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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Memories
A painting by Laura Bell of a dog named Oreo, commissioned by a family friend.


Photo/Christina Richardson

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Memories

Daisy Mae Delray
5/7/2009

It was early May two years ago and Tina and I were on assignment, covering the annual Animal Welfare League of Alexandria adoption at Virginia Commerce Bank on Mt. Vernon ... more

The Busy, Not-So-Dog-Days of Summer

Daisy Mae Delray
5/23/2009

Can you believe that it is the middle of May? This year is just whizzing by and summer is nearly upon us. Mikey and I have enjoyed the cooler wet ... more

Summer is Here (and So is the Heat!)

Daisy Mae Delray
5/2/2009

I am writing this on Saturday morning about 11 a.m. and it is already pretty warm, going up to very warm, and it is going to stay that way for ... more

A Little of This and That

Daisy Mae Delray
4/28/2009

April is a busy month for the earth in this part of the world. Spring is here and all the trees and flowers are showing their stuff. more

April 17 is Pat Troy Day

Daisy Mae Delray
4/19/2009

Ah! Spring is sprung, the grass is green and I’m at Pat Troy’s being treated like a queen. more

A Best Friend’s Man

Daisy Mae Delray
3/8/2009

I was really excited to get a press release from the U.S. House of Representatives announcing that Elton Gallegly (R-CA) and my own congressman, Jim Moran (D-8) would co-chair the ... more

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Malbec and Me

Malbec is a red varietal wine I have customarily approached with caution. I've tended to view it as a ubiquitous, serviceable and affordable red, but rarely inspiring. The grape is a traditional Bordeaux blending variety ~ typically playing third or fourth fiddle in Bordeaux reds, if included at all; has long been produced as a single varietal wine in Cahors, a small, unsung winegrowing region in southwestern France; and occasionally appears in Meritage blends from California. Practically speaking, though, most of us know Malbec best as the signature red wine of Argentina, where the vines flourish in the shadow of the majestic Andes Mountains and whence the wine flows in burgeoning abundance.