Three Newcomers at last Thursday's Luncheon

Nice to meet you:  Woody, Nancy, and Daniel.  List of all attendees:

Woody Woodruff
Nancy Herin
Daniel Lazaro
Ed Coover
Benson Simon
Jay Miller
John Seeley
Doug Jones

Note that we have two more luncheons scheduled this semester:  May 12th and 13th.

Executive Director of CSCP gives us talk and tour

Clarice Smith Center's Executive Director Martin Wollesen brought us up to date on recent activity at our luncheon today.  To me, one of his most exciting pieces of news is the project to convert a commercial building on route one into a combination wine bar/restaurant/art house.  The building was a bowling alley back in the 1950's and then housed a series of restaurants such as the Italian Gardens and, most recently, The Barking Dog which closed a year or two ago. 

College Park needs more restaurants, and I hope this one with its performing arts venue works out.  They hope to open in 2016, but these things tend to take longer than the original planning.

Martin also gave us a backstage tour of the Center.  Thanks to Golden IDer Benson Simon for setting this up.  Besides Benson and myself, also present were Liz Follen, Karen Eckert, Mike Carliner, and Nancy Bazar.

For those of you who missed today's luncheon and tour, I would recommend attending Maryland Day later this month which has a full day of activities at the Clarice Smith Center.