With DC having the nation’s highest HIV rate (an estimated 3% of the city’s population over 12 is infected with HIV or AIDS) several community groups are taking action to fight the spread of the disease. The campaign slogan is:”DC’s Doin’ It!” an attempt to use “sex appeal to sell safe sex.” Genius.

According to the Associated Press, these groups have received a $500,000 grant from the MAC AIDS fund to pass out  female condoms at “instruction sessions” in select beauty salons, restaurants, and churches. While female condoms have been around since 1993, a reported 1% has actually tried them. They are now being sold in DC CVS stores making Washington  the only place in the country where female condoms can be purchased outside a health clinic, or through community groups.

Wait a minute…. these are being passed out where? So I can pick up one of these bizarre sock-like looking things at the Sunday church meet and greet? Is my favorite Olive Garden replacing their after-dinner mints with these things? Gee, I sure hope so!

What do these “instruction sessions” entail? Just ask DC-area condom enthusiast Charlene Cotton (job title– condom demonstrator–no joke) who aims to help women become more familiar with the female condom. Well thank God, because I was so worried that men and women wouldn’t know what the hell this was, thereby misusing it and further increasing the HIV/AIDS rate. “She demonstrates how to insert the condom and has people feel and hold it. She gives each woman three and does her demonstration for men, too.” I have two concerns here: 1) Demonstration?  2) Wait a minute, is this really being done at a church? Why Charlene, why?!

Because nothing says “in touch with the American public” like dseigner salads, Sasha Obama had a lunch date with her grandmother in Chinatown. The two enjoyed artisan salads at Chop’t, where Sasha loaded her salad with salad with bacon and cream-based dressings and commented, “Thank goodness this tastes better than mommy’s miraculous veggie garden that grows vegetables in two weeks and is completely authentic.”

S Y N O P S I S
Sonia Bergerac is a teacher at a school for difficult children. The problems she encounters in her new workplace are compounded by her husband’s decision to leave her. Before long, she is teetering on the edge of a nervous breakdown. One day, Sonia comes across a gun in one of her students’ school bag. Surprised, she grabs it and, amidst the confusion, she accidentally fires a shot, wounding the pupil. This incident propels Sonia, in spite of herself, into a veritable hostage situation. In the drama that unfolds behind closed doors, masks begin to fall…

Award
César award for Best Actress – 2010 (Isabelle Adjani)

Trailer: www.rezofilms.com/world-sales/la-journee-de-la-jupe

She made it through the first heat, or whatever rounds are called in a quest for the most alluring somewhat naked image.

SATURDAY, JULY 10 FROM 7PM – 12AM
at La Maison Française
Admission:
- General: $85 ($45 tax deductible)
- Benefactor: $150 ($110 tax deductible)*
* Benefactor ticket will include a listing of your name in the evening’s program and on the official Bastille Day 2010 website.
Dress code: Cocktail or 20′s era themed attire
Tickets: www.InstantSeats.com

“J’ai deux amours : mon pays et Paris” – Joséphine Baker

Celebrate Bastille Day with us… and support a worthy cause!

The late “Lion” of the Senate’s Kalorama house is on sale. The address is not avialable via Sotheby’s, but a quick Google search shows that the home is on 2416 Tracy Pl. NW.  Public records indicate that the home was purchased for $2.77 million, though the asking price is now upwards of $8 mil. Ghost of Mary Jo Kopechne not included.

PoliticsUnder30 is celebrating its official launch as a non-profit organization and we want you and all your friends to join us!

PoliticsUnder30 is a non-profit organization founded to provide the young professionals of today with the tools to become the political leaders of tomorrow. Our organization offers resume workshops free of charge, networking events, and consulting seminars with seasoned professionals. In addition to these valuable resources, we host our own Career Action Network which provides peer-to-peer career advice free of charge to participants.

Sign of the Whale is extending their happy hour specials for guests of PU30 and offering awesome food and drink specials. For a small $5 donation to PoliticsUnder30, you get $3 rail drinks, $3 domestic beers, and half-priced appetizers all night!

We’ll be raffling off all kinds of cool prizes, including two $50 bar tabs and two free Happy Hours at Sign of the Whale. Come celebrate with us, get to know the PU30 staff, meet Washington insiders, and take advantage of the happy hour prices! And make sure to tell all your friends!

Confirmed Special Guests Include:
Nancy Bocskor, Professor and Author, Past President of the Women’s Campaign School at Yale
Mag Gottlieb, Career Services Director, The George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management
Stephanie Deckter, Career Consultant
Teka Thomas, Attorney, Business and Political Training Specialist

More special guests have been invited… please stay tuned for more details…

What: PoliticsUnder30 Official Launch

Where: Sign of the Whale, 1825 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20036

When: Tuesday, June 29th, 5:30PM – 10:00PM

Advanced RSVP: http://pu30launch.eventbrite.com/

We look forward to seeing you there!