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Vera's Shines Again
Vera Freeman sold her restaurant to Lisa Del Ricco and her husband, longtime customer Steve Stanley, in January. At left is Selvin Kumar, Freeman's caretaker.
(Marvin Joseph -- The Washington Post)
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Stanley and Del Ricco guided Freeman inside for a preview. The artifacts from her travels were set up, museum-style, in a new private dining room. The detritus of construction still littered the grounds, but Freeman was smitten.
"I love it. I love it," she said, hopping up and down. She started crying when she saw the doors with the frosted palm trees. "I love it! People are going to trip!"
From the deck, they took in the view of the creek that first seduced the Freemans.
"Everything you did -- it's unbelievable," Freeman told Del Ricco and Stanley, who put his arm around her.
What's left is mostly cosmetic stuff, refining the vision, working seven days a week to hit that June 24 opening, when the admiring public will return.
"I love it," Freeman told Del Ricco on her way out.
"Oh, I'm glad," Del Ricco said.
Freeman will be back for the opening to place her handprints in cement at the bow of the restaurant -- an enduring star making one more impression on her world.
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