July / August 2021

Back to the nest

When Karen Kearney and David Abramowitz bought their “city home” near Downtown Crown in...

Family ties

The couple: Megan Cloherty, 40, grew up in Bethesda and graduated from Walter Johnson...

The dealmaker

Jerry Cohen remembers offering Jack Fitzgerald his first job selling cars in 1956, when...

Staying strong

In early March, Javier Fernandez instituted a buddy system at his Rockville restaurant, Kuya...

Wild things

1. Made in the shade Designer Aerin Lauder’s new collection of light-filtering Roman shades features...

Close to home

In her first published novel, I Don’t Forgive You, former police reporter Aggie Blum...
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Group effort

It all seemed like too much of a sacrifice for Jorge Garayta. No snacking...

Book report

Ann McCallum Staats tried skydiving, rode in a Formula One race car, and went...

Must love cats

Odie, a four-pound tuxedo cat with white paws that looked like socks, seemed to...

Leaving Eden

Benjamin sprung into the summer evening air, his 4-year-old legs boosting him close enough...

In the moment

Whether Ofosu Jones-Quartey is encouraging conscious breathing, playing therapeutic sounds or leading emotional check-ins,...

Sticking together

The first lacrosse practice Darren Anzelone held for his son Kieran and six other...
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The peach guy

Gene Kingsbury’s great-great-grandparents came to the northwest corner of Montgomery County in 1907 and...

Bethesda interview: Jamie Raskin and Sarah Bloom Raskin

On Jan. 6, Sarah Bloom Raskin was home in Takoma Park watching the assault...

‘She’s still my mom’

Early one Saturday morning this past spring, Holly Gross wanted to make sure her...

A great escape

In June 2020, Chevy Chase, D.C., resident Michelle Dolge traveled to Cambridge, Maryland, to...

Table talk

Hot dawg There is one reason more compelling than utter deliciousness to get a cast-iron...

Best bets

Magic man July 24 YouTube videos show people freaking out after self-described mentalist and magician Kourosh...
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In their own words

2021 Short Story & Essay Contest Bethesda Magazine and the Bethesda Urban Partnership sponsor an...

Top Doctors spotlights 2021

Top Doctors 2021 » Dr. Thomas Matthew, Cardiac Surgery A surgeon for nearly 30 years, Dr....

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