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Published: 12/17/09

Michael Mina's Bourbon Steak, the Place to Be for D.C.'s Power Players and Hollywood Celebrities

By  Emily Miller - Politics Daily
Michael Mina's Bourbon Steak, the Place to Be for D.C.'s Power Players and Hollywood Celebrities

In the year since celebrity chef and restaurateur Michael Mina opened Bourbon Steak, the restaurant has become one of the see-and-be-seen places in Washington, D.C. Bourbon Steak is always packed with those who want to see celebrities in town, glad-hand high-ranking officials and be written about by reporters. Located on the lobby floor of the Four Seasons hotel in Georgetown, Bourbon Steak has been on a parallel course with President Obama's making Washington cool and hip and young. Chatting with me recently after the lunch rush, Mina recalls his shock one day during Obama's inauguration ...

Published: 11/4/09

Rick Raines of George Salon: D.C.'s Gatekeeper to Glamour

By  Emily Miller - Politics Daily
Rick Raines of George Salon: D.C.'s Gatekeeper to Glamour

Rick Raines reigns over the George Salon at the Four Seasons like a benevolent dictator. As the salon's manager for the past 13 years, Raines controls the schedule, aka "the book," and thus which politicians, media elite and celebrities can get a last-minute beauty appointment. George Salon has long been the favorite salon of D.C. insiders -- both for its convenient location in the Four Seasons Hotel in Georgetown, as well as for the talent of the long-term staff and for the confidentiality ensured by owner George Ozturk. As clients enter the salon, they are met by Raines, who commands a ...

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