A wreath is the perfect ornament to add personality and liveliness to the exterior of your home. With so many options to choose from—live, traditional, and unconventional—you can set the tone for any season while symbolizing warmth and togetherness.
Clockwise from top left: Harvest market wreath ($59.95) at Green Fields Nursery & Landscaping. Smith & Hawken rosewood wreath ($39.99) at Target. Magnolia orange leaves wreath ($72.95) at...
Each year, Alexandria, VA, transforms itself into the Christmas village of its founding fathers.
In an annual ritual, scores of bagpipers take to the street in a multi-hued plaid pageantry of Scottish clans marching in formation. With each synchronized stride, their soulful pipes bleat out a...
How did you get into wine/How did you become The Wine Coach?It really goes back to a job I had in software sales. I was living in Federal Hill at the time. I was selling to Fortune 100 food and...
Our Holiday Entertaining Guide, available in our November 2012 issue, is loaded with too many great ideas to print them all. Below, you'll find additional recipes and instructions.
Dessert: (from page 146)
White chocolate ganache, chocolate ganache, and chocolate mousse dessert. (from page 146)Makes 6 servings Recipe Courtesy of Desert Café
8 ounces White Chocolate Ganache
8...
In the City
July 4: Visionary Pets on Parade: Dress your pet up, and come out for a fun filled pet-centric event. Activities include costume contests (most patriotic, most visionary, owner and pet...
We mark the 40th anniversary of the monument lighting.
There are a few reasons why our Washington Monument is unique: it was built before the one in D.C., you get a sophomoric chuckle by looking at it from a certain angle, and, for the past 40 years, it...
Atwater’s elevates the bread from punch line to palate pleaser.
Fruitcakes take a lot of abuse. They’re the butt of jokes and maligned as doorstops or boat anchors. Ned Atwater—owner of several local shops making and selling fresh foods and baked goods, including...
Lancaster, PA, gets bedecked and bedazzled for the holidays.
If eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon had come to Lancaster County, PA, during the holidays, she may never have written to the New York Sun in 1897, and editor Francis P. Church wouldn't have penned...
In honor of Mother’s Day, we celebrate these mother-daughter-owned Baltimore boutiques.
There's a lot to be said for keeping it all in the family! Every day is Take Your Daughter to Work Day for these mother-daughter teams who cherish the quality time they spend together—whether at work...
Finally, a class for the inner Kris Kringle in all of us.
Want to put some mojo in your “ho, ho, ho” this holiday season? Look no further than Santa Claus Training at Community College of Baltimore County (Carver Center in Towson). The five-session, $60...
