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 ...

The magnificent Colonial-style residence at 2808 Woodland Drive, N.W. has sold for $4,605,000. Built in1989 on a serene street in Massachusetts Avenue Heights, the home features exquisite ...

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” ...

Managing director of The Carlyle Group. He is based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining Carlyle in January 1994, Mr. Mathias was a member of the management committee and board of directors of T. Rowe ...

Kuwaiti Ambassador Salem Al-Sabah and his wife, Rima, hosted the Kuwait- American Foundation benefit dinner, “A Tribute to Friendship,” on March 9 for Iraqi refugees relief. There are 400,000 Iraqi ...

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 ...

When Erica Jong first published her best-selling book, Fear of Flying, over 30 years ago, it was clear she was not afraid to speak her mind. After a string of successful novels and memoirs, Jong ...

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 ...

What do Britain, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Norway have in common? They’re all European countries, but they are also Europe’s remaining monarchies. That’s not counting one ...

Placido Domingo and Michael Sonnenreich wanted to make sure that prominent opera lovers Be y Knight Scripps, Ina Ginsburg, Jacqueline Badger Mars, Jo Ann Mason, Lucky Roosevelt, John Pohanka and ...

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 ...