Blogger / Birthday Girl / Bartender / Dancer

Pictured: Renée Martini, Devin Simpson, Ashley Clausnitzer, Crishon Jerome, Rachel Mlinarchik


This Friday is my birthday, and I'd love for you to stop by SOHO DC on Wednesday, July 24 between 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. to have a celebratory birthday drink with me. I'll be guest bartending with a few other women from my dance company and 10% of proceeds from the bar that night will go to Capitol Movement!

The photos above are part of a shoot we did with Jason Hornick this summer. We stayed eco-friendly by using old costumes and our own clothes, with the exception of the ones we borrowed from Teeki (you can see the results of that project HERE).

We loved working with Jason-- he's the bees knees :)

Hope to see you this Wednesday night!




If you can't make it out on Wednesday night, I hope you'll consider supporting my fundraiser for Capitol Movement. In honor of our upcoming military appreciation tour, we aim to raise $10,000 by the end of the summer to ensure we can keep our programs going, and every single gift will get us one step closer to our goal. I'd love it if you could contribute $10, $25 or $100 towards our goal :)

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You're Invited {Glam LLC Summer Fashion Event}

 

 

Attention local ladies! You're invited to shop guilt free this evening by helping to benefit a charity that fights child abuse. And as if you actually needed another reason, there will also be:

OPEN BAR

DC Designer Pop-Up Shops

Tasty Treats

Beats by DJ MIM

Fashion Presentation 

Also, I will walk back and forth in some local DC designer's threads.

 

Enter to win amazing raffle prizes from Hobo, The ANDI Brand, Love Cortnie, Rachel Mulherin, and Fornash all while shopping Carnelian Boutique, Bishop Boutique, Turquoise, Enise, Drabo Gallery, and Runway on Wheels. 

 

$15 at the door

100% of all profits will be donated to Safe Shores DC.

 

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Thursday, June 20 | 6:30-9pm

at 906 H Street NE

Washington, DC

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And there will be so many DC bloggers in the hizouse!

 

Eden of Garden of Glam

Meaghan of District Sparkle

Cathy of Poor Little It Girl

Erin of Currently Coveting

Keri of A Diva State of Mind 

 

Join us to eat, shop, and be merry!

 

xo

Rachel

 

 

A Guide to Secondi for the DC EcoWomen

You can find me over on the DC EcoWomen blog today, my friends, highlighting some of the hot items in stock right now at Secondi. The sampling above is just the beginning, so click on over to see the full post.


Above: tangerine Manolos, Tory Burch skirts and a Michael Kors bag from Secondi.

Rock the Ballet {Fairly}

Photography by Victoria Corkhill

I don't know about you, but I see people doing contemporary ballet and dancing around ALL the time in Dupont Circle, so I thought, why not join in?  ;)

I also thought it would be a neat way to share with you that I will be performing this Saturday, March 23, at the Lincoln Theater. I will be joined by dozens of amazingly talented dancers that I am lucky to call fellow company members.

Tickets here!

I would love to have you join us for what will surely be an evening of high energy, incredibly diverse dance. Capitol Movement's repertoire includes contemporary, hip-hop, jazz and various ethnic styles, because we commission both locally- and nationally-renowned choreographers to set pieces for us each year. If none of those words mean anything to you, google So You Think You Can Dance and it will all start to make sense, I promise. Or, you can check out our Instagram for a behind the scenes look at our rehearsals.

If you'd like to rock your own studded ballet flats to our show, there is a wonderful DIY post over on Orange Juice. If you'd rather just buy a handmade pair, you can buy here or here.

To get the full look fairly, I strongly recommend purchasing your work-out t-shirts and leggings from Alternative Apparel, who have strict sustainability and labor standards, or American Apparel, who manufacture their clothes in the USA. Both retailers offer organic cotton items and are my go-to when it comes to workout and dance gear. 

Tickets available now at $20-$25

If you've read this far, I'd like to tell you a little bit about our dance company, which is definitely kind to people and to the earth. In addition to our recent tour through the Mediterranean and Africa (here is me in Egypt!) to perform for the men and women of our armed services in partnership with Armed Forces Entertainment, we also offer

• free classes and performances for DC public school students,
• scholarships to our youth training programs and to prestigious college dance programs across the country, and
• classes here in DC that anyone can pay to take. 

Since it is Women's History Month, it's important to note that Capitol Movement is co-founded and directed by two local DC women who give their hearts and souls to our company each and every day. Amber Yancey and Stephanie Jojokian are two of the hardest working women in DC, managing children, day jobs and a non-profit dance company with a smile and some serious sweat. They are amazing, our show is amazing, and as if you needed one more reason to come, remember that your ticket purchase supports badly needed arts education for young people in the DMV area.

:)

xo

Rachel

  

Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any harm to the world.  ~Voltaire