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Bar Dynamics

Photo: Getty Images |
Photo: Getty Images |
Allow me to give you the game on how to successfully navigate the bar and come out “on top”
| by Cara A. Brown | Shy M. |

Bar Etiquette 101

The amount of people that have no bar etiquette amazes me…People come to the bar holding up traffic because they don’t know what they want, asking to taste things, being rude, etc. With 50 other people trying to give me money, that really pissed me off. But I won’t judge, we all weren’t taught how to properly order from the bar, so here is Bar Etiquette 101

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Top D.C. Design

Mary Belen |
Mary Belen |
Mary Belen started her own D.C.-based interior design company, Realm Design Group, and helped create the fabulous, new club we know as Current before she has even finished her design studies at Marymount University.
| by Jan F. Lee | Shy M. |

In addition, Belen is also a bartender at Co Co. Sala and likes to spend time with her boo and friends. Fortunately, we were able to grab a minute (or two) to speak with her.

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Entertainment

Catching Up With DJ Quicksilva

DJ Quicksilva |
DJ Quicksilva |
You hear his voice and the mix coming through your radio speakers on the daily. You now rock with him and his co-host Angie Ange when you tune into the Q & A Invasion on 93.9 WKYS Monday through Saturday from 6-10 pm.
| by Jan F. Lee | Shy M. | Nov. 09 |

The DMV has been bangin’ to “Hot Boy” DJ Quicksilva’s mixes ever since his radio career started (while he was still in high school) at Baltimore’s now-defunct V103.

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Lifestyle

D.C. Diva

Photos courtesy of jaxon photogroup |
Photos courtesy of jaxon photogroup |
If you ever happen to walk by Toya Williams on the street, don’t think for one second that she’s just another pretty face. Albeit she is beautiful, there is more to Toya, 27, than what may meet the eye.
| by Jan F. Lee | Shy M. |

Working as a human resources specialist at a prestigious law firm here in D.C. by day, the south New Jersey native is also an aspiring interior designer. Currently, she’s working towards her Masters at Marymount University, but she also takes on interior design projects meanwhile. One of her most recent projects—a Baltimore community center—was a definite success. “I don’t have a team, so I was doing a million tasks by myself, but it came together really well. One of the great things about working in design is seeing the end result. It makes me happy to say, ‘I did that!’”

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Lifestyle

D.C.’s Beautiful Balevska

Petya (pronounced pay-tia) Balevska
Petya (pronounced pay-tia) Balevska
A young female in the finance industry is not that common in the district, so when you come across Petya (pronounced pay-tia) Balevska, 25, know you’re coming across something special.
| by Jan | Shy M. |

The Bulgarian-Greek goddess is a financial planner and stock broker at Ameriprise Financial and is currently working towards her own practice. What she likes best about her job: building long-term relationships with her clients. “Whether it be a college graduation for my client’s kids or if they retire, I’ll be there.” A little know fact: she also helps run a beauty cosmetics company. Obviously driven, Petya is a definite beauty with brains.

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Hot Shop

Photo: 4NX¢ 1019 U Street
Photo: 4NX¢ 1019 U Street
The ideal outfit. It’s elusive and often hard to find. But shopping shouldn’t be that way. You should be able to go to the store and actually find pieces to take home because they were all “so you.”
| by Jan F. Lee | Shy M. |

Not only does it feel really good, but it makes shopping a lot less difficult and a lot more pleasurable. Well, we’ve found the mother load: 4NX¢.