This Saturday, May 21 at 1 p.m. my first bookstore partner from the ‘70s, Hugo Rizzoli, will be here with his wife, Carol Eron Rizzoli, to talk about her book, THE HOUSE AT ROYAL OAK (Black Dog & Leventhal, $22.95), an account of their purchase and remodeling of a B&B on the Eastern Shore near St. Michaels, Maryland. I took Hugo into my business as a partner at the Bookstall in 1978 and sold to him in 1980. He ran the business until 1998.One of our best customers was poet Linda Pastan, who wrote a poem about "The Bookstall", which was selected by Metro for a public service poster in the Metro cars. I’ll bring the framed poster, along with some pictures of Hugo, Linda, and me back in the ‘70s. The House at Royal Oak will be excerpted in the June issue of The Washingtonian and featured in the July-August issue of Preservation Magazine.
