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Maggie Johnston’s passion for horses and tradition are perfectly encompassed in her love for riding sidesaddle. For the past decade, Johnston has been fox hunting, showing and most recently racing while riding with both legs on one side.
by Summer Stanley
Time is ticking. You may only have a few days to find an Easter bonnet, but lucky for you April brings spring races just around the corner, and Virginia Gold Cup (Derby Day) follows closely in May. Triple the fun for your crown! So where can you find the sometimes dainty and sometimes showstopping accessory that fits your personality?
by Len Shapiro
Loudoun County again will be a destination for wine experts when the Virginia Wine Summit comes to the Salamander Resort and Spa in Middleburg this spring.
by Leonard Shapiro
If ever there’s a dissatisfied customer at Middleburg Printers, the business’s new owner will have no trouble dealing with any problem at all. After military tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan—“yes, people were shooting at me,” he said—conflict resolution should not be an issue.
Meet 34-year-old Albert Patterson, a native Californian who spent eight years in the Army before being honorably discharged as a sergeant in 2012. He’s the proud father of four with a fifth on the way. And he and his father-in-law, Nolan Barzee, completed the purchase of Middleburg Printers from Vince Perricone at the end of 2015.
by Leonard Shapiro
It begins on the third Thursday morning of every other month.
About a dozen volunteers, most armed with a sharp knife, descend on the kitchen at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Upperville and soon start chop, chop, chopping countless carrots, onions and peppers to spruce up a scrumptious rice casserole recipe they’ve followed for years.
by Heidi Baumstark
Ashley Bott, Middleburg’s new town treasurer, is no stranger to small towns.
Bott has always embraced the culture of small-town living, having been raised in Calvert County, Maryland, just two blocks from the Chesapeake Bay. Currently, she lives in another small town, Strasburg, about 40 miles west of Middleburg, with her husband, Joey, and their three-year-old son, Owen.
by Dulcy Hooper
Just a few short months after opening The Local Taste in Upperville, Chris Patusky and Kiernan Slater Patusky were presented with an offer very close to home, one that made too much sense to pass up.
“Actually,” Chris said. “Kiernan and I were just finishing up the renovation of The Local Taste when we learned that there was an opportunity to lease the Up-perville Country Store business right next door. It allows us to coordinate the op-erations, products, marketing and parking much better.”
by Leonard Shapiro
In October 1991, the entire student body and faculty at the Hill School gathered in the auditorium for a special assembly that would have a far-reaching impact not only for the school but for the Middleburg community as well.
That day, Tom Northrup, the Headmaster at the time, introduced the late Stephen C. Clark, Jr. and announced that the then-owner of Boxwood Farm, right across The Plains Road, had recently donated 123 acres and a home to Hill. Without prompting, every child in the room rose and gave Mr. Clark a standing ovation.
by Babette M. Alliger
Rufus is dying. The last three months he’s been down and now I have to hold him up, no matter what, or he’ll fall down.
Not much of a life, but he seems happy. He eats well and still runs the show from his place, but a few days ago my other two dogs wouldn’t go downstairs past him to go out in the morning.
So I realize it’s him they feel, and they seem to know something I do not. So I have to get him up. This is so hard. He can’t sit up to even begin to stand. So I put my feet next to some paws that slide out from under him and I use my arms to lift his rear end and I speak strongly to him.
