by intern Carly Maltzman
Photo credit: Elana Levitan
Washingtonians gathered for a chic night at Range, Bryan Voltaggio’s swank restaurant, to celebrate the launch of Washingtonian‘s new magazine – Washingtonian Mom – with Style Editor Kate Bennett at the helm.
Photo credit: Courtesy of Kate Bennett’s collection
Range head chef and co-owner Bryan Voltaggio (two-time James Beard Foundation Award finalist and co-author of VOLT ink. cookbook) and chef de cuisine Matt Hill mingled with guests as they enjoyed the aesthetically pleasing cuisine: “We do an eclectic mix of American food over here – there’s shellfish and pizza,” said Hill.
Bennett juggles three jobs and has an eight-year-old daughter: “I think as a mom, you have to focus on yourself first because a happy you is a happy child and sometimes moms forget that. When I became a mom, I refused to become ‘a mom,’” Bennett said.
Kate Bennett Glassman with Cathy Merrill Williams, Publisher of Washingtonian
The focal point of Washingtonian Mom is to provide readers – moms specifically – places to go, people to see and fresh ideas. Each edition profiles a local mom who is either a working or stay at home mom – anyone with an interesting story. “The whole philosophy of the magazine is that moms live their best life and give their children the best life as well,” said Ann Bowman Jones, Washingtonian Mom sales manager. The first issue features Marla Malcolm Beck, a motivated businesswoman and hands-on-mom.
Chef Voltaggio, wife Jennifer and baby Ever
Washingtonian Mom gives mothers ways to be efficient with their time and to make their lives easier. “I work with a lot of women who are increasingly becoming the stewards of the wealth of their family, so we want to show our support and our involvement in that area,” Associate Vice President of Wealth Management at Morgan Stanley Claire Meade said. “The chic and sophisticated magazine targets women who are able to continue their “pre-children” lives.”
The Washingtonian Mom staff hope to find a core group of women who are well rounded and balance their lives with careers or running their homes. Bennett aspires for her magazine to be interesting and relevant while maintaining the Washingtonian factor of giving readers places to go and things to do in the DC area.
The main target audience is women with children from the ages of 4-14: “[the magazine] is for women who happen to be moms, not moms who happen to be women.”
