TravelAwaits
May.13.2021
After a long winter in lockdown, I was desperate for a getaway that would feel transporting, even though I didn’t want to drive very far. So I headed south from bustling Washington, D.C., breaking free of the traffic on the Beltway and driving past the Virginia suburbs just outside the city. Just an hour’s drive away, I found myself surrounded by bucolic bliss in Middleburg, Virginia.
Middleburg is the heart of Loudoun County, the fifth-largest wine-producing region in the country, nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Not only are there 30 wineries nearby, making Middleburg the perfect perch for wine lovers, but the town of just 539 full-time residents boasts 160 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, so it’s a draw for history buffs as well. And since it’s the horse and hunt capital of the United States, equestrians will find a lot to love here, too. (The town was a favorite of horsewoman Jackie Kennedy Onassis,
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“For one backyard wedding on the water, we commissioned mini personalized cheese boards from Etsy (above) for each guest that served as both the first-course display and a special seating indicator. Get Plated provided the styled cheese course and it was delicious, beautiful, and personal to the couple. The cheese boards also served as a fun favor for guests.” Laura Held, Ida Rose Events
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It’s been a lousy spring for Marilyn Mosby, Baltimore’s rogue prosecutor.
First, the IRS placed a tax lien for $45,000 on her house for three years of unpaid taxes.
Second, Baltimore’s Office of the Inspector General conducted a wide-ranging investigation into her activist-sponsored travel, accounting irregularities, and unorthodox gift-acceptance practices, and issued a written report critical of her actions.
When Mosby criticized the inspector general’s report, the Office of the Inspector General didn’t back down, and wrote that it “stands behind its report.”
Third, the U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland launched a wide-ranging investigation into Mosby’s campaign-finance irregularities and related federal tax issues.
America’s first Black woman billionaire is promoting diversity in the arts as well as the c-suite
Promoting diversity in the arts has become a mainstream mantra in the entertainment industry since the first #OscarsSoWhite controversy in 2015, but it’s something Sheila Johnson has been doing her entire adult life.
It’s been 41 years since the Salamander Hotels & Resorts owner and CEO co-founded the BET network with then-husband Robert Johnson, creating a national platform for African-American music videos, television shows and movies at a time when they were often excluded from the airwaves.
Now the 72-year-old hotel industry mogul and part-owner of three professional sports franchises in Washington the Wizards, the Mystics and the Capitals – is celebrating the Black-American experience on stage, as a financial backer and ambassador for “Grace,” a new musical created by acclaimed composer and playwright Nolan Williams Jr. and executive producer Dale A. Mott.