Lee Schipper, One Of My Favorite Customers @ Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits In Washington D.C. N.W. W / Family, Lew & David : Cheers!

This one's for you Lee. I am writing this now to you and to your family and my friend Lew and thanking you four for inviting me to this marvelous soiree of yours at your rented townhouse not far from Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits in the Cleveland Park neighborhood of Washington D.C. N.W. You were all kind enough to invite me though I had nothing to do with this event as it was partly a business gathering that was lively, relaxed, jovial and fun around all the work you all had to accomplish for the rest of the time that you were all gathered here in Washington D.C.

I supplied the wines for the event and brought my camera and of course other drinks were made by some of these guests which included excellent Mojitos and Caiparhinas, too. There was no lack of merriment and joy Lee. You and your wife and daughter know how to throw a first-flight party and this must have been one of your very best judging from all the talking and movement and animation. It was hard to move around your place as there were so many there. These pictures only reflect those that were left at the end. I think that perhaps more than half had already left?

It was fun to hear English spoken as well as so many other languages from around the world. It was a totally international crowd and it was fun to meet some of them.

You have been such a loyal customer over the years and that has meant a lot to me personally. It has been fun to have you over the years respond to my store emails from places around the world like Brazil and China and so many more. You would email that you were in such-and-such a place and what did I recommend? Either that or you would tell me what you had already had and ask me for my opinion?

It was really fun to talk with you about wine but about so many other things as well which included music and the fact that for years you had played classical music for one of the radio stations? What state was that in? I cannot remember? I did see many of your record albums there though when you showed me a small part of your wine cellar. David still had a lot of it - still does from what I heard a few days ago from your daughter when we bumped into each other unexpectedly at the Firehook Bakery just three store fronts down from Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits which was a regular meeting place for your wife and daughter, David and Lew, too. Wow, what an amazing period this all was of sharing stories and sipping and tasting wines together.

Some of the people at the parties even ventured to the store to check us out and buy whatever they might need or want. That was nice, too. I enjoyed these extra contacts in our store as well. Really stimulating.

Lew is an old family friend and it sure was a fun surprise when I / we realized that we all knew one another : Lew, David and you and me?!? What a small world that we still live in these days. Full of surprises and marvelous things to stimulate all of my overactive senses. I love it. Really I do and Lee I want to thanks you for having really enriched my life over the years. It was always a pleasure to talk with you. I never quite knew where our conversation might lead and I loved that about you.

I'm glad that I am pictured above with you Lee and Lew : this greatly pleases me. Too bad that David is not in this picture. I do not think he was able to make this particular party? He did make the next one and that was good to see him there with you all at another time. That second party was nice and I was glad to be included but it did not attain the magic and the same level for me that this one did where I truly felt included here even though I really had no official business to do so.

Sorry that the pictures are a bit fuzzy and a touch out of focus. It does add some atmosphere however? I do like that. They can always be touched up if anyone wants, right?

Anyway Lee, Lew and David ( and your wife and daughter Lee ) : I raise a glass to all of you symbolically now and toast to our friendship and all the times that our paths have crossed and all the positive energy that we have shared, glasses of wine, smiles, stories and here's to many more. Even though you have recently left us Lee way too soon I know that you will be right there along with the rest of us toasting and telling many anecdotes and fun tales. Cheers, your friend always, Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn

P.S. I have not identified people here in these photos. You know who you are : that's enough. It's really a bit of a personal tribute really even though these pictures include a whole lot of people.


I just added this because it shows one of the last things that Lee and I worked on together : You are missed Lee! Cheers,   TONY   Here Lee was responding as he often did to one of my store emails. Cheers,  TONY  Wednesday, June 5th, 2013 here in the store in Cleveland Park at 6:10PM on a warm, hot, a touch sticky, otherwise glorious day!  Enjoy ... I'll drink a toast to you tonight Lee, to you , your family, to Lew and David, too ...   TONY   I am also now adding Lee's last name - Schipper here. It's time : he's a great guy! Everyone should know and celebrate and see this.


     I will talk to Santos Lee and we will take care of you. How much beer do you think you will need? Cheers, look forward to seeing you, send Lew Fulton my regards when you chat with him next.  TONY

On Jan 4, 2011, at 5:12 PM, Lee Schipper wrote:

And guess what. I’m doing a small reception 22 January, and YOU will be the source of the booze (beer and wine). Do you have any Japanese DARK beer? (the Japanese are sponsoring the event, its at our apartment in Tilden Gardens)…

 

Lee Schipper, Ph.D.

Project Scientist, Global Metropolitan Studies, UC Berkeley

Senior Research Engineer, Precourt Energy Efficiency Center, Stanford Univ.

phone +1 510 642 6889

fax      +1 510 642 6061

cell for emergencies +1 202 262 7476

 

From: Cleveland Park Wines [mailto:sales@clevelandparkwine.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 2:08 PM
To: Lee Schipper
Subject: New Year 2011 / Brimming With Ideas / You All Are Inspiring To Us!

 

Jack

Cleveland Park Beer, Liquor & Wine Featuring a wide, international selection of fine wines, micro-brews and spirits

TIME TO CHARGE AHEAD AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE!      BEING THE NEW YEAR OF 2011 I HAVE DECIDED to make this an extraordinary year on all fronts, all levels and for everyone that I touch through working here at Cleveland Park Wines by harnessing all the energies, the creative impulses, the daring feats, the ideas and the aspirations and plans of those that work here and share them with us here to make this the very best place for us all to be and to meet and to work together mostly in bliss and in harmony as often as possible with as few interruptions and discords as humanly possible. That's one of my biggest New Year's resolutions and to make it possible to both envision and complete I will take it step-by-step and have many daily as well as by-the-minute goal completions as possible so as to neither get discouraged or dispirited.