My Wild Irish Fantasy; Trading D.C. for Line-Caught Salmon, Welsh Onions & Dorothy the Duck Lady

From: The Washington Post | Date: March 12, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

Blame it all on Herb and Christine Quigley. The ex-Washington corporati have just made it more difficult for you to give your spouse that withering let's-be-real stare when, come St. Patrick's Day next Monday, he or she starts moaning about how charming, how fulfilling, it would be to give up the rat race in favor of barn rats. How idyllic, he or she will add, to hold a dinner party every night deep in the Irish countryside, with overnight guests who pay for the privilege of joining you. How liberating to swap the 5:30 a.m. train out of Dupont Circle for an early-morning stroll to the ...

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