Yvonne DeLaRosa and Secretary Carlos Gutierrez at the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts' Noche de Gala!; 2.48 cts emerald cut natural Zambian emerald surrounded by trapezoid and princess cut diamonds, totaling 1.85 cts; platinum se ing, ($49,900); 2.88 cts emerald cut pink sapphire fl anked by radiant cut diamonds, totaling 1.44 cts; platinum se ing, ($19,990); 2.23 cts emerald cut ceylon sapphire with emerald cut diamonds, werighing 1.68 cts; platinum se ing, ($16,990). . Available at Mervis, Tysons Corner, Va.