Tales Of Two Cities

For the past three years, Mama Wordbones and I have hosted a neighborhood gathering on the 3rd of July. Our Ellicott City community is only...

Another local business has expanded during this recession. Katana Japanese Cuisine in Clarksville has opened a second location in the Lynwo...

Ken Ulman and Dr. Peter Beilenson have been making headlines lately. Yesterday, in The Washington Post , the County Executive and his Heal...

“Let’s meet at Sharkey’s” My buddy Alan and I were trying to get together for a drink after work last Thursday. Since we live close to downt...

This past Thursday I was invited to a “Broker Lunch” at the Patapsco Valley Office Campus over in the outer suburbs of Elkridge. The develo...

According to this story by Larry Carson in The Sun today, Erickson Retirement Communities has decided not to move forward with the purch...

The Secretary of Defense, Dr. Robert M. Gates , is recommending that President Obama “redesignate the position of Director, National Securi...

Passing through the mall around 3:00 PM today I noticed the grate was down at Victoria’s Secret . Then I read the sign. My warped mind c...

It’s official now. According to this story by J. Freedom du Lac in today’s Washington Post , the 2009 Virgin Mobile Music Fest will be held...

This morning, as I was driving down Dorsey Run Road in Jessup, I spotted this odd looking lawn mower moving alongside the road. I circled b...

Last month, in this post , I posted a picture of a large graffiti mural on the Verizon building on Oakland Mills Road in Columbia this spri...

It’s hard to sit in an office with a window on day like today. It is especially hard if you actually had the chance to get outside. That’s w...

As General Growth Properties continues to pursue its approval of ZRA 113 for the redevelopment of Columbia’s Town Center, it also continue...

It began at seven o’clock this morning. We lay in our bed with the windows open allowing in the uncommonly cool air on a midsummer’s eve . I...

Last night Mama Wordbones and I were in the mood for something light for dinner. The problem was that neither of us could specifically art...

I was struck by a comment made by Howard County Department of Planning and Zoning regarding the issue of the Harbin Farm stand in Ellicott...

Today is the last day of school for Howard County public schools. It seems as if our schools are the last in the region to close for the su...

There is a nice article by John-John Williams IV in The Sun today about Dads getting involved with local schools. The story leads off with...

In last Sundays New York Times Magazine , Rob Walker wrote an article entitled “ Repurpose-Driven Life .” In the article he cites research c...

According to this story by Larry Carson in The Sun , Liz Bobo has had an epiphany of sorts. "At this point in my life, at 65, the la...