Driving To And From Work In The Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area 2013-2015 : Cheers! Pictures By Me, Anthony Quinn

My drive to work after crossing over Memorial Bridge and passing the Lincoln Memorial to get onto Rock Creek Parkway .... what a stunning view here! Tuesday morn, Feb 3rd, 2015 : great way for me to start the day .... scroll through, many pics to enjoy! TONY

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Some rose perhaps, some sparkling wine, enjoyed in the many mirrors outside of Nature?!? Cheers ....

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It is a full moon!mI like it, some older pics I took , cheers ... TONY

I Call My Series Today, Driving To Work On Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015 from Vorginia into Washington D.C., Crossing Over Memorial Bridge And Passing The LIncoln memorial And The Kennedy Center : ' D.C.'s ' Washington The Beautiful!' - Enjoy! " More Coming Later ....

I call this : " D.C.'s ' Washington The Beautiful! ' " , cheers, TONY 2/3/2015

My drive to work after crossing over Memorial Bridge and passing the Lincoln Memorial to get onto Rock Creek Parkway .... what a stunning view here! Tuesday morn, Feb 3rd, 2015 : great way for me to start the day .... scroll through, many pics to enjoy! TONY (8 photos)

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There are more photos still to come later : cheers!   TONY

Happy Martin Luther King On Your Birthday Today, MOnday, January 19th, 2015 : Thank You For All You Did In Your Lifetime, Here Is To You!

Happy Martin Luther King birthday today, this is a special day indeed, a time to reflect, to lookb back, to see the present and to work towards the future, ... for me to be less-prejudiced, to be more open, to be more accepting, to embrace and help and support those that need me and my faith and my trust and my committment , and not my prejudice, none of it, ... as, unfortunately , we all have some, and I am embarrassed for mine, and I try to look beyond it always, do no racial profiling at all, to treat everyone as my equal, to be open to everyone equal, no matter what their color or race or religion, to embrace life and people and all animals in their uniqueness and humanness, ... with humbleness and gratitude for having them 'in my life. I am enriched by everyone and I am very happy to celebrate Martin Luthers birthday today. I am off and able to appreciate this day more as a result. Cheers. his is a watercolor that I did in the past in a series, enjoy it! 

Cheers all, Anthony  ( TONY ) Quinn  1/19/ 2015

Reconnecting Once Again Today Sunday December 22nd, 2014 @ The Torpedo Factoy In Olde Towne Alexandria With Artist Susan Finsen And Loving It : What Grand Serendipitous Treat This Was!

An amazing serendipitous visit today, this cold and wet and drizzly and gray Sunday afternoon at the Torpedo Factory in Olde Towne Alexandria with artist Susan Finsen that is a customre of mine that I met in Clevelend Park Washington D.C., Northwest, when I did a wine-tasting at the Broadmore Apartments at the suggestion of my friend Nicolas during the art show there where Susan had some of her FABulour acrylics showing and we got to talking then, and when her piece spoke to me at the entrance to her gallery and I entered, saw her : exclaimed : " I know you! " and she remembered who I was , all but my name, bis \g smiles on our faces : we both off after that! Cheers! TONY What a treat it all was.

Kyle was nice enough to take these pictures with his Apple I-Phone and to send them to me. Thanks Kyle.

The art was what drew me in, I really was taken by the piece outside the front door to Susan and her friend's studio, Laura Edwards. That got me inside and the rest you know. We talked art and techniques. selling, having a gallery, where to buy art supplies. I kept looking for those pieces of Susan's like the three she is working on behind us here that I really like and I believe she should leave ' as is! " We will see, only time will tell. Excellent work, I liked it very much. A treat.

Happy holidays all, happy New Year 2015 to one and to all!   Anthony  ( TONY ) Quinn 12/22/2014

Talking About Peter Robinson Our Local FABulous PIanist Here In Washington D.C. That Is Currently Playing @ The Jefferson Hotel: Go Listen To Him PLay The Piano While You Enjoy A Fine Meal, Too!

Peter loves wine, here Brunello in various vintages and hues, and he loves French southern Rhône Gigondas, too!

Where are you playing piano now Peter? Cheers my friend, Tony
1/30/2020

Story follows after pictures ... read on.

Peter Robinson a fine, FINE, super-fine pianist is playing at the Jefferson Hotel these days, has been there for 5 days now! How do I know all of this? WEll Peter's daughter came in search of port, in particular the NOVAL Tawny that was written up and recommended in the Washington Post Food section this week, $18.99 that we were listed as carrying. When I found out she was Peter's daughter I flipped : " Peter Robinson the pianist?!? " I smiled and we were off talking about 2o-year old tawny ports , too like the " Quinta do Bom Retiro " 20-year from RAMOS PINTO, $75.99 a bottle. Then we spoke about the 10-year old tawny ports like the gift-set of the CALEM with the free glass, $36.49, and the BARROS 10-year old tawny, $27.99 : all three are excellent Portuguese port houses that are lesser-known here in the United States because they were not bought by the British. They represent fine quality and fine value, too. WE are happy to have all three. I explained all of them in detail to Peter's daughter while he drove and looked for parking to join us. She called Peter and explained and when she got off the phone I asked her what Peter had decided? He wanted two bottles of the NOVAL Tawny port, $18.99 because it represented such good value! I went out to say hello to Pater. He had a big, broad smile on his face and said immediately : " I follow your weekly email and enjoy reading it always. " I have known Peter since the early Mayflower Wine And Spirits' days way back when in the 80's. He started with me years ago loving the dry red burgundies from the Mercury region in the Chalonaise region for it's quality and value ... cheers, happy holidays and Happy New Year 2015 .... TONY 12/18/2014 Go hear Peter play the piano at the Jefferson Hotel, he's the best, really superb piano player and entertainer that has recorded and honed his craft the best way , by playing for years!

Tracy That Worked For The BEAULIEU Vineyards Winery In Napa, Valley Back In The Nineties Gives Me A ' Coastal " Gray Blanket As A Thank You For The Work I Did Back Then Selling The BV Wines Portfolio Of Fine California Wines In All Prices And Styles That Started Back in 1900! GO BV! Thanks Again Tracy!

Linus in the cartoon strip of Charles Shultz " Peanuts " has his blanket, well Tracy that gave this to me years ago when I worked at Forman Brothers in the fine Wines ESTATES portfolio and sold BEAULIEU Winery wines to my customers in D.C., you gave me this as a ' thank you ' as the East Coast rep for BV wines that included this ' Coastal ' series of inexpensive ' good-value ' wines to enjoy anytime from the dry reds of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and also Pinot Noir to dry whites of Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc. We also had that wonderful company Forman Brothers trip to the BV ranch house and Chris Blethen and I stayed in the Tapestry Room with a balcony and a glorious view ( BACK IN THE MID NINETIES, CHRIS WORKED FOR THE VINTAGE division of Forman Brothers ), too of the valley and the vineyards ... thanks Tracy, this blanket has kept me warm on my Monday day-off as I have valiantly tried to recover from a bad cold! Here's to all the Linus'es of the world that have their warm and welcome blanket when they need it most : I needed it today!   TONY  

 12 / 8 / 2014   5;13 PM ...

 PS : I wonder if Calvin in the cartoon strip " Calvin and Hobbs " had a blanket, too?!? Happy Monday all, stay bundled, it is cold and dreary and damp here today in northern Virginia ..

SHOCKED & DEVASTATED To Hear Last Night When Leaving The National Smithsonian Zoo That Tomorrow They Are Closing The Invertebrates Building Because Of Budgetary Constraints! Let's ALL Make Some Noise & Reverse This! Share This With Everyone Please!!

GO BY THE National ZOO quick : at the end of this week because of budget cuts there will no longer be the Invertebrates building and department open! They may be moving to another building and still exist in some form but that was unclear last night as I was leaving the Zoo and I ran into our dear customer Randy ( of Randy and Sandy fame : you might know them already well? ), and he told me this latest news. He volunteers like Les and so many of our customers do. He was going for a training class of birds. He's at the Big Panda building-complex now watching them on the t.v. screens , monitors them and ensuring their safety and well-being, etcetera. Wow, this is devastating news about the Invertebrate Building. I love it. I really do, always have. ... I just talked to another Sandy's friend, a good customer here buying the Ruby Red DEEP EDDY and I told her about this and she and her children know all about the Invertebrates department and the anemones as you walk in and the octopus, ... and she said : " So they just did this quietly? " I do not have the answer.
But talking about Sandy, there's another Sandy that has worked there forever and that used to come and buy the MIONETTO Merlot from us from Italy years ago because they had a wonderful picture of an octopus on it that reminded us all of Sunny the Octopus that reigned supreme for so many years at the Invertebrates building and that I took our children to see and that they loved, too, fed and watched from outside and specially from above at feeding time as Sandy and the other Invertebrates staff that we loved - including Alan the chief - were so nice to us when we visited, and they forged a bond for me that stands the strongest for me with the National Zoo : me and the Invertebrates - and I will always cherish this time and I want here to : MAKE SOME NOISE and get them to keep the building and department open, alive and thriving.
I was just there a couple of Wednesdays' ago and loved what I saw between the anemones that blew me quite literally away when I entered, to my left, and the other magnificent invertebrates including the spiders and their webs, as well as the couple of butterflies as I left flitting around ever so daintily-gracefully from one flower to the next. PLEASE SHARE this and go today and tomorrow and lets' see what we can do, late as it may be, let's all MAKE SOME NOISE! Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn Thursday morning, June 19th, 2014 ...

What are the chances that three people all named Sandy came up in this blog post?!? I do love it, so wonderfully amazing and random yet important ...   TONY 

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