Southern Maryland This is Living - On-line Edition - Volume 7, Number 2, Summer 2005

Volume 7, Number 2, Summer 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.
		Pulling up pots heavy with blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus), from the lower Potomac River is a task commercial crabber Robert A. ("Bobby") Boarman, of Newburg, has enjoyed for the last 25 years. But Boarman is a "new" crabber in terms of the industry's long history in Southern Maryland. More...
		Crabs are as unique to Maryland as tumbleweeds are to Texas. For those of us born and raised in the region we were taught to eat this crustaceous delicacy somewhere between walking and talking. For native Southern Marylanders eating a crab is just plain second nature. More...
		Southern Maryland is loaded with folks who catch and sell crabs all season long. If you are in the mood to go out for crabs or just want to buy them and cook them at home the following is a list of local restaurants that have plenty of crabs on hand during the summer. We worked hard to list them all, but we may have missed a few. If we did, we apologize and want to hear from you. Happy eating! More...
		Crabs are not only fun to eat but catching them is a sport all in itself. If you have never tried to catch them yourself because you just aren't sure how to go about it, lets see if we can help a little. More...
		Greenwell Foundation, in partnership with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, is a not-for-profit public charity operating in the Greenwell State Park in Hollywood. More...
		In 1650 Robert Brooke arrived in Southern Maryland with his family. Lord Baltimore made known to the governor of Maryland to grant Brooke an entire county. Brooke surveyed 2000 acres lying on the south side of the Patuxent River and called it de la Brook Manor. More...
		Good music, fabulous food, you can’t lose at the Westlawn Inn in North Beach. We visited on a warm, late spring evening and we found out exactly what all the buzz surrounding this year old restaurant is about. More...
		Hydrangeas are flowering shrubs that are easy to grow and provide beauty with their long-lasting, rich, and colorful bloom. Experts can't agree on how many species there are at this time, however seven main classifications are recognized. More...
		We all look forward to the lazy, unstructured days of summer. Veteran parents know, though, that after a few weeks of summer relaxation comes the first long, hot afternoon of total boredom. What to do? More...