Southern Maryland This is Living - On-line Edition - Volume 7, Number 1, Spring 2005

Volume 7, Number 1, Spring 2005 The articles presented here are a sample of what is available in the hardcopy magazine. Magazines are on-sale now at your local news stands and supermarkets. You can also subscribe or renew on-line. Select articles from previous editions can be found in our on-line Archive. Enter for your chance to win a free TWO-YEAR subscription to the magazine.
		Don't forget, May 5th is Cinco de Mayo and if you are planning on celebrating let Loredo's help you set the table. The following recipes are complements of owners Felix and Rita Loredo who can help you celebrate with Mexican fare for a fun 5th. It will be muy bueno, we promise! [ more ... ]
		Housing trends are dictated by our lifestyle. Many years ago, having company over meant that guests would retreat to the parlor, and when your parents bought their home, their lives centered in the living room. Today, because of your ever-changing lifestyle, the home of your dreams can have everything from an exercise room to a state of the art media room. [ more ... ]
		If you are of the opinion that you're never too old to learn and you love gardening, then you are a candidate for the Master Gardener Program given through your local Maryland Cooperative Extension that is a branch of the University of Maryland. [ more ... ]
		Growing up in Southern Maryland has left me with many pleasant memories. I will always remember Sister Mary Gustave, my second grade teacher at St. Mary's School in Bryantown who gave me a love for poetry and a strong foundation in my faith. I will also never forget the navy jumper, white blouse, and navy beanie hat with SMS written across the front that I wore everyday to school. [ more ... ]
		For decades parents in this area have complained, "there isn't anywhere nice for the kids to play." So seven local visionaries, Tom Attick, Joe Bowling, Joe and Nila Straka, Tom Mohler, Bernard Winkler and Chip Jowett have pulled their resources to bring Southern Maryland a seven million-dollar indoor sport environment that should make kids and adults happy. [ more ... ]
		Broome's Island on Calvert County's western shore isn't exactly an island, but rather a peninsula, that is now a quiet residential area with new homes overtaking million-dollar views of the Patuxent River. But the area has a long and colorful history tied to the river. [ more ... ]
		Growing up outside of Annapolis, just a few minutes from the Naval Academy, I spent a lot of time on the water. Some of my earliest memories are of watching my father water ski, and as a teenager weekends just weren't weekends without a few hours on the family boat. So it was only natural that the first time I put hand to rudder without someone guiding my actions minute by minute, I almost immediately sailed to a glorious stop upon a sandbar. [ more ... ]