Stories

Architectural Poetry

Architectural Poetry A St. John’s Alumnus Designs a Jewel By Tom Levine  |  Photography by Ken Wyner   Travis Price is answering questions that most architects haven’t even thought to ask. When he designed a house for Margaret and Terry Lenzner

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The Peacock Room

  The Peacock Room At the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution By Robert Haywood   Rarely does an entire domestic interior find its way into a fine art museum. So why the Peacock Room, the lavishly designed dinning room

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Passion Project: A Yacht Named Broadwater

Passion Project A Yacht Named Broadwater By Kymberly Taylor  |  Photography by Billy Black   When life flies out of control and then accelerates, some of us panic. Others drink heavily. And there are those who, at the moment of

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Park Tavern: A Fine Place for Beer

Straight Up on Dining Out Park Tavern A Fine Place for Beer Story by Christine Fillat Park Tavern opened this past October as a welcome oasis in Severna Park, an area littered with strip malls and fast food joints. With

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A Visual Symphony in Edgewater

  By Manning Lee  |  Photography by Geoffrey Hodgdon   When you live on the water, a part of you is always absorbing its music, its beauty, its infinitely shifting countenance. These many moods and inflections are reflected in paint,

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The Cure for a Dysfunctional Kitchen: Airspace & Traffic Control

  By Jerri Anne Hopkins  |  Photography by Marcus Chacona   Families, in-laws, and office suites are not the only places that harbor dysfunction and pathological triangles. A quiet killer lurks among us. It thrives upon confusion. Upon useless niches

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A Kitchen With Chutzpah

A Kitchen With Chutzpah By Tom Levine  |  Photography by Jason Weil   Deborah Zakheim will tell you “I like color. I’m not afraid of it.” Take one look at her kitchen and you won’t doubt her for a second. Zakheim,

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The Iron Rooster: Comfort Food at Its Best

Straight Up on Dining Out The Iron Rooster Comfort Food at Its Best Story by Christine Fillat The Iron Rooster is a new classic eatery on the city dock in Annapolis. It has been open since October 17, and already

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Living Large on a Small Scale

Farnady Interiors By Manning Lee  |  Photography by Gwin Hunt   Mary-Beth and Bruce Phillips dreamed of simplifying their lives and leaving it all behind. Unlike most of us, they turned this fantasy into reality. They sold everything, including their

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Harry Browne’s: A State Circle Mainstay

  Straight Up on Dining Out Harry Browne’s A State Circle Mainstay Story by Christine Fillat Where in Annapolis can one direct friends and unequivocally say, “Here you will get a fine meal”? For many, the first place that comes

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