Archive: 2013
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Hard Work and Gratitude Drive Basketball Star Azania Stewart
When Azania Stewart played center on Notre Dame Academy's winning women's basketball team, she dreamed of someday playing in the Olympics. When she met The Quee…
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Global Warming is a Myth !?!
Who says "global warming is a myth?" Lots of people who have a vested interested in climate change denial, usually for economic or political reasons, or out of…
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Garden Party to benefit Dutch Kills Theater
Garden Party to benefit Dutch Kills Theater
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Feel Fabulous with Spa Director Penny Kriel's Services
Salamander Resort & Spa guests and the community clients alike will thoroughly enjoy the attention and guidance of the beautiful Penny Kriel who plans for every…
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Exhibit and Sale of Zimbabwean Stone and Metal Sculptures
Sunday, September 15, through Sunday, October 16, 2013, Nadia Stanfield and Susanne Lamb will host "Spirits in Stone," an exhibition and sale of some 50 Zimbabw…
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Dreams Do Come True
When Salamander Resort & Spa opens at noon Thursday, August 29th, in Middleburg, Virginia, Sheila Johnson will look with pride on the realization of the dream s…
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Directing A Culinary Symphony of Two Piedmonts
Award-winning chef Todd Gray has worked closely for a decade with Sheila Johnson on the culinary vision for what promises to be a delicious dining experience at…
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Bargain Basic
A dear friend of mine is the most bargain savvy person I know. She always has a killer wardrobe of designers and trends, and prides herself on never buying anyt…
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A-Shamed
Alex Rodriguez. Two words, one name, that, if you follow sports in even the most cursory manner, induce reactions from one end of the spectrum (eye rolls) to th…
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59th Running of the Virginia Fall Steeplechase
The 59th running of the Virginia Fall Races will take place at Glenwood Park in Middleburg on Saturday, October 5th and Sunday, October 6th, 2013. Throughout th…
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"Evening under the Stars" Benefits Local Abused, Neglected & Abandoned Children
On Saturday, September 14th from 7pm to 11pm at the Harris Pavilion in Old Town Manassas, Virginia more than 30 of Prince William's finest restaurants and cater…
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Middleburg Eccentric August 2013, Volume 10 Issue 5
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proposed Bi-County Parkway
Unison Virginia To The Editor: The proposed Bi-County Parkway, or Outer Beltway, seems to me to be a very poor use of scarce transportation funds. Our roads are…
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Wounded Warriors Garden Party at Donna Hackman's Highland Spring
Wounded Warriors Garden Party at Donna Hackman's Highland Spring
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Weekend with the Warriors benefit
The Tschetter Lucas Foundation (TLF), founded by Ladies' Professional Golf Association (LPGA) player Kris Tschetter and golf coach Kirk Lucas, will be hosting a…
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Water Resources Infrastructure: Levees Need Repair
Last month this column addressed water resources infrastructure and pointed out that every four years, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) evaluates…
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Washington "Streetscape"
Thanks to a grant from the Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments' TLC Program Middleburng now has "down on paper" a number of initiatives that, as Town…
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Warrenton Pony Show
Warrenton Pony Show
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Truck for Sale
Council has declared the Town's 2008 Ford F250 XL pick-up truck to be surplus property and has directed Town staff to sell it at public auction as required unde…
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Summer heat and Exercise
Officially summer has begun, but the temperature feels like August. Every year I reprint this column just as a reminder that we are all vulnerable to heat exhau…