A Survival Guide to the College Tour
Survive the collage tour madness. (Think of it as education.)
September 18, 2007
By Mary Medland
Photography By Bryan Burris
On a warm day this past spring, my husband and I and our 16-year-old son are touring New York City’s Fordham University along with a bunch of other parents and their teenage progeny. The Fordham students are out on the quad, gabbing on cell phones, playing Frisbee and sunbathing. Read more »
Stuck In Neutral?
Call a Personal Coach
Not a shrink, a coach guides clients through the maze of their lives
to achieve a specific goal.
September 18, 2007
By Martha Thomas
Photography by Bryan Burris
Marian Hyder wanted a divorce, but she couldn’t bring herself to act. She and her husband tried marriage counseling. She went to a therapist. Neither made her feel better or helped her decide what to do. “I didn’t want to just rehash my childhood anymore,” she says.
All Grown Up & Back on Campus
Adults make up nearly half of all college students, and most of them are women.
September 17, 2007
By Hope Keller & Mary Medland
Photography By Bryan Burris
Debbie Harrison has worked since she was 15. Back then she had to support her mother and younger brother. After graduating from high school she started college, but it was too hard to manage both school and work. She quit school and kept working. Read more »
Family Fun That Makes A Difference
Volunteer Programs for Children
September 17, 2007
By Buffy Beaudoin-Schwartz
School’s out for the summer. For many of us, that means our kids are sleeping in, enjoying homework-free evenings and catching up on some much-needed playtime. Read more »
Fall’s Fresh Bounty
Indulge in Autumn's Cornucopia
September 16, 2007
By Andrea Farnum
Late summer and early fall are sacred for food lovers. Just as we’re enjoying the last of summer’s tomatoes, corn and the ubiquitous zucchini, we’re also blessed with our first glimpses of fall’s apples, pears, pumpkins, squash, grapes and pomegranates.
Baltimore’s Safe & Sound Campaign
September 13, 2007
By Tyisha Manigo
CHARITY’S MISSION
Baltimore’s Safe & Sound Campaign aims to ensure that the city’s children and young people receive basic opportunities to grow up safe and healthy.
Portfolio: Susan Sykes
September 10, 2007
By Hope Keller
Photography By Bryan Burris
Susan Sykes is a Baltimore girl, not born but bred, and from the look of her Baltimore photorealist paintings, bred in the bone. She started classes at MICA at the age of 7. Read more »
Helping The Elderly Poor
The test of any society is the way it treats its older citizens.
September 8, 2007
By Buffy Beaudoin-Schwartz
These days, you can’t pick up a newspaper or magazine without reading about “the graying of America.” Much of the coverage has an ominous tone, as if the fact that the population is aging is necessarily bad news. Read more »
Maryland Wineries
A Fall Treasure Hunt
September 2, 2007
By Monyka Berrocosa
Photography by Bryan Burris
Summer is fading and fall is here — and all over the globe (in this hemisphere, at least) vintners are getting ready to reap the rewards of their hard work. The grape harvest is about to begin and that, my dear friends, means winemaking is just around the corner. Read more »
Gingerbread - Sweet and Spicy Heaven
Easing Down I-95
Online Shopping Takes Off
Overcoming Holiday Overload
Tilghman’s Winter Tranquility
Petters, Ponzi & The Scheme Scene
Cool To Clip!
For Baby Boomer Women, Social Networking is Essential
The Mossy Greensward
Holiday Cheer
Allergy-Free Season’s Eatings