This morning I had the good fortune to run into Valerie Bauerlein, formerly of The State and now with The Wall Street Journal. She was having breakfast with Tim Rogers at the Cap City Club, working on a story that she hopes will make the “A-hed” position on page one — that’s the feature that is always such at good read at the center of the bottom of the page. (Fortunately for her, she wasn’t here to do yet another Sanford story.)
Valerie works in the Journal’s Atlanta bureau. While she spends close to half her time on regional general-assignment news reporting, her specific beat these days is the soft drink industry.
After Tim left, Valerie stopped off at my table and we had a chance to catch up. Her biggest news is that she’s expecting her second baby in November, so she has that glow about her — but then, Valerie always had that glow about her. She’s one of the nicest, most pleasant, kindest, most considerate people I ever worked with, to the extent that you wonder how she ended up in the trade. Not that news people are universally unpleasant or anything; it’s just that she was SO nice. And very good at her job, to boot.
Anyway, it was great to see her, and greater to see her doing so well. I thought I’d pass it on for those of you who remember her.
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When I went looking for a link about Valerie, I found one on my old blog that led to a front-page Journal story headlined, “Political Woes Dog Republicans Across the South.” The thing that might surprise you is that the date on it was July 16, 2007 — two years before the recent Sanford and Joe Wilson eruptions.
The focus of that story? Thomas Ravenel…
Brad I have to hand it to you, you’re the only unemployed person who I know who hangs out at “the club” every day and buys breakfast. Most people I know cut unnecessary expenses like eating out and club dues. This kind of reminds me of your buddy Sammy “the royal” Tenembaum handing out $2000 Visa cards which were used by New Orleans residents to buy booze and lap dances.
Maybe if another journalist would explain to you that the 18% payroll tax on small business proposed by Democrats to pay for socialized medicine will destroy millions of jobs, you would pay attention.