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A Bit of History............................................................. 16
From the Bay….............................................................22
Personality Profile............................................................ 4
After Hours.......................................................................11
From the Trainer............................................................42
Points on Pets.................................................................18
Alexandria Events............................................................ 3
Gallery Beat.....................................................................12
Publisher’s Notes.............................................................. 3
Arts & Antiques..............................................................13
Go Fish...............................................................................45
Road Trip...........................................................................24
Behind the Bar................................................................30
Grapevine.........................................................................36
Shenandoah National Park Getaways .................38
Business Profile................................................................. 6
High Notes.......................................................................10
Special Feature: Flag Day...........................................39
Caribbean Connection...............................................20
Jazz Fest Preview...........................................................11
Special Feature: Father's Day....................................40
Dining Guide...................................................................32
Let's Eat.............................................................................34
Social Media Message................................................... 3
Dining Out.......................................................................28
National Harbor.............................................................47
Spiritual Renaissance...................................................44
Exploring Virginia Wines............................................37
National Harbor Events..............................................48
Tall Ship Providence Update....................................15
Financial Focus.................................................................. 8
On the Road with OTC................................................... 2
The Last Word.................................................................... 9
First Blush.........................................................................43
Open Space.....................................................................46
To the Blue Ridge..........................................................26
Fitness................................................................................41
Pets of the Month.........................................................19
Urban Garden.................................................................14
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about the cover Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse by David Sites.
on the road with OTC Three generations of Unverzagt men celebrate Father's Day "month" on E-Spear Farms in Lingle, Wyoming. Longtime Old Town Crier subscribers, these guys take a break to check out what's happening in the Northern VA area. From Left to Right, Willy, his son Mason and father Dave. Anyone know what it is that they are leaning on? If you would like to see your picture here, take the OTC on your next adventure, snap a high resolution photo and send it along with information for the caption to office@oldtowncrier.com. Happy Trails!
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PUBLISHER’S NOTES
BOB TAGERT
The warm weather is finally here to stay and the Tiki Bar has reopened in Solomons Island, Maryland. Find out more in this month’s Road Trip. Our cover this month reflects the area where the Patuxent River meets the Chesapeake Bay. Staying on these nautical lines check up on the latest about the Tall Ship Providence’s arrival in Old Town, hopefully this month; and Molly Winans From the Bay column gives you a novel idea on how to celebrate the “Sailstice” on the first days of summer. In A Bit of History, Sarah Becker concludes her series about the Women’s Sufferage Amendment. In Grapevine, Nancy Bauer takes you on a cruise down Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Whiskey Wine Loop where the artisan crafters are passionate about what they do. In High Notes Ron Powers details the video “Hero” and how it will help firefighters. With the steeplechase season coming to an end, Julie Reardon tells us about the upcoming horse shows and polo in To the Blue Ridge. In Exploring Virginia Wine Doug Fabbioli shows us how wine makers are expanding their product line. In Open Space Lori Welch Brown shares realization of cancer victims and those who suffer with them. We have all been there. In Last Word, Miriam Kramer gives insight into the new book by shock jock Howard Stern – Howard Stern Comes Again. The first day of summer arrives at 11:54 on June 21st. This is the longest day of the year, so from that day on folks, winter is working its way back. Get out there and have some fun! We at the Old Town Crier wish all the Dads out there a very happy Father’s Day!
Getting ready for the summer with my umbrella chapeau, an adult beverage and a good cigar!
SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGE
ASHLEY SCHULTZ
Alexandria JUNE TOURS, EXHIBITS, EVENTS
Trolling Pirates that Plunder:
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What Not to Post on Facebook While on Vacation
e all love sharing those photos of us enjoying our vacations, making all those still sitting at their desk jealous of our current adventures. Yet, there is a right way and a wrong way to do it, and if you are not careful you could come back from vacation to find your home emptied of all your valuables! Here are some tips to help you share your vacation experiences on Facebook without adding undue risk to you and your family’s personal safety!
Don’t post pictures while on vacation: Want to share that breathtaking view of the sunset from the balcony of your hotel? Doing so may have just given away your Old Town Crier
present location in the GPS geotag information that is often embedded in the metadata of the picture when you took it. The geotag reveals where the picture was taken and could provide both friends and strangers with your current location, of course this all depends on your privacy settings.
Don’t post upcoming travel plans: One of the worst things you can do is to post details of your upcoming travel plans and itineraries on social media. You will be giving potential thieves a big “OPEN” sign of when you will be gone and when you will be back. You are also revealing where you will be and even when- and criminals could be there waiting for you. Your
family and employer should be the only people who need to know specifics about your travel plans.
Don’t tag other vacationers while they’re still on vacation: Vacationing with friends or family? You should probably not tag them in pictures or status updates while you are still on vacation, because doing so will reveal their current location as well as your own. They might not want this information about themselves broadcast for the same reason mentioned here. Wait until everyone is safely at home and then tag them later if they want to be tagged. You can help keep your own details from being broadcast by others, SOCIAL MEDIA> PAGE 7
JUNE 6TH ALX Pride 2019 Mix & Mingle 7 to 9 p.m. Admission: Free Torpedo Factory Art Center 105 N. Union Street 703-746-4570 torpedofactory.org Celebrate D.C.’s Capital Pride with a special mix-and-mingle evening in Alexandria. Enjoy the Torpedo Factory Art Center’s studios as you get to know others from the local LGBTQIA community.
“D-Day at 75: Looking Back and Looking Forward” 7 p.m. Admission: $10 per person The Lyceum 201 S. Washington Street shop.alexandriava.gov As part of Alexandria’s commemoration of the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the Alexandria-Caen Sister City Committee presents a distinguished panel to discuss the significance of D-Day, looking back and looking forward. Panelists include Rear Admiral Tom Flynn, retired Judge Advocate General of the Navy; Dr. Kim Bernard Holien,
retired U.S. Army Historian; and Brigadier General Tony Smith, U.S. Army, retired. A wine and dessert reception will follow. Tickets can be purchased onsite or online via shop. alexandriava.gov.
JUNE 15TH Cinema Del Ray Outdoor Movies 7 p.m. - films begin at dusk Admission: Free Mt. Vernon Recreation Center field 2701 Commonwealth Avenue facebook.com/cinemadelray Bring family, friends, neighbors and a blanket to watch family-friendly openair movies including Peter Pan, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Smallfoot (in Spanish with English subtitles), How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World and Incredibles 2 at Cinema Del Ray, sponsored by The Jen Walker Team.
JUNE 16TH Father’s Day Open Houses in Historic Alexandria various times Admission: Free for visiting fathers; prices vary by location CALENDAR > PAGE 15
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PERSONALITY PROFILE
LORI WELCH BROWN
(aka John Edward Welch)
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ast year I had the privilege of profiling several great dads for the June issue. This year I hit the jackpot—I was able to interview my own father, John Welch. Up until April, he had been residing in Pensacola, FL. Unfortunately, he took a fall in February which resulted in a stint at a nursing rehab center during which time he decided to move back to Virginia. He is currently splitting his time between my brother’s house and mine so I only had to travel as far as my kitchen table for our chat. Dad was born in Fauquier County just below Orlean, VA in 1929. He was number three in a lineup of nine kids born to Edward Lee and Belle Baker Welch. Sadly—only
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six children survived. His parents lost a set of boy/girl twins and one son from a set of boy twins. There were also four half-siblings from his father’s first marriage. It was definitely a different time as Dad spent most of his childhood working on the family farm. Like today, school started in September, and ended in June. “You can’t wait until plowing crops and harvesting is done to start school and expect to keep up with the rest of them,” said Dad so he didn’t go back after the eighth grade. During the summer, he worked for the highway department cutting bushes. When he was 15, he went to work at Stillhouse Hollow Farm as a tractor driver. About a year later, a friend suggested they go to
Washington, DC and get jobs. They found a room to rent for $20 a week near N. Capitol Street. “Ernest got a job working at the Wilkins Coffee plant, and I was working for a wholesale distributor making $80 a week,” said Dad. Ernest decided he wanted to go back to Hume after a few months so Dad returned to Stillhouse. Some months later, the foreman told Dad to go out in the field and pick up rocks. He recalls it was November, very cold and he didn’t have gloves. He threw a couple of rocks in the cart and said, “Sir— for sure I can make a better living than picking up rocks.” He had a car by then and headed to Centreville where he landed a job hauling sod. PERSONALITY PROFILE > PAGE 5
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“I got paid $7 a load and tried to make two loads a day,” Dad added. A friend gave him a tip about a job driving a dump truck—he had never driven one before, but he applied and was given the job. “I had no idea what I was doing, but I jumped behind the wheel and did what I was told.” It was around that time that he met my Mom who happened to be visiting her aunt and cousins in Marshall, VA. Dad was home for the weekend and cruising around town with a friend when they spotted a couple of attractive girls sitting on the corner. They turned the car around and struck up a conversation. (This was definitely preMatch.com). Dad was drafted into the Korean War shortly after and was sent to Ft. Knox for basic training. When training was completed, his commanding officer pointed to a sign with job assignments and told Dad to pick his top three. He picked motor pool and a couple of others he couldn’t recall. “Great—none of those are available, go stand in with the Medics.” Dad laughs when he tells that story because he had no medical background whatsoever, but, like driving the dump truck, he just did what he was told. After some additional training back in Virginia, he was sent to San Francisco where he boarded a ship for Japan. By the end of his two-year duty he was supervising a crew of 20 in an Army hospital. Had they given him a stripe, he would have re-enlisted, but alas—they were out of stripes so he came home. Thanks to some good old fashioned letter writing, Mom and Dad’s romance blossomed and he proposed upon returning stateside. They married in June of 1954, and their first son Phil was born in 1955, Chuck in 1956, Marty 1961, followed by me in 1966. “The day you were born was the happiest day of your mother’s life,” said Dad – I think it’s important we immortalize that in print. Dad enjoyed a long career as a Steamfitter with Local Union 602 for 40+ years before a heart attack forced him into retirement in 1991. A couple years after Mom passed in 2006, he met a woman and they moved together to Pensacola—he was 82 at the time. Old Town Crier
While I’m sad that an injury is what landed Dad at my kitchen table, I feel blessed to have this time with him. At 89, he is still sharp as a tack, quick with a smile, and has the same happy disposition that has been his trademark. He keeps his flip phone at the ready to catch up with family and friends. I’ve nicknamed him “Chatty Cathy.” When he plays tug-of-war with our dog Dozer, his face lights up and I can envision that boy on the farm. He works hard at everything he does—right now he is working hard at regaining his mobility.
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What’s the hardest thing about being a dad? You’ve always got to help them—there’s no end— especially when they’re little. Starts getting easier after their teen years. Today, that’s the biggest thing—making sure they turn out to be good kids.
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Did you know there was anything you wanted to do differently from your own father? I did just about everything differently—didn’t hold anything back when it came to that. I had to stay out of school and work. I knew I didn’t want that for my kids—I wanted them to have at least a high school education, and I knew I didn’t want them to do farm work.
Do you have any advice for the new dads out there? Hope you have a good job and you can afford to have them and provide for them.
Today it’s not unusual for both parents to work. As the primary breadwinner, did you have any other roles as parent? I did it all—changed diapers—I fell into all the roles. It was hard work, but my main job was to put food on the table.
You and Mom were married for 52 years before she passed. Any
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marital advice? You’ve got to get along. Everything is not going to be perfect. You’re gonna fight, but you have to learn how to control your temper. Your Mom was a nice lady. She loved you kids. She saw that you kids got up, got your doughnuts and got off to school.
Note: She didn’t just send us off with doughnuts—we had coffee to dunk them in.
Tell me about a happy memory you have with your dad. My happiest memories are when we were riding horses. I was able to go when there was a spare horse to ride.
My younger brother seemed to always have a horse, but sometimes I got stuck with a work horse. We would go fox hunting just below Hume.
What are you most proud of? My family. Happy Father’s Day! June 2019 | 5
BUSINESS PROFILE
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ith the end of spring approaching it seems like a perfect time to have that long awaited kitchen or bath remolded. The older homes here in Old Town are beautiful to be sure, but sometimes the kitchen or bath(s) is outdated and underutilized. Solid Kitchen & Bath (SK&B) are the perfect folks for the job. Recently taken over by long time employee Sirin Kalinkara, Sirin brings a unique women’s point of view to every project. Her Turkish ancestry also gives her a European outlook resulting in a most sophisticated remodel. Located next to the Old Town Crier office at 315 South Washington Street, their showroom is conveniently located for all Alexandria and metro area homeowners to make a visit and ask questions. Just looking at their showroom window makes one want something better. Solid Kitchen & Bath has been serving the Maryland
and Virginia area with high quality service since 2005. With hundreds of completed projects they have continued to increase their level of quality workmanship and service. SK&B employ specialized teams of experts who will work with the client to create an ideal living space and help the transformation of your “house” into your dream “home”. As one of the area’s top kitchen and bath remodeling contractors, they have partnered with the industry’s leading vendors in granite, marble, cabinetry, tiles and hardwoods. They offer unsurpassed service and design expertise. Their goal is to make your remodeling project as stress-free as is humanly possible. Remodeling a home, that place that you have cherished for a long time, is a significant undertaking. It takes knowledge, skill and good planning that can only come from a seasoned professional. BUSINESS PROFILE > PAGE 7
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Sirin and her team recognize that they are here to make your experience as pleasant as possible. I have known Sirin for about 5 years now and one thing I know is that she is not only highly professional but is also a considerate and fun loving person. SK&B has created a new standard of excellence in luxury remodeling that extends beyond just the kitchen and bath. They can remodel your whole house. Their comprehensive approach combines efficiency, quality craftsmanship and elegance into each personalized project.
SOCIAL MEDIA | FROM PAGE 3
by enabling Facebook’s tag review. Which I suggest having on, even when not on vacation. If you haven’t seen the trend yet, let me yell it out for you……DON’T POST STATUS UPDATES WHILE STILL ON VACATION! A thief trolling social media, or perhaps a friend of a friend with a not so honest brother who happens to see your vacation post, might decide that while you are away on your expensive vacation, your home
The combined efforts of an outstanding management team and the area’s best supplier’s provide you with superior service and high-quality craftsmanship. SK&B is the only company offering different essentials of cultures into your new design; American Traditional, Eastern Style, European Dream and Turkish Delight. Through my conversations with Sirin, it is clear that their goal is a beautiful end product and a satisfied customer. They want their custom designs to be both beautiful and functional while making the best use of
your space while offering top quality materials. Take the stress out of remodeling by letting their team of experts take a full service, hands on approach, from concept to completion and to ensure that no detail is overlooked. If you have a bathroom or kitchen that needs a little tweaking or a full blown remodel, Solid Kitchen & Bath is the place to turn.
will be his personal playground to outplay his fantasy of being a plundering pirate! Putting current updates out there, that place you far away, gives the thief or thieves ample time to plan and then execute robbery of your house. After all, you won’t be back anytime soon. Never assume that your status post is going out to only your friends, even if your Facebook privacy settings only allow friends to view your posts. Your friend may be reading your post at a coffee shop unaware
as a stranger gawks at the same thing over his shoulder. Or your friend may have left a Facebook account logged in on a computer at the local library (yes they still exist), allowing the next guy to sit down at it to view your status posts and more. In conclusion, oversharing on Facebook can be risky. If you wouldn’t give out your vacation plans to a room full of strangers, don’t share them on Facebook until you have safely returned home.
As we concluded the interview, Sirin had to run off to visit with a new client in Arlington and didn't want to be late...a good sign of that customer service she prides herself on.
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FINANCIAL FOCUS
CARL TREVISAN, CFP© & STEPHEN BEARCE
Consider a Simple Investment Strategy to Help Reduce Guesswork
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or most investors, the key to success is simple: Buy low and sell high. But how often have you seen this scenario played out? (You may have done it yourself.) When the market is up, an investor feels good and buys stocks. When the market is down, that same investor gets scared and sells. Although reacting like this may feel instinctively right at the time, buying high and selling low is unlikely to result in a profit. Why do investors do this? The reason may have a lot to do with us making investment choices the same way we do many important decisions: using both our heads and our hearts (i.e., logic and emotion). When there’s market volatility – including both market highs and market lows – our emotions tend to take over and we may make illogical choices going against our best interests. Rather than falling victim to the potential perils of emotional investing, you may want to be completely logical: get into the market when it’s down and out when it’s up. This is known as “market timing.” While this approach sounds rational, the problem is it’s extremely difficult, even for experienced investors, to do consistently. There’s an old saying: “No one rings a bell” when the market reaches the top of a peak or the bottom of a trough. Translated, that means anyone attempting to time the market finds it 8 | June 2019
Using dollar cost averaging in a fluctuating market Investing $500 per month over one year
MONTH January February March April May June July August September October November December
PRICE PER SHARE $24 $25 $28 $30 $27 $22 $24 $27 $26 $29 $28 $27
SHARES PURCHASED 20.83 20.00 17.86 16.67 18.52 22.73 20.83 18.52 19.23 17.24 17.86 18.52
This example is hypothetical and for illustrative purposes only.
difficult to know exactly when to make their move. For example, if you think the market has reached a peak and get out and then share prices keep rising, you’ll miss out on the additional profits you could have made by waiting. And after you get out, how do you know when to get back in? If you act too quickly, you’ll forego better bargains as prices continue to fall. If you wait too long, you may sacrifice the chance to fully benefit from a market rally.
Give dollar cost averaging a look To avoid the potential problems of emotional investing and market timing, consider a strategy called “dollar cost averaging.” Dollar cost averaging is the practice of putting a set amount into a particular investment on a regular basis (weekly, monthly,
quarterly, etc.) no matter what’s going on in the market. For example, you could invest $500 each month. In a fluctuating market, this practice lets you purchase: • Additional shares at a bargain when prices are low • Fewer expensive shares when prices increase As shown in the table below, if the price is $24 per share, you’d buy 20.83 shares (keep in mind mutual funds let you purchase fractional shares). If it rises to $30, you would buy only 16.67 shares. In a fluctuating market, dollar cost averaging will result in an average cost per share that’s less than the average market price per share. The average market price per share in the table (the sum of the market prices [$317] divided by the number of purchases [12]) is $26.42. However, the average price
per share (the total invested [$6,000] divided by the number of shares purchased [228.81]) is only $26.22. While you’re mulling dollar cost averaging’s potential merits, consider this: You may well be using the strategy already. If you participate in an employer-sponsored retirement plan, such as a 401(k) or 403(b), and contribute the same amount each payday, you’re using dollar cost averaging.
Get help for when the going gets tough One of the dollar cost averaging’s challenges is you have to stick with the strategy even when the market declines, and that can be difficult (see our previous discussion about emotional investing). However, during times like these, dollar cost averaging can be most useful by letting you purchase shares
at bargain prices. Because dollar cost averaging can be simultaneously more difficult and advantageous when the going gets toughest, consider turning to a professional financial advisor for help. He or she should offer a voice a reason during these periods as you grapple with whether to adhere to the strategy. Like any investment strategy, dollar cost averaging doesn’t guarantee a profit or protect against loss in a declining market. Because dollar cost averaging requires continuous investment regardless of fluctuating prices, you should consider your financial and emotional ability to continue the program through both rising and declining markets. This article was written by/ for Wells Fargo Advisors and provided courtesy of Carl M. Trevisan, Managing DirectorInvestments and Stephen M. Bearce, First Vice PresidentInvestments in Alexandria, VA at 800-247-8602. Investments in securities and insurance products are: NOT FDIC-INSURED/NOT BANKGUARANTEED/MAY LOSE VALUE Wells Fargo Advisors is a trade name used by Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC, Member SIPC, a registered broker-dealer and non-bank affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company. © 2019 Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC. All rights reserved. Old Town Crier
THE LAST WORD
MIRIAM R. KRAMER
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ver since I was aware that he existed, Howard Stern has turned me off. As an avid fan of Late Night with David Letterman in the 80s, I’d see him come on the show as an edgy, juvenile loudmouth. In the early 90s I had a typical long DC commute. I’d change stations frequently, so every now and then I gave his syndicated show a chance. I’d last two minutes at the most before I had to move on. Yet quite recently I’d heard and seen some of his interviews on YouTube. They were calmer, insightful, and provocative. So I was sufficiently intrigued to give his new book, Howard Stern Comes Again, a collection of interviews with celebrity guests, a chance. Before I started reading I wondered: Is Howard Stern just trying to change his image? Or is he being honest in describing where life, age, and therapy have taken him? My answer now: Probably both. Stern has never shied away from saying exactly what’s on his mind, even if he exposes himself in the process. He also knows just how to turn publicity to his advantage. I enjoyed his introduction and his explanations of his career path. From having heard his neuroses in action, I also bought into his redemption arc. Stern started in radio to get attention from his father, a radio engineer. His insecurities about his worth and abilities drove him to seek top ratings at any cost. He bounced around from radio station to radio station in the pursuit of fame. His immature sense of humor, self-loathing, and need for attention turned him into a shock jock who hired strippers for the studio and played games like Lesbian Dial-a-Date and Butt Bongo. Old Town Crier
The Class Clown of Radio In the meantime, he kept his family at bay with emotional deflection and “workaholism”. His OCD also caused him to obsess about all aspects of his career. Achieving high ratings finally got him a deal on Sirius XM satellite radio, where his interview style started changing because he had no FCC restrictions against which to rebel. In the introduction, Stern also discusses a health scare that made him evaluate his legacy and body of work.
After intensive therapy in the past fifteen to twenty years, along with Transcendental Meditation (TM) and marriage to his second wife, Beth, he changed his approach towards his wife, daughters, and parents. In the process, he disavowed both of his first two books and much of his earlier work on the radio as attention-seeking narcissism. He touches on topics such as his wife’s work fostering rescue cats, and the cats’ effect on his life. He also expresses regrets
about alienating some of his earlier guests with antagonistic attacks instead of substantive interviews. By sifting through his later, more substantive work, Stern painstakingly put together this book of interviews with celebrities and other newsmakers. He had Donald Trump on his show multiple times when Trump was a real estate mogul and reality show star. “And Now a Word from Our President…” breaks up blocks of better interviews
with superficial, unfiltered discussions between Stern and Trump over twenty years, discussing such important subjects as Trump’s addiction to models and how hot Melania is. When Trump asked for Stern’s endorsement for President, Stern refused because he supported Hillary Clinton. That was the end of Trump’s appearances on Stern’s show. More importantly, Stern includes interviews from people such as Madonna, Anderson Cooper, Paul McCartney, and Larry David. Most are worthwhile reads, although a few seem thrown in for celebrity value. He has some unexpected favorites, such as Henry Hill, the former mobster depicted in Martin Scorsese’s movie Goodfellas. Talk show host interviews feature Ellen DeGeneres, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, former host Rosie O’Donnell, his good friend Jimmy Kimmel, and his contemporary and late night legend, David Letterman. The latter was of interest to me, since both men were consumed with their careers as showbiz titans with large cult followings. Stern’s interviews with standup comedians include Jerry Seinfeld, Amy Schumer, and Chris Rock. Stern also includes a discussion with Joan Rivers. As a good friend, he spoke at her funeral. Although the featured interview is worthwhile, I remember finding a Joan Rivers memorial episode of his show on YouTube that touched me. He discussed what she meant to him as someone who loved and encouraged him throughout the years. She was as complicated, extreme, and neurotic as he was. They had a strong connection THE LAST WORD > PAGE 15
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HIGH NOTES
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ward Winning Director Jantonio Turner and Multi-Genre Billboard Charting Musician Stan Medley recently came together to show their gratitude, respect, and admiration for firefighters. Their collaboration has resulted in a powerful video called “Hero” based on Stan Medley’s song by the same name, “Hero”. The video was made in honor of International Firefighters Day, and all income from streaming of the video is being donated to help injured firefighters or the families of firefighters who have lost their lives in the line of duty. “Hero” communicates the sacrifices firefighters make every day. It gives us a glimpse into the lives of the brave men and women who risk their lives facing unbelievable danger. Many losing comrades and loved ones, all in the effort to keep us safe. Some making the ultimate sacrifice in giving their lives. The video opens with Fire Dispatch radioing Assistant Chief
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Hero David Pruso after a fire fight has been completed. We hear the dispatcher calling out Pruso’s ID number (2612): “Watermen 2612…”. Then a chilling silence. She calls a second time with pain and trepidation in her voice: “Watermen 2612…”. Again, silence fills the airwaves. The pain in the woman’s voice as she tries to reach Pruso makes your stomach sink and heart ache. Emotions rise as you realize Pruso has been lost to the flames. This poignant moment sets a tone for the video. We watch with new appreciation as Director Turner shows us what it’s like for firefighters to be called into duty. We’re shown the quiet interior of a Fire Station in the dead of night. Then the sound of an alarm and a bright red light flood the station, waking the sleeping crew. Next, we see the focused rush of these
brave souls charging into danger and risking their lives to save others. The music of Hero communicates perseverance through trouble. Medley employs an impressive pallet of sounds to communicate this. Musical elements include reverbsoaked guitars, ambient synth, atmospheric vocals, rumbling sub bass, and electronic drums. There’s a nice dynamic to the music that lends to the emotional range Director Turner is able to achieve with the video. Moments of sorrow and loss are enhanced by more sparse and moody music composed of minimal synth and slow picked guitar chords. For more action-packed moments, steady drum beats and bass are layered in. I was struck by the range of musical mood Medley was able to access for the music
of hero. It reveals him to be exceptionally gifted in the art of film scoring. I was touched and inspired by this moving tribute to firefighters. Turner and Medley show real heart and creative spark through their visual and sonic talents. They successfully combined their skills to communicate something we already know but can’t quite express. Namely the selfless heroics of our heroes in red. If you’d like to hear more from Stan Medley, you can find his music on Spotify, Soundcloud, Apple Music, iTunes, and most other streaming and digital sales platforms. You can also find him on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram or go to his website at StanMedley.com. If you’d like to know more about Director Jantonio Turner, go to IMDB.com or you can also find him on Twitter and Vimeo. Be sure to watch Hero, Turner and Medley’s moving tribute to firefighters, now streaming on YouTube. Old Town Crier
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GALLERY BEAT
Erin Raedeke
F. LENNOX CAMPELLO
Nicole Santiago
SANTIAGO IS MY PICK
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n 2005, the Bethesda Painting Awards were established by local DMV business owner and art collector Carol Trawick. Ms. Trawick has served as a community activist for more than 25 years in downtown Bethesda and established The Jim and Carol Trawick Foundation in 2007. She is the former Chair of the Maryland State Arts Council, Strathmore, Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District, Bethesda Urban Partnership, Inc. and founder of The Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards. She also puts her money where her mouth is and funds not only this regional painting award, but also the equally wonderful Trawick Prize. Eight painters have been selected as finalists for the Bethesda Painting Awards. Nearly 300 artists from Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. submitted work to the 15th annual competition created to exclusively honor regional painters. The work of the
eight finalists will be on display at Gallery B in Bethesda (the former Fraser Gallery) from June 5-29, 2019. The Best in Show winner will be awarded $10,000, second place will be honored with $2,000 and third place will be awarded $1,000. The artists selected as finalists are: Mary Anne Arntzen, Baltimore, MD Taha Heydari, Baltimore, MD Lillian Bayley Hoover, Baltimore, MD Gina Gwen Palacios, Baltimore, MD Erin Raedeke, Montgomery Village, MD W.C. Richardson, University Park, MD Nicole Santiago, Williamsburg, VA McKinley Wallace III, Baltimore, MD
A public opening will be held on Friday, June 14th from 6-8pm. Gallery B is located at 7700 GALLERY BEAT > PAGE 13
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Wisconsin Avenue, Suite E in downtown Bethesda. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Saturday from 12-6pm. The competition’s jurors are Kyle Hackett, Professor of Studio Art, American University, and the 2014 Bethesda Painting Awards Winner; Sue Johnson, Professor of Art, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, and Susan Zurbrigg, Painting and Drawing Area Head, Professor of Art, James Madison University.
Based on the images that I’ve seen so far, and essentially based on this gorgeous painting, my fave so far is Nicole Santiago... by the way, I suspect that by the time this article sees print, the winner would have been announced – so let’s see how close I came to nailing this puppy. Santiago’s paintings are overly crowded delights of enviable technical skill and narrative clues – she takes the classical Greek concept of “fear of empty space” to new levels of contemporary meaning as we struggle to decipher and understand all
the clues and visual crumbs that she leaves behind in each painting! Nicole M. Santiago holds a BFA in studio art from Indiana University and an MFA in painting from the University of New Hampshire. She is primarily a figure painter/ drawer who focuses on domestic scenes and layered familial narratives. Over the past 20 years, Santiago has shown in more than 100 group/solo exhibitions. She is currently a member of the First Street Gallery in New York City. Her works have also been
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MICHAEL J. MCGROARTY
URBAN GARDEN
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on’t be afraid to trim those flowering shrubs and trees that need it. Failure to prune is probably the biggest gardening mistake a person can make. I spent 20 years landscaping homes and businesses, and I watched people make the investment in
mildew isn’t extremely harmful to the plants, it’s just that the foliage is damaged, and little growing takes place once it sets in. Your local garden center will have a general fungicide you can spray if you’d like to try and control it. Usually once the plant defoliates in the fall the plant is back to normal.
water as early in the day as possible. Another nasty little blight that likes summer time is fire blight. Fire blight attacks ornamentals, especially apple trees, crabapple trees, cotoneasters, and pyracantha. You know you have fire blight when a branch on one of your
my services, then they failed to prune when the plants needed it, and before you know it their landscape looks terrible. If you make a mistake pruning, don’t worry about it. It’s like a bad haircut, it will grow out. Of course use common sense and read the previous articles that I’ve written on pruning. Along with summer time comes high humidity. High humidity can cause a lot of problems with the plants in your garden and around your house. One of the simple things you can do is don’t water just before dark. Make sure your plants are nice and dry when you tuck them in for the night and you can cut down of the chance fungus being a problem. One of the more common fungi that I get asked about a lot is powdery mildew. This appears as a white film on the leaves of ornamental plants. Dogwoods and Purple Sandcherry are often the victim of powdery mildew. Powdery
If you have perennial rye grass in your lawn, you must be careful not to leave your grass wet at night. There is a fungus known as pythium blight that appears in very humid conditions. This fungus attacks and kills perennial rye grasses. Here in the north most of our lawns are a blend of fescues, perennial ryes, and Kentucky Blue Grass. If you have problems with pythium blight you will lose the perennial rye grass in large areas of your lawn, and even though the other grasses will still be there and fill in, your lawn will have areas that are much darker green than the rest of the lawn because you will then have concentrations of Kentucky Blue Grass. You can see this fungus in the early morning. It looks like white cotton candy laying on top of your lawn. It usually appears along walks and driveways where the soil is the wet if you have been watering. To prevent pythium blight
plants dies and turns almost red. The leaves usually hang on but turn reddish brown. The damage usually starts out near the end of the branch and works its way toward the main stem of the plant. There is little you can do except prune out the affected branch, cutting it as far back as possible. Fire blight is very contagious to plants so you should burn the branches you prune out. You should also dip or wash your pruning shears in rubbing alcohol after each cut to keep from spreading this deadly fungus. Unfortunately, I’ve got one more summer time culprit to warn you about. It’s a handy little fungus that grows in mulch. Actually there are all kinds of fungi that tend to grow in mulches, and most of them are really disgusting looking. But this little gem is unique in the fact that as it grows it tends to swell. Then somehow it manages to explode, and it will spatter your house with tiny
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brown specs. The experts have appropriately named this one “Shotgun Fungus”. Isn’t that a cute name? These tiny little brown specs will fly as high as eight feet into the air, and once they stick to your house or windows, they stick like glue. I know that right now there are people hollering across the house at their spouse, “Hey, remember those brown specs all over the house? I know what they are. It’s from the mulch!” Tell me I’m wrong, but I know I’m not. A lot of people are victims of this nasty little fungus, but they don’t know it. All they know is that there are tiny brown specs on the house that look like paint. So far they have blamed everything from spiders to aliens. There’s not a lot you can do to prevent this fungus. I have found that if you keep the mulch loose so air can circulate it is less likely to grow fungi. Don’t just keep adding layer after layer to the mulch around your house. You should skip at least every other year and just loosen the mulch you already have down. If you loosen it and then rake it flat it will look like you’ve just mulched. Mulch is great, just don’t let it get packed down hard. Loosen it up at least once a year. Michael J. McGroarty is the author of this article. Visit his most interesting website, http:// www.freeplants.com and sign up for his excellent gardening newsletter, and grab a FREE copy of his E-book, “Easy Plant Propagation”. Old Town Crier
showcases the wide variety of health and wellness opportunities in Alexandria’s Del Ray neighborhood. The event features free fitness classes, health demonstrations and exhibits, and is free and open to all. Participants are encouraged to bring their own mats to join in on free yoga, Pilates, CrossFit, Spin, Barre and dance classes led by vendors in and around Del Ray. For more information, including a full schedule of events and class registration information, visit wellraydelray.com.
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Friendship Firehouse Museum 107 S. Alfred Street Gadsby’s Tavern Museum 134 N. Royal Street Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum 105-107 S. Fairfax Street visitalexandriava.com/summer In honor of Father’s Day, dads will receive free admission to some of Alexandria’s premier historic sites and
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6 to 9:45 p.m. Admission: Fireworks with mansion tour: $36 for adults; $26 for youth; no mansion tour: $30 for adults; $20 for youth George Washington’s Mount Vernon 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway 703-780-2000 mountvernon.org/fireworks Enjoy a patriotic evening filled with dazzling fireworks, mansion tours, musical performances and games on George Washington’s beloved estate. Fireworks begin at approximately 9:30 p.m. Greet General and Mrs. Washington in the historic area before trying your hand at bocce ball. Dust off your dancing shoes for 18thcentury dancing demonstrations. Mount Vernon’s colonial artisans will reveal how 18th-century ice cream was made in the days before freezers. Visit
Washington’s Tomb at night—this event is one of the few times this area is open in the evening—and watch sparks fly at the blacksmith shop. Concessions from the Mount Vernon Inn Restaurant will also be available. Find more summer events and activities at www.VisitAlexandriaVA.com/ Summer.
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here has been a flurry of activity this past month as the departure date draws near. It became apparent that the final work to be done on the ship would p Comi not be completed in time Shi ng l l a T to meet that deadline. Pr Local Alexandrian and o vid e nce Shipwright Howell Crim spent three days in Maine helping to finish some of the remaining work. At the end of May the mast was stepped and the spars rigged as well as the standing and running rigging. The huge (the Providence) to the new one.” we have 4-5 days of sea trials and bowsprit was also installed which As I noted in last month’s Coast Guard inspection/approval. will allow the sloop to fly three update regarding the Providence, Assuming that the Coast Guard head sails. All of the extra time there were 4 stops planned up approves of everything, the ship needed has put the ship about a north and then a blue water run should be ready to leave by the month behind in her schedule but to Norfolk. That has all been 14th. We simply must stop in still plans to arrive in Alexandria scrapped in order to get the ship Rhode Island on the way down. by June 27th. to Alexandria on time. Keep in Even if we can’t open the ship to According to Diana West, mind folks, this is a sailboat...it the public, we need to make a stop Director of Programs and takes time! Communication, “Our top priority at Fort Adams to meet with the As it stands now, the weekend leadership of the Oliver Hazard is getting the ship to Alexandria of June 29th - 30th, is when the Perry ship and do a little ceremony on the date expected. As of May ship will be open to the public for to “pass the torch” from the 29, it looks like the ship will be “sneak peek” walk-throughs. There previous tall ship of Rhode Island finished in 10 more days. Then
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perhaps in part because of their insecurities and drive to achieve stardom. His interview with Jon Stewart proved to be one of my favorites. Stern delves into Jon’s relationship with his father with respect and a delicate touch. He also treats Ellen DeGeneres and her experience coming out on TV in the 90s with intimacy and care. I found myself understanding his extreme sense of humor better from reading his introduction and even his “interview” with his mother, Ray, who once called in on his birthday. Howard Stern Comes Again would be a perfect beach book because it reads easily, but you may want to hold off on the hard copy because of its weight and size. Either get it on an e-reader or wait for the paperback. As a biography and memoir lover, I find it fascinating to read about an outsized, flawed personality who speaks honestly about his weaknesses, strengths, and attempts to change. This is Howard Stern’s softer side, and it’s worth getting to know.
will be no formal tours or interpretation of the ship, but people will be welcome to come aboard and have a look for free. Beginning July first, the foundation will be training their historical interpreters. They have already put in a few days training but they need to gear their talk to the ship which some have not even seen yet. July 5th will be the Grand Opening for the Providence. Visitors are asked to meet at the Providence Visitor Center, 1 Cameron Street, Lower Level (this is right behind and below the Charthouse Restaurant), where the interpreters will be dressed in period attire to greet you. They will open the tours with a few minutes of background information about the ship and its history and then lead the groups down to the ship at the end of G-H pier which will be her home for the remainder of 2019. Check this article in July for the rest of the story.
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A BIT OF HISTORY
©2019 SARAH BECKER
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Suffragists "march in October 1917, displaying placards containing the signatures of over one million New York women demanding to vote."
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hen the enslaved rebelled against their master[s] they struggled. To struggle, as defined by The Oxford American Dictionary: (1) make forceful or violent efforts to get free of restraint. (2) try hard under difficulties. (3) contend, fight. (4) make one’s way with difficulty. (5) have difficulty gaining recognition or a living. Do men really believe that woman’s suffrage, the passage of the 1919 Woman’s Suffrage Amendment was not a struggle? “Susan B. Anthony’s selfimposed task, for almost half a century, has been to secure equal rights for her crusade women—social, civil and political,” Ida Hasted Harper penned in 1906. “When she began her crusade woman in social life was ‘cabin’d, cribb’d, confined to an extent which can scarcely be conceived. In law she was but little better than a slave; in politics a mere cipher…Is there an example in all history of either man or woman who devoted half a century of the hardest, most persistent labor for one reform?” “We little dreamed…that half a century later we would be compelled to leave the finish of the [voting rights] battle to another generation of women,” Anthony wrote in 1902. Susan B. Anthony met cohort Elizabeth Cady Stanton in 1851; the same year former slave Sojourner Truth delivered her Ain’t I a Woman speech. Women earned the right to vote only 100 years ago, 24 days before the June 28, 1919, Paris Peace Conference concluded. It took a world war, not a civil war for women to achieve parity. In some World War I industries, such as aircraft, the employment of women rose from negligible proportions in 1914 to 19% in 1918. The percentage of women working in other war related industries was higher, 16 | June 2019
almost double. iniquitous law “We have tacitly gives made me over the partners of person and the women property in this war,” of another, a previously I cannot indifferent legally, President but I can Woodrow morally divest Wilson myself. And I Robert Dale Owen Quaker Alice Paul said in 1918. were hereby…declare “Shall we admit excluded. that I consider them only to a “By marriage, myself…utterly partnership of suffering the husband and wife are divested, now and during the and sacrifice and toil, and not one person in law,” British rest of my life….” to a partnership of privilege jurist Sir William Blackstone “[Man] has never permitted and rights?” said in 1765, “that is, the [woman] to exercise her The first women’s very being or legal existence inalienable right to elective Petitions for Universal of the woman is suspended franchise,” Quaker Lucretia Suffrage were presented in during the marriage, or at least Mott and Elizabeth Cady 1866. They “got nowhere.” incorporated and consolidated Stanton wrote in their 1848 When the reconstruction into that of the husband: Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Congress was debating and under whose wing, protection Convention Declaration ultimately proposing the and cover, she performs of Sentiments. “He has 14th Amendment members everything.” compelled her to submit to had racial equality in mind. English-American common laws, in the formation of which Amendment 14, Sec. 1 law, gender hierarchy, she had no voice; made her, states: “All persons born or separate spheres, and marital if married, civilly dead; taken naturalized in the United ‘unity’ defined the rules of from her all rights in property, States, and subject to the engagement. In New York, in even to the wages she earns; jurisdiction thereof, are 1832, bridegroom, newspaper and usurped the prerogative citizens of the United States editor and author of Moral of Jehovah himself, claiming and the State wherein they Physiology Robert Dale Owen, it as his right to assign for her reside.” Yet Sec. 2 refers only to “male inhabitants” when the of Scotland and Indiana “wrote a sphere of action, when that a bold” marriage contract: belongs to her conscience “right to vote at any election… “Of the unjust rights which and her God.” Marital rape, a is denied.” Female inhabitants discussion topic in 1848, did in virtue of this ceremony an
not become a crime until 1976. The 15th Amendment, another reconstruction amendment was ratified in 1870. Sec. 1. “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” Black men were mostly satisfied but women—black and white— still waited. In 1878 the U.S. Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections again argued woman’s suffrage. As Susan B. Anthony, author of the proposed Suffrage Amendment “pled their cause…committee members rudely…stared at the ceiling.” The U.S. Senate established an ongoing Select Committee on Woman Suffrage in 1882. The Committee considered “all petitions, bills, and resolves asking for the extension of suffrage to women or the removal of their disabilities.” Anthony’s Suffrage Amendment was reviewed but “a solid bloc of southern senators derailed it.” The South feared that woman’s suffrage would worsen their black suffrage problem. “Why should any married woman be given the privilege of suffrage, as she, being [legally] one with her husband, can only vote as he does?” the Alexandria Gazette asked on June 5, 1895. The U.S. Supreme Court decided Plessy v. Ferguson, the repressive equal but separate Jim Crow Car Law eleven months later. “In but few of the States have the disabilities of women been entirely removed,” The Washington Post wrote in 1896. “The primal doctrine that woman by marriage loses her legal individuality remains almost entirely intact. In law, the man and wife are one, and the man is the one.” Common law classed the wife “with A BIT OF HISTORY > PAGE 17
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lunatics, idiots and infants, as persons under disabilities… unable to enter into contracts or engagements.” “[Women] must stand as disenfranchised citizens— outlaws—shut out of ‘the body politic,’” Susan B. Anthony counseled. “Women must now hold themselves aloof from affiliation with each and all of the political parties. Woman suffrage must be nonpartisan.” The political parties then: Republican, Democrat, Populist, Prohibition, Nationalist and Social Labor. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, the determined President of the National Woman Suffrage Association “talked of a fight being made” in 1900 “in the upcoming Virginia constitutional convention.” The Association, founded in 1869 wanted “to ingraft in the organic law of the State a clause authorizing female suffrage.” The 1901-1902 Virginia conventioneers focused on black suffrage instead. “In 1901 the Virginia General Assembly authorized a convention to draft a new constitution that would, among other things, restrict the vote to white men without violating the terms of the 15th Amendment,” the Library of Virginia explained. Article II of the 1902 Virginia constitution “was designed to maintain white suffrage…by means of literacy tests, property and poll tax requirements.” The constitution remained in effect until 1971. On March 3, 1913, Quaker Alice Paul and the repurposed National American Woman Suffrage Association marched on Washington, D.C. in publicity seeking protest. More than 5,000 women paraded up Pennsylvania Avenue. The marchers included lawyer and equestrian Inez Milholland, bands, regiments, and attention getting floats. The suffragettes’ petitions, signed by 200,000 women, “gave expression to the nation-wide demand for an amendment to the United States constitution enfranchising women.” The suffragettes demonstrated one day before President Woodrow Wilson’s 1913 inauguration ceremony. Antisuffragettes charged that the bold stance of the marchers smacked of the deliberate exploitation of sex appeal. “The National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage came out in the open,” The New York Times wrote. Old Town Crier
“Because of the courage of so many bold women who dared to transcend preconceived expectations and prove they were capable of doing all that a man could do and more, advances were made…and progress triumphed,” President Barack Obama explained in 2016. Perhaps no one was bolder than Alice Paul. Alice Paul refused “to inject the Negro problem into the suffrage problem.” Black women participated in the District march, but “on Paul’s terms, at the back of the parade.” As Paul knew all too well—southern Senators were against “passage of a suffrage amendment.” Only eleven, mostly western states allowed women to vote in 1915. Colorado was the first State to enact women’s suffrage, in 1893. The Wyoming territory permitted women to vote in 1869, the Utah territory in 1870. The State of Montana elected the first female to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, Republican Jeannette Rankin in November 1916. “Miss Alice Paul [founder of the 1916 National Woman’s Party] and ten other suffragist pickets were arraigned in Police Court in Washington on a charge of blocking traffic in front of the White House during a picketing attempt,” the Alexandria Gazette reported on October 8, 1917. “Police Court officials freely predicted that the women would be sentenced to Occoquan [Workhouse] as the alternative to a fine, and the suffragettes have already announced that they will not pay a fine.” It was there Alice Paul engaged in a hunger strike. “The long battle for the submission of the woman suffrage amendment was won yesterday when the Senate… passed the resolution which passed the House just two weeks ago,” the Alexandria Gazette reported on June 5, 1919. “Wild applause from the galleries followed…and the suffrage cohorts immediately fled to the steps of the Capitol, where a demonstration was staged.” Amendment 19, Sec. 1, as ratified in 1920: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” In Alexandria, “705 women, a large majority of them white, had been assessed for taxation. Practically every one who had been assessed…paid the required poll tax of $1.50.” The U.S.
Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the suffrage Amendment in 1922. [Leser v. Garnett] Soon after, Alexandrian Kate Waller Barrett was elected second vice president of the Virginia League of Women Voters. Under her and others leadership the League “endorsed the direct primary,” recommended “suppression of clandestine agencies and associations, like the Ku Klux Klan, which seek to usurp the prerogatives of the law,” and “make women eligible for jury duty in Virginia.” “A new Washington museum focused on women’s history has many passionate fans— but [outgoing] Smithsonian Secretary David J. Skorton isn’t one of them,” The Washington Post wrote on March 31, 2018. “The head of the world’s largest museum complex announced that the Smithsonian Institution will launch a Women’s History Initiative to highlight women’s accomplishments. But Skorton doesn’t support a stand-alone museum.” Skorton said such absent founding Regent Robert Dale Owen’s input. After years of contentious debate U.S. Representative Robert Dale Owen (D-IN) introduced the hand-written Act which established the Smithsonian Institution. His statue greets Castle visitors daily. In 1851 suffragette Elizabeth Cady Stanton presented Robert Dale Owen with a silver pitcher. He, a member of the Indiana State Constitutional Convention fought successfully to protect a portion of married women’s property rights. In December 1865 Owen, then Chairman of the Freedmen’s Inquiry Commission shared Congress’ proposed voter protections—the female lack thereof—with Stanton. In 1911 Indiana women recognized him with a bust on the Statehouse lawn: “for his efforts to obtain educational privileges and legal rights.” Not surprisingly Owen’s bust was destroyed in 1970. Only the base and plaque remain. Given Virginia’s and, in turn, the country’s failure to ratify the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment; that the National Women’s History Museum has an online presence only, and construction of the Smithsonian’s stand-alone National Museum of African American History and Culture predates the Institution’s 2018 Women’s History Initiative, I ask. To what extent does the woman’s struggle for equality
continue? On March 25, 2019, NASA cancelled its first All-Female spacewalk. It did not have two spacesuits in the women’s size. Columnist’s Notes: On April 30, 2019, for the first time in 36 years, the House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties held a Congressional hearing on the Equal Rights Amendment. ERA advocates want the 1982 deadline for ratification stripped from the language. On May 15, 2019 Alabama’s male-dominated, Republican controlled state senate “made it a crime to perform an abortion procedure at any stage of the woman’s pregnancy.” On May 10, 2019 President Donald Trump (R-NY) increased U.S. tariffs on China (Tariffs—Then & Now/OTC/ Sept 2018). The first round was announced by Presidential Memorandum on March 22, 2018. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative then “charged that China is using predatory tactics to obtain foreign technology.” The tariff, a tax will be paid mostly by American consumers. “President Trump
is undermining the credibility of his trade policies by falsely claiming that China is paying the bill,” The New York Times Editorial Board wrote. China’s retaliatory tariffs begin June 1. Congratulations to Alexandria Archaeology’s Emma Richardson, The Virginia Association of Museums and Virginia Department of Education 2019 Virginia Museum Educator of the Year. Well done!
Sarah Becker started writing for The Economist while a graduate student in England. Similar publications followed. She joined the Crier in 1996 while serving on the Alexandria Convention and Visitors Association Board. Her interest in antiquities began as a World Bank hire, with Indonesia’s need to generate hard currency. Balinese history, i.e. tourism provided the means. The New York Times describes Becker’s book, Off Your Duffs & Up the Assets, as “a blueprint for thousands of nonprofit managers.” A former museum director, SLAM’s saving grace Sarah received Alexandria’s Salute to Women Award in 2007. Email: abitofhistory53@ gmail.com
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Separation Anxiety and Your Furry Friends
ummer is peak season for family vacations, and a trip may mean leaving your pet at home alone. Often this departure may trigger anxiety in a pet. While many hotels now allow pets to room with guests, this may not be an option if the owner’s destination is a family or friend who cannot accommodate them. Separation anxiety, according to many animal behaviorists, is the biggest and most common fear in pets. An animal overly attached to its owner becomes extremely stressed when left alone. Frequent situations, such as the owner’s leaving the house for work, can be a year-round problem for both pet and human. Although dogs are more likely to show more obvious signs of attachment and separation anxiety, cats do form strong
owner from room to room, constantly trying to get attention
social attachments and can become distressed when their owners are not home.
• Reclusive behavior or loss of appetite
Signs and Causes of Separation Anxiety
• Vomiting or diarrhea
Occasional whining or mischief while you’re gone is not necessarily a sign of separation anxiety. More serious symptoms, such as the following, can exasperate owners to the point of giving away their pets:
So why this behavior in an otherwise happy and affectionate pet? Most often the cause is change:
• Indoor accidents, even though the pet is housebroken • Chewing clothes or furniture, destructive clawing, scratching at windows and doors • Drooling or panting more than usual • Pacing, often in an obsessive pattern
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• Urinating or defecating on the owner’s clothing or bedding. A cat will mix his scent with his human’s so as to leave markers for the “parent” to find him and return home.
What Can I Do? As with any abnormal behavior, first consult your veterinarian to rule out any medical causes such as infections, hormone problems, or medications. The most effective way to prevent separation anxiety is to start when the pet is young and leaving it alone for short periods of time. If the pet is older and anxiety has already become a problem, treatment is mostly behavioral modification. Consider these approaches for helping your pet overcome his misery.
• Change in being alone for the first time
• Howling, barking, meowing excessively
distress. He may have never had to be alone. Some pets have a genetic tendency to develop this condition. Nevertheless, separation anxiety could worsen over time if left untreated.
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Keep departures low-key and vary the times of coming and going. Victoria Stilwell, dog trainer and star of Animal Planet’s It’s Me or The Dog, says a pet watches its owner and picks up signals of an upcoming departure, such as putting on shoes, applying makeup, picking up keys. “Start to desensitize him to the triggers. You put on your makeup and you don’t leave. You put on your coat and you stay in the house. You break your ritual completely. You go out the door and you come right back. And you do it 50 times a day.” Dr. Ian Dunbar, a veterinary behaviorist (www. siriuspup.com) suggests varying the length of absence from the pet--2 to 10 minutes
or longer. Slowly increase the amount of time you’re gone. Make sure the animal is relaxed before you leave and do not use the same door each time. Provide distractions. Leave a puzzle toy stuffed with treats that the pet will spend time chewing on or licking trying to get them out. This should be given only when you are leaving pets alone and taken away when you return. Cats, in particular, get easily bored and exercise and playtime contribute greatly in reducing anxiety. Also, cat trees or access to windows (preferably, with a view of a bird feeder!) will give them long stretches of entertainment.
Playing with your pet and activities like training games and fetch, dangling a mouse or bird toys, keep your animal friend busy, healthy, happy, tired and less anxious when you leave. Interactive puzzles exercise their minds as well as their bodies. Employ a sitter who will play with your pet when you are away for extended periods. Consider medications. Anti-anxiety drugs (such as clomipramine, prozac
or nutritional supplements such as the amino acid called L-theanine) are available for short-term as well as on an ongoing basis. Keep in mind that there could be side effects including lethargy, dizziness, water retention and some may affect liver and kidney function. Some pet doctors prefer to use homeopathic remedies or over-the-counter natural calming supplements, such as chamomile, lavender, or Bach flower essences such as Rescue Remedy, combined
with behavior modification. In any case, consult your veterinarian before trying any of these treatments. Separation anxiety is always going to be distressing, but with time, patience, and of course, much love, you can reduce your pet’s suffering— and yours as well. Carolyn is a volunteer at King Street Cats and enjoys being ruled by her two cats, Marigold and Butterbean, who have no anxieties whatsoever.
Daily exercise is key.
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We don’t know when HARRY met SALLY. But we do know this bonded pair is inseparable. To paraphrase a famous movie quote, “then two dogs realize they want to spend their lives together in a new home, they want to find their home as soon as possible”. Harry is a cuddlebug who loves attention from humans. He’s a little pickier when it comes to dogs. Sally is patient and kind – especially when waiting for treats and love. Together, they are looking for a home where they can thrive. Come visit them today because they believe everyone can be friends! https://alexandriaanimals.org/animalprofile/?id=36302 https://alexandriaanimals.org/adoptioninformation/ Photo courtesy of Shelley Castle Photography
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CARIBBEAN CONNECTION
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Georgia Avenue's huge Caribbean parade and festival: Washington DC, 23 June 2007.
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“Caribbean American Heritage Month is really about celebrating the ties that bind. The numerous contributions of Caribbean immigrants to the tapestry of American Life. And more importantly winning new friends and influencing young minds. It has been both an honor and a privilege for me to serve as Architect and Engineer of this movement. But it takes a large crew of talented and committed volunteers — all of us working in concert.” - Dr. Claire Nelson, Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS) Founder and President.
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he Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS) effort to establish National Caribbean American Heritage Month (NCAHM) began in 1999 with outreach to President Bill Clinton asking for the recognition of August as National Caribbean American Heritage Month. This resulted in the first White House Caribbean American Community Briefing being held at the Clinton White House that same year. Meanwhile, a nowdefunct ad hoc group of Caribbean Americans led by Doreen Thompson organized efforts to get June declared Caribbean Heritage Month in Washington DC. ICS joined forces with the ad hoc group in June 1999, but, by 2000, the group dispersed. In June 2000, ICS took on the mantle of leadership in Washington DC, changed the name to National Caribbean American Heritage Month, and organized events in June under that banner. Efforts to engage the White House were fruitless. In 2001, ICS was
Dr. Claire Nelson (right) pictured with Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (D-NY). Clarke is of Jamaican heritage and is Co-Chair of the Congressional Caribbean Caucus along with Congresswomen Stacey Plaskett (D-USVI) and Maxine Waters (D-CA). joined by the Trans-Africa Forum and the Caribbean Staff Association of the World Bank to organize events during June promoting recognition of the month as National Caribbean American Heritage Month and the momentum slowly began to build. In 2004, the efforts gathered steam when an official campaign was launched upon the tabling of a Bill in the US Congress by Congresswoman
Barbara Lee, with language provided by ICS Founder and President, Dr. Claire Nelson. ICS worked with the Office of Congresswoman Lee to galvanize support for the Bill from organizations across the country and organized events on Capitol Hill in recognition of June in 2004. This campaign to designate June as National Caribbean American Heritage Month, was spearheaded by Dr. Nelson. The Bill was
reintroduced and passed the House in June, 2005, and the Senate in February, 2006. A Proclamation making the Resolution official was signed by President George W. Bush in June of 2006. This Bill recognizes the significance of Caribbean people and their descendants in the history and culture of the United States. Actress and Singer Sheryl Lee Ralph, of Jamaican heritage, and basketball great Rick Fox, of Bahamian heritage, were named Official Spokespersons for the inaugural National Caribbean American Heritage Month in 2006. Through the commemoration of this month, the National Caribbean American Foundation (NACF) hopes to ensure that America is reminded that its greatness lies in its diversity with Caribbean immigrants from the likes of founding father Alexander Hamilton, to journalist Malcolm Gladwell, who have shaped the American dream. Since the declaration, the CARIBBEAN CONNECTION > PAGE 21
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White House has issued an annual proclamation recognizing June as Caribbean-American Heritage Month. This year marks the fourteenth celebration.
The Vision The Vision of the National Caribbean American Heritage Month movement is an America where all the contributions of the diverse immigrants that have come to these shores are celebrated and the American dream of a melting pot society that honors and promotes inclusive prosperity is realized as we all pursue the unfolding of a more perfect union.
The Mission The mission of National Caribbean American Heritage Month is to promote the rich culture and heritage of the Caribbean American people and their contribution to the United States of America - from the likes of John Russworm, the first Black Newspaper Publisher, to James Weldon Johnson, to General Colin Powell, Hon. Shirley
Chisholm, Cicely Tyson, Sanya Richards-Ross and so many more. From South Florida to Boston to Los Angeles, cultural events abound in June. These events are organized and curated by Caribbean community leaders all over the United States including in the
District of Columbia. Publishers Notes: Information for this column is provided by Dr. Claire Nelson and the NCAF. It was a pleasure talking with her and we look forward to working with the group next year. There are big plans for the 2020 celebration.
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FROM THE BAY …
MOLLY WINANS
OUR FRANTIC, OVER-SCHEDULED, SMART-PHONE-BUZZY LIVES GET IN THE WAY OF SAILING.
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have written about my beau’s serious sailing addiction before. The man has a problem. It’s not even summer yet, and he went sailing four times last week. Yes, in case you’re wondering, he does have a job. He commutes from Annapolis to Arlington, VA, three days per week and still managed to go sailing four times last week, two evenings and two afternoons. Given his addiction, my editing the sailing magazine SpinSheet, our proximity to the water, and the ease with which he throws off his lines, friends assume that sailing just happens for us. What envious friends do not see are the unromantic hours we spend rearranging the puzzle pieces of our 22 | June 2019
lives and plotting out sailing days on a shared Google calendar. Two professionals with the usual sailing barriers—commuting, family complications, work that flows into the weekend—couldn’t possibly go cruising for 10 weekends in a season without serious advanced planning. Many cruisers, racers, and daysailors, who love sailing with all their hearts, are lucky to make it out on the water one entire weekend this season. The many masts you see at port on the sunniest, breeziest weekends prove it. Our frantic, over-scheduled, smart-phone-buzzy lives get in the way of sailing. Frustrated with this phenomenon, John Arndt of the mother of all regional sailing rags, Latitude 38, in
San Francisco, CA, decided to do something about it and unite all types of sailors— from the reservoir sailors of Nebraska, to the offshore racers of New England, to the windsurfers of Oregon, to the gunkholing cruisers of the Chesapeake Bay. “It takes an event on the calendar to remind people to make the time for sailing,” he says. He created the Summer Sailstice, a global event, set for the Saturday and Sunday nearest to the summer solstice, June 21. The whole world is invited. It’s free. If you sign up on summersailstice.com and go sailing June 22 and/or 23, you also qualify for prizes: a free charter week in the British Virgin Islands, a Hobie inflatable kayak, an adventure
catamaran sail, winches, sailing shoes, a lifejacket, and a bunch of neat swag. Sailors may also enter contests, such as the best sunset photo or story, largest number of boats at a Sailstice event, largest crew, longest distance sailed, and largest fish caught. The Sailstice should appeal to loners, racers, and flotilla lovers alike; it doesn’t matter if you sail in a group, by yourself on a Sunfish, or with your best friend in a quiet creek. Maybe you don’t sail and don’t know anyone who does, so you choose to find a fully captained boat, such as Annapolis’s Schooner Woodwind or DC Sail’s American Spirit. All you have to do is block off one day, June 22 or 23, and go sailing. A few years ago, we attempted to participate in Shearwater Sailing Club’s Twilight Race off Annapolis. The wind had other plans for us and died at the start. All but one participating crew rolled up its sails and motored for shore. We heard the chatter on the radio: “Catalina 27 fleet meet at Davis’ Pub… See you J/105 sailors at the Boatyard Bar & Grill.” My
sailing addict had to chime in and announce, “We’re going to drink and drift.” And we did. We swam, told stories, killed some rum and ginger beer, caught the slightest of breezes for a short while, and savored a stunning sunset. Arndt appreciated my happy drifter story. He says, “We’re all so digitized these days, we don’t know how to be in the moment. This event gives us a chance to reconnect and be in the moment… and feel like sailors together.” Click to summersailstice.com to sign up for one day only. June 22 or 23. I’m in. Are you? Author's Note: If you plan to sail on June 22 and you’re taking out a newcomer, sign up for the inaugural “Take Someone Sailing Day.” Find the details on the event page at summersailstice.com.
Winans is the Managing Editor of Annapolis based SpinSheet Sailing and PropTalk Powerboat Magazines and an avid sailor.
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here is a reason to write about Solomons Island this time of year. Number one: warm weather is here and Solomons is where the Patuxent River and the Chesapeake Bay meet. My sailboat is in a slip at Calvert Marina so I happen to be there a lot during the summer. However, if you don’t have a boat to head down to, there are a lot of cool places to explore, a ton of fun restaurants on the water and... the TIKI BAR! Open after two long years of being closed, it is back into full swing. I think Solomons Island is the closest place we have to a Key West. Not quite the same, but it sure beats the city. I have been going to Solomons for over 40 years. Not much has changed except the scope of things. It is still a laid back town but I think, in recent years, the new people that discover Solomons don’t appreciate its history or life style. There are a lot of folks there that call it home and reside year round...not just the breezy summer days when sailboats race but the cold of winter when you have to walk down a frozen, snow covered dock with frozen water on each side of a five foot gangway and no railing. But hell...it’s almost summer so let’s take a
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MY FAVORITE SUMMERTIME SPOT road trip. Most people think of Solomons as a party place...well, they are right. I have grown older, not wiser, and have slowed down some (damn knee, ankle, hip…). I will get to the party places in a minute but first let’s get a little culture. Solomons is home to a number of galleries and shops as well as events celebrating the arts and the environment throughout the summer. First there is Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center on Dowell Road. (Watch for the Hilton Garden Inn and the very visible American flag on your left off of Route 4 South. This is where you turn before getting to the Solomons Island turnoff.) The sculpture garden features a 1/4 mile walking path that meanders through the woods past permanent and loaned sculptures - including over thirty works on loan from the Smithsonian Institution and the National Gallery of Art. The Arts Building includes rotating exhibition space, a gift shop, and a sunny patio.
They have just done a replanting of grasses and shrubs so stay on the path. A “new to us” discovery on our last trip was Solomons Gallery on the main drag. This gallery has been around for awhile but this is the first time we stopped in. What a nice surprise. Award winning Maryland photographer Terry Quinn has his work on display and that should be enough to get you in the door. Check him out during your adventure. There are several other shops that will peak your interest but we only have so much room for this column. Closer to the water you will find the Calvert Marine Museum, a true wonder of discovery. The Calvert Marine Museum pre-history and maritime heritage come together to tell a unique story of the Chesapeake Bay. This is a family-friendly museum that offers live animals, fossils, interactive exhibits, daily activities, and a furnished cottage-style lighthouse - something for every age. Included in the wonders is the Drum Point Lighthouse which was relocated
to the museum. Like the Thomas Point Lighthouse on our cover, both are screwpile light houses...a means of securing them to the sea bed. Next to the light house you will find the Buyboat Wm. B. Tennison. Take a cruise around the harbor and learn what a Buyboat was and their importance to the crabbing and oystering industry of the Chesapeake and her tributaries. Also check out the J.C. Lore Oyster House to see how it was done long ago. For you concert goers, they host great concerts in the pavilion about three times a year. Oh yeah...and don’t forget to check out the otters!! For you science buffs or doubters check out the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL) at the end of the island. The CBL is the oldest publicly supported marine laboratory on the east coast. Founded in 1925, it has been a national leader in fisheries, estuarine ecology, environmental chemistry and toxicology for more than 90 years. Their scientists conduct research from the Chesapeake Bay and around the globe. They have recently been studying the return of bottle nose dolphin to the Chesapeake Bay and tributaries. I have sailed with these dolphin the
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past few years...what a treat. Since it is a working facility, visiting hours are minimal, so call ahead. This is also where you can find the research vessel Rachel Carson. If you made it to the CBL then you passed the Tiki Bar. This place has been an institution for many years with opening and closing weekends that drew literally thousands of people from all over the DMV for the annual rites. The hotels were happy to have the guests. The police were happy that the guests were taking the hotel shuttles around town and the restaurants were happy because the Tiki Bar did not serve food – other than the free popcorn. However, some good BBQ was available from Grill Sergeants BBQ (now closed) across the sand strip. Two years ago the place closed after the untimely death of the owner and, in the long run, it definitely had a negative economic effect on the island. The good news is that a new tenant – the owners of the Union Jack Pubs in Annapolis, Gaithersburg and Columbia - has brought it back. It opened for business in midMay and while the opening weekend wasn’t quite what it used to be it was still deemed a big success. In my opinion, it doesn’t have the same vibe, but hell, I am 72...maybe I changed. My partner isn’t of the same opinion and she isn’t exactly a spring chicken at 65. She has the same enthusiasm for the place that she had back when we knew several of the bartenders and patrons. She isn’t as adverse to change as I am. We will see if I change my mind as the season goes on since I know it will be a regular stop when we are there. Regardless, it is a destination place and everyone should experience it at least once in their life. The Tiki Bar is just one of a number of really cool gathering spots on the island. Across the parking lot from Tiki Bar is Harbor Island Marina and the Charles Street Brasserie owned by our pal Jimmy Z. They have a little bit of a different twist of food on the island and is a good stop. Going back up the island there is The Pier, the most significant building because of how it juts out into the Patuxent River. Across the street is the Island Hideaway on Back River. Great food and a wonderful deck. A short drive or walk up the island is Kingfishers Seafood Bar & Grill. Our pal Eric has done a great job with this restaurant Old Town Crier
featuring Stoney’s original crab cake recipe...the best you can find. There is water front dining and I recommend the happy hour and most everything on the menu...you can find their ad in this magazine every month. Go there! Most of these restaurants are typically seafood restaurants, but leaving the island, if you are looking for a good steak or “land” food, try Boomerangs. Rounding out the choices there is CD Cafe, Dry Dock Restaurant and Ruddy Duck Restaurant. Some of these places offer entertainment as well. One of the draw backs that we “city slickers” find a little annoying is that everything pretty much shuts down at 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and at 10 pm on Friday and Saturday….except the Tiki Bar that closes at the big city hour of 2 am. A little off the beaten path and further down Dowell Road at Calvert Marina (Note: Remember this is where I keep my boat and if you want to bring your boat to Solomons... this is the place) is Hidden Harbor, a very engaging spot that sits all alone near one of the charter fishing piers. This place is small but is worth the visit. You can’t go wrong with $1.97 Natty Boh beers. I go there often. Also, on the way to Solomons or going home, if you need a break, check out the original Stoney’s Seafood House at Broomes Island. Not a part of Solomons but proprietor Jeanie Cousineau-Stone and husband Phil have left a huge foot print in Solomons. The Tiki Bar at this place is another popular spot to check out by land or sea. Well, actually by the Patuxent river but you get the idea. If you have never visited Solomons, Maryland you should go. There are three hotels that have great rates as well as some pretty cool B&Bs. Small boat rentals are available, sailing lessons at Sail Solomons and a waterfront boardwalk with great views of the lower Patuxent River and lots of water craft treading the waters. For events and more info on the island, log on to solomonsmaryland.com. Authors Note: Forgot to give you directions…take the Beltway to Route 4 South and drive until you see the exit for the island. It’s about an hour drive in medium traffic.
Opposite page, clockwise from top: Welcome sign; Hidden Harbor; Tiki Bar Leads to Fun! A cold beverage at Kingfisher. This Page, clockwise from top: Sunset View at Calvert Marina; Terry Quinn, Solomons Gallery; Calvert Marine Museum; Annmarie Gardens - Auspicious Triple Sheep by Hung-Yi. June 2019 | 25
TO THE BLUE RIDGE
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he drum of hoof beats kick off the unofficial start of summer in the Blue Ridge as racing over fences winds down and horse shows and polo get into full swing in horse country. This month, fact the oldest horse show in the country is the Upperville Colt & Horse Show, holding its 166th edition June 3 – 9 under the oaks at the venerable old show grounds at 8300 John Mosby Highway (Rt. 50) west of Middleburg. This show, one of the country’s most prestigious, has been held annually since 1853. It was started by a group of locals to improve horse breeding and these days hosts the top hunters and jumpers from all over the country but still holds classes for colts and fillies too young to be ridden. Still an important part of the social fabric of rural Virginia, horse shows are held all over the state every weekend, small and large, English and Western, casual and formal. For every horse and rider, there is a class somewhere at a show somewhere—children too young to ride on their own have “leadline” classes where a parent or adult leads the pony; there are “short stirrup” classes for beginner riders, children’s and adult classes and open classes where anyone, including professionals, can compete. There are classes “in hand” for miniature horses too small to be ridden, young horses and horses being judged on conformation or grooming and presentation; there are trail classes with obstacles the horse and/or rider must navigate; there are equitation classes where the rider is judged, pleasure and hunter classes where the horse is judged on its movement and smoothness, and jumper classes where the horse is
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penalized for knocking down rails and clear rounds are called back to do a timed jump off. There are also shows for specific breeds and colors of horses, like Tennessee walking horses, quarter horses, paints and palominos. Of all these shows, the hunter and jumper show is probably the most common in the Blue Ridge. These shows can be informal “schooling shows” where many top riders get their start, or rated shows that are run in accordance with the rules of the U.S. Hunter Jumper Foundation. Upperville is an AA rated show, as befits the country’s oldest and one of its most prestigious. Many of the country’s top show hunters and jumpers, and top junior and amateur riders come to compete under the oaks at Upperville, a show that’s long been a favorite of both competitors and spectators. On the grounds there’ll be pony rides, arts and craft exhibits, boutiques, children’s games, and a wide variety of food options all week and preceding the Sunday, June 9th premier event, the $218,000 FEI (world ranked) Upperville Jumper Classic. The show is open June 3rd through the 9th at 8 a.m. For ticket information and a complete schedule, visit the website www. Upperville.com Another hunt country tradition, polo is also getting under way at several public venues including Banbury Cross in Middleburg and at Great Meadow in The Plains every Saturday night through September. Although polo doesn’t have the long history of the Colt & Horse Show in this area, its popularity with city and country folks alike has been enduring as BLUE RIDGE > PAGE 27
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it enters its third decade. Great Meadow, host to the Virginia Gold Cup steeplechase races, is a world class international polo arena that has been described as one of the best playing surfaces between New York and Aiken. There are hundreds of playing members in the area at Great Meadow, Banbury Cross and several other private clubs. During the summer thousands of fans - young professionals as well as families - gather at Banbury Cross and Great Meadow with tailgates and picnics to watch the games. Great Meadow holds two matches in the lighted arena on Saturday nights and Banbury Cross offers Sunday games. Both clubs offer season passes and tailgate picnic spots as well as general admission which runs from $10 to $35. For Great Meadow’s reserved tailgate parking or advance ticket information, call the event line at (540) 253-5001, or visit: www.greatmeadow.org and Banbury Cross (also has a Facebook page) is at www. banburycrosspoloclub.com
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DINING OUT
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t has been almost 3 years since we have profiled this lovely destination dining spot and we thought it might be a good idea to revisit and give you all an update. It is still the perfect spot for a dining establishment. Its location is easily accessible via a pleasant drive down (or up depending on where you are coming from) the GW Parkway, it looks east over the Potomac River and is an absolutely fabulous spot
CEDAR KNOLL 9030 LUCIA LN, ALEXANDRIA, VA 22308. CEDARKNOLLVA.COM LUNCH THUR – FRI, 11-2PM (late April thru Dec. only) HAPPY HOUR: TUES – FRI, 4–6:30PM DINNER SUN, TUE – THUR, 5–9PM FRI – SAT, 5–9:30PM BRUNCH SAT – SUN, 11–2PM For reservations, call (703) 780-366 28 | June 2019
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WELL WORTH THE SHORT DRIVE for outdoor dining as the moon pops over the trees and something very important to many of you readers….it has plenty of FREE parking! Cedar Knoll is also housed in a historical building. For those history buffs reading this, you might be interested in knowing that in 1760, George Washington purchased the property and dubbed it River Farm, the northernmost of the five farms that made up Washington’s 18th century estate. The building was originally opened in more modern times as the Mount Vernon View Antique Shop and was first operated as an inn and restaurant in 1941. One of the perks of dining here is that you may just be in the company of First Lady Martha Washington – the reenactor at Historic Mount Vernon that is – on any given evening. There are three separate dining rooms at Cedar Knoll and each room has a very
distinct feel. The Botanical Room is wrapped in windows and old scientific illustrations of plants and flowers adorn the walls – a great place for lunch or brunch. The Presidential Room with lush curtains, dark wood gives the room a 19th century parlor feel and is the more formal of the two. Then there is the original part of the building, the Log Cabin, which has the most natural character, with logs and chinking, a huge stone fireplace, and our first president keeping watch over the room. This space is reserved for special occasions. And…don’t forget about the aforementioned patio where full service dining is available in addition to just Happy Hour cocktails and apps. Often live music and special events take place on the patio - weather permitting - as well. We have actually experienced dinners and events in all three indoor spaces and none of them disappoint. After entering the
front door, the first difficult choice you have to make is which of these entirely different rooms fits your fancy. It was a beautiful evening for dining al fresco so we chose the patio to dine on this visit after a short stop at the small bar in the foyer for an adult beverage. It is an intimate space and you want to get there early if you intend to hang around for Happy Hour and have a seat available. Cedar Knoll has a nice wine list and craft beer list that offers something for everyone. Our favorite thing about it is that it isn’t overwhelming and the price points are reasonable. Another thing that sets Cedar Knoll apart from most dining establishments is their choice of dinner ware. They have collected several different patterns of vintage china – including the serving pieces – from various sources throughout the area. I always check the bottoms
of my dinner ware to see if I recognize the source. Enough about the atmosphere. Let’s get to the food. The menu has just the right amount of offerings in all categories. This is a good sign that the ingredients are indeed fresh and that items are prepared while you wait. We won’t go over everything that they offer since you can look at the full menu via any of the communication devices you may own. Just like every place one dines, there are dishes that stand out. After consuming every piece of house-made bread - including some of the best focaccia that I have had in ages - that is served with every meal, we picked an appetizer, two main courses and a dessert to highlight here. On a scale of 1-5, they all received 5 Stars from us both – the Rockfish may actually deserve 6! Our hope is that you will make the effort to check them out for yourselves. There is a special brunch menu for Father’s Day as well as a prix fixe familystyle dinner on June 16th! Do yourselves a big favor and put this restaurant on your list of summertime must dos! Old Town Crier
Virginia Rockefeller
Lobster and Scallop Risotto
Grilled Chesapeake Rockfish
Blood Orange Meringue Tart
Local oysters, cointreau crème, VA country ham, herbed bread crumbs, aromatic salts. $14
Pan seared jumbo scallops, butter poached lobster, acquerrello risotto, lobster cream, English peas and truffled mushrooms. $39
Chesapeake Bay rockfish seasoned with extra virgin olive oil and crushed red peppers grilled and served over saffron acquerrello risotto with puttanesca sauce, charred lemon and grilled jumbo shrimp. $36
Shortflake crust with a blood orange custard, ginger crème anglaise, toasted meringue.
At Cedar Knoll, we aim to bring you innovative American cuisine, with elevated French influences, to complement the history and majesty of the views that surround you. Our menu features seasonal ingredients, sourced from local operations such as historic Piscataway Farm and Path Valley Farms collective. No matter what space you choose, you’re sure to have a spectacular waterfront view, and a meal made with finesse and heart. – Chef Andrew Holden
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BEHIND THE BAR
ALYZABETH “LYZ” DAVIS How did you get started in the bartending business? I started in the bartending business in an unusual and interesting way. As a native of Maine, I began working at 17 at a local dinein movie theater, Smitty’s Cinema. Smitty’s beverage execution consisted of servers taking drink orders then actually going to the back and preparing them on our own. We were trained in cocktails, proper beer pours, etc. After working there for 4 years I was fortunate enough to have a friend introduce me to this awesome island in Sebego Lake. There was a cafe there called Frye’s Leap. Here I would actually get behind a traditional bar, prepare cocktails and interact with patrons. The interaction with great people and creating drinks that they loved really drew me in. I was hooked. Creating cocktails for people also linked into another passion of mine which is baking. Now I could use my pastry expertise to combine different flavors to really create unique combinations that my guests would love!
What is your biggest bartender pet peeve?
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My biggest pet peeve is when guests believe they are entitled to one too many drinks - especially when it’s after hours. Having to tell guests that they can’t have another cocktail or that the bar is closed is an issue I know all bartenders share!
What is one of the ways clients try to get you to buy them a FREE drink? When their drink is gone so
quick, they use “there was a hole in the bottom of my cup” I think I need a new one.
What is the best/worst pickup line you’ve heard since you’ve been behind the bar? My favorite pick up line came from a customer who made a comment about my red hair. When we started talking he asked if my name is “Ariel, since we “Mermaid” for each other.” I had to laugh!
Tell us about an interesting encounter you have had with a customer. I can recall there were 2 girls I met in DC while working at Yard House. I was still really new to the area and they were so friendly. They stayed at the bar for more than 5 hours drinking and chatting. (Mostly chatting ha!ha!) I had never gotten so close to someone at my bar before. One of them was actually breaking into the wedding/ catering business. She was in the process of building her business so it was more of a side thing at the time. We bonded instantly having that connection over the wedding industry. By the end of the night we even talked about potential business partnerships in the future; where I would provide her with my wedding cakes while she focused on the other details. We still talk to this day about possible future plans. It was really interesting because I
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Lyz Conjures up her Summer in Maine cocktail. Stoli Bluberi Vodka, Bacardi Superior White Rum, blueberry lemon-honey syrup, lavender extract, lemon, club soda and blueberries for muddling! 30 | June 2019
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was never able to get so close to one of my guests from the bar and I’m glad we still talk today.
If you could have a drink with anyone past or present, who would that be? I’m a huge foodie, and I did attend culinary school. If I could sit and discuss the industry with anyone I would love to sit down with Gordon Ramsay and have a drink. I would love to pick his brain
and see how he started as an apprentice and how he eventually worked his way up to create a culinary empire. His brutal honesty and tough work ethic is definitely entertaining to watch! Lyz is behind the bar Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday - 4pm to close. If you would like to see your favorite mixologist featured in this space, send contact information to office@ oldtowncrier.com.
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AMERICAN AUGIE’S MUSSEL HOUSE 1106 King Street 703.721.3970 MOHO KITCHEN & COCTAILS 116 South Alfred St. 703-739-6090 BILBO BAGGINS 208 Queen St. 703-683-0300 BLACKWALL HITCH 5 Cameron St. 703-739-6090 CAFE 44 44 Canal Center 571-800-6644 CARLYLE CLUB 411 John Carlyle St. 703-549-8957
HUMMINGBIRD 220 South Union Street 703-566-1355
THE PEOPLES DRUG 103 N. Alfred Street
JACKS PLACE 222 North Lee St. 703-684-0372
RAMPARTS 1700 Fern St. 703-998-6616 rampartstavern.com
JACKSON 20 480 King St. 703-842-2790
RESERVE 2216 2216 Mount Vernon Avenue 703-549-2889
JAVA GRILL 611 King Street 571-431-7631
REYNOLDS STREET CAFÉ 34 S. Reynolds St. 703-751-0830
JOE THEISMANNS 1800 Diagonal Rd. 703-739-0777
RIVER BEND BISTRO 7966 Fort Hunt Rd. Hollin Hall Shopping Center 703-347-7545 riverbendbistro.com
JUNCTION BAKERY & BISTRO 1508 Mount Vernon Avenue Alexandria 703-436-0025
ROCK IT GRILL 1319 King St. 703-739-2274
CHADWICKS 203 Strand St. 703-836-4442 chadwicksrestaurants.com An Old Town tradition since 1979 and an original Georgetown pub and restaurant since 1967.
LAPORTAS 1600 Duke St. 703-683-6313
CHARLIE'S ON THE AVENUE Mount Vernon Avenue 703-851-3270
LIVE OAK 1603 Commonwealth Ave. 571-312-0402
CHART HOUSE One Cameron St. 703-684-5080
LORI'S TABLE 1028 King Street 703-549-5545
CITY KITCHEN 330 South Pickett St. 703-685-9172 fatcitykitchen.com USA City inspired menu choices that bring together traditional American and global cuisine with their own personal touch. Casual dress. $30 and under. Lots of free parking. Open 7 days a week with brunch on Sat & Sun 11-3. AMEX, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
LOST DOG CAFE 808 North Henry St. 571-970-6511
THE LIGHT HORSE 715 King Street 703-549-0533
RT's RESTAURANT 3804 Mt. Vernon Ave. 703-684-6010 rtsrestaurant.com SAMUEL BECKETTS IRISH GASTRO PUB 2800 S. Randolph St. Villages of Shirlington 703-379-0122 SHOOTER MCGEES 5239 Duke St. 703-751-9266 SMOKING KOW BBQ 3250 Duke Sttreet 703-888-2649 SOCIETY FAIR 277 S. Washington St. 703-683-3247
MACKIE’S BAR AND GRILL 907 King St. 703-684-3288
SONOMA CELLAR 207 King St. 703-966-3550
MAGNOLIA’S ON KING 703 King St. 703-838-9090
SOUTH BLOCK 106 N. Lee Street 703-465-8423
MAJESTIC CAFÉ 911 King St. 703-837-9117
SOUTHSIDE 815 815 S. Washington St. 703-836-6222
EVENING STAR CAFÉ 2000 Mt. Vernon Ave. 703-549-5051
MASON SOCIAL 728 Henry Street Old Town Alexandria 703-548-8800 mason-social.com
SWEETGREEN 823 King St. 571-319-0192
EXECUTIVE DINER & CAFE 1400 Duke Street 703-299-0894
MOUNT VERNON INN Mount Vernon, Va 703-780-0011
COLUMBIA FIREHOUSE 109 S. St. Asaph St. 703-683-1776
FIN & HOOF 801 N. Saint Asaph St. 703-836-4700 FIVE GUYS 725 King St. 703-549-7991 FLAT TOP BURGER 529 East Howell Ave. 571-970-1006 FOSTERS GRILLE 2004 Eisenhower Ave. 703-725-1342 GADSBYS TAVERN 138 N. Royal St. 703-548-1288 GLORY DAYS GRILL 3141 Duke Street 703-567-157 GRATEFUL KITCHEN 727 N. Henry Street HARD TIMES CAFE 1404 King St. 703-837-0050 HEN QUARTER 1404 King St. 703-684-6969
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MURPHYS IRISH PUB 713 King St. 703-548-1717 murphyspub.com Old-world Irish pub featuring a roaring fireplace, serving a variety of imported, domestic and non-alcoholic beers in a friendly atmosphere. Serving robust American-Irish meals at fair prices. Favorites include fish and chips and Irish stew. Irish-style entertainment nightly. MYRON MIXON PITMASTER BBQ 220 North Lee St. 703-535-3340 NECTAR COFFEE & WINE BISTRO 106 Hume Avenue 571-431-6150 NORTHSIDE 1O 10 East Glebe Rd. 703-888-0032 OCONNELLS RESTAURANT & BAR 112 King St. 703-739-1124 danieloconnellsrestaurant.com PORK BARREL BBQ 2312 Mount Vernon Ave. 703-822-5699
SWEET FIRE DONNA'S BB@ & HOPS 510 John Carlyle Street 571-312-7960 T.J. STONES GRILL HOUSE & TAP ROOM 608 Montgomery St. 703-548-1004 tjstones.com American cuisine with libations from around the world. Bar specials MonFri, 4-7 pm. Brunch served Sat & Sun. TRADEMARK 2800 Jamieson Ave. 703-253-8640 UNION STREET PUBLIC HOUSE 121 South Union St. 703-548-1785 unionstreetpublichouse.com Old Town’s favorite neighborhood tap and grill. Southern style menu, fine steaks, fresh seafood. Sunday brunch, private parties, happy hour. VERMILLION 1120 King St. 703-684-9669 VIRTUE GRAIN & FEED 106 South Union St. 571-970-3669 VOLA’S DOCKSIDE GRILL & THE HI-TIDE LOUNGE 101 North Union St. 703-935-8890 THE WAREHOUSE BAR & GRILL 214 King St. 703-683-6868
ASIAN ASIAN BISTRO 809 King St. 703-836-1515 MALAYA 1019 King St. 703-519-3710 MAI THAI 9 King St. 703-548-0600 NASIME 1209 King St. 703-548-1848 STREETS MARKET AND CAFE 3108 Mt. Vernon Ave. 571-431-6810 THAILAND ROYAL 801 N. Fairfax St. 703 535-6622 TOKYO JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE 66 Canal Center Plaza 703-683-8878 CAPHE BANH MI VIETNAMESE 407 Cameron St. 703-549-0800 KAI ZEN TAVERN 1901 Mt. Vernon Ave. 703-836-1212 THE SUSHI BAR 2312 Mount Vernon Avenue 571-257-3232 CONTINENTAL BRABO by Robert Weidmaier 1600 King St. 703-894-3440 BRABO TASTING ROOM 1600 King St. 703-894-5252 CEDAR KNOLL GW Parkway at Lucia Ln. 703-780-3665 OLD HOUSE COSMOPOLITAN 1024 Cameron Street 703-717-9361 TEMPO 4231 Duke St. 703-370-7900 temporestaurant.com Northern Italian, French provincial & American cuisine featuring fresh seafood, meats and pasta served in a contemporary, romantic atmosphere. Village Brauhaus 710 King Street 703-888-1951 villagebrauhaus.com Austrian and Bavarian cuisine serving up great food, great beer and great times in traditional atmosphere. FRENCH BASTILLE 606 N. Fayette St. 703-519-3776 bastillerestaurant.com BISTRO SANCERRE FRENCH 1755 Duke Street LE REFUGE 127 N. Washington St. 703-548-4661 FONTAINES CAFFE & CREPERIE 119 S. Royal St. 703-535-8151 LA MADELEINE 500 King St. 703-729-2854 TWO NINETEEN RESTAURANT 219 King St. 703-549-1141
ITALIAN BUGSYS PIZZA RESTAURANT 111 King St. 703-683-0313 bugsyspizza.com FACCIA LUNA 823 S. Washington St. 703-838-5998 THE ITALIAN PLACE 621Wythe St. 571-777-8981 HANKS PASTA BAR 600 Montgomery Ave. 571-312-4117 IL PORTO RESTAURANT 121 King St. 703-836-8833 LA TRATTORIA 305 S. Washington St. 703-548-9338 LANDINI BROTHERS 115 King St. 703-836-8404 landinibrothers.com Elegant, classical Italian cuisine served in a lovely historical setting. Fresh veal, homemade pastas, and fresh fish are some of the daily choices. An extensive list of wines and champagnes served in a sophisticated and friendly atmosphere. LENA’S WOOD-FIRED PIZZA & TAP 401 East Braddock Rd. 703-960-1086 MIA'S ITALIAN KITCHEN 100 King Street 703-997-5300 PARADISO 124 King St. 703-683-5330 PINES OF FLORENCE 1300 King St. 703-549-1796 RED ROCKS FIREBRICK PIZZA 904 King St. 703-717-9873 MEDITERRANEAN LA TASCA 607 King St. 703-299-9810 TAVERNA CRETEKOU 818 King St. 703-548-8688 tavernacretekou.com PITA HOUSE 719 King St. 703-684-9194 thepitahouse.com DELIAS MEDITERRANEAN GRILL 209 Swamp Fox Rd. Alexandria, VA 703-329-0006 VASO'S MEDITERRANEAN BISTRO 1118 King Street 703-566-2720 VASO'S KITCHEN 1225 Powhatan Street 703-548-2747 SEAFOOD CATCH ON THE AVENUE 2419 MOUNT VERNON AVE 703-566-1283 HANKS OYSTER BAR 1026 King St. 703-739-HANK FISH MARKET-OLD TOWN 105 King St. 703-836-5676 fishmarketoldva.com Internationally known and locally owned! We serve shrimps, a few crabs, tall people and lots of nice people, too! Live music and lively food!
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DIYA 218 North Lee, 2nd Floor 703-706-5338
LOS CUATES RESTAURANT 1116 King Street 703-548-2918
NAMASTE 1504 King St. 703-970-0615
LOS TIOS GRILL 2615 Mt. Vernon Ave. 703-299-9290
MEXICAN LATIN SOUTHWESTERN CASA TEQUILA (next to Crate & Barrel) 1701 Duke 703-518-5312
• Drink specials • Foods from around the world
• No fee for any games • All fans are welcome
LOS TOLTECOS 4111 Duke St. 703-823-1167 TAQUERIA POBLANO 2400-B Mt. Vernon Ave. 703-548-TACO (8226)
CHOP SHOP TACO 1008 Madison Street 571-970-6438
TEQUILA & TACO 540 John Carlyle Street 703-721-3203
DON TACO TEQUILA BAR 808 King St. 703-988-3144
Urbano 116 116 King Street 571-970-5148
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LET’S EAT
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ry traveling through North or South America, Southern Italy and/ or Provence in France in the warm and hot weather and you will find many restaurants with a variety of cold soups on the menu. This is especially true when the weather is exceedingly hot. People everywhere enjoy a cup or bowl of cold soup with a side salad and a crusty bread as the temperatures rise. Here are three recipes for soups to try as the warm weather approaches.
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Icy Cucumber Soup 2 medium cucumbers 1 small onion 2 tablespoons chopped chives 2 teaspoons sugar 1 ½ teaspoons prepared mustard 1 cup sour cream 1 quart buttermilk 2 teaspoons salt Dash of white pepper Coarsely grate cucumbers and onion into a mixing bowl. Add chives, sugar, salt, mustard and sour cream. Gradually stir in the buttermilk. Let ripen in the refrigerator for at least four hours. Serve icy cold wit a sprinkling of chives on top. This recipe will serve about 6 people.
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Summer Squash Soup 48 to 64 ounces of chicken broth 1 medium onion chopped 10 medium yellow squash chopped 3 ounces package of cream cheese 1 teaspoon curry powder 16 ounces of sour cream Salt and pepper to taste Combine onion, broth and squash in saucepan and simmer until vegetables are tender. Add cream cheese, curry powder and salt and pepper and puree in a blender or food processor. Serve cold with a dollop of sour cream. This soup can also be served hot, if preferred.
Chilled Orange Carrot Soup 3 tablespoons of butter 4 cups of thinly sliced carrots ½ cup sliced onion ¼ teaspoon of finely ground ginger 3 cups chicken broth 1 ½ cups orange juice Salt and pepper to taste Garnish – orange slices, grated carrots and chopped fresh mint In a large saucepan, melt the butter, add the carrots, onion, ginger and sauté until tender. Stir in two cups of chicken broth, bring to a boil, and cover. Reduce heat and simmer until carrots are tender, about 30-40 minutes. In a blender or food processor, puree half of carrot mixture at a time until nearly smooth. Return to pan or bowl, stir in remaining broth and orange juice and adjust seasoning. Refrigerate until chilled. Serve topped with a slice of orange, grated carrot and mint.
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ike Pacific Coast Highway in California or Tail of the Dragon in Tennessee, the “curvalicious” Skyline Drive ranks among the most scenic America has to offer, with stunning vistas and inspiring overlook pull-offs just made for necking. On the Blue Ridge Whisky Wine Loop, a popular trail for exploring Skyline Drive, you won’t see any corporate logos or drink any one-taste-fitsall wines, beers or spirits. The artisan makers along the Loop are passionate, skilled crafters, continuing the arcadian traditions of the generations that came before. Shadow Mountain Escape in Shenandoah National Park is your base for our recommended weekend of wandering. The owners of this magical little adultsonly retreat, Karen and Ralph Riddle, also created
Shadow Mountain and actively manage the Blue Ridge Whisky Wine Loop (discovershenandoah.com), so they know all when it comes to crafting the perfect getaway. Why wait until fall to head to the mountains? Go now and enjoy the open road.
Day One Enroute to Shadow Mountain Escape, stop off at a winery for a kick-off-theweekend tasting and pick up a
Five-Star Dining Serious culinary star power is within 30 minutes of Shadow Mountain Escape. Add one of these five-star foodie faves to your getaway for a little extra sparkle. (Tip: All require reservations well, well, well in advance.)
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DuCard Vineyards bottle or two. Quievremont Vineyards is a good choice if you’re coming from D.C.; they’re open until 7 on Friday. Or, if coming north on I-81, cross the mountain at Thornton’s Gap and stop off at Wisteria Vineyards, which stays open until 6. A winding drive through the mountains brings you to superromantic Shadow Mountain Escape -- four authentic timber frame cabins, which were hand-crafted by Ralph, the builder half of the Riddle duo. These cabins are a far cry from what you’re probably expecting: Think modern and stylish (Karen Riddle’s influence) with comfy king beds, highend linens, gas fireplaces and home-baked goodies on arrival. Try out the property’s nature trail, or fire up a grill for barbeque. Most cabins have full kitchens, if you’d rather cook indoors (you can even have pizza delivered), and your only decision for the evening is choosing between the community fire pit or the cute little sauna in the woods.
Day Two Pack a picnic and take a hike in neighboring Shenandoah National Park. Desert Rose Tasting Room From the Park’s Skyland Resort, hike up to Stony Man Peak fired pizza with locally(about 1.5 hours total) for the sourced ingredients at the cloud-high views. Enjoy lunch Rappahannock Pizza Kitchen. at the top of the world. Try a Hog-in-the-Hive pie with After all that vigor, it’s reward soppressata, hot pepper flakes, time: aka wine. Exit Skyline sliced garlic, cheeses, honey, Drive through Thornton’s Gap and fresh arugula. and head to Quievremont Winery for their BordeauxDay Three style blends (if you missed Whip up a BYO breakfast it Friday), and then spend a in your cabin or drive 10 relaxed afternoon playing (or minutes to Gathering Grounds watching) bocce on the pro Patisserie & Café in Luray for courts at Gadino Cellars, fancy coffee and egg sammies where the tasting menu may in a wrap, croissant or bagel include some estate-grown (until 11). Stretch your legs Nebbiolo and pinot grigio. by doing some poking around Beer and spirits fans may downtown Luray’s shops or want to consider a detour consider a side trip to tour the to Sperryville’s Copper Fox famous Luray Caverns, where Whisky Distillery – very impressive and growing quickly your $28 ticket lets you hear the stalactites “sing.” Included - or Hopkins Ordinary Ale in the Caverns admission Works (open 3-7) – a tiny, local’s favorite with tasty brews. fee are two other fun to-do’s: The Car & Carriage Caravan Sperryville’s also a good Museum, where you can dinner stop; across from Hopkins Ordinary is wood-
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eer, wine or liquor? How do you make what, who sells it and how is it regulated? I must admit, I have learned a few things about this subject over the past few decades. When working with alcohol products that are based on crops that grow locally, I have had to study up on the regulations
and enforcement of those regulations in the industry. My first venture into the grey area of wine was with our Raspberry Merlot. It seems that putting the word “Raspberry” on equal footing as “Merlot” will lower the credibility of this noble wine grape. The feds have pushed hard to deny my label approval, but I choose to stay
grandfathered in and keep the name. As we went to make our port wines, I started working with a local distillery who distilled our base pear wine to a high proof product that I then blended back into the base to create the style I was looking for. So I can have high proof brandy in the winery, but I can’t sell it. Fortunately
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over the past few years, Virginia has raised the max alcohol level for wine from 18% to 21%. This change gives us the artistic freedom to make the products that fit our style and that customers are looking for. The ciders were an easy fit for us to make as the licensing is the same, although the definition of cider now includes pear base rather than just apple. Usually these are 4-8% alcohol with some spritz in the product. Remember these are based in fruit but not grapes. Beer is a product where the alcohol comes from the fermentation of malted grains but it is not distilled. The brewers can add fruit, fruit flavors, juices and such but the alcohol comes from the grains rather than the sugars of the fruit. As far as I can tell, mixing fermented fruit and fermented grains is not a legal product although I think if it is distilled, it doesn’t matter unless it’s kosher. Now if you are looking into mead, honey based wines, a melomel has fruit blended into the mead. If you are adding spices, that is another style and I’m not going there.
I am going into these definitions and distinctions because there is a lot of crossover in style and customer preference. A number of wineries in the area are adding a brewery operation on site to satisfy the customer demands. Some breweries are adding wineries for the same purpose. We have been growing hops for years and make a hopped cider for those beer lovers who choose not to venture into our wine world. The regulation world has done what they could to accommodate the businesses, but have had barriers as well. When these products get out of the tasting room and into the market place that is where the real confusion starts. Let’s leave Wegmans, Total Wine, and the other shops alone for this month. If you drink wine, try a beer. If you prefer wine, ask about a beverage at a brewery that might be more to your preference. Style, artistry and flavor may need to be regulated in the craft beverage world, but they will not be held back. Especially here in DC’s Wine Country! June 2019 | 37
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ogle some vintage beauties, including a 1897 MercedesBenz, 1908 Baker Electric, and 1925 Rolls Royce owned by silent film star, Rudolph Valentino; and the small Luray Valley Museum, an interesting collection of local, restored historic buildings that together create a 19th century farming community with Shenandoah Valley artifacts from the 1750s to the 1920s. Or, point your car toward home – there are more wineries on the way. If you’re heading northeast, consider taking 522 North, which takes you into a cluster of three very different wineries: the very polished Rappahannock Cellars (which has what’s arguably the best
Wine Club in the state), the warm and friendly ranch-style Desert Rose Winery, and Chester Gap Cellars, a tiny winery with huge, drop-away views. (Tip: There aren’t many restaurants near the cluster, so you might consider stopping ahead of time at Griffin Tavern in Flint Hill for a carry-out lunch; the 200-year old Tavern is fun to poke around while you wait.) If heading southeast, exit through Thornton Gap and make your way to Sharp Rock Vineyards for an intimate tasting very likely hosted by the owner, and then to DuCard Vineyards, a lovely winery with panoramic glass walls in a jewel box of a glen, where you should definitely try the single varietal Petit Verdot if it’s available. Old Town Crier
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ou may not know it, but June 14th is National Flag Day. Make this the year you can impress some of your friends with these little-known facts about this important day. Although this holiday doesn’t get a lot of attention, once you’ve given these Flag Day facts a read, you’ll hopefully want to fire up your grill to celebrate.
Flag Day was invented by a teacher. Nineteen-year-old Bernard J. CiGrand walked into his one-room schoolhouse in Wisconsin in 1885, stuck a 10inch flag in an inkwell, and asked his students to write an essay on its meaning. CiGrand spent the next 50-ish years writing in support of making Flag Day a national holiday. He died of a heart attack 17 years before congress sealed the deal in 1949. However, parts of the U.S. celebrated Flag Day prior to congress making it an official holiday. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson recognized Flag Day in a statement.
The Flag Day inventor was destined for greatness. Bernard’s parents were from Luxembourg, a tiny European country between France, Germany, and Belgium. The name “CiGrand” comes from a variation of the French for “so grand.” It only makes sense that he would be the one to champion our “Grand Ol’ Flag!” Old Town Crier
Flag Day is the birthday of our Stars and Stripes. Flag Day is celebrated on June 14th, because that was the day that Congress officially recognized it as the flag of the United States in 1777. Apparently, it wasn’t such a big deal at the time — the flag discussion was the fifth order of business that day. I wonder what was so important about the first four items?
It’s not just the flag’s birthday. June 14th, 1775 is the date that congress formally authorized the enlistment of soldiers into what was then called the Continental Army.
Flag Day is not a federal holiday. It’s a national holiday, but you won’t get the day off work unless you live in Pennsylvania, which recognizes it as a legal state holiday. It seems fitting that Pennsylvania would be the only state to do so, since that’s where the flag was born.
The National Flag Day Foundation spreads Flag Day awareness. The foundation teams up with local groups like 4-H and VFW Scouts to spread the good word about the holiday and to keep the tradition going. They hope to have a flag in every classroom, cultivate a respect for this symbol of our country, and
teach the history behind the flag. In fact, you may check your local community organizations to find events planned for the 14th in your own hometown. You can find more information about Flag Day
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CAROLINE SIMPSON
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here is a myriad of females in my family. Starting with my Mom; she has three sisters. Out of my ten cousins, there are only two boys, and I am one of two daughters. I love
ball, burping, and getting dirty are all elements of that fatherson relationship that my dad never experienced. Does he regret it? Is a prerequisite to feeling like a successful father the ability to share a love of bugs? I think not! Sure, daughters are different, more challenging, even. Playing ball was not
A FATHER FIGURE being from a female-full family. The girl power factor is unbeatable. There was always an opportunity for late night girl talks on the phone, not to mention the never-ending understanding associated with female companionship, and, of course, the ability to cathartically cry for absolutely no reason. I am one very lucky girl, and during this time of year, I am forced to think…my poor father! I frequently wondered if the fathers of all these females: my dad, my uncles, and my grandfather, ever truly wished for sons. Even if they never outright said it, isn’t it is common knowledge that a father wants a son? Playing 40 | June 2019
my thing, but my dad made it a point to figure out what my thing was. One of my favorite memories is our visit to the Museum of Natural History. I loved rocks, and Dad spent a small fortune on a pre-organized rock collection from the gift shop that I still have. Then there was the time when Mom had a morning meeting and Dad helped me get ready for school. He was not prepared for the drama that was my hair, but he gave it his all. Five barrettes and a can of hairspray later, I walked to the bus stop with a bumpy helmet head of ponytails. Growing up, I didn’t go to dad with typical female needs….When is it time for
me to wear a bra? Can I wear lipstick? My boyfriend dumped me. I dumped my boyfriend, etc…thank goodness I have Mom for the ins and outs of being a girl! Although, I may have spared Dad from some of the minutiae, I was always able to turn to him for the big stuff. He taught me to be strong and independent. He showed me how to stand up for myself and give everything I do my all. He showed me the value of working hard and the necessity of playing hard. Our time is not spent playing catch or talking stats; instead, we have deep conversations about applying for a promotion or buying a house. The male point of view is an interesting and essential one. For example, I remember the time I complained about PMS; Dad shared that he didn’t want to hear me complain, because between myself, my sister, and my mom, he experienced PMS three times a month. That put it in perspective for me. My dad is clever, too. Although I don’t like to admit it, there was a time when I was not perfect. For example, I got in trouble and lost phone privileges. The element of gab is required when you are a teenager, and I was sure I stumped my
parents when I told them that the phone in my room was a gift from my grandparents and they couldn’t take it! Ha! Well, Dad countered with the point that the phone jack in my room is his, and he could take it. Needless to say, I didn’t chat on the phone for the next two weeks. Bottom line up front (a true Dad-ism,) my dad is the reason that I am who I am today. He may not have had sons to raise, but he has two daughters who look to him as their role model for the male species, in general. He may have wished we could have bonded over bugs, but instead, we bonded over life. A father, if he does it right, is a figure for sons and daughters, alike. My dad did it right, and I am proud to say to him – Happy Father’s Day! Publishers Note: Caroline agreed to let us reprint this piece she wrote for our June 2007 issue annually each June. Since she wrote this, she has given her father two more females to watch out for. Caroline and her husband Jeremy have a beautiful 6 year old daughter, Evelyn, and baby daughter Cora who turns 8 months old this month and a crazy little 2 year old son, James. Old Town Crier
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your time and intensity and by cross-training on the bike or elliptical machine, or by going for a jog outside.
strength training twice a week for the first month or two. Once this workout has become a part of your regular routine you are ready to increase your intensity. • Set new goals: It’s easy for gym regulars to hit a slump and stop seeing the benefits or having the fun that kept them motivated in the past. Before you start dodging gym dates, find a new challenge: Sign up for a 5K, or plan an active vacation like hiking or kayaking. Keeping your workouts interesting and goal oriented will make it more fun and also give you something to work toward. • Breathe better: To improve your performance, focus on your breathing. Next time you are jogging on the treadmill or out on the path try inhaling to a count of three and exhaling to a count of three. Steady your breathing with your pace and you will feel more energized during your workout. • Something new: Many advanced exercisers can get stuck in a workout rut. Some exercisers will stick to the same workouts because they are familiar with it. Try new exercises that are completely different from what you normally
do. Those are the moves that help build a stronger, more balanced body and prevent overuse injuries. By changing up your routine you are challenging your body in a different way and forcing your body to adjust. This will help create a more balanced workout. • Work out with someone slower: Once a week, exercise with a buddy who moves at a more leisurely pace. You’ll give your body a chance to regenerate, and maybe you’ll even have a bit more fun. It’s good to be competitive but every once in a while it’s nice to give your body a break and change up the normal routine.
DON’T: • Get stuck on the treadmill: New exercisers often do the same routine for the same duration and at the same intensity every time they work out. First of all, this is a really good way to make exercise become a task instead of a release. This bad habit gets reinforced because, as your workouts get easier, you’re fooled into thinking you’ve become more fit. In reality, your muscles have just grown accustomed to the challenge. Be sure to mix up your routine by varying
• Be a slouch: Whether you’re leafing through the latest gossip rag on the elliptical or curling dumbbells on a bench, straighten up. Slumping causes you to check out of your workout both mentally and physically. Focus on sitting or standing up straight, since most people spend a lot of time sitting at a computer give your shoulders a break and pay attention to posture. Slouching also keeps you from breathing deeply, which is necessary for delivering the oxygen your muscles need to work at full capacity. • Be unbalanced: Most regular exercisers are diligent about including cardio, strength, and flexibility in their routines, but they forget about balance. This critical skill allows you to move fluidly and avoid injuries. At the end of your workout, stand on one leg and lift the other out in front of you. Try to hold this for 20 to 30 seconds, then, repeat with the other leg. If this maneuver seems too easy for you try adding a BOSU ball to your workout. Stand on the BOSU while doing bicep curls or shoulder presses. • Focus on the numbers: Tracking your running time or calorie count provides instant feedback on your workout. Try not to get too hung up on the numbers. When you have a goal whether it be time, distance or calories it feels great to reach it. If it becomes an obsession it takes the joy out of the workout. Be sure not to push yourself to your limits all the time. Take a day and run just for fun. June 2019 | 41
FROM THE TRAINER
RYAN UNVERZAGT
Hydration Tips
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his month officially marks the start of the summer season. I hope all of you have cool vacations planned that include lots of physical activities. As the temperatures rise through the summer, it becomes extremely important to monitor when, where and how much exercise you should be doing along with hydrating properly. Did you know that water accounts for more than 60% of the human body’s volume? Water is so vital to life that we can survive only about three days without it depending upon climate conditions. The hotter and more humid the environment, the faster we become dehydrated. It takes as little as a two percent change in body weight to negatively affect exercise performance. For a 150 lb person, that equates to only 3lbs! There are many factors that affect your hydration status such as: ♣♣ Ambient Air Temperature (Outside) ♣♣ Humidity ♣♣ Individual Sweat Rates ♣♣ Body Temperature (Internal) ♣♣ Exercise Intensity & Duration ♣♣ Fitness Level ♣♣ Individual Body Fat Percentage ♣♣ Existing Health Conditions such as cystic fibrosis, diabetes, kidney failure, etc. Dehydration can have several negative effects during exercise such as decreased muscle strength & endurance, coordination, mental acuity, and impaired thermoregulation. One of the most important functions of water within the body is to help regulate body heat. When the body is properly hydrated, 42 | June 2019
exercise will feel easier and you will typically have a lower heart rate at the same intensity than you would if you were in a dehydrated state. This is due to optimal blood volume and cardiac output to deliver nutrients and oxygen to your working muscles. There is no single “Gold Standard” for measuring hydration levels because too many factors play into how your body stores water. However, here are some general exercise and hydration guidelines to follow this summer: 99 Try to workout during the coolest part of the day if outside (usually mornings) 99 Weigh yourself before & after your workout 99 Drink about 10 ounces of fluid 1 hour before your workout 99 Drink 8 ounces of fluid every 15 minutes during exercise 99 Drink 20 ounces of fluid per pound of weight lost through sweat after exercise 99 Always finish a workout with a cool-down by gradually decreasing intensity 99 Use a cool, damp towel on the neck to help bring body temperature down 99 It’s better to have a sports drink (Gatorade, PowerAde, Propel) to replace electrolytes (mainly sodium) after a prolonged workout over 60 minutes Unverzagt holds Bachelor of Science degree in Wellness Management from Black Hills State University. He is a certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength & Conditioning Association and a Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer through the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography.
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product that you would use when playing sports and going to the pool or beach. Another sunscreen product would be for every day. This would be a light moisturizer with sunscreen. A tinted moisturizer with sunscreen would be a good choice to add a little color, even out skin tone, and provide protection from the sun. Second, take a look at your skin care regimen. Even the driest of skin types need to lighten up on skin care products in the summer. I have dry, like the Sahara desert, skin in the winter, but in the summer my skin is much more moist due to the natural humidity in the air. Be sure to switch up your skin care regimen to products that are more appropriate for the current climate. Many products used during the winter months can be pore clogging in the summer. Even though my skin is dry in the winter, I reach for much lighter moisturizers in the summer. If you have
combination skin, consider only using moisturizer at night. Your skin may be naturally moist enough during the day that you may not need one. Try it out, play with your routine. If you are oily, consider more oil absorbing and “mattefying” products for summer. It is also important to rethink your cleansers. The humid summers of DC are ripe with opportunities to clog pores allowing bacteria to prevent skin from breathing. It is even more important than ever to ensure you select cleansers and toners that get your skin clean. If you are not a typical cleanse and tone type of girl or guy, this is the time of year to adopt these habits. The combination of both will ensure that you are getting your skin very clean and ridding it of all the bacteria that is collecting in your pores as a result of the sweat and buildup of the day. After a day of work, I cannot wait to get home and wash my face. It just feels dirtier in the
summer and it is when I am most likely to have breakouts. Finally, for women, this is the time to rethink your makeup regimen. Everyone’s skin – and I do mean everyone – looks better in the summer. Most of us pick up a bit of color in the summer, even though we are not trying. And, everyone’s skin has a natural glow from the summer heat. So there is no reason to cover up your skin. If anything, it is more important to give your skin the opportunity to breathe. Make minor changes. Switch from foundation to tinted moisturizers. Go lighter on your eyes. Choose colors that are lighter, choose textures that wear better in the summer, and choose to wear less make-up altogether. Try these tips to learn if your skin performs better in the summer. And, trust your instincts when something does not seem to be working. Best of all, have a great summer! June 2019 | 43
SPIRITUAL RENAISSANCE PEGGIE ARVIDSON
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t’s a popular meme theme these days – “Adulting is hard.” Some variation of that shows up in my social feeds every week. And I laugh – usually wryly. Because I’m not in the business of one-upping pain and suffering (trust me, there is more than enough for us all) I have no desire to dispel the Millennial’s truth that separating colors while doing laundry is a pain the neck. It is, after all, so annoying that I admit that I rarely separate colors from whites. (Yes, that explains why my entire wardrobe is a lovely shade of eggshell blue.) The older I get the more compassion I have for my ancestors (and yours). Being an adult is a unique opportunity in a human lifespan. Certainly, in nature there are adult animals, adult trees and adults abound among the living, yet human adults find themselves in a position that comes as a surprise to each of us. (If you haven’t been surprised by the occurrence of adulthood, I’d love to know.) Obviously, I am not surprised by the FACT of being an adult. I knew it was coming all along. In fact, I might say that I’ve been hurtling toward it from an early age. I couldn’t wait to “grow up.” Here are some of my favorite moments that I couldn’t wait to achieve – simply by merit of aging: getting my ears pierced; getting contact lenses instead of glasses; a driver’s license; college; my own apartment; holidays at my house; marriage! 44 | June 2019
That’s a short list, but you see the point. From 3rd grade on, I’ve been willing time to race so I could arrive at the next “thing,” and by merit of that achievement be grown. Of course, age is just a number. I admit to being befuddled sometimes when I realize how far down I have to scroll to find my birth year when filling out a membership form. That kind of realization of my age doesn’t bring me down, it surprises me. Humility comes along with adulting. In fact I believe you earn your adult stripes when you cultivate the grace to show up in humility when all the stuff is hitting the fan. There are plenty of times in the last 10 years when I’ve punched walls, stomped my feet, shouted at innocent bystanders and even my sweet dog, all because I had neither grace nor humility when faced with the depth of adult responsibilities. I suspect we all resort to the methods that got us through confusing times as children when life throws curveballs in our direction. The difference, of course, is that there is no one to absorb the blows, kiss the boo-boos, or smooth our hair, telling us it will all be well. We must be our own comforter. And we must be in community. This is the kind of conundrum that adulting brings. Until I know what kind of comfort I need and respond positively to, I cannot ever ask for what I need. When I don’t ask for what I need, I am hurt and resentful when others
don’t support me. When others don’t support me in the way that I need (although I haven’t asked them) I become defiant and insist that I’m fine and can handle everything myself. And…I’m still resentful. Adulting in its best possible sense comes when I have the wisdom to recognize what is needed and then ask for it from those who are capable of responding. Asking for help and support from someone in the midst of their own crisis or who simply is not invested in your emotional well-being is an invitation to heartbreak. With all that said, I believe that adulting allows us the
ability to dive in and embrace all of life – including, especially, the painful parts. You might be dealing with a parent’s illness, a sibling’s addiction or a pet’s potty-training relapse, while adjusting to your daughter’s new life as a college freshman 3 hours from home. In the midst of it all you have a bad run of client appointments at work and ding the car next to you in that overcrowded Trader Joe’s parking lot. When you walk into the store and the clerk asks “how you doing?” you reply, “Great!” Thinking that a positive attitude will keep all the good juju flowing.
We’ve bought into the idea that “staying positive” is required at all times and I’m here to tell you that adulting means accepting that sometimes things aren’t positive and putting a smiley face on a bag of trash still means you’re dealing with a bag of trash. Own it. You can’t heal what you can’t face or name. Indeed, adulting is hard and it’s not for the faint-hearted. Still, I consider it one of the great gifts of my lifetime – being an adult and learning to accept it in all it’s messy, sometimes painful and always mysterious glory.
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STEVE CHACONAS
GO FISH
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ude, don’t get Dad another tie! He might wear it…only when you’re in town or when you mention it. He really dreads having to tie one on for you! It’s Father’s Day, put a bit of thought into the gift for the guy who was always thinking of you! Let Dad know he’s legendary. In time for the California Gold Rush in the early 1900s, C.C. Filson began making clothing as tough as those going west. Old fashioned American heritage never goes out of style. Filson’s Lightweight Alaskan Guide Shirt is made with prewashed 5-oz. cotton. The super comfortable broken in feeling with pleated back and relaxed fit keeps shoulders free for a hard working comfortable fit. Vintage appearance gets finer with age, just like dad. filson. com Dad grew up with a pocket knife. Now it’s time for him to have a Gerber. In 1939, Portland, Oregon based Gerber became the sharpest knife in the drawer, worldwide. Every man who’s serious about their knife has carried a Gerber. The Fastball is an Americanmade folding knife with an intuitive finger flipper opening, a utilitarian wharncliffe blade, and an aircraft-grade aluminum handle. It’s quick and sharp. Give dad the edge to be sharp. gerbergear.com Family operated AFTCO’s original fishing shorts have been re-invented. The leader in fishing clothing, tackle, and high-performance precision-
built fishing gear since 1958, AFTCO’s latest short offering is the Cloudburst hybrid fishing & boating shorts. Fitting father’s form, the Cloudburst has AFLEX 4way stretch. To keep him clean AFGUARD helps release heavy duty stains. Cordura reinforced utility pocket that can safely hold pliers or phones. Contrast stitching gives a not too fishy stylish look for sporting dads. aftco.com In Hawaii, barrier reefs protect the mainland. Full wrap frame Maui Jim Local Kine sunglasses, available in 5 colors, provide ultimate protection against the sun’s powerful rays and glare for dad’s eyes and the delicate skin around them. SuperThin Glass lenses enable crisp optics with lightweight comfort. Since 1980, Maui Jims have responded to the sun while allowing nature to shine through. PolarizedPlus2 lenses protect eyes from harmful rays, and enhance the view, making colors more vivid and contrast crisper. Help dad see what he’s been missing. Less eye fatigue and detailed views will make him a better angler too! Show dad you have class with a gift certificate so he can choose his own Maui Jims. mauijim.com A longtime river guide looking for functional outdoors fishing clothing led John Simms to found his company in 1980. Ensuring his clients were dry and comfortable, Simms sought to utilize technology and functionality to create legendary fishing
clothing. Don’t let weather foul father’s fishing trips. Simms new extremely lightweight, waterproof-breathable fishing pant will keep him dry in wet, warm weather. Summer storms are kept at bay as lightweight and packable Simms Vapor Elite® Pant seals out rain, wind and boat spray. Breathable material keeps father cool too while adjustable cuffs and an elastic waist enable easy on/ off. Side zips for inside access. simmsfishing.com Legendary sandal-maker Teva, since 1984, takes dad a step back to his foot roots. The iconic Hurricane has been freshened up for comfort with colorfully stylish XLT2-OV. A soft heel-strap padding and modern sole featuring even better traction than before, takes what the terrain dishes out. An EVA-foam midsole provides lightweight cushioning and a nylon shank stabilizes and supports dad’s arches on uneven terrain. Water-ready, durable, and quick drying polyester/nylon/recycled PET webbing stands up to abuse and enables a perfect fit, secured with hook and loop Universal
Strapping System. Custom fit adjustments are quick and easy on and off with injectionmolded strap ends. Perfect for water activities: fishing, canoeing, amphibious hiking. teva.com Face and hand protection, no matter the season, Fish Monkey is becoming legendary, with gloves and face guards. The new Fish Monkey Face Guard incorporates features found in face guards, taking them to the limit. Lightweight, comfortable, and functional, UPF 50 fabric
is complete with a “Sunglass Fog” Resistant mouth pattern to enhance complete comfort. A perfect face fit for father, allowing him to spend more time outdoors, comfortably protected from the elements. fishmonkeygloves.com Another great gift idea is a gift certificate for a bass fishing trip on the Potomac River. No phones, emails, texts or meetings, dad can bring his buddy or favorite offspring. But, remember, if you give it, dad will use it, wear it or eat it… make a good choice so he won’t think of you when he’s in line returning it! Author Capt. Steve Chaconas is Potomac bass fishing guide & contributing writer for BoatU.S. (BoatUS.com) Potomac River reports: nationalbass.com. Book trips/purchase gift certificates: info@NationalBass.com.
Potomac River Bassing in June Topwater time! Walkers and poppers are perfect for clear and calm water with overcast skies! Walk the dog, but don’t stop when fish strike! They’ll come back. For poppers, pop and stop, varying retrieves until a cadence produces. Prop baits are a great post spawn tease! Also try Mann’s Waker over cover. Use follow-up Mann’s 5-inch HardNose Freefall weightless stickworms on 10-pound test GAMMA Edge Fluorocarbon line for missed bites! A steady dose of shallow diving Mann’s Baby 1-Minus crankbaits, in craw and baitfish patterns, work over wood and grass. Mann’s Reel N’ Shad is deadly this time of year. For line, 12-14 pound test Edge on a KVD Quantum cranking rod. Use faster Quantum Smoke reels. Pitch Mizmo tubes on 3/0 Mustad Tube hooks with 14-pound Edge to docks and wood at higher tides, then grass during every tidal phase. Use garlic Jack’s Juice Bait Spray scent. Also try swimming jigs like Mann’s Stone Jigs with a HardNose Reel ‘N’ Shad around cover. Beef up tackle for this. Mann’s Classic ¼ ounce spinnerbaits with white skirts are effective around shallow cover. Try these and chatterbaits close to grass, wood and rock, bumping cover or snapping free from grass. With high water, cloudy skies and some chop with clear water, try 3/8-ounce double willow spinnerbaits with firetiger skirts.
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LORI WELCH BROWN
Tomorrow Never Knows
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y family took a big hit recently with the loss of my oldest brother, Phil. Actually—I think the ripple effects extend far beyond our family as he had a work family, a church family, a baseball family, a coaching family, etc. He had childhood friends and new chemo friends. As often happens with illness—especially cancer—you may know the end is coming at some point off on the horizon, but then something happens and quite suddenly you find yourself at the end of the line with your loved one. All of the sudden, far away and distant becomes now and real. That’s how it was with my brother. He was good and then he wasn’t and then he was gone in the span of two weeks. I’m glad he is now at peace and no longer has to spend hours tethered to a chemo drip and didn’t have to add dialysis to his ‘to do’ list. We gathered as a family to mourn. He had been living out West for 40+ years so I didn’t really know about some chapters of his life. Everyone, however, knew he loved the Beatles, the Eagles and baseball. It was great to hear from his friends, co-workers, kids he had coached, etc. who confirmed that he was beloved. There was a huge void, however. His child from his first marriage wasn’t in attendance as they had been estranged since she was a teenager. He wasn’t perfect— he made some mistakes and wasn’t the best father to her when she needed him. Her mom (his ex) had been trying
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to broker a reconciliation, but she wasn’t ready. She was coming around to the idea of a visit when I called her to let her know of his passing. It opened up a lot of hurt and old wounds. I don’t mean to air my dirty laundry here— that’s what Facebook is for isn’t it—but theirs isn’t the only estrangement in our family. I cannot begin to tell you how sad these splintered relationships make me on many levels and not just because of what someone missed out on or the lack of closure. Quite frankly, they make me angry too. These estrangements aren’t contained to the two people involved. They impact the entire family. I didn’t give birth to any children, and if only I had a dollar for every time I’ve been told, “You wouldn’t understand.” No argument there. I love children—except maybe the one who was screaming his lungs out the other day at Costco. And, I especially love the ones I once pushed in a stroller who call me “Aunt Lori.” I love my entire family—crazy and all. I understand that I would like us all to get along and act like a family. I understand that when someone has caused me pain, I need to let them know, and hopefully, find a way to move forward. I understand that none of us is perfect—I say and do stupid stuff on a daily basis. I hope that you understand that and see it in your heart to forgive me and let some things slide. I understand that children often get caught in the middle of adult stuff
and sometimes adults act like children. I understand that the world can be a hard and lonely place and that if you push people away, your world gets smaller and harder. Been there, done that. I understand that communication is hard, and I am afraid that Instagram and Facebook is making it even tougher for real, honest communication to take place. (You can’t post a meme about forgiveness and positivity and ‘like’ away hurt). I understand that my relationship with my father has been one of the best in my life, and I cannot imagine my life without him. It is a fact that I don’t have children. I can only imagine how painful it is to watch your flesh and blood walk past you without acknowledgement, ignore your pleas for a reconciliation and/or wish away your existence. Those same kids will be parents themselves one day. Hopefully they never have to feel that pain. I’m not privy to all of the ‘why’s’ of these estrangements and so I have to respect their decisions and pray everyone is doing what is best for themselves. I made a pact with myself a long time ago, however, that I would welcome a relationship with any family member who wanted to have one—even when I’ve disagreed with their choices which, for the record, I often do. My thought was that as long as there was a connection with me, maybe there was a possibility of a re-connection with [fill in the blank]. Gotta keep the lines open. Maybe someday someone would confide in
me and I could help them see things from a different perspective. As history has it, chances are I was there ‘prehurt’ and could fill in some of the missing pieces or help shed light. Time heals all wounds, but unfortunately, you have to have some age on you to understand that our time on earth is fleeting. As the defacto matriarch of our family, I’ve lost a lot of sleep over how I could fix things, but then I realized that trying to manage other people’s relationships is not only exhausting, it’s impossible. If I could, I would give a piece of my own heart to fix whatever is broken or slap forgiveness upside someone’s head. Alas, I cannot. Instead, I’ll offer this—if you want to mend a broken fence, I’ll stand beside you, but please don’t ask me to mourn with you after the fact. Tomorrow never knows and that is your cross to bear. Phil’s passing has made me think a lot about my own immortality. Lord only knows how many days any of us have on this planet. I want to use my time wisely and lovingly. I like to think that love is a verb and requires action so that’s where I want to put my energy. I want to spend time with the people I love and help people and animals that could use some love. Shortly after Phil was diagnosed with leukemia, I remember him saying, “I don’t know if I have six days, six weeks or six months to live, but whatever time I have, I just want to be happy.” Amen, brother. Old Town Crier
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LANI GERING
World Cup Soccer In National Harbor?
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ell, sort of….the Harbor will host property-wide events celebrating the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup. This issue went to press several days before a media preview is being held but I have some good basic information I received from the Harbor Public Relations gurus. Don’t know what I would do without our longtime pals at Bendure Communications! The Capital Wheel will have a celebratory new look including custom-wrapped gondolas representing the 24 countries participating in the Cup and there will be many activities taking place, including the opportunity to meet the new Washington Spirit mascot, soccer skills clinics along with special fan events, embassy events and meet ups with the D.C. Fray are slated to take place. Food and beverage specials will be offered throughout the Harbor and viewing parties in the “Waterfront District” on the Plaza will also be featured. Special VIP stadium seating – translation: a shipping crate transformed into a VIP Box located on the Plaza facing the big screen - will be installed later next week. The 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup is the eighth edition of the quadrennial event, contested by women’s national teams of the member associations of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association. In March 2015, France won the right to host the event; the first time a country will host the tournament and the third time for a European nation to host. Matches are planned for nine
cities across France. The United States is in the competition as defending champions. I’m not a soccer fan in general so really didn’t know that women’s soccer was as prominent in the area as it is. The PR experts tell me that women’s soccer is taking off worldwide, including in the U.S. where the women’s national soccer team has now won three World Cup titles and four Olympic gold medals. They’ll defend their title at the upcoming tournament in France. “We are so excited for this,” said Deborah Topcik, Marketing Director at National Harbor. “Women’s soccer has gained a large following in the U.S. and we can’t wait to cheer them on with one of the largest viewing parties in the region.” National Harbor is extending an invitation to the entire D.C. community including the embassies of the countries represented in the tournament. With its large viewing screen, National Harbor has become the perfect location to watch major sports. From March madness to Stanley Cup finals, Olympics and World Cup events, National Harbor has developed a large sports following. “Sports fans love to come out, wear their team jerseys and root for their favorite teams,” according to Topcik. “The atmosphere becomes electric with all of the fans!” The group matches start on June 7 and go until June 22 when the round of 16 begins. Quarter finals start on June 27. Semi-finals are on July 2 and 3 (July 4 and 5 are rest days
with no games being played.) The match for third place is on July 6 with finals on Sunday, July 7. Attendees are encouraged to bring blankets. Check out the National Harbor Facebook page or website - nationalharbor.com/events - for the full schedule of games and times.
What’s With the Construction on the Corner of Waterfront and National Plaza? Taking over the parking area that housed hookups for electric vehicles and additional parking is where ground was broken on the new Hyatt Place National Harbor in early May. Slated to open in late 2020, the seven-story waterfront hotel will be the first Hyatt-branded property in Prince George’s County. It is being met with very mixed reviews as it with take away the view from many units in the One National Harbor Building. Feel free to email us your thoughts at office@oldtowncrier.com. The LEED Certified Hyatt Place National Harbor will feature: • • • • • •
156 rooms, with more than half overlooking the Potomac River 1,700 sq. ft. of flexible meeting space 24/7 fitness center 24/7 business center Original-concept restaurant/bar with indoor and outdoor seating Walkable location with easy access to National Harbor’s restaurants, retail and recreation • Convenient access to Bolling Air Force Base, St. Elizabeth’s Department of Homeland Security, Old Town Alexandria, Reagan Airport and Andrews Air Force Base
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National Harbor Calendar of Events - June 2019 ONGOING THROUGH SEPTEMBER
stylings in a variety of genres please music lovers of all ages. Please refer to our social media pages for any weather-related cancellations.
JUNE 15TH
Nothing says summer like an evening under the stars— and there’s no better way to enjoy the season than movie nights at National Harbor. Pack your chairs, grab food to go from one of our delicious dining establishments, and meet us at the Plaza screen for a free evening of fun!
8th – Pershing’s Own 15th – Air Force Singing Sergeants 22nd – Air Force Max Impact 29th – Air Force Singing Sergeants
Join us at the festival for a great day of beer sippin’, bourbon tastin’, music listenin’ and barbeque eatin’. Your admission buys you a sampling glass so you can enjoy an ALL-YOU-CARE-TO-TASTE sampling of beer and bourbon. Some of the best barbeque vendors are on-site if you get hungry all while enjoying seminars in the tasting theater and LIVE music all day. Beerandbourbon.com
Movies on the Potomac On the Big Screen • At the Plaza
Date Night Movies – 7 pm 6th – Aquaman 13th – Pele 20th – Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald 27th – Dream Girls Family Night Movies – 6 pm 2nd – Matilde 9th – Cars 3 16th Ralph Breaks the Internet 23rd – Air Bud:World Cup 30th – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Please note that movie times/dates may be changed or cancelled due to weather. Any updates will be announced via social media, so please make sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for the latest updates.
EVERY SATURDAY Miller Farms Farmer’s Market On the Belvedere at Waterfront and American Way 10 am – 4 pm Miller Farms returns to National Harbor with their wide array of fresh fruits, vegetables and baked goods. Salute the Sunset Concert Series Plaza Stage • 7 pm World-class performances by bands from the nation’s Armed Forces at National Harbor stir the hearts and souls of civilians and military personnel alike, while their tuneful 48 | June 2019
ONGOING THROUGH OCTOBER Fitness on the Potomac On the Plaza
Participate in FREE fitness classes on the Plaza. All classes run from 7-8 pm with Saturday morning Yoga that runs from 10-11 am. Mondays – Cardio Hit Tuesdays – Teaser Fitness Wednesdays – Zumba Saturdays – Yoga
JUNE 8TH
CultureFest 12 Noon – 9 pm • *Location TBD CultureFest is the biggest multi-cultural event to hit the DMV! Performing live, Reggae Icons Aidonia, Romain Virgo & the Unit Band, Tanto Metro & Devonte, Soca Superstars Patrice Roberts and Skinny Fabulous along with Afrobeats giant Timaya. Designated Reggae, Soca and Afrobeats Zones will pulsate with exciting music from International DJs all day long. CultureFest features an International Food Court, Craft Village, and numerous Bars offering exotic drinks by expert mixologists. This celebration of our diversity through music, art, food, fashion and more, bridges divides, and brings communities together. You will be captivated by the variety of experiences that is CultureFest, but discover we all dance to a common rhythm. CultureFestDMV.com
Beer, Bourbon and BBQ Fest 12 noon – 6 pm • *Location TBD
JUNE 20TH – JULY 28TH
Universoul Circus Under the Big Top • On the Plateau 26 Years of Fun under the Big Top. A spectacle of global proportions, the extra special 26th Anniversary edition of everybody’s favorite circus will take you on an unforgettable journey of electrifying, edge-of-your-seat performances! Bringing you brand new acts from Russia, Trinidad, South Africa, Mongolia, Cuba, China, Ethiopia, and the good ole USA…get ready for a bigger, faster, louder, funkier show like no other with EVEN MORE SOUL! Universoulcircus.com
JUNE 22ND
La Fête du Rosè 11:00 am - 6:00 pm • *Location TBD Rosè and Music Festival, presented by Moët & Chandon, is coming to the DMV for the first time ever to National Harbor. Experience live entertainment, specialty curated bites by 2019 James Beard Award nominee Chef Samantha Davis, life-sized games and more! This is an event you won’t want to miss this summer! Purchase your tickets today at lafetedurose.com/dc *At the time this went to print information about the location of these events was not available. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please check individual sites for updated information.
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