But it's also a wary city, one that welcomes but doesn't embrace; it's a city where much is going on - but you'd never know it unless you asked.
Mr. Stewart could have given a different sort of answer, one he hinted at but did not embrace.
Ryan, who was raised in North Virginia, said he grew up with people who used but did not embrace rehabilitation programs.
"Ed Gillespie worked hard but did not embrace me or what I stand for," Trump wrote, before referencing recent special elections in Republican-leaning districts.
He found commercial success in 1986 with Skinwalkers, the book that brought together the cynical Leaphorn (who understood but did not embrace Navajo practices) and the younger Chee (who was studying to become a Navajo hataali, or shaman).
It is for people like me, inching toward 50, who are, let us say, not technology-averse, but do not embrace it with the unquestioning love that our children do.
"Ed Gillespie worked hard but did not embrace me or what I stand for," the president tweeted before the final tally was in, and shortly before addressing the South Korean National Assembly during his trip to Asia.
"Ed Gillespie worked hard but did not embrace me or what I stand for," Trump said on Twitter in the midst of his visit to South Korea, as Virginia results continued to roll in, suggesting a comfortable Northam victory.
"Ed Gillespie worked hard but did not embrace me or what I stand for," Trump tweeted.
Ed Gillespie worked hard but did not embrace me or what I stand for.
