byLeslie Carbone
For the first time in nearly 50 years, the Washington, D.C., Latter-Day Saints Temple in Kensington, Maryland, is holding an Open House for the general public. The gleaming building of Alabama white marble sits on hilltop grounds covering nearly 60 acres. Colorful garden beds lead up to a sparkling central fountain. The Temple reaches nearly…
byLeslie Carbone
The red attic staircase is winding and narrow, so narrow that only one visitor at a time can climb up and peer into the the small bedroom once likely occupied by Edgar Allan Poe. The 2.5-storey gabled brick Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum too is narrow, now narrower by half than when Poe lived…
byLeslie Carbone
MGM’s soft white spa robe was one of the plushiest I’ve slipped myself into, but I soon slipped out of it and into the small Roman bath. This post contains affiliate links. For more information, click here. In the midst of a stressful time, I’d Ubered to the National Harbor resort for a day at…
byLeslie Carbone
The geese glided across the sparkling blue water. The long branches of the white birches reached upward, standing out against the deep blue sky and their neighboring bare trees. The day was cold but clear as my companion and I explored Patapsco Valley State Park. I had returned to Maryland the night before for a quick…
byLeslie Carbone
When you pretty much live on I-95 between Massachusetts and Virginia, what do you do every year for your birthday but take an East Coast road trip? This year, our first destination was Atlantic City, where Caesars comped us a cozy room with a partial view of the Ocean. From there we headed over to…
byLeslie Carbone
My eyes welled up as I pushed the needle through the red fabric. I was replacing a button on a cape I’d found in one of my mother‘s closets, and imagined her sewing it on when she first made the garment. It’s not something I have occasion to wear often, but I thought it would…
byLeslie Carbone
The still-green trees swayed in the wind as the rain poured down in sheets. I stood at my friend’s white quartz kitchen island and put together our frequent supper of a cheese/deli board. When the weather cooperates, we like to sup on the roof deck, with its views of the ever-changing Baltimore sky-scape. But clearly…
byLeslie Carbone
Henry VIII dispensed Solomonic judgement in cases involving the feuding feudal families the Hatfields and the McCoys. That’s the bizarre view of history presented in “Court’s Court”, one of the stage shows at this year’s Maryland Renaissance Festival in Crownsville. Established in 1977 and wrapping up the season this weekend, the country’s second-largest Renaissance Festival…