Charleston Home & Living

Charleston June Issue 2016

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Why do we stay?

We stay because, no matter how bad it gets, this is home.

We live day to day, knowing it will get better. Some may ask, what is better? When I think of better, I look to our small business owners of Charleston and surrounding areas. Last issue, I mentioned a few of Charleston’s restaurants. Well, let me tell you about a couple of other small business owners, whom I believe, are among the best in the business.

Right here in our own back yard, we have Boutique by Belle Events at 602 Virginia Street, Suite 101, Charleston, WV 25301.

Belle offers full event planning, floral and invitation design. She also offers linens, rentals, formal and wedding gowns. For the family planning a wedding, this is the one stop shop. Did I mention one on one service?

Instead of a customer, she makes you feel like family. If that’s not enough, she offers professional styling for the bride, bride’s maids, mother of the bride, and flower girls.

This is why people travel across state lines, to get to Boutique by B. Belle Events. So my question to you would be, why go to a big box store and be treated like a number, instead of being treated like family?

I know this I’m a REALTOR and should be staying on houses and commercial business, but I also believe, if our small businesses are thriving, it affects the real estate market.

Secondly, I’ve got to mention one of the finest custom men’s clothing and accessory shops in Charleston. He doesn’t even know I’m mentioning him in this article. Tony The Tailor located at 822 Virginia Street, Charleston, WV 25301, is something you have to experience. Tony Paranzino is simply known for quality suits and service.

In addition to a custom tailored suit, no one has a finer selection of men’s shoes. If you’d like to turn up your wardrobe a notch, from casual to red carpet, you will need to stop in to see Tony The Tailor.

So why do I stay in West Virginia? It’s real simple. I love the people, and believe once we start supporting one another a bit more, we can turn around our own economy. No it won’t be easy. It’s going to take a little more diversity of thought at the planning table. It will take doing things a little different, and it’s going to be a combination of thinkers, planners, visionaries, and dreamers who come together as a force. Just think if private, City, County, and State agencies would work together for the master plan to put this State on the map as a leading competitor for new businesses. We all win.

So to the out of town business traveler or visitor reading this. . . I would love to show you and your representatives around this great City and State. If you are a lover of water, I will take you out on the Kanawha River and show you a few areas of interest. I will show you, not give you a handout, some places of worship, and introduce you to the pastors, priests, or pujari. I will introduce you to Charleston and the surrounding areas. For those of you who need acreage for the family, or if it is remediated brownfield for industrial use, I can find it. Recently I have discovered I do best when I take on a few selected clients at one time. I either find buyers/investors for them or I find exactly what they need in a home, parcel, or commercial building.

As summer approaches, I simply ask that you remember me on your next potential sell or purchase. Hello corporate HR’s. . .

I don’t expect to get them all, but give me one or two every now and then. To the banks out there. . . if you have that special commercial piece that you need to get off the books, call me.

Again, to you whom are from out of town.

West Virginia is full of wonderful people and has plenty of wildernesses in its backyard, but we are so much more than “Wild & Wonderful”. Stay a little while and let me show you why you should make this State your new home.

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Happening Around Town

During the month of June, Charleston becomes a work of art, thanks to FestivALL! Literally DOZENS of events are scheduled for our town. They include concerts, art exhibits, a chili cook-off, events for children, events for dogs, and even a visit from famed author Stephen King! Some of the shows and exhibits are listed below. For a complete list of events and other info, check out the website: festivallcharleston.com. The events can also be found on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.

As if dozens of concerts and art events aren’t enough, there are many other opportunities for us to meet up with friends and have a terrific summer. This month there is a wine tasting and silent auction at Darin Fisher’s Designer Kitchens that is a fund raiser for Kanawha Valley Senior Services. The Relay for Life of Kanawha County is always a wonderful opportunity to celebrate our beloved cancer survivors while raising money to fight the disease.

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Taylor Books presents author Stephen King, Clay Center, 6pm, $35

“Wine Tasting and Silent Auction”, Darin Fisher’s Designer Kitchens, 1404 Kanawha Blvd., 6pm, tickets: $75

FestivALL Art Parade, Capitol St., 10am

Dance Gala, Culture Center Theater, 8pm, tickets $20

Capitol Street Art Fair, 11am

Bridgefest, the Bridge Rd. shops, 6pm, FREE admission

FestivALL Opening Ceremony, Appalachian Power Park, 7pm, Admission varies

East End Bazaar, an artisan market, corner of Washington St. and Ruffner Ave., 10am-3pm, FREE admission

Sunrise Carriage Trail Walk with Music, Art & Dance, Sunrise Carriage Trail, 1pm

Downtown ArtWalk: 5pm, various locations throughout downtown Charleston on Quarrier St.

“Go To Hale”, block party along Hale St., 10am

Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration featuring Warren Haynes with the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Clay Center, 7:30, tickets: $39-99

CYAC presents “School Girl Zombies from Hell High”, WVSU Capitol Center Theater, 8pm, Admission $8-15

Cashore Marionettes “Simple Gifts”, Clay Center, 2pm, tickets $10-18

Jazz & Jambalaya, Clay Center, 1:30, artists TBA, tickets: $42.50 for adults, $22.50 for children 6-12

THE MAYOR’S CONCERT featuring The Temptations and The Four Tops, Clay Center, 7pm, tickets: $35-85

Secret Agent 23 Skidoo, Clay Center, 1:30pm, 5:30pm, tickets $10-18

Firecracker 5K Run/Walk, Haddad Riverfront Park, 6pm, admission varies

“Live on the Levee” with The Christian Lopez Band, Haddad Riverfront Park, 6:30pm, FREE admission

“Woofstock & Weiners: A Festival for Fido and Friends”, Magic Island, 9-5pm, admission $2

The Art of Beer- A Market Garden Beer Tasting, Capitol Market, 2pm. tickets $20

Craft Brews, Blues & BBQ Festival, University of Charleston, 6pm, tickets: $22 in advance, $25 at the gate

Wine & All That Jazz, University of Charleston, 2pm, tickets: $22 in advance, $25 at the gate

East End Bazaar- Art of Cooking, Washington St. & Ruffner Ave., 10am, FREE admission

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Bring the family downtown to enjoy the inaugural Downtown Open, which is a temporary putt-putt course setup along the sidewalks, walkways and green spaces of Charleston. The cool boutiques and restaurants of Bridge Road will join together for Bridgefest, which will offer music, food, and fun for everyone!

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Court Street Live!, Court Street location, 4pm, Happy Hour and Music

“Smoke on the Water Chili Cookoff” , Kanawha Blvd, 11am

The Charleston Civic Chorus: An Evening of Choral Classics, The Charleston Baptist Temple, 7:30pm, FREE admission

“Live on the Levee” with Dangermuffin and Soul Slaw, Haddad Riverfront Park, 6:30, FREE admission

All Songs are Welcome Here presented by the Charleston Gay Men’s Chorale, Kanawha United Presbyterian Church, 1009 Virginia St., FREE admission

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Charleston Light Opera Guild presents “The Wiz” , Civic Center Little Theater, performance times varies, tickets $25

Charleston Harmony, Culture Center Theater, 7:30pm, admission TBD

Brown Bag Concert featuring Bob Thompson, downtown Charleston, 11:30am

Freedom Celebration, location TBA, 2pm, local churches combine for a patriotic concert

“Mountain Stage” with Lucius and more!, Culture Center Theater, admission: $20-25

“Relay for Life of Kanawha County”, Columbia Gas Bldg, 1700 Maccorkle Ave., 3-11pm

Charleston Chamber Music Society presents Ryan Kennedy, Christ Church United Methodist, 7pm, tickets $20, kids FREE

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he Daniel Boone Hotel no longer has a star studded guest list.

It no longer hosts heads of state, rock stars or honeymooning newlyweds. The halls no longer echo with the maids’ chatter, and the ballroom doesn’t seat ladies awaiting a dance partner. The former crown jewel of the capital city, Charleston’s Daniel Boone Hotel, is now an office building.

entertainment greats visiting town and staying the Daniel Boone were Victor Borge, Gene Autry, Bob Hope, Debbie Reynolds, ack Dempsey, Guy Lombardo, and the Lawrence Welk Orchestra.

Some say the most famous hotel guest was Elvis Presley who visited Charleston in 1975, with his entourage occupying a whopping sixty-three rooms, including the penthouse suite.

Today people come and go visiting a dentist, attorneys, and other professionals that are spread out from the mezzanine to the penthouse. The lobby and the double mezzanine floors maintain a few vestiges of the hotels former splendor; the staircase to the mezzanine floors, the registration desk, and the intricate hexagon tile work on the floor below the lobby entrance, and several original light fixtures. The original elevator doors still flank the gleaming brass US Mail box. A sign above each of the doors remind people that the lifts are no longer working elevators.

The ballroom is possibly the least changed section of the hotel.

However, the mezzanine, once open to the ballroom floor below is now walled over, with only the front of the supporting pillars left in view. Most of the lighting is original, as is the mahogany wainscoting. One can imagine wedding receptions held there, with the bride tossing her bouquet over the mezzanine railing.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, the former historic hotel was built between 2 and 2 , then expanded in 1936 and again in 1949 to provide a total of four hundred and sixty-five rooms, a ballroom and three parlor meeting rooms.

A Classical Revival style ten story blond brick, the building boasts an unusual two-story mezzanine and a penthouse. The entire building was an exemplary example of first-class hotel architecture of the 1920s.

The Daniel Boone was built on the corner of Capital and Washington Streets, the previous site of the state’s first governor’s mansion.

After the nearby Capitol building was destroyed by fire in 2 , a temporary Capitol was erected where the hotel would later stand.

Intended to be a temporary structure, the “paste-board Capitol”, as it was often called, was built in just forty-two days. In 1927 it also caught fire and burned to the ground.

In , the Daniel Boone Hotel closed. After renovation and remodeling the building was reopened in 1984 as 405 Capitol Street, an office building with fountains, a spacious atrium, two glass enclosed elevators and a 30-foot indoor waterfall.

The exterior of the Daniel Boone Hotel remains virtually unchanged. The awnings over both entrances are original and the fine detail work remains intact. The interior has a nod to its stately past, but primarily the 1980’s renovation takes visual precedence.

A massive multi-level garden area stands in the shadow of a two story waterfall, overtaking much of the former lobby. The center of the building is gone, giving way to floors of balconies edging the offices where hotel rooms and suites once stood.

The modern flavor of the remodeled hotel’s interior is lovely with an Art Deco flare. But the glimpses of yesteryear leave a melancholy feeling. The memories of the Daniel Boone Hotel linger, vying to hold their footing as the grand lady of the city, while time marches on.

The hotel was conceived by a group of Charleston citizens known as the Community Hotel Corporation with the goal of providing a fitting location for hosting politicians and visiting dignitaries to the capital city. Wehrle B. Geary, a Roane County entrepreneur and developer of the Diamond Department Store spearheaded the building of the Daniel Boone.

When the Capitol moved to Charleston’s east end, the new hotel served as the unofficial headquarters of West Virginia’s state government. The Daniel Boone housed many state legislators during the 0-day legislative sessions. Most of Charleston’s banquets and conventions were held there. One year saw the hotel hosting a convention of little people, or midgets as they were called at the time, with over eight hundred in attendance.

A number of prominent people stayed at the Daniel Boone, including Eleanor Roosevelt, Admiral Richard Byrd, Presidents Herbert Hoover, and Harry Truman. Vice President Lyndon ohnson, and Sen. and Mrs. ohn F. Kennedy also slept there. Among the M. Lynne Squires is the author of the award-winning book Letters to My Son – Reflections of Urban Appalachia at Mid-Century.

Her blog The View from My Cup, is found at www.mlynne.com.

From the historic DANIEL BOONE HOTEL in downtown Charleston you can see several miles in every direction.

NEXT MONTH we travel east of downtown to visit the beautiful Holly Grove Mansion, on the grounds of the State Capitol.

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ABA is the design, implementation, and evaluation of environmental modification to increase socially significant behavior. That sounds like a mouthful, but in regular terms, it is using various techniques to shape behavior that improves that person’s life.

intervention in children with Autism. Lovaas separated children into two groups: one group receiving 40 hours of ABA therapy a week and one group receiving 10 hours of ABA therapy. There were no significant differences between the children’s IQ or cognitive functioning levels before the study. In the end, nine of the children who received 40 hours a week passed a regular education first grade class with an average or above average IQ, eight of the children passed first grade in an aphasia classroom with an IQ of mild intellectual/developmental disabilities (think of aphasia classes as a class between regular education and special education), and only two of the nineteen children were placed in a classroom for children with intellectual/developmental disabilities.

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Spring intº

Summer

with Color We

now have the introduction of color as nature brings forth it’s fresh new palette of plants, trees, and flowers. Inspiration for color in your home can come directly from a few minutes outdoors!

The grey winter now past, you will note the introduction of greens, blues, purples, reds, yellows, and oranges! Just as these bring a feeling of cheerfulness after a long dark win-

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ter season, the same impact can be made in your home!

Not

sure where to start or what colors to use?

Combinations are endless and even shades in a monochromatic range are a great way to freshen the look of any room. I always recommend taking a look at the contents of your closet! What do you see there in terms of color?

It makes sense that these same choices, which are probably more comfortable for you, will enrich the stale existing space (or spaces) you are considering.

Second option is to consider using your favorite color in a balanced way that comes from notes in the selection from room to adjacent room.

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MAKING HOME a better place to live

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pop of red for example will go a long way and will make your home “FEEL” right when it is strategically used in the entry, living room, dining room, and kitchen. The trick with strtonger colors is to use in different ways and subtler ways that encourage the eye to move throughout the space without an obvious effort.

consider how color makes you feel and the strength or subtly they bring into the equation.

Bright colors draw the eye more quickly in any environment and are more of a challenge when creating that well balanced room.

Colors also create emotional responses. Yellow tends to make a person feel happy while earth tones create a since of peace. What is your goal?

What do you want color to reflect in the atmosphere you are considering?

Most

importantly is the decision to reflect color, especially new introductions, with a plan. Are you recreating a complete room? This is a great time to consider new color options! Are you wanting to create a fresh environment? Then adding color in interesting ways such as a new chair, rug, lamp or art might be the answer!

Again, BALANCE is the key! Making sure that your home feels “right” this Spring as we move into Summer is a perfect way to make your home a GREAT place to live!

In one home I used red on a wall in the entry to immediately set the tone. The adjacent living room had a large canvas wrapped piece with red poppies. In the adjacent dining room, I use red lamps and in the kitchen some of the accessories in red.

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