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The Fires of Love

2015_0209_GreenRandyMary01 Randy and Mary Green celebrated their wedding anniversary fireside at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Orlando, Fla., site of the Sweetener Users Association’s International Sweetener Colloquium. (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)


ORLANDO, Fla. — Randy Green, a former Capitol Hill and Agriculture Department official who is now a principal in Watson Green LLC, a consulting firm, and his wife, Mary, celebrated their 31st anniversary by a fire at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel here.

The Greens, who have five children, noted that they met in the office of former Rep. Charles Stenholm, D-Texas.

2015_0209_EggplantFries The Peacock Alley bar of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Orlando serves eggplant fries. But are they healthier than French fries made from white potatoes? (Jerry Hagstrom/The Hagstrom Report)