January / February 2009

Deadlocked

What happens when nine, strong-minded individuals with big egos and different agendas come together...

I Spy

As a mother, "Anita" had always believed that she should let her children make...

Café 1894

I don't know Café 1894 owner Duane Rollins, but every time I've eaten...

Jean's Deli and Nabi's Lunch Box

Park bench and a pastrami on rye? Not now. This is the season for...

Second Home

Ellen McCarthy and Mary Miller met in the second grade at Stone Ridge School...

Little Liars

At back-to-school night recently, a mother whose child is new to our school rose...
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In the Woods

“We fell in love with the place at first sight,” David Fairchild recalled of...

Summer Camp Memories

One of Allen Goldberg's enduring memories is of movie night at Camp...

Uniquely Traditional

No animals harmed in the making of this weddingRockville native Jacqui DePas, 27, and...

Better Than New

Framed by Nature The house shook as the 75-year-old sycamore fell precisely between the birdbath...

A Stranger in My Own Home

When we signed the contract to remodel our North Potomac home, I expected things...

The Lot is Her Canvas

When Chevy Chase artist Kathleen Williams inherited her backyard in the 1950s, she didn't...
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Larger Than Life

Over dinner in December of 2005, Laurie Singer glanced at her fiance, Leroy Sievers,...

The Allergic March

The retriever had been around only a month when Aidan...

McMansions Part III

Image Credit: Photo via MontgomeryCountyMd.gov

The More the Merrier

WJHS Class of ’64: Reinventing Beach WeekPotomac’s Carol Carragher Madigan says ...

Lebanese Taverna

Judging by the crowds at the new Lebanese Taverna in Bethesda, you’d think they...

Dark Days Past

Earlier in his career, acclaimed author Peter Cozzens of Bethesda had no sense of...
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