Rockville Rings In The New Year With the Peerless Brunch
Jan 4, 2010 8:39 - 1 Comment
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Bill Forehand in his historic sailor's uniform. Photo by Max van Balgooy.
For the first time, I attended this wonderful New Year’s tradition and was delighted to be able to speak with Max van Balgooy. Since his campaign for City Council ended, he has continued to blog at Max for Rockville but is now writing about issues, people and events. He has graciously allowed me to share his latest post, New Year Opens in Rockville With Peerless Brunch.
The Peerless Rockville New Year’s Day Brunch at Glenview Mansion was the first official event celebrating the 150th anniversary of the City of Rockville and everyone enjoyed a beautiful day, a nice mix of members and friends, and of course, lots of good food.
Although it’s a holiday, the event always draws a good crowd of community leaders, including State Senator Forehand; State Delegates Barve, Simmons, and Gilchrist; Rockville Mayor Marcuccio; Rockville Councilmembers Gajewski, Newton, and Pierzchala; and City Clerk Funkhouser. This year’s event invited people to wear something vintage and among the standouts were Bill Forehand (with a Civil War sailor’s uniform) and Cindy Cotte Griffiths (with an amazing vintage dress–satin and velvet?).
Peerless also encouraged everyone to submit their nominations for Places That Matter in Rockville (standing or not) and Peerless will be using it as a guide for events and activities for the upcoming year (Phyllis Marcuccio was actively supporting the Pump House).
Glenview Mansion is an ideal place to hold the brunch–it’s almost perfectly suited to this type of event–and it was wonderfully decorated for the holidays. Rockville is very fortunate to have such a marvelous historic venue for community events (so much better than a high school gym!). If you want to see a photoalbum from the day, click here.
Cindy Cotte Griffiths, Mark Pierzchala, and Lesley Cross. Photo by Max van Balgooy.
And yes, he’s right about the velvet on my mom’s dress but I don’t think it’s satin.
With this event, Rockville has officially started to party like we’re 150 years old. Check out the schedule. Next Sunday the 150th Anniversary Photo Exhibit opens at Glenview Mansion from 1:30 to 3:30 PM. Don’t miss the photos from 43 residents along with a Then and Now exhibit of Rockville’s Downtown.
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I just wanted to note that Mayor Marcuccio was asked to address the gathering and I thought that she did a super job. Off the cuff, no notes, and she gave an incredible perspective on the last several decades in Rockville.