Saturday, July 30, 2022

St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church: Sunday Masses -- Sunday, 07-31-2022

See this 07-30-2022 message:

We have three ways to get your Sunday mass from Bloomingdale’s St. Martin’s Catholic Church:

 

 

1) Video mass:


To view this week’s Sunday mass click on the link below:


http://stmartinsdc.org/this_week_video_mass.html


2) Sunday Noon Mass in person:


This coming Sunday at noon we will have a live mass at St. Martin’s Church.  The mass is open for all to attend in person with masks at the Church however if you are sick please stay at home and do not attend.  If you are not vaccinated and over 60 or with serious health issues we strongly encourage you to please stay home. 


3) Sunday Noon Mass Live Streaming:


The Sunday noon mass will be live-streamed on zoom.  To view the noon mass as live-streaming event click on this link (we ask you to please turn off your video to not distract from the mass):

http://stmartinsdc.org/sunday_mass_zoom.html

Or if you would like to call in and listen dial:

301-715-8592

Meeting ID: 848 0146 6509#

Meeting password: 123456#

 


We wish you all a blessed week and you should know that we at St Martins are praying to help us all get through these challenging times.

 

Peace,
Fr. Mike.


Open Houses in and around Bloomingdale for Saturday 7-30 and Sunday 7-31-2022

52 Quincy Pl NW #105 is offered at $325,000.

The featured listing is a 1 bedroom 1 bathroom condo in The Madison, located in the Bloomingdale Historic District. The agent representing the seller is Walter Hunt with Keller Williams Realty Centre.

Scheduled Open Houses in Bloomingdale and surrounding neighborhoods

Note that the open house time will not appear if the open house has passed, so if you open the link on Sunday and an open happened only on Saturday, there may be no time listed.

*Agents, to have your listing featured in this weekly post, please e-mail suzanne@compass.com by 10am on Friday.

Sunday, July 24, 2022

watch the recording of Nova and Favour recorded on Sunday, 07-10-2022, at St. Martin's Catholic Church

We have a special treat for you -- recorded on Sunday, July 10th at the live noon mass -- Nova and Favour sang an incredible version of The Blessing Song.  We put together a YouTube video of it from the zoom recorded footage and we wanted to share it with all of you:

 

https://youtu.be/WgSh5krhELo

 

 

We have three ways to get your Sunday mass from Bloomingdale’s St. Martin’s Catholic Church:

 

 

1) Video mass:


To view this week’s Sunday mass click on the link below:


http://stmartinsdc.org/this_week_video_mass.html


2) Sunday Noon Mass in person:


This coming Sunday at noon we will have a live mass at St. Martin’s Church.  The mass is open for all to attend in person with masks at the Church however if you are sick please stay at home and do not attend.  If you are not vaccinated and over 60 or with serious health issues we strongly encourage you to please stay home. 


3) Sunday Noon Mass Live Streaming:


The Sunday noon mass will be live-streamed on zoom.  To view the noon mass as live-streaming event click on this link (we ask you to please turn off your video to not distract from the mass):

http://stmartinsdc.org/sunday_mass_zoom.html

Or if you would like to call in and listen dial:

301-715-8592

Meeting ID: 848 0146 6509#

Meeting password: 123456#

 


We wish you all a blessed week and you should know that we at St Martins are praying to help us all get through these challenging times.

 

Peace,
Fr. Mike.

Saturday, July 23, 2022

Bloomingdale Farmers Market: Don't cook recipes and tomato sale at Garner's Produce -- Sunday, 07-24-2022

From: Markets & More
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2022 4:58 PM
Subject: Don't Cook Recipes and Tomato Sale BFM                                                          

Hi BFM Fans!
 

Come early - beat the heat- it is nice at 9 and 10 and 11.
 

Tomatoes. Sale. Garner's running their box sale early this year. 25 pounds/$20.  That is an incredible price for good seconds that are perfect for canning, saucing, gazpachoing, slow roasting and then freezing for the winter.  I do several boxes of slow roasted tomatoes every year and they take up remarkably little room in my freezer. Make tomato pies, tomato granita, dehydrate tomatoes, make sun dried tomatoes.

Call: include your name and market pickup

Dana Garner Boyle

Garner's Produce, LLC

www.garnersproduce.com

804.761.2412



What to eat with the temp gets to 98? Pretend you are in Provence:

  • Melon. Nice chilled melons: canary, honeydew, cantaloupe, sugar cubes and watermelons of all shapes, sizs and colors.  I can make a meal of half a melon that I have chilled for an hour in the fridge. I can also go Italian and wrap slices in Prosciutto.   
  • Robin's Gazpacho: Start with a thick, stale slice of good bread. (Or toast a fresh slice) Shred it and soak it in water until soft. Throw it in the blender or food processor with two cloves of garlic, a glug of olive oil and a dash of Sherry vinegar.  Blend until it looks like brown mayonnaise. Add a small red onion or large shallot, peeled and chopped and blend. Add a seeded cucumber, chopped and blend. Add a red pepper, seeded and chopped and blend.  Now for the tomatoes. Chop and salt them, let them sit in a bowl for 5 minutes until the juices start to run and then add them to the blender or processor and processor until very very smooth.  Taste. Adjust the seasoning. It may need additional salt, a teaspoon of sherry vinegar and even another glug of olive oil.  Then pour into a pitcher or container and cool in the fridge for several hour or overnight.  Retaste before serving; it may need a dash more vinegar. You want sweet tomato flavor to be balanced by acidity of the sherry vinegar and a bit of salt.  It should not taste acidic.  I love to serve gazpacho in interesting glasses topped with cubed melon. 
  • Salads: Tomatoes and cucumbers and feta cheese with or without olives are very satisfying with a good olive oil and vinegar/lemon. 
  • Boil up a couple of pounds of green beans to keep in the fridge as a salad base. Great with small steamed potatoes, tuna, capers, olives. Or Green Bean and Tofu Salad with Peanut dressing.
  •  
  • Stone Fruit Caprese since it is also stone fruit season.
  • and 5 salads for hot  hot days: Corn Salad with Tomatoes, Basil and Cilantro, Tuna Salad with Hot and Sweet Peppers, Pasta Salad with Cherry Tomatoes, salami and mozz, Chicken and Herb Salad with Nuoc Cham
  • Kohlrabi Slaw: 2 bulbs kohlrabi grated, 4 carrots grated, 3 tablespoons olive oil, 2 tablespoons Cider vinegar, 1 tablespoon mustard, 1/2 tablespoon kosher salt. Freshly ground pepper.  Mix well.  Thanks, Shenandoah for this excellent recipe.

 

SHENANDOAH SEASONAL: Tomatoes!  Including Big Dena, Black Cherry and Sunpeach Cherry, Pink Berkely Tie Dye, Striped German, Juliet Roma, Cherokee Purple, Red Brandywine, German Johnson. 6 different eggplants: Traviata, Dancer, Beatrice, Fairytale, Annina and Patio Baby. Beans, Cabbages, green 7 purple, Beets: red and golden, Carrots, Squash, Rainbow chard, Kale, Curly & Dino, Peas Shoots, Cukes, Baby Gens, Dandelion greens, Kohlrabi: green & purple, onions, scallions,, squash and zucchini, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, shishito peppers, basil, parsley. New: Dragon Tongue Beans, Shishito Pepper and Radicchio.

REID: Peaches and nectarines, yellow and white. Donut peaches. Apricots, apples, blueberries, black currants, tomatoes, zukes, cukes, red raspberries, wax beans.


GARNER's PRODUCE: Melons. Melons. Melons. Bicolor Sweet Corn! Blueberries! blackberries, sugar snap peas, shelled peas, high tunnel tomatoes: heirloom, cherry, early girl, green beans, kales bunches - red, green, Tuscano,  sorrel. red, white and  yellow new potatoes, yellow, golden and green squash, pale green Ishtar, eggplant (black, striped, barbarella, white, Large Italian, long Japanese neon. beets, fennel, round, Savoy, Napa cabbage, green and purple and sweet banana peppers.  Fresno, poblanos, jalapenos. sweet candy onion, radishes, Swiss chard, collard greens, cukes, lettuces - romaine and salonova heads.  Elephant Garlic, Parsley. Rosemary. Chives. Lavender. Mint. Basil, Cilantro. Dill. Stoneground Grits and Stoneground Cornmeal. Squash  blossoms. Basil.
 

WHISKED:   Jenna says: You're the zest! Speaking of reminders, here is your official reminder that our Lemon Poppyseed Cookies are delightful. They're bursting with sweet lemon flavor and flaked with poppyseeds. Oh and they're vegan. These cookies are sunshine in cookie form, guaranteed to brighten your day. And our Orange White Chocolate Cookies are reminiscent of the orange creamsicle we all know and love. Don't miss out on this drool-worthy summer must.  

  • This limited-edition cookie is our version of your favorite summer frozen treat - an orange popsicle with a creamy vanilla center. We a make a custom cookie dough with organic cane sugar, orange zest, and filled with decadent white chocolate chips. Then we bake this cookie to perfection until it's soft and chewy in the middle and crisp on the edges. 

 Pies: Apple Crumble, Bourbon Pecan, Sea Salt Chocolate Chess, Salted Caramel Apple, Cherry. Cookies (Chocolate Chip, Salty Oatmeal, Molasses Spice, Pretzel Cowboy, Snickerdoodle,  Vegan: Oatmeal Chocolate Chip, Lemon Poppy Seed, Chocolate Blackout, Peppermint Chocolate. 

CUCINA AL VOLO: Homemade Fettucine, Bucatini, Strozzapretti, Cavatelli,  Mushroom Pappardelle, Smoked Pepper, Pappardelle, Handmade Gnocchi, Stuffed Squash: Butternut Squash, Burrata, Spinach and Cheese, Beef Brisket,  Buy them frozen and keep them in your freezer.  Toss them into simmering, salted water and they are done in less than 5 minutes. Perfect fast food as it should be.

TIP: The green fusilli makes the best pasta salad, says Robin. 

CHINESE STREET MARKET;  wonderful Sichuan dumplings for omnivores and vegetarians, noodles, noodle soup kits, three kinds of chili condiments.  A really local success story.  Keep them in your freezer and you can serve a very special meal in just a few minutes. Use the chili oil and mala dry chili seasoning to spice up your barbecues and stir fries.

SWIRLY GIRL CREAMERY.  So many cheeses: Smokey Gouda, Farmhouse, Spring Tulip, Smokey Isabelle, Tommy Goat, Peach Butlah, Winter Morning, Morbier, Goat Manchego, Firetruck, Onamor, Brie, Blue Moon, Spring Picnic, Gouda, Flower Power, Cranberry Honey, Curds.

Tell Mark or Sara what you are having for your cookout and they will recommend the right cheeses

                        

KING MUSHROOMS: 8 kinds of 'shrooms including various colors and size of oyster mushrooms, shiitakes, hen of the woods, lions mane.

NUMBER 1 SONS: My beloved Salsa Verde is back says Robin. Buy it up and use it on everything. It LASTS in the fridge. Cider Masala Beets is the rotating product this week. Cucumber Pickles: Half Sours, Crispy Koshers, Super Sours, Horseradish Pickles and Honey Habaneros. Salsa Verde, Giardiniera. 2 kinds of Kimchi: Sons and Kicky. Cider Masala  Beets. Kombucha: Watermelon, Lavender Mint, Juicy Turmeric, Original Ginger. 

GROFF'S CONTENT: Grass Fed Meats: Beef (steaks, roasts, ground,  sausages, patties, short ribs, chuck roast, ossobuco, cubed chuck, London broil, eye roast, rump and round roast, brisket, sandwhich steak, boneless sirloin, t-bone steak, porterouse, rib steak, soup bones, 100 % beef hot dog.  etc). Pork (chops, bacon, roasts, ribs, ham, hocks,  sausages, eaf lard, Canadian bacon etc). Whole Chickens, breast bone/boneless, wings, liver/heart, soup bones, neck/feet.  some Turkey parts. Half Smokes.  Lamb in ground, leg, leg steak, rib and lin chops, neck roast, Merguez sausage. Tallow soap. Pork liver Pâté. Thai green curry, Bolognese sauce, Spatzle, , Chicken Soup, , Beef and Chicken Enchiladas, Chicken Tortilla Soup,  Chicken Pot Pie, Beef Shepherd's Pie. 

Ask Groff about their new Bulk Beef buying program. 

PANORAMA:  Croissants, Breakfast Pastries, Muffins, Bear Claws. Danish, Baguettes, Multigrain, French Boule, Whole Wheat, Rustiques, Petit Pains, Olive, Sourdough, Focaccia, Challah, Ciabatta.  Loaves and Sandwich breads. Look out for Damien's weekly specials too.


Please spread the word and pass this email to a friend:
 

 


Please spread the word and pass this email to a friend:

What: BFM
Date: Sundays 9-1
Where: 100 block of R NW
(next to the BBC)

See you Sunday
Robin and Ted



Open Houses in and around Bloomingdale for Saturday 7-22 and Sunday 7-23-2022

 

2411 North Capitol St NE is offered at $999,950.
 

The featured listing is a porch front house across the street from the Bloomingdale Historic District. The agent representing the seller is Koki Adasi with Compass.

Scheduled Open Houses in Bloomingdale and surrounding neighborhoods

Note that the open house time will not appear if the open house has passed, so if you open the link on Sunday and an open happened only on Saturday, there may be no time listed.

*Agents, to have your listing featured in this weekly post, please e-mail suzanne@compass.com by 10am on Friday.

Sunday, July 17, 2022

how did our Precincts 19 & 135 do in comparison to the rest of Ward 5 in the 06/21/2022 DC primary election?

The DC Board of Elections has released the final, certified results data from the Tuesday, 06/21/2022, DC primary election: www.dcboe.gov

Let’s review how the two voting precincts that represent Bloomingdale did in comparison with Ward 5's other precincts. 

Ward 5 precinct voting results - 

Tuesday, 06/21/2022      

                                            

 

Here is the link to the Ward 5 voting precinct map

https://www.dcboe.org/getattachment/Data-Resources-Forms/Maps/Ward5.pdf.aspx?lang=en-US   



 

              

 

 

 

Ward 5 has 18 voting precincts.   

Bloomingdale is covered by two of the 18 Ward 5 precincts:  

 

  • Precinct 19 cover Bloomingdale south of Rhode Island Avenue NW
  • Precinct 135 covers Bloomingdale north of Rhode Island Avenue NW                                       

The election results below are shared: 

By ascending precinct number order, and then

By votes cast by precinct -- in descending order.


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Note that I have identified the three tiers of vote count by colors below –

highest vote count in blue,

middle vote count in yellow and 

lowest vote count in green.  


Observations:

Precinct 19 has the 2nd highest voter turnout.

Precinct 19 is in the top third of Ward 5's 18 precincts.

Precinct 135 is at the top of the middle third of Ward 5's precincts.

 

Is it any surprise that candidates running for office spend a lot of time near the Bloomingdale Farmers Market, located in Precinct 19, during campaign season? Not at all.

Precinct 19 has the second highest voter turnout in Ward 5.

Bloomingdale and Truxton Circle are ON THE MAP.

Saturday, July 16, 2022

Penne with Toms, Basil & Tahini: Bloomingdale Farmers Market -- Sunday, 07-17-2022

From: Robin Shuster 

Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2022 5:57 PM

Subject: Penne with Toms, Basil & Tahini: BFM Sunday                                                          

Hi BFM Fans!  

New this week : melons at Garner, new fruits at Reid, new Dumplings, Bao, Congee, handmade wheat or rice noodles at Chinese Street Market
 

We are open rain or shine Sunday-- 

Tomatoes.  Now that we are in tomato season, the question is: how best to store them. I have always belonged to the never refrigerate tomatoes team but lots of people researching this say that perfectly ripe tomatoes -- the ones that smell tomatoey and are soft and ready to eat can go into the fridge for a day or so without harm.   So keep them on a counter at room temperature until they are really really ripe and by then, you may not have eaten them all up. Read here and here.

Penne with Tomatoes and Basil and Tahini?  Yes. The tahini adds a buttery, nutty, creamy flavor so you do not miss the   pine nuts or the parmesan.   Try it. 


SHENANDOAH SEASONAL: Tomatoes!  Including Big Dena, Black Cherry and Sunpeach Cherry. 6 different eggplants: Traviata, Dancer, Beatrice, Fairytale, Annina and Patio Baby. Beans, Cabbages, green 7 purple, Beets: red and golden, Carrots, Squash, Rainbow chard, Kale,Curly & Dino, Peas Shoots, Cukes,Baby Gens, Dandelion greens, Kohlrabi: green & purple, onions, scallions, squash and zucchini, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, shishito peppers, basil, parsley, plus peashoots, salad mix, radicchio, fennel, chard, 

REID's ORCHARDS  White and yellow peaches, white nectarines, blueberries, sweet cherries, raspberries, apricots, Methley sugar plums, apples (Fuji, Pink Lady and Crimson Crisp. currants, Big Dena and cherry tomatoes, zucchinis, cucumbers, green beans, peppers 

GARNER's PRODUCE: Bicolor Sweet Corn! Blueberries! blackberries, sugar snap peas, shelled peas, high tunnel tomatoes: heirloom, cherry, early girl, green beans, kales bunches - red, green, Tuscano, sorrel. red, white and yellow new potatoes, yellow, golden and green squash, pale green Ishtar, eggplant (black, striped, barbarella, white, Large Italian, long Japanese neon. beets, fennel, round, Savoy, Napa cabbage, green and purple and sweet banana peppers.  Fresno, poblanos, jalapenos. sweet candy onion, radishes, Swiss chard, collard greens, cukes, lettuces - romaine and salonova heads.  Elephant Garlic, Parsley. Rosemary. Chives. Lavender. Mint. Basil, Cilantro. Dill. Stoneground Grits and Stoneground Cornmeal. Squash blossoms. Basil.          

 

WHISKED:  Jonesing for an Orange Creamsicle?  Jenna says: All of our cookies make for an excellent summer accessory, but may we suggest a seasonal favorite? Our Orange White Chocolate Cookies are reminiscent of the orange creamsicle we all know and love. Don't miss out on this drool-worthy summer must.  

  • This limited-edition cookie is our version of your favorite summer frozen treat - an orange popsicle with a creamy vanilla center. We a make a custom cookie dough with organic cane sugar, orange zest, and filled with decadent white chocolate chips. Then we bake this cookie to perfection until it's soft and chewy in the middle and crisp on the edges. 

 Pies: Apple Crumble, Bourbon Pecan, Sea Salt Chocolate Chess, Salted Caramel Apple, Cherry. Cookies (Chocolate Chip, Salty Oatmeal, Molasses Spice, Pretzel Cowboy, Snickerdoodle, Vegan: Oatmeal Chocolate Chip, Lemon Poppy Seed, Chocolate Blackout, Peppermint Chocolate. 

CUCINA AL VOLO: Homemade Fettucine, Bucatini, Strozzapretti, Cavatelli, Mushroom Pappardelle, Smoked Pepper, Pappardelle, Handmade Gnocchi, Stuffed Squash: Butternut Squash, Burrata,Spinach and Cheese, Beef Brisket.  Buy them frozen and keep them in your freezer.  Toss them into simmering, salted water and they are done in less than 5 minutes. Perfect fast food as it should be.

TIP: The green fusilli makes the best pasta salad, says Robin. The spirals are the key to catching all the little bits of veg, cheese or meat.
 

CHINESE STREET MARKET;: Wonderful Sichuan dumplings for omnivores and vegetarians, noodles, noodle soup kits, three kinds of chili condiments.  A really local success story.  Keep them in your freezer and you can serve a very special meal in just a few minutes. Use the chili oil and mala dry chili seasoning to spice up your barbecues and stir fries.

SWIRLY GIRL CREAMERY.  So many cheeses: Smokey Gouda, Farmhouse, Spring Tulip, Smokey Isabelle, Tommy Goat, Peach Butlah, Winter Morning, Morbier, Goat Manchego, Firetruck, Onamor, Brie, Blue Moon, Spring Picnic, Gouda, Flower Power, Cranberry Honey, Curds.

Tell Mark or Sara what you are having for your cookout and they will recommend the right cheeses
                        

KING MUSHROOMS: 8 kinds of 'shrooms including various colors and size of oyster mushrooms, shiitakes, hen of the woods, lions mane.

NUMBER 1 SONS: My beloved Salsa Verde is back says Robin. Buy it up and use it on everything. It LASTS in the fridge. Giardiniera is the rotating product this week. Cucumber Pickles: Half Sours, Crispy Koshers, Super Sours, Horseradish Pickles and Honey Habaneros. Salsa Verde, Giardiniera. 2 kinds of Kimchi: Sons and Kicky. Cider Masala  Beets. Kombucha: Blue Butterfly (blueberries), Lavender Mint, Juicy Turmeric, Original Ginger. 

GROFF'S CONTENT: Grass Fed Meats: Beef (steaks, roasts, ground,  sausages, patties, short ribs etc). Pork (chops, bacon, roasts, ribs, ham, hocks,  sausages etc). Whole Chickens, some Turkey parts. All Beef Hot Dogs and Half Smokes.  Lamb in roasts and cuts. Pork liver Pâté. Birria. Boeuf Bourguignon, Chicken and Veggie Soup, Italian Wedding Soup, Beef and Chicken Enchiladas, Beef Chili, Chicken Pot Pie, Beef Shepherd's Pie. 

Ask Groff about their new Bulk Beef buying program. 

PANORAMA:  Croissants, Breakfast Pastries, Muffins, Bear Claws. Danish, Baguettes, Multigrain, French Boule, Whole Wheat, Rustiques, Petit Pains, Olive, Sourdough, Focaccia, Challah, Ciabatta.  Loaves and Sandwich breads. Look out for Damien's weekly specials too.


Please spread the word and pass this email to a friend:

What: BFM
Date: Sundays 9-1
Where:
100 Block of R NW (next to the Big Bear Cafe)

See you Sunday

Robin and Ted 


Please spread the word and pass this email to a friend:

What:14&U Farmers Market
Date: Saturdays 9-1
Where: Sidewalk of the Reeves Center
(14th and U Streets NW)

See you Saturday.

Robin and Ted

from Fr. Mike at St. Martin's Catholic Church: Info on masses for Sunday, 07-17-2022

Hello!  See this 07/16/2022 message from Fr. Mike Kelley:

       


We have three ways to get your Sunday mass from Bloomingdale’s St. Martin’s Catholic Church: 

 

1) Video mass:


To view this week’s Sunday mass click on the link below:


http://stmartinsdc.org/this_week_video_mass.html


2) Sunday Noon Mass in person:


This coming Sunday at noon we will have a live mass at St. Martin’s Church.  The mass is open for all to attend in person with masks at the Church however if you are sick please stay at home and do not attend.  If you are not vaccinated and over 60 or with serious health issues we strongly encourage you to please stay home. 


3) Sunday Noon Mass Live Streaming:


The Sunday noon mass will be live-streamed on zoom.  To view the noon mass as live-streaming event click on this link (we ask you to please turn off your video to not distract from the mass):

http://stmartinsdc.org/sunday_mass_zoom.html

Or if you would like to call in and listen dial:

301-715-8592

Meeting ID: 848 0146 6509#

Meeting password: 123456#

 


We wish you all a blessed week and you should know that we at St Martins are praying to help us all get through these challenging times.

 

Peace,
Fr. Mike.

Open Houses in and around Bloomingdale for Saturday 7-16 and Sunday 7-17-2022

 

2015 Flagler Pl NW #1 is offered at $674,500.
 

The featured listing is a 2 bedroom 2.5 bath condo in the Bloomingdale Historic District. The agent representing the seller is Andrew Glasow with Coldwell Banker Realty.

Scheduled Open Houses in Bloomingdale and surrounding neighborhoods

Note that the open house time will not appear if the open house has passed, so if you open the link on Sunday and an open happened only on Saturday, there may be no time listed.

*Agents, to have your listing featured in this weekly post, please e-mail suzanne@compass.com by 10am on Friday.

Wednesday, July 13, 2022

here is the agenda of the next Bloomingdale Civic Association virtual meeting -- Monday, 07-18-2022

See the agenda below for the next Bloomingdale Civic Association virtual meeting on Monday, 07/18/2022.

You are invited to attend the May 2022 Bloomingdale Civic Association Zoom meeting.

When: Monday, July 18, 2022 7:00pm Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAvduqqpjkqEtE7vkOKazJ57aCIJkyPJrWl

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.



 

Monday, July 11, 2022

investigative journalist Andy Kroll's upcoming book titled A Death on W Street about the murder of Seth Rich

See this 07/11/2022 message from Andy Kroll: 

Andy Kroll is an investigative journalist who's lived and worked in Washington since 2010. He spent five years working on A Death on W Street, his upcoming book about the murder of Seth Rich, the conspiracy theorists and partisan operatives who exploited that tragedy, and the Rich family's pursuit of justice against Fox News.

 

Seth's parents and his brother granted Andy unprecedented access for the book, sitting for dozens of hours of interviews, sharing private writings and correspondence, and introducing Andy to Seth's closest friends and colleagues. The book also includes revelations and new information about the police investigation, the explosion of the conspiracy theories, and how far up those theories reached in the federal government during the Trump presidency.

 

The Rich story began as a personal one for Andy. He and Seth both moved to DC around the same time, ran in similar social circles, and even played on the same District Sports soccer team at Cardozo High. Andy went on to cover Seth's story for Rolling Stone magazine, where he spent four years as DC bureau chief. What compelled Andy to write a book about it was the realization that Seth's killing, the lack of answers about who did it, and the howling mob that filled that void captured something larger about the trajectory of American life in recent years — and where we might be headed next. As Andy writes in the book, Seth and his family's story is "a skeleton key to the past half-decade in America, unlocking so much about how this country ended up at this strange point in our history."

 

The story told in A Death on W Street will of course hit close to home for Bloomingdale residents, and indeed Andy interviewed Mark Mueller and, yes, the Bloomingdale blog's very own Scott Roberts during his reporting, to name only a few. Yet it's a story that's both local and global, moving from the leafy streets of Bloomingdale to Julian Assange's London exile, from the halls of the Trump White House to the studios of Fox News.

 

The book comes out on Sept. 6. You can preorder it now. Andy is planning to do readings in DC this fall as well. He's reachable anytime via www (dot) andykroll (dot) com.


Here is an image of the book cover:



Sunday, July 10, 2022

Bloomingdale Farmers Market: Berry good market Sunday, 07-10-2022

From: Robin Shuster 
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2022 3:49 AM

Subject: BFM: Berry Good Market Sunday

 Hi BFM Fans!  

A wonderful summer salad - potatoes and green beans -- that I have been making here in Provence for decades and just discovered that José Andrés mother used to make it for him in Barcelona. 

He simmers fingerling potatoes in salted water for 8 minutes and then adds the green beans another 5 minutes, drains them and pours over oil garlic oil. Separately, lightly brown garlic cloves in olive oil over medium to low heat, with 1/2 tsp of pimento and salt.  Toss the vegetables with the oil, drizzle with sherry vinegar and serve.   

This is almost exactly the same way I make this dish except I have always cooked the potatoes and green beans separately.  I am trying his method Saturday for lunch.  You can vary the potatoes and the beans - use green or yellow or flat romano.  The flat romanos will take longer but cook them until tender. I have been getting both the skinny French Haricots Verts and the thicker ones that look like ours.  


SHENANDOAH SEASONAL: Tomatoes!  The summer crops are in: 6 varieties of eggplant, beans, cabbage (green and purple), radicchio, beets (red and golden), squash mix, rainbow chard, Kale (curly and Dino), pea shoots, cukes, kohlrabi (green and purple), onios, scallions, dandelion greens, baby gem lettuce, sage, Italian flat leafed parsley, onions and scallions.  Organic.

GARNER's PRODUCE: Bicolor Sweet Corn! Blueberries! blackberries, sugar snap peas, shelled peas, high tunnel tomatoes: heirloom, cherry, early girl, green beans, kales bunches - red, green, Tuscano, sorrel. red, white and yellow new potatoes, yellow, golden and green squash, pale green Ishtar, eggplant (black, striped, barbarella, white, Large Italian, long Japanese neon. beets, fennel, round, Savoy, Napa cabbage, green and purple and sweet banana peppers.  Fresno, poblanos, jalapenos. sweet candy onion, radishes, Swiss chard, collard greens, cukes, lettuces - romaine and salonova heads.  Elephant Garlic, Parsley. Rosemary. Chives. Lavender. Mint. Basil, Cilantro. Dill. Stoneground Grits and Stoneground Cornmeal. Squash blossoms, Basil.
             

WHISKED: Andre says: Did you know July 12 is NATIONAL PECAN PIE DAY? Well, it is. Be the hero(ine) by bringing one of their very popular Bourbon Pecan pies to your party. Each of Whisked Pie's are the perfect accompaniment to a picnic or cookout or party.  If an ICE CREAM SANDWICH is your thing, use their cookies to construct a cool down treat.   Pies: Apple Crumble, Bourbon Pecan, Sea Salt Chocolate Chess, Salted Caramel Apple, Cherry. Cookies (Chocolate Chip, Salty Oatmeal, Molasses Spice, Pretzel Cowboy, Snickerdoodle,  Vegan: Oatmeal Chocolate Chip, Lemon Poppy Seed, Chocolate Blackout, Peppermint Chocolate. 

CUCINA AL VOLO: Homemade Fettucine, Bucatini, Strozzapretti, Cavatelli, Mushroom Pappardelle, Smoked Pepper, Pappardelle, Handmade Gnocchi, Stuffed Squash: Butternut Squash, Burrata, Spinach and Cheese, Beef Brisket.  Buy them frozen and keep them in your freezer.  Toss them into simmering, salted water and they are done in less than 5 minutes. Perfect fast food as it should be.

TIP: The green fusilli makes the best pasta salad, says Robin. 

CHINESE STREET MARKET: wonderful Sichuan dumplings for omnivores and vegetarians, noodles, noodle soup kits, three kinds of chili condiments.  A really local success story.  Keep them in your freezer and you can serve a very special meal in just a few minutes. Use the chili oil and mala dry chili seasoning to spice up your barbecues and stir fries.

SWIRLY GIRL CREAMERY.  So many cheeses: Smokey Gouda, Farmhouse, Spring Tulip, Smokey Isabelle, Tommy Goat, Peach Butlah, Winter Morning, Morbier, Goat Manchego, Firetruck, Onamor, Brie, Blue Moon, Spring Picnic, Gouda, Flower Power, Cranberry Honey, Curds.

Tell Mark or Sara what you are having for your cookout and they will recommend the right cheeses

 

REID's ORCHARDS Lots of berries and cherries and peaches, oh my                        

KING MUSHROOMS: 8 kinds of 'shrooms including various colors and size of oyster mushrooms, shiitakes, hen of the woods, lion's mane.

NUMBER 1 SONS: Cucumber Pickles: Half Sours, Crispy Koshers, Super Sours, Horseradish Pickles and Honey Habaneros. Salsa Verde, Giardiniera. 2 kinds of Kimchi: Sons and Kicky. Cider Masala Beets. Kombucha: Summer Strawberry, Lavender Mint, Juicy Turmeric, Original Ginger. Mustard Kraut this week. Stock up because it won't be around for long..

GROFF'S CONTENT: Grass Fed Meats: Beef (steaks, roasts, ground, sausages, patties, short ribs etc). Pork (chops, bacon, roasts, ribs, ham, hocks, sausages etc). Whole Chickens, some Turkey parts. All Beef Hot Dogs and Half Smokes.  Lamb in roasts and cuts. Pork liver Pâté. Birria. Boeuf Bourguignon, Chicken and Veggie Soup, Italian Wedding Soup, Beef and Chicken Enchiladas, Beef Chili, Chicken Pot Pie, Beef Shepherd's Pie. 

Ask Groff about their new Bulk Beef buying program. 

PANORAMA:  Croissants, Breakfast Pastries, Muffins, Bear Claws. Danish, Baguettes, Multigrain, French Boule, Whole Wheat, Rustiques, Petit Pains, Olive, Sourdough, Focaccia, Challah, Ciabatta.  Loaves and Sandwich breads. Look out for Damien's weekly specials too.


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What: BFM
Date: Sundays 9-1
Where: 100 Block of R NW (next to the Big Bear Cafe)

See you Sunday

Robin and Ted

Saturday, July 09, 2022

Sunday mass from Bloomingdale's St. Martin's Catholic Church -- Sunday, 07-10-2022

See this 07/09/2022 message: 


We have three ways to get your Sunday mass from Bloomingdale’s St. Martin’s Catholic Church:

  

1) Video mass:


To view this week’s Sunday mass click on the link below:


http://stmartinsdc.org/this_week_video_mass.html


2) Sunday Noon Mass in person:


This coming Sunday at noon we will have a live mass at St. Martin’s Church.  The mass is open for all to attend in person with masks at the Church however if you are sick please stay at home and do not attend.  If you are not vaccinated and over 60 or with serious health issues we strongly encourage you to please stay home. 


3) Sunday Noon Mass Live Streaming:


The Sunday noon mass will be live-streamed on zoom.  To view the noon mass as live-streaming event click on this link (we ask you to please turn off your video to not distract from the mass):

http://stmartinsdc.org/sunday_mass_zoom.html

Or if you would like to call in and listen dial:

301-715-8592

Meeting ID: 848 0146 6509#

Meeting password: 123456#

 


We wish you all a blessed week and you should know that we at St Martins are praying to help us all get through these challenging times.

 

Peace,
Fr. Mike.