Jon Karl Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Cheers and Congratulations to member Jon Karl! At last night's Congressional Correspondents' Dinner, he was awarded the Joan S. Barone Award for Excellence in Washington-based National Affairs/Public Policy Broadcasting. Thank you. And Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodeats Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 A little mini toast to avoiding a government shutdown. There is serious panic in this town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legant Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 DC Mayor Vincent Gray, and council members Kwame Brown, Yvette M. Alexander, Tommy Wells, Muriel Bowser and Michael A. Brown following their arrest, protesting the federal spending deal that imposed riders on the District. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leleboo Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 To KMango and her new husband!! <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liz2041 Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Mike Green. Ouch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidsdc Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Michael Neuvirth. et al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Hazel Dickens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 "Clear that room for them, please," he said. She led us towards an office. "Doesn't he have any more questions?" I asked. "No," she said. We sat and waited for what seemed like an hour, but was probably only a few minutes. The door opened. He walked in, took a few slow steps towards a stool, and sat down across from us, sizing us up with his eyes. After several seconds of silence, he quietly asked, "How much do you guys know about this stuff?" I had spent the past three days, almost non-stop, researching terms I'd never heard of before: CA-125, ascites, neoplastic process. "Well," I said with mock confidence, "I know that these things are often false positives. It can be a cyst, or tuberculosis, or any number of other things." I was proud, defiant, and optimistic, and then I came right out and said it: "And even in the worst-case scenario, she still has a 30% chance of living 5 years. Right?" He looked at us in silence. Without saying a word, his look turned to one of compassion and sorrow. He gently lifted his arm out to the side. Then, from his outstretched arm, he extended his thumb out from his clenched hand, and slowly turned it down to the ground. To my wife, Member Number One, on the tenth anniversary of our diagnosis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodeats Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 A toast to not one, but FOUR of our dr.com members for making it onto Saveur Mag's Best Food Blog Awards as finalists!! Vote for Monica Bhide (Best Culinary Essay), Dmnkly (blog is Skillet Doux - Best Restaurant/Dining Coverage) and Ulterior Epicure (Best Restaurant/Dining Coverage) and DinerGirl (Alinea at Home - Best Cook Through)!! Let me know if I've missed anyone!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktmoomau Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 A toast to not one, but FOUR of our dr.com members for making it onto Saveur Mag's Best Food Blog Awards as finalists!! Vote for Monica Bhide (Best Culinary Essay), Dmnkly {blog is Skillet Doux} and Ulterior Epicure (Best Restaurant/Dining Coverage) and DinerGirl (Alinea at Home - Best Cook Through)!! Let me know if I've missed anyone!! Congratulations All! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 To Kavita, who just drove with me out to Christ Church in Millwood, Virginia, where Karen and I were married ten years ago today, and shared a moment of silence to honor her. Your act of grace took a day that could have been filled with sorrow, and filled it instead with happiness. And I know that one angel is now smiling down upon another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodeats Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 Toasting our Maestro, who has endured much pain recently. If others will agree, we should have an hour of silence on the board tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 (edited) Toasting our Maestro, who has endured much pain recently. If others will agree, we should have an hour of silence on the board tomorrow. Thank you, Mary! To my mom last week - the picture of happiness, health, and life - at the wedding of her oldest grandchild (*): And to my mom and dad today, on their 88th. birthday, reunited once again after 17 years of being apart: The drink of choice? There could be no other. (*) I just found out today that there was a request for "no rice throwing" at the wedding. However, my mom had brought a bag from home and threw it anyway - this is a picture of that. Edited May 11, 2011 by DonRocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monavano Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 To Don and his Mom and Dad. My mother joined my dad 2 1/2 years ago after almost 30 years. She never stopped loving him. I was lucky to have been able to share my love of farmers markets with her. Here she is, thrilled to have received a rose from a flower vendor in Old Town. Good memory... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 To Mrs. Perks. Mrs. Sayer. Mrs. Kendrick. Mrs. Duggins. Mrs. Metcalf. Mrs. Segato. Mrs. Rockwell. To Steve's aunt Pat, who died yesterday. And, of course, Mrs. Rouse, who died five years ago Mothers Day weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPW Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 Seve. I'll be toasting you from a parallel fairway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lydia R Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Bob Marley. I've got you on Pandora all day mon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMango Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Jameka Merriweather, young, vibrant, and full of life until yesterday. A legacy of light, left behind far too soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 To Dick Newhall, the great aircraft mechanic. He was in the Air Force almost 8 years and served in Korea. In his retirement years he worked on restoring about 18 airplanes. He had also rebuilt many cars. The plane he was most proud of was the Nieuport 28C-1. It was the first armed aircraft the Army used in WWI. It flew the first combat mission in April, 1917. It was part of the 94th squadron which still flies today in the USAF at Langley, VA. He worked on the Nieuport for one and a half years. The Smithsonian spent 5 years restoring it. It hangs in the Dulles facility. He made the ventura tube that is on the side of the plane. He was wise, kind, and always had an enthralling story to tell. And, he happened to be the loving husband of Peggy Newhall, my son's wonderful piano teacher of many years. I will miss him a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. B Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 To my brother-in-law James Patrick. I hope he is finally at peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keithstg Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 I'll open a '96 Cos tonight to toast Ger A., 1996-2011. Seems appropriate to drink something too early in memory of someone gone too soon. Ne Cede Malis, Ger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillvalley Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 To Christopher Owen, who joined the world today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyjoan Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 To my great-Uncle Sid, who never met a stranger. We'll miss you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1000yregg Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Macho Man Randy Savage. "Oooh Yeaahhh" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertyy Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 To St. Anthony. Because I really, really need to find 50 bucks before tomorrow or I'm really, really screwed, as Mastercard apparently has no quarter in west Africa, and customs in the region is a stickler about not letting folks move between countries on good faith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Landrum Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 To St. Anthony. Because I really, really need to find 50 bucks before tomorrow or I'm really, really screwed, as Mastercard apparently has no quarter in west Africa, and customs in the region is a stickler about not letting folks move between countries on good faith. Is a MoneyGram or Western Union possible or nearby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookluvingbabe Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Betty Wheeler--founder and principal of Metro High School in St. Louis. The best educator I've known. She had passion and vision and knew every single one of the kids in "her" school. I am so lucky to have known her, to have been nurtured by her and to be a proud Metro grad. RIP Betty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liz2041 Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 To the big guy upstairs and mother nature for making our last day here one of the prettiest days ever. Bring on the rapture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Bring on the rapture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Landrum Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 I don't know what the rest of you god-fearing types were expecting today, but I took my chances with Coco, Cocoa, Topaz, Natasha and Sunshine and a couple of bottles of Dom P in the back of the club, and trust me--since Fab Five Freddy told me everyone's high--I found my own rapture for sure. And since it just happened to be Biggie's birthday, what better way to go out than to Get Money. Unless we all deserve One more chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertyy Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Is a MoneyGram or Western Union possible or nearby? Not in Conakry between midnight and 4am! But everything worked out anyway. The consular offices in the US, Ghana, and Guinea insisted that I'd need it, but when I got in, the customs guy smiled and said, "No, not at all, dear. [sTAMP] Welcome to Accra and please enjoy your stay." St. Anthony always comes through... and this trip seems to be finally getting on track! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMike Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 To my grandfather and his new wife Frances - and toasted him with the wine he made. His best yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmm Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 To Mr. East a 90-year-old retiree living in a retirement home in Charleston. Luckily for me he drives to his Beach home on Seabrook Island once a week. I was stranded about 15 miles away from my rental on a backcountry road. He saw me walking with an unrideable bicycle; pulled up beside me and asked, "May I be of any assistance to you"? Thanks for the ride Mr. East! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hersch Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Bob Dylan, 70 years old. Golly. Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot, fighting in the captain's tower, fade into insignificance. I feel privileged to have lived in the Bob Dylan era. Salut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Gil Scott-Heron link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBK Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 To my brand new niece, Caitlyn Rose. And to my sister, her mom, who deserves a medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 To my brand new niece, Caitlyn Rose. And to my sister, her mom, who deserves a medal. Darlin', all mammalian females who have gone through the crucible of pregnancy and childbirth deserve a medal. Your sister now gets to share her "war story" with the others'. The ones who have the capacity for human speech, that is. I'm raising a Stewart's diet root beer to Liane Hansen, who retired today after 22 years as host of NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday. She has detractors, I know, but I've always thought she did the best interviews of musicians I've ever heard-- intelligent, informed and compassionate. She always seems to know how to draw people's stories out of them, rather than showing off her knowledge of the interviewee's press package, like Terri Gross often does. click Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodeats Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Baby piglet! Congrats to sebastian and lauren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 To the Big Man. Send him some love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 To the Big Man. Send him some love. I echo your . The last time I saw him play, I wondered if it would be the last time, since he was having such a hard time getting around and needed to sit when he wasn't playing. But a stroke was not on my mind at all. I hope he makes a great recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.A.R. Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 I'll be drinking to Rory McIlroy all weekend long. Keep it up Rory!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 I'll be drinking to Rory McIlroy all weekend long. Keep it up Rory!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WORD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Wild Man Fisher Don't Be A Singer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leleboo Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 To durwoodx and ktmightve and their 7 lbs, 7 oz of instant responsibility. Mazel tov!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Pressley Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 To my father and all of the other dads out there who actually get to enjoy the day off with their families and aren't working a double shift today! Please have a drink for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookluvingbabe Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 To New York. Love wins. Looking forward to more legal marriages for my friends. Waiting for more states to get there. Including Maryland... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodeats Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 To Peter Falk, the Nats and to life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Horoscope Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 To my sister and brother-in-law for graciously hosting us all week on our home tour through Southwest Louisiana! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Deb Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 To my chef, Michael Chretien. Today was my last day working for him. He has been a great teacher and friend. I will miss him very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.A.R. Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 To my big sis, who I am sitting next to at a hospital in Charlotte. Get well soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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