March / April 2015 Archives

Extraordinary Teens 2015

Meet the winners of Bethesda Magazine's sixth annual Extraordinary Teen Awards—14 of the county’s...

Photos: Life Inside Bethesda’s Tastee Diner

Photo by Skip Brown The Tastee Diner’s walls are decorated with autographed head shots of...

Take a Trip: 4 Places to Travel This Spring

Photo Courtesy of the Maryland Zoo TAKE THE KIDS In Baltimore, The Maryland Zoo’s Penguin Coast...

Suburbanology: Should I Keep My Landline Phone?

THE HOME PHONE of my suburban childhood was big, clunky, had a rotary dial,...

Cooking Class: Simply Soufflé

Simply Soufflé by L'Academie de Cuisine Ingredients 1 to 2 tablespoons soft butter 2 tablespoons granulated sugar 3...

Locally Made Sodas and Beer – Where to Find Them

SAVVY SODAS HOMEMADE SODAS keep popping up at area restaurants, and for people who want...

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Going Out with the Gips Family

GOING OUT WITH THE GIPS FAMILY Many local residents dine out frequently, but the Gips...

Fly Fishing in the Virginia Piedmont

I'VE NEVER BEEN ONE for bait-and-tackle fishing—casting your lure, sitting on your duff and...

A Guide to Bethesda-Area Development Projects

Condominiums BETHESDA 4990 Fairmont ADDRESS: 4990 Fairmont Ave. DEVELOPER: Duball, LLC DETAILS: Tentatively set to open in 2017, this...

Here for a Reason

Photo by Michael Ventura John Sackett is running late. He’s supposed to be downstairs in 20...

Goodbye Jeans, Hello Spandex

“Prints are distracting, which can be flattering,” says Ferrall Dietrich, owner of Core72, an...

Be Well: Just Keep Moving

Photo by Stacy Zarin-Goldberg YOU MIGHT NOT EXPEECT to find a group of moms stretching,...

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Granddaughter of Inventions

Leave it to a candy-loving kid to think of adding Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups...

Not Quite Show Stoppers

DINNER AND A MOVIE just got easier. Within steps of two new luxury theaters...

Figuratively Speaking

Home Sales Trends

Are housing prices continuing to rise? In what neighborhoods are homes selling the fastest?...

Sweet Dreams

It was supposed to be a routine teeth cleaning. But for Daniel Rourke, it felt...

Flying High

Marillyn Hewson had a problem. A $13 billion problem. Four years earlier, euphoria reigned at...

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Banter: Ike Leggett

On Nov. 4, you won a third term as county executive. What happened the...

A Conversation with Emily Yoffe

EMILY YOFFE HAS HEARD it all. As the writer of the “Dear Prudence” advice...

Finally Making Inroads?

From left to right: Bernice Martin, Malik Carter, Steve Kanstoroom, Donald Awkard and William...

Footloose and Fancy-Free

The couple in Vilcabamba, Ecuador. SUSAN AND RICK JOHNSON had lived in the Washington, D.C.,...

Eric and Esther Jan

THE COUPLE: Eric Jan, 31, is an optometrist who grew up in Rockville and...

Seeing Things Differently

When Jeffrey Abramson was about 10 years old, he attended Shepherd Elementary School in...

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Too Good To Be True?

Dr. Kevin Griffiths had just celebrated his 38th birthday in the fall of 2013...

Enjoy The Show

With the opening of three new luxury theaters in our area, traditional moviegoing experiences...

Walk to Everything

EAST BETHESDA The Grants often walk to the shops and restaurants along Bethesda Avenue. All...