Hospitality_Recreation

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Dan Pollock, an operating partner at BlackFinn American Saloon in Bethesda, speaks with a bartender at his restaurant on Monday. The eatery, about five miles from Congressional Country Club, expects to be very busy this week with the U.S. Open being played on the Blue Course. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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PRATIK SHAH/THE WASHINGTON TIMES Dan Pollock, an operating partner at BlackFinn American Saloon in Bethesda, speaks with a bartender at his restaurant Monday. The eatery, about five miles from Congressional Country Club, expects to be busy this week with the U.S. Open being played on the Blue Course.

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DREW ANGERER/THE WASHINGTON TIMES Peter Uihlein's father, Wally, is the chairman and CEO of Acushnet Co., which includes golf brands such as FootJoy, Pinnacle and Titleist.

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A view of the 10th green and the clubhouse at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md., is shown on May 23, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

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Vice President Richard M. Nixon drives from the tee at Congressional in August 1957 in one of the photos on display in the club's History Hall. (Congressional Country Club)

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The portraits of five U.S. presidents who were life members, including Herbert Hoover, who was the first club president, are on display in Congressional Country Club's History Hall in Bethesda. (Congressional Country Club Photograph)

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Alex Rhea, who works at the Falls Road Golf Course in Potomac, discusses the impact of the U.S. Open on the community. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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Hill Slowinski, of Potomac, and son Brooke, live across the street from the fifth hole at Congressional Country Club. During the U.S. Open, Mr. Slowinski offers his yard as a parking lot for spectators. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)

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REGNERY PUBLISHING Much of his staff may have resigned, but Newt Gingrich soldiers on with the release of a new book and a televised presidential debate on Monday night.

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Medical marijuana user Joe Schwartz, 90, shows some of his marijuana plants at his home in Laguna Woods, Calif., earlier this month. Mr. Schwartz is a 90-year-old great-grandfather of three who enjoys a few puffs of pot each night before he crawls into bed. (Associated Press)

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Somali protesters set fires outside the Medina hotel which accommodates Somali MPs in southern Mogadishu, Somalia, on June 10, 2011, where protesters took to the streets for the second day in support of current Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo. (Associated Press)

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A worker with J. Supor & Son Trucking & Rigging Co. guides the flatbed truck carrying the fuselage of US Airways flight 1549 as it arrives in Charlotte, N.C., on June 10, 2011. The plane that made a miraculous landing on the Hudson River two years ago will be displayed in a museum in Charlotte. (Associated Press)

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Here is a close-up view of the 6-foot-tall Capitoline Venus, installed in the Rotunda of the West Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington. (Photograph by Araldo de Luca)

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Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno has sent some of his city's famed antiquities on a grand tour of the U.S. to promote the Italian capital's bid for the 2020 Olympic Games. (Associated Press)

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The 6-foot-tall Capitoline Venus, installed in the Rotunda of the West Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, will be on display until Sept. 5. The statue was excavated from the buried ruins of an ancient building in Rome in the 1670s and given to the Capitoline Museum by Pope Benedict XIV in 1752. (Photograph by Rob Shelley)

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The no-baking-required ice cream cake has two flavors of ice cream, two sauces and cherries on the top. (Associated Press)

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The no-baking-required ice cream cake has two flavors of ice cream, two sauces and cherries on the top. (Associated Press)

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Scooper Daniel Tzek puts an ice cream cone in a holder for a customer at the Bi-Rite Creamery in San Francisco.The creamery's soft-serve flavors include vanilla, of course, but also spicy Mexican chocolate, and balsamic strawberry. It also has salted caramel, which marketing director Kirsten Bourne said is "the most popular flavor by far." (Associated Press)

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While the color scheme of the mudroom often is an extension of nearby rooms, some homeowners choose to make it a space in which to play with color. (Photo courtesy of Rill Architects/Kay Kim)