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Sea Green
The beach home in Delaware is a showstopper. Its red exterior and angled modern lines make a dramatic statement. Yet the house itself is designed to be as low-impact as possible, embracing the “net zero” concept of design. Solar panels on the roof and a geothermal exchange heat pump ensure that the house generates as [...]
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Country Meets City
Fleet Street Kitchen is farm-to-table fabulous in hip Harbor East.
By Kit Waskom Pollard
Don’t be fooled by Fleet Street Kitchen’s humble name, or by the rustic elements of its décor. Fleet Street Kitchen is fine dining.
The newest addition to Bagby Restaurant Group’s Harbor East empire, which includes neighbors Ten Ten and Bagby Pizza Company, Fleet Street [...] -
Salad Days
Nothing says summer like a fresh salad served alfresco.
Pack your picnic basket with a bottle of wine, a fresh baguette and one of these summery salads, favorites of local chefs. From a simple concoction of crab and cantaloupe to an intriguing mix of apples, almonds and Spanish cheese, these salads put a creative spin on [...] -
Pretty Cool Portland
By Elaine Glusac
The punk waitress with tattoo sleeves, a blood-red slash of lipstick and disk earrings shrugged when I asked what is surely a common question here at the trendy Olympic Provisions on Portland, Oregon’s gentrifying Eastside. Wasn’t this place — in a former warehouse with an open kitchen where hipster chefs dish out homemade [...] -
Color Options
For many gardeners in Maryland, impatiens are a go-to plant thanks to a long blooming season that runs from spring to frost, an ability to thrive in shade and an immense color palette.
Not this year. Hit hard by disease, impatiens may need to call in an understudy. Downy mildew, a white mold that appears on [...] -
Amazing Acrobatics
At Charm City Movement Arts, every day is a circus.
Growing up, I never had a desire to run away and join the circus. Then I experienced my first Cirque du Soleil show a few years ago and became mesmerized by the performers. How do they do that? So it was with great pleasure that I [...] -
Main Street Makeover
A new Ellicott City store mixes gourmet, garden and little luxuries.
Two great Ellicott City ideas have come together on Main Street at Randy & Steve’s The New General Store.
For half a dozen years, Randy Neely, 48, and his partner, Steve Archuleta, 45, ran The Good Life Market on Tonge Row, known for gardening and home [...] -
A New Kind of Kabob
Chef Mark Littleton mixes summer produce with exotic African flavors.
By Kit Waskom Pollard
Adam’s Eve Gastropub chef/owner Mark Littleton experiments with North African flavors in his duck kabobs. Served with curry-spiked ketchup and a salad of barley and seasonal vegetables, these kabobs are a fresh twist on cookout fare.
Littleton recommends making the ketchup and barley salad [...] -
Coastal Currents
The homes of the mid-Atlantic’s waterfront communities epitomize coastal style. Whether on the beach in Ocean City or a creek on the Eastern Shore, the look is casual and calming, creating a style that makes its owners feel like every day is a vacation. Gina Fitzsimmons, ASID, owner of Fitzsimmons Design Associates and the Annapolis-based [...]
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Macaron Magic
Is there any sweet treat — other than Proust’s madeleine, bien sur — more French than the macaron? In Havre de Grace, francophile Wanda Hall whips up these little bits of deliciousness at her store, Les Petits Bisous (“little kisses”). She keeps about eight flavors in stock at all times, including lemon, vanilla, chocolate and [...]
