January / February 2012 Archives

Cycle for Survival

On Sunday, February 12, 400 Bethesda-area residents rode at Equinox Bethesda in Cycle for...

Symphony Park Grand Opening

The curtain was raised this past Saturday as Symphony Park celebrated the grand opening...

Working Out of the House

The Bodybuilder Suki Francis’ home gym takes up 1,700 square feet of her Potomac house—with...

Bannockburn newcomer’s dinner

The Bannockburn Community Club hosted a newcomer's dinner on Saturday, January 28th at the...

Since You Asked: Jan.-Feb. 2012

Sometimes I take my kids hiking at Sugarloaf Mountain. Is it privately owned? Oh,...

Stephanie Nguyen and Ron Casey

Image Credit: Photo via Veronica Diaz

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Foundering Farmers

No doubt about it, Potomac’s Founding Farmers has an appealing formula. Like its downtown...

Seeing the Light

Too little light and the home feels like a cave. Too much and it's...

Getting Psyched

The kiosk popped up near Barnes & Noble on Bethesda Avenue: Tarot Cards, a...

The Senior-Year Itch

When Zachary Green learned that he’d been accepted into college in October 2010, he...

Force of Nature

A boy, just 4, leaps into a puddle. Mud splatters high across his boots...

The SAD Season

The first winter I lived in Maryland, I rarely left my bed. It was 2006,...

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Aiden Ever After

One spring night in 2010, a month shy of his 18th birthday, Aiden Rivera...

Rockville Town Square Ice Rink Opening

The 7,200 square foot outdoor ice skating rink at Rockville Town Square opened with...

The Perfect "Figure"

Nancy Accetta stands in the corner of a nearly empty exercise studio in downtown...

Home Field Advantage

One Saturday morning in March 2010, Bob and Cheryl Kemp were in Lafayette, Ind.,...

Cooking Class

The persimmon is a sublime, ephemeral treat, its pulp like slightly bitter custard with...

It's all about hue

Interior designer Lynn Madyson once had a client who loved purple so much that...

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Dogged Devotion

At 8 a.m., a crowd gathers in Sher Polvinale’s Gaithersburg kitchen, awaiting breakfast. Aside from...

Kim Glazer and Jake Emerson

Bride and groom Kim Glazer, a mental health therapist with Family Services, Inc., originally from...

Rachael Barney and Tanner Dierman

Bride and groom Rachael Barney, 24, a recruiter for DriveTime, originally from Joplin, Mo.; and...

Heidi Paquette and Ryan Grant

Bride and groom Heidi Paquette, 28, a kindergarten teacher at Fallsmead Elementary School in Rockville,...

Ashley McGrew and Adam Jessen

Bride and groom Ashley McGrew, 25, a space planner at the U.S. Department of Energy,...