Secrets behind the portuguese custard tart. And delving into the complex magical world of art of my time. But we kick off the show on a high note with high heels that is most high heeled shoes are made with women in mind however a growing number of men are also embracing that added boost to their height but there is a problem most men struggle to find the right size and style so heres a look now at this niche market and some of the people pushing it forward. Bold and sexy and extravagant this is the chosen style the cuban entertainer Jorge Gonzalez who has been a connoisseur of high heeled shoes since he was a young man. Of 2 where he was because when youre wearing your. Change you know i feel more. To introduce myself to high winds and i think its just a statement. Morning as ours has been making statements on German National television for the last 10 years as a modeling coach choreographer and a juror on a popular dance show his heels define his image but does he see any trends deve
On his undergraduate course on the topic of ordinary lives in the American Revolution. And his book, stolen five free boys kidnapped into slavery and their journey home, which tells the true story of five boys kidnapped in the north and sold into slavery in the deep south and that during attempt to escape and bring their captors to justice, is being published by Simon Schuster in october. Thank you once again for joining us this evening, and without any further ado, please join me in welcoming dr. Rick bell. [applause] dr. Bell thanks to heather, thanks to cspan for covering this. Those of you who might have been to the Smithsonian Associates before and heard me give other programs wont be surprised to hear my strange accent, which is not exactly a maryland natives accent. I was raised in england yet find myself teaching about the American Revolution as part of my job, which let me tell you is a blessing and a curse, an undergraduate classroom to teach with an accent like this. Im very
Such as this, and its our absolute pleasure to have paul kix with us tonight. The institute, what do we do . Apologize to the veterans. They hear this every few weeks. The institute serves as a Research Corps and the Higher Education center of the museum. We like to call or sells a community of scholars. Our job is to build bridges to academics and other experts around the world to make them part of the family and plug them into programs such as this. To produce scholarship of our own, as our multiple senior awardwinning historian has done with all 10 of his books. We also offer a wonderful new service, the world war ii veteran Research Project and service, which you can find on the website. You can trace the individual history of world war ii participants throughout the war, put that package together through archival documents, and create a unique, customized biography to help your family connect to world war ii. Were proud of that one. Another part is tonight, meet the author. We are
Question first. I do want to say a quick note about the events we have in the near future. On thursday of next week to week from this thursday may 21 a historian will join us to talk about his book the will of the people and will be our third of three lectures excited to have him joining us virtually from his home and we also have on thursday an exciting new event trivia thursdays with the mt. Vernon folks. We have live feeds with myself and the president and the head of the historical federation. Im happy to say i won in im excited to defend my title. We have daily life streams across the week days monday through friday and the noon hour and beginning just this past week we are starting a Member Exclusive series on monday nights. This past monday, yesterday doug reverend conversations coming monday Martha Washington a historical interpreter and the following monday memorial day brick abington with his work on the American Revolutionary war. These are exclusive event. Youll have an opp
Isnt it beautiful . Im on my way to the town of topping to hear all about a strange inheritance that was literally stuck in mud. My brother billy and i inherited our fathers oyster biz, which his father started farming in 1899. We didnt want them. The business was dead. Hoping we could bring it back to life. Hey, guys, im jamie. Hey. Im travis. This is my cousin ryan. Nice to meet you. How are you . Its absolutely gorgeous here. Before i crack open the croxton family story, you got to know a thing or two about oysters, which raw, baked, or fried have been a part of the north american seafood diet for thousands of years. I get the scoop from tommy leggett, a marine scientist and longtime commercial fisherman. So, were they always so popular . I mean, oysters are all the rage. Is that sudden . No, no, no. Native americans have been eating oysters forever, all around the Chesapeake Bay. Tommy tells me oysters were not a delicacy back then, but an everyday meal. When they finished eating t